For today, links to six reports: from Anadolu Agency, Middle East Eye, the Associated Press, National Public Radio, Reuters, and the Cradle; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA 5-28-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  WEST BANK and IRAN entries for this date are HERE and HERE, or scroll up.) — MCM

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Israeli government ministers reject U.S. envoy’s proposal for Gaza ceasefire, by Ahmed Asmar | Anadolu Agency  ANKARA — Israeli government ministers have strongly opposed U.S. Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff’s proposal for a Gaza ceasefire to end Israel’s brutal onslaught on the Palestinian enclave. READ MORE . . .

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Israeli strikes on kindergarten and homes in central and northern Gaza kill 44, by Mera Aladam | Middle East Eye  The Israeli military today struck residential areas in northern and central Gaza, including a kindergarten in Jabalia refugee camp, killing at least 44 people. READ MORE . . .

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Israel authorizes more settlements in the occupied West Bank. Strikes on Gaza kill 13, officials say, by Julia Frankel and Natalie Melzer | AP  JERUSALEM — Israel said today it would establish 22 Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, including the legalization of outposts already built without government authorization. Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip meanwhile killed at least 13 people overnight, local health officials said.

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FROM MAY  28  U.S. and Israel are at odds with the UN over new aid program for Gaza. Reported by Michele Kelemen | NPR  The U.N. Security Council meets on Gaza, as the U.S. backs a new aid group and dismisses concerns by the U.N. that aid is being “politicized.” Click HERE to listen and read.

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FROM MAY  28  Deadly break-in at UN warehouse as aid trickles into Gaza, by Nidal al-Mughrabi, James Mackenzie and Michelle Nichols | Reuters  CAIRO / JERUSALEM / UNITED NATIONS — A United Nations warehouse in war-torn Gaza was broken into by “hordes of hungry people” on Wednesday as aid trickles into the Palestinian enclave on the brink of famine and the United States readies new terms for a possible truce between Israel and Hamas. READ MORE . . .

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FROM MAY  28  GHF says operating ‘without incident’ in south Gaza as Israeli army guns down aid seekers. From the Cradle. The U.S. and Israeli-led Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said on Wednesday it was continuing operations “without incident” — this amid continued violence against starving Palestinians by Israeli forces, a day after . . . READ MORE . . .

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