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It's Wednesday, the 12th of November. Welcome to the PDB afternoon bulletin. I'm Mike Baker,

your eyes and ears on the world stage. All right. Let's get briefed. First up, Israeli media is

reporting that the U.S. plans to build a massive military base near the Gaza border. The facility could host thousands

of international troops tasked with enforcing the fragile ceasefire inside the enclave.

Later in the show, a corruption scandal rocks the highest levels of the Ukrainian government.

Investigators have raided the homes of senior officials and one of President Zelensky's

former business partners, uncovering what could be the country's biggest wartime scandal yet.

But first, today's afternoon spotlight. The Israeli media is reporting that the U.S. plans to build

a major military base near the Gaza border. The story was first published by an investigative

outlet called Shamrim and then picked up by Wynet. The reporting claims that Washington has

agreed to fund and construct a new facility in southern Israel that would be used to house several

thousand international troops tasked with enforcing the Gaza ceasefire.

According to the report, the base would sit just a few miles from the Gaza Strip,

cost roughly $500 million, and operate under an international mandate to maintain stability inside the Gaza Strip.

Israeli sources quoted by Shamrim described the facility as part of a broader plan

to, quote, anchor international forces in the region,

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