For today, links to six reports: from the Anadolu Agency, the Associated Press, Reuters, and Middle East Eye, and to commentary from Consortium News and, via CN, an interview from the Chris Hedges Report; other published material is accessible by clicking on their names below. (WEST BANK, SYRIA and UKRAINE entries for this date are HERE, HERE and HERE. GAZA 2-8-25 entry is HERE.) — MCM
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4 Palestinians killed by Israeli army fire in Gaza despite ceasefire, by Hosni Nedim and Betul Yilmaz | Anadolu Agency GAZA CITY, Palestine — Four Palestinians were killed by Israeli army fire in the Gaza Strip today despite a ceasefire agreement in the enclave, a medical source said. READ MORE . . .
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Israeli forces withdraw from a key Gaza corridor as violence surges in West Bank, by Tian Goldenberg and Mohammad Jahjouh | AP MUGHRAQA, Gaza Strip — Israeli forces withdrew from a key Gaza corridor today, Israeli officials and Hamas said. Separately today, the Palestinian Health Ministry said that two women in their 20s, including one who was eight months pregnant, were fatally shot by Israeli gunfire in the northern occupied West Bank. READ MORE . . . Click HERE, HERE and HERE for reports from Reuters and Middle East Eye, and Reuters photos via MEE.
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FROM FEB. 8 2 children killed in wall collapse in Gaza City after Israeli strike, by Ahmed Asmar | Anadolu Agency ANKARA — Two Palestinian girls were killed in the collapse of a concrete wall of a house struck by Israeli warplanes in Gaza City, local authorities said on Saturday. READ MORE . . .
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FROM FEB. 6 Trump wants more war for Gaza ploy, by Joe Lauria | Consortium News Despite a worldwide outcry from friends and foes that his plan amounts to a war crime, and despite efforts by his own officials (who did not know he would announce the plan) to reframe his intentions . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM FEB. 7 Arab regimes & the betrayal of Palestine. Chris Hedges of the Chris Hedges Report talks with Farah El-Sharif, writer, academic and Visiting Scholar at Stanford about, among other things, the origins of “war on terror,” the Abraham Accords, and the experience of the Palestinians. Click HERE for video and transcript.