News:

The Palestinian death toll in Gaza reaches more than 1000. (Times of Israel)

Israel eases its assaults in Gaza and Palestinian rocket fire declines. (Reuters/New York Times)

Israel strikes three targets in Gaza, killing two Palestinians. (AP/Ma’an/Ha’aretz))

The Security Council agrees on a statement calling for "an immediate and unconditionalhumanitarian cease-fire." (AP/Reuters/Washington Post/AFP/JTA)

Pres. Obama tells Netanyahu he wants an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. (AP/Washington Post/JTA/Times of Israel)

Sec. Kerry is finding it hard to secure a truce in Gaza. (New York Times)

PM Netanyahu says Israel must not compromise security for the sake of public relations. (AP)

Kerry’s ceasefire proposal is leaked to the media. (JTA/Times of Israel)

Hamas says Israel has reached only a fraction of its tunnels. (Jerusalem Post)

Israel confirms firing a mortar into a UN school being used as a shelter, but denies killing anyone there. (New York Times/AFP)

The Israeli military says the bloodiest battle in Shujaiyeh could have been “much worse.” (Ha’aretz)

Hamas sees the hostilities with Israel as a fight for its existence. (New York Times)

Hamas leader Meshaal demands that Israel end its occupation. (AP/Ma’an/Jerusalem Post)

A Pentagon official Lt Gen Flynn says destroying Hamas is not the answer. (The National)

Palestinian official Shtayyeh says Israeli aggression will not bring peace to the region. (AP)

Palestinian citizens of Israel are caught in the middle of the Gaza war. (AP/Times of Israel)

Egypt’s army destroys 13 more tunnels connecting Sinai to Gaza. (AFP/The National)

Palestinians in Gaza see no joy in the Eid holiday. (Reuters/Ma’an)

Pres. Assad makes a rare appearance, praying in public. (AP/Daily Star)

Iraqi police find the corpses of 15 people, including three women, shot in the head. (Reuters)

France will facilitate asylum for Iraq’s Christians. (Reuters)
 

Commentary:

ATFP Board Member Saliba Sarsar and ATFP Youth Outreach Coordinator Tala Haikal say Gaza, Syria, and Iraq are pained by that same disease of extremism and conflict. (Huffington Post)

Hussein Ibish interrogates the relationship between intention and predictable effect in the deaths of civilians. (The National)

The Daily Star says a ceasefire in Gaza is not enough. (Daily Star)

Raghida Dergham says, with Hamas’s help,  Israel is killing the peace process. (Al Arabiya)

Jeffrey Goldberg asks why Israel is “losing a war it’s winning.” (The Atlantic)

Sharif Abdel Kouddous explains how Gaza’s residents surveyed the damage during a recent lull in fighting. (Foreign Policy)

The CSM says despair is so great among Israelis and Palestinians that despair itself needs to be addressed. (Christian Science Monitor)

Samir Atallah says Kerry is facing a political dilemma in the Middle East. (Asharq al-Awsat)

Avi Issacharoff says Kerry’s mistakes are strengthening Hamas’ resolve. (Times of Israel)

David Horovitz says Kerry’s ceasefire proposal empowers Hamas. (Times of Israel)

Nahum Barnea says tensions between the US and Israel are benefiting Hamas. (Ynet)

Amos Harel says Netanyahu is facing a moral dilemma with Hamas between deterrence or a decisive victory. (Ha’aretz)

J.J. Goldberg explains how the Gaza tunnels work. (Jewish Daily Forward)

Amira Hass says Israel’s moral defeat will haunt the country for many years. (Ha’aretz)

David Grossman says Israelis must choose peace with the Palestinians. (New York Times)

Rami Khouri says people should look to the roots of the Gaza conflict. (Daily Star)

Sharif Nashashibi says the scale of contemporary tragedies in the Arab world is unprecedented. (The National)

Amer Al Sabaileh says those who believe in the concept of a civic state in the Arab world are under threat. (Jordan Times)

Rafe Al-Essawi and Atheel al-Nujaifi say Iraq’s Sunnis can defeat IS. (New York Times)

News:

Sec. Kerry proposes a two-stage plan to halt the fighting in Gaza. (New York Times/Washington Post/JTA/Ha’aretz)

Israel’s Security Cabinet convenes to discuss Kerry’s proposal. (Jerusalem Post/Times of Israel)

The Palestinian death toll reaches 800. (Reuters/AFP)

The Israeli army says one of its soldiers has been killed, bringing the total number to 33. (Ma’an/Ha’aretz/Jerusalem Post)

Two Palestinians are killed in the occupied West Bank amid protests against the Gaza war. (Washington Post/Ma’an/PNN/Ha’aretz)

Palestinians clash with Israeli police at the Al Aqsa Mosque. (Ma’an)

Israel kills a senior Islamic Jihad militant and his two sons. (AP/New York Times)

Palestinian militants from Gaza resume rocket fire into Israel. (Ynet)

Pres. Abbas says he hopes a ceasefire can be agreed in Gaza. (AFP)

King Abdullah of Jordan reaffirms Jordan’s stand with the Palestinian people. (Jordan Times) 

FM Davutoglu flies to Qatar to help efforts for a cease-fire. (AFP) 

The World Health Organization calls for a humanitarian corridor to be set up in Gaza. (Reuters) 

Gaza will face a “daunting” reconstruction after a ceasefire. (Reuters)

Israelis rally behind their army in the Gaza war. (Reuters)

Palestinians in Gaza are reportedly blaming Israel, not Hamas, for the war. (Ha’aretz)

Palestinians in the occupied West Bank hail the Hamas fight against Israel. (New York Times)

Egypt is reportedly taking a hard line over its border with Gaza. (AP)

A poll indicates young Americans are unsupportive of Israel’s Gaza war. (JTA/Ha’aretz)

Pres. Obama says the FAA decision on flights to Israel was based on purely safety considerations. (JTA)

German airlines cancel more flights to Tel Aviv. (AP)

Jordan shoots down an “aerial target” near the Syrian border. (AP)

The growing power of IS in Syria is testing the Syrian army’s strategy. (Reuters)

Ayatollah al-Sistani urges political leaders to refrain from clinging to their posts. (Reuters)

Commentary:

The New York Times says the carnage in Gaza must be stopped. (New York Times)

The Jordan Times says the war in Gaza must be ended. (Jordan Times)

Amir Taheri says Gaza is a “half-finished war.” (Asharq al-Awsat)

Ahmad Majdoubeh says the tide is turning against Israel thanks to its own “reckless and criminal actions.” (Jordan Times)

H.A. Hellyer says Pres. Sisi is pondering his next move in the Gaza crisis. (The National)

Abdallah Schleifer says Egyptian commentators have been cruel to the people of Gaza. (Al Arabiya)

Yoel Marcus is impressed with PM Netanyahu’s handling of the war. (Ha’aretz)

The Daily Star says Moscow has been silent as Israel carries out its military offensive against Gaza. (Daily Star)

Gavi Barnhard and Adam Rasgon contrast demonstration on the Gaza war in the West and the Arab world. (WINEP)

Daniel Byman says Israel has no choice but to rely on deterrence. (Foreign Policy) 

S. Daniel Abraham says Israel must “demilitarize Hamas.” (Ha’aretz)

Bakir Oweida says from Gaza to Mosul the killing of innocent civilians continues. (Asharq al-Awsat)

David Ignatius says there are reasons for hope in the Middle East. (Washington Post)