US pushes Israel to prepare to scale back war in Gaza
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🗓️ 15 December 2023
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The Biden administration is pushing Israel to prepare to scale back the war in Gaza. What's that actually mean?
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| 0:08.0 | Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Friday, December 15th, 2023. This is the |
| 0:19.3 | excerpt. Today a look at the latest talks between the Biden administration and Israeli and |
| 0:27.6 | Palestinian leaders. Plus the House passes a crucial defense bill and are egg prices on the rise again. |
| 0:36.2 | The Biden administration is pushing Israel to scale back its ground and air campaign in |
| 0:40.7 | Gaza and move toward more so-called surgical military operations targeting Hamas. |
| 0:46.4 | But the U.S. has not demanded a deadline for the shift, according to a U.S. official. |
| 0:50.8 | Earlier this week, President Joe Biden warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu |
| 0:55.0 | that Israel is starting to lose international support for its war against Hamas because of its |
| 1:01.0 | indiscriminate bombing of Gaza. |
| 1:03.0 | During meetings yesterday in Israel, |
| 1:05.0 | Biden's national security advisor, Jake Sullivan |
| 1:08.0 | discussed a shift in emphasis |
| 1:10.0 | with members of Netanyahu's cabinet |
| 1:12.0 | and other top Israeli officials. |
| 1:14.0 | Sullivan is said to meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas later today. |
| 1:19.0 | Meanwhile, Israel has destroyed another pair of residential buildings in Gaza's south, killing at least 26 people, |
| 1:25.1 | according to Gaza's health ministry. UN agencies are flagging an increasing food crisis in the territory, |
| 1:31.3 | and all communication services there are down for at least the fourth time. in the |
| 1:33.4 | territory and all communication services there are down for at least the fourth time |
| 1:35.3 | since the war started according to Palestinian telecoms provider |
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