For today, links to eight reports: from the Cradle, Reuters, Middle East Eye, Middle East Monitor, the Grayzone, and the Associated Press; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA 7-7-25 is HERE, or scroll down. IRAN, YEMEN, WEST BANK, UKRAINE and COVID ETC. entries for this date are HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE or scroll down.) — MCM
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Gaza ceasefire talks stuck at starting line, says Qatar. From the Cradle. Qatar’s Foreign Ministry said today that negotiations for a Gaza ceasefire “will need time,” signaling no breakthrough had been achieved in the latest round of indirect talks taking place in Doha. READ MORE . . .
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Gaza ceasefire can be reached but may take more time, Israeli officials say. From Reuters. Gaps in Gaza ceasefire talks under way in Qatar between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas can be bridged but it may take more than a few days to reach a deal, Israeli officials said today. The new push . . . READ MORE . . .
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‘Any future Palestinian state a platform to destroy Israel’: Netanyahu. From the Cradle. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today that any future Palestinian state would serve as a “platform to destroy Israel,” reiterating that “a sovereign power, like overall security, will always remain in our hands.” READ MORE . . .
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Hamas ambush kills five soldiers in Israeli-controlled ‘buffer zone.’ From Middle East Eye. Hamas fighters killed five Israeli soldiers and wounded at least 14 others on Monday in an ambush in Beit Hanoun, near the boundary with Israel in the northern Gaza Strip — in an area that Israeli forces had forcibly emptied of Palestinian residents and . . . READ MORE . . .
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1 in 3 people in Gaza has not eaten for days, says UN. From Middle East Monitor. Nearly one in three people in Gaza has gone without food for days, putting more lives at risk of starvation, according to the United Nations, which accused Israel of continuing to obstruct humanitarian aid efforts in the Strip, Anadolu reports. READ MORE . . .
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FROM JULY 7 New footage exposes ragtag U.S. mercenaries firing toward Gaza aid seekers, by Max Blumenthal and Wyatt Reed | The Grayzone / ScheerPost On July 2, the Associated Press released an exposé containing short videos which appeared to show American mercenaries associated with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) opening fire on aid-seekers in Gaza during an incident in southern Gaza this May. The footage was supplied by a former employee of UG Solutions, a firm charged with securing GHF distribution sites. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for July 2 report from AP.
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FROM JULY 7 Tony Blair Institute linked to Israeli scheme to ethnically cleanse Gaza: FT. From the Cradle. Staff from the Tony Blair Institute participated in a post-war Gaza real estate venture aiming to turn the enclave into a for-profit trade zone, according to the Financial Times. The project envisioned . . . READ MORE . . .
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