For today, links to six reports: from Reuters, the Associated Press, National Public Radio, the Anadolu Agency, and Middle East Monitor, and to an interview from the Chris Hedges Report, via ScheerPost and Popular Resistance; other news and commentary are accessible by clicking on their names as highlighted. (UKRAINE entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM
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Israel keeps up strikes in Gaza as fears of wider war grow, by Nidal Al-Mughrabi | Reuters CAIRO — Israeli forces pressed on with their operations near the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis today amid an international push for a deal to halt the fighting in Gaza and block a slide into a wider regional conflict with Iran and its proxies. READ MORE . . .
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Leaders of France, Germany and Britain endorse calls for cease-fire in Gaza. From AP. The leaders of France, Germany and Britain have endorsed calls for a cease-fire in Gaza, the return of scores of hostages held by Hamas and the “unfettered” delivery of humanitarian aid. In a joint statement released today . . . READ MORE . . .
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Israel widens evacuation orders in southern Gaza. Hamas wants plans for a deal instead of more talks, by Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy | AP DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — The Israeli military ordered more evacuations in southern Gaza early Sunday, a day after a deadly airstrike on a school-turned-shelter in the north killed at least 80 Palestinians, according to local health authorities. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for transcript of report from NPR.
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Hamas calls for urgent meeting of Arab League, OIC to halt Gaza genocide, by Mohamed Majed | Anadolu Agency GAZA CITY, Palestine — The Palestinian resistance group Hamas called Sunday on the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to hold an urgent meeting on Israel’s ongoing genocide in the Gaza Strip. READ MORE . . .
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Israel killed 1.8% of Gaza’s population, official figures show. From Middle East Monitor. Israel has killed around 1.8% of Gaza’s population since 7 October amid a devastating war on the enclave, according to figures released by the Palestinian Center Bureau of Statistics on Sunday, Anadolu reports. READ MORE . . .
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FROM AUG. 7 Israel’s mask is slipping. Chris Hedges of the Chris Hedges Report talks with David Hearst, editor in chief of Middle East Eye, who gives his detailed perspective of the past and present and unknown future of the multi-front war between Israel and various Palestinian entities in a changing international environment. Click HERE for an introduction, the interview, and transcript.