Lebanon, 11-12-26

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First, a link to a report from the Cradle; others are accessible by clicking on its name. (Scroll down for this date’s YEMEN, GAZA, ALL OF IT, WEST BANK and UKRAINE so far, and for LEBANON 11-2-26.) — MCM

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FROM NOV. 11  Over one million Lebanese face ‘crisis-level’ food insecurity as Israel ravages farmland. From the Cradle. Crisis-level or worse food insecurity has affected more than one million people in Lebanon, according to a UN-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification analysis published on Wednesday, as Israeli attacks in the south ravage farmland and cut farmers off from their land. READ MORE . . .

 

Yemen, 11-12-26

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First, a link to a report from the Cradle; others are accessible by clicking on its name. (Scroll down for this date’s LEBANON, GAZA, ALL OF IT, WEST BANK and UKRAINE so far, and down for YEMEN 11-9-26.) — MCM

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Yemeni army advances on Bab al-Mandab front against Saudi-backed forces. From the Cradle. The Yemeni Armed Forces today advanced in southwestern Lahj, gaining territory near the Bab al-Mandab Strait and pushing back Saudi-backed forces in Aden and Taiz. READ MORE . . .

Gaza, 11-12-26

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Links to eight reports and a commentary: from the Associated Press, the Cradle, Middle East Eye, Middle East Monitor, and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up or down for this date’s LEBANON, YEMEN, ALL OF IT, WEST BANK and UKRAINE so far, and down for GAZA 11-10-26.) — MCM

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Israeli strike on Gaza hospital kills 6 people, including a doctor and a child, Health Ministry says, by LAbdel Karen Hana and Toqa Ezzidin | AP  KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip  — An Israeli airstrike hit one of the main hospitals still operating in the Gaza Strip today, killing six people, including a surgeon and a 13-year-old boy, Gaza’s Health Ministry said. Click HERE for report with photos. Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others. Click HERE for report from the Cradle, and HERE for a later report from Middle East Eye.  

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Clashes break out between Palestinian resistance, Israel-backed militias in central Gaza. From the Cradle. The Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, announced today that its fighters had clashed with Israeli-backed militias in central Gaza. READ MORE . . .

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Aid groups call on Israel to allow shelters in Gaza amid a humanitarian emergency. Reported by Anas Baba | NPR  Winter storms have brought flooding and deadly landslides to thousands living in tents in Gaza. Palestinians have no where to go after years of devastating war. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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53 countries, aid organizations urge Israel to allow rapid humanitarian access to Gaza. From Middle East Monitor. A group of 53 countries and organizations, including Turkiye, today urged Israel to allow rapid and unimpeded humanitarian access into the Gaza Strip, Anadolu reports. READ MORE . . .

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How Gaza’s winter ‘crisis’ is manufactured by Israel, by Katherine Hearst | Middle East Eye  The deaths of Gaza’s babies in freezing, storm-battered tents is now becoming an annual phenomenon in the aid-starved enclave. READ MORE . . .

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FROM NOV. 11  Gaza flooding is a catastrophe by design — and the spineless West is complicit, by David Hearst | Middle East Eye  It’s a great time to be a war criminal. READ MORE . . .

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FROM NOV. 11  Israel’s top court blocks release of 14 Palestinian doctors abducted from Gaza. From the Cradle. Israel’s top court has rejected petitions for the release of 14 Palestinian doctors abducted from the Gaza Strip, Physicians for Human Rights Israel announced on Wednesday. READ MORE . . .

All of it, 11-12-26

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Links to two reports from National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on its name or initials. (Scroll up or down for this date’s LEBANON, YEMEN, GAZA, WEST BANK and UKRAINE  so far, and down for ALL OF IT 11-11-26.) — MCM

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Leaders at the U.N. climate summit urged to get tougher on global warming. Reported by Hadeel Al-Shalchi | NPR  World leaders are gathered in Turkey for climate talks, after a year of conflict that has frayed international ties and upended global energy markets. One conspicuous absence: the U.S. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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Drought threatens Iraq’s marshes, risking one of the oldest ways of life. Reported by Jane Arraf | NPR  The unique marshes of southern Iraq are beginning to revive after five years of devastating drought. But challenges remain for one of the world’s oldest ways of life. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

West Bank, 11-12-26

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Links to reports from Middle East Eye and West Bank Alerts; others are accessible by clicking on its name. (Scroll up or down for this date’s LEBANON, YEMEN, GAZA, ALL OF IT and UKRAINE so far, and down for WEST BANK 11-10-26.) — MCM

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Israeli soldier accused of smearing feces on Palestinian detainee’s face, by Nadav Rapaport | Middle East Eye  An Israeli soldier has been accused of abusing a Palestinian detainee at a military outpost in the occupied West Bank, including beating him, urinating on him and . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM NOV. 11  ‘Oh world, oh people, come help us,’ by Cara MariAnna | West Bank Alerts  Beginning of a text from Adnan in Kisan: “I received a call from my married sister, who lives in Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya, north of Ramallah. She was screaming and crying. She also has three young daughters, the eldest being seven years old. She was pleading for help after an attack by dozens of settlers who set fire to a junkyard. The settlers tried to burn down her house and several others, but . . .” Click HERE for texts, intro and videos.

Ukraine, 11-12-26

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Links to eight reports: from Reuters, the Associated Press, National Public Radio, and Agence France-Presse; others are accessible by clicking on its name or initials. (Scroll up for this date’s LEBANON, YEMEN, GAZA, ALL OF IT and WEST BANK so far, and down for UKRAINE 11-11-26.) — MCM

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NEWER  U.S. envoys leave Kremlin after Putin talks. From Reuters. U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have left the Kremlin after talks today with Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a new push for a peace deal in Ukraine despite what they have called a lack of trust between Moscow and Kyiv. READ MORE . . .  Click HERE and HERE  for report from AP / AP with video and photos, in English and Spanish. 

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U.S. officials set to meet with Putin, Zelenskyy following Abu Dhabi peace talks. Reported by Charles Maynes and Michel Martin | NPR  U.S.-mediated talks in Abu Dhabi have wrapped up with an agreement on a Russia-Ukraine prisoner exchange. U.S. negotiators meet with Vladimir Putin today and Volodymyr Zelenskyy tomorrow. Click HERE to listen and, later, read; and HERE and HERE to listen to two other NPR reports. Click HERE for report from AP.

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FROM NOV. 11  A cafe in Ukraine relocates from its besieged hometown and reopens. Reported by Joanna Kakissis | NPR  After Russian airstrikes destroyed a popular cafe in a frontline Ukrainian city, the cafe reopened in a safer region, an example of how Ukrainian businesses are trying to survive amid repeated bombing. Click HERE to listen and read.

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FROM NOV. 9  Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant worker killed in drone attack, IAEA says. From AFP. A drone strike on Monday killed an employee at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, the UN’s nuclear watchdog said. READ MORE . . .

All of it, 11-11-26

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A link to an essay from TomEngelhardt.substack.com via Informed Comment; others are accessible by clicking on their names. (Scroll down for this date’s UKRAINE and IRAN so far, and for ALL OF IT 11-10-26.) — MCM

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A global atomic war (just in slow motion), by Tom Engelhardt | Informed Comment  It’s become all too clear that we humans have managed to come up with a second way to do in this world of ours. READ MORE . . .

Ukraine, 11-11-26

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Links to three reports: from the Associated Press and the Moscow Times; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up or down for this date’s ALL OF IT and IRAN so far, and down for UKRAINE 11-10-26.) — MCM

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Russia and Ukraine agree to a large prisoner exchange as talks conclude with no major breakthrough, by Bassam Hatoum | AP  ABU DHABI — Russia and Ukraine agreed to a large exchange of prisoners of war, both sides said today as two days of U.S. mediated talks concluded, but they announced no major breakthrough on ending the conflict that began . . . Click HERE for report with photos. Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others. Report from the Moscow Times is HERE.

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Ukrainian drones kill 2 in western Smolensk region as Baltics and Finland issue air alerts. From the Moscow Times. Two people were killed in a Ukrainian drone attack in western Russia’s Smolensk region, local officials said today, as separate strikes in the northern part of the country reportedly wounded several workers. READ MORE . . .

Iran, 11-11-26

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Links to three reports from National Public Radio and to two commentaries via Middle East Eye and Consortium News; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up for today’s ALL OF IT and UKRAINE, and down for IRAN 11-10-26.) — MCM

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Trump says U.S. won Iran war, Iran responds. Reported by Hadeel Al-Shalchi and Michel Martin | NPR  President Trump said that the U.S. won the war with Iran but that the U.S. naval blockade would continue. Iranian officials responded on the sidelines of an international climate summit in Turkey. Click HERE to listen and, later, read; and HERE and HERE for two more NPR reports.

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Trump cannot freeze the Iran war on his own terms, by Shahir Shahidsaless | Middle East Eye  Washington can choose to maintain a blockade. It cannot decide how long Tehran will tolerate it. READ MORE . . .

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FROM NOV. 10  Economic coercion worked in 1950s Iran — not now, by Eric Lob | Florida International University / The Conversation / Consortium News  The U.S. war in Iran — now into its ninth month — is increasingly resembling an earlier episode of Iranian-Western conflict. In the early 1950s, the British imposed a two-year blockade and embargo . . . READ MORE . . .

West Bank, 11-10-26

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Links to reports from Middle East Eye and Middle East Monitor; others are accessible by clicking on its name. (Scroll down for this date’s IRAN, GAZA, UKRAINE and ALL OF IT, and for GAZA 11-9-26.) — MCM

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Israeli settlers torch machinery in attack on Palestinian industrial zone, by Muhammad Ateeq and Fayha Shalash | Middle East Eye  BEITA / RAMALLAH, occupied WEST BANK — Israeli settlers attacked an industrial zone in the Palestinian town of Beita, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, on Monday, setting fire to heavy machinery, vehicles and equipment and causing extensive damage. READ MORE . . .

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FROM NOV. 9  Israel issues tender for over 700 settlement units near Bethlehem in occupied West Bank. From Middle East Monitor. Israeli authorities have issued a tender for the construction of 732 units in the Gvaot settlement west of Bethlehem in the southern West Bank, a Palestinian government body said Monday, Anadolu reports. READ MORE . . .