For now, links to five reports: from the Cradle, Middle East Eye, Middle East Monitor, Reuters 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, so far, are HERE and HERE, or scroll down. GAZA 4-3-25 is HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM
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Israel expands north Gaza ground assault as massacres intensify. From the Cradle. The Israeli army announced the expansion of its ground operation in the northern Gaza Strip todayl, namely the Shujaiya neighborhood where its forces have operated several times before. READ MORE . . .
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Gaza rescuers say at least 30 killed by Israel fire since dawn. From Middle East Eye. Gaza’s civil defence agency said today that Israeli military operations had killed at least 30 people in the Palestinian territory since dawn. A single Israeli strike on Khan Yunis killed at least 25 people, a medical source told AFP. READ MORE . . .
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Israel kills 15 Palestinians, destroys water desalination plant in Gaza. From Middle East Monitor. Eyewitnesses told Anadolu Agency that the Israeli occupation army struck the Ghabayen water desalination plant in the Al-Tuffah neighbourhood, east of Gaza City, as part of its ongoing “war of thirst” against Palestinians. It is part of a humanitarian catastrophe that has intensified since Israel began blocking the entry of essential supplies such as food and water into Gaza on March 2. READ MORE . . .
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FROM APRIL 3 Israeli military says it holds special probe into Gaza aid worker deaths, by James Mackenzie | Reuters JERUSALEM — The Israeli military is conducting an investigation into an incident in Gaza in which a number of emergency and aid workers were killed, a military spokesperson said on Thursday, rejecting a description of the incident as an “execution.” Lt. Col. Nadav Shoshani said . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM APRIL 3 Local journalists in Gaza report on the war as foreign journalists still lack access. Reported by Kat Lonsdorf | NPR Israel hasn’t allowed outside journalists independent access to Gaza since it launched its war. That means it’s been almost solely Palestinian journalists reporting on a war they’re living through. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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