For now, links to eleven reports: from Reuters, the Associated Press, National Public Radio, Middle East Eye, Haaretz, and Middle East Monitor; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (A MEDIA entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM

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Israeli planes bomb southern Lebanon after radio blasts, by Walid Saleh and James Mackenzie | Reuters  BEIRUT / JERUSALEM — Israel bombed southern Lebanon today and said it had thwarted an Iranian-led assassination plot, a day after explosions of Hezbollah radios that came on the heels of blasts in booby trapped pagers, setting the foes hurtling towards war. The sophisticated attacks killed 37 people and wounded around 3,000 over two days, sowed disarray in . . . READ MORE . . .

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Israel turns its focus north toward Lebanon and Hezbollah. From AP. Israel’s defense minister has declared the start of a “new phase” of the war as Israel turns its focus toward the northern front against Hezbollah militants in Lebanon. Two waves of explosive attacks hit Syria and Lebanon on Tuesday on exploding pagers and Wednesday on exploding walkie-talkies . . . READ MORE . . .

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Beirut is on edge after 2 waves of explosions that used pagers and walkie-talkies. Reported by Jane Arraf and Leila Fadel | NPR  In Lebanon, victims were buried after a cyberattack Tuesday that detonated thousands of hand-held pagers used by the militant group Hezbollah. The next day there was a second wave of attacks. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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FROM SEPT. 18  UN General Assembly widely supports a Palestinian resolution demanding Israel end its occupation, by Edith M. Lederer | AP  UNITED NATIONS — The UN General Assembly strongly supported a nonbinding Palestinian resolution Wednesday demanding that Israel end its “unlawful presence” in Gaza and the occupied West Bank within a year. The vote in the 193-member world body was 124-14, with 43 abstentions. Among those in opposition . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Middle East Eye.

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The significance of the lethal cyberattacks Israel is accused of carrying out. Reported by Greg Myre and Steve Inskeep | NPR  The explosions in Lebanon are the latest in a series of lethal attacks attributed to Israel, and carried out against its leading enemies in their heavily guarded capitals. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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FROM SEPT. 18  How the Israeli attacks in Lebanon are affecting Gaza ceasefire talks. Reported by Michele Kelemen | NPR  The deadly pager and electronic device blasts in Lebanon are complicating U.S. efforts to reach a Gaza ceasefire. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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FROM SEPT. 18  Hezbollah devices explode again in Lebanon, raising fears of wider Israel conflict, by Laila Bassam and Maya Gebeily | Reuters  BEIRUT — Hand-held radios used by armed group Hezbollah detonated on Wednesday across Lebanon’s south in the country’s deadliest day since cross-border fighting erupted between the militants and Israel nearly a year ago, stoking tensions the day after similar READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from AP.

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Hamas targets Israel military vehicles in Rafah. From Middle East Monitor. The Al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’s military wing, released footage on Wednesday showing its fighters targeting Israeli military vehicles in combat zones east of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. It showed an Israeli Namer armoured personnel carrier and a . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM SEPT. 18  Germany has stopped approving war weapons exports to Israel, source says, by Riham Alkousaa | Reuters  BERLIN — Germany has put a hold on new exports of weapons of war to Israel while it deals with legal challenges, according to a Reuters analysis of data and a source close to the Economy Ministry. A source close to . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Haaretz.

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A link to an interview from Substack via ScheerPost and Consortium News; other news and commentary are accessible by the names highlighted here and below. (GAZA entry for this date, so far, is HERE.) — MCM

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FROM SEPT. 11  The liberal class’s ultimate betrayal. Journalist Chris Hedges of the Chris Hedges Report talks with comedian Jimmy Dore of the Jimmy Dore Show about a range of topics and events of these times including the 2024 Democratic National Convention, united by how they are presented by the establishment news and entertainment media. Click HERE to listen and read transcript.

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For now, links to reports from Reuters, the Anadolu Agency, Middle East Eye, National Public Radio, the Associated Press, and Middle East Monitor; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE entry for this date, so far, is HERE.) — MCM

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UN to demand Israel end ‘unlawful’ presence in Palestinian territories within 12 months, by Michelle Nichols | Reuters  UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations General Assembly will adopt a Palestinian-drafted resolution today that demands Israel end “its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory” within 12 months. READ MORE . . .

