For today, links to seven reports: from Reuters, the Associated Press, Middle East Eye, Middle East Monitor, and National Public Radio, and to commentary from 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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At least 30 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes, hospital hit, says Gaza ministry, by Nidal Al-Mughrabi | Reuters  CAIRO (Reuters) – At least 30 Palestinians were killed in Israeli military strikes across the Gaza Strip today, mostly in the north where one attack hit a hospital, torching medical supplies and disrupting operations, the enclave’s health officials said. READ MORE . . .

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5 killed in Israel by projectile from Lebanon; Israeli strikes kill 8 in Lebanon. From AP. Five people were killed in northern Israel on Thursday by projectiles fired from Lebanon, including four foreign workers, authorities said. Meanwhile, the Israeli military warned people to evacuate from more areas of southern Lebanon as airstrikes across the country killed at least eight people. Also Thursday . . . READ MORE . . .

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Saudi foreign minister denounces Israel’s north Gaza assault as genocide, by Pesha Magid | Reuters  RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, today denounced Israeli attacks in northern Gaza as genocide, telling foreign investors that some bilateral agreements it has been negotiating with Washington . . . READ MORE . . .

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Israeli forces in Lebanon and Gaza suffer deadliest month of 2024, by Lubna Masarwa and Simon Hooper | Middle East Eye  JERUSALEM / LONDON  Israel has recorded its worst month for military deaths this year amid continuing fierce fighting in southern Lebanon and northern Gaza. At least 62 soldiers . . . READ MORE . . .

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Israel to establish new army division on border with Jordan. From Middle East Monitor. The Israeli occupation army decided on Wednesday to establish a new division on the border with Jordan, according to local sources. It will be tasked . . . READ MORE . . .

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Some Israelis want land in Gaza seized as payback for the Oct. 7 Hamas attack. Reported by Hadeel Al-Shalchi and A Martínez | NPR  The humanitarian crisis in northern Gaza is getting worse by the day, and there are increasing questions over what Israel’s end-game there might be. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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FROM OCT. 30  Lebanon-Israel truce possible ‘in coming hours.’ From Middle East Eye. The Al-Jadeed news channel in Lebanon has reported that an Israeli-Lebanese ceasefire could be announced within hours, citing the Lebanese caretaker prime minister Najib Mikati. Mikati said he had already spoken to . . . READ MORE . . .

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Israel forced the world to create UNRWA; now it wants UNRWA dead, by Mustafa Fetouri | Middle East Monitor  At last, Israel took the decision to declare UNRWA an illegal entity, denying it the right to work from any territories under its control, including occupied lands in East Jerusalem and the West Bank. Simply said, Israeli Knesset just banned . . . READ MORE . . .

For today, links to eleven reports: from the Associated Press, Reuters, the Kyiv Independent, the Kyiv Post, Tass, and Agence-Press, and to video of a webinar from the International Academy for Multicultural Cooperation;  other information is accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA entry for this date and a MEDIA entry are HERE and HERE.) — MCM

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Russian bomb hits building in Ukraine’s 2nd largest city, killing 3, including 2 teens, by Illia Novikov | AP  KYIV — Russian forces struck a residential building in Ukraine’s second-largest city of Kharkiv today, killing three, including two teenage boys, and injuring scores of others, and launched scores of other attacks as they continued their grinding onslaught in the country’s east. READ MORE . . .

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Ukraine’s military says Russian forces attacked bridge in Odesa region overnight. From Reuters. KYIV — Russian forces attacked a strategic bridge across the Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Estuary in Ukraine’s southern Odesa region overnight, launching two ballistic Iskander missiles and eight guided missiles, Kyiv’s military said today. READ MORE . . .

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Radiation and Russian bombs threaten this Ukrainian city, so it’s building schools underground, by Lori Hinnant | AP  ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine — To be a parent in the Ukrainian front-line city of Zaporizhzhia means weighing your child’s life against the Russian weapons within striking distance. Most rain death in an instant, but . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for related AP report.

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Russian-held town in eastern Ukraine equips buses with drone jammers. From Reuters. HORLIVKA, Ukraine — Authorities in the Russian-controlled eastern Ukrainian town of Horlivka have installed jamming devices on some of the local buses to protect them from drone strikes, officials told Reuters. READ MORE . . .

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FROM OCT. 29  Ukraine facing ‘grim’ situation in Donetsk Oblast, as Russia claims capture of Selydove, by Chris York | The Kyiv Independent  Ukraine faces a “pretty grim” situation in Donetsk Oblast in the east of the country as Russian forces make some of their swiftest advances since the summer of 2022, according to experts and OSINT analysts. READ MORE . . .

