For today, links to nine reports: from the Associated Press, Reuters, the Anadolu Agency, National Public Radio, Middle East Eye, CNN, and Middle East Monitor, and to commentary from Middle East Eye; others are accessible by clicking on their names and initials below. (UKRAINE entry for this date and a MEDIA entry are HERE and HERE.) — MCM
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Israeli troops launch a new assault into Gaza’s Khan Younis as mediators push for cease-fire talks, by Wafaa Shurafa | AP DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli troops launched a new assault today into the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, targeting Hamas fighters who the military claims still operate there despite repeated offensives, as American, Qatari and Egyptian mediators renewed . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE and HERE for a second AP report and one from Reuters.
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EU announces support for latest trilateral call for cease-fire in Gaza, by Ahmet Gençtürk | Anadolu Agency ATHENS — The EU today announced support for the latest call by the U.S., Egypt, and Qatar in pressing for a cease-fire in Gaza, where Israel has killed nearly 40,000 Palestinians since Oct. 7 and . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM AUG. 8 Israel detains soldiers on allegations of sexual assault of a detainee from Gaza. Reported by Daniel Estrin | NPR Israel has detained a group of soldiers on allegations that they sexually assaulted a Gazan detainee. It’s one of the most prominent cases of abuse that authorities have investigated during the war. Click HERE to listen and read.
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FROM AUG. 8 ‘Raped by female soldiers’: Palestinian in leaked Sde Teiman photo speaks out, by Mohammed al-Hajjar and Nader Durgham | Middle East Eye DEIR AL-BALAH, Occupied Palestine / BEIRUT Ibrahim Salem, released last week after nearly eight months of detention, says a photo first published by CNN was just the tip of the iceberg of his horrific experience in detention, which included rape, electrocution and frequent beatings. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from CNN.
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Israel journalist urges rape to become state policy for Palestinian prisoners. From Middle East Monitor. An Israeli journalist on Thursday advocated rape as an official policy by the state for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, Anadolu Agency reports. “The only thing that is a problem . . . READ MORE . . .
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New Gaza camp offers relief for Palestinians with disabilities amid war, by Hatem Khaled and Mohammed Salem | Reuters GAZA — A newly opened camp for displaced Palestinians with disabilities is providing some much needed help for around 100 vulnerable people in the town of Deir al-Balah in the central area of the war-ravaged Gaza Strip. The “Smile of Hope Camp” . . . READ MORE . . .
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Israel has created its own Abu Ghraib – and the world is silent, by Lubna Masarwa and Peter Oborne | Middle East Eye It’s been just over 20 years since CBS News published the sobering photographs that proved the US army was carrying out unspeakable crimes against Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison. READ MORE . . .