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It's another deadly day in Gaza as the Israeli military continues its push into the besieged

territory.

Dozens of Palestinians were killed as Israeli warplanes and tanks struck areas around Gaza City as part of an offensive to capture it.

And Pierce Jackie Northam reports.

Israel considers the densely populated Gaza City to be one of the last major strongholds of Hamas

and has been preparing for an assault over the past week, mobilizing tens of thousands of reservists

and hammering the outer regions with

airstrikes. Israel has been warning Palestinians and health care facilities to evacuate Gaza City

ahead of a full-scale attack. But there are few places to go. There's widespread condemnation of the

military offensive both domestically and internationally.

Gaza City and other areas are in the grip of a famine, and Israelis' fear and attack on a Hamas

stronghold could lead to the deaths of more Israeli hostages held by the militants.

Jackie Northam, NPR News, Tel Aviv.

The White House is denying that the Trump administration is

carrying out politically motivated probes. And Pierce Tamer Keith reports this even as investigations

into Trump's political enemies pile up. On Friday, the FBI searched the home and office of Trump's

first-term national security advisor John Bolton. On NBC's Meet the Press,

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