For today, links to nine reports: from Agence France-Presse, the Associated Press, Reuters, National Public Radio, Middle East Eye, the Cradle, and Drop Site News, and to commentary from Middle East Monitor; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA 5-31-25 is HERE, or scroll down. MEDIA, UKRAINE, WEST BANK, SYRIA and IRAN entries for this date are HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM
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UNWRA head says ‘aid distribution has become a death trap.’ From AFP. The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said Gaza “aid distribution has become a death trap,” citing reports from medics on the ground of “mass casualties” among starving civilians this morning. READ MORE . . .
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At least 31 Palestinians are killed while heading to a Gaza aid hub, officials and witnesses say, by Mohammad Jahjouh and Samy Magdy | AP RAFAH, Gaza Strip — At least 31 people were killed and scores were wounded today as they were on their way to receive food in the Gaza Strip, according to health officials and multiple witnesses. The witnesses said Israeli forces fired on crowds around a kilometer away from an aid site run by an Israeli-backed foundation. READ MORE . . . Click HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE for reports from Reuters, NPR, Middle East Eye and the Cradle.
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FROM MAY 27 Weaponizing food aid: The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. Jeremy Scahill and Ryan Grim of Drop Site News talk about how the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, the U.S.-Israeli aid scheme operating in southern and central Gaza, is being used . . . Click HERE for intro and video of report.
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FROM MAY 30 Hamas says U.S.. ceasefire proposal ‘perpetuates’ Israel’s mass killing, starvation policies. From the Cradle. Hamas announced on Friday that the new U.S. proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza “fails to meet any of the just and legitimate demands of our people,” including an immediate cessation of hostilities and an end to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, Reuters reported. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Reuters.
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How humanitarian aid became a tool to empty Gaza, by Greg Pence | Middle East Monitor In the history of modern conflict, perhaps no narrative is as disturbing as the deliberate misuse of humanitarian aid to achieve geopolitical goals. Gaza now faces . . . READ MORE . . .
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