For today, links to eight reports: from Wafa, Middle East Monitor, Middle East Eye, the Associated Press, Reuters, and, via ScheerPost, Antiwar.com; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (SYRIA, UKRAINE and CARTER entries for this date are HERE, HERE and HERE.) — MCM
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UN Security Council holds emergency meeting on collapse of Gaza health system. From Wafa. NEW YORK — The UN Security Council today held an emergency session on the collapse of health services in Gaza. The meeting was requested by Algeria, which has just taken over the UN Security Council presidency in January. READ MORE . . .
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Israeli army storms Gaza’s Indonesian Hospital, orders its evacuation. From Middle East Monitor. Israeli occupation forces today stormed the Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza, made threats against its medical staff and patients, and ordered its immediate evacuation, the Palestinian Information Centre reported. READ MORE . . . Click HERE and HERE for reports from Middle East Eye and Wafa.
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Israeli strikes kill at least 30 in Gaza as ceasefire talks set to resume in Qatar, by Wafaa Shurafa and Sam Mednick | AP AL DEIR-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli strikes killed at least 30 people in Gaza, including children, overnight and into today, hospital staff said, as often-stalled ceasefire talks to end the Israel-Hamas war were set to resume in Qatar. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Reuters.
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Gaza health ministry says 77 killed in 24 hours. From Middle East Eye. The health ministry in Gaza said today that 77 people were killed in the past 24 hours, taking the overall death toll of the war to . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM JAN. 1 U.S. has given Israel $22 billion in military aid since October 2023, by Dave DeCamp | Antiwar.com / ScheerPost According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, from 2019 to 2023 U.S. weapons accounted for 69% of Israel’s arms imports. Since Oct. 7, 2023, that number has risen to 78%, demonstrating . . . READ MORE . . .