For now, links to reports from the Associated Press, Reuters, National Public Radio, followed by a link to a conversation from ScheerPost; other news and commentary are accessible by clicking on the sources’ names or initials below. (UKRAINE entry for this date, so far, is HERE.) — MCM
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NEWER Son of veteran correspondent is the fifth member of his family killed by Israeli strikes on Gaza, by Najib Jobain and Samy Magdy | AP RAFAH, Gaza Strip — An apparent Israeli airstrike killed two Palestinian journalists in southern Gaza today, including the son of veteran Al Jazeera correspondent Wael Dahdouh, who lost his wife, two other children and a grandson — and was nearly killed himself — earlier in the war. Hamza Dahdouh, who was also working for Al Jazeera, and Mustafa Tharaya, a freelance journalist, were killed when . . . READ MORE . . .
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NEWER Israeli strike kills two Palestinian journalists in Gaza, officials say. From Reuters. CAIRO — An Israeli air strike on a car near Rafah in southern Gaza today killed two Palestinian journalists who were out reporting, according to health officials in Gaza and the journalists’ union there. Hamza Al-Dahdouh and Mustafa Thuraya were both freelancers. Al-Dahdouh had done freelance work for Al Jazeera and was the son of the Qatar-based TV station’s chief correspondent in Gaza, Wael Al-Dahdouh. A third . . . READ MORE . . .
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Israel signals it has wrapped up major combat in northern Gaza as the war enters its fourth month, by Julia Frankel, Samy Magdy and Najib Jobain | AP JERUSALEM — The Israeli military signaled that it has wrapped up major combat in northern Gaza, saying it has completed dismantling Hamas’ military infrastructure there, as the war against the militant group entered its fourth month today. The military did not address troop . . . READ MORE . . .
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All eyes are on the Israel-Lebanon border after the killing of a Hamas leader in Beirut. Reported by Ayesha Rascoe and Lauren Frayer | NPR The latest from the Israel-Lebanon border, where tensions have been rising after a Hamas leader was killed in Beirut last week and Hezbollah retaliated by firing rockets into Israel on Saturday. Click HERE to listen and, later, read
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A series of attacks in the Middle East this past week are raising alarms. Ayesha Rascoe of NPR speaks to Firas Maksad, senior fellow at the Middle East Institute about the increasing volatility in the Middle East after high-profile attacks in Lebanon, Iraq, Syria and Iran. Click HERE to listen and, later, read
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The imprisonment of the Palestinian people was not an act of God. Robert Scheer of ScheerPost talks with retired CIA analyst Ray McGovern two or three days ago about the context for and developments in the war in Palestine — and to a less extent the same for the war in Ukraine. Click HERE for an intro, the video, and a transcript.
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