For today, links to three reports: from Reuters and Middle East Eye, and to commentary from Middle East Monitor; other articles or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names below. (GAZA 4-28-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  SYRIA and UKRAINE entries for this date are HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM

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Short of supplies, Gaza’s vital community kitchens may soon shut, halt free meals, by Nidal al-Mughrabi, Olivia Le Poidevin and Ramadan Abed | Reuters  CAIRO / GENEVA / GAZA — Gaza’s community kitchens, which are lifelines for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians after 18 months of war, may soon have no more meals to provide and risk closing down, potentially within days . . . READ MORE . . .

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Gaza’s families left to starve under Israeli aid shutdown, by Maha Hussaini | Middle East Eye  GAZA CITY, occupied Palestine Since Israel sealed Gaza’s boundaries in early March, at least 95 percent of UN and international aid agencies have halted distributions after their warehouses ran dry. Aid had become . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM APRIL 28  Unrwa ban: Why the World Court is hearing another case against Israel, by Sondos Asem | Middle East Eye THE HAGUE, Netherlands  The International Court of Justice began hearings on Monday into Israel’s humanitarian obligations in occupied Palestine and attacks on UN agencies. Since March, Israel has blocked all aid from reaching Gaza . . . Click HERE to read, and for video of two Palestinian representatives speaking outside the court.

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Advisory opinions will not stop genocide, by Ramona Wadi | Middle East Monitor  Legal recourse becomes absurd when the need is to stop genocide as a matter of great urgency. In December 2024, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution calling for an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice about Israel’s obligations in Gaza to ensure delivery of essential humanitarian aid . . . READ MORE . . .

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