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Global News Podcast

Signs Israel preparing for Gaza ground invasion

Global News Podcast

BBC

Daily News, News

4.38.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

The Israeli defence minister tells troops they will soon see the Palestinian enclave from the inside. Also: The United Nations and aid agencies say a lack of water, food, medicine and other essentials is making the situation for displaced people in Gaza increasingly desperate, and one of Donald Trump's lawyers has pleaded guilty to six charges of election interference.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

0:06.2

I'm Valerie Sanderson and in the early hours of Friday,

0:08.8

the 20th of October, these are our main stories.

0:12.4

Signs that Israel is preparing to invade the Gaza Strip.

0:16.2

The battle will be a tough one.

0:18.0

We will be precise, sharp, fatal, but there will be a price.

0:22.7

We will pay that price and we will continue

0:25.1

until we complete the mission.

0:27.0

The UN Agency, Anra, says much more is required

0:30.4

than the 20 trucks of aid planned to enter Gaza on Friday.

0:34.6

The humanitarian corridor needs to be uninterrupted.

0:38.6

It needs to be predictable.

0:40.2

We will need at least 100 trucks a day.

0:45.4

Also in this podcast, one of Donald Trump's lawyers

0:48.4

pleads guilty to her role in attempting

0:51.1

to overturn the result of the 2020 election.

0:54.6

And the man who took such desperate measures

0:57.0

to avoid paying for a restaurant meals

0:59.5

that he's landed up behind bars.

1:05.4

There are signs that Israel is readying itself

1:07.6

for a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip.

1:10.1

Jordan has warned it fears the worst.

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