Links to three reports: from the Cradle, the Associated Press, and Middle East Eye, and to an article of commentary from Middle East Monitor; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (Scroll down for GAZA 2-3-26 and UKRAINE and MEDIA.) — MCM

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Israel kills over 20 Palestinians in Gaza, blocks evacuation of emergency patients. From the Cradle.  At least 21 Palestinians, among them several children, were killed in Gaza today in a series of brutal Israeli strikes launched in response to the wounding of a reservist officer. Thirty-eight others were injured in the attacks, according to . . . READ MORE . . .

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Israel strikes Gaza, killing 21 including women and children, after saying Hamas violated deal, by Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy and Julia Frankel | AP  DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes pounded Gaza today, killing at least 21 Palestinians, including two infants, and further rocking a fragile ceasefire deal, hospital officials said. Israel said it was responding to a militant attack on Israeli soldiers that seriously wounded one. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others. Click HERE for report from Middle East Eye.

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FROM FEB. 3  The Epstein files: Blackmail, power, and geopolitical shadows, by Jasim Al-Azzawi | Middle East Monitor  If Israel benefited from Jeffrey Epstein’s kompromat, it would represent one of the most audacious intelligence operations of modern times. READ MORE . . .

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