For today, links to reports from the Associated Press, Reuters, Roya News, Turkish Minute, and National Public Radio, and to commentary from Multinational Monitor; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE entry for this date and a PAYNE entry are HERE and HERE.) — MCM
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Misery deepens in Gaza’s Rafah as Israeli troops press operation, by Wafaa Shurafa, Joseph Krauss and Samy Magdy | AP RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Aid workers are struggling to distribute dwindling food and other supplies to hundreds of thousands of Palestinians displaced by what Israel says is a limited operation in Rafah, as the two main crossings . . . READ MORE . . .
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Israeli protesters block aid convoy headed to Gaza. From Reuters. JERUSALEM — Israeli protesters blocked aid trucks headed for Gaza today, strewing food packages on the road in the latest in a series of incidents that have come as Israel has pledged . . . READ MORE . . .
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Israeli forces push into Gaza from north and south, by Nidal Al-Mughrabi | Reuters Israeli forces pushed deep into the ruins of Gaza’s northern edge today to recapture an area where they had claimed to have defeated Hamas months ago, while at the opposite end of the enclave tanks and troops pushed across a highway into Rafah. Intense fighting . . . READ MORE . . .
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NEWER Turkey hospitalizes over 1,000 Hamas members. From Roya News. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said today that “more than 1,000 members” of the Islamic Resistance Group (Hamas) are being treated in Turkish hospitals, saying he considers Hamas a “resistance organization.” In response, the Greek Prime Minister said . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for article from Turkish Minute.
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FROM MAY 12 Israel moves deeper into Rafah and fights Hamas militants regrouping in northern Gaza, by Wafaa Shurafa, Joseph Krauss and Samy Magdy | AP RAFAH, Gaza Strip — The exodus of Palestinians from Gaza’s last refuge accelerated Sunday as Israeli forces pushed deeper into the southern city of Rafah. Israel also pounded the territory’s devastated north, where some Hamas militants have regrouped in . . . READ MORE . . .
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With eyes on Rafah, Israel renews attacks elsewhere to prevent Hamas from regrouping. Reported by Michel Martin and Lauren Frayer | NPR A third of the city of Rafah is under evacuation orders, as Israel presses its offensive into southern Gaza. Israel is also expanding attacks in central and northern areas of the Gaza Strip. Click HERE to listen and read.
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Doctors say patients in Gaza are dying because medical supplies are limited. Leila Fadel of NPR talks with Dr. Ismail Mehr of the Islamic Medical Association of North America about the collapsed medical care in Rafah, a region of Gaza that Israel threatens to invade. Click HERE to listen and read.
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Unremarkable peer recruited by Zionist lobby to stop Palestine Action, by Yvonne Ridley | Middle East Monitor Palestine Action burst onto the scene around four years ago using a blend of unrivalled direct action, anarchy and good, old-fashioned peaceful resistance to disrupt and wreck Israel’s war machine factories in the UK. Despite numerous arrests, very few PA members have been prosecuted successfully, largely because . . . READ MORE . . .