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The World in Brief from The Economist

Israeli troops surround largest hospital in Gaza; David Cameron returns, and more

The World in Brief from The Economist

The Economist

Global News, Daily News, News, News & Politics

4.11.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2023

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Joe Biden said that Gaza’s hospitals “must be protected”, as Israeli forces reached the entrance of the al-Shifa hospital, the enclave’s largest.

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This is the world in brief from The Economist.

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Our top stories. Joe Biden said that Gaza's hospitals, quote, must be protected as Israeli forces reached

0:50.2

the entrance of the Al-Shifa Hospital, the enclave's largest.

0:54.0

Israel's army claims that Hamas uses tunnels beneath Al Shifa and other hospitals in Gaza

0:58.6

City for its operations.

1:00.7

Meanwhile, Al Shifa, lacking fuel and electricity, has stopped functioning, according to a

1:05.6

spokesperson for the World Health Organization who said it had become, quote, nearly a cemetery.

1:11.7

According to Gaza's health ministry, thousands of people are sheltering within the complex.

1:18.0

David Cameron, a former British Prime Minister, became Foreign Secretary in a Cabinet reshuffle seven years after he resigned

1:24.9

his leadership.

1:26.2

The move came after Rishi Sunak, the current Prime Minister, Sacked Sewella Braverman, the Home Secretary,

1:31.9

for writing an unauthorized article criticizing London's

1:34.8

police over their handling of pro-Palestinian protests.

1:38.4

James Cleverly, the former Foreign Secretary, replaced her.

1:47.0

America's Supreme Court adopted its first ever code of conduct. The written requirements, which the court said are mostly not new,

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