For today, links to reports from the Associated Press, Reuters, and National Public Radio, followed by commentary by a Britain-based observer; others are accessible by clicking on the sources’ names or initials below. (The UKRAINE entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM

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Another wave of Israeli strikes hit Gaza refugee camp as crossing opens for foreigners and wounded, by Najib Jobain and Samy Magdy | AP  RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli airstrikes hit apartment buildings in a Gaza refugee camp for the second day in a row today, Palestinian officials said, as the territory’s only functioning border post opened to allow foreign passport holders to leave for the first time since war broke out over three weeks ago. Al-Jazeera television aired . . . READ MORE . . .

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Israel keeps up airstrikes on Gaza, hopes are raised Egypt crossing will stay open. Reported by Steve Inskeep and Greg Myre | NPR  Israeli airstrikes have leveled apartment buildings in a refugee camp near Gaza City, while evacuees from northern Gaza wait for a chance to pass through the Rafah crossing into Egypt. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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First evacuees leave Gaza as Israeli offensive intensifies, by Nidal Al-Mughrabi and Dan Williams | Reuters  GAZA / JERUSALEM — A first group of injured evacuees from Gaza crossed into Egypt today under a Qatari-mediated deal, Egyptian security sources said, as Israeli forces pressed their offensive against Hamas militants in the Palestinian enclave. Evacuees were driven in ambulances through the Rafah . . . READ MORE . . .

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‘Are we not equal human beings?’ asks Palestinian doctor demanding cease-fire. Reported by Jonaki Mehta, Justine Kenin and Mary Louise Kelly | NPR  Dr. Mustafa Barghouti, leader of the Palestinian National Initiative, talks about the intensifying violence in the Hamas-Israel war and its impact on the West Bank. Click HERE to listen and read.

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The latest on Israel’s bombing of the largest Gazan refugee camp. Reported by Greg Myre | NPR  Israel bombed the largest refugee camp in Gaza and said it killed a senior Hamas commander. Palestinians said it caused a huge number of civilian casualties. Click HERE to listen and read.

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Funding for Ukraine and Israel is causing rifts in Congress. Reported by Eric McDaniel | NPR  A new House bill proposes splitting funds for the war in Israel from funding for the war in Ukraine. It defies the path favored by both the Senate and the White House.  Click HERE to listen and read.

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Mounting evidence suggests Israel may be ready to ‘cleanse’ Gaza, by Jonathan Cook | jonathan-cook.net  As Israeli forces began making limited ground incursions into northern Gaza over the weekend, reports proliferated that Israel was readying plans to expel much or all of the enclave’s population into the neighbouring Egyptian territory of Sinai. In part, . . . READ MORE . . .