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CNN 5 Things

6 AM ET: Palestinians fleeing, Hollywood talks suspended, Powerball jackpot won & more

CNN 5 Things

CNN

Daily News, News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2023

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Hundreds of thousands of people in Gaza have been forced to flee their homes as Israel continues strikes. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Israel to meet with the country's Prime Minister today. House Republicans have nominated a Speaker, but he might not have the support to win a vote. Talks between the actors' union and Hollywood studios have been suspended. Plus, a winning ticket has been sold for Powerball's $1.73 billion jackpot.  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

Hello from CNN, I'm Joe Beck. With the five things you need to know for Thursday, October 12th.

0:08.0

Hundreds of thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes in Gaza, as Israel says it's still carrying out a large-scale

0:15.3

strike on the densely populated enclave. The Israeli military says it's targeting Hamas,

0:20.9

after the militant group's surprise attacks on border communities that killed

0:24.8

at least 1,200 people and injured thousands more.

0:28.6

Yesterday Israel formed an emergency government, with opposition lawmaker Benny Gantz saying it's necessary during this

0:34.9

crisis.

0:35.9

Our standing here together, shoulder to shoulder, is a message to our enemies, and most importantly, a message to our enemies and most importantly a message to all citizens of Israel.

0:46.0

We are all together.

0:48.0

But a humanitarian crisis is rapidly spiraling in Gaza with the UN saying more than 330,000 people have been forced

0:56.2

to flee their homes.

0:57.2

When the airstrikes hit, we ran barefoot.

1:02.1

We were pushing our children. We have children who are one year

1:05.0

less than one year or age two years. They are all victims. What did they do?

1:09.7

Palestinian officials say more than 1,200 people have now been killed in Gaza and thousands

1:15.7

more injured since Israel's bombardment began on Saturday.

1:19.8

Meanwhile Israel is amassing 300,000 reservists near the Gaza border for a possible assault.

1:27.0

The United States has Israel's back. We have the back of the Israeli people.

1:31.0

We have their back today. We'll have it tomorrow. We will have it every day.

1:34.9

That was Secretary of State Anthony Blinkin speaking just before he left for Tel Aviv.

1:40.3

Today he'll be meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the country's

1:44.7

President Isaac Herzog, as well as other senior officials.

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