For today, links to reports from the Associated Press, Middle East Monitor, and National Public Radio and to commentary from Middle East Eye and Consortium News; other articles are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM

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UN halts aid shipments through Gaza’s main crossing after looting. It blames the crisis on Israel, by Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy and Tia Goldenberg | AP  DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees said today it is halting aid deliveries through the main cargo crossing into the war-ravaged Gaza Strip because of the threat of armed gangs who have looted recent convoys. It blamed the breakdown of law and order in large part . . . READ MORE . . .

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World Central Kitchen pauses Gaza operations after airstrike hits its staff. From Middle East Monitor. World Central Kitchen (WCK) suspended Saturday its operations in Gaza following an Israeli airstrike that struck a vehicle carrying its staff members, Anadolu reports. READ MORE . . .

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FROM NOV. 30  Examining the significance of the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire agreement. Adrian Ma of NPR talks with Paul Salem of the Middle East Institute about the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah and its implications, if any, to the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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By granting immunity to Netanyahu, France is fuelling the genocide, by Thierry Brésillon | Middle East Eye  In a statement published on Nov.. 27, the French foreign affairs ministry claimed that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “and the other ministers concerned,” targeted by an international arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court, benefit . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM NOV. 30  Trump II and the Middle East, by As`ad AbuKhalil | Special to Consortium News  It is too early to draw an outline of the Middle East policy of the incoming Trump administration, but drawing on a variety of factors helps to understand its general direction. READ MORE . . .