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For now, links to four reports: from Middle East Eye, the Cradle, and National Public Radio; and to two articles of commentary: from Middle East Eye, and from Jonathan-Cook-net via Consortium News; others are accessible by clicking on its name below. (Scroll down for GAZA 12-11-25 and scroll up or down for LEBANON and UKRAINE so far today.) — MCM

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Death toll from storm rises to 14. From Middle East Eye. Wafa news reports that at least 14 Palestinians have died in the last 24 hours from plummeting temperatures and collapsing buildings amid Storm Byron in Gaza — including at least three children who died from hypothermia. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for longer earlier Middle East Eye report, and HERE for report from the Cradle.

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FROM DEC. 11  Severe storm drenches families without shelter in Gaza. Reported by Aya Batrawy and Anas Baba | NPR  A severe winter storm makes landfall in Gaza, drenching families and makeshift tents as aid groups say Israel’s impeding shelter supplies. Click HERE to listen and read.

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FROM DEC. 11  Storm Byron brings a new catastrophic chapter to Gaza — while Israel is safe and dry, by Lubna Masarwa | Middle East Eye  When Storm Byron first appeared on weather maps, Israelis were inundated with safety instructions: secure your windows, park cars away from trees, have emergency numbers at hand. For over a week, the media’s main preoccupation . . .READ MORE . . .

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Israel’s biggest con, by Jonathan Cook | Jonathan-cook.net / Consortium News  The biggest con trick Israel has managed to pull off over the past two years is imposing entirely phoney parameters on a “debate” in the West about the credibility of the death toll in Gaza, now officially standing at just over 70,000. READ MORE . . .

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