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☆ First footage of Israel's elite commandos involved in house-to-house fighting in Gaza released by the IDF
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( George Glover | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The IDF released the first footage of its elite commando brigade in Gaza Thursday. The soldiers are fighting in the Al-Shati refugee camp in northern Gaza. The IDF said it had killed Hamas militants and destroyed "terrorist infrastructure" as part of the operation. The elite commandos killed Hamas militants and destroyed "terrorist infrastructure," per the IDF. Most of the civilians have been forced out of northern Gaza, where the Israeli commandos are doing battle.

Persons: —, Khan Younis Organizations: IDF, Service, Israel Defense Forces, Commando Brigade, Hamas, US State Department . Israel Defense Forces, Egoz Unit, Associated Press Locations: Gaza, Israel, Khan

☆ Opinion: ‘Beyond what a human being can endure.’ A lawyer reflects on life in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( Opinion Fatma Ashour | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Editor’s Note: Fatma Ashour is a Palestinian lawyer and human rights activist who has relocated south from Gaza City to Khan Younis. Khan Younis, Gaza CNN —A month and 10 days without water, without electricity and without fuel. We are all squeezed in the south of the Gaza Strip, which is made up of Central Gaza, Khan Younis and Rafah. That is less than half of the total area of the strip, whose total area is 365 square kilometers (140 square miles). Are they going to allow us back to northern Gaza, or are they going to forcibly expel us?

Persons: Khan Younis, there’s, It’s, Fatma, – Organizations: CNN, Gaza CNN Locations: Palestinian, Gaza City, Gaza, Central Gaza, Rafah, There’s, Israel, Fatma

☆ Israeli airstrikes kill 32 in south Gaza amid calls for civilians to flee
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

This picture taken from a position along the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel shows flares launched by Israeli forces above the Gaza Strip amid ongoing battles with the militant group Hamas, on Nov. 17, 2023. Kenzo Tribouillard | Afp | Getty ImagesIsraeli air strikes on residential blocks in south Gaza killed at least 32 Palestinians on Saturday, medics said, after Israel again warned civilians to relocate as it turns to attacking Hamas in the enclave's south after subduing the north. Gaza health authorities raised their death toll on Friday to more than 12,000, 5,000 of them children. The United Nations deems those figures credible, though they are now updated infrequently due to the difficulty of collecting information. Al-Shifa hospitalAt Gaza's largest hospital, Al Shifa in Gaza City, Israel said its forces had found a vehicle with a large number of weapons and what it called a Hamas tunnel shaft.

Persons: Kenzo Tribouillard, Khan Younis, Mark Regev, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Regev, Abu Ubaida, Elad Goren, Al, Shifa, Al Shifa Organizations: Hamas, Afp, Getty, MSNBC, United Nations, Shifa, Hospital staff Locations: Gaza, Israel, Gaza City, Khan, Deir Al, Rafah, Egypt, United States, COGAT, Gaza's, Al Shifa

☆ At a Gaza hospital, a midwife brings life and volunteers tend the dead
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +10 min

She travelled to Khan Younis from the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza. The Khan Younis vegetable market is still open but prices have doubled. Though Khan Younis is south of Israel’s “evacuation line,” it has not escaped daily raids by Israeli warplanes or missiles. A total of 1,300 people have been killed in the Khan Younis area since October 7, local health officials say. Nasser Hospital, the main hospital in Khan Younis and the biggest in southern Gaza, uses the same term on its Facebook page where it lists the daily “martyrs” in this war.

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☆ The War Turns Gaza Into a ‘Graveyard’ for Children
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( Yousef Masoud | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

Dr. Abu Moussa recounted how he had asked other departments, including the intensive care unit, whether his son had been rushed there instead. Dr. Abu Moussa said he recognized the gray clothing Yousef had been wearing when he kissed him goodbye before leaving the house. With dread, Dr. Abu Moussa walked from the emergency room to the hospital morgue. Dr. Abu Moussa recalled looking away before a colleague embraced him. Dr. Abu Moussa’s brother, Jasir Abu Moussa, lost both of his sons and his wife, family members said.

