Hello from CNN, I'm Joe Beck, with the five things you need to know for Thursday,

November 14th. Human Rights Watch is accusing Israel of overseeing mass displacement in Gaza,

that it says amounts to a war crime. In a 154-page report, the U.S.-based advocacy group describes the, quote, deliberate, controlled

demolitions of homes and civilian infrastructure by Israeli forces.

In response, the Israeli military said it's, quote, committed to international law and

operates accordingly, and says it issues evacuation

orders to protect civilians from combat.

But the report's author Nadia Hardman says they looked at more than 100 evacuation orders

and found Israel's claims were largely false.

It is instead evacuating people and attacking safe routes and evacuation areas at the same time.

There is nowhere safe in Gaza.

And under international law, Israel must provide the population with food, water, shelter.

And instead, what we found is that it is using starvation as a weapon of war.

And lastly and probably most

importantly, if you evacuate a population, it has to be temporary. People must be able to return

to their homes. Most of Gaza is uninhabitable, and that is an intentional state policy, and that's

why it amounts to a crime against humanity. President-elect Donald Trump says he's nominating Matt Gates for Attorney General,

right as the House Ethics Committee was expected to vote on releasing a long-awaited report

about him.

According to two sources familiar with the discussions, the report was due to be released

as soon as tomorrow.

But Gates resigned from Congress yesterday

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