Friday, November 17, 2023
The 7
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🗓️ 17 November 2023
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Summary
Friday briefing: Al-Shifa hospital; George Santos; Paul Pelosi attack; Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs allegations; bin Laden letter; and more
A previous version of this episode incorrectly said "a former Louisiana officer" was charged in the raid that killed Breonna Taylor. He was an officer in Louisville. The error has been removed.
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| 0:00.0 | A letter from Osama bin Laden is going viral. |
| 0:05.0 | Plastic eating bugs could help solve the world's trash problem. |
| 0:08.0 | And we're starting the show in the Middle East, where Israel shared new evidence from its raid of a Gaza hospital. |
| 0:14.3 | I'm Jeff here and this is the seven from the Washington Post. It's Friday, November |
| 0:19.6 | 17th. Let's get you caught up with today seven stories. |
| 0:23.0 | At number one, Israel claims it found evidence of militant activity at a Gaza hospital |
| 0:31.0 | irated. Israel said it found what it called an operational tunnel shaft |
| 0:36.3 | at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. |
| 0:38.8 | It shared an image and a video of a newly exposed rough cavity in the ground. |
| 0:43.7 | The post was able to verify the shaft's location inside the hospital complex, |
| 0:48.3 | but it could not verify where the opening lead or what its purpose might be. Israel also said that it found the |
| 0:54.9 | bodies of two hostages near the hospital, but it has yet to show evidence that |
| 0:59.4 | would corroborate its claims that al-Shifa sits atop an alleged Hamas headquarters and |
| 1:04.3 | that was the key reason Israel gave for raiding the hospital on Wednesday. |
| 1:08.8 | We should note here that it's getting harder and harder to report what's happening in Gaza. |
| 1:14.0 | Yesterday, telecommunications companies there ran out of fuel and battery backup shut down. |
| 1:19.2 | That has led to a communications blackout. |
| 1:21.8 | Gazans are cut off from each other and the outside world, |
| 1:24.8 | and it's not clear when communications could be restored. |
| 1:27.8 | Representative George Santos said that he won't run for re-election next year. |
| 1:35.4 | That's number two. The New York Republican was hit with nearly two dozen federal |
| 1:40.2 | charges earlier this year. They include fraud, money laundering, and falsifying records. |
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