For today, after a late start, links to six reports: from Middle East Eye, the Cradle, the Associated Press, Reuters, National Public Radio, and, via Consortium News, Z Network; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE entry for this date is HERE, or scroll down. GAZA 4-2-25 is HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM
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NEWER 112 Palestinians killed since dawn today: Gaza health ministry. From Middle East Eye. The Ministry of Health in Gaza said today that 112 Palestinians were killed by Israeli air strikes since dawn, with at least 70 of those deaths taking place in Gaza City, in the north of the Strip. The figure makes this day the deadliest single day for Palestinians since Israel resumed its war on Gaza on March 18. Click HERE for April 2 report from the Cradle.
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Israeli strikes on Gaza overnight leaves more than 50 Palestinians dead, by Wafaa Shurafa and Natalie Melzer | AP DEIR AL BALAH, Gaza Strip — Overnight strikes by Israel killed at least 55 people across the Gaza Strip, hospital officials said today, a day after senior government officials said Israel would seize large areas of Gaza and establish a new security corridor across the Palestinian territory. Israel has vowed to . . . READ MORE . . .
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Hundreds of thousands flee as Israel seizes Rafah in new Gaza ‘security zone,‘ by Nidal al-Mughrabi and Mahmoud Issa | Reuters CAIRO / GAZA — Hundreds of thousands of fleeing Gazans sought shelter today in one of the biggest mass displacements of the war, as Israeli forces advanced into the ruins of the city of Rafah, part of a newly announced “security zone” they intend to seize. READ MORE . . .
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Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu details objectives of Gaza military campaign. Reported by Hadeel Al-Shalchi and Leila Fadel | NPR Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has new details for Israel’s expanded incursion in Gaza, saying Israeli troops are seizing more land there. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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FROM MARCH 28 Arab complicity in Israel’s genocide, by Ramzy Baroud | Z Network / Consortium News Explaining Arab political failure to challenge Israel through traditional analysis — such as disunity, general weakness and a failure to prioritize Palestine — does not capture the full picture. READ MORE . . .
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