First, links to reports from Natonal Public Radio, Reuters, and the Associated Press; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. Then, a link to commentary, via Consortium News and ScheerPost, by a Britain-based observer. (UKRAINE entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM
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U.N. approves aid, stops short of calling for ceasefire in Gaza due to U.S. opposition. Reported by Scott Simon and Michele Kelemen | NPR After days of delays, the United Nations Security Council passed resolution calling for more aid to Gaza but not demanding a ceasefire — which would have drawn a U.S. veto. Click HERE to listen and read.
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As Gaza death toll surpasses 20,000, Israel says its offensive will continue. Reported by Scott Simon and Carrie Kahn | NPR In Gaza an estimated 20,000 people have been killed since the start of the war on Oct. 7, and the need for humanitarian aid is dire. Click HERE to listen and read.
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Fighting rages in northern Gaza after U.N. stops short of ceasefire call, by Nidal Al-Mughrabi and Emily Rose | Reuters Cairo/Jerusalem: Israel battled Hamas militants today in pursuit of its elusive interim goal of full control of northern Gaza after the UN Security Council appealed for more aid for the Palestinian enclave but stopped short of demanding a ceasefire. READ MORE . . .
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Israel strikes 2 homes, killing more than 90 Palestinians while hundreds have been detained, by Najib Jobain and Samy Magdy | AP RAFAH, Gaza Strip — More than 90 Palestinians, including dozens from an extended family, were killed in Israeli airstrikes on two homes, rescuers and hospital officials said today, a day after the U.N. chief warned again that nowhere is safe in Gaza and that Israel’s offensive is creating . . . READ MORE . . .
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Evidence missing in ‘mass rape’ charge against Hamas, by Jonathan Cook | Jonathan-Cook.net / Consortium News / ScheerPost This article is intended as a follow-up to my last article, on the western media’s refusal to investigate what happened on Oct. 7. As I argued there, journalists are suppressing evidence from credible sources, including the Israeli military, suggesting that . . . READ MORE . . .