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FROM OCT. 30  Ex-U.S. Marine reportedly killed in Russia’s Bryansk region, by Julia Struck | Kyiv Post  Russian media has reported the death of Corey John Nawrocki, a 41-year-old former U.S. Marine infiltrating Russia’s Bryansk region with a group of Ukrainian operatives. READ MORE . . .

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FROM OCT. 30  Russian forces liberate two communities in Donbass region, Kharkov area over past day. From Tass.  MOSCOW — Russian forces liberated two communities in the Donetsk People’s Republic and the Kharkov Region over the past day in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Wednesday in a broader statement. READ MORE . . .

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FROM OCT. 30  North Korean foreign minister arrives in Moscow for talks with Lavrov. From AFP. North Korea’s Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui arrived in Moscow Wednesday to hold “strategic” talks with her Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, amid Western warnings that thousands of North Korean troops are training in Russia and . . . READ MORE . . .

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Ukraine has received just 10% of US aid approved by Congress earlier this year, Zelensky says, by Kateryna Hodunova and news desk | The Kyiv Independent  The U.S. has transferred nearly 10% of the aid approved by Congress in April 2024 to Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Kyiv Post.

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FROM OCT. 24  ‘Ukraine and Russia: The causes of the conflict, diplomacy, and the possibilities for peace.’ From the International Academy for Multicultural Cooperation. A webinar last week “explored the historical and more recent causes of the conflict to identify critical junctures where peace was not chosen, and consider[ed] ways forward toward peace.” Co-sponsored by the Group of 78, the G20 Interfaith Forum, and the IAMC. Click HERE for video.

 

For today, links to a report from Consortium News, and to an earlier entry from this website, and to a personal note; other links are accessible by clicking on highlighted names below. NOTE: Earlier this week, three entries were permanently removed by an unknown party for Oct. 28 and possibly Oct. 29 concerning Gaza, Ukraine and the media — although some of the items in them were reconstructed and added to later entries. (GAZA and UKRAINE entries for this date are HERE and HERE.) — MCM

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FROM OCT. 30  Winning a battle over control of our site. From Consortium News. Consortium News has defeated an attack on America’s oldest independent news site. For now. After being completely taken over for nearly 72 hours, CN was able to wrest back . . . READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for an earlier entry from this website.

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A personal note, by Mark Channing Miller of this website  It’s good to know that someone is reading it. Also, thanks to everyone at Consortium News for doing what you do!

For today, links to seven reports: from Reuters, Middle East Monitor, Agence France-Presse, Associated Press, and National Public Radio, and to commentary from Middle East Eye; 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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Israel wages deadly Gaza strikes as northern areas issue plea for help, by Nidal Al-Mughrabi and Dawoud Abu Alkas | Reuters  CAIRO / GAZA — Israel pummeled the Gaza Strip with new bombardments that killed at least 20 people today, Palestinian medics said, a day after one of the deadliest single strikes of the year-old war killed scores in the north of the enclave. Eight of today’s . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Middle East Monitor.

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Hamas ‘not received any proposals for a Gaza ceasefire.’ From AFP. A Hamas official said today that the group had not received any proposals for a Gaza ceasefire but would discuss any ideas that include an Israeli withdrawal. READ MORE . . .

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Banning UNRWA will lead to a vacuum and more suffering for Palestinians, the agency’s chief says, by Baraa Anwer and Sarah el Deeb | AP  RIYADH — The head of the U.N. agency caring for Palestinian refugees said today that newly passed Israeli laws effectively banning its activities in Israel will leave a vacuum that will cost more lives and create further instability in Gaza and the West Bank. READ MORE . . .

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U.S. working on 60-day truce to end war in Lebanon, sources say, by Timour Azhari, Maya Gebeily and James Mackenzie  | Reuters  BEIRUT / JERUSALEM — U.S. mediators are working on a proposal to wind down hostilities between Israel’s military and Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, beginning with a 60-day ceasefire, two sources said today. READ MORE . . .

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FROM OCT. 29  An Israeli airstrike in north Gaza killed dozens of people, as parliament bans UNRWA. Reported by Kat Lonsdorf | NPR  TEL AVIV — An Israeli airstrike on a building in northern Gaza overnight killed at least 60 Palestinians and wounded more, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, in one of the deadliest attacks in weeks. The strike hit . . . Click HERE to listen and read.

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FROM OCT. 29  Hezbollah chooses new leader and vows to continue ‘until victory.’ From AP. Lebanon’s Hezbollah has chosen Sheikh Naim Kassem to succeed longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike last month, as the militant group vowed Tuesday to continue “until victory is achieved.” Kassem, 71, who had been Nasrallah’s deputy leader for . . . READ MORE . . .

