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Israel says offensive in Gaza City has begun

Israel says widened offensive in Gaza City has begun, while also approving the construction of a settlement that largely splits the occupied West Bank.

Israel says it's widened its offensive in Gaza City has begun, while also approving the construction of a settlement that largely splits the occupied West Bank. Newshour hears from Israeli politician Simcha Rothman, a member of the Religious Zionism party, and from Mustafa Barghouti, general secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative.

Also in the programme: the ongoing deportation raids in California; and the battle to save one of the world's tallest trees from fire.

(Picture: Israeli Finance Minister Smotrich speaks at a press conference regarding settlements expansion, near the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim)

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