For today, links to reports from Reuters, the Associated Press and Common Dreams; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM
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Fighting intensifies between Israel and Hamas-led militants in north and south Gaza, by Nidal Al-Mughrabi | Reuters CAIRO — Gun battles between Israel and militants from Hamas, Islamic Jihad and smaller Palestinian factions intensified overnight into some of the fiercest in months in both northern and southern Gaza, both sides said today. Israeli tanks . . . READ MORE . . .
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NEWER Gaxa fighting worsens, Israel asks why armed men at UN site, by Nidal Al-Mughrabi and James Mackenzie | Reuters CAIRO / JERUSALEM — Israeli troops battled militants across Gaza today, including in the southern city of Rafah that had been a refuge for civilians, in an upsurge of the war. Antagonism between Israel and the United Nations worsened as the Israeli army sought an explanation for . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM MAY 14 Biden administration is moving ahead on $1 billion arms package for Israel, AP sources say, by Seung Min Kim, Ellen Kickmeyer and Zeke Miller | AP WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has told key lawmakers it is sending a new package of more than $1 billion in arms and ammunition to Israel, two congressional aides said Tuesday. The administration . . . READ MORE . . .
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Palestinians across the Middle East mark their original ‘catastrophe’ with eyes on the war in Gaza, by Joseph Krauss, Abby Sewell and Samy Magdy | AP JERUSALEM — Palestinians across the Middle East today are marking the anniversary of their mass expulsion from what is now Israel with protests and other events at a time of mounting concern over the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza. The Nakba, Arabic for “catastrophe,” . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM MAY 14 Hospitals in Gaza are near collapse despite protections under international law. Reported by Juana Summers, Sarah Handel and Jonaki Mehta | NPR Juana Summers talks with Leonard Rubenstein of Johns Hopkins University about the unprecedented Israeli attacks on hospitals in Gaza, and what international law could do to protect them. Click HERE to listen and, later, read
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FROM MAY 12 Israel ‘has gone to war against the entire Palestinian people’: Sanders, by Olivia Rosane | Common Dreams / ScheerPost “Any objective observer knows,” independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders said Sunday, “Israel has broken international law, it has broken American law, and, in my view, Israel should not be receiving another nickel in U.S. military aid.” This was in response to a U.S. State Department report released Friday. READ MORE . . .