First, links to reports from the Associated Press, Reuters, National Public Radio, Agence France-Presse, and Tass, followed by a link, via Popular Resistance, to a documentary from Mintpress News — much of it in Arabic without subtitles — about a May 2021 Israeli air attack in Gaza and its aftermath; other articles from these sources is accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (Today’s Ukraine entry is HERE). — MCM
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Palestinians are struggling to flee south in Gaza after Israel gives an evacuation order, by Joseph Kraus and Wafaa Shurafa | AP DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Palestinians struggled today to flee from areas of Gaza targeted by the Israeli military while grappling with a growing water crisis after Israel stopped the flow of resources to the region ahead of an expected land offensive a week after Hamas’ bloody, wide-ranging attack into Israel. Israel renewed calls for Gaza residents to move south, while Hamas urged people to stay in their homes. The U.N. and aid groups . . . READ MORE . . .
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Palestinians flee northern Gaza as Israel masses troops for assault, by Nidal Al-Mughrabi and John Davison | Reuters GAZA / JERUSALEM — Thousands of Palestinians fled the north of the Gaza Strip today from the path of an expected Israeli ground assault, while Israel pounded the area with more air strikes and said it kept two roads open to let people escape. Israel has vowed to annihilate the Hamas militant group that controls Gaza in retaliation for a rampage by fighters who stormed . . . READ MORE . . .
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The Israeli military said it conducted overnight raids in Gaza to take back hostages. Reported by Scott Simon and Peter Kenyon | NPR The latest developments from Israel, where the Israeli military continued airstrikes on Gaza and staged limited raids overnight. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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Hamas says Israel strikes kill nine more captives. From AFP. Nine people captured by Hamas in an attack on Israel a week ago have been killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza in the past 24 hours, the Islamist group’s armed wing said today. Qassam Brigades said at least five Israelis and four foreigners had been killed in Israeli “strikes on locations where the prisoners were held.” The deaths bring to 22 the overall number of fatalities among the estimated 150 hostages — Israelis, foreigners and dual-nationals — seized by Hamas gunmen on Oct. 7.
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Israeli army conducts massive strikes against Hamas military targets in Gaza. From Tass. TEL AVIV — The Israeli military has begun to deliver massive strikes against the radical Palestinian movement Hamas’s locations in the Gaza Strip, the Israel Defense Forces said today. Earlier today, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the area bordering the Gaza Strip and . . . READ MORE . . .
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‘Highest regard’ for Gaza humanitarian plight needed: Germany. From AFP. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said today that Israel’s war against Hamas must be carried out with the greatest care for the humanitarian situation in Gaza, so that the suffering of the population does not foment further hate. Israel has been bombarding Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip after the Islamists stormed Israel’s southern border a week ago, shooting to death civilians in their homes, on the roads and at a rave party. Some . . . READ MORE . . .
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‘Gaza Fights Back,’ directed by Dan Cohen | Mintpress News / Popular Resistance Filmed during and after May 2021 Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, the documentary tells the story of how Gaza’s armed resistance groups “outwitted the vastly superior Israeli military and established their ability to intervene against Israeli ethnic cleansing of neighborhoods like Sheikh Jarrah and provocations at the al-Aqsa compound in occupied East Jerusalem.” Click HERE to read introduction and view documentary.