NOTE: This is the second time the material below has been posted on this website; it is about 3:15 p.m. EDT. Previously it appeared to have been accessible to visitors as of noon, but was somehow removed, along with two other entries. Perhaps this is an example of “shadow banning” on someone’s part.

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For today, links to four reports: from the Associated Press, Middle East Eye, Reuters, and National Public Radio; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA 9-19-25 is HERE, or scroll down. MEDIA and UKRAINE entries for this date are HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM

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Israeli strikes on Gaza City kill at least 14 as some countries move to recognize Palestinian state, by Samy Magdy | AP  CAIRO — Israeli strikes killed at least 14 people overnight in Gaza City, said health officials, as Israel ramps up its offensive there and urges Palestinians to leave. READ MORE . . .

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‘A state of thirst is sweeping Gaza City’: municipality. From Middle East Eye. lsrael destroyed 75 percent of central wells in the besieged encllave, the Gaza municipality spokesperson Asim al-Nabih told Al Jazeera. READ MORE . . .

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Israel’s Gaza City demolitions fan fears of permanent removal of Palestinians, by Nidal al-Mughrabi and Olivia Le Poidevin | Reuters  GAZA — For a decade, Palestinian bank worker Shady Salama Al-Rayyes paid into a $93,000 mortgage on his flat in a tall, modern block in one of Gaza City’s prime neighbourhoods. Now . . . READ MORE . . .

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International Rescue Committee official explains suspension of programs in Gaza City, by Hadeel Al-Shalchi and Scott Simon | NPR  Bob Kitchen, the International Rescue Committee’s head of emergencies, talks about the aid organization’s decision to close all its programming in Gaza City, amid an Israeli military takeover of the city. Click HERE later to listen and, still later, read.

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