For today, links to reports from Reuters, the Associated Press, National Public Radio, and Agence France-Presse; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM
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Israel keeps pressure on last two refugee cities, kills 18, health officials say, by Nidal Al-Mughrabi and Ibraheem Abu Mustafa | Reuters DOHA / GAZA — Israeli air strikes killed 18 Palestinians in Rafah and Deir Al-Balah, Gaza health officials said today, in the last two Gaza Strip cities where troops had not been deployed, adding to residents’ fears Israel would expand its ground operation. They said . . . READ MORE . . .
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Hamas deploys police, distributes funds in sign of resurgence in Gaza areas Israeli troops have left, by Najib Jobain and Samy Magdy | AP RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Hamas has begun deploying police forces and making partial salary payments to some of its civil servants in Gaza City in recent days, resurfacing in areas from which Israel had withdrawn the bulk of its troops a month ago, four residents and a senior official in the militant group said today. Signs of . . . READ MORE . . .
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The U.S. hit over 85 Iran-linked targets in retaliatory strikes. Reported by Scott Simon and Tom Bowman | NPR The U.S. says it has struck more than 85 targets at seven facilities used by Iran or Iran-allied groups in Iraq and Syria. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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Former U.S. ambassador to Lebanon on the significance of the retaliatory strikes. Scott Simon of NPR speaks with Jeffrey Feltman about the American response in the widening Middle East conflict. He’s a former U.S. ambassador to Lebanon who went on to work in mediation at the U.N. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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Russia says U.S. ‘sowing chaos and destruction’ in Middle East. From AFP. The statement from Russia’s foreign ministry came today after Washington launched retaliatory air strikes against Iran backed groups in Iraq and Syria. “Washington, confident . . . READ MORE . . .