For today, links to reports from National Public Radio, the Associated Press, and Reuters; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM   

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FROM MARCH 18  Half the population of Gaza is facing catastrophic food insecurity, WFP says. Reported by Fatma Tanis | NPR  More than half of Gaza’s population is experiencing catastrophic food insecurity, according to a new report. Despite international pressure on Israel to allow more aid in, it hasn’t been enough. Click HERE to listen and read.

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Famine is said to be imminent in northern Gaza as Israel raids the main hospital again, by Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy and Tia Goldenberg | AP  RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Famine is imminent in northern Gaza, where 70% of people are experiencing catastrophic hunger, according to a report Monday that warned escalation of the war could push half of Gaza’s total population to the brink of starvation. The report, by . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM MARCH 18  Gaza’s catastrophic food shortage means mass death is imminent, monitor says, by Nidal Al-Mughrabi, Dan Williams and Aidan Lewis | Reuters  CAIRO / JERUSALEM / LONDON — Extreme food shortages in parts of the Gaza Strip have already exceeded famine levels, and mass death is now imminent without an immediate ceasefire and surge of food to areas cut off by fighting, the global hunger monitor said on Monday. READ MORE . . .