It's Monday, October 16, I'm Trayville Anderson.

And I'm Josie Duffy Rice, and this is what a day.

On today's show, House Republicans' latest nominee for Speaker may not have enough support

ahead of tomorrow's floor vote, plus a coalition of unions has reached a tentative agreement

with Kaiser Permanente.

But first, the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues.

According to the New York Times, over the weekend, the Israeli military is preparing

to launch a ground invasion into the Gaza Strip soon.

Their stated goal is to destroy the top political and military officials of Hamas, the extremist

Palestinian group that claims their recent violent attacks are in response to decades

of Israeli occupation.

Rementioned on Friday's show that Israel had given Palestinians in the northern part of

Gaza, some 1 million people, just 24 hours to relocate to the southern part of the territory.

Though hundreds of thousands of people heated that warning, countless others stayed as Hamas

assured their protection.

Reportedly, Israel's initial invasion plan has been delayed a few days at least due

to weather conditions that would have made it more difficult for Israeli pilots and

drone operators.

And so now, the international community is waiting to see what Israel will do.

But their assault is expected to be the country's biggest ground operation since it invaded

Lebanon in 2006.

It would also be the first in which Israel has attempted to capture land and at least

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