For today, links to seven reports: from National Public Radio, Reuters, and the Associated Press, and to commentary from Middle East Eye; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE and MEDIA entries for this date are HERE and HERE.) — MCM
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After almost a year of war, Israel-Lebanon border fighting sees major escalation. Reported by Daniel Estrin and Ayesha Rascoe | NPR Rocket fire and airstrikes across the border are producing the most significant uptick of violence there since last year’s Oct. 7 attacks. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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Israeli strike kills seven in Gaza school compound, Palestinian medics say, by Nidal Al-Mughrabi | Reuters CAIRO — An Israeli airstrike killed seven people in a school sheltering displaced families in Gaza City today, Palestinian health officials said, with the Israeli military saying it had targeted “militants” operating from the compound. READ MORE . . .
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Hezbollah hits back with more than 100 rockets across a wider and deeper area, by Natalie Melzer and Kareem Chehayeb| AP NAHARIYA, Israel — Hezbollah launched more than 100 rockets early today across a wider and deeper area of northern Israel, with some landing near the city of Haifa, as Israel launched hundreds of strikes on Lebanon. The sides appeared to be spiraling toward all-out war . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Reuters.
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Hezbollah targets base near Haifa after Israeli strike in Beirut killed 37, including top commander, by Bassem Mroue and Abby Sewell | AP BEIRUT — The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah announced that it fired a barrage of missiles at a military base deep inside Israel early Sunday following an Israeli airstrike more than a day earlier that killed at least 37 people, including one of the militant group’s senior leaders as well as women and children. READ MORE . . .
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FROM SEPT. 21 Israel’s strike on Beirut killed 37, Lebanon says, by Timour Azhari and Emily Rose | Reuters BEIRUT / JERUSALEM — Rescue workers in Beirut searched on Saturday for people still missing in rubble after an Israeli airstrike targeting Hezbollah commanders the previous day killed at least 37 people in a suburb of the Lebanese capital, according to authorities. READ MORE . . .
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FROM SEPT. 21 In northern Israel, life is transformed by threat of war. Reported by Ruth Sherlock | NPR Northern Israel is on edge after mass attacks across the border in Lebanon. Click HERE to listen and read.
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FROM SEPT. 20 The Israeli war on Lebanon’s hidden goal: Gaza’s full erasure, by Mohammed Mourtaja | Middle East Eye This week, Lebanon was rocked by deadly explosions targeting the communication devices of Hezbollah members, killing at least 32 people. It marks a new escalation in the war of attrition between Hezbollah and Israel. And it will turn the world’s attention away from Gaza and allow Israel to complete . . . READ MORE . . .