For today, links to reports from the Associated Press and Reuters; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE entry for this date and an ASSANGE entry are HERE and HERE.) — MCM
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Netanyahu seeks open-ended control over security and civilian affairs in Gaza in new postwar plan, by Wafaa Shurafa and Bassem Mroue | AP DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israel seeks open-ended control over security and civilian affairs in the Gaza Strip, according to a long awaited postwar plan by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. It was swiftly rejected today by Palestinian leaders and runs counter to Washington’s vision for the war-ravaged enclave. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu . . . READ MORE . . .
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Israel’s Netanyahu presents first official post-Gaza war plan. From Reuters. JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has presented a “day after” plan for Gaza, his first official proposal for when the war in the Hamas-run Palestinian territory ends. According to the document, presented to members of Israel’s security cabinet on Thursday, Israel would . . . READ MORE . . .
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Israel plans to build 3,300 new settlement homes. It says it’s a response to a Palestinian attack, by Julia Frankel | AP JERUSALEM — Israel plans to build more than 3,300 new homes in settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank in response to a fatal Palestinian shooting attack, a senior Cabinet minister, Bezalel Smotrich, said late Thursday. The decision is bound to . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM FEB. 21 Rape and sexual assault took place during Hamas attack, Israeli association says, by Melanie Lidman | AP TEL AVIV — The Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel on Wednesday said it has found evidence of “systematic and intentional” rape and sexual abuse during the Hamas attack on Oct. 7 that ignited the war in Gaza. The report said the attacks were more widespread . . . READ MORE . . .
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Hamas says it is awaiting new truce proposal from mediators’ talks with Israel, by Nidal Al-Mughrabi and Bassam Masoud | Reuters Hamas wrapped up ceasefire talks in Cairo and is now waiting to see what mediators bring back from weekend talks with Israel, an official from the terrorist group said today, in what . . . READ MORE . . .
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UN rights chief deplores ‘entrenched impunity’ in Israel-Hamas war. From Reuters. The United Nations human rights chief, Volker Turk, said today that perpetrators of gross human rights violations in the conflict between Israel and Hamas must be held accountable. “The entrenched impunity that OHCHR [the UN rights agency] has reported on for many years cannot . . . READ MORE . . .