For today, links to eight reports: from Agence France-Presse, the Anadolu Agency, the Associated Press, Reuters, and National Public Radio, and to articles of commentary from Common Dreams and the Canary; others are accessible by clicking on their names below. (IRAN, WEST BANK, LEBANON and UKRAINE entries for this date are HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE. GAZA 2-15-25 entry is HERE.) — MCM
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Hamas says deadly Israeli strike on Gaza police ‘serious violation’ of truce. From AFP. From Hamas said an Israeli air strike that killed three of its policemen today near the southern Gaza city of Rafah constitutes “a serious violation” of the ceasefire in effect since Jan. 19 in the Palestinian territory. READ MORE . . .
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NEWER Israel PM sends negotiators to Cairo for more talks on Gaza truce: statement. From AFP. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed negotiators to head to Cairo on Monday to discuss the “continued implementation” of the first phase of the ongoing Gaza ceasefire, his office said. READ MORE . . .
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Israeli shelling kills 3 Palestinian police officers securing entry of aid in southern Gaza, by Ikrame Kouachi | Anadolu Agency ANKARA — Three Palestinian police officers were killed today by Israeli shelling in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip despite a ceasefire agreement, according to official Palestinian sources. READ MORE . . .
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Rubio says Hamas ‘must be eradicated,’ casting further doubt on the shaky ceasefire in Gaza, by Matthew Lee and Natalie Melzer | AP JERUSALEM — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio today fully endorsed Israel’s war aims in the Gaza Strip, throwing the future of the shaky ceasefire into further doubt. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from NPR.
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Israel receives shipment of heavy bombs cleared by Trump. From Reuters. JERUSALEM — Israel has received a shipment of heavy MK-84 bombs from the United States, after U.S. President Donald Trump lifted a block imposed on the export of the munitions by the administration of predecessor Joe Biden, the defence ministry said today. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Anadolu Agency.
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Egypt says preparing ‘comprehensive’ plan to rebuild Gaza without displacing Palestinians, by Ibrahim Khazen and Ikram Kouachi | Anadolu Agency CAIRO — Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi confirmed today his country is preparing a “comprehensive” plan to rebuild the Gaza Strip without displacing Palestinians — this during a meeting with Ronald Lauder, the head of the World Jewish Congress. READ MORE . . .
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FROM FEB. 14 Trump wants peace in Ukraine, but why not in Gaza? by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies | Common Dreams / Consortium News Donald Trump promised to end the war in Ukraine if he was re-elected as president. Last Wednesday, he started to make good on that promise by holding a 90-minute call with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Meanwhile, . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM FEB. 14 These seven banks have supplied Israel’s genocide in Gaza. From the Canary / Popular Resistance Seven U.S. and European investment banks have been propping up Israel’s brutal genocide in Gaza to the tune of nearly $20bn. And a certain notorious company in particular . . . READ MORE . . .
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