The Intelligence: Israel pushes south in Gaza
The Intelligence from The Economist
The Economist
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🗓️ 4 December 2023
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
As its ground offensive appears to be expanding, Israel is acutely aware that time and international support will run out; we examine its impossible set of aims to achieve before then. Europe has not yet faced the kind of fentanyl crisis that has plagued America—but there are risks that it may soon (10:53). And the power-napping prowess of penguins (18:26).
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| 1:37.0 | Fentanyl kills thousands of people every year in America, but in Europe only a couple of hundred. |
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