For today, links to reports from Reuters, the Associated Press, Tass, Agence France-Presse, and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM
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NEWER Israel storms Khan Younis in southern Gaza, killing scores, by Bassam Massoud and Ibraheem Abu Mustafa| Reuters GAZA— Israeli forces stormed the main city in the southern Gaza Strip today and hospitals struggled to cope with scores of Palestinian dead and wounded. In what appeared to be the biggest ground assault since a truce collapsed last week, residents said Israeli tanks had entered . . . READ MORE . . .
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NEWER Putin to discuss Israel-Hamas war during a quick trip to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. From AP MOSCOW — Seeking to reassert Russia’s role in the Middle East, President Vladimir Putin will make a one-day trip to the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia to focus on the Israeli-Hamas war and then will host Iran’s president in Moscow this week, the Kremlin said today. Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Wednesday’s talks in both countries will focus on bilateral relations, the war, and Issues related . . . READ MORE . . .
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NEWER Israel strikes in and around Gaza’s second-largest city in a bloody new phase of the war, by Najib Jobain and Samy Magdy | AP KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — Israel intensified its bombardment in and around Gaza’s second-largest city early today, sending ambulances and private cars racing into a local hospital carrying people wounded in a bloody new phase of the war. Under U.S. pressure to prevent further mass casualties in the conflict with Hamas, Israel says . . . READ MORE . . .
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Israeli military storms West Bank city of Jenin — TV. From Tass. RABAT — The Israeli Defense Forces launched an offensive on the West Bank city of Jenin early today, Al Jazeera television reported. According to Al Jazeera, the Israeli military using 50 military hardware, including heavy armored bulldozers. Israeli snipers are on their positions in various parts of the city. Among the targets of the Israeli assault units are . . . READ MORE . . .
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Israel orders evacuations as it widens offensive, but Palestinians are running out of places to go, by Najib Jobain, Samy Magdy and Jack Jeffrey | AP KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — Israeli warplanes heavily bombarded an area around Khan Younis in southern Gaza on Monday as the military ordered mass evacuations from the town in the face of a widening ground offensive that is pushing Palestinians into a progressively shrinking portion of the besieged territory. The expanded assault posed . . . READ MORE . . .
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Israel intensifies southern Gaza offensive; U.S., UN urge civilian protections, by Arafat Barbakh and Mohammad Salem | Reuters GAZA — Israeli forces pressed ahead with their air and ground bombardment of southern Gaza Strip, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians, even as the United States and the United Nations repeatedly urged them to protect civilians. Israel’s closest ally the United States has said . . . READ MORE . . .
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NEWER UN says ‘not possible’ to create ‘safe zones’ in Gaza. From AFP. GENEVA — The United Nations warned today that it was impossible to create so-called safe zones for civilians to flee to inside the Gaza Strip amid Israel’s bombing campaign. A spokesman for UN children’s agency UNICEF said, “The so-called safe zones… are not scientific, they are not rational, they are . . . READ MORE . . .
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For children living with war, every day threats lead to trauma. Leila Fadel of NPR talks with Zlatina Kostova, a clinical psychologist at the University of Massachusetts, about the trauma children experience when living through war. Click HERE to listen and read.
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NEWER Qatar emir slams ‘shameful’ inaction on Gaza war. From AFP. Qatar’s ruler, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, today hit out at what he labeled “shameful” international inaction over the Israeli war on Gaza as he opened a Gulf Cooperation Council meeting in Doha. “It is shameful for the international community to allow this heinous crime to . . . READ MORE . . .
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U.S. officials warn Israel to protect Palestinian civilians, but Biden says little. Reported by Fatma Tans, Courtney Dorning and Mary Louise Kelly | NPR Peter Baker, chief White House correspondent for the New York Times, talks about whether Biden’s open support for Israeli military action in Gaza may be nearing its limit. Click HERE to listen and read.
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How U.S. alignment with Israel in Gaza could be undermining American interests. Reported by Fatma Tanis | NPR The U.S. is aligned with Israel as it responds to Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack. Some say supporting Israel is undermining U.S. interests as Israel airstrikes have killed thousands of Palestinian civilians. Click HERE to listen and read.
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NEWER Israel’s actions in Gaza pose threat to entire region, Turkish president says. From Tass. ISTANBUL — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s administration is using the military operation in Gaza to extend its political life, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at a summit of Persian Gulf countries in Doha. “The Netanyahu administration is committing crimes against humanity, war crimes, in a bid . . . READ MORE . . .
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NEWER Israel army says 80 soldiers killed in Gaza offensive. From AFP. The Israeli army said today that 80 soldiers had been killed since the start of its offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. After weeks of heavy bombing, Israel launched a ground offensive in the territory on Oct. 27 aimed . . . READ MORE . . .
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Inside Biden’s Israel-Hamas war cabinet, by Steve Holland, Simon Lewis and Phil Stewart | Reuters WASHINGTON — U.S. President Joe Biden is relying on a small group of veteran advisers to help navigate the Israel-Hamas conflict that has killed thousands, split Western allies and risks spiraling into a wider war. A long-serving foreign policy adviser to Biden, Antony Blinken, 61, . . . READ MORE . . .