For now, links to six reports: from the Associated Press, Middle East Eye, Reuters, Middle East Monitor, and the Cradle, and to commentary via Middle East Monitor; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA 11-19-25 is HERE, or scroll down. IRAN and WEST BANK entries for this date are HERE and HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM
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Death toll reaches 33 in some of the deadliest Israeli strikes in Gaza since the ceasefire’s start, by Wafaa Shurafa | AP DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza — A pair of Israeli strikes in Gaza’s southern city of Khan Younis early today killed five people, hospital officials said, bringing the death toll from airstrikes in the Palestinian territory over a roughly 12-hour period to 33. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others, and HERE, HERE and HERE for reports from Middle East Eye, Reuters and Middle East Monitor.
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FROM NOV. 19 Washington calls off Witkoff–Hayya meeting under Israeli pressure: report. From the Cradle. A planned meeting between US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya has been canceled following intense pressure from Israel, Palestinian sources revealed to Al Mayadeen on Wednesday. READ MORE . . .
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FROM NOV. 19 Fighting in Gaza could resume if Hamas refuses to disarm, U.S. warns mediators. From Middle East Monitor. The United States has informed mediating countries and states expected to contribute forces to an international security mission in Gaza that it will allow Israel to resume military operations if Hamas does not disarm, according to a report by the Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom, which said Washington conveyed . . . READ MORE . . .
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UN delivers yet another stab in the back to the Palestinians, by Sayid Marcos Tenorio | Middle East Monitor The approval of Resolution 2803 by the UN Security Council marks yet another shameful chapter in the long history of manipulation, selectivity, and abandonment of the Palestinian people by international structures that should guarantee peace, justice, and self-determination. READ MORE . . .
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