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What Next - The Attack on Rafah

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3.91.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Israeli Defense Forces have extended their campaign to Rafah, the southern-most city in Gaza, and where many Gazans have been gathering to escape the war. 


Guest: Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, Middle East political analyst, founder and executive director of Project Unified Assistance


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0:51.0

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0:57.0

A med forward alfatib hasn't set foot in Gaza for two decades, but every day he picks up his phone and gets transported to a war zone.

1:12.0

His whole family lives in Gaza, nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, and his brother,

1:17.8

Mohammed. What's-app is their lifeline. So in terms of actually hearing his voice, since October 7th, I've only been able to do that three times. But in terms of communication, we talk almost every other day or once every three days over

1:37.8

what's app.

1:39.6

Both via text and he'll send me voice notes which enable me to kind of paint a picture of where he's at.

1:51.6

Right now, Ahmed's brother Mohammed is in the city of Rafa.

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