For today,* links to eight reports: from Reuters, Anadolu Ajansi, the Associated Press, the Cradle, National Public Radio, and the Times of Israel, and to commentary from Jonathan.Cook.net via Middle East Eye; others are accessible by clicking on their initials below. (GAZA 9-27-25 is HERE, or scroll down. UKRAINE and 9/11 TRUTH entries for this day are HERE and HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM
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Hamas says it lost contact with two hostages as tanks thrust deeper into Gaza City. From Reuters. The military wing of Hamas said today it had lost contact with two Israeli hostages held in Gaza City, and called on Israel to pull troops back and suspend air strikes for 24 hours so fighters could retrieve the captives. The fate of the two . . . READ MORE . . .
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Trump says ‘we will get it done’ in the Middle East ahead of talks with Netanyahu, by Steve Holland and Brendan O’Brien | Reuters WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump expressed optimism today about reaching a deal to end the war in Gaza, saying there is “a real chance for greatness in the Middle East,” ahead of talks on Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Anadolu Ajansi.
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Mideast nations confront chaos in their region, which Egypt warns ‘is at a point of implosion,‘ by Edith M. Lederer | AP UNITED NATIONS — Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Oman — all nations in the thick of the unrest that has pervaded the Middle East — confronted the crisis in the region at the annual U.N. gathering of world leaders, with Egypt’s top diplomat warning that the Mideast “is at a point of implosion.” READ MORE . . .
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Israel killing prominent Gaza families for refusing collaboration. From the Cradle. Israel has targetedand killed members of prominent families in the Gaza Strip for refusing to cooperate with Tel Aviv’s plan to create clan-based governing bodies aimed at replacing Hamas, according toa report by Asharq al-Awsat. READ MORE . . .
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Ahead of Trump-Netanyahu meeting, a look at Israel’s shifting goalposts in the war. Reported by Carrie Kahn | NPR Israel’s Prime Minister says that Gaza City must be cleared to defeat Hamas, but the target to finish off Hamas keeps moving, with larger displacement of Palestinians. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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FROM SEPT. 27 U.S. presents 21-point plan for Gaza takeover after genocide ends. From the Cradle. The U.S. has presented a 21-point proposal for ending Israel’s genocide in Gaza, which encourages Palestinians to remain in the strip and claims to provide for the creation of a pathway to a future Palestinian state, the Times of Israel reported on Saturday. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from the Times of Israel.
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Recognition of Palestine is a repeat of the West’s Oslo ‘peace’ fraud, by Jonathan Cook | Jonathan-Cook.net / Middle East Eye The reluctant recognition of Palestinian statehood by Britain, France, Australia, and Canada this week is a con — it is the same switch and bait that has been blocking the creation of a Palestinian state for three decades now. READ MORE . . .
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* NOTE: Sometimes out of the blue the space bar on the computer I use doesn’t work right and pressing it can do annoying, discombobulating things, or scrolling capability is intermittently disabled — all requiring time-consuming workarounds to put together these entries and delaying their publication. As a result they’re all late today. — MCM