For today, links to six reports: from Middle East Eye, Anadolu Agency, the Associated Press and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA 5-5-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  YEMEN and UKRAINE entries for today’s date are HERE and HERE, or scroll up.)  — MCM

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UN warns 66,000 Gaza children suffer from severe malnutrition amid Israeli aid blockade. From Middle East Eye. The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) said today that Israel’s two-month blockade of food and aid . . . READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for report from Anadolu Agency.

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An Israeli plan to seize the Gaza Strip is met with alarm, by Wafaa Shurafa and Melanie Lidman | AP  DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Palestinians are exhausted and hopeless, pummeled by 19 months of heavy bombing. Families of Israeli hostages still being held in Gaza are terrified that the possibility of a ceasefire is slipping further away. READ MORE . . .

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Israel plans new controls for how food and supplies are distributed in Gaza. Michel Martin of NPR speaks with Shaina Low of the Norwegian Refugee Council about lsrael’s new plans for how aid gets distributed in the enclave. Click HERE to listen and, later, read, and HERE for a May 5 report from NPR.

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