Links to two reports: from the Associated Press and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their initials below. (Scroll down for GAZA 2-1-26, and up or down for UKRAINE, IRAN, LEBANON, VENEZUELA and MEDIA.) — MCM

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Gaza’s border crossing to Egypt reopens in a key step for truce but few Palestinians can cross, by Samy Magdy and Josef Federman | AP  CAIRO — Gaza’s Rafah border crossing with Egypt reopened today for limited traffic, a key step in the Israel-Hamas ceasefire but a mostly symbolic one as few people will be allowed to travel in either direction and no goods will pass through. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others, and HERE for a report from NPR.

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