For today, links to nine reports: from the Associated Press, Middle East Eye, Middle East Monitor, the Cradle, Reuters, and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (SYRIA, LEBANON and UKRAINE entries for this date are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down. GAZA 2-26-25 entry is HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM
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NEWER Israeli official says the army won’t withdraw from a Gaza corridor in potential jolt to truce, by Mohammad Jahjouh, Wafaa Shurafa and Natalie Melzer | AP KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — Israel will not withdraw from a strategic corridor in the Gaza Strip as called for by the ceasefire, an official said today. Israel’s refusal could spark a crisis with Hamas and key mediator Egypt . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE, HERE and HERE for reports from Middle East Eye, Middle East Monitor and the Cradle.
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Hamas says it’s ready for more ceasefire talks after releasing hostage remains. From Reuters. JAKARTA — Militant group Hamas said today it was ready to begin talks on the second phase of a ceasefire in Gaza after several hundred Palestinians were released from Israeli jails overnight in return for the bodies of four Israeli hostages. It was the final exchange . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM FEB. 26 Hamas hands over bodies of four hostages, Israel frees Palestinian prisoners. From Reuters. JERUSALEM — Hamas handed over the bodies of four Israeli hostages while it waited for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners to be released by Israel in return, in an overnight exchange marking the final swap as part of a fragile truce in Gaza. READ MORE . . . Click HERE and HERE for Feb. 27 reports from NPR and the Cradle.
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FROM FEB. 26 Israel has shown ‘unprecedented disregard for human rights’ in Gaza, UN human rights chief says, by Olivia Le Poidevin | Reuters GENEVA — UN human rights chief Volker Turk on Wednesday accused Israel of showing an unprecedented disregard for human rights in its military actions in Gaza and said Hamas had violated international law. “Nothing justifies . . . READ MORE . . .
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