Links to THREE reports: from the Cradle, the Associated Press, and Middle East Eye; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (Scroll down for GAZA 2-20-26, and up or down for IRAN, WEST BANK, SYRIA, CUBA, UKRAINE and MEDIA.) — MCM

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Israeli troops executed Palestinian aid workers at ‘point blank range’: report. From the Cradle. Israeli soldiers today massacred 15 Palestinian aid workers, targeting them with nearly a thousand bullets, including at least eight at point-blank range, in Tal al-Sultan in southern Gaza, a joint investigation by the independent research groups Earshot and Forensic Architecture has shown. READ MORE . . .

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EU diplomats set to meet Board of Peace director over Gaza’s future, by Sam McNeil | AP  BRUSSELS — Nikolay Mladenov, a former Bulgarian politician and U.N. diplomat chosen by Trump to manage the Board of Peace, was scheduled to meet today with the EU’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas and foreign ministers from across the 27-nation bloc. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.

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Ramadan in ruins, by Maha Hussaini and Mohammed al-Hajjar | Middle East Eye  GAZA CITY / NUSEIRA, Gaza Strip  As world leaders convened in Washington for the inaugural meeting of U.S. President Donald Trump’s controversial Board of Peace and pledged billions for Gaza reconstruction, residents of the devastated enclave say the atmosphere remains heavy with loss, displacement and intermittent bombardment — much like the two Ramadans observed during the war. READ MORE . . .

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