For today, links to eleven reports: from the Associated Press, Reuters, Middle East Eye, Middle East Monitor, the Anadolu Agency, and National Public Radio; then, via Consortium News, a link to a lecture from Substack; other writing and reporting is accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM
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FROM OCT. 15 Gaza hospitals are overwhelmed with patients and desperately low on supplies as invasion looms, by Najib Jobain, Samya Kullab and Ravi Nessman | AP KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — Medics in Gaza warned Sunday that thousands could die as hospitals packed with wounded people ran desperately low on fuel and basic supplies. Palestinians in the besieged coastal enclave . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for Oct. 16 Reuters report.
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Israeli soldiers say generals’ ethnic cleansing ‘plan’ underway in northern Gaza. From Middle East Eye. Israeli media has reported evidence that a plan to ethnically cleanse northern Gaza and kill any Palestinians who remain is underway. Three Israeli reserve soldiers serving in Gaza told Haaretz . . . READ MORE . . .
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UN debate on Israel’s targeting of civilians in Gaza is ‘urgent’ need, says international alliance. From Middle East Monitor. An international alliance of humanitarian organisations, associations, groups of engaged individuals calling for peace and security, and citizens of the world supporting peace and justice have urged . . . READ MORE . . .
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Britain calls UN meeting on Gaza, may sanction ministers. From Reuters. LONDON — Britain and France have called an urgent meeting at the United Nations Security Council to discuss the humanitarian situation in Gaza and Britain is considering sanctioning two Israeli ministers, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said today. READ MORE . . .
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Macron condemns ‘indiscriminate Israeli strikes’ that only aggravate ‘unbearable’ human toll in Gaza, Lebanon, by Nur Asena Erturk | Anadolu Agency ANKARA — French President Emmanuel Macron today condemned “indiscriminate Israeli strikes” that only aggravate the human toll which is “already unbearable” in Gaza and in Lebanon, according to an official statement. READ MORE . . .
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Israel’s incursion into southern Lebanon creates a growing humanitarian disaster. Leila Fadel of NPR talks with Tanya Evans of the International Rescue Committee about Israel’s attacks on Hezbollah and the problems they have created for Lebanese people and the many Syrian refugees who live there. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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Biden informs Congress of U.S. ballistic missile defense deployment to Israel amid rising tensions with Iran, by Rabia Iclal Turan | Anadolu Agency WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden informed Congress on Tuesday of his decision to deploy a ballistic missile defense system to Israel, saying the action is in line with . . . READ MORE . . .
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Israeli strikes hit Lebanon and kill at least 15 in a town with a dark history of civilian deaths, by Kareem Chehayeb, Samy Magdy and Mohammad Zaatari | AP QANA, Lebanon — Israeli airstrikes pounded areas across Lebanon, killing at least 21 people, officials said today, including 15 in a southern town where Israeli bombardments in previous conflicts are seared into local memory. The other six . . . READ MORE . . .
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Israeli strike hits municipal building in south Lebanon, mayor and five others killed, by Laila Bassam and Humeyra Pamuk | Reuters BEIRUT / WASHINGTON — Israel launched an airstrike today on the municipal headquarters in Nabatieh, a major town in south Lebanon, killing the mayor and at least five others. The attack . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM OCT. 15 As Israel strikes Hezbollah targets, Lebanese civilians are being displaced. Reported by Rob Schmitz and Michael Levitt | NPR Sarah Al-Charif, Lebanon director of the Ruwwad Al-Tanmeya organization, talks about the displacement that people there are experiencing as a result of Israeli strikes. Click HERE to listen and read.
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FROM OCT. 14 De-Westernizing ourselves, by Patrick Lawrence | The Flautist / Consortium News What must each of us do, in the privacy, so to say, of our consciences, our thoughts, our surmises and judgments, to take up the work of defending humanity’s humanity? It is at bottom a psychological question. It is a matter, very simply, of . . . READ MORE . . .