First, a link to a brief video from Consortium News. Then, links to reports from the Associated Press, Reuters, and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. Finally for today, links to three pieces of commentary from a Substack account, Declassified UK, and Indian Punchline. (Today’s Ukraine entry is HERE.) — MCM
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A last message from Gaza? From CN. An unidentified speaker at a rally in Sydney, Australia, quotes extensively from a Gazan relative’s account of being under siege, beginning with “Today may be my last day. My family and I will not make the mistake of . . . Click HERE to watch and listen to video.
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Humanitarian aid is stuck at Gaza-Egypt border as Israeli siege strains hospitals, by Najib Jobain, Samya Kullab and Joseph Kraus | AP RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Palestinians in besieged Gaza crowded into hospitals and schools today, seeking shelter and running low on food and water. More than a million people have fled their homes ahead of an expected Israeli ground invasion aimed at destroying Hamas after its fighters rampaged through southern Israel. As the enclave’s food, water and . . . READ MORE . . .
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Israeli strikes on Gaza intensify as humanitarian crisis deepens, by Nidal Al-Mughrabi, Dan Williams and Humeyra Pamuk | Reuters GAZA / JERUSALEM / CAIRO — Israeli forces kept up their bombardment of Gaza today after diplomatic efforts to arrange a ceasefire to allow foreign passport holders to leave and aid to be brought into the besieged Palestinian enclave failed. Residents of Hamas-ruled Gaza said overnight air strikes were the heaviest yet as . . . READ MORE . . .
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Israel tells northern Gaza to evacuate, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians flee. Reported by Steve Inskeep and Aya Batrawy | NPR Israel’s retaliation against Hamas for deadly attack on southern Israel has upended life for all of Gaza’s 2.3 million residents. Bombardment by air and sea has killed more than 2,700 Palestinians. Click HERE to listen and read.
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Gaza’s border with Egypt is closed. Why won’t Egypt let Palestinians in? A Martinez of NPR talks with former Egyptian diplomat Abderahman Salaheldin about Egypt’s role in the war between Israel and Hamas. Click HERE to listen and read.
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Secretary of State Blinken’s diplomatic efforts to contain Middle East conflict. Reported by Michele Kelemen | NPR Scott Detrow speaks with Michele Kelemen about Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s trip to the Middle East in the midst of war between Israel and Hamas. Click HERE to listen and read.
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NSC spokesperson John Kirby on Israel-Hamas war. Scott Detrow of NPR speaks on Sunday with John Kirby, President Biden’s spokesman on the National Security Council, about the U.S. role in the war between Israel and Gaza. Click HERE to listen and read.
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Hospitals in Gaza are struggling to save people even as the IDF tells them to evacuate. Reported by Ari Daniel | NPR Doctors in Gaza say conditions in hospitals there are deteriorating due to a lack of power and supplies. Click HERE to listen and read.
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The plan to wipe out Hamas, by Seymour Hersh | Substack Over the past week Israeli jets have conducted around-the-clock bombing of non-military targets in Gaza City. Apartment buildings, hospitals, and mosques were torn apart, with no prior warning and no effort to minimize civilian casualties. By the end of the week Israeli jets were also dropping leaflets . . . READ MORE . . .
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Lawless in Gaza: Why the West backs Israel no matter what, by Jonathan Cook | Declassified UK / Consortium News More than a decade ago, Israel started to understand that its occupation of Gaza through siege could be to its advantage. It began transforming the tiny coastal enclave from an albatross around its neck into a valuable portfolio in the trading game of international power politics. READ MORE . . .
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U.S. faces defeat in geopolitical war in Gaza, by M.K. Bhadrakumar | Indian Punchline One hundred years after the Arab Revolt (1916-1918) against the ruling Ottoman Turks amidst the impending defeat of Germany and the Triple Alliance in World War I, another armed uprising by the Arabs has erupted — this time around, against Israeli occupation, in the backdrop of the looming defeat of the United States and the NATO in Ukraine War — presenting a thrilling spectacle of history repeating unabridged. The Ottoman Empire disintegrated as a result of . . . READ MORE . . .