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An Israeli military spokesman indicated on Friday that the military operation against Hamas would advance into southern Gaza but gave no indication of timing. "They asked us, the citizens of Gaza, to go to the south. With Palestinians now effectively cornered, the second stage in Israel's military campaign is fraught with even more risks than the first. Assessing Israel's gains till now, Eiland said he believed the IDF had dealt with "something like 50%" of Hamas' military capacity. "I'm not sure that all foreigners understand the Israeli mood: Israel will not stop the operation before the hostages are back," said Eiland.

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☆ Fact Check: Video of burning aircraft predates November 4 attack at Pakistan air base
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

An old video of a dummy fighter jet set ablaze by supporters of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan in May 2023 in Mianwali, Pakistan, has been falsely captioned as showing scenes from a November 2023 attack at an air base in that city. A post on X (archived), formerly known as Twitter, shared the video on the day of the militant attack captioned: “Pak Airforce fighter jets up in flames. Meanwhile, Mianwali airbase attack still ongoing.” The video was also shared on Facebook (archived). Police arrested hundreds of supporters of ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan for violence following Khan's arrest on corruption charges in May, including attacks on state-owned buildings and vehicles. A video of a burning airplane is from protests in Mianwali, Pakistan, in May 2023, not from a militant attack in November.

Persons: Imran Khan, Read Organizations: Pakistan, Pakistan Air Force Training, Reuters, Twitter, “ Pak Airforce, Facebook, Hindustan Times, YouTube, Police, Thomson Locations: Mianwali, Pakistan, Shenyang

☆ Gaza war inflicts catastrophic damage on infrastructure and economy
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

In all, it said at least 45% of Gaza's housing units had reportedly been damaged or destroyed. It was impossible to independently verify the numbers, but Reuters reporters in Gaza say the destruction is on a huge scale. OCHA said 55 ambulances in Gaza had been damaged, with critical shortages reported of drugs and blood products. The socio-economic situation of Gaza was already dire before the war, with the poverty rate estimated to have reached 61% in 2020. They also forecast that the war would cost Gaza between 4% and 12% of gross domestic product in 2023.

Persons: OCHA, Khan Younis, Crispian Balmer, Giles Elgood, Gareth Jones Organizations: United Nations Office, Humanitarian Affairs, Gaza's Ministry of Health, Palestinian, Hamas, Israel Defense Forces, REUTERS Acquire, UNRWA, United Nations Economic, Social Commission, Western, United Nations Development Programme, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Israeli, Beit Hanoun, Palestinian, ISRAEL, Khan, Israel, Western Asia

☆ ‘Where will I leave these children, on the street?’ The struggle for survival faced by disabled Palestinians in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Rosa Rahimi | Sana Noor Haq | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

“There was chaos in the place, children crying, and smoke and fire spread,” Al-Naizi told CNN, sharing videos of the aftermath. It took about two hours to evacuate the group, according to Al-Naizi, as many of the children had to be carried. “Where will I leave these children, on the street?” Al-Naizi said. Streams of Palestinians – including women, children and the elderly – have been making their way south in a growing exodus along daily evacuation corridors announced by the IDF. Hazem Saeed Al-NaiziAs Israeli troops close in on Gaza City, Al-Naizi fears the orphanage will be displaced again.

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☆ Israel is tightening its control of northern Gaza. But there is no clear post-war strategy in sight
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Nadeen Ebrahim | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Abu Dhabi, UAE CNN —The Israeli military is tightening its grip on northern Gaza, as its war on the Hamas militant group is showing no signs of abating. Almost six weeks into the conflict, however, Israel is yet to offer a clear post-war plan for the territory. The Israeli military raided Gaza’s largest hospital, Al-Shifa, on Wednesday after claiming that Hamas had built a command center beneath the sprawling medical complex. The United States has warned against Israel re-occupying Gaza, and has stressed a future role there for the Palestinian Authority (PA). Video Ad Feedback Netanyahu appeared to rule out giving the Palestinian Authority control of post-war Gaza.

