Israel launches ground assault in Gaza City
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🗓️ 16 September 2025
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Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz posted on X that "Gaza is burning."
USA TODAY White House Reporter Zac Anderson has the latest after President Donald Trump said the U.S. military conducted a second strike on what he described as "violent drug trafficking cartels" from Venezuela.
Trump officials vow a crackdown on left-leaning groups they contend are promoting political violence.
USA TODAY Trending Reporter Greta Cross discusses the apparent framework deal reached between the U.S. and China over the future of TikTok.
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| 0:15.7 | Good morning. I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Tuesday, September 16th, 2025. |
| 0:22.6 | This is USA Today is the exit. |
| 0:30.2 | Today, Israel launches a new ground offensive in Gaza City. Plus the Trump administration targets another boat and kills suspected Venezuelan drug traffickers and the U.S. and China appear to reach a framework deal on TikTok. |
| 0:40.2 | Israel announced a ground offensive into Gaza City earlier today. |
| 0:43.7 | An Israeli military official said the Israeli defense forces had begun the main stage of their |
| 0:48.3 | ground operation into the city where Israel has ordered hundreds of thousands of residents |
| 0:52.2 | to flee. |
| 0:53.1 | And the country's defense minister, Israel Katz, posted on acts that Gaza is burning. Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited Israel |
| 1:00.1 | yesterday and said that while the United States wished to see a diplomatic end to the war, |
| 1:04.9 | we have to be prepared for the possibility that's not going to happen, he said. |
| 1:08.9 | Endorsed the Israeli demand that Hamas surrender its weapons and free all remaining hostages at once as the only way to end the war. |
| 1:16.0 | Gaza health officials reported at least 24 people killed, most of them in Gaza City, in the early hours of the latest onslaught. |
| 1:26.5 | President Donald Trump says the U.S. has conducted a second strike on what he described as violent |
| 1:31.4 | drug trafficking cartels from Venezuela. It's the latest after the U.S. targeted another suspected |
| 1:36.5 | drug vote earlier this month. I spoke with USA Today White House reporter Zach Anderson for more. |
| 1:41.7 | Hello, sir. Hello. Thanks for hopping on. So just what happened in this latest strike, Zach? |
| 1:46.2 | Yeah, so President Trump announced on social media that there had been another strike on a drug boat that was apparently coming from Venezuela. |
| 1:56.2 | He said that three people had been killed, that he ordered the strike, and that he said that |
| 2:03.1 | there were confirmed narco terrorists on this boat that was in international waters when the |
| 2:09.6 | U.S. military attacked it. So in terms of what led up to this point, Zach, I mean, I know we saw |
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