Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Friday, Aug. 1, 2025Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz.Some key things to watch today:Updates on U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff's visit to Gaza while the enclave faces famine.Updates on the situation in Lebanon as the army celebrates its 80th anniversary amid a push to disarm Hezbollah.Palestinians rush for cover as debris flies around them after an Israeli strike on the Bureij camp for Palestinian refugees in the central Gaza Strip on June 15, 2025. (Credit: Eyad Baba/AFP) US envoy set to visit Gaza aid centers as Israeli attacks continue to kill aid seekers: U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff arrived in Israel yesterday to discuss the humanitarian situation in Gaza and stalled cease-fire talks as Israeli attacks on aid distribution centers and elsewhere across the enclave killed dozens of...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Friday, Aug. 1, 2025Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz.Some key things to watch today:Updates on U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff's visit to Gaza while the enclave faces famine.Updates on the situation in Lebanon as the army celebrates its 80th anniversary amid a push to disarm Hezbollah.Palestinians rush for cover as debris flies around them after an Israeli strike on the Bureij camp for Palestinian refugees in the central Gaza Strip on June 15, 2025. (Credit: Eyad Baba/AFP) US envoy set to visit Gaza aid centers as Israeli attacks continue to kill aid seekers: U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff arrived in Israel yesterday to discuss the humanitarian situation in Gaza and stalled cease-fire talks as Israeli attacks on aid distribution centers and elsewhere across the enclave killed dozens of...
