Gaza, 2-3-25

For today, links to four reports: from National Public Radio, the Associated Press and Reuters, and to commentary from Middle East Eye; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (WEST BANK, SYRIA and UKRAINE entries for this date are HERE, HERE and HERE. GAZA 2-2-25 entry is HERE.) — MCM

   

Israeli PM Netanyahu visits D.C. for talks with President Trump. Reported by Kat Lonsdorf and Michel Martin | NPR  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives in Washington for talks with President Trump, as negotiations on the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire are supposedly due to begin. Click HERE to listen and read.

   

Israel’s ambassador to the U.N. discusses Netanyahu’s visit to the U.S. Reported by Steve Inskeep | NPR  With Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu in Washington as negotiations for the next phase of the ceasefire with Hamas get under way, Israel’s ambassador to the U.N., Danny Danon, is interviewed. Click HERE to listen and read.

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Aid is surging into Gaza under the ceasefire. Is it helping? by Julia Frankel | AP  JERUSALEM — Two weeks after the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel took effect, aid is flooding into the Gaza Strip, bringing relief to a territory suffering from hunger, mass displacement and devastation following 15 months of war. READ MORE . . .

   

Palestinians appeal for help with short-term shelter in Gaza, by Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ali Sawafta | Reuters  CAIRO / RAMALLAH — With fighting in Gaza paused, Palestinians are appealing for billions of dollars in emergency aid — from heavy machinery to clear rubble to tents and caravans to house people made homeless by Israeli bombardment. READ MORE . . .

   

FROM FEB. 2  Will Trump end Netanyahu’s rule? by Ameer Makhoul | Middle East Eye  The Gaza ceasefire agreement, landing on the eve of Donald Trump’s inauguration, reflected the high priority of this deal for the Trump administration. But in Israel . . . READ MORE . . .

 

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