Israel targets south Gaza, leaving civilians with few options for safety
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🗓️ 5 December 2023
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Israel has expanded its offensive in south Gaza.
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| 0:08.0 | Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Tuesday, December 5th, 2023. This is the excerpt. |
| 0:19.0 | Today Israel expands its offensive in Gaza South. Plus Liss Cheney speaks out about |
| 0:27.9 | 2024 ahead of her new book and we have the latest from a busy week on the Supreme Court. |
| 0:35.0 | Israel intensified its bombardment in and around the city of Con Eunis in Gaza South yesterday. |
| 0:40.0 | Israel's airstrikes and ground offensive have already devastated much of the |
| 0:44.6 | territories north and pushed many civilians to Gaza south. Three quarters of |
| 0:49.4 | Gazans have already had to leave their homes. And as Israel expands its offensive in the South, |
| 0:54.7 | many of them are now left with fewer and fewer options |
| 0:58.1 | for safety. |
| 0:59.2 | Gaza's health ministry says around 15,890 people have been killed since October 7th. |
| 1:06.1 | An Israeli army official gave a similar figure for Gaza's death toll yesterday |
| 1:10.7 | after weeks of Israeli officials doubting the ministries count. |
| 1:14.0 | Israel says it must remove Hamas from power to prevent a repeat of an October 7th |
| 1:19.5 | Hamas attack that killed around 1,200 people in Israel. |
| 1:23.5 | Hamas also took some 240 people hostage. |
| 1:27.0 | Meanwhile, the UN heard testimony yesterday |
| 1:29.3 | surrounding claims that Hamas committed sexual violence during the October 7th attack. |
| 1:34.0 | Gilad Erdogan, the Israeli ambassador to the UN, said evidence points to |
| 1:39.0 | such violence, including reports from first responders at sites where militants struck |
| 1:44.2 | and from military reservists who work to identify the bodies of those killed. |
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