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The Briefing with Jen Psaki

Israel-Hamas War: Sen. Chris Murphy and Chris Christie

The Briefing with Jen Psaki

NBC News

News, Politics

4.5664 Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Jen Psaki is following the latest developments out of the Middle East, where hundreds of thousands of Israeli troops await orders for a potential ground attack while food, water, and medical supplies dwindle for civilians in Gaza. She is joined by former CIA director John Brennan, former Chief of Staff for the Department of Defense and CIA Jeremy Bash, Senator Chris Murphy, and presidential candidate Chris Christie.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Tonight we are closely watching multiple developing stories that have the world on edge.

0:12.0

In Israel, thousands of troops and tanks remain on the border with Gaza awaiting orders

0:16.7

for an anticipated ground offensive as Gaza descends deeper into a humanitarian crisis.

0:22.6

A United Nations agency says Gaza is, quote, running out of life, with dwindling supplies of food,

0:28.6

water, energy, and medicine. Up to 600 Americans also remain stuck in Gaza as the Rafa

0:34.6

border crossing into Egypt is still closed. Just hours ago, we learned Hamas is offering to release foreign hostages when the necessary

0:41.3

conditions are available.

0:43.3

But until that actually happens, and honestly, if it happens, the families of what we know

0:47.3

to be at least 199 hostages await any word about their loved ones who are being held

0:53.3

hostage by Hamas.

0:54.9

The terror group also released video footage of a hostage for the first time today.

0:59.2

It shows a 21-year-old woman speaking to the camera under duress, and it is unclear when it was

1:04.3

actually recorded.

1:06.0

Right now, it's 3am in Israel, and Secretary of State Anthony Blinken just concluded a marathon

1:10.5

meeting with

1:11.1

Prime Minister Netanyahu stretching more than seven hours through two rounds of air raids

1:15.8

and orders to shelter in place. Secretary Blinken is expected to make an announcement at any moment.

1:21.0

We will bring that to you live as soon as we hear it's starting. In Iran, Tehran's foreign

1:25.8

minister gave a stark warning today, saying, quote,

1:28.7

if the crimes in Gaza do not stop immediately, new fronts will be opened. That's while we're

1:33.6

already seeing action on the border. And this comes while Israel moves to evacuate towns near

1:39.1

its border with Lebanon, as tensions are flaring up with the Iranian-backed terror group, Hezbollah, one of their proxies.

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