Three big questions on the Israel-Gaza war answered | Start Here

What’s happening with civilians in Gaza? Why is it so complicated to open Egypt’s border for aid? And where’s this all going? #AJStartHere with Sandra Gathmann answers three big questions on the Israel-Gaza war.

00:55 - What will happen to civilians in Gaza?
01:16 - Israel’s air assault on Gaza
01:56 - Israel’s total blockade on Gaza
02:34 - Half of Gaza’s population has been displaced
02:43 - Why people moved from the north to the south of Gaza
03:58 - Why can’t Egypt send supplies or open the Rafah crossing?
04:06 - The relationship between Egypt and Israel
04:51 - Egypt and Israel say some aid can now cross through Rafah
05:25 - The situation for Palestinian dual nationals in Gaza
06:06 - Why Egypt and Jordan don’t want to take any Palestinian refugees
07:30 - Where’s the Israel-Gaza war going? How will it end?
09:33 - Is Israel’s aim to wipe out Hamas actually possible?

This episode features:
Youmna ElSayed - Al Jazeera correspondent in Gaza
Rami Khouri - American University of Beirut
Elijah Magnier - military analyst
Laila El-Haddad - Palestinian journalist & author
Daniel Seidemann - lawyer & founder of Terrestrial Jerusalem

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