For now, links to 10 reports: from Reuters, National Public Radio, Middle East Monitor, the Associated Press, and Middle East Eye; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE entry for this date, so far, is HERE.) — MCM
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Israeli attacks in Gaza kill 33 Palestinians but pauses allow third day of polio vaccinations, by Nidal Al-Mughrabi | Reuters CAIRO (Reuters) – Israeli forces killed 33 Palestinians across Gaza in the past 24 hours as they battled Hamas-led militants, Palestinian officials said today, but brief pauses in fighting allowed medics to conduct a third day of polio vaccinations for children. READ MORE . . .
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Evacuation orders force families in Gaza into perilous and overcrowded ‘safe zones.’ Reported by Hadeel Al-Shalchi and Anas Baba | NPR Israel’s stepped-up evacuation orders are shrinking the safe zones in Gaza, increasing danger to constantly displaced Palestinians. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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Polio vaccination targets surpassed for Gaza children, WHO says. From Reuters. GENEVA — The World Health Organization said today it had inoculated about a quarter of children under 10. The campaign, which was hastened after the discovery of the first polio case in a Gazan baby last month, relies on daily eight-hour pauses in fighting between Israel and Hamas militants in specific areas of the besieged enclave. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for Sept. 2 report from NPR.
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Israeli military says it killed Hamas militant in widely viewed Oct 7 video. From AP. The Israeli military says it has killed a Hamas militant who appeared in a widely viewed video from Oct. 7, where he was seen drinking from a bottle of cola in front of two children wounded in a grenade attack that had just killed their father. The military today . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM SEPT. 2 Thousands attend funeral of Israeli-American hostage killed by Hamas. Reported by Kat Lonsdorf | NPR Hersh Goldberg-Polin, one of the six hostages killed by Hamas this week, was laid to rest in Israel on Sunday. Israeli’s packed his funeral in a show of support to the hostages still held in Gaza, to the family, and to express anger at the government of Prime Minister Netanyahu at not doing more to secure their release. Click HERE to listen and read.
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Hamas says there are no real negotiations for a ceasefire. From Middle East Monitor. The Hamas political bureau member responsible for the negotiations file says the movement is ready for an agreement to stop the war in Gaza and exchange prisoners with Israel if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants one. READ MORE . . .
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FROM SEPT. 2 U.K. says it’s suspending some arms exports to Israel to avoid breaking international law, by Jill Lawless | AP LONDON — U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government said Monday that it’s suspending exports of some weapons to Israel because they could be used to break international law — a move . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE and HERE for reports from NPR and Middle East Eye.
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