For today, links to four reports: from the Cradle, Reuters, Middle East Eye, and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (SYRIA, LEBANON, GAZA and UKRAINE entries for this date and a MEDIA entry are HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.  WEST BANK 2-21-25 entry is HERE, or scroll down.)— MCM

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Israeli tanks enter occupied West Bank for first time since 2002. From the Cradle. Israeli tanks entered the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on 23 February for the first time since the Second Intifada in 2002, WAFA news agency reported. Israeli forces . . . READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for report from Reuters.

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Israel to deny return of forcibly expelled Palestinians from West Bank camps, minister says. From Middle East Eye. The Israeli army will stay in some occupied West Bank refugee camps for the “coming year”, denying the return of some 40,000 forcibly expelled Palestinians to their homes, Defence Minister Israel Katz said today. READ MORE . . .

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Israel delays Palestinian prisoner release; moves tanks into West Bank. Reported by Daniel Estrin and Kat Lonsdorf | NPR  TEL AVIV —  In a significant disruption of the Gaza ceasefire deal, Israel is delaying the release of hundreds of Palestinian detainees and prisoners after Hamas released Israeli hostages in ceremonies Israel called humiliating. In the occupied West Bank, Israel’s military is intensifying an offensive against a Palestinian militant stronghold . . . Click HERE to read and, later, listen.