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News Wrap: Israel cuts off Rafah as it expands military activity in Gaza

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

News, Daily News

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2025

⏱️ 3 minutes

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In our news wrap Saturday, Israeli forces said they have completely encircled Rafah in southern Gaza, the Trump administration is excluding smartphones, laptops and other electronics from tariffs, Trump said he’s in good shape after his annual physical, and the CDC says there are now more than 700 confirmed cases of measles in 25 states. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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Also in the Middle East, Israeli forces said they have now completely encircled Rafa in southern

0:06.6

Gaza.

0:07.8

For days, the military has warned hundreds of thousands of people in the area to evacuate.

0:13.0

The IDF is expanding activities in Gaza, where military operations resumed nearly a month ago.

0:19.3

Israel says it won't stop fighting there until the remaining 59

0:22.2

hostages are freed, but Hamas has said it can't guarantee their safety while operations are ongoing.

0:29.0

The Trump administration is excluding smartphones, laptops, and other electronics from tariffs.

0:35.3

The move caps a week of ratcheting up tariffs on products from China as part of the widening trade war. Chinese tariffs. The move caps a week of ratcheting up tariffs on products from China

0:38.6

as part of the widening trade war. Chinese tariffs now total 145%. The exemptions were in guidance

0:45.8

that Customs and Border Patrol issued last night. It didn't give a reason for the change.

0:50.6

Among the items retroactively excluded, memory chips, flat panel displays, and hard drives.

0:56.9

It spares U.S. tech companies like Apple and Dell from import duties that threaten to upend

1:01.8

their businesses and raise prices for consumers. President Trump says he's in good shape and

1:07.6

feeling well after getting his annual physical at Walter Reed Medical Center.

1:11.8

At 78, Mr. Trump was the oldest in U.S. history to be sworn in as president.

1:16.7

He spent five hours at the medical center on Friday.

1:19.2

Later, he gave reporters aboard Air Force One his self-assessment and took a swipe at his predecessor.

1:25.4

Overall, I think I'm in very, I felt I was in very good shape, good heart, a good soul,

1:32.3

very good soul.

1:35.3

I took, I wanted to be a little different than Biden.

1:38.3

I took a cognitive test that I don't know one to tell you other than I got every answer right.

1:46.8

Despite multiple promises during the campaign to release medical records,

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