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Gaza, 10-12-26

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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

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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.

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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.

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Gaza, 10-7-26

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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

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Israelis mourn Oct. 7 attack as Palestinians in Gaza languish in the ruins of war it sparked, by Melanie Lidman | AP  REIM, Israel — On a field where music festival revelers were gunned down by Hamas-led militants three years ago, Israelis today embraced and wept for those lost in an attack that plunged the Middle East into war. Click HERE for report including video and photos. Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others. A report from NPR is HERE.
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Gaza, 10-6-26

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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

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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.

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Gaza, 10-5-26

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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

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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 . . .

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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 . . . 

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The strangest items Israel still bars from Gaza, by Maha Hussaini | 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 . . .

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Gaza, 9-28-26

Links to two commentaries via Informed Comment and to a report from Middle East Monitor; others are accessible by clicking on their names. (Scroll down for today’s UKRAINE, LEBANON, WEST BANK, IRAN, YEMEN and ALL OF IT; click HERE for GAZA 9-9-26 or scroll down.) — MCM

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Why didn’t Netanyahu’s cabinet preempt Oct. 7 (since it knew about it in advance)? by Dan Steinbock | Special to Informed Comment  SINGAPORE — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s fiery speech to the UN General Assembly was an effort to shift attention away from a political storm brewing in Israel that won’t go away. It failed. READ MORE . . .

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FROM SEPT. 27  Israeli army kills 2 Palestinians, wounds 7 others in new Gaza truce violations. From Middle East Monitor. Two Palestinians were killed and seven others injured Sunday in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, amid Tel Aviv’s daily violations of a ceasefire agreement in place since October 2025, medical sources said, Anadolu reports. READ MORE . . .

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FROM SEPT. 26  The rule of the sophists, the reign of untruth, by Hugh J. Curran | University of Maine / Special to Informed Comment  ORONO, Maine – In classical Greek “opinion” is referred to as “doxa” with a clear distinction between “doxa” and “truth” (alethia). We have a President in the U.S. who gives daily information by way of a news program called “Truth Social.” “Truth”, to him, seems . . . READ MORE . . .

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Media, 9-9-26

A link to an interview from National Public Radio; other segments are accessible by clicking on its name or initials. (Scroll up for this date’s 9/11 TRUTH. GAZA and WEST BANK, and down for MEDIA 9-3-26.) — MCM

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FROM SEPT. 8  Book examines America’s war on terror from Bush to Trump.  of NPR speaks with Peter Bergen, CNN’s national security analyst, about his latest book, All The Presidents’ Wars, a history of the United States’ war on terror across four presidential administrations. Click HERE to listen and read.

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