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 a MEDIA entry are HERE and HERE.) — MCM   

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NEWER  U.S. military aircraft airdrop thousands of meals into Gaza in emergency humanitarian aid operation, by Tara Copp | AP  WASHINGTON — U.S. military C-130 cargo planes dropped food in pallets over Gaza today in the opening stage of an emergency humanitarian assistance . . . READ MORE . . .

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Biden says U.S. military to airdrop food and supplies into Gaza, by Phil Stewart, Idrees Ali and Nandita Bose | Reuters  U.S. President Joe Biden announced on Friday plans for a military airdrop of food and supplies into Gaza. He said it would take place in the coming days but offered . . . READ MORE . . .

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Many of those killed or wounded in Gaza stampede for aid were shot by Israel’s army, EU arm says, by Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy | AP  RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Many of the Palestinians killed or wounded in the chaos as they tried to get bags of flour from an aid convoy were hit by Israeli army fire, the European Union’s diplomatic service said today, urging an international investigation. Outrage . . . READ MORE . . .