For today, links to eight reports: from Reuters, the Cradle, the Associated Press, and National Public Radio; other articles are accessible by clicking on their initials below. (GAZA 10-13-25 is HERE, or scroll down. WEST BANK, UKRAINE and 9/11 TRUTH entries for today are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM
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Hamas fighters tighten grip in Gaza, clouding future of ceasefire, by Nidal al-Mughrabi and Maayan Lubell | Reuters CAIRO / JERUSALEM — Hamas fighters tightened their grip in Gaza today after carrying out public executions, defying Israel’s assertion that war cannot end under U.S. President Donald Trump‘s plan until the militants are disarmed. Fighters executed men they accused of collaborating with Israeli forces. READ MORE . . .
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Turkiye, Iraq ‘pressured’ Egypt to block Netanyahu from Trump summit: report. From the Cradle. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu canceled plans to attend the Gaza peace summit in Egypt’s city of Sharm el-Sheikh after the the leaders of Iraq and Turkiye contacted Cairo to voice opposition to his participation, AFP reported today. READ MORE . . .
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FROM OCT. 13 After hostages and prisoners are freed, complex issues remain for Israel-Hamas ceasefire, by Melanie Lidman, Samy Magdy and Wafaa Shurafa | AP JERUSALEM — Israel and Hamas moved ahead on a key first step of the tenuous Gaza ceasefire agreement on Monday by freeing hostages and prisoners, raising hopes that the U.S.-brokered deal might lead to a permanent end to the two-year war that ravaged the Palestinian territory. But thornier issues . . . READ MORE . . .. Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for live AP updates in English.
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FROM OCT. 13 Trump declares end of Gaza war as last Israeli hostages swapped for Palestinian detainees, by Nidal al-Mughrabi and Maayan Lubell | Reuters CAIRO / JERUSALEM — Hamas freed the last living Israeli hostages from Gaza on Monday under a ceasefire deal and Israel sent home busloads of Palestinian detainees. Hours later, Trump convened Muslim and European leaders in Egypt. Hamas and Israel were both absent. READ MORE . . .
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FROM OCT. 13 Trump wants to push for Middle East peace. Netanyahu is still talking up Israel’s military might, by Will Weissert | AP WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is declaring Israel’s war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip over and has already barreled ahead toward far larger goals — arguing that the fragile ceasefire his administration helped broker is a chance to bring a lasting peace to the greater Middle East. READ MORE . . .
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FROM OCT. 14 What the freed Israeli hostages’ first few days of freedom will look like. Reported by Daniel Estrin | NPR All 20 surviving Israeli hostages have been freed by Hamas after spending more than two years in captivity in Gaza. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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FROM OCT. 13 Crowds cheer in Gaza, Ramallah as Israel releases Palestinian prisoners. Reported by Carrie Kahn and Andrew Limbong | NPR As part of the ceasefire deal, Israel released nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners on Monday. The majority were detainees and prisoners arrested in Gaza and returned there to a huge celebratory crowd. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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FROM OCT. 13 Trump in Israel, Egypt to mark end of Gaza war as hostages freed. Reported by Aya Batrawy and Andrew Limbong | NPR Twenty hostages are released by Hamas and more than 1,900 Palestinian detainees and prisoners are released by Israel as President Trump visits Israel and Egypt to mark an end to the Gaza war. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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TO BE CONTINUED