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☆ Five countries ask International Criminal Court to investigate the situation in Palestinian territories
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Michael Rios | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor Karim Khan says his office has received a referral from five countries to investigate whether crimes have been committed in the Palestinian territories as part of Israel’s response to the October 7 Hamas terror attacks. He noted that his office was already conducting an investigation on the situation in the Palestinian territories over possible crimes committed since June 2014 in Gaza and the West Bank. A UN report said last month said it was collecting evidence of war crimes in the wake of the Hamas attack. Earlier this month, Volker Türk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, called the October 7 attacks “atrocities”, saying they – and the holding of hostages – were war crimes. That has not stopped the court from investigating its actions in the occupied Palestinian territories.

Persons: Karim Khan, Khan, ” Khan, Benjamin Netanyahu, Volker Türk, –, Israel, “ We’re, ”, Bensouda, … Organizations: CNN, Criminal, West Bank, State Party, Palestinian Ministry of Health, United Nations, UN, Israeli, Human Rights, South Africa’s Department of International Relations, Cooperation, Humanitarian, Geneva Conventions, NBC, ICC Locations: South Africa, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Comoros, Djibouti, Rome, Palestinian, Gaza, States, Israel, Ramallah, East Jerusalem, Geneva

Since then, Israel has bombed much of Gaza City to rubble, ordered the depopulation of the entire northern half of the enclave and left homeless around two-thirds of the strip's 2.3 million Palestinians. Israel dropped leaflets over eastern areas of Khan Younis telling people to evacuate to shelters, suggesting that military operations there are imminent. Because the western areas are closer to the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, humanitarian aid could be brought in "as quickly as possible," he said. Israel has long maintained that the hospital sat above a vast underground bunker housing a Hamas command headquarters. In Modiin, Israel, family held a funeral for Noa Marciano, 19, an Israeli army conscript whose body was recovered from Gaza City near Shifa hospital on Thursday.

Persons: Khan Younis, Mark Regev, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Regev, Abu Ubaida, Abu Mustafa, Elad Goren, Al Shifa, Noa Marciano, Yehudit Weiss, Nidal al, James Mackenzie Henriette Chacar, Jonathan Landay, Cynthia Osterman anda Kim Coghill Organizations: MSNBC, United Nations, West Bank, Palestinian, Crescent, Hamas, REUTERS, Gaza's, Hospital staff, Ministry, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Israel, GAZA, JERUSALEM, Gaza, Gaza City, Rafah, Egypt, Nablus, Palestinian, Washington, COGAT, Modiin, Shifa, Be’eri, Russian

☆ Israel drops leaflets on parts of southern Gaza suggesting possible expansion of offensive against Hamas
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Andrew Carey | Christian Edwards | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Jerusalem CNN —Israel has dropped leaflets across parts of southern Gaza calling on civilians to evacuate and “head towards known shelters,” indicating Israel could soon expand its ground operation against Hamas to the south of the enclave. Respecting the instructions of the IDF will prevent you, the civilians, being exposed to harm,” the leaflet read. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Tuesday that Hamas had lost control in northern Gaza, including Gaza City, which has become the epicenter of Israel’s ground offensive. “We are in control of the entire area above and below ground in the northern Gaza Strip, and especially in Gaza City,” Gallant said at a news conference, referring to the IDF’s Golani Brigade. Last month, Israel dropped leaflets in the north of Gaza, telling civilians to evacuate south of the Wadi Gaza, before it launched its ground offensive.

