For today, links to seven reports: from Reuters, the Associated Press, National Public Radio, the Cradle, and Middle East Eye; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA 8-20-25 is HERE, or scroll down. WEST BANK, UKRAINE and MEDIA entries for this date are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM
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Israel maintains military pressure on Gaza City ahead of planned offensive, by Nidal al-Mughrabi and Lili Bayer | Reuters CAIRO / JERUSALEM — The Israeli military maintained its pressure on Gaza City with heavy bombardments overnight, residents said, ahead of a meeting today between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his ministers on plans to seize the enclave’s largest city. READ MORE . . .
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Israel to mobilize 60,000 reservists ahead of an expanded Gaza City operation, by Melanie Lidman, Sam Metz and Samy Magdy | AP JERUSALEM — Israel’s military said Wednesday it will call up 60,000 reservists ahead of an expanded military operation in Gaza City. Many residents have chosen to stay despite the danger, fearing nowhere is safe in a territory facing shortages of food, water and other necessities. READ MORE . . . Click HERE and HERE for a second AP report and one from NPR.
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Israel’s ‘Population Relocation Unit’ to oversee ethnic cleansing of one million Palestinians. From the Cradle. In the coming days, the Israeli army is set to begin one of the largest forced expulsion campaigns of its war on Gaza, with the help of a special military unit established for the task, the Population Relocation Unit. READ MORE . . .
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Hamas says Israel ignoring truce efforts by launching new Gaza assault, by Mera Aladam | Middle East Eye Hamas has accused Israel of ignoring mediators’ efforts to reach a ceasefire by launching a new assault in Gaza City, believed to mark the first phase of the full occupation of the Strip. READ MORE . . .
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Israeli army admits ‘failure’ after Khan Yunis resistance ambush. From the Cradle. The Israeli army acknowledgedits “failure” on 21 August following a raid on one of its military sites in Gaza’s southern city of Khan Yunis the day before. READ MORE . . .
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