News:
Israel kills [1] at least 19 [2] more Palestinians [3] sheltering [4] at another UN-run [5] school in Gaza [6]. (Reuters/New York Times/Washington Post/AFP/JTA/The National)
Gaza’s Ministry of Interior calls on UNRWA to condemn the latest deadly shelling [7] of a UN school. (Ma’an)
UNRWA Commissioner General Krahenbuhl condemns Israel’s strike [8] on a Gaza school. (AFP)
UNRWA [9] says it has found more rockets [10] at one of it’s schools [11]. (Reuters/JTA/Jerusalem Post)
Rockets from Gaza [12] are fired at various areas of Israel. (Jerusalem Post)
Israel [13] announces [14] a four-hour [15] humanitarian [16] ceasefire [17]. (Ma’an/PNN/Ha’aretz/Ynet/Times of Israel)
The Palestinian death toll in Gaza [18] reaches 1,296. (Ma’an)
Israel intensifies [19] its assault [20] on Gaza. (Reuters/The National)
The number of displaced people in Gaza [21] is increasing daily, and is now close to 400,000. (Ha’aretz)
Israel and Hamas are quarreling over the casualty list [22] in Gaza. (The Media Line)
Hamas reportedly executes 20 Palestinians in Gaza [23] for collaborating with Israel. (Jerusalem Post)
Pres. Sisi reportedly told Pres. Abbas to come to Cairo with a unified Palestinian position [24] on the ceasefire. (Ynet)
Israel’s Foreign Ministry is considering drafting a UNSC resolution [25] for an end to the war. (Ha’aretz)
Hamas calls on Hezbollah to join the fight [26] against Israel. (Times of Israel)
The loss of shelter and electricity [27] worsens a crisis for Palestinians fleeing Gaza [28]. (New York Times/The Media Line)
US and Israeli officials deny [29] account of a tense conversation [30] between Pres. Obama and PM Netanyahu.(JTA/Times of Israel)
Israel’s Amb. to the US Dermer says criticism of Sec. Kerry is not coming from Netanyahu [31]. (AP)
Former Pres. Peres calls on the Israeli government [32] to seek a diplomatic solution [33] to the Gaza crisis. (JTA/Ynet)
A poll indicates majority of Jewish Israelis [34] back the Gaza war despite rising deaths [35] on both sides. (Washington Post/JTA)
Palestinians living in the occupied West Bank are increasingly worried [36] about what’s happening in Gaza. (Washington Post)
Bombs in Aleppo kill 13 pro-Assad forces [37]. (Reuters)
Human Rights Watch says the Syrian government is still indiscriminately bombing civilians [38] with explosives-filled barrels. (AP)
PM Maliki offers aid [39] to those displaced by IS. (AP)
Commentary:
Prince Turki Al-Faisal [40] says Israel's actions in Gaza trample hopes of an Arab Peace Initiative. (Al-Monitor)
Rep. Keith Ellison [41] says the Israeli-Palestinian conflict must be resolved with a final status agreement, and ending the violence and the blockade is a first step. (Washington Post)
Asmaa al-Ghoul [42] gives a firsthand account of the human suffering in Gaza. (Al-Monitor)
Sholto Byrnes [43] says Israel does not want peace with the Palestinians. (The National)
David Horovitz [44] explains why Netanyahu is disinclined to order a full-scale ground offensive. (Times of Israel)
Aaron David Miller [45] says Hamas has so far weathered the Israeli barrage. (Foreign Policy)
Elhanan Miller [46] says by working closely with Qatar on the Gaza conflict, the US has sent Israel the wrong message. (Times of Israel)
Jacques de Maio [47] urges an end to the killing in Gaza. (Ha’aretz)
Nahum Barnea [48] says now Israel sees Abbas as the “savior.” (Ynet)
Peter Beinart [49] debunks myths and facts about Gaza. (Ha’aretz)
Carmelia Entekhabi-Fard [50] says Palestinians need more negotiators not arms. (Asharq al-Awsat)
Prince El Hassan Bin Talal [51] says religious leaders are uniting in a joint appeal against acts of violence in Mosul and across the region. (Al-Monitor)
Ali Ibrahim [52] says crises in the Arab world have been proliferating and competing with one another since 2011. (Asharq al-Awsat)
Zana Gulmohamad [53] says IS’s most effective wars are waged online. (The National)
Eyad Abu Shakra [54] says IS violations are an Islamic responsibility. (Al Arabiya)
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