For today, links to seven reports: from the Associated Press, Reuters, Anadolu Agency, Agence France-Presse, Middle East Monitor, and Middle East Eye; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA 5-24-25 is HERE, or scroll down. WEST BANK, UKRAINE, IRAN and SYRIA entries for this date are HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM
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Israel’s latest strikes in Gaza kill 38 people including children, by Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy | AP DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli strikes over the past 24 hours killed at least 38 people in Gaza, including a mother and her two children sheltering in a tent, local health officials said today, with no data available for a second straight day from now-inaccessible hospitals in the north. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Reuters.
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Israel deploys regular infantry, armored brigades to Gaza amid escalating genocide: report, by Said Amori and Rania Abu Shamala | Anadolu Agency JERUSALEM / ISTANBUL — Israel’s public broadcaster KAN reports that within the last 24 hours the Israeli army has deployed regular infantry and armored brigades to the Gaza Strip as part of a military buildup following its decision to expand a ground offensive in the enclave that is facing genocidal attacks. READ MORE . . .
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ICRC says two Red Cross workers killed in Gaza strike, pleads for ceasefire. From AFP. Two Red Cross workers were killed Saturday in a strike on their home in the Gaza city of Khan Younis, the ICRC said today as it made an “urgent” appeal for a ceasefire in the conflict. READ MORE . . .
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Israel’s Netanyahu chooses ‘obscure’ U.S. firm for Gaza aid distribution ‘behind back of security agencies,’ by Betul Yilmaz | Anadolu Agency ISTANBUL — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu selected an “obscure” and “inexperienced” U.S. company called SRS to distribute aid in the Gaza Strip behind the back of security agencies, Israeli media said today. READ MORE . . .
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UNRWA calls for allowing more aid to ease starvation in Gaza. From Middle East Monitor. The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) today called for the entry of hundreds of aid trucks into the Gaza Strip to ease starvation in the war-torn enclave, Anadolu reports. READ MORE . . .
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Aid NGOs distance themselves from Gaza Humanitarian Foundation after leaked letter, by Dania Akkad | Middle East Eye Aid organisations named in a letter from a newly formed foundation bidding to deliver food aid in Gaza have sought to distance themselves from the controversial plan, which is expected to launch this week. READ MORE . . .
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