For today, links to 12 reports: from Al Jazeera, the Associated Press, Reuters, Middle East Eye, the Cradle, and National Public Radio, and to an interview from NPR; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA 8-10–25 is HERE, or scroll down. WEST BANK, UKRAINE and MEDIA entries for this date are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll down.) — 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 reports 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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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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Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu defends military escalation in Gaza. Reported by Emily Feng and A Martínez | NPR Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made his case on Sunday about why Israel is moving to take control of the rest of the Gaza Strip, pushing back against mounting criticism of the escalation. Click HERE to listen and, later, read
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Some former world leaders taking up efforts for peace in the Middle East. Steve Inskeep of NPR asks former president of Ireland, Mary Robinson, who now works with human rights group The Elders, about her upcoming visit to Egypt’s border with Gaza. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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FROM AUG. 10 Netanyahu defends new military offensive in Gaza and says it will be wider than announced, by Wafaa Shurafa, Sam Metz and Samy Magdy | AP JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday defended a new military offensive in Gaza that’s more sweeping than previously announced, declaring in the face of growing condemnation at home and abroad that Israel “has no choice but to finish the job and complete the defeat of Hamas.” READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Reuters.
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