Israeli fascists continue murdering Palestinian civilians

Al Jazeera, 7/27–The Israeli military has issued new evacuation orders in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis that further expand into an area where displaced Palestinians have been forced to shelter while killing dozens in an attack on a hospital in the centre of the enclave…The Khan Younis invasion displaced at least 180,000 Palestinians in the first four days since it was launched, with many having to move without their belongings, according to the United Nations…an air attack killed many people inside a home in the area on Saturday morning before the Israeli military ordered the latest mass evacuation…Israeli artillery shelling has been targeting the town of Bani Suheila, east of Khan Younis…The Israeli military launched a huge attack on a field hospital established in a school in Deir el-Balah, killing at least 30 Palestinians and wounding dozens, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health… three missiles were fired from fighter jets at the Khadija School…The enclave’s civil defence organisation said the school, the latest of many to be hit this month alone, was housing 4,000 displaced Palestinians…

D.R. Congo workers suffer from foreign interventions

Foreign Affair, 7/26–Last year, the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo turned 30. It is a grim milestone…the war in Congo has excelled at evading international recognition…Today, more than seven million Congolese are displaced, more than at any other time in history, and yet the war still barely features in global media…There are more than 100 different armed actors fighting in the east, most of which are pursuing separate ends. The M23 itself, however, is easier to grapple with. The group is largely funded and trained by Rwanda, which sees the organization as a way to project power and gain access to Congo’s resources…Congolese officials have also invited Burundi, Malawi, South Africa, and Tanzania to send troops into its eastern region for assistance. The conflict, in other words, is transforming from a low-grade internal clash to an expanding interstate and communal war.

U.S. and Russian bosses prepare for direct conflict

The Guardian, 7/28–Vladimir Putin has warned the US that if Washington deploys long-range missiles in Germany from 2026, Russia will station similar missiles within striking distance of the west. The US would start deploying long-range fire capabilities in Germany in 2026…The US’s “episodic deployments” are in preparation for longer-term stationing of such capabilities that will include SM-6 and Tomahawk cruise missiles and developmental hypersonic weapons that have a longer range than current capabilities in Europe, Washington and Berlin said.
In a speech...Putin told the US it risked triggering a cold war-style missile crisis with the move. “The flight time to targets on our territory of such missiles, which in the future may be equipped with nuclear warheads, will be about 10 minutes,” Putin said. “We will take mirror measures to deploy, taking into account the actions of the United States, its satellites in Europe and in other regions of the world.”

War preparations continue in Asia

Nikkei Asia, 7/29–Foreign ministers from Australia, India, Japan and the U.S. stressed unity and vowed to expand collaboration on cyber and maritime security in the Indo-Pacific at a meeting in Tokyo on Monday, which U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken hailed as "a moment of unprecedented strategic alignment”...The statement did not directly name China, but came as Beijing launched a series of military drills in the seas around Taiwan in May, and stepped up joint military activities with Russia in the South China Sea earlier this month. "This is a moment of unprecedented strategic alignment among our four countries," Blinken said…

The four-way gathering followed a "two-plus-two" session between foreign and defense ministers from Japan and the U.S. on Sunday. The two nations agreed to closer collaboration between their defense forces in the Indo-Pacific -- including a revamping of how U.S. forces are organized in Japan -- and a renewed bilateral focus on Japan's southwestern islands located close to Taiwan.