For today, links to nine reports: from the Anadolu Agency, the Cradle, the Associated Press, Reuters, Middle East Monitor, and Middle East Eye; others or just headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA 5-2-25 is HERE, or scroll down. IRAN, YEMEN, SYRIA and UKRAINE entries for today’s date are HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM
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29 Palestinians, including infant, killed in Israeli attacks on southern Gaza, by Nour Abuaisha, Hosni Nedim and Ikram Kouachi | Anadolu Agency GAZA CITY, Palestine / ANKARA — At least 29 Palestinians, including an infant, were killed early today in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip. READ MORE . . .
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Netanyahu rejects comprehensive ceasefire, insists on fragmenting truce issues: Hamas, by Mohammad Majid and Ahmed Asmar | Anadolu Agency GAZA CITY, Palestine / ANKARA — Hamas said Friday that it presented a vision based on a five-year ceasefire to Israel that was rejected by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from the Cradle.
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Groups fear Israeli proposal for controlling aid in Gaza will forcibly displace people, by Sam Mednick and Lee Keath | AP TEL AVIV — Israel has blocked aid from entering Gaza for two months and says it won’t allow food, fuel, water or medicine into the besieged territory until it puts in place a system giving it control over the distribution. But officials from the U.N. and aid groups say . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM MAY 2 Israeli security cabinet backs plans to expand Gaza war: reports. From Reuters. Israel’s security cabinet approved plans for an expanded war on the Gaza Strip, Israeli media reported on Friday, adding to signs that attempts to stop the onslaught and return captives held by Hamas have made no progress. READ MORE . . .
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FROM MAY 2 U.S., Israel near deal on aid delivery to Gaza, Axios reports. From Reuters. United States, Israel and representatives of a new international foundation are close to an agreement on how to resume the delivery of humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza without it being controlled by Hamas, Axios reported on Friday, citing two Israeli officials and one U.S. source.
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FROM MAY 2 Gaza-bound aid ship rescued by Malta after drone attack. From Middle East Monitor. A humanitarian aid ship bound for Gaza with 16 people on board left crippled by a drone attack was rescued by Maltese forces, local media reported Friday. READ MORE . . . Click HERE and HERE for two reports from Middle East Eye.
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