For today, links to six reports: from Middle East Monitor, Anadolu Ajansi, the Associated Press, and Middle East Eye; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA 11-16-25 is HERE, or scroll down. UKRAINE, LEBANON, WEST BANK and MEDIA entries are HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM
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Israeli army chief warns of rapid shift toward expanded aggression on Gaza. From Middle East Monitor. Israeli Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir said on Sunday that the Israeli army must be prepared to shift swiftly from defensive operations to a large-scale offensive aimed at occupying territory beyond the so-called “Yellow Line” in the Gaza Strip. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for Anadolu report in French, and HERE for others.
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Most of Gaza’s schools are destroyed and hundreds of thousands of children cannot go back to class, by Wafaa Shurafa and Kareem Chehayeb | AP DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip —More than 600,000 Palestinian children in Gaza have missed the past two years of school. Instead of studying and socializing, they . . . Click HERE for report and photos.
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Israel destroys Gaza’s historical palace, with over 20,000 artifacts looted, by Mohamed Majed and Betul Yilmaz | Anadolu Ajansi GAZA CITY, Palestine / ISTANBUL — Gaza’s historical and cultural heritage has not been spared Israeli bombardment during Tel Aviv’s two-year war, with over 20,000 rare artifacts spanning from prehistoric eras to the Ottoman period missing and looted. READ MORE . . .
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FROM NOV. 16 Unpopular and politically weak, 90-year-old Palestinian leader struggles for a role in Gaza, by Lee Keath | AP CAIRO — In office for 20 years, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas now holds authoritarian power in tiny pockets of the West Bank — for nearly the entire time failing to hold elections. He struggles for a say in a postwar Gaza Strip. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.
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FROM NOV. 16 Palestinian coalition rejects U.S. ‘colonial’ plan for Gaza, by Elis Gjevori | Middle East Eye The National Commission for Palestinian Popular Action issued a forceful statement on Sunday rejecting U.S. proposals to place Gaza under an externally imposed . . . READ MORE . . .
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