For today, a brief entry, just a link to a report from the Associated Press; others are accessible by clicking on its initials below. (GAZA 10-31-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  MEDIA and UKRAINE entries for today are HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM

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FROM OCT. 31  Israel says the latest remains returned from GAZA are not bodies of hostages, by Renata Brito | AP  JERUSALEM — The remains of three people Hamas handed over to the Red Cross in Gaza do not belong to any hostages, Israel said today, in the latest setback to the U.S.-brokered ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war. READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish.

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For today, just three links: to reports from the Associated Press; others are accessible by clicking on its initials below. (UKRAINE 10-31-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  MEDIA and GAZA entries for this date are HERE and HERE, or scroll up.) — MCM

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Ukraine says it hit a key fuel pipeline near Moscow that supplies Russian forces, by Samya Kullab | AP  KYIV — Ukrainian forces hit an important fuel pipeline in the Moscow region that supplies the Russian army, Ukraine’s military intelligence said today, a claim that came amid a sustained Russian campaign of massive drone and missile attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish.

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FROM OCT. 31  Russia deploys 170,000 troops for push in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, Zelenskyy says, by Illia Novikov| AP  KYIV —  “The situation in Pokrovsk is difficult,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, but rejected recent Russian claims that the devastated city is surrounded after more than a year of fighting. He acknowledged that . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish.

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First, a link to an article of commentary from Middle East Eye; others or just headlines are accessible by clicking on its name below. (GAZA 10-30-25 is HERE, or scroll down. UKRAINE and MEDIA entries for today are HERE and HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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Israel’s genocide in Gaza never stopped. But UK media have enabled this latest lie, by Hamza Yusuf | Middle East Eye  The world’s gaze has shifted away from Gaza and it was seemingly relegated in importance. After all, a little over two years after the Oct. 7 attacks, with Israel’s unforgiving campaign of annihilation, a ceasefire was reached. READ MORE . . .

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For now, links to reports from Reuters, the Moscow Times, Kyiv Post, and the Kyiv Independent; others or just headlines are accessible by clicking on their names below. (UKRAINE 10-28-25 is HERE, or scroll down. GAZA and MEDIA entries for today are HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM

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Russia uses missile in Ukraine that led Trump to quit nuclear treaty, Kyiv says, by Tom Balmforth | Reuters  LONDON — Russia has in recent months attacked Ukraine with a cruise missile whose secret development prompted Donald Trump to abandon a nuclear arms control pact with Moscow in his first term as U.S. president, Ukraine’s foreign minister said. READ MORE . . .  Click HERE and HERE for reports from the Moscow Times and Kyiv Post.

For now, links to two articles of commentary from Caitlin’s Newsletter via Consortium News, and from Middle East Eye; others are accessible by clicking on their names below. (MEDIA 10-28-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  GAZA and UKRAINE entries for today, so far, are HERE and HERE, or scroll up.) — MCM

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FROM OCT. 27  Twelve, by Caitlin Johnston | Caitlin’s Newsletter / Consortium News  The ultimate expression of “everyone is twelve now” theory is . . . READ MORE . . .

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Israel’s genocide in Gaza never stopped. But UK media have enabled this latest lie, by Hamza Yusuf | Middle East Eye  The world’s gaze has shifted away from Gaza and it was seemingly relegated in importance. After all, a little over two years after the Oct. 7 attacks, with Israel’s unforgiving campaign of annihilation, a ceasefire was reached. READ MORE . . .

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MAY BE CONTINUED

For today, links to reports from the Associated Press and the Cradle; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (WEST BANK 10-29-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  LEBANON and GAZA entries for this date are HERE and HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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Israel has erected nearly 1,000 barriers in West Bank cities and towns during the war in Gaza, group says, by Sam Mednick and Jalal Bwaitel | AP  SINJIL, West Bank — While Israel’s military has long imposed movement and access constraints after capturing the West Bank in the 1967 Mideast war, the number of new barriers is unprecedented, residents say. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for report from the Cradle.

For today, a link to a report from the Associated Press; others are accessible by clicking on its initials below. (LEBANON 10-28-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  WEST BANK and GAZA entries for this date are HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM

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Israeli raid in southern Lebanon kills municipal employee, sparking protests, by Ahmad Mantash and Abby Sewell | AP  BLIDA, Lebanon — Israeli soldiers raided a municipal government building in a border village in southern Lebanon early on Thursday and killed an employee, Lebanese state media said. Click HERE for report including map.

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For today, links to five reports: from National Public Radio, Anadolu Ajansi, and the Cradle, and to commentary from PeoplesDispatch via Consortium News and from Middle East Monitor; other published material is accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA 10-29-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  WEST BANK and LEBANON entries for this date are HERE and HERE, or scroll up.) — MCM

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Israel blocks longtime Gaza aid groups from working in the region. Reported by Jane Arraf | NPR  A promised surge of Gaza aid hasn’t arrived since a fragile ceasefire began three weeks ago. Israel is now barring longtime relief groups, disrupting Save the Children’s decades of work there. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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Hamas transfers remains of 2 more Israeli hostages, Israel says, by Rania Abu Shamala | Anadolu Ajansi  ISTANBUL — Hamas handed over the remains of two Israeli hostages to the Red Cross this evening under a ceasefire agreement, the Israeli army confirmed. READ MORE . . .

