For today, links to five reports: from the Cradle, National Public Radio, and Middle East Monitor; to a video clip via Middle East Monitor, and to commentary from Middle East Eye. Other published material is accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (LEBANON, WEST BANK, SYRIA and UKRAINE entries for this date and a POETRY entry are HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down. GAZA 3-24-25 entry is HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM
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Israeli jets pummel Gaza from north to south killing dozens. From the Cradle. Dozens of Palestinians were killed and hundreds injured by Israeli attacks across Gaza in the past 24 hours in Tel Aviv’s renewed campaign against the strip. The Gaza Health Ministry reported today that “62 martyrs and 296 injuries arrived at Gaza Strip hospitals during the past 24 hours.” READ MORE . . .
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Israeli strikes in Gaza targeted key hospital and journalists, by Aya Batrawy | NPR Israel’s war against Hamas has killed tens of thousands of people, with the latest strikes targeting a hospital and journalists. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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FROM MARCH 24 Gaza ceasefire talks ‘collapse’ after Israel rejects all proposals: report. From the Cradle. Gaza ceasefire negotiations in the Egyptian capital have fallen apart after an Israeli delegation rejected Egypt’s new proposal and left Cairo, according to sources cited by Al-Araby al-Jadeed on Monday. READ MORE . . .
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UN to ‘reduce footprint’ in Gaza citing Israeli attacks on staff. From the Cradle. The UN said Monday it would “reduce its footprint” in the Gaza Strip after an Israeli tank strike hit one of its compounds last week, killing one staffer and wounding five others. READ MORE . . .
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Israel to seize more of Gaza if Hamas keeps refusing to free hostages, says defence minister. From Middle East Monitor. Israel will take more territory in Gaza and fight until Hamas is wiped out if the Palestinian resistance movement keeps refusing to free remaining hostages, Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said today according to Reuters. READ MORE . . .
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‘Blame Hamas for Israel killing Gazans’: U.S. Gov. From Middle East Monitor. “Every single thing that is happening is a result of Hamas,” a U.S. State Department spokesperson said. Israel has “every right to defend itself.” Click HERE and scroll down for video.
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Why Israel is waging war on Palestinian children, by Soumaya Ghannoushi | Middle East Eye Earlier this month, before the sun rose, nearly 200 children were killed in a coordinated barrage of Israeli strikes. This did not happen in combat, nor by mistake. READ MORE . . .
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