For now, links to nine reports: from Reuters, the Associated Press, National Public Radio, Middle East Eye, and the Cradle, and to an exchange via Consortium News; other published material or at least headlines is accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA 5-27-25 is HERE, or scroll down. YEMEN, UKRAINE and MEDIA entries for this date, so far, are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM
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Netanyahu says Hamas chief Mohammed Sinwar has been eliminated. From Reuters. JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today that Hamas Gaza chief, Mohammad Sinwar, one of its most wanted and the younger brother of the deceased group’s leader, Yahya Sinwar, had been eliminated. READ MORE . . .
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One killed, 48 wounded when forces fired on crowd overrunning aid site, Gaza officials say, by Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy and Melanie Lidman | AP DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — At least one Palestinian was killed and 48 others wounded when forces opened fire on a crowd overrunning a new aid distribution site in the Gaza Strip set up by an Israeli and U.S.-backed foundation, Gaza’s Health Ministry said today. READ MORE . . . Click HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE for reports from NPR, Reuters, Middle East Eye, and the Cradle.
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UN official blasts new U.S.-backed aid distribution system in Gaza. From Middle East Eye. The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, Philippe Lazzarini, today condemned the U.S.-backed aid system in Gaza after 47 people were injured during a chaotic food distribution, calling it “a waste of resources and a distraction from atrocities.” READ MORE . . .
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FROM MAY 27 Hamas accepts U.S. ceasefire proposal, calls for ‘global rage’ against Israeli genocide. From the Cradle. Senior Hamas official Bassem Naim announced on Tuesday that the Palestinian resistance movement has accepted U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff’s Gaza ceasefire proposal – coming one day after Witkoff publicly denied such reports. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for May 26 report from the Cradle.
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FROM MAY 27 On the ground in Gaza. Via Consortium News. Australian physician Mohammed Mustafa speaks and answers questions at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on Tuesday. He returned from volunteering at Nasser and European hospitals in Khan Younis in Gaza. He is campaigning to build and sustain an Australian children’s hospital in Gaza. Independent senator David Pocock intoduces him. Click HERE for YouTube video. (Intro begins about 17 minutes in, and Mustafa begins talking about 24 minutes in.)
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