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The Jabalia doctrine: Genocide as a counterinsurgency policy, by Raja Abdulhaq | Middle East Eye  Since the Oct 7 attack, Israel has adopted genocide as a population-centric counterinsurgency strategy. While this follows Israel’s historical perpetration of ethnic cleansing during the Nakba in 1948, the objectives of these two events are distinct. During the Nakba, ethnic . . . READ MORE . . .

 

For today, links to reports from the Associated Press, the Kyiv Post, and Agence France-Presse, and to commentary from Moon of Alabama, via Popular Resistance; other articles are accessible by clicking on their names below. (GAZA entry for this date and a MEDIA entry are  HERE and HERE.) – MCM

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Russia and Ukraine exchange drone strikes as North Korea’s top diplomat visits Moscow, by Illia Novikov | AP  KYIV — Russia and Ukraine exchanged scores of drone strikes today as North Korea’s top diplomat arrived in Russia for talks after his country reportedly deployed thousands of soldiers to help Moscow’s war efforts. Ukraine’s air force said . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Kyiv Post.

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Russia says it captured village in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region. From AFP.  Russia’s military said today that its forces captured the village of Kruhliakivka in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region, where it has been stepping up pressure on Kyiv’s forces for months. The village was . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM OCT. 26  How Russia is overwhelming Ukrainian frontlines, by Moon of Alabama | moonofalabama.org / Popular Resistance  There seems to be a bit of a panic along the Ukrainian front lines. Several units, for lack of men, have recently left positions they were supposed to hold. The daily progress of the Russian forces along the line is increasing. The medium level of the Ukrainian military seems to understand . . . READ MORE . . .

 

For now, links to a report from the Associated Press and to commentary from Consortium News, Substack, and Moon of Alabama; other articles are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA and UKRAINE entries for this date, so far, are HERE and HERE.) — MCM

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FROM OCT. 29  Newspaper non-endorsements at Washington Post, LA Times fit a trend, but their readers aren’t happy, by David Bauder | AP  The number of newspapers endorsing a candidate for president has dwindled with the industry’s financial troubles the past two decades, in part because owners reason that it makes no sense to alienate some subscribers by . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM OCT. 23  Journalism and democracy in a time of genocide, by Mary Kostakidis | Pearls and Irritations / Consortium News  In our rapidly evolving digital world, experts with specialised knowledge of a particular area are no longer restricted to writing books or articles in academic journals, and to waiting to be called upon (if selected) by the media to comment. READ MORE . . .

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FROM OCT. 28  Lessons from Claud Cockburn, by Seymour M. Hersh | Substack  I came to the world of journalism with many different role models. In the early years of the Vietnam War, it was those reporters who stood up to the powers that be in Saigon and Washington and reported early on about America’s failures in the war. Later it was . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM OCT. 29  How media continue to discredit themselves, by Moon of Alabama | moonofalabama.org  Do they not understand how boring this nonsense is? How Russia, China and Iran Are Interfering in the Presidential Election (archived) – New York Times  Written by three ‘journalists’ and published at the top of the NYT‘s homepage the intro reads: “When Russia interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, spreading . . . READ MORE . . .

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TO BE CONTINUED

For today, links to five reports: from the Associated Press, Reuters, the Middle East Eye, and National Public Radio, and to the reconstructed second postings* of three items: links to a an interview from ScheerPost, to an interview from Middle East Eye, and to an article of commentary from Middle East Eye; other published material is accessible by clicking on their names or initials  below. (UKRAINE entry for this date is  HERE.) — MCM

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Israeli strike in northern Gaza kills at least 60, officials say, as Hezbollah announces new leader, by Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy and Bassem Mroue | AP  DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — An Israeli strike on a five-story building where displaced Palestinians were sheltering in the northern Gaza Strip killed at least 60 people early today, more than half of them women and children, Gaza’s Health Ministry said. READ MORE . . . Click HERE and HERE for reports from Reuters and Middle East Eye.

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Laws pass in Israel that may threaten the work of a UN aid agency in Gaza. Reported by Daniel Estrin and Michel Martin | NPR  Israeli lawmakers have passed two laws that could threaten the work of the main U.N. agency providing aid to people in Gaza by barring it from operating on Israeli soil and severing ties with it. Click HERE to listen and, later, read. Click HERE for report from AP.

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FROM OCT. 28  Israel and its neighborhood: An interview with ambassador Chas Freeman. Patrick Lawrence of Substack and ScheerPost talks with retired U.S. ambassador Chas Freeman about changing international relations over the last year as a result of Israel’s wars in Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon. Click HERE to read a partial transcript.