Persons: Jerusalem CNN — Israel, Khan Younis, Al Qarrah, Bani Suhaila, Absaan, Younis, Yoav Gallant, ” Gallant, Israel Organizations: Jerusalem CNN, Hamas, Israel Defense Forces, Norwegian Refugee Council, Reuters, CNN, UN, Israeli, IDF’s Golani Brigade, IDF, Palestinian Ministry of Health, United Nations Locations: Jerusalem, Gaza, Israel, Khuza’a, Gaza City, ”, Ramallah

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 16 (Reuters) - OpenAI, whose generative AI products initially raised fears of widespread cheating on homework, is now exploring how it can get its popular ChatGPT chatbot into classrooms, according to a senior executive. Backed by billions of dollars from Microsoft (MSFT.O), OpenAI kicked off the generative AI craze last November by releasing its ChatGPT chatbot, which became one of the world's fastest-growing applications. But within a few months, teachers started seeing how ChatGPT could be beneficial, he said. A new team at OpenAI would be an extension of the work the company has already done to integrate its technology into the classroom. There are myriad ways to use ChatGPT in classrooms, said Andrew Mayne, a former OpenAI employee who works with educators through his AI consulting firm Interdimensional.

Persons: Brad Lightcap, ” Lightcap, OpenAI, we’re, Andrew Mayne, “ ChatGPT, ”, Anna Tong, Kenneth Li, Matthew Lewis Organizations: FRANCISCO, INSEAD Americas, Microsoft, Union, U.S, Khan Academy, Schmidt Futures, “, Thomson Locations: San Francisco, OpenAI, Sydney

☆ Israel-Hamas War Biden Says Palestinian State Must Be Part of Solution
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Edward Wong | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

Many residents of northern Gaza used four-hour long humanitarian pauses to flee the area toward the south of the strip. The resolution passed with twelve votes, with the remaining three members — the United States, Britain and Russia — abstaining. The majority of Security Council member states, voted for a resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire on Oct 26. But she said the United States supported many of the resolution’s provisions such as the release of hostages and humanitarian pauses. “Humanitarian pauses cannot be a replacement for a cease-fire or even a truce,” Russia’s ambassador to the U.N., Vasily Nebenzya, said.

Persons: Khan Younis, Russia —, Linda Thomas, Greenfield, Ms, Thomas, Sarah Yenesel, ”, Vasily Nebenzya, Ayman Safadi, Jordan Organizations: United Nations Security Council, Diplomats, Security, United, Council Locations: Gaza City, Gaza, Israel, Malta, United States, Britain, Russia, U.S, New York, Brazil, China, Israeli

The conflict falls under a complex international system of justice that has emerged since World War Two, much of it aimed at protecting civilians. Even if states say they are acting in self-defence, international rules regarding armed conflict apply to all participants in a war. Internationally accepted rules of armed conflict emerged from the 1949 Geneva Conventions, which have been ratified by all United Nations member states and supplemented by rulings at international war crimes tribunals. Treaties govern the treatment of civilians, soldiers and prisoners of war in a system collectively known as the "Law of Armed Conflict" or "International Humanitarian Law". Under the laws of armed conflict, combatants include members of state armed forces, military and volunteer forces and non-state armed groups.

Persons: Gaza's, Al, Carolyn Edgerton, Edgerton, Israel, Karim Khan, Khan, Crispian Balmer, Emma Farge, Janet Lawrence Organizations: HAGUE, Palestinian, Hamas, United Nations, CAN, World Health Organization, Geneva Convention, GENEVA, Criminal, Criminal Court, ICC, Thomson Locations: Israel, Geneva, Gaza, Al Shifa, Gaza City, Ukraine, Afghanistan, Yemen, Syria, Canadian, Yugoslavia, The Hague, Palestinian Territories, Rome, Jerusalem

☆ Have war crimes been committed in Israel and Gaza and what laws govern the conflict?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Christian Edwards | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

But since these provisions are considered a norm of customary international law, they are nonetheless binding on all states. Is there evidence of war crimes in the fighting between Hamas and Israel? The report said Israel may be committing the war crime of collective punishment, after officials ordered the “complete siege” of Gaza. However, ethnic cleansing still lacks a precise legal definition, and it is not recognized as an independent crime under international law. The ICC is an international court established to investigate individuals accused of committing the most serious crimes, such as war crimes.

