For now, links to three reports from the Cradle; others are accessible by clicking on its name below. (WEST BANK, GAZA, IRAN and UKRAINE entries for this date, so far, are HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE. LEBANON 2-4 -25 entry is HERE.) — MCM

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Israel launches large wave of attacks across southern, eastern Lebanon. From the Cradle. Israeli jets struck southern Lebanon today, hours after a large wave of attacks on both the southern and eastern parts of the country the night before. Lebanon’s National News Agency reported . . . READ MORE . . .

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HTS extremists launch rockets from Syria into Lebanon as border clashes intensify. From the Cradle. Clashes renewed on the Lebanon–Syria border today between Lebanese tribesmen and the forces of the Syrian Military Operations Department led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham. Lebanon’s National News Agency reported . . . READ MORE . . .

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‘We are grateful to Israel’: Trump’s envoy from Lebanon’s presidential palace. From the Cradle. U.S. President Donald Trump’s West Asia envoy Morgan Ortagus said today at Lebanon’s Presidential Palace that Hezbollah will not be a part of that country’s government and that its “reign of terror” is “over,” while thanking Israel for “defeating” the resistance. READ MORE . . .

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TO BE CONTINUED