Recommended reading: Gaza conflict

Commentaries/Analysis

• Shmuel Rosner’s columns at the Jewish Journal. Here’s one, “Israel wants a cease-fire worthy of soldiers’ sacrifice

• Times of Israel blog post by Uri Resnick, “Max Steinberg’s quiet bravery”

• JTA’s Uriel Heilman on “Why the flight cancellations are such a blow to Israel”

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News/Features

• Mitch Ginsburg of Times of Israel reports on the grim task of informing IDF soldiers’ families : “How the army breaks the worst news of all”