For today, links to 12 reports: from Agence France-Presse, Reuters, the Associated Press, National Public Radio, Middle East Monitor, and Middle East Eye; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE entry for this date is HERE.) – MCM
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Hezbollah says launched drone attack on base in north Israel’s Haifa. From AFP. Hezbollah said today it launched a drone attack on a military base in north Israel’s Haifa a day earlier. READ MORE . . .
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The new U.S. strategy on the Lebanon conflict: Let it play out, by Simon Lewis and Humeyra Pamuk | Reuters WASHINGTON — After weeks of intensive diplomacy aimed at securing a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah militants, the United States has settled on an altogether different approach: let the unfolding conflict in Lebanon play out. READ MORE . . .
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Israeli military renews orders for Palestinians to leave northern Gaza. From AP. The Israeli military today renewed its orders for Palestinian in the northern Gaza Strip to leave their homes and shelters as troops press on a weeklong offensive against militants. In Lebanon, authorities said Friday that 60 people were killed and 168 wounded in the past 24 hours . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM OCT. 11 Israeli strike on a Beirut apartment building kills 22 people. Reported by Jane Arraf | NPR An Israeli strike leveled an apartment building in central Beirut Thursday night, killing at least 22 people and injuring more than 100.. Click HERE to listen and read, and HERE for a report today from NPR.
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FROM OCT. 11 Israeli forces kill 2 Lebanese soldiers and 2 UN peacekeepers in new, separate strikes, by Bassem Mroue | AP BEIRUT — An Israeli airstrike killed two Lebanese soldiers and wounded three on Friday, Lebanon’s military said, just hours after the Israeli military fired on the headquarters of U.N. peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, injuring two of them for the second day in a row. The incidents . . . READ MORE . . .
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Israel is expected to launch retaliatory strikes against Iran for its missile attack. Reported by Jackie Northam | NPR Israel is weighing its options in retaliation for Iran’s latest missile attack. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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FROM OCT. 11 Hezbollah forges new command for crucial ground war after heavy Israeli blows, by Laila Bassam, Tom Perry and Alexander Cornwell | Reuters BEIRUT Hezbollah is preparing for a long war of attrition in south Lebanon, after Israel wiped out its top leadership, with a new military command directing rocket fire and the ground conflict, two sources familiar with its operations said. It has been diminished by . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM OCT. 11 How did Hezbollah get its start? Breaking down the history of Hezbollah. Steve Inskeep of NPR speaks with Matthew Levitt of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, about how the Iran-backed militant and political group got its start in the 1980s. Click HERE to listen and read.
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FROM OCT. 10 UN-backed experts say Israel is destroying Gaza’s health sector and both sides have tortured people,by Joseph Krauss| AP A U.N. commission on Thursday accused Israel of destroying Gaza’s health care system through “relentless and deliberate attacks” in its yearlong war with Hamas and said that Palestinian prisoners and Israeli hostages have been tortured and sexually abused. READ MORE . . .
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FROM OCT. 11 UN: Gaza home to largest number of amputee children in modern history. From Middle East Monitor. Gaza is home to the largest number of amputee children in modern history, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Wednesday. Click HERE for report and video clip.
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FROM OCT. 11 Gaza’s cultural and religious heritage lies in ruins after a year of attacks by Israel, by Elis Gjevori | Middle East Eye The devastation of Israel’s war on Gaza has not spared the besieged strip’s cultural heritage and museums, mosques, churches, and archaeological sites have been destroyed or heavily damaged. As of September, Unesco . . . READ MORE . . .