Persons: CNN —, Israel, ”, –, Volker Türk, …, ” Michael Schmitt, Ghazi Hamad, ” Adil Haque, Schmitt, Mohammed Abed, Aurel Sari, “, Sari, Brian Cox, Ali Jadallah, Cordula Droege, ” Schmitt, Ibrahim Biari, Russia –, Bensouda, Karim Khan Organizations: CNN, Hamas, UN, Criminal Court, ICC, Human Rights, Nova, Aris Messinis, University of Reading, Rutgers University, IHL, US Air Force, Getty, University of Exeter, Ministry, Cornell University, Civilian, International Committee, West Bank Locations: Geneva, Israel, Palestine, State, Rome, Gaza, Rafah, Egypt, Israeli, AFP, United Kingdom, Lebanese, United States, ” Israel, Anadolu, Gaza City, NATO, The Hague, China, Russia, Palestinian, East Jerusalem

Israeli troops on Wednesday entered Gaza's largest hospital, searching for traces of Hamas inside and beneath the facility. Officials from Israel and Gaza presented different accounts of what was happening at Al Shifa Hospital. Hamas and Gaza health officials deny militants operate in Al Shifa — a hospital that employs some 1,500 people and has more than 500 beds, according to the Palestinian news agency. Throughout days of fighting in the surrounding streets, there has been no report of militants firing from inside Al Shifa. The AP could not independently verify the Israeli claims that the weapons were found inside the hospital.

Persons: Joe Biden, —, KHAN YOUNIS, Al Shifa —, Israel tightens, Munir al, Boursh, Al Shifa, Jonathan Conricus, Jordan, Biden, Xi Jinping Organizations: Wednesday, Al Shifa Hospital, Service, Al Shifa, Hamas, Palestinian Health Ministry, Gaza's Health Ministry, Associated Press, Troops, UN, West, West Bank's Palestinian Authority, UN Security, Pacific Economic Cooperative, Health Ministry Locations: Gaza's, Israel, Gaza, Gaza City, Al Shifa, Hamas, Al, Ramallah, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, West Bank's, Asia, California, United States

☆ Low Platinum Prices Show How Banking on Miners Could Threaten the Energy Transition
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Yusuf Khan | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +5 min

Platinum is used to make the electrolyzers that produce hydrogen and the sharp down cycle in South Africa’s platinum mining sector demonstrates the risk that low prices and lack of investment could slow the energy transition. Prices for other commodities have also fallen, while miners have been complaining of rising costs and seem to be limiting their capital expenditures. Photo: michele spatari/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesFor the mining sector, cyclical returns are nothing new. Ray said many South African PGM miners are now selling their output at close to the cost of production, eating away at profitability. “To the extent that PGM prices stay at current levels, I would not be surprised to see more supply-side reaction,” Ray said.

Persons: Waldo Swiegers, ”, Tom Price, michele spatari, We’ve, ” Emma Townshend, ” Townshend, Raj Ray, Ray, ” Ray, ” Implats’s Townshend, Implats, Yusuf Khan Organizations: Bloomberg, Liberum, Agence France, PGM, Times, Business, BMO Capital Markets, Metals Locations: Sibanye, Africa, Johannesburg, Stillwater, South, South Africa, Marikana, U.S, China, Europe, Implats

About 1 in 5 American workers, nearly 30 million people, are bound by noncompete agreements, according to the Federal Trade Commission. Horror stories about companies using noncompete agreements to trap workers in middling jobs or punish them for taking their skills elsewhere for better pay prompted New York legislators to pass a bill last June that would ban noncompete agreements. "But the fact that I had to spend a year fighting off my former employer was just wrong.”A handful of states, including California, already ban noncompete agreements. Other states, including Minnesota and Oklahoma, have laws that void noncompete agreements if a person is laid off. Advocates for the bill argue that striking noncompete agreements will actually be good for innovation.