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FROM OCT. 28  Francesca Albanese names over 60 states complicit in Gaza genocide. From the Cradle. The UN special rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, told the General Assembly on Tuesday that 63 countries, including key western and Arab states, have fueled or were complicit in “Israel’s genocidal machinery” in Gaza. READ MORE . . .

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FROM OCT. 29  International Committee of the Red Cross president on transporting remains and delivering aid in Gaza. Reported by Daniel Ofman, Ahmad Damen and Juana Summers | NPR  Mirjana Spoljaric, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, discusses how the ICRC operates amid renewed violence in Gaza and works to uphold humanitarian principles during the fragile ceasefire. Click HERE to listen and read.

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FROM OCT. 29  UN rights chief on deadly Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, by Beyza Binnur Donmez| Anadolu Ajansi  GENEVA — The UN human rights chief on Wednesday said he was “appalled” by reports that more than 100 Palestinians were killed overnight in Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip. READ MORE . . .

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FROM OCT. 29  The powerful who stand behind Israel, by Vijay Prashad | PeoplesDispatch / Consortium News  Israel’s armed forces have now annexed more than half of Gaza’s land and are dumping vast amounts of debris into that zone, turning it into a mountain of garbage. To move the rubble without experts and equipment . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM OCT. 28  The real story behind the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism, by James Renton | Middle East Monitor  In May 2016, an organisation of Western governments headquartered in Berlin, called the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, adopted a definition of anti-Semitism that incorporates anti-Zionism. Due to its conflation . . . READ MORE . . .

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For today, links to a report and to two articles of commentary, all from Middle East Eye; other published material is accessible by clicking on its name below. (WEST BANK 10-28-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  GAZA entry for this date is HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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Israeli settler violence sweeps West Bank amid olive harvest, by Fayha Shalash | Middle East Eye  RAMALLAH, occupied Palestine — Army-backed Israeli settlers carried out a series of assaults on Palestinians and olive pickers across the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, amid an escalating wave of settler violence. READ MORE . . .

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Why are Israeli settlers destroying the Palestinian olive harvest? by Daniel Tester  | Middle East Eye  The olive harvest has begun in the occupied West Bank — but with it have come frequent, persistent attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinians and their trees. During the first half of 2025, the UN Rights Office . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM OCT. 28  Trump is only postponing Israeli annexation, by Joseph Massad | Middle East Eye  As Israel continues its genocide of the Palestinians under the new umbrella of U.S. President Donald Trump‘s “peace plan,” the Americans are mounting a diplomatic campaign that feigns opposition to the Jewish settler-colony’s latest moves to annex the West Bank. READ MORE . . .

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For today, belatedly, links to five reports: from the Associated Press, Reuters, National Public Radio, and Anadolu Ajansi, and to an article of commentary from Middle East Eye; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA 10-28-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  WEST BANK entry for this date is HERE, or scroll up.) — MCM

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NEWER  Israel’s military says ceasefire is back on as death toll from overnight strikes in Gaza reaches 104, by Wafaa Shurafa and Josh Boak | AP  DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israel’s military said today the ceasefire was back on in Gaza after it carried out heavy airstrikes overnight across the Palestinian territory that killed 104 people, including 46 children, according to local health officials. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for the same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for report from Reuters.

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Israeli prime minister orders new strikes on Gaza just weeks into ceasefire deal. Reported by Daniel Estrin and Leila Fadel | NPR  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered air strikes in Gaza. He accuses Hamas of firing on Israeli troops, Hamas denies this. The move threatens Trump’s fragile ceasefire. Click HERE to listen and read.

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Hamas holds Israel fully responsible for Gaza escalation, says will not allow ‘new reality’ under fire, by Betul Yilmaz | Anadolu Ajansi  ISTANBUL — The statement by the Palestinian group Hamas followed a series of deadly airstrikes by Israel that killed over 100 people, despite a ceasefire agreement. READ MORE . . .

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FROM OCT. 28  Israel launches airstrikes on Gaza, threatening Trump’s ceasefire. Reported by Rob Schmitz and Ailsa Chang | NPR  The order came after the Israeli military said it was fired upon beyond the yellow truce line. Click HERE to listen and read.

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FROM OCT. 28  Trump is only postponing Israeli annexation, by Joseph Massad | Middle East Eye  As Israel continues its genocide of the Palestinians under the new umbrella of U.S. President Donald Trump‘s “peace plan,” the Americans are mounting a diplomatic campaign that feigns opposition to the Jewish settler-colony’s latest moves to annex the West Bank. READ MORE . . .

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