The sounds of Gaza's collapsing health system

Amanpour

CNN

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4.1 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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No milk for babies, no food for patients, and no fuel for lights or incubators. Gaza’s health system is crumbling under the weight of war, as Israel says it's going deeper into the territory. Battles rage around the two main hospitals, with the director of the largest one, Al-Shifa, saying the situation is “catastrophic” and that all essential units have collapsed. Israel alleges that Hamas command centers are housed beneath it, which Hamas and the doctors in the hospital deny. Nada Bashir reports on the desperate situation there. Also on today's show: Jonathan Freedland, Guardian columnist & Mona Siddiqui, Professor of Islamic and Interreligious Studies, University of Edinburgh; US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo; journalist/author Emily Tamkin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Ammanpur. Here's what's coming up. As Israel
0:08.8	intensifies air and ground operations in Gaza, tensions, divisions and hate are flaring all over the world.
0:16.4	We discuss the raging conflict over the war with writer Jonathan Friedland and academic
0:22.0	Mona Siddiqui.
0:23.4	Then, superpowers face to face.
0:26.2	My conversation with the US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo
0:29.8	on the high stakes upcoming Bidenen-G meeting.
0:33.0	Plus, author Emily Tamkin talks to Michelle Martin
0:36.0	about her essay,
0:38.0	what should American Jews do without fear? with our fear. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Christina
1:04.9	in London. No milk for babies, no food for patients and no fuel for lights or incubators. Gaza's health system is
1:10.3	crumbling under the weight of war as Israel says it's going deeper into the
1:14.6	territory. Battles rage around two main hospitals. The director of the largest
1:20.0	al-Shifa says the situation is catastrophic and that all essential units have
1:25.2	collapsed. He says about 7,000 people are sheltering there along with 1500
1:30.8	patients and staff but Israel alleges that Hamas command centers
1:35.1	are housed beneath it, with a US official now
1:37.7	telling CNN much the same.
1:39.8	They are charges that Hamas and doctors deny.
1:43.3	Nada Bashir has more on the desperate situation in Gaza hospitals and of course
1:47.8	warning some of these images are hard to watch. These are the sounds of the final gas from Gaza's collapsing healthcare system. Medical
1:59.8	staff in Gaza City working under near relentless Israeli bombardment for over a month.
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