For today, links to reports from National Public Radio, Reuters, and the Associated Press; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (Today’s UKRAINE entry is HERE, and an AMERICAS entry for today is HERE.) — MCM

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The Gaza war’s youngest evacuees reach safety in Egypt — many without their parents. Reported by Anas Baba, Lauren Frayer and Ruth Sherlock | NPR  RAFAH, the Gaza Strip — Twenty-eight premature babies traveled in a convoy of ambulances Monday with four parents — all mothers, no fathers — from scarcely functioning Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City to the Rafah border crossing with Egypt. Two of them were twins Leen and Bayan. Click HERE to listen and read.

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Hamas chief says close to truce agreement with Israel, by Nadal al-Mughrabi and Dan Williams | Reuters  GAZA / JERUSALEM — The chief of Hamas said Tuesday that the Palestinian militant group was near a truce agreement with Israel, even as the . . . READ MORE . . .

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A deal for the release of Israeli hostages appears close, officials say, by Scott Neuman, Brian Mann, Greg Myre, and Jane Arraf | NPR  TEL AVIV, Israel — A possible deal to release some of the roughly 240 hostages seized by Hamas during last month’s attacks on Israel appeared to be inching forward, but the details and timing of such an agreement remains unclear. Meanwhile . . . READ MORE . . .

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Israel reveals signs of Hamas activity at Shifa, but a promised command center remains elusive, by Josef Federman | AP  JERUSALEM — Three weeks ago, the Israeli military unveiled a detailed 3D model of Gaza’s Shifa Hospital – showing a series of underground installations that it said was part of an elaborate Hamas command and control center under the territory’s largest health-care center. As of Nov. 20, the military had yet to unveil this purported center. But it has . . . READ MORE . . .

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