For today, links to eight reports: from the Cradle, Axios, Middle East Monitor, Middle East Eye, Reuters, National Public Radio, and Anadolu Ajansi; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA 11-3-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  CHENEY and UKRAINE entries, so far, are HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM

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U.S. drafts plan for international Gaza ‘security force,’ seeks UN backing: report. From the Cradle. Washington has sent several UN Security Council members a draft for the establishment of an international Gaza “security force” and its deployment to the strip for a minimum of two years, according to an Axios report. READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for Oct. 30 report from Axios. 

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Israeli minister says Israel will resume intensive military operations in Gaza after resolving the hostage issue. From Middle East Monitor. Israeli Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, Eli Cohen, has said that Tel Aviv will return to intensive military operations in the Gaza Strip once the issue of hostages is concluded. READ MORE . . .

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Select foods allowed in Gaza as essentials remain missing. From Middle East Eye. In supermarkets that have reopened across Gaza during a ceasefire that ended two years of war, Monther al-Shrafi finds shelves overflowing with chocolate, soft drinks, and cigarettes, items that once felt like a “dream” during the famine. But as these . . . READ MORE . . .

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Hamas says body of Israeli soldier hostage found in Gaza, will be handed over. From Reuters. CAIRO – The armed wing of Hamas said today it had found the body of an Israeli soldier who had been held hostage by Palestinian militants in Gaza, and that arrangements were underway to hand it over to Israel. READ MORE . . .

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FROM OCT. 28  How Israel is winning the wars and losing the peace. Reported by Greg Myre | NPR  TEL AVIV — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently stood next to President Trump in Israel’s parliament in Jerusalem and summarized the last two years of war. Click HERE to listen and read.

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FROM NOV. 3  Foreign ministers gather in Istanbul for Turkish-led talks on Gaza, by Sercan Irkin and Fatma Zehra Solmaz | Anadolu Ajansi  A high-level meeting on Gaza hosted by Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan began Monday in Istanbul, bringing together senior diplomats from key Muslim countries to discuss the ceasefire and humanitarian situation. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for Anadolu report in French.

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TO BE CONTINUED