'If You Can Keep It': The War In Gaza, One Year Later

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🗓️ 7 October 2024

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Hamas fighters killed over 1,200 people in southern Israel on October 7, 2023. In response, the Israeli government launched airstrikes and a ground invasion in Gaza, killing almost 42,000 people so far according to Palestinian health authorities.

Despite repeated attempts, the United States has failed to broker a ceasefire – in both Gaza and now at Israel's northern border as its military targets the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Typically, each week leading up to Nov. 5, we focus on the stakes of this election, for people, our country, and our democracy.

Today's episode of "If You Can Keep It" takes a look at the stakes of the U.S. election for the people of a Middle East in conflict.

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0:28.8	Willick. Today is October 7th and the world is reflecting on the last year since the Hamas led
0:34.0	attacks in southern Israel. Hamas fighters killed about 1,200 people in
0:38.9	response the Israeli government launched airstrikes and a ground invasion in Gaza, so far killing almost 42,000 people,
0:46.2	according to Palestinian health authorities.
0:48.3	For the last year, the region has been marked by war, death, and an expanding humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
0:55.0	Here's what Al Jazeera English-Gazas Strip correspondent Yumna Al-Saiyred.
1:00.0	So many times when I went after a bombing that just happened,
1:04.8	I literally felt like I was standing over a mass grave,
1:10.1	but not just a grave of people who are dead, but people who are alive and they're stuck there.
1:20.0	Despite repeated attempts, the United States has failed to broker ceasefires
1:24.6	between Israel and Hamas or the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah.
1:28.3	Last week Israel said it secured 8.7 billion dollars from the United States for their ongoing
1:34.4	military efforts and defense. Typically each week leading up to November 5th
1:39.2	we focus on the stakes of this election for people, for our country, and for our democracy.
1:45.0	Today's if you can keep it discussion will sound a little different and ask what role
1:50.2	does the U.S. still have to play in the Middle East after October 7th,
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