Persons: Kathy Hochul hasn't, Richard Tatum, “, Tatum, Joe Biden, she’s, ”, Paul Zuber, Sean Ryan, ” Ryan, ” ___, Khan, Maysoon Organizations: Federal Trade Commission, New, Public Policy Institute, Business Council, New York City, Hochul, Democrat, Associated Press, America Statehouse News Initiative, America, Twitter Locations: ALBANY, N.Y, New York, California, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Florida, Texas, Silicon Valley

Two and a half weeks after sending tanks and ground troops into northern Gaza, Israeli forces entered a hospital early Wednesday that they claim Hamas operates out of. The Israeli army claims the militant group uses hospitals as cover for its fighters, and has set up its main command center in and beneath Shifa Hospital, the largest in the besieged territory. Both Hamas and Shifa Hospital staff deny the Israeli allegations. Both Hamas and Shifa Hospital staff deny the Israeli allegations. ISRAEL SAYS IT'S CARRYING OUT A ‘PRECISE AND TARGETED OPERATION’ INSIDE GAZA'S SHIFA HOSPITALJERUSALEM — The Israeli military says its forces have entered Gaza’s Shifa hospital, the site of a lengthy standoff.

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☆ The head of the FTC says she used ChatGPT to successfully contest a medical bill
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Kylie Kirschner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

FTC Chair Lina Khan said she's successfully used ChatGPT to contest a medical bill. AdvertisementThe head of the Federal Trade Commission recently shared that she's successfully used ChatGPT to contest a medical bill. Doctors have used ChatGPT to help communicate with patients more compassionately, with some using ChatGPT just 72 hours after it was released to the public. And plenty of Americans encounter stress while navigating situations involving their medical bills, not just the chair of the FTC. "When it comes to medical bills, Americans are often caught in a doom loop between their medical provider and insurance company," CFPB Director Rohit Chopra said in a statement last year.

Persons: Lina Khan, she's, Khan, —, Khan didn't, Rohit Chopra Organizations: Service, Federal Trade Commission, Big Tech, New York Times, FTC, Consumer Financial

☆ Palestinians flee homes for tent camps amid Israeli offensive
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

[12/20]A child looks on as displaced Palestinians, who fled their houses amid Israeli strikes, take shelter at a tent camp at a United Nations-run centre, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, October 30. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu MustafaKHAN YOUNIS, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES

Persons: Khan Younis, Abu Mustafa KHAN YOUNIS Organizations: United Nations, REUTERS Locations: Gaza

☆ 'Survival feels uncertain': Palestinians in Gaza describe desperation under Israeli bombardment
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Dalya Al Masri | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Mostafa Alkharouf | Anadolu Agency | Getty ImagesEvery day in the Gaza Strip brings desperate uncertainty as the war intensifies, Palestinian residents told CNBC. We don't know when our turn is, but we expect to get bombed any minute," Shouq Al Najjar, a 28-year-old development worker in Gaza, told CNBC. We're living in constant fear, and survival feels uncertain," she told CNBC. Home to 2.3 million people and roughly twice the size of Washington, D.C., the Gaza Strip is considered one of the most densely populated areas in the world. He was speaking via voice note in Rafah, near the single exit point out of the Gaza Strip that is not controlled by Israel.

Persons: Mostafa Alkharouf, Benjamin Netanyahu, Al Najjar, Najjar, Khan Younis, It's, Netanyahu, Zakout, Juliette Touma Organizations: Anadolu Agency, Getty, CNBC, Israel's, Palestinian, Hamas, Washington , D.C, Human Rights Watch, United Nations, West Bank, Israel Defense Forces, Mezan, Human Rights, Israel, World Health Organization, United Nations Relief, Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees Locations: Gaza, Sderot, Israel, Washington ,, Palestinian, Gaza City, North Gaza, Rafah, Egypt

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