For today, links to reports from Middle East Monitor, Anadolu Ajansi, the Cradle, and Middle East Eye; others are accessible by clicking on their names below. (GAZA 8-13-25 and is HERE, or scroll down.  WEST BANK and UKRAINE entries for today are HERE and HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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Over 14,800 patients in Gaza need urgent life-saving treatment unavailable locally. From Middle East Monitor. The director-general of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, announced on Wednesday that over 14,800 patients in the Gaza Strip are in urgent need of life-saving medical care, which is currently unavailable in the region. READ MORE . . .   Click HERE for report from Anadolu Ajansi.

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Turkiye pressures Hamas to disarm, return to negotiations: report. From the Cradle. Turkiye has been pressuring Hamas to disarm and resume negotiations for a ceasefire in Gaza, a Palestinian source told Israeli newspaper Haaretz today. READ MORE . . . 

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Arab countries condemn Netanyahu’s ‘Greater Israel’ comment. From Middle East Eye. Iraq has joined a growing list of Arab countries condemning Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s comments voicing support for a “Greater Israel.” READ MORE . . .

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