News:
An Israeli [1] airstrike [2] kills three [3] Hamas [4] commanders [5] in Gaza [6]. (Reuters/AP/New York Times/Ma’an/JTA/Ha’aretz)
Israeli airstrikes also kill four Palestinians [7] who were burying their relatives in a cemetery in Gaza. (Ma’an)
Palestinian militants fire more rockets [8] at Israel. (Ynet)
Israeli authorities [9] announce a state of alert [10] at Ben Gurion airport [11], following threats from Hamas [12]. (PNN/AFP/Jordan Times/The National)
Hamas accuses [13] Israel of having violated the temporary ceasefire. (Ma’an)
PM Netanyahu [14] says the Gaza war [15] has been the “hardest blow” [16] to Hamas since its founding [17]. (Ma’an/Xinhua/JTA/Ynet)
Hamas leader Meshaal says the group won’t return to talks [18] unless lsrael changes its policies. (Ynet)
King Abdullah [19] of Jordan calls for a permanent ceasefire [20] in Gaza. (Xinhua/Jordan Times)
Hamas official Saleh al-Arouri [21] says Hamas was responsible [22] for kidnapping and killing the three Israeli teenagers. (Reuters/JTA)
Many blame Qatar [23] for the collapse of Gaza ceasefire talks. (AP)
Palestinians in Gaza are suffering from a severe lack of water [24]. (Ha’aretz)
Palestinian business owners [25] in Gaza blame Israel for singling out their factories. (Washington Post)
The US accuses [26] Israel of targeting members [27] of the Abu Khdeir family. (AFP/Times of Israel)
An American official says the US military failed [28] in rescue attempt for journalist James Foley [29], before he was murdered by IS [30]. (Reuters/New York Times/The National)
Pres. Obama is reportedly unlikely to deepen [31] US military involvement in Iraq or Syria. (Reuters)
An IS video purportedly shows the conversion of Yazidis [32] to Islam. (Reuters)
Commentary:
Samuel Berger and Stephen Hadley [33] say the PA should be brought back to Gaza. (Washington Post)
The Daily Star [34] asks what Israelis want to achieve in the Gaza war. (Daily Star)
Ha’aretz [35] says the only way to end the Gaza conflict, and Israel's isolation, is diplomacy. (Ha’aretz)
Avi Issacharoff [36] says the killing of Hamas commanders will spark desperate attacks against Israel. (Times of Israel)
Jonathan Schanzer and Michael Argosh [37] say Turkey’s support for Hamas agents who allegedly tried to topple Pres. Abbas is putting Pres. Erdogan “in a pickle.” (Foreign Policy)
Zvi Bar’el [38]asks if a signed agreement between Hamas and Israel is necessary. (Ha’aretz)
Akiva Eldar [39] says Israel must end its “separation policy” of isolating Gaza from the West Bank. (Al-Monitor)
Gershon Baskin [40] says a political problem like Gaza cannot be resolved solely with military means. (Jerusalem Post)
Abdullah Erakat [41] says Palestinians are looking for resiliency in post-Gaza tourism. (The Media Line)
Michael Young [42] says putting America first isn’t always the best policy for the US. (The National)
Robin Wright [43] says Obama should be upfront on Iraq. (Los Angeles Times)
David Rothkopf interviews FM Judeh [44]. (Foreign Policy)
Brooklyn Middleton [45] says a year after the chemical weapon massacre in Ghouta, the evil of IS eclipses that of Pres. Assad. (Al Arabiya)
Joyce Karam [46] explains why IS extremists murdered James Foley. (Al Arabiya)
Michael Young [47] says Obama must adequately address the complexity of the situation in Iraq and Syria. (Daily Star)
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