For today, links to 14 reports: from Middle East Monitor, National Public Radio, Reuters, the Associated Press, the Anadolu Agency, the Christian Science Monitor, Le Monde, Agence France-Presse, and Middle East Eye; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initals below. (UKRAINE entry for this date and a MAPS entry are HERE and HERE.) — MCM
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181,000 children receive polio vaccine in Gaza. From Middle East Monitor. Palestinian Minister of Health Majed Abu Ramadan said the ministry, in partnership with the World Health Organisation, UNICEF and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, vaccinated 181,429 children under the age of ten against polio in the central governorate . . . READ MORE . . .
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Lebanon’s health minister says health workers are targeted in Israeli strikes. Leila Fadel of NPR talks with Dr. Firass Abiad, Lebanon’s health minister. As Israel bombards Lebanon, the World Health Organization verifies 23 recent attacks on health care facilities and vehicles. Click HERE to listen and read.
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Netanyahu promises more war, dashing peace hopes after Hamas leader killed, by James Mackenzie, Nidal Al-Mughrabi and Samia Nakhoul | Reuters JERUSALEM / CAIRO — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s promises to press on with Israel’s wars in Gaza and Lebanon dashed hopes on Friday that the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar might help end more than a year of escalating conflict in the Middle East. READ MORE . . .
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Hamas official confirms Sinwar’s death, as Hezbollah vows a new phase of war with Israel, by Julia Frankel | AP JERUSALEM (AP) — A top political leader of Hamas, Khalil al-Hayya, today confirmed the death of the group’s leader. Yahya Sinwar. In a televised statement, Al-Hayda reiterated . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE and HERE for NPR and Anadolu Agency reports.
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Israeli army issues evacuation warning to residents in southern Lebanon. From Anadolu Agency. ANKARA — The Israeli army today issued a warning to residents of 23 villages in southern Lebanon, ordering them to evacuate their homes and move north of the Awali River, citing “activities of Hezbollah” . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM OCT. 17 Hamas leader, Israel’s ‘most wanted,’ is dead. What happens to war in Gaza? by Taylor Luck, Fatima AbdulKarim and Dina Kraft | Christian Science Monitor LONDON / RAMALLAH / GAZA STRIP / TEL AVIV Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, mastermind of the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on southern Israel that ignited a devastating war in the Gaza Strip, was killed by Israeli forces in southern Gaza, Israel said Thursday. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for NPR report, and HERE for report from Le Monde and AFP.
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FROM OCT. 17 Yahya Sinwar: The refugee and prisoner who went on to lead Hamas, by Rayhan Uddin | Middle East Eye Yahya Sinwar became leader of Hamas in August, days after his predecessor Ismail Haniyeh was killed in an Israeli attack carried out in Tehran. He was born in Khan Younis refugee camp, in southern Gaza, in 1962. His parents were . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM OCT. 17 Sinwar’s killing opens up opportunity and much uncertainty for the war in Gaza, by Tia Goldrenberg and Jack Jeffrey | AP TEL AVIV — Israel’s killing of Yahya Sinwar, Hamas’ top leader and the mastermind of the group’s Oct. 7 attack, is a dramatic turning point in the brutal yearlong war that it touched off. His killing on Thursday . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for NPR report.
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Lebanon’s health minister says health workers are targeted in Israeli strikes. Leila Fadel of NPR talks with Dr. Firass Abiad, Lebanon’s health minister. As Israel bombards Lebanon, the World Health Organization verifies 23 recent attacks on health care facilities and vehicles. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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FROM OCT. 17 A visit to Beirut’s Dahieh neighborhood, a Hezbollah stronghold and target of Israel. Reported by Eyder Peralta | NPR Dahieh, where Hassan Nasrallah was killed on Sept. 17, is both a Hezbollah stronghold and one of the most vibrant parts of Beirut. Click HERE to listen and read.