For today, links to six reports: from the Anadolu Agency, the Associated Press, and Reuters; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE entry for this date and MAPS entry from Oct. 18 are HERE and HERE.) — MCM
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Israel’s practices in northern Gaza could amount to ‘atrocity crimes, crimes against humanity’: UN rights chief, by Beyza Binnur Donmez| Anadolu Agency | Anadolu Agency GENEVA — The UN human rights chief said today that Israel’s practices in northern Gaza could amount to “atrocity crimes and crimes against humanity,” describing what is happening in the north of the strip . . . READ MORE . . .
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Israeli strikes kill 38 people in Gaza’s Khan Younis and 3 journalists in southern Lebanon, by Bassem Mroue and Wafaa Shurafa | AP BEIRUT — Israeli strikes killed 38 people in Gaza and three journalists in Lebanon today as growing worries about supply shortages in Gaza and international pressure for a cease-fire mounted. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Reuters.
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Israeli strike kills journalists in Lebanon, Blinken sees urgent need for resolution, by Maya Gebeily, Amina Ismail, James Mackenzie and Humeyra Pamuk | Reuters BEIRUT / LONDON — An Israeli strike killed at least three journalists and wounded several others as they slept in guesthouses in southern Lebanon today, Lebanon’s health ministry said, in what Beirut declared a war crime. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken . . . READ MORE . . .
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Medical evacuations ‘lethally slow’ for 2,500 Gazan children that need urgent referral: UNICEF, by Beyza Binnur Donmez | Anadolu Agency GENEVA — The UNICEF today warned that medical evacuations are “lethally slow” for 2,500 Gazan children that need urgent referral as “fewer than one child” evacuated per day. READ MORE . . .
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Israel’s war in northern Gaza aimed at uprooting people from their land: Palestinian National Council. From Anadolu Agency. RAMALLAH, Palestine The Palestinian National Council said today that the ongoing Israeli offensive in northern Gaza is “a war aimed at uprooting the people from their land.” READ MORE . . .