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NPR News: 05-04-2025 6PM EDT

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🗓️ 4 May 2025

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NPR News: 05-04-2025 6PM EDT

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0:00.0

This is Irid Glass, the host of This American Life.

0:02.9

So much is changing so rapidly right now with President Trump in office.

0:07.3

It feels good to pause for a moment sometimes and look around at what's what.

0:10.7

Just try and do that.

0:11.4

We've been finding these incredible stories about right now that are funny and have feeling,

0:16.1

and you get to see people everywhere making sense of this new America that we find ourselves in. This American

0:21.8

life, wherever you get your podcast. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst. In Gaza, a group

0:30.4

believed to have ties to Hamas police says it's executed at least nine looters. It says we're

0:35.8

working in organized crime gangs.

0:38.2

This amid an Israeli blockade of food and basic supplies.

0:41.5

MPRZANASBaba has more.

0:44.6

In Gaza City, chaos erupts as hundreds of Palestinians break into this UN warehouse.

0:51.3

In recent days, crowds have broken into several aid facilities throughout Gaza,

0:55.9

furniture, solar panels, and other equipment, anything that can be repurposed or sold or howled

1:01.4

away. There is no food for the looters to steal. These warehouses have run out of food stocks

1:06.9

due to the Israeli blockade. Gaza's Interior Ministry told the local news agency that it has formed a new 5,000-member

1:13.7

police force to deal with looting and armed gangs.

1:17.0

Local police, however, say Israeli drones firing at police officers, prevent them from

1:21.9

effectively patrolling.

1:23.6

With Israel allowing no food entry for over two months, this looting comes amid widespread hunger and lowlessness.

1:29.8

Anas Baba and Pira News, Gaza City.

1:32.2

A day after winning a landslide election victory over the Conservative opposition,

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