For today, links to reports from Reuters, the Associated Press, and National Public Radio, and to commentary from Middle East Eye ; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM

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Israeli bombardment kills dozens in Gaza as health officials prepare polio campaign, by Nidal Al-Mughrabi and Mohammad Salem | Reuters  CAIRO / GAZA — Israeli strikes today killed at least 48 people in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian health authorities said, as clashes took place in central and southern areas of the enclave ahead of the planned start of a polio vaccination campaign. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from AP.

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Children in Gaza get polio vaccines but the virus may already be spreading. Reported by Aya Batrawy and Scott Simon | NPR  Palestinian children in Gaza will have access to polio vaccines this weekend as the UN rushes to reach families displaced and without access to healthcare following the detection of the virus in wastewater flowing through its war-ravaged streets. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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West Bank attacks: To western leaders, there are no red lines for Israel’s slaughter, by Lubna Masarwa | Middle East Eye  The Israeli military’s assault against four refugee camps and almost every town in the north of the occupied West Bank, using battlefield weapons, commando-style helicopter landings, drones and bulldozers, cannot be classed as a response to the war on Gaza. READ MORE . . .