For today, links to nine reports: from X via Middle East Monitor, Consortium News via ScheerPost, National Public Radio, the Associated Press, Reuters, the Anadolu Agency, and Middle East Eye, and to written and visual commentary from ScheerPost; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (WEST BANK, SYRIA, IRAN and UKRAINE entries for this date, so far, are HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE.) — MCM
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Egyptian machinery enters Gaza to help clear the rubble. From X / Middle East Monitor. Egyptian engineering machinery was seen crossing the Rafah Border into Gaza Tuesday to assist in clearing rubble. This comes as U.S. President Donald Trump continues to describe Gaza as a ‘demolition site’ and . . . Click HERE to read and then click to view a brief video clip from X.
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Trump wants U.S. to take over & ethnically cleanse Gaza, by Joe Lauria | Consortium News / ScheerPost U.S. President Donald Trump says the United States should become party to a major crime against humanity by expelling 1.8 million people from their land in the Gaza Strip as it becomes . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from NPR.
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Trump’s suggestion the U.S. ‘take over’ the Gaza Strip is rejected by allies and adversaries alike, by David Rising and Jon Gambrell | AP DUBAI — President Donald Trump’s proposal that the United States “take over” the Gaza Strip and permanently resettle its Palestinian residents was swiftly rejected and denounced today by American allies and adversaries alike. READ MORE . . . Click HERE and HERE for two reports from Reuters.
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Our people in Gaza will not allow Trump’s relocation plans to pass: Hamas, by Ahmed Asmar | Anadolu Agency ANKARA — Palestinian Hamas group said today the Palestinian people will not allow U.S. President Donald Trump’s plans to expel Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to go forward. READ MORE . . .
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Trump floats idea for U.S. to take ownership of the Gaza Strip and redevelop it. Steve Inskeep of NPR talks with Yousef Munayyer of the Arab Center in Washington for his perspective about President Trump’s idea for the Gaza Strip. Click HERE to listen and, later read.
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IRC: Suffering in Gaza ‘beyond imagination.’ From Middle East Eye. The International Rescue Committee has warned that the suffering of people in Gaza “is beyond imagination,” with icy temperatures and lack of heating and winter clothing putting children at risk of . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM FEB. 2 The Western way of genocide, by Chris Hedges | Original to ScheerPost with illustration by Mr. Fish Gaza is a wasteland of 50 million tons of rubble and debris. There is no clean water. Little food. A severe . . . Click HERE to read and view.