Up First briefing: Israel pushes into southern Gaza; Liz Cheney's new book
Israel's military says it has expanded its ground offensive in Gaza and is now targeting Hamas strongholds in the south. Liz Cheney says democracy is at stake if Trump is elected again.
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Israel's military says it has expanded its ground offensive in Gaza and is now targeting Hamas strongholds in the south. Many Palestinians told to flee northern Gaza to the south are now facing demands to flee the areas they evacuated into.
- over what's happening, NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports from Tel Aviv. While some Israelis say it's time to get rid of Hamas, Beardsley says the prevailing sentiment in Tel Aviv seems to be that Hamas took in their Oct. 7 attack is more important than the war.
