For today, links to five reports: from the Anadolu Agency, Middle East Eye, National Public Radio and Middle East Monitor; others are accessible by clicking on their names below. (UKRAINE entry for this date and a MEDIA entry are HERE and HERE.) — MCM

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Harris pledges to ‘do everything in my power to end the war in Gaza’ if elected U.S. president, by Michael Hernandez | Anadolu Agency   WASHINGTON — U.S. Democratic nominee Kamala Harris pledged Sunday to do everything in her power to end Israel’s war on the besieged Gaza Strip if she is elected president in remarks delivered just two days ahead of Election Day. READ MORE . . .

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Armed Israeli settlers torch Palestinian homes, cars and olive trees across West Bank. Middle East Eye.  Armed Israeli settlers launched a wave of attacks on Palestinian properties in several areas of the occupied West Bank overnight, torching homes, vehicles and olive trees. READ MORE . . .  

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FROM NOV. 3  Dismantling UNRWA to deprive Palestinian children of learning, agency chief warns, by Rasa Evrensel | Anadolu Agency   ISTANBUL — The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees called Sunday to mobilize efforts to reach an agreement to end the Israeli war on Gaza instead of focusing on banning the UN agency. READ MORE . . .

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Gaza poet, who lives in the U.S., shines light on Palestinian civilians in north Gaza. Leila Fadel of NPR  asks Mosab Abu Toha, a poet from Gaza, about his family’s experience in northern Gaza, where the Israeli military is intensifying its ground operation. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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FROM NOV. 3  Israeli media: 50,000 troops fail to capture a single village in Lebanon. From Middle East Monitor. Israeli occupation forces have faileD to capture even a single village in southern Lebanon, despite deploying over 50,000 troops in a month-long ground invasion, according to the Hebrew-language newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth has reported. READ MORE . . .