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Monday Briefing: Dozens Killed in Gaza. 21 July

Where do some people find hope? In rainbows, in landscapes without another human being, or birds?

Faint rainbow, Old Man’s Hat

Israeli forces yesterday killed and wounded dozens of Palestinians who were gathered in northern Gaza to receive aid from U.N. trucks entering the territory, the Gaza health ministry and health workers said.

The health ministry and a hospital director in Gaza City said that more than 60 people were killed in the attack, which took place near the Zikim crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel. A nearby field hospital was flooded with victims, including more than 100 who were wounded.

Willy Wagtail on driftwood lodged against Old Man’s Hat

The U.N. World Food Program said that its convoy of 25 trucks carrying food for Palestinians had been entering northern Gaza when it ‘encountered large crowds of civilians anxiously waiting to access desperately needed food supplies.’ [i]

Little Pied Cormorant

I get home to more rainbow. Terrible things are happening all around me.

[i] Justin Porter, NY Times, July 21, 2025

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