For today, links to 10 reports: from Al Jazeera, National Public Radio, the Associated Press, the Anadolu Agency, Reuters, and Middle East Monitor; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE entry for this date and a MEDIA entry are HERE and HERE.) — MCM
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Hezbollah says it targeted Mossad’s headquarters with a ballistic missile. From Al Jazeera. Hezbollah has fired a ballistic missile targeting Mossad’s headquarters near Tel Aviv, the Lebanon-based group said. The Israel military said a surface-to-surface missile was intercepted . . . READ MORE . . .
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Fears of all-out Mideast war grow as world leaders gather for UN General Assembly. Leila Fadel of NPR talks with Matt Duss, the executive vice president at the Center for International Policy, about Israel’s strategy in the conflict with Hezbollah in Lebanon. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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Hezbollah fires a missile at Tel Aviv in deepest strike yet after Israeli bombardment of Lebanon, by Melanie Lidman, Tia Goldenberg and Kareem Chehayeb | AP TEL AVIV — Hezbollah hurled dozens of projectiles into Israel early today, including a missile aimed at Tel Aviv that was the militant group’s deepest strike yet and marked a further escalation after Israeli strikes on Lebanon killed hundreds of people. Click HERE for article and map.
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World leaders condemn Israel’s war on Gaza in UN speeches, by Seda Sevencan | Anadolu Agency ISTANBUL — World leaders condemned Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip, calling Tuesday for global action at the UN General Assembly in New York. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa . . . READ MORE . . .
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Netanyahu will address the UN as Israel, bogged down by one war, barrels toward another, by Tia Goldenberg| AP JERUSALEM — From the dais of the U.N. General Assembly just a year ago, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu triumphantly hailed a new peace he said would sweep through the Middle East. A year later, as he travels back to that same world stage, that vision is in tatters. The devastating . . . READ MORE . . .
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Hezbollah’s tunnels and flexible command weather Israel’s deadly blows, by Laila Bassam and James Mackenzie | Reuters BEIRUT / JERUSALEM — Hezbollah’s flexible chain of command, together with its extensive tunnel network and a vast arsenal of missiles and weapons it has bolstered over the past year, is helping it weather unprecedented Israeli strikes, three sources familiar with the Lebanese militant group’s operations said. READ MORE . . .
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FROM SEPT. 24 Israel bombards Hezbollah, killing a top commander, while families flee southern Lebanon, by Abby Sewell and Natalie Melzer | AP BEIRUT — Israel killed a top Hezbollah commander Tuesday as part of a two-day bombing campaign that has left more than 560 people dead and prompted thousands in southern Lebanon to seek refuge from the widening conflict. With the two sides on the brink of all-out war, Hezbollah launched dozens . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM SEPT. 24 Amid Israel-Hezbollah strikes, Lebanon says only U.S. can stop fighting, by Maya Gebeily, Tom Perry and James Mackenzie | Reuters BEIRUT / JERUSALEM — An Israeli airstrike on Beirut killed a senior Hezbollah commander on Tuesday as cross-border rocket attacks by both sides increased fears of a full-fledged war in the Middle East and Lebanon said only Washington could help end the fighting. Hezbollah early on Wednesday confirmed . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM SEPT. 24 Fears of a wider war in the Middle East dominates the UNGA. Reported by Michele Kelemen | NPR The conflict in the Middle East dominates day one of the annual UN General Assembly — as the UN secretary general warns of a “powder keg” of global conflicts that risk engulfing the world. Click HERE to listen and read.
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Gaza: A million Palestinians in need of shelter aid before winter. From Middle East Monitor. With the amount of aid that Israel is currently allowing into Gaza, it will take humanitarian agencies more than two years to deliver the kits needed to prepare tents, makeshift shelters and damaged homes south of Wadi Gaza for this coming winter, according to the Norwegian Refugee Council-led Shelter Cluster in Palestine. READ MORE . . .