For today, links to reports from the Cradle, the Associated Press, and Reuters; others or headlines of others accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (SYRIA, GAZA and UKRAINE entries for this date are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll down. LEBANON 4-15-25 is HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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Israel continues deadly attacks on south Lebanon. From the Cradle. An Israeli drone strike on a car in southern Lebanon killed one person and injured another today following a series of attacks in recent hours.  Overnight, Israel bombed a civil defense center belonging to the Islamic Message Scouts Association in the town of Tayr Harfa, and two prefabricated houses. READ MORE . . .

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Israeli defense minister says troops will remain in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria indefinitely, by Isaac Schaffer, Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy | AP  JERUSALEM — Israel’s defense minister said today that Israeli troops will remain in so-called security zones in the Gaza Strip, Lebanon and Syria indefinitely . . . READ MORE . . .   Click HERE for report from Reuters.

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