Links to reports from the Associated Press and the Cradle; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up or down for IRAN, GAZA and WEST BANK, and down for LEBANON 5-14-26.) — MCM

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War worsens Lebanon’s economic crisis, with job losses, price gouging and slow business, by Malak Harb and Kareem Chehayeb | AP  The U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, have sent economic shock waves across the Mideast. In Lebanon, those woes have been compounded by the country’s existing economic problems and by largely unregulated markets that are vulnerable to price gouging. Click HERE for report including video and photos.

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Israel confirms 19th soldier killed by Hezbollah as FPV drone attacks intensify. From the Cradle. The Israeli army released a statement today announcing the killing of a new soldier by the Lebanese resistance, bringing the number of troops killed by Hezbollah to 19 since the start of the war and ground invasion in south Lebanon. READ MORE . . .

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