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Oct 2023
30m 34s

Evacuating Gaza hospital 'will endanger ...

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Aid agencies say it's impossible to evacuate the crowded Al-Quds hospital in Gaza, after Israel's military reportedly warned everyone to leave. Also: anti-Israel mob storms Dagestan airport, and tributes are paid to the Friends actor Matthew Perry, who's died at the age of 54. 
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