For today, links to seven reports: from Reuters, the Associated Press, Middle East Monitor, National Public Radio, and Middle East Eye, and to an article of commentary from Indian Punchline; others are accessible by clicking on their initals below. (UKRAINE entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM
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Israeli fire kills 11 in Gaza City as its forces tighten siege in the north, by Nidal Al-Mughrabi | Reuters CAIRO — Israeli airstrikes killed 11 Palestinians in Gaza City today, medics said, while Israeli forces sent tanks into Jabalia in the north, where Palestinians and United Nations officials expressed alarm over shortages of food and medicine. READ MORE . . .
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EU’s Borrell questions U.S. giving Israel one month to improve Gaza situation, by John Irish | Reuters BRUSSELS — The EU’s foreign policy chief on Thursday appeared to criticise the United States giving Israel one month to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza, saying that during that time, too many people would die. READ MORE . . .
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FROM OCT. 16 Israel pressured by UN and U.S.to step up action to tackle Gaza’s escalating humanitarian crisis, by Edith M. Lederer | AP UNITED NATIONS — The top U.N. humanitarian official accused Israel on Wednesday of blocking the delivery of desperately needed aid to Gaza, and the U.S. ambassador demanded that its government step up efforts to tackle the Palestinian territory’s ”intolerable and catastrophic . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for NPR report.
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Hamas slams German minister’s claim about Israel’s right to bomb civilians in Gaza. From Middle East Monitor. The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement has condemned in the “strongest terms” German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock for her “abhorrent” defence of . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM OCT. 16 A surge of people are leaving Lebanon for Syria amid Israel-Hezbollah conflict. Reported by Eyder Peralta | NPR Some one million people in Lebanon have been displaced from their homes. Many of them have crossed the border into Syria — fleeing one war-torn country for another. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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FROM OCT. 15 What is Israel’s ‘Generals’ Plan’ and what does it mean for the war on Gaza? by Nadav Rapaport | Middle East Eye Many in the Israeli military and elsewhere are now looking to the “Generals’ Plan“, also known as the Eiland Plan, to secure the defeat of Hamas. At its simplest . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM OCT. 14 Between Russia and Iran all’s well that ends well, by M.K. Bhadrakumar | Indian Punchline Russia and Iran have had a difficult relationship through centuries. It remains complicated, as the protracted negotiations over their strategic partnership treaty have shown. READ MORE . . .