For today, links to reports from the Associated Press, National Public Radio, Reuters, and Common Dreams, and to commentary via Consortium News from Medium; other articles are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM
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Israeli forces storm the main hospital in southern Gaza, saying hostages were likely held there, by Wafaa Shurafa and Bassem Mroue | AP RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli forces stormed the main hospital in southern Gaza today, hours after Israeli fire killed a patient and wounded six others inside the complex. The Israeli army said it was a limited operation seeking the remains of hostages taken by Hamas. The raid . . . READ MORE . . .
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Conditions are deteriorating for displaced Palestinians forced to flee to Rafah. Michel Martin of NPR speaks with Scott Anderson, deputy director of UNRWA Affairs in Gaza, about the humanitarian situation in Rafah, and the allegations against the relief agency. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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Hezbollah says Israel will ‘pay price’ after deadly day. From Reuters. BEIRUT — Senior Hezbollah official and member of parliament Hassan Fadlallah said today that Israel would face reprisal after two sets of strikes on southern Lebanon the previous day killed 10 civilians, half of them children. “The enemy [Israel] will pay the price for these . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM FEB. 14 The U.S. is investigating Israel’s use of American weapons. Reported by Michele Kelemen | NPR The Biden administration is looking into several of the deadliest airstrikes to see if Israel is misusing U.S. weapons. But the administration has been reluctant to use its military aid as leverage. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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FROM FEB. 13 Josep Borrell to world leaders: ‘Cut off arms to Israel,’ by Jake Johnson | Common Dreams / Popular Resistance The European Union’s top foreign policy official said Monday that the Biden administration and other governments professing concern about the grisly death toll in the Gaza Strip should . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM FEB. 13 The killing fields of Gaza, by John Wight | Medium / Consortium News Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed tirelessly to be acting in the name of the Jewish victims of the Nazi Holocaust with Israel’s military campaign in Gaza. In truth, the actions of his regime and military these past few months has placed them much closer to the guards than the inmates at Hitler’s death . . . READ MORE . . .