For now, links to reports from Middle East Eye, the Associated Press, the Cradle, and Reuters; other reports or headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (SYRIA, WEST BANK and UKRAINE entries for this date, so far, and a MEDIA entry are HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.  GAZA 3-3-25 entry is HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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Netanyahu: We are ‘preparing for the next stages of the war.’ From Middle East Monitor. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that Tel Aviv is “preparing for the next stages of the war,” vowing not to stop until “we achieve all our victory goals.” READ MORE . . .

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Arab leaders gather to endorse counterproposal to Trump’s Gaza plan, with ceasefire’s fate uncertain, by Samy Magdy and Mohammad Jahjouh | AP  CAIRO — Arab leaders meeting in Cairo today are set to endorse a counterproposal to U.S. President Donald Trump’s call for the Gaza Strip to be . . . READ MORE . . .   Click HERE for report from the Cradle.

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Israel says it needs deal on freeing hostages to extend Gaza  ceasefire deal. From Reuters. JERUSALEM — Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said today Israel was ready to proceed to the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal, as long as Hamas . . . READ MORE . . .

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