First, a link to a report from Reuters; headlines of others are accessible by clicking on its name. (Scroll down for this date’s ALL OF IT, IRAN and UKRAINE, and for GAZA 10-30-26.) — MCM
– – –
Israeli strikes kill eight people in Gaza, medics say. From Reuters. CAIRO — Israeli strikes killed at least eight Palestinians, including five police officers, in the Gaza Strip in two separate attacks today, according to medics and the Hamas-run interior ministry. READ MORE . . .
Iran’s top diplomat hopes U.S. shows ‘rationality,’ and other Mideast news. From AP. Iran’s top diplomat says he hopes there is “rationality” on the U.S. side as diplomatic efforts seek to avert a return to all-out war. Meanwhile, Israeli strikes on Gaza killed eight people, including a young boy. And Qatar’s national gas company said one of its vessels was struck in the Persian Gulf. Here is the latest news from the Middle East today. Click HERE for report with video and photos. Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.
Links to an interview via Consortium News and ScheerPost, and to a report from Common Dreams via CN; other published material is accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll down for this date’s WEST BANK, IRAN, YEMEN and UKRAINE, and for GAZA 10-29-26.) — MCM
– – –
A people Israel can’t erase, by Joshua Scheer | ScheerPost / Consortium News At the launch of the book Requiem for Gaza, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Chris Hedges explains how he and cartoonist Joe Sacco set out to preserve what Israel’s destruction threatens to obliterate: the voices and experiences of Palestinians themselves. Click HERE for video and transcript of Oct. 3 interview of Hedges by Art O’Connor in Dublin, Ireland, and Scheer’s introduction.
– – –
Dockworkers in 22 countries strike against Gaza genocide, by Jake Johnson | Common Dreams / Consortium News Dockworkers in more than 20 countries — from France to India to Greece — are withholding their labor on Friday to demand an end to Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza and highlight the role that commercial ports play in fueling deadly militarism worldwide. READ MORE . . .
Links to a report from Middle East Monitor and to a commentary from Middle East Eye; others are accessible by clicking on their names. (Scroll down for this date’s GAZA, UKRAINE and IRAN, and for WEST BANK 10-29-26.) — MCM
– – –
FROM OCT. 28 Israeli military demolishes homes of two prisoners in West Bank village of Beita. From Middle East Monitor. Local officials say Israeli forces demolished two homes belonging to Palestinian prisoners in the occupied West Bank town of Beita, south of Nablus, on Wednesday, using . . . Click HERE for report including video.
– –
FROM OCT. 27 Why Hamas must not repeat Fatah’s historic mistakes, by | Middle East Eye Palestinians have no vote of their own in sight. Their legislative elections, due on Nov. 28, would have been the first since January 2006, when Hamas won a parliamentary majority. READ MORE . . .
Links to a report from Middle East Monitor, and to a commentary from Middle East Eye; others are accessible by clicking on their names. (Scroll up or down for this date’s WEST BANK, UKRAINE and IRAN, and down for Gaza 10-23-26.) — MCM
– – –
FROM OCT. 28 World Food Program chief calls Gaza hunger ‘unacceptable’; vows to protect aid workers. From Middle East Monitor. The UN World Food Program chief Luke Lindberg said Wednesday that the hunger situation in the Gaza Strip is “unacceptable” as he pledged to defend his staff against attacks, Anadolu reports. READ MORE . . .
– – –
FROM OCT. 27 Why Hamas must not repeat Fatah’s historic mistakes, by | Middle East Eye Palestinians have no vote of their own in sight. Their legislative elections, due on Nov. 28, would have been the first since January 2006, when Hamas won a parliamentary majority. READ MORE . . .
A link to commentary from @jonathancook via Middle East Eye and ScheerPost; others are accessible by clicking on their names. (Scroll down for this date’s UKRAINE, IRAN and WEST BANK, and for GAZA 10-12-26.) — MCM
– – –
FROM OCT. 22 NAZA is not just about Israel and Gaza. It’s about the evil lurking in us all, by Jonathan Cook | @jonathancook / Middle East Eye / ScheerPost I have just seen NAZA, a documentary in which 24 Israeli intelligence officers and soldiers are filmed explaining how, over the past three years, they went about systematically wiping Gaza off the map. They did so while . . . READ MORE . . .
.
Links to reports from the Cradle and Middle East Monitor; others are accessible by clicking on their names. (Scroll up for today’s YEMEN and IRAN, and down for GAZA 10-9-26.) — MCM
– – –
Israel expands occupation, strikes in Gaza on first anniversary of U.S. ‘ceasefire.’ From the Cradle. Israeli occupation forces expanded their presence in Gaza and escalated their bombing of the besieged strip on Sunday, coinciding with the one-year anniversary of U.S. President Donald Trump’s so-called ceasefire, which has seen Tel Aviv continue genocide and kill nearly 1,500 Palestinians. READ MORE.
– – –
Israeli soldiers say ordered to drop heavy bombs on inhabited Gaza buildings without evacuation: report. From Middle East Monitor. Four Israeli military intelligence soldiers acknowledged they received instructions to use “heavy bombs” against inhabited buildings in the Gaza Strip without evacuating residents first, in strikes that killed and injured hundreds of Palestinians, according to a media report today. READ MORE.
.
Links to reports from the Associated Press and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up for today’s ALL OF IT and UKRAINE so far, and down for GAZA 10-6-26.) — MCM
– – –
.
TO BE CONTINUED
First, belatedly, a link to a report from the Associated Press; others are accessible by clicking on its name or initials. (Scroll down for today’s ALL OF IT, UKRAINE and YEMEN so far, and down for GAZA 10-5-26.) — MCM
– – –
Much of the world sees tragedy in Gaza. Many in Israel, scarred by Oct. 7, see only a threat, by Cara Anna | AP SDEROT, Israel — On Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led militants killed some 1,200 people in southern Israel and abducted 251 others, leading to a devastating war and, eventually, a fragile ceasefire. Three years on, . . . Click HERE for whole report including video and photos. Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.
– – –
TO BE CONTINUED
For now, links to three reports: from the Cradle and Middle East Eye; others are accessible by clicking on its name. (Scroll up or down for today’s SYRIA, YEMEN, UKRAINE, IRAN and ALL OF IT so far, and down for GAZA 9-28-26.) — MCM
– – –
FROM OCT. 4 Israel assassinates director of Turkish aid group in central Gaza’s Deir al-Balah. From the Cradle. An Israeli strike killed an aid worker in central Gaza on Sunday, following several other deadly strikes against civilians in the besieged strip over the past 24 hours. READ MORE . . .
– – –
Israel occupation forces near completion of ‘massive trench’ to partition Gaza: report. From the Cradle. The Israeli military is expanding its blockade, occupation, and partitioning of Gaza by nearly “completing” the formation of a massive “earthen embankment” or trench across the strip, the Ynet news site reported today. READ MORE . . .
– – –
The strangest items Israel still bars from Gaza, by | Middle East Eye GAZA CITY, occupied Palestine — Following the imposition of its blockade on the Gaza Strip in 2007, Israel barred or restricted the entry of numerous items, classifying them as “dual-use” goods that could potentially be used for military purposes. READ MORE . . .
– – –
TO BE CONTINUED