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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is “expanding ground operations” in the Gaza Strip, an IDF spokesperson announced during today's show. The announcement came after a series of intense airstrikes on the besieged enclave earlier Friday night. Multiple CNN reporters in the region, including Nic Robertson and Jake Tapper, provide live coverage during this episode of Amanpour.

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As desperation for humanitarian relief grows inside Gaza, the possibility of an Israeli ground incursion looms. According to the Hamas-controlled Ministry of Health inside Gaza, more than 6,000 people have died in the ongoing siege of Gaza. Aaron David Miller was a Middle East negotiator for several US administrations and is now a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment. He talks to Christiane about divisions in American halls of power when it comes to Israel’s war on Hamas. 

Also on today's show: Judy Meyer, Executive Editor, Sun Journal; author McKay Coppins; former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton 

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Before the catastrophe and threat of wider war in the Middle East, the United States was throwing its strategic weight at its China problem. Today in Beijing, California Governor Gavin Newsom met with President Xi Jinping, who said he hopes Newsom's visit will pave the way for more cooperation between China and the United States.  

Also on today's show: historian Tareq Baconi; relationship therapist Esther Perel 

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As Israel continues bombing Gaza, bringing its health care system to the brink of collapse, Jordan's Queen speaks with Christiane Amanpour about the humanitarian catastrophe and the plight of Palestinians. Plus, seasoned hostage negotiator Gershon Baskin, who played a prominent role in the release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit from Hamas’ captivity in 2011, joins to discuss being in touch with both Hamas and the Israeli Government in an unofficial capacity in current negotiations. And, Senior Democratic strategist Waleed Shahid tells Hari Sreenivasan that President Biden sparking anger by saying it's not time for a ceasefire in Gaza, is a political risk for 2024.

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Israel is mounting limited ground raids into Gaza to prepare for what it calls “the coming stages of the war” and to search for hostages. It’s also ramping up its aerial assault, launching more than 300 attacks on what defense forces claim are military targets belonging to Hamas and Islamic Jihad. Meanwhile, the civilian toll grows dramatically: more than 400 Palestinians, nearly half of them children, were killed in overnight strikes, according to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry. Ilana Dayan is one of the Israel’s best-known journalists and joins Christiane from Jerusalem. 

Also on today's show: Ghassan Abu-Sittah, British-Palestinian plastic surgeon; Andriy Zagorodnyuk, Former Ukrainian Defense Minister; author Ben Sheehan 

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The UN warns the conditions on the ground in Gaza are "increasingly dire," with food, water and medicine all running critically low. Right now, trucks carrying vital aid are unable to get to those who desperately need it. The Egyptian Food Bank is one of the organizations eager to cross. Their CEO Mohsen Sarhan joins the show from the border. 

Also on today's show: Benoit Carpentier, spokesperson for International Federation of the Red Cross; Robin Wright, contributing write for the New Yorker and distinguished scholar for the US Institute of Peace; Ory Slonim, former special adviser to Israel’s defense minister; Steve Inskeep, cohost of NPR Morning Edition 

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First: President Biden warned Israel not to make the same mistakes the US did after 9/11. But will Netanyahu listen? Christiane puts that crucial question to former IDF counterterror expert Miri Eisen. 

Then: In 2009 a phone call shocked Israel to its core. A doctor in Gaza suffers unbearable loss. A journalist in Israel broadcast his grief to the nation. Now we hear from them again. 

Plus: As Joe Biden reckons with disastrous and mistakes in Afghanistan, International Correspondent Anna Coren documents the tragic impact on women and girls. 

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As Joe Biden arrived in Israel today, anger boiled over across the region after a Gaza hospital was hit last night. Israel and the United States say it was a failed rocket launch by Palestinian militants, but Palestinian officials immediately blamed Israel, prompting street protests from Lebanon to Tunisia and Arab leaders to cancel face-to-face meetings with Biden. Martin Griffiths is Emergency Relief Coordinator for the United Nations and joins Christiane from Cairo, where he has been meeting with Egyptian officials. 

Also on today's show: Marwan Muasher; Former Foreign Minister of Jordan / Vice President for Studies, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Richard Haass, Emeritus President, Council of the Foreign Relations / Former US State Department diplomat; Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies, Columbia University / Author, “The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine” 

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President Joe Biden is heading to Israel tonight in a show of solidarity since 1,400 people were slaughtered, and ahead of a major Israeli offensive. The German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was there today. Leaders will also insist that international law is observed, and innocent Palestinian life is protected. At least 3,000 people have been killed in Gaza since airstrikes began. Immediate concerns center on trying to get life's basic necessities to the people who are currently under Israeli siege. Christiane speaks with the Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry to ask how long this can continue. 

Also on today's show: Sharone Lifschitz, whose parents were taken hostage by Hamas; Radek Sikorski, Former Polish Foreign Minister / European Parliament Member; Sari Bashi, Program Director, Human Rights Watch 

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is back in Israel today, meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an ongoing diplomatic push to prevent fighting in Gaza from escalating across the region. President Biden says that while “taking out” Hamas extremists is necessary, a prolonged occupation of Gaza would be a “big mistake.” Ibrahim Dahman is a journalist inside Gaza, who had to evacuate his own home in the face of Israeli airstrikes. He has this first-person account of what life is like in Gaza right now. 

Also on today's show: Lynn Hastings, UN Resident Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory; Yair Lapid, Former Prime Minister of Israel; Mustafa Barghouti, President, Palestinian National Initiative; Susan Glasser, Staff writer, The New Yorker 

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