For today, links to 10 reports: from Al Jazeera, the Associated Press, Reuters, Middle East Eye, the Cradle, National Public Radio, and MintPress News; others are accessible by clicking on their names below. (MEDIA 8-9-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  GAZA, WEST BANK and UKRAINE entries for this date are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up.) — MCM

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Israel widely condemned after killing of 5 Al Jazeera staff in Gaza, by Caolán Magee, Stephen Quillen, Maziar Motamedi and Farah Najjar | Al Jazeera  Funerals have been held for five Al Jazeera staff assassinated by Israel in a targeted attack in Gaza City. Utter sadness, grief in every corner of Gaza as  . . . READ MORE . . .

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Israel targets and kills Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif in Gaza as journalist toll grows, by Sam Metz and Samy Magdy | AP  JERUSALEM — Israel’s military targeted and killed an Al Jazeera correspondent and others with an airstrike late Sunday in Gaza, after press advocates said an Israeli “smear campaign” stepped up when Anas al-Sharif cried on air over starvation in the territory. READ MORE . . .  Click HERE and HERE for report from Reuters and Middle East Eye.

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Israel assassinates entire Al Jazeera crew ahead of Gaza City occupation. From the Cradle. Prominent Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif and five others were assassinated in an Israeli airstrike on a media tent at Gaza City’s Al-Shifa Hospital late on 10 August. Killed alongside of him were . . .  READ MORE . . .

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Germany’s leading newspaper calls murdered Al Jazeera reporter ‘terrorist posing as journalist.’ From the Cradle. German newspaper Bild has parroted the Israeli army’s claims that slain Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif was “terrorist disguised as a journalist,” hours after the prominent reporter was targeted and killed in a strike on Gaza City. READ MORE . . .

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Israeli airstrike kills a prominent Al Jazeera journalist and colleagues. Reported by Aya Batrawy | NPR  Al Jazeera’s Anas al-Sharif and four of his colleagues were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Sunday night in Gaza City. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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FROM AUG. 10  Israel kills Al Jazeera journalist it says was Hamas leader. From Reuters. Israel’s military said it killed Al Jazeera journalist Anas Al Sharif in a strike on Gaza City on Sunday, accusing him of heading a Hamas cell. READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for report from Al Jazeera.

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FROM AUG. 7  Israel’s biggest U.S. donor now owns CBS, by Alan MacLeod | MintPressNews / ScheerPost  After reaching an agreement with President Trump, David Ellison — son of the second-richest man in the world, Larry Ellison — has acquired Paramount Global, the media giant that owns CBS News. Larry Ellison, the largest . . . READ MORE . . .

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