Urban Warfare in Gaza City
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 21 July 2014
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
The carnage continues in Gaza, where some neighborhoods are strewn with the bodies of Palestinians, and a hospital has been shelled. We’ll get a report from the ground and get different perspectives on how long Israel’s “Operation Protective Edge” might go on.
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| 0:00.0 | From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point. |
| 0:08.2 | Urban warfare in Gaza City. |
| 0:13.9 | Hello again, I'm Marvin Aulney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International. |
| 0:18.2 | A daily look at the issues Americans care about most. |
| 0:20.7 | The carnage |
| 0:21.2 | continues in Gaza, where some neighborhoods are strewn with the bodies of Palestinians and a hospital |
| 0:26.2 | has been shelled. Israeli soldiers have also been killed in a massive assault designed to destroy |
| 0:31.2 | the underground network protecting rockets still being launched by Hamas. Secretary of State |
| 0:36.3 | Kerry is on his way to neighboring Egypt, which is trying to negotiate a ceasefire. |
| 0:40.8 | We'll get a report from the ground and hear different perspectives on how long Israel's Operation Protective Edge might go on. |
| 0:48.2 | Today's talking point, dark tourism takes adventurous people to dangerous places, including war zones. |
| 0:55.5 | First, here's the news. |
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| 1:26.8 | Hello again, Mormon, I'll be back with To the Point. The death toll in Gaza is now 500 or more as Hamas continues firing rockets into Israel. Some 25 Israeli soldiers have also been killed. Can the international community stop the carnage anytime soon? We'll hear about that. Today's talking point, when combat heats up, war zones become travel destinations. |
| 1:46.5 | We'll hear about dark tourism, from Asia to Africa to the Middle East. First, this news update near the site where Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 went down last week, combat continues, and pro-Russian separatists are in control. |
| 2:00.2 | At the White House today, President Obama had this to say. |
| 2:02.9 | President Putin says that he supports a full and fair investigation, and I appreciate those words, |
| 2:08.2 | but they have to be supported by actions. |
| 2:11.6 | The burden now is on Russia to insist that the separatists stop tampering with the evidence, |
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