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From CNN, I'm Fez Jamil with the five things you need to know

for Wednesday, May 8th.

Tens of thousands of people are to know for Wednesday, May 8th.

Tens of thousands of people are fleeing parts of Rafa as Israel is vowing to continue its military operation there.

The country's defense minister says they will continue until Hamas is

eliminated from the southern city and quote the entire Gaza Strip or until the

first hostage returns. Scott Anderson who's with the UN agency UNRWA who's in RFA

tells CNN around 50,000 people have left in the past 48 hours, but the area they're

going to is already overpopulated. The density, the population is too the area

they're going to is already overpopulated.

The density of the population is too great.

Milwaukee area already had over 400,000 people seeking shelter there.

And it's essentially a sandy area.

It's no sewage infrastructure. there's no sewage infrastructure.

There's no water infrastructure.

There aren't roads that lead into it.

And all this creates a problem for us to get people aid,

but also for people to receive aid

and just meet their basic necessities every day.

Ceasefire and hostage talks are set to resume in Cairo today.

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