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

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.

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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