For today, links to seven reports: from Middle East Eye, the Associated Press, Reuters, and the Cradle and to commentary from Middle East Monitor via Informed Comment; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initals below. (GAZA 6-1-25 is HERE, or scroll down. UKRAINE, IRAN, WEST BANK and LEBANON entries for this date are HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE.) — MCM
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32 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces since dawn. From Middle East Eye. Israeli forces have killed at least 32 Palestinians across Gaza since dawn, Al Jazeera is reporting, citing medical sources. The news site said at least 51 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks in the last 24 hours. Wafa news agency reported that . . . READ MORE . . .
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An Israeli strike on Gaza kills 14 Palestinians, mostly women and children, hospitals say. From AP. DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — An Israeli strike on a residential building in the Gaza Strip on Monday killed 14 people, mostly women and children, according to health officials. READ MORE . . .
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Three people killed and dozens wounded near aid site in Gaza, medics say, by Nidal al-Mughrabi | Reuters CAIRO — Israeli fire killed at least three Palestinians and wounded dozens of others near an aid distribution site operated by the U.S.-based Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, local health authorities said today. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Middle East Eye.
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FROM JUNE 1 Hamas accepts Witkoff truce outline with amendments aimed at ending war, by Elis Gjevori | Middle East Eye Hamas has agreed to the outline of a ceasefire deal drafted by U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff, with amendments that include guarantees it would lead to negotiations aimed at permanently ending the Israeli war on Gaza, Middle East Eye has learnt. READ MORE . . .
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FROM JUNE 1 Arab ministers call for end to Gaza genocide, recognition of Palestine at Amman conference. From the Cradle. Arab foreign ministers gathered in the Jordanian capital on Sunday for a meeting of the ministerial committee of the Joint Extraordinary Arab-Islamic Summit, stressing the need to end Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza and to establish a Palestinian state in the occupied West Bank. READ MORE . . .
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FROM MAY 31 The Madeleine ship: A message of solidarity with Gaza and resolve to break the blockade, by Zaher Birawi | Middle East Monitor / Informed Comment – On Sunday, June 1, a small ship from the International Freedom Flotilla Coalition will set sail from the port of Catania in Sicily (Italy). They named the ship “Madeleine” in honour of Palestinian fisherwoman Madeleine Kullab, the youngest . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Middle East Eye.
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