For today, links to reports from Al Jazeera, Middle East Monitor, Reuters, and Middle East Eye, and a map from Encyclopedia Britannica; others are accessible by clicking on their names below. (SYRIA, IRAN, LEBANON, WEST BANK and UKRAINE entries for this date are HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.  GAZA 2-18-25 entry is HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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Israel kills 3 in Gaza, Hamas offers all captives for permanent truce, by Alex Kozul-Wright and Virginia Pietromarchi | Al Jazeera  Despite the ceasefire, at least three Palestinians have been killed and 11 injured in Israeli attacks across Gaza in the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry says. Hamas proposes exchanging . . . READ MORE . . .  Click HERE and scroll down for report from Middle East Monitor.

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UAE tells U.S.’s Rubio it rejects displacement of Palestinians. From Reuters. DUBAI — The United Arab Emirates leader told the United States’ secretary of state today his country rejects a proposal to displace Palestinians from their land, the Emirati state news agency WAM reported. READ MORE . . .

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FROM FEB. 18  Sisi to visit Saudi to discuss Arab plan for Gaza. From Middle East Monitor. Two Egyptian security sources have said that President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi is expected to travel to Riyadh on Thursday to discuss an Arab plan regarding . . . READ MORE . . .  Click HERE and scroll down for more Feb. 19 report from Middle East Eye.

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