For today, links to eight reports from Reuters, Middle East Eye, Middle East Monitor, the Associated Press, and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their initials below. (UKRAINE entry for this date and a BIKES, ETC. entry are HERE.) and HERE.) — MCM
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Senior Hamas official criticizes U.S., West’s calls on group to accept Biden’s Gaza proposal. From Reuters. CAIRO — Senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri criticised Washington and the West’s calls for it to accept a ceasefire proposal advanced by U.S. President Joe Biden, saying today it was “as if it is Hamas who is hampering the deal”. READ MORE . . .
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Biden says ‘every reason’ to believe Netanyahu prolonging war for self-preservation. From Middle East Eye. U.S. President Joe Biden has told Time magazine that people have “every reason” to believe that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is prolonging the war in Gaza for his reasons of self-preservation. READ MORE . . .
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FROM JUNE 3 Zelenskyy: Ukraine is ready to help Gaza. From Middle East Monitor. Ukraine’s President has insisted that Kyiv recognises both Israel and Palestine, calling to an end to the Israeli offensive on Gaza and urging for a two-state solution. In Singapore on Sunday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, was asked . . . READ MORE . . .
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Israeli strikes kill 11 overnight in Gaza, including a family of 3 at a refugee camp. From AP. Palestinian health officials in the Gaza Strip said Israeli strikes killed at least 11 people overnight into today, including a family of three in the built-up Bureij refugee camp and eight police officers. . . . READ MORE . . .
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Israel declares 4 more hostages are dead in Gaza, including 3 older men from Hamas video, by Julia Frankel | AP JERUSALEM — Four more hostages kidnapped on Oct. 7 were declared dead by the Israeli military — includinG three older men seen in a Hamas video begging to be released. Monday’s announcement . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM JUNE 3 The state of Hamas as it reasserts itself in the north in a weakened form. Reported by Daniel Estrin | NPR Hamas has not been hit badly enough for a defeat in Gaza, according to US and Israeli officials. What are the group’s capabilities and strategy nearly eight months into the war? Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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Famine and the rising death toll in Gaza, by Wafa Aludaini | Middle East Monitor Two Palestinian children died last week of starvation, dehydration and lack of medicine amid desperate conditions in the southern areas of the besieged Gaza Strip. The Ministry of Health . . . READ MORE . . .
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WHO official says at least 7,000 Palestinians need immediate medical evacuation. From Middle East Eye. The World Health Organisation has warned that 7,000 to more than 11,000 Palestinian patients need immediate medical evacuations from the Gaza Strip. READ MORE . . .