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Gaza aid restricted, Ukraine ‘firepower’, TX floods investigation & more

CNN 5 Things

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News, Daily News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Israel is restricting aid into Gaza, while frustrations grow over the deceased hostages not yet returned by Hamas. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says more “firepower’ is coming to Ukraine. The Trump administration has revised the number of federal employees being laid off during the government shutdown. And, lawmakers launch another investigation into the catastrophic Texas floods. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hi from CNN, I'm Josh and Chana with the Five Things You Need to Know for Wednesday,

0:06.2

October 15.

0:08.1

President Donald Trump says phase two of the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas has begun.

0:13.6

But in a post on Truth Social, he adds that, quote, the job is not done when calling

0:18.3

for the release of all the dead hostages in Gaza.

0:21.4

So far, only eight of the deceased hostages have been released, and there is growing fury

0:26.0

in Israel over the delay.

0:28.4

And two Israeli sources say one of the bodies returned last night is not that of an Israeli

0:33.3

hostage, with one saying this was likely a misidentification and not done intentionally.

0:39.3

Israel's defense minister called the lack of progress a failure to uphold commitments.

0:44.3

Meanwhile, Israeli officials announced they were considering keeping the primary entry point

0:49.3

for humanitarian aid, the Rafa border crossing, closed.

0:53.3

The UN also says that Israel confirmed only half of the aid trucks, about 300, would be

0:58.6

allowed in today.

1:00.1

And on the topic of Hamas disarming, Trump struck a bullish tone yesterday and threatened

1:04.8

to forcibly disarm the militant group if they refused.

1:07.7

If they don't disarm, we will disarm them.

1:10.6

And it'll happen quickly and perhaps violently.

1:13.6

But they will disarm.

1:14.6

Do you understand me?

1:16.6

Now to Brussels, where a meeting between NATO defense ministers is getting underway.

1:21.6

Officials are discussing how they can ramp up their response to Russian aggression to Ukraine

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