First, links to reports from the Associated Press, Reuters, and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their initials below. Then, via Consortium News, a link to commentary from Indian Punchline. (Today’s UKRAINE entry is HERE.) — MCM
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Israeli strikes pound Gaza City as ground forces battle Hamas near major hospital, by Najib Jobain, Samy Magy, and Kareem Chehayeb | AP KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — Israeli strikes pounded Gaza City overnight into today as ground forces battled Hamas militants in dense urban neighborhoods near a hospital where tens of thousands of Palestinians are sheltering. Gaza’s largest city is the focus . . . READ MORE . . .
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Displaced pack Gaza hospitals, others flee as Israeli troops and Hamas fighters clash, by Nidal Al-Mughrabi and Maytaal Angel | Reuters GAZA / JERUSALEM — Israeli forces fought Hamas militants among ruined buildings in the north of the Gaza Strip today, inching their way closer to two big hospitals as the plight of civilians in the besieged Palestinian territory worsened. Thousands more Palestinians . . . READ MORE . . .
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Blinken urges united future Palestinian government for Gaza and West Bank, widening gulf with Israel, by Ellen Knickmeyer and Josef Federman | AP WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Antony Blinken called today for a united and Palestinian-led government for Gaza and the West Bank after the war ends, as a step toward Palestinian statehood. That vision sharpens U.S. differences with ally Israel on what . . . READ MORE . . .
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NEWER Israel seems to be planning for the longterm in the Palestinian enclave of Gaza. Reported by Leila Fadel | NPR Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has said Israel will have to take security control of Gaza “indefinitely.” Retired U.S. Army Col. Peter Mansoor talks about what that might look like. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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2 negotiators with peace plan experience have a plan to kickstart peace talks. Leila Fadel of NPR talks with Hiba Husseini and Yossi Beilin, who were negotiators from different sides, for a peace plan. Earlier this year they proposed a new peace plan for the region. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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NEWER U.S., Israel to open a second front in Lenanon, by M.K. Bhadrakumar | Indian Punchline / Consortium News The announcement late Sunday night by the U.S. Central Command [CENTCOM] headquartered in Doha about the arrival of a Ohio-class American nuclear submarine in its “area of responsibility” presages a significant escalation of the situation around the Palestine-Israel conflict. It is very rare that . . . READ MORE . . .
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MAY BE CONTINUED