For today, links to seven reports: from Reuters, National Public Radio, the Associated Press, Middle East Monitor, the Anadolu Agency, and the Cradle; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE, YEMEN and SYRIA entries for this date are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up. GAZA 4-10-25 is HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM
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Gazans struggle to find water as clean sources become increasingly scarce, by Nidal al-Mughrabi and Mahmoud Issa | Reuters GAZA / CAIRO — Hundreds of thousands of Gaza City residents have lost their only source of clean water in the past week after supplies from Israel’s water utility were cut by the Israeli army’s renewed offensive, municipal authorities in the territory said. READ MORE . . .
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FROM APRIL 10 Gaza’s territory is dramatically shrinking as Israel seizes more areas. Reported by Aya Batrawy | NPR Israel is taking over large areas of Gaza and eyeing the entire southern swath of Rafah as a buffer zone. Click HERE to listen and read.
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Israel’s army says it will fire air force reservists who condemned the war, by Sam Mednick | AP TEL AVIV — Israel’s military said today it will fire air force reservists who signed a letter condemning the war in Gaza and accusing it of only serving political interests and not bringing the hostages home. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Middle East Monitor.
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Israeli army renews evacuation orders for 7 neighborhoods in eastern Gaza City, by Ikram Kouachi | Anadolu Agency ANKARA — The Israeli army today reissued urgent evacuation warnings to residents of seven neighborhoods in eastern Gaza City, threatening “intense” military strikes in those areas. READ MORE . . .
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Netanyahu discussed Egyptian proposal for prisoner swap with Hamas: report, by Said Amori and Rania Abu Shamala | Anadolu Agency JERUSALEM / ISTANBUL — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed a new Egyptian proposal for a prisoner exchange with the Palestinian group Hamas during a briefing session Thursday that included Israel’s negotiation team and heads of security agencies, an Israeli TV channel reported. READ MORE . . .
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FROM APRIL 10 Israel destroyed ‘only 25 percent’ of Hamas tunnels in Rafah: reports. From the Cradle. The Israeli army has only destroyed around 25 percent of the Palestinian resistance’s underground tunnel network in Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah — where Hamas’s Qassam Brigades retains a significant bulk of its fighting force, according to Hebrew media reports. READ MORE . . .
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