Gaza, 12-4-23

For today, links to reports from Reuters, the Associated Press, National Public Radio and, via Popular Resistance, +972 and Local Call — two media organizations in Israel; other articles are accessible by clicking on their sources’ names or initials below. (UKRAINE entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM

   

Israel orders Gazans out of swathes of Khan Younis, by Arafat Barbakh| Reuters  GAZA — Israel ordered people out of swathes of the main southern city in the Gaza Strip today as it pressed its ground campaign deep into the south, sending desperate residents fleeing even as bombs fell on areas still described as safe. Its military posted a map on X this morning with around a quarter of the city . . . READ MORE . . .

   

Israel says ground forces operating across Gaza Strip as offensive builds, by Arafat Barbakh and Nidal Al-Mughrabi | Reuters  GAZA / CAIRO — The Israeli military said its ground forces were operating against Hamas across the Gaza Strip on Sunday, its clearest indication yet that a planned ground offensive in the enclave’s heavily crowded south had begun as Israeli bombing killed and wounded dozens of Palestinians. The Hamas Palestinian militant group said its fighters clashed with . . . READ MORE . . .

   

Israel expands Gaza ground offensive, says efforts in south will be ‘no less strength’ than in north, by Najib Jobain and Kareem Chehayeb | AP  KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — The Israeli military said Sunday its ground offensive had expanded to every part of Gaza, and it ordered more evacuations in the crowded south while vowing that operations there against Hamas would be “no less strength” than its shattering ones in the north. Heavy bombardment followed the evacuation orders, and Palestinians said . . . READ MORE . . .

   

Gaza’s civilians struggle to find safe places to take refuge post cease-fire, by Miles Parks and Brian Mann NPR  The ceasefire in Gaza ended on Friday. While Israel says they’re making progress against Hamas, civilians in Gaza are struggling to find safe places to take refuge. Click HERE to listen and read.

   

‘A mass assassination factory’: Inside Israel’s calculated bombing of Gaza, by Yuval Abraham | +972 and Local Call / Popular Resistance  Conversations with seven current and former members of Israel’s intelligence community have provided insight into the nature of one of the deadliest military campaigns against Palestinians since the Nakba of 1948. Three factors, including the Israeli army’s expanded authorization of non-military targets, the loosening . . . READ MORE . . .

   

NEWER  What would it take for Israelis and Palestinians to live in peace?  Steve Inskeep of NPR talks with Yohanan Plesner of the Israel Democracy Institute about White House efforts to revive talks toward a two-state solution in the Middle East. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

   

NEWER  More than 100 Gaza heritage sites have been damaged or destroyed by Israeli attacks. Reported by Chloe Veltman | NPR  Since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip have killed more than 15,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s health ministry, and destroyed thousands of homes in the territory. There have also been tremendous losses to the region’s ancient and globally significant cultural heritage. The region was a hub for commerce and culture under Egyptian, Greek, Roman and Byzantine rule. A recent survey . . . Click HERE to listen and read.