For today, links to seven reports: from Agence France-Presse, the Cradle, Middle East Monitor, Reuters, Middle East Eye, and National Public Radio; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (SYRIA and UKRAINE entries for this date are HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down. GAZA 3-28-25 entry is HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM
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FROM MARCH 28 Hamas says Gaza truce talks with mediators stepping up. From AFP. GAZA CITY — Hamas spokesman Basem Naim said Friday that talks over a ceasefire deal between the Palestinian Islamist movement and mediators are gaining momentum as Israel continues intensive operations in Gaza. “We hope that the coming days will bring a real breakthrough . . . READ MORE . . .
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Israeli army admits firing on Gaza ambulances as body of rescue worker found ‘executed, dismembered.’ From the Cradle. The Israeli military on Friday acknowledged attacking ambulances and fire trucks in the Tal Sultan neighborhood of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, where several members of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society went missing last Sunday. READ MORE . . .
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Hamas: ‘Meshaal statements about giving up control of Gaza are false.’ From Middle East Monitor. “The false remarks attributed to our mujahid brother Khaled Meshaal, head of the Hamas movement abroad, did not come from him,” Hamas said Thursday evening, “and are merely rumours spread by parties hostile to the movement and the resistance.” READ MORE . . .
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FROM MARCH 28 Israel flouting international law with forced evacuations in Gaza, UN says. From Reuters. The UN Human Rights Office accused Israel on Friday of violating international law by forcibly displacing Palestinians in Gaza. “These evacuations,” said spokesperson Thameen Al-Kheetan said, “fail to comply . . . READ MORE . . .
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Palestinians starve as Israel continues full ban on humanitarian aid, by Ahmed Dremly | Middle East Eye GAZA CITY, occupied Palestine On March 2, Israel closed Gaza’s borders and halted the entry of all humanitarian aid, food, and goods. The renewed blockade has brought the enclave to the brink of famine once again. “We used to cook a variety of dishes every . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM MARCH 28 Miscarriages in Gaza surge by 300 percent due to Israel’s aid blockade: report. From the Cradle. Miscarriages among pregnant women in the Gaza Strip have surged by 300 percent due to Israel’s blockade of humanitarian aid shipments, according to figures from the Palestinian Health Ministry reported by Al-Akhbar. READ MORE . . .
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FROM MARCH 28 What Ramadan has been like this year in Gaza, from ceasefire to war. Reported by Anas Baba | NPR GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — It is 2 a.m. and three young men walk through the rubble of a neighborhood destroyed by Israeli airstrikes, beating a drum and singing Muslim chants. They’re loud, and that’s the point. They are waking people up, reminding them . . . Click HERE to listen and read.
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