For today, link to five reports: from Middle East Eye, the Cradle, and the Associated Press; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below, or scroll down. (IRAN, LEBANON, WEST BANK, SYRIA, UKRAINE entries for this date are HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down. GAZA 3-7-25 entry is HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM
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Hamas sees ‘positive indicators’ over talks for second stage of ceasefire. From Middle East Eye. Hamas sees “positive indicators” for launching talks over the second phase of Gaza ceasefire, the group’s spokesperson said today. READ MORE . . .
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Israeli official says Jerusalem unaware of progress on second phase Gaza ceasefire talks. From the Times of Israel. Israel is unaware of progress in talks with Hamas on the second phase of the hostage-ceasefire deal, an Israeli official tells Hebrew media outlets. READ MORE . . . NOTE: Visitors to Times of Israel website who are not subscribers may be “rate limited,” or denied access after a certain number of visits.
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UK, France, Germany, Italy endorse Arab reconstruction plan for Gaza. From the Cradle. The foreign ministries of the UK, Germany, France, and Italy today announced their support for an Egyptian proposal to rebuild Gaza as a substitute to Donald Trump’s “riviera” scheme that . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM MARCH 7 Yemen gives Israel four-day ultimatum to stop blocking Gaza aid. From the Cradle. The leader of Yemen’s Ansarallah resistance movement, Abdul Malik al-Houthi, on Friday announced a four-day grace period for Israel to resume ceasefire talks and lift its blockade on humanitarian aid for Gaza, threatening to resume Sanaa’s naval operations against Israeli-linked ships. READ MORE . . .
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FROM MARCH 7 Aid efforts in Gaza slow as millions of promised USAID dollars do not arrive, agency officials say, by Julia Frankel | AP JERUSALEM — The Trump administration’s cuts to USAID have frozen hundreds of millions of dollars in contractual payments to aid groups, leaving them paying out of pocket to preserve a fragile ceasefire, according to officials from the U.S. humanitarian agency. READ MORE . . .
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