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For today, links to 10 reports: from the Associated Press, Reuters, the Cradle, Middle East Eye, Antiwar.com, Anadolu Ajansi, and National Public Radio, and to commentary via Consortium News; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA 9-29-25 is HERE, or scroll down. UKRAINE and 9/11 TRUTH entries for this date are HERE and HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM
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Israeli strikes in Gaza kill at least 16 as the world awaits Hamas’ response to Trump’s peace plan, by Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy | AP DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israel pressed its offensive in Gaza on today, with at least 16 Palestinians reported killed across the strip as the world awaited Hamas’ response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace plan for . . . Click HERE to for report in English, and HERE for it in Spanish, and HERE for report from Reuters.
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Red Cross forced to halt operations as Israeli army encircles Gaza City. From the Cradle. The International Committee of the Red Cross announced today that it has been forced to halt operations due to escalating Israeli military operations in Gaza City. READ MORE . . .
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Key Middle East leaders shocked by Israeli rewrite of Gaza peace plan but still back it, by Ragip Soylu, Daniel Hilton and an unidentified correspondent | Middle East Eye ANKARA / LONDON / LOCATION IN EGYPT For weeks, drafts of a U.S.-backed Gaza peace plan have circulated in Middle Eastern capitals. The leaders of key regional countries felt confident about its contents even hours before it was released on Tuesday. And yet . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM SEPT. 30 U.S. Gaza ‘ceasefire’ plan edited by Netanyahu, by Dave DeCamp | Antiwar.com / Consortium News The Gaza ceasefire proposal released by the White House on Monday included significant changes that were requested by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Axios reported on Tuesday. The Times of Israel also reported . . . READ MORE . . .
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Egypt livid Trump sidelined Palestinian Authority in Gaza peace plan, sources say, by Sean Mathews | Middle East Eye Egypt is angry that the Palestinian Authority is being sidelined by U.S. President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan, according to one Arab official and one source briefed on the matter. Cairo said it would not send . . . READ MORE . . .
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Turkiye joins Gaza ceasefire talks as pressure builds on Hamas to accept Trump’s plan. From the Cradle. Turkiye’s intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin arrived in Doha on 30 September to take part in the Gaza ceasefire talks, Turkish state media reported. READ MORE . . .
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Palestinian Authority official talks about Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza. Reported by Leila Fadel | NPR Omar Awadallah, deputy minister of Foreign Affairs in the Palestinian Authority, talks about President Trump’s 20-point plan to end the war in Gaza. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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Trump wants former British prime minister Tony Blair to help govern postwar Gaza. Reported by Lauren Frayer and A Martínez | NPR In President Trump’s 20-point plan to end the war in Gaza, he named former British prime minister Tony Blair for a potential role in Gaza’s postwar governance. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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FROM SEPT. 30 Will Hamas accept Trump’s peace plan? Former Mossad chief says it should. Reported by Mary Louise Kelly, Courtney Dorning and Erika Ryan | NPR Kelly talks with former Mossad chief Yossi Cohen about his new book, The Sword of Freedom: Israel, Mossad, and the Secret War. READ MORE . . .
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The Greater Israel cult & the U.S. alliance, by Stefan Moore | Special to Consortium News When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was recently asked on Israeli i24 TV whether he supported the idea of a Greater Israel — the biblical land that God purportedly promised to the Jewish people encompassing a major portion of the Middle East — he replied “very much.” While the interview went virtually unnoticed in the Western media . . . READ MORE . . .
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NOTE: New posts are sometimes not readily accessible to all online visitors, who may see a version that is hours or even days old depending on factors that may include what browser they are using or whether they have “refreshed” their browser. I am working on making access less chancy. If you suspect you aren’t looking at a current version even after refreshing or switching browsers, please visit later. Thanks. — MCM