For today, links to seven reports: from the Associated Press, Reuters, Middle East Eye, Middle East Monitor, and Anadolu Agency, and to an analysis from MintPress News via Consortium News; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA 5-22-25 is HERE, or scroll down. WEST BANK, YEMEN, UKRAINE and MEDIA entries for this date are HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM
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At least 60 people killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza as Israel lets minimal aid in, by Wafaa Shurafa | AP DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — At least 60 people were killed by Israeli strikes across Gaza in a 24-hour period, Gaza’s health ministry said today, as Israel pressed ahead with its military offensive and let in minimal aid to the strip. READ MORE . . .
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FROM MAY 22 Gaza’s main hospital is overwhelmed with children in pain from malnutrition, by Mohammed Jahjouh, Wafaa Shurafa, Sarah el Deeb, and Sam Mednick | AP KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — More than 9,000 children have been treated for malnutrition this year, according to the U.N. children’s agency. Food security experts say tens of thousands of cases are expected in the coming year. The World Health Organization said last week that people are already starving. READ MORE . . .
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Israeli strikes kill Palestinians protecting Gaza aid trucks, Hamas says, by Nidal al-Mughrabi and James Mackenzie | Reuters CAIRO / JERUSALEM — Israeli airstrikes killed at least six Palestinians guarding aid trucks against looters, Hamas officials said today, underlining the problems hindering supplies from reaching hungry people in Gaza following Israel’s 11-week-long blockade. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Middle East Eye.
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Lack of equipment in Gaza prevents rescuing 50 Palestinians after Israeli deadly strike in northern Gaza. From Middle East Monitor. Lack of heavy equipment in Gaza has halted rescue efforts to save over 50 Palestinians trapped under the rubble of a house destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in Jabalia, northern Gaza, Gaza’s Civil Defence said Thursday. READ MORE . . .
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Israel allows only ‘teaspoon of aid’ into Gaza amid ‘atrocious levels of death and destruction’: UN chief, by Merve Aydogan | Anadolu Agency HAMILTON, Canada — “For nearly 80 days, Israel blocked the entry of life-saving international aid,” UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said today at the UN headquarters in New York. “Finally, a trickle of aid has crossed over.” READ MORE . . .
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Germany reiterates opposition to Trump’s Gaza relocation plan, by Oliver Towfigh Nia | Anadolu Agency Germany today reaffirmed its opposition to U.S. President Donald Trump’s plans to relocate Palestinians from Gaza to other countries. And a survey said 80% of respondents believe Israel’s military operation, with its significant casualties among Palestinian civilians, is unjustified. READ MORE . . .
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FROM MAY 20 The hostile takeover of Gaza relief, by Robert Inlakesh | MintPress News / Consortium News A new, U.S.-backed private aid scheme staffed by former C.I.A. operatives, ex-Marines, and mercenaries tied to Israeli intelligence and Wall Street elites has been deployed in Gaza under the guise of relief. READ MORE . . .
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