From the Trenches World Report
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Story by Mohamed Ahmed and Abdel Qader Sabbah
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip—Eleven-year-old Ahmed Al-Raqab was playing outside his family tent pitched on Gaza’s sandy coastline in Al-Mawasi, west of Khan Younis, on Wednesday when the Israeli missile struck, killing him and severely wounding several others. Continue reading “Israel Bombs Palestinians in Beach Tents in Gaza”
US Africa Command announced that its forces launched another airstrike in Somalia, marking at least the 69th time the US has bombed the country this year as the Trump administration continues a record-shattering bombing campaign that receives virtually no US media coverage. Continue reading “US Bombs Somalia for 69th Time This Year”
The White House sent a letter to Congress on Wednesday requesting an additional $87.6 billion in supplemental funding, with the vast majority going toward “costs incurred” by the US-Israeli war against Iran. Continue reading “Trump Asks Congress for Additional $87.6 Billion, Mainly for Iran War”
By Kit Klarenberg – The Grayzone
A UN fact-finding body set up to investigate potential war crimes in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories has published a report that concluded Israeli forces deliberately targeted children in Gaza, resulting in genocide and crimes against humanity. Continue reading “UN Commission: Israeli Forces Deliberately Targeted Children in Gaza, Resulting in Genocide”
Israeli forces were reported to have conducted multiple raids today into southwest Syria’s Quneitra and Daraa Governorates. The raids involved the establishment of a checkpoint near the village of Jamleh, and the interrogation of multiple shepherds in rural Daraa. Continue reading “Israeli Troops Raid Southwest Syria Villages, Interrogate Shepherds, Detain Farm Worker”
By Ryan Grim and Lily Franks – Drop Site News
In a last-minute bid to prevent an AIPAC-backed Oracle lobbyist from seizing a congressional seat on Tuesday, Prince George’s County Executive Aisha Braveboy is dropping her endorsement of a fellow local county commissioner in the hopes of consolidating around Quincy Bareebe, whom many now consider the most competitive challenger to Oracle’s Adrian Boafo. Maryland’s primary will be held on Tuesday, June 23. Continue reading “In Maryland District, a Last-Minute Scramble to Stop “AIPAC Adrian” Boafo”
By Michelle Witte – The Grayzone
Continue reading “Mysterious pay-for-play antisemitism attacks now targeting Canada. Who benefits?”
US Africa Command announced that its forces launched a series of airstrikes in Somalia in recent days as the Trump administration continues a heavy bombing campaign in the country, which receives virtually no US media coverage. Continue reading “US Announces a Series of Airstrikes in Somalia”
President Trump on Sunday issued new threats against Iran and its negotiators as US and Iranian officials were in Geneva, Switzerland, for the first round of talks under the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding. Continue reading “Trump Issues Threats Against Iran and Its Negotiators During Switzerland Summit”
By Chris Menahan – Information Liberation
Mark Levin told his audience on Friday that he’s taking a week-long trip to Israel to spend time with family and speak at an unnamed “event.” Continue reading “Mark Levin Flying to Israel as Netanyahu Reportedly Seeks to ‘Leverage’ Levin to Trash Trump’s Iran Deal”
The start of a 60-day period of technical negotiations between Iran and the US in Geneva was postponed on 19 June, following a brutal Israeli escalation against south and east Lebanon. Continue reading “Iran–US talks in Geneva ‘postponed’ over brutal Israeli attacks on Lebanon”
By Jeremy Scahill – Drop Site News
If President Donald Trump does not force Israel to halt its escalating attacks on Lebanon, Iran told mediators it is prepared to suspend the agreement signed this week and launch retaliatory strikes against Israel, a senior Iranian official told Drop Site. Continue reading “Iran Warned Trump: If You Do Not End War on Lebanon, We May Strike Israel Without Warning”
Israeli attacks in Gaza since the so-called ceasefire deal was signed in October 2025 have now killed more than 1,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, as the IDF has continued its constant violations of the agreement. Continue reading “Israel Has Killed More Than 1,000 Palestinians in Gaza Since So-Called Ceasefire Deal Was Signed in October 2025”
The Iranian military’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters on Tuesday called for Israel to halt its continued attacks in Lebanon, warning there would be a “harsh response” if it doesn’t.
The headquarters said in a statement that Israel has violated the ceasefire deal between the US and Iran, which calls for an end to Israel’s war in Lebanon, 84 times over the past two days, and that Israel had been continuing “crimes and the killing of the oppressed people of Lebanon.” Continue reading “Iran’s Military Warns of ‘Harsh Response’ If Israel Continues Attacks in Lebanon”
By Chris Menahan – Information Liberation
Vice President JD Vance started cracking up on Tuesday after Megyn Kelly brought up my viral clip of John Podhoretz melting down over President Trump’s Iran deal. Continue reading “Vice President JD Vance Reacts to InfoLib Clip of John Podhoretz Melting Down Over Iran Deal”
In the wake of the US and Iran announcing a Memorandum of Understanding to end the conflict between the two nations that includes a ceasefire in Lebanon, Israeli ministers have said Israel isn’t bound by the agreement. Continue reading “Israeli Ministers Say Israel Isn’t Bound by US-Iran Deal, Won’t Withdraw From Lebanon”
By Ryan Grim and Julian Andreone – Drop Site News
A surge of last-minute support from major pro-Israel donors, including AIPAC’s former president Bob Cohen, has flooded into the campaign of Rep. Adriano Espaillat, who faces a formidable primary challenge from local community organizer Darializa Avila Chevalier in New York’s 13th congressional district. Continue reading “Pro-Israel Donors Power Last-Minute Surge of Espaillat Spending”
Story by Tom Perkins and Ryan Grim
DETROIT, Michigan—Slowly at first, and now all at once, Michigan has turned into the central battleground in the country’s war over the U.S. relationship with Israel—and the American public’s ability to debate it freely. Continue reading “The Issue of Israel Is Ending Democracy In Michigan”
President Trump on Friday announced the US launched an airstrike in Venezuela that he claimed killed Guerrero Flores, the leader of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, marking an escalation of the expanding US military campaign in Latin America. Continue reading “US Launches Airstrike in Venezuela, Claims Tren de Aragua Leader Killed”