For today, links to eight reports: from the Associated Press, Reuters, Middle East Eye, Agence France-Presse, and National Public Radio, and to commentary from Nader.org; others are accessible by clicking on their initials below. (UKRAINE entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM
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An Israeli strike on a tent camp in a Gaza humanitarian zone killed at least 19 people, by Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy and Mohammad Jahjouh | AP DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — An Israeli strike on a crowded tent camp housing Palestinians displaced by the war in Gaza killed at least 19 people and wounded 60 early today, Palestinian officials said. Israel said it targeted senior Hamas . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE and HERE for reports from Reuters and Middle East Eye.
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UK foreign secretary says ‘shocking’ strike in Gaza shows need for truce. From AFP. UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy today voiced shock about a missile strike in a humanitarian zone in the Gaza Strip, saying it showed the urgent need for a ceasefire.”We’re meeting at a critical moment . . . READ MORE . . .
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Is Israel’s prime minister being too stubborn for a cease-fire deal, hostage release? Reported by Steve Inskeep | NPR Gal Hirsch, Israel’s coordinator for captives and the missing, is interviewed following the killings of six Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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FROM SEPT. 9 The UN chief calls the death and destruction in Gaza the worst he’s seen, by Edith M. Lederer | AP UNITED NATIONS — UN Secretary-General António Guterres said Monday that the United Nations has offered to monitor any cease-fire in Gaza and demanded an end to the worst death and destruction he has seen in his more than seven-year tenure. READ MORE . . .
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FROM SEPT. 7 Ayşenur Eygi’s family demands independent inquiry into West Bank death. From AFP. The family of a Turkish-American woman shot dead while demonstrating against Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank have demanded an independent investigation into her death. The UN rights office said Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi, 26, was . . . READ MORE . . .
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Blinken says Israeli killing of U.S.-Turkish activist ‘unprovoked and unjustified.’ From AFP. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said today that Israel’s military needs to make “fundamental changes” after a U.S.-Turkish activist was shot dead during a protest in the occupied West Bank last week. READ MORE . . .
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FROM AUG. 2 Israeli soldiers will soon find ways to tell their media about the terror inside Gaza, by Ralph Nader | Nader.org Right from the start on Oct. 7, Israeli soldiers knew that the sudden collapse of Netanyahu’s state-of-the-art multi-tiered border defense system left the door open for the Hamas attack. Still denied an official investigation by . . . READ MORE . . .