Aid-line carnage in Gaza, Syria’s shaky truce, and a cartel kingpin extradited. Here’s your SOFREP Morning Brief for Monday, July 21, 2025.

US bureau chief Jacob Magid discusses US anger with Netanyahu over Syria, the latest on hostage talks, and the need for more food and less violence in Gazan aid distribution The post Daily Briefing July 21: Day 654 – Can chaos be removed from Gaza’s aid distribution?

Israeli tanks pushed into southern and eastern districts of the Gazan city of Deir al-Balah for the first time on Monday, an area where Israeli sources said the military believes some of the remaining hostages may be held.

While UN and European officials hope that a cease-fire deal would help ease suffering among the Strip’s population, Israelis worry that as in the

As a new round of negotiations between Hamas and Israel begins in Doha, Israeli forces have intensified their military operations across the Gaza Strip. Nearly 900 Gazans have been killed by U.S.-Israeli forces while attempting to access aid by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation,