For now, links to reports from the Cradle and Middle East Eye, and to an analysis from Al-Shabaka via Consortium News; others are accessible by clicking on their names. (Scroll down for GAZA 5-1-26, and up or down for IRAN, YEMEN and LEBANON.) — MCM

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FROM MAY 1  Washington to shutter U.S. command center overseeing Gaza ‘ceasefire’: report. From the Cradle. The White House is closing the Civil-Military Coordination Center near Gaza in the “latest blow” to U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan for the devastated strip, Reuters reported on Friday. READ MORE . . .  Click a HERE for report from Middle East Eye.

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FROM APRIL 21  Israel’s Yellow Line annexation in Gaza, by Ahmad Ibsais | Al-Shabaka / Consortium News  The so-called Yellow Line in Gaza functions as a de facto military demarcation associated with ceasefire arrangements and enforced through Israeli operational control. READ MORE . . .

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