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FROM OCT. 26  Iran, Gaza, and Lebanon: How the pro-Israel lobby influences U.S. policy.Mohamed Hashem of Middle East Eye talks with Harvard University professor Stephen Walt on a range of topics concerning Israel, its wars, and role of the Israel lobby in U.S. politics and actions. Click HERE for video of interview.

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FROM OCT. 28  Israeli atrocities are nothing new. The only novelty is the scale, by Joseph Massad | Middle East Eye  The ongoing and simultaneous Israeli aggression in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, and Iran strikes many as exceptional and unprecedented. READ MORE . . .

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* These three items originally appeared as part of an entry headed “Gaza, 10-28-24,” the entirety of which disappeared, along with all of two others, headed “Ukraine, 10-28-24” and “Media, 10-29-24.” The disappearances were unprecedented in the more than five years of this website’s existence.

 

For today,  links to six reports: from Reuters, the Associated Press, the Kyiv Independent, the Moscow Times, Tass, and the Kyiv Post; others are accessible by clicking on its name below. (GAZA entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM

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North Korea and Russia send political shockwaves with Ukraine war moves.  From Reuters. MOSCOW / SEOUL — North Korea’s foreign minister arrived in Russia today for talks as the Russia-Ukraine war appeared to take a dangerous new turn, with NATO and South Korea expressing alarm that North Korean troops could soon be joining in on Moscow’s side. READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for report from AP.

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Explosions reported in occupied Luhansk, Ukrainian official suggests ammunition depots hit. From the Kyiv Independent. Smoke and explosions were recorded in the Russian-occupied city of Luhansk, Ukraine’s easternmost regional center, today after what Gov. Artem Lysohor called possible strikes on Russian ammunition depots. READ MORE . . .

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Russian forces liberate three communities in Donbass region over past day. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russian forces liberated three communities in the Donetsk People’s Republic over the past day in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry said today in a broader statement. READ MORE . . .

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Drone attacks Russian special forces university in Chechnya. From the Moscow Times. An early morning drone strike damaged a special forces university in the North Caucasus republic of Chechnya, regional leader Ramzan Kadyrov said today, marking the first such attack on the region since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Kyiv Post.

 

For now, links to commentary from ScheerPost and, via Consortium News, the Scott Ritter Extra and CraigMurray.org.uk; other articles are accessible by clicking on their names below.* — MCM

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FROM OCT. 25  Israel’s war on journalism, by Chris Hedges | Original to ScheerPost  There are some 4,000 foreign reporters accredited in Israel to cover the war. They stay in luxury hotels. They go on dog and pony shows orchestrated by the Israeli military. They can, on rare occasions, be escorted by Israeli soldiers on lightning visits to Gaza, where they are shown alleged . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM OCT. 23  The Israeli intelligence leaks, by Scott Ritter | Scott Ritter Extra / Consortium News  As U.S. law enforcement scrambles to discover the source of the leaking of two highly classified documents that appear to contain sensitive information about Israeli military preparations for an attack on Iran, very little concern is being expressed by U.S. politicians or the American public over . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM OCT. 18  Who are the terrorists? by Craig Murray | CraigMurray.org.uk / Consortium News In 2024 the official position of the British state is that Hamas and Hezbollah are terrorists and apartheid Israel are the good guys. READ MORE . . .

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* NOTE: The dates on various items pertain, as near as I can tell, to the date the material was first published.

For today, links to reports from National Public Radio, the Associated Press, and Reuters; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initals below. (UKRAINE entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM

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Israel conducts retaliatory airstrikes against Iran. Reported by Scott Simon and Daniel Estrin | NPR  The Israeli military says it has conducted “targeted and precise strikes on military targets in Iran” in response for Iran’s October 1 launch of around 180 ballistic missiles at Israel. Click HERE to listen and, later, read. Click HERE, HERE and HERE for two reports from AP and one from Reuters.

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FROM OCT. 25  With no exit strategy for Israel in Gaza, critics fear an open-ended stay, by Jonathan Saul and James Mackenzie | Reuters  JERUSALEM — Retired Israeli general Giora Eiland believes Israel faces months of fighting in Gaza unless Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu uses the chance offered by the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar to end the war. READ MORE . . .

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FROM OCT. 25  Blinken believes the death of Hamas leader may allow for a ceasefire and hostage deal. Reported by Michele Kelemen | NPR  The U.S. and Qatar say that talks will resume on a ceasefire deal for Gaza, though it is not clear what Hamas’ position is in the wake of the killing of its leader in Gaza. Click HERE to listen and read.