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Death toll from Lebanon pager blasts rises to 12, by Wassim Saifeddine | Anadolu Agency  BEIRUT — The death toll from Tuesday’s pager explosions across Lebanon climbed to 12 people, including two children, Health Minister Firas Alabiad said today. “The number of injured people ranges between 2,750 and 2,800, with . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE and HERE for report from Middle East Eye and NPR.

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FROM SEPT. 17  EU’s top diplomat warns ‘tomorrow is already too late’ for Israel-Hamas cease-fire, by Jon Gambrell | AP  DUBAI — The European Union’s top diplomat warned Tuesday that every day that passes without a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war risks the lives of the hostages held by the militants and of those in the Gaza Strip as well as a regional war breaking out. READ MORE . . .

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Blinken holds talks in Egypt as Lebanon blasts renew escalation fears, by Simon Lewis | Reuters  CAIRO — An escalation in tensions in the Middle East over the detonation of Hezbollah pagers threatened to overshadow U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s latest regional diplomacy push, as he met senior Egyptian officials today hoping to advance efforts to secure a ceasefire in Gaza and improve ties with Cairo. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Middle East Eye.

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Hamas will play a decisive role in Gaza’s future, says Meshal. From Middle East Monitor. Khaled Meshal, a senior Hamas official, has told the New York Times that Hamas will play a decisive role in the future of Gaza. The group’s survival is in itself a victory, he explained, even if it is significantly weakened. He said Hamas has won the war against Israel and “now has . . . READ MORE . . .

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For now, links to reports from Reuters, the Associated Press, the Kyiv Post, the Kyiv Independent, the Moscow Times, Tass, and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. — MCM

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For today, links to five reports: from the Associated Press, Reuters, and Middle East Eye, and to an interview from Truthout via ScheerPost; other articles are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM

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Israel says halting Hezbollah attacks is now a war goal as officials warn of a wider operation, by Josef Federman and Julia Frankel | AP  JERUSALEM — Israel said today that halting Hezbollah’s attacks in the country’s north to allow residents to return to their homes is now an official war goal, as it considers a wider military operation in Lebanon that could ignite an all-out conflict. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Reuters.

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FROM SEPT. 16  Blinken is heading back to the Middle East, this time without fanfare or a visit to Israel, by Ellen Knickmeyer | AP  WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Antony Blinken heads to Egypt on Tuesday for his 10th trip to the Middle East since the war in Gaza began nearly a year ago, this one aimed partly at refining a proposal to present to Israel and Hamas for a cease-fire deal and release of hostages. READ MORE . . .

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FROM SEPT. 16  UN experts censure Western support for Israel since Gaza war, by  Emma Farge | Reuters  GENEVA — U.N. human rights experts criticised mostly Western states on Monday for continuing to support Israel despite what they described as a genocide in Gaza which might turn Israel into a “pariah” nation. READ MORE . . .

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FROM SEPT. 16  Names of 710 Palestinian newborns killed by Israeli forces in Gaza published, by Huthifa Fayyad | Middle East Eye  The names of 710 Palestinian newborn babies killed by Israeli forces during the ongoing war on Gaza were released by the Palestinian health ministry on Monday. According to the Gaza-based government media office . . . READ MORE . . .

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How does Israel justify genocide? It starts in the schools. From Truthout / ScheerPost. Goerge Yancy of Emory University and Dartmouth College interviews Nurit Peled-Elhanan, a retired lecturer at Hebrew University and at the David Yellin Academic College in Jerusalem. “Schoolbooks always, not only in Israel,” Peled-Elhanan says, “are meant to . .  Click HERE to read interview.

For today, links to nine reports: from the Kyiv Independent, Agence France-Presse, Tass, the Kyiv Post, Reuters and the Moscow Times, and to commentary from Indian Punchline; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM

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Around 1 million killed, wounded on both sides of Russia’s full-scale war in Ukraine, WSJ reports, by Martin Fornusek | The Kyiv Independent  Roughly 1 million Ukrainians and Russians have been killed or wounded in Moscow’s all-out war against Ukraine, the Wall Street Journal reported today, citing undisclosed sources and Western intelligence estimates. READ MORE . . .

