6 AM ET: Israel denies hospital strike, another Speaker vote, X account charges & more

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🗓️ 18 October 2023

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Israeli forces are denying that they had anything to do with an explosion at a hospital in Gaza. Meanwhile, the blast has led to a big set back for President Joe Biden's trip to the Middle East. Congressman Jim Jordan is attempting another vote to be elected House Speaker this morning. The man accused of extorting Natalee Holloway's mother is expected to plead guilty. Plus, X is testing whether to charge users for their accounts To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	From CNN, I'm Fez Jamil with the five things you need to know for Wednesday, October 18th.
0:07.0	Israeli forces are denying that they attacked a Gaza hospital last night,
0:12.0	causing the death of hundreds of civilians and escalating
0:15.1	the already high tensions in the region.
0:17.9	No structural damage.
0:19.7	The walls stay intact.
0:21.2	No craters.
0:22.2	Either the characterized that shows that it did not an aerial
0:26.1	ammunition that have hit the parking lot.
0:28.9	The Israeli army says its analysis shows the destruction of the Al-A-Hali Baptist hospital was caused by a failed
0:34.9	rocket launched by the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad.
0:39.2	They also released a recording of what they say is a conversation between Hamas
0:43.2	operatives regarding the Islamic Jihad rocket launch in which two men
0:47.2	acknowledge the potential mistake. Islamic jihad denies that a failed
0:51.6	rocket launch was responsible for the explosion
0:54.0	and officials in Gaza blame an Israeli air strike for the blast.
0:58.0	CNN cannot independently confirm what caused the explosion at the hospital
1:02.0	nor the extent of the casualties.
1:04.6	This morning President Joe Biden told Israel's prime minister the attack quote
1:08.8	appears as though it was done by the other team, not you.
1:13.3	And that hospital blast has created tension around Biden's trip to the Middle East today.
1:17.8	The explosion happened just as he was about to take off yesterday, and as a result a planned summit with the King of Jordan
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