For today, links to four reports: from the Associated Press, Reuters, the Cradle, and Middle East Eye, and to commentary from Middle East Monitor; others or headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA 4-22-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  YEMEN and UKRAINE entries for this date are HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM

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Mediators work on proposal for long-term truce as Israeli strike on Gaza kills 23, by Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy | AP  DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Arab mediators are working on a proposal to end the Israel-Hamas war that would include a five to seven year truce and the release of all remaining hostages, officials said today. Local authorities said an Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter in Gaza City . . . READ MORE . . .  Click HERE and HERE for reports from Reuters, and the Cradle.

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FROM APRIL 22  Israel expects ‘significant crisis’ in Gaza as it plans to continue total blockade, by Nadav Rapaport | Middle East Eye  TEL AVIV — Israel will continue its complete blockade of Gaza, with the army expecting a “significant crisis” to unfold in the Palestinian enclave in two weeks “regarding food, medical equipment and medicines,” Walla reported. READ MORE . . .

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FROM APRIL 22 Gaza’s unquenchable thirst: The water tragedy amid relentless bombardment and total blockade, by AbdulMajed Al-Aloul | Middle East Monitor  Under the weight of war and a suffocating blockade, more than two million people in the Gaza Strip are facing an unprecedented water crisis that threatens their daily survival. What was already dire . . . READ MORE . . .

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