For today, links to reports from Reuters and the Associated Press; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initals below. (UKRAINE entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM

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UN refugee agency says 25% of Lebanon under Israeli evacuation orders, by Emma Farge and Clauda Tanios | Reuters  GENEVA / DUBAI — Israel, which began incursions into south Lebanon two weeks ago to battle Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah, has issued military evacuation orders affecting more than a quarter of the country, the U.N. refugee agency said today. READ MORE . . .

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FROM OCT. 14  UN Security Council voices ‘strong concern’ for UN peacekeepers after Israeli attacks, by Edith M. Lederer | AP   UNITED NATIONS — The UN Security Council expressed “strong concern” Monday as Israel has fired on and wounded U.N. peacekeepers in southern Lebanon during intensified fighting, reiterating its support for their role in supporting security in the region. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for Reuters report.

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Hezbollah’s drones are a fierce and evasive threat to Israel, by Tia Goldenberg | AP  TEL AVIV — One of the worst mass casualty strikes on Israel in a year of war came not from dozens of Iranian ballistic missiles nor the repeated barrages of rocket fire launched by Hamas and Hezbollah. Instead, it was a single drone. The unmanned . . . READ MORE . . .