For today, links to five reports: from the Associated Press, Reuters, Middle East Eye, and Agence France-Presse, and to articles of commentary from or via Middle East Eye; others or headlines anyway are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA 5-1-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  UKRAINE, SYRIA and MEDIA entries for today’s date are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM

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Drones strike ship carrying aid to Gaza, organizers say, by Sam Mednick and Renata Brito | AP  TEL AVIV — Drones attacked a vessel carrying aid to Gaza while it was in international waters off Malta today, the group organizing the shipment said. A fire broke out but was brought under control, according to authorities. A nearby tugboat . . . READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for report from Reuters, and HERE and HERE for May 2 and April 19 reports from Middle East Eye.

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Gaza humanitarian work on ‘verge of total collapse’: Red Cross. From AFP. GENEVA — The Red Cross warned today that the humanitarian response in Gaza was on the “verge of total collapse” after two months of Israel blocking aid to the war-torn Palestinian territory. READ MORE . . .

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FROM APRIL 25  All those who have stood by as Israel exterminates Gaza are guilty, by Ahmed Abu Artema | Middle East Eye Israel’s genocide in Gaza, now into its 19th month, aims to destroy all life and dismantle the very foundations of survival in the besieged territory. READ MORE . . .

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FROM MAY 1  Why I wrote an expert report against the UK’s classing Hamas as a terror group, by Jonathan Cook | jonathan-cook.net / Middle East Eye  This is the first time I have had to begin an opinion column with both a journalistic disclosure and a legal disclaimer. But hey ho, these are dystopian times we live in. The disclosure: I was one of . . . Click HERE to read article and for video of an interview from Unapologetc.

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