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Russian controversial war film to be screened in Toronto despite ‘threats’ focusing on Moscow.’ From AFP. The controversial documentary “Russians at War” will be shown in Toronto today, after the city’s film festival organizers had halted screenings due to “significant threats” over their decision to feature the film. Focusing on Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine from the perspective. . . READ MORE . . .

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NATO not to become conflict side if West authorizes Kiev to strike at Russia — Stoltenberg. From Tass. BRUSSELS — NATO will not become a party to the Ukrainian conflict if its member states authorize Kiev to strike at Russian territory with Western-made weapons, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said in an interview with Foreign Policy, livestreamed on its website. READ MORE . . .

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Meta bans RT days after U.S. accused Russian outlet of disinformation, by Kevin Collier and Phil Helsel | NBC  Social media giant Meta announced Monday that it is banning Russian media outlet RT, days after the Biden administration accused RT of acting as an arm of Moscow’s spy agencies. “After careful consideration . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Tass.

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Russia reportedly executes POW with sword, Kyiv appeals to UN, Red Cross, by Kateryna Hodunova | The Kyiv Independent  Ukraine’s Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said today that he had appealed to the International Committee of the Red Cross and the United Nations in response to a photo that allegedly shows the execution of a Ukrainian prisoner of war by Russia. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Kyiv Post.

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Russia attacks energy infrastructure in Ukraine’s Sumy region, local authorities say. From Reuters.  KYIV — Russian forces attacked energy infrastructure in Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy region, cutting power in some districts and forcing authorities to resort to back-up power systems, local authorities said today. READ MORE . . .

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FROM SEPT. 16  Russia orders more evacuations in Kursk Region amid ongoing Ukrainian incursion. From the Moscow Times. Authorities in southwestern Russia’s Kursk region on Monday ordered the mandatory evacuation of two more districts along the border with Ukraine, as Kyiv’s forces remain in control of a large swath of Russian territory despite Moscow’s counteroffensive efforts. READ MORE . . .

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FROM SEPT. 16  Ukraine war turns into Russian roulette, by M.K. Bhadrakumar | Indian Punchline  The UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer met with the US President Joe Biden in the White House on Friday with the question of the use of long-range missiles by Ukraine to hit deep inside Russia on their agenda of conversation. Starmer later said the talks were “productive” but concentrated on “strategy” rather than . . . READ MORE . . .

For today, links to three reports: from the Associated Press, Reuters, and Middle East Eye; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE entry for this date and a 9/11 TRUTH entry are HERE and HERE.) — MCM

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Israeli airstrikes kill 16 in Gaza, including 4 children, Palestinians say. From AP. Palestinian officials say Israeli airstrikes killed 16 people in the Gaza Strip today, including five women and four children. A strike flattened a home in the built-up Nuseirat refugee camp in central . . . READ MORE . . .

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UNRWA chief: Gaza polio vaccination coverage has reached 90%. From Reuters. DUBAI — Polio vaccination coverage in Gaza has reached 90%, the head of the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency said today, adding that the next step was to ensure hundreds of thousands of children got a second dose at the end of the month. The campaign to . . . READ MORE . . .

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Palestinian health ministry releases detailed list of more than 34,000 people killed in Gaza. From Middle East Eye. The Palestinian health ministry has released a document giving details on more than 34,000 people killed in Gaza between 7 October and 31 August 2024. The name, age, gender, ID number are given in the list, which covers the majority of the more than 41,000 . . . READ MORE . . .

For today, links to ten reports: from the Moscow Times, Reuters, the Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, Tass, the Kyiv Independent, National Public Radio, and the Kyiv Post; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA entry for this date and a 9/11 TRUTH entry are HERE and HERE.) — MCM

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Putin orders Russian army to increase troop size by 180K. From the Moscow Times. President Vladimir Putin signed a decree today increasing the number of soldiers in the Russian military by 180,000, bringing the total number of active servicemen to 1.5 million for this upcoming winter. The decree, which takes effect Dec. 1 . . . READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for report from Reuters.

