For today, links to seven reports: from the Cradle, Middle East Eye, the Associated Press, National Public Radio, and the Anadolu Agency, and to commentary from Middle East Eye; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (SYRIA, YEMEN and UKRAINE entries for this date are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down. GAZA 3-19-25 entry is HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM
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Qassam Brigades targets Tel Aviv with first rocket barrage in months. From the Cradle. Hamas’s armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, launched a barrage of rockets toward Tel Aviv today for the first time in months, coming after over 700 Palestinians were killed by Israel within a period of two days. The Israeli army said . . . READ MORE . . .
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Gaza’s death toll rises. From Middle East Eye. Israel’s renewed attacks on Gaza starting on Tuesday have killed a total of 506 people and injured 909, the majority of the victims women and children, the Palestinian health ministry said in a statement, adding that at least 85 Palestinians have been killed and 133 others injured in the attacks on Gaza since dawn. READ MORE . . .
Israeli strikes across Gaza hit multiple homes, killing at least 58 Palestinians, medics say, by Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy | AP DEIR-AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli strikes killed at least 58 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip overnight and into today, according to three hospitals. The strikes hit multiple homes, killing men, women and children as they slept. Hours later, the Israeli military restored a blockade on . . . READ MORE . . .
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Israel launches new ground invasion into Gaza after breaking ceasefire. Reported by A Martínez and Kat Lonsdorf | NPR Israel has launched a new ground offensive in Gaza after it broke the nearly two-month-long ceasefire with Hamas. On Tuesday, a series of airstrikes killed more than 400 Palestinians in the territory. Click HERE later to listen and, still later, read. Click HERE and HERE for March 19 reports from the Cradle and NPR.
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Israeli army bans Palestinians from using main route from northern Gaza to south, by Abdelraouf Arnaout and Ahmed Asmar | Anadolu Agency JERUSALEM — The Israeli army today banned Palestinians from traveling through the Salah al-Din Street, a route designed by Tel Aviv for safe passage between northern Gaza and the south. READ MORE . . .
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FROM MARCH 19 March 18, 2025: The day 183 children in Gaza were massacred by Israel, by Rayhan Uddin | Middle East Eye “There was no evacuation notice given,” said Rachael Cummings of Save the Children. “This was a complete bombardment across the whole of Gaza.” READ MORE . . .
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