There is no UKRAiNE entry for this date.
For now, links to seven reports: from Reuters, Anadolu Agency, National Public Radio, the Associated Press, Middle East Eye, and the Cradle; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their initials below. (GAZA 5-12-25 is HERE, or scroll down. 9/11 TRUTH and SYRIA entries for today, so far, are HERE and HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM
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WHO warns of permanent impact of hunger on a generation of Gazans, by Emma Farge | Reuters GENEVA — Malnutrition rates are rising in Gaza, emergency treatments to counter it are running out and hunger could have a lasting impact on “an entire generation,” a World Health Organization official, Rik Pepperkorn, said today. READ MORE . . .
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Israel resumes attacks on Gaza hours after U.S. captive released, by Ramzi Mahmud and Mohammad Sio | Anadolu Agency GAZA CITY, Palestine / ISTANBUL — The Israeli military resumed its attacks on the Gaza Strip late Monday, killing a Palestinian woman and critically injuring a child following a temporary lull so Hamas could release Israeli American soldier Edan Alexander. The shelling targeted . . . READ MORE . . .
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Hamas releases U.S.-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander. Reported by Daniel Estrin and Leila Fadel | NPR Hamas released dual U.S.-Israeli citizen Edan Alexander on Monday thanks to a direct deal between Hamas and the U.S. Now, the U.S. is jumpstarting talks to try to reach a ceasefire in Gaza. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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FROM MAY 12 Hamas released the last U.S.-Israeli citizen believed to be alive and held hostage, by Hadeel Al-Shalchi | NPR TEL AVIV — Hamas has released U.S.-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander, a 21-year-old Israeli soldier raised in New Jersey. He is believed to be the last living U.S. citizen who had been held in Gaza by Hamas since the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel. His release was brokered in a deal between Hamas and the U.S. READ MORE . . .
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UN agencies warn that Israel’s plans for aid distribution will endanger lives in Gaza, by Jamey Keaten, Wafaa Shurafa and Sahah El Deeb | AP KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — International aid agencies warned Friday that Israeli plans to control aid distribution in Gaza, including a U.S.-backed proposal, will only increase suffering and death in the devastated Palestinian territory, calling on Israel to lift its blockade on food and other supplies, now in . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM MAY 12 Gaza market massacre: ‘My son was stolen from me,’ by Ahmed Dremly | Middle East Eye GAZA CITY, Palestine Noah al-Saqa, 10, dreamed of becoming an architect to help rebuild the devastated Gaza Strip. His birthday was May 6. READ MORE . . .
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FROM MAY 10 U.S. abandons ‘Hamas disarmament’ demands in Gaza truce talks: report. From the Cradle. “U.S. negotiators conveyed to Egyptian intermediaries that the issue of Hamas’s disarmament could be addressed at a later stage, rather than being an immediate requirement for a ceasefire agreement,” the Qatari-owned news outlet Al-Araby Al-Jadeed reports. READ MORE . . .
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