For today, links to six reports: from Reuters, the Associated Press, and National Public Radio, and to commentary from Middle East Eye and Middle East Monitor; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initals below. (UKRAINE entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM
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Israeli forces storm shelters, detain men, as north Gaza raid deepens, by Nidal Al-Mughrabi | Reuters CAIRO — Israeli forces blew up homes and besieged schools and shelters for displaced people today as they deepened their operations in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, residents and medics said. They also . . . READ MORE . . .
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UN agency says Israel still preventing aid from reaching northern Gaza. From Reuters. GAZA — Israeli authorities are still preventing humanitarian missions from reaching areas of northern Gaza with critical supplies including medicine and food for people under siege, the head of the UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA said today. READ MORE . . .
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Lebanon assesses damage after Israel strikes Hezbollah-run financial institution, by Sara el Deeb and Samy Magdy | AP BEIRUT — Lebanese were surveying the damage today after overnight Israeli strikes hit nearly a dozen branches of a Hezbollah-run financial institution that Israel says is used to fund attacks but where many ordinary people keep their savings. READ MORE . . . Click HERE to listen to NPR report.
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FROM OCT. 20 Leaked documents describe possible Israeli strike on Iran. Reported by Rob Schmitz and Tom Bowman | NPR A former U.S. intelligence official has confirmed with NPR that highly classified U.S. intelligence documents that appeared on a pro-Iranian site are authentic. The documents describe preparations by Israel in advance of a possible strike on Iran. Click HERE to listen and read, and HERE to listen to Oct. 21 NPR report, and later read.
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FROM OCT. 14 ‘It’s like we’re watching Auschwitz on TikTok.’ Gabor Maté of Middle East Eye, a Canadian physician, speaks with French activist and film producer Frank Barat about witnessing atrocities in Gaza and Palestine, and about future implications of the normalisation of violence. Click HERE to watch and listen.
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The IDF and ISIS are two sides of the same coin as agents of chaos, by Adam Warden | Middle East Monitor The parallels between Zionist militant groups and notorious organisations like ISIS share a disturbing commonality rooted in religious extremism and a quest for ethno-religious supremacy. READ MORE . . .
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The West’s support for Israel’s genocide is destroying the world as we know it, by Jonathan Cook | Middle East Eye The year-long genocide in Gaza is entirely a Western co-production. The U.S. and Europe send the weapons, provide the diplomatic cover, orchestrate support from their pliant state- and billionaire-owned media, and . . . READ MORE . . .