Why Israel Risks Losing Its War in Gaza

WSJ What’s News

The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 12 April 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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A.M. Edition for April 12. We're exclusively reporting that an Iranian attack on Israel is expected in the next two days. WSJ reporter Marcus Walker says this comes as Israel faces the prospect of having made some tactical gains in Gaza but not achieving its overall strategic goal of eliminating Hamas. Plus, China orders its telecom carriers to stop using American chips. And Oakland triggers a Bay Area spat with San Francisco by renaming its airport. Luke Vargas hosts. Listening on Google Podcasts? Here's our guide for switching to a different podcast player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:41.0	Israel prepares for a direct attack by Iran while reckoning with the prospect of losing the war with Hamas. So this is leading to great frustration in the Israeli military, which has been telling
0:44.8	Netanyahu for months that he needs to come up with a plan for who rules Gaza that isn't Hamas,
0:50.9	and that decision has simply never been taken.
0:52.8	Plus China orders its telecom carriers to stop using American chips and Oakland has
0:59.9	decided on a new name for its international airport.
1:03.9	San Francisco isn't happy.
1:06.2	It's Friday, April 12th.
1:08.0	I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal,
1:10.0	and here is the AM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories moving
1:14.9	your world today.
1:18.7	We begin in Israel where we're reporting that the country is preparing for a direct attack from Iran on its territory within the next 48 hours.
1:27.0	Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to respond directly against any attack and has promised that his government was prepared
1:35.7	to meet all of the security needs of the state of Israel both defensively and offensively.
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