For today, links to eight reports: from the Associated Press, National Public Radio, Middle East Monitor, the Cradle, and Middle East Eye; others are accessible by clicking on their names below. (WEST BANK, LEBANON, SYRIA, UKRAINE and COVID ETC. entries for this date are HERE, HERE, HERE., HERE and HERE. GAZA 1-27-25 entry is HERE.) — MCM

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FROM JAN. 27  Northern Gaza is shattered. The spirit of returning Palestinians is not, by Osama Saleh, Abdul-Kareem Hana and Samy Magdy | AP  WADI GAZA, Gaza Strip — They walked for hours loaded with whatever clothes, food and blankets they could carry. Many . . . Click HERE for report including photos and brief video, and HERE and HERE  for two reports today from Reuters.

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FROM JAN. 27  Huge health challenges face Gaza residents returning to their homes, by Tammy Webber | AP  Hospitals and clinics destroyed. Millions of tons of debris contaminated with toxic substances, unexploded ordnance and human remains. Tens of thousands of people with injuries that will require a lifetime of care. Click HERE for report including photos.

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FROM JAN. 27  Thousands of Palestinians return to north Gaza for the first time amid ceasefire. Reported by Kat Lonsdorf and Anas Baba | NPR  The Israeli military has unblocked roads going north in Gaza, allowing many Palestinians to return for the first time since the beginning of the war. Including NPR’s Anas Baba, who fled 15 months ago. Click HERE to listen and read.

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FROM JAN. 27  200,000 Palestinians return to northern Gaza. From Middle East Monitor. Some 200,000 Palestinians returned to northern Gaza Monday morning, after Israel removed a road block preventing their entry to the besieged area. Thousands moved on foot . . . Click HERE for this report including brief video.

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FROM JAN. 26  Trump calls for ethnic cleansing of Gaza’s population to Egypt, Jordan. From the Cradle. While flying on Air Force One on Sunday, U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters that the residents of Gaza should be “cleaned out” and ethnically cleansed to neighboring Arab countries after Israel’s U.S.-backed bombing campaign turned the enclave into a “demolition site.” READ MORE . . .