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Ukraine says Russian drone barrage injures one in Kyiv region. From Reuters. KYIV — A Russian overnight drone barrage injured one person and damaged five homes in Ukraine’s Kyiv region, the regional authorities said today. Governor Ruslan Kravchenko reported no damage to . . . READ MORE . . .

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Russia says it retakes two villages in its western Kursk Region. From Reuters. MOSCOW — Russia said on today its forces had retaken control of two villages in its western Kursk region from Ukraine, continuing what Moscow says is a significant counter-offensive there. Russian forces have been battling Ukrainian troops . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM SEPT. 14  Ukraine renews calls on the West to approve long-range strikes on Russian territory. From AP. KYIV — Ukraine made a new call Saturday on the West to allow it to strike deeper into Russia after a meeting between U.S. and British leaders a day earlier produced no visible shift in their policy on the use of long-range weapons. READ MORE . . .

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FROM SEPT. 15  Deadly shelling in Ukraine’s Pokrovsk as Russia inches closer. From AFP. Russian shelling killed one person in the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk on Sunday, local authorities said, as Moscow’s troops inched closer to the key logistics hub. READ MORE . . .

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Russia’s battlegroup West repels 8 counterattacks, inflicting roughly 600 enemy casualties. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russia’s battlegroup West has repelled eight attacks by Ukrainian assault teams in the past day, inflicting roughly 600 enemy casualties, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a broader statement. READ MORE . . .

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The Russian targets that could be on Ukraine’s long-range missile strike list, by Nate Ostiller and Chris York | The Kyiv Independent  Ukraine’s hopes have been buoyed in recent weeks that its Western allies will finally allow their long-range weapons . . . READ MORE . . .

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Inside the U.S. city churning out Ukrainian weapons. Reported by Mansee Khurana | NPR  SCRANTON, Pennsylvania — The Scranton Army Ammunition Plant has ramped up production of 155 millimeter howitzer artillery rounds since Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The plant makes weapons for Ukraine and Taiwan, but cannot give specific . . . Click HERE to listen, and to read article.

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Ukraine’s HUR special forces target Russian drone base in Syria, by Kateryna Zakharchenko | Kyiv Post  Special forces from the Khimik group of Ukraine’s Main Directorate of Intelligence attacked a Russian military base in Syria Sunday morning, according to a Kyiv Post source in military intelligence. The operation took place on the southeastern . . . READ MORE . . .

Links to an interview from Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth, a news item from the Berkshire Eagle, and a news item from CNN; other information is accessible by clicking on the organizations’ full or abbreviated names below. (GAZA and UKRAINE entries for this date are HERE and HERE.)— MCM

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FROM SEPT. 9  Jill Stein: ‘The story is not over’ on 9/11. From AE911Truth.  Green Party presidential candidate Dr. Jill Stein talks with Andy Steele about lack of government transparency — regarding the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and a host of other concerns — and “the mystery of U.S. foreign policy and all the intrigue that surrounds it.” Click HERE for intro and video of interview.

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FROM SEPT. 12  Retired Pittsfield firefighter’s daughter-in-law honors fallen 9/11 heroes with 110 Flight Climb Memorial. Staff report from The Berkshire Eagle  PITTSFIELD, Massachusetts — At 9:03 a.m. Wednesday, Kaetlyn Tedesco started her climb on the cardio machine at the Planet Fitness gym on Merrill Road. But it wasn’t your typical workout. She started exactly at 9:03 a.m. on Wednesday, the time the second World Trade Center was hit by a hijacked plane on Sept. 11, 2001. She also . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM SEPT. 11  Around the nation, firefighters in full gear walked up 110 flights of stairs to honor those who died in 9/11, by Andrea Diaz | CNN  At exactly 8:46 a.m. every September 11 — the moment when the first hijacked plane struck the Twin Towers in 2001 — firefighters around the nation begin their ritual. In stadiums, public buildings and, in some cases, on the StairMasters at their gyms, the first responders . . . READ MORE . . .