For today, links to four reports: from Reuters, CNN. and the Anadolu Agency; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (WEST BANK, LEBANON, GAZA and UKRAINE entries for this date are HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE. IRAN 2-7-25 entry is HERE.) — MCM

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Netanyahu says “we can finish the job” against Iran after meeting Rubio, by James Mackenzie and Menna Alaa El-Din | Reuters   JERUSALEM / CAIRO — Israel and the United States are determined to thwart Iran’s nuclear ambitions and its “aggression” in the Middle East, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today after meeting U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. READ MORE . . .   Click HERE for report from CNN with video.

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Israel receives shipment of heavy bombs cleared by Trump. From Reuters. JERUSALEM — Israel has received a shipment of heavy MK-84 bombs from the United States, after U.S. President Donald Trump lifted a block imposed on the export of the munitions by the administration of predecessor Joe Biden, the defence ministry said today. READ MORE . . .   Click HERE for report from Anadolu Agency.