First, links to reports from Reuters, Agence France-Presse, the Associated Press, National Public Radio and, via Popular Resistance, Orinoco Tribune; others are accessible by clicking on their initials below. Next, links to video commentary via ScheerPost by a Canadian psychotherapist and author, and via her website to a commentary by an Australian observer. Finally for today, a link to a video recording of an interview with the psychotherapist about his latest book. (UKRAINE entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM
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NEWER Reported killing in Gaza refugee camp casts shadow on third day of truce, by Nidal Al-Mughrabi and Maayan Lubell | Reuters GAZA / JERUSALEM — A Palestinian farmer was killed and another injured today after they were targeted by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip’s Maghazi refugee camp, the Palestinian Red Crescent said, underlining the fragility of the truce between Israel and Hamas fighters. There were fears the killing could jeopardise the third phase of plans . . . READ MORE . . .
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NEWER Hamas military wing confirms northern brigade commander, 3 other leaders dead. From AFP. Hamas’s military wing said today that the commander of its northern brigade, Ahmed Al-Ghandour, and three other senior leaders had been killed during Israel’s offensive against the Islamist movement. In a statement, the Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades said . . . READ MORE . . .
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NEWER Fragile Gaza truce is back on track after an hourslong delay in a hostage-for-prisoner swap, by Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy | AP DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — The tense cease-fire between Israel and Hamas appeared to be back on track early today after the release of a second group of militant-held hostages and Palestinians from Israeli prisons. In a separate development, Hamas announced today that one of its top commanders had been killed, without saying when or how. The exchange . . . READ MORE . . .
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Hamas praises contributions of China, Russia, and Arab countries in truce. From Orinoco Tribune. The political leader of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, highlighted the efforts of several Arab countries, as well as Russia and China, behind the truce in Gaza Strip. He also thanked Egypt and Qatar for . . . READ MORE . . .
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Hamas to release a third group of hostages in exchange of Palestinian prisoners. Reported by Sarah McCammon and Greg Myre (before development reported above) | NPR We bring you the latest on the internationally-brokered deal between Hamas and Israel that includes exchanging Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners and allowing humanitarian aid into Gaza. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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Gabor Maté on trauma, authenticity, and Israel’s war on Palestine.scheerpost.com From introduction: “During his recent visit to Robert Scheer’s USC class, Gabor Maté relates the most prominent themes of his work and recent book, The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture, to the mass killings of Palestinians that have proceeded the Oct. 7 Al Asqa Flood. In a conversation that ranges from the systemic successes of mass indoctrination and self-censorship to the childhood roots of these cultural pathologies, Maté delivers . . .” Click HERE to watch and listen.
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Israel has damaged Israel’s reputation far worse than its enemies ever have, by Caitlin Johnstone | caitlinjohnstone.com.au Israel raging at Hamas for killing Israelis is like a man raging at his shadow for darkening his floor. It’s maddening to see grown adults acting like Hamas are these foreign invaders who attacked Israelis out of the blue because of a hatred for Jewish people, like they’re . . . READ MORE . . .
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Gabor Maté on his book The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture. Robert Scheer of Scheer Intelligence interviews Maté after reading the book. Click HERE to watch and listen.