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News Wrap: Israel launches ground operation in Gaza after ending ceasefire with Hamas

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

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41K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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In our news wrap Wednesday, Israel launched a ground operation in Gaza after abruptly ending a two-month ceasefire with Hamas, a judge moved the case of Mahmoud Khalil to New Jersey, the White House suspended $175 million in federal funding for the University of Pennsylvania over a transgender athlete and the Federal Reserve held its benchmark interest rate steady for the second meeting in a row. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

We start today's other headlines in the Middle East, where Israel says it launched a limited ground operation in Gaza after abruptly ending a two-month ceasefire with Hamas.

0:10.0

The Israeli military claims to have recaptured part of a key corridor that bisects Gaza after withdrawing as part of the truce.

0:18.1

By air, a wave of Israeli attacks hit sites in Gaza for a second day in a row.

0:23.3

Several UN employees were rushed to a hospital after a strike on a UN compound killed one

0:28.8

worker and severely injured at least five others. Israel denied responsibility. A UN official said

0:35.0

it's under investigation. In my opinion, this was not an accident.

0:39.5

It cannot be categorized as an accident.

0:42.2

It is at least an incident.

0:44.6

UN personal and its premises must be protected by all sides.

0:50.0

Meantime, in Israel, ultra-nationalist Itamar Ben-Gavir regained his position as national security

0:56.2

minister. He had left the government coalition in January to protest the ceasefire with Hamas.

1:02.0

A federal judge is moving the case of Columbia University graduate, Mahmoud Khalil, to New Jersey.

1:06.8

That's because the 30-year-old was being held there when his lawyers first challenged the legality of his detention.

1:13.6

Khalil is currently at a facility in Louisiana as U.S. officials seek to deport him.

1:18.6

ICE agents arrested Khalil earlier this month for his role in pro-Palestinian protests on campus.

1:24.6

He is a legal U.S. resident with no criminal record, and his lawyers say the

1:29.2

grounds for his arrest violate his First Amendment rights. The White House says it's suspending

1:34.8

$175 million in federal funding for the University of Pennsylvania. It follows an investigation

1:41.2

into Penn's swimming program that focused on Leah Thomas, an openly

1:45.6

transgender athlete who last competed for the school in 2022. A Penn spokesperson says they have not

1:52.4

received details of the action, but in a statement added, quote, we have been in the past and

1:58.1

remain today in full compliance with the regulations that apply to not only Penn, but all of our NCAA and Ivy League peer institutions.

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