For today, links to reports from Reuters, the Associated Press, and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE entry for this date and a WOODWORTH entry are HERE and HERE.) — MCM
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Gaza death toll rises to 29,313, Rafah residents killed in strike, by Bassam Masoud, Ibraheem Abu Mustafa andNidal Al-Mughrabi | Reuters RAFAH, Gaza Strip / CAIRO — Israel stepped up its bombardment of the southern city of Rafah, residents said today, as the death toll in the war across the devastated Palestinian strip rose to 29,313, according to the Gaza health ministry. In its daily summary of events in Gaza, the Israeli . . . READ MORE . . .
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UN top court shouldn’t urge Israel to immediately withdraw from Palestinian-claimed lands, U.S. says, by Mike Corder | AP THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The United States said today the United Nations’ top courtshould not issue an advisory opinion that says Israel should “immediately and unconditionally withdraw” from territories sought for a Palestinian state. Acting State Department legal adviser Richard Visek spoke on the third day of hearings at . . . READ MORE . . .
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UN blames security collapse as aid deliveries to Gaza dry up, by Aidan Lewis | Reuters The flow of aid entering Gaza from Egypt has almost dried up in the past two weeks, and a collapse in security has made it increasingly difficult to distribute the food that does get through, according to U.N. data and officials. Daily figures show a precipitous drop . . . READ MORE . . .
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Food deliveries into northern Gaza are halted because of the war’s chaos, increasing famine risk, by Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy | AP RAFAH, Gaza Strip — The World Food Program said Tuesday it has paused deliveries of food to isolated northern Gaza because of increasing chaos across the territory, hiking fears of potential . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM FEB. 20 U.S. vetoes call for ceasefire in Gaza for a third time. Reported by Michele Kelemen | NPR The Biden administration has again used its veto power on the UN security council to block a call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. A U.S. ambassador suggested a different draft resolution. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.