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

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Gaza ceasefire talks at an impasse as humanitarian crisis deepens, by Nidal Al-Mughrabi and Bassam Masoud | Reuters Hamas stuck to its terms for a ceasefire deal and hostage exchange with Israel today after the United States said truce talks in Cairo were “in the hands of” the Palestinian militant group. Negotiators from Hamas, Qatar and Egypt — but not Israel — are in Cairo trying . . . READ MORE . . .

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Hostage crisis poses dilemma for Israel and offers a path to victory for Hamas, by Joseph Krauss | AP  Over the last five months, Israel has killed thousands of Hamas fighters, destroyed dozens of their tunnels and wreaked unprecedented destruction on the Gaza Strip. But it still faces a dilemma: It can either . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM MARCH 5  A mother in Gaza describes losing 14 family members, including her infant twins. Reported by D. Parvaz and Anas Baba | NPR  An Israeli strike in Rafah killed 14 members of the same family, including 5-month old twins, Wissam and Naeem Abu Anza. We hear from the mother of the twins, Rania Abu Anza. Click HERE to listen and read.

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FROM MARCH 5  A requiem for Gaza’s iconic sites, destroyed in the war. Reported by Daniel Estrin and Abu Bakr Bashir | NPR Its landmarks showed another face of Gaza, different from the den of misery the world has come to know. For Palestinians, these sites were part of the tangle of threads linking their daily lives to their heritage stretching back thousands of years — an . . . Click HERE to listen and read.