Humanitarian Crisis Deepens as Fighting Intensifies in Southern Gaza

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4.6 • 656 Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Humanitarian conditions in Gaza have become increasingly desperate as Israeli forces intensified bombardments in the southern part of the region this week, now leaving most of Gaza’s 2.2 million residents displaced, thousands dead and electricity, food and water in short supply. Two months after Hamas’s deadly attack on Israel, we take stock of the war that’s ensued, its devastating impact on civilians and what a path toward a peaceful settlement could look like. Guests: Steve Coll, staff writer, The New Yorker; former dean, Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University. His books include "Ghost Wars," which won a Pulitzer Prize. Adam Goldman, reporter covering national security, New York Times Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:56.0	Humanitarian conditions in Gaza have become increasingly desperate and devastating
1:00.3	as Israeli forces intensified bombardments in the southern part of the region this week,
1:05.4	leaving most of Gaza's 2.2 million people displaced in electricity, food, and water in short supply.
1:11.6	The death toll has climbed beyond 16,000.
1:15.6	This two months after Hamas' brutal attack on Israel, that killed 1,200.
1:20.6	More than 130 hostages remain in Gaza.
1:23.6	We take a closer look at this stage of the war and prospects for ending the death and suffering.
1:29.8	After this news.
1:39.0	Welcome to Forum. I'm Mina Kinn. Gaza's humanitarian crisis is deteriorating by the hour, the World Health Organization said this week, as tens of thousands of people in southern Gaza look for safety from Israel's bombardments.
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