Monday, October 30, 2023
The 7
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🗓️ 30 October 2023
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Monday briefing: Israel-Gaza war; Maine gunman found dead; Trump gag order; Matthew Perry; reef discovery; and more
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| 0:00.0 | Today on the show we'll hear from a journalist on the ground in Gaza. |
| 0:05.0 | We suddenly lost connection of everything, the internet and everything, |
| 0:10.0 | and we were not able to talk to anyone in different parts across the Gaza Strip. |
| 0:14.9 | We also have a student loan update and a remembrance for Matthew Perry. |
| 0:19.5 | I'm Jeff Pierre and this is the seven from the Washington Post. |
| 0:23.0 | Today is Monday, October 30th. |
| 0:25.0 | Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories. |
| 0:28.0 | Israel expanded its ground and air assault on Gaza. |
| 0:36.0 | That is our first story. |
| 0:38.0 | Israeli tanks, troops, and military bulldozers entered and remained inside the Palestinian |
| 0:44.0 | territory over the weekend. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu |
| 0:47.4 | Yahoo said it was the start of the war's second stage. The ground assault |
| 0:51.9 | coincided with the most intense aerial bombardment of |
| 0:55.1 | Gaza since the start of the war. This is according to the United Nations. |
| 0:59.1 | And on Friday night Israel cut off phone and internet communications across the territory. |
| 1:05.2 | People in Gaza were unable to communicate with the outside world or with each other. |
| 1:09.8 | 28 year old Palestinian journalist H Hind al-Hudary |
| 1:13.2 | described the situation on the ground in a post on social media. |
| 1:17.6 | I don't know where my family is. |
| 1:19.3 | I don't know what's happening. |
| 1:21.3 | It's also very sad that we don't hear any ambulances and this may mean that the |
| 1:26.9 | ambulances are not being able to mobilize and to move and transport and we're terrified. |
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