9 AM ET: Israel's threat, drug overdose deaths, tampon tax payout & more

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🗓️ 12 October 2023

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Israeli forces say Gaza won't get electricity, water or food until Hamas lets hostages go. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the US stands with Israel, after meeting the country's prime minister. The number of people dying from drug overdoses in the US continues to rise. Microsoft is appealing a hefty tax bill. Plus, companies are coming together to pay customers back for tax on some menstrual products. 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 Jo Beck. With the five things you need to know for Thursday
0:06.3	October 12th. Israeli officials say no electricity, water or fuel will be
0:12.3	given to Gaza until hostages being held by Hamas are returned,
0:16.7	as the Red Cross warns hospitals there, quote, risk turning into morgue.
0:21.9	Hamas is believed to be holding as many as 150 hostages as Israel
0:26.2	continues airstrikes on Gaza. But while Israeli forces say Hamas is being targeted, civilians are ending up in the line of fire.
0:34.4	We're civilians, not a single resistance fighter was here, not a single person here was
0:41.8	carrying even a bullet. Why are you targeting civilians?
0:46.0	The Palestinian Health Ministry now says more than 1,300 people have been killed in the densely populated enclave.
0:54.7	Meanwhile, people in Israel are still reeling from Hamas's initial attack and the rocket
1:00.0	fire there in recent days, as CNN's Aaron Burnett tells us from a hospital in Ashgalon.
1:05.4	Here at this hospital it was hit yesterday.
1:09.5	It has been a target.
1:11.1	650 people actually were treated here for the actual attacks, the terror
1:15.3	attacks on Saturday as we're standing here and I know you can't necessarily hear it but we
1:20.1	hear the regular fuds of those strikes in Gaza.
1:23.2	So for here, it's not just talking about it,
1:26.0	it's actually something palpable.
1:27.6	Listen to tug of war with David Rind
1:29.8	to get daily updates from CNN's reporters on the ground, available wherever you get your podcasts.
1:36.4	Secretary of State Anthony Blinkin is in Israel today, meeting with Prime Minister
1:40.8	Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog.
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