For today, links to six reports: from the Cradle, the Associated Press, Reuters, and Middle East Eye; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (LEBANON and UKRAINE entries for this date are HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down. GAZA 3-4-25 entry is HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM
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Trump officials ‘hold secret talks with Hamas’: report. From the Cradle. Senior U.S. officials have engaged in “direct talks” with Hamas about releasing U.S. captives in Gaza and exploring an agreement to “end the war,” according to sources who spoke with Axios reporter Barak Ravid. READ MORE . . .
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Trump rejects Egypt’s Gaza plan, stands by ethnic cleansing ‘vision.’ From the Cradle. Washington has rejected the Egyptian post-war Gaza proposal put forward by Arab states at a summit in Cairo this week, doubling down on U.S. President Donald Trump’s vision for the expulsion of Palestinians and the takeover of the strip. READ MORE . . .
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FROM MARCH 4 Arab leaders endorse Egypt’s plan to rebuild Gaza as an alternative to Trump’s proposal, by Samy Magdy and Mohammad Jahjouh | AP CAIRO — Arab leaders on Tuesday endorsed Egypt’s postwar plan for the Gaza Strip that would allow its roughly 2 million Palestinians to remain. The counterproposal to U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to depopulate the territory and redevelop it was welcomed by Hamas, rejected by Israel, and . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Reuters.
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Less than two weeks worth of food in Gaza due to Israeli blockade: WFP. From the Cradle. The World Food Programme announced today it has enough food supplies in the Gaza Strip to keep public kitchens and bakeries open for less than two weeks due to Israel blocking the entry of food, fuel, medicine, and other essential supplies. Furthermore . . . READ MORE . . .
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How a future Gaza would look under Egypt’s $53bn plan, by Sondos Asem | Middle East Eye Egypt‘s $53bn plan for the reconstruction of Gaza, backed by the Arab League on Tuesday, has an ambitious vision for the architectural future of the war-ravaged Palestinian enclave. READ MORE . . .
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