Israel-Hamas war, Gaza genocide

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Main points on November 22nd

• Israel’s assault on Gaza has continued, with medical sources telling Al Jazeera Israeli attacks have killed at least 38 people across the Strip over the past day.
• Health officials in the besieged Palestinian enclave have also warned that all hospitals will have to stop or reduce services “within 48 hours” because of a lack of fuel, with the power already cut at Kamal Adwan Hospital after Israeli forces bombed the generators.
• An Israeli attack has killed seven people in Lebanon’s eastern Baalbek area, including the director of the Dar al-Amal University Hospital in the town of Douris.
• Israeli forces have also carried out repeated raids on Beirut’s southern suburbs over the past day, including a missile strike that levelled a multistorey building in the Chiyah district.
• Four Italian soldiers were slightly injured after two rockets hit a UNIFIL base in southern Lebanon, with the peacekeeping mission saying they were “likely launched by Hezbollah or affiliated groups”.

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Tulkarem-based journalist and researcher Anan Quzmar joins the show to break down Israel’s escalating violence in the occupied West Bank.

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