News:
The Palestinian [1] death toll [2] in Gaza reaches 1389 [3]. (Ma’an/PNN/The National)
Three more Israeli soldiers [4] are killed in Gaza. (Ynet)
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Pillay [5] says Israel and Hamas [6] are committing war crimes [7]. (AP/Ha’aretz/Jerusalem Post)
PM Netanyahu [8] says he will not accept [9] any ceasefire [10] until all tunnels [11] are destroyed [12]. (Reuters/AP/New York Times/JTA/Ha’aretz)
Pres. Abbas declares Gaza a “humanitarian disaster zone.” [13](Ynet)
The Palestinian delegation [14] led by Abbas will arrive in Cairo [15] today. (Ynet/Jerusalem Post)
Israeli shelling killls at least 15 Palestinians [16] sheltering in a UN-run school [17] and another 17 [18] near a street market. (Reuters/AP/JTA)
An International outcry erupts after Israel attacks a market and a UN school [19]. (The National)
UNSG Ban says all available evidence [20] suggests that Israeli artillery [21] hit the UN school [22]. (New York Times/Washington Post/AFP)
Pres. Obama takes a tougher line [23] on Gaza casualties [24]. (AP/Times of Israel)
PM Cameron expresses concern over civilian casualties [25] while calling for an immediate cease-fire. (Ha’aretz)
Sec. Hagel expresses concern over the rising Gaza death toll [26]. (Times of Israel)
The PA will reportedly accede to the Rome Statute of the ICC [27]. (Times of Israel)
Palestinian militants [28] launch 10 rockets [29] toward Sderot from Gaza. (Ma’an/Ynet)
Israel mobilizes [30] 16,000 [31] additional reservists [32]. (AFP/Ynet/Times of Israel)
Hamas calls for a “Day of Rage” [33] on Friday in the occupied West Bank. (Daily Star)
Hamas airs a video of a cross-border tunnel raid [34] on the Israeli army. (Washington Post)
Experts say Netanyahu’s quest for demilitarizing Gaza [35] can only get him so far. (New York Times)
Some Arab leaders view Hamas as worse than Israel [36]. (New York Times)
Five Latin American countries pull out their ambassadors [37] from Israel. (JTA)
The US resupplies Israel [38] with munitions [39]. (Reuters/AFP)
Former Palestinian soccer [40] player Ahed Zaqout is killed by an Israeli bomb [41]. (Ha’aretz/Reuters)
Israeli troops use dogs and robots [42] to track tunnels in Gaza. (Reuters)
Anti-Semitic incidents in Britain [43] have risen to a near record level since the start of the Israeli assault on Gaza. (Reuters)
A Hezbollah commander is killed in Iraq [44]. (Reuters)
Iraqis are angry and sad as IS militants destroy national relics [45]. (New York Times)
Libyan militias fighting for the control of Tripoli's airport agree to a temporary ceasefire [46]. (Reuters)
Commentary:
Aaron David Miller [47] says the Gaza conflict is the “poster child” for America and Europe’s inability to ‘fix’ the Middle East. (Ha’aretz)
Ari Shavit [48] says Hamas is “bursting” Israel’s bubble. (Ha’aretz)
Gershon Baskin [49] says there is no military solution for the problem of Gaza or the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (Jerusalem Post)
J.J. Goldberg says Israel’s right and Hamas are blocking a ceasefire. (Jewish Daily Forward)
Joyce Karam [50] says Israel seems to be acting with little to no restraint in the Middle East. (Al Arabiya)
Linda Gradstein [51] says it is not clear if Hamas is stronger or weaker today. (The Media Line)
Alan Elsner [52] says American Jews should look beyond the fighting to a better future for both Israelis and for the long-suffering population of Gaza. (Ha’aretz)
Gershom Gorenberg [53] looks at Netanyahu’s hostility towards Sec. Kerry. (Ha’aretz)
Yossi Mekelberg [54] says Israel’s “propaganda machine” is backfiring. (Al Arabiya)
Michael Young [55] says Obama’s foreign policy reflects America’s lack of interest in the world. (The National)
Michael Young [56] says Iran and Saudi Arabia appear to be aiming to contain any Sunni-Shiite confrontation in Lebanon. (Daily Star)
Hassan Hassan [57] asks if Pres. Assad takes over Aleppo does that mean the Syrian war is over. (Foreign Policy)
Abdallah Schleifer [58] says jihadists are threatening Egypt and Libya. (Al Arabiya)
Karim Mezran [59] says the international community should not abandon Libya. (New York Times)
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