Secretary of State Antony Blinken is back in Tel Aviv today to ask Israel again to prioritize protection of innocent civilians in Gaza following a third day of deadly airstrikes on the densely populated Jabalia refugee camp. The head of the Lebanese militant group, Hezbollah, breaks his silence with a speech addressing the Israel-Hamas war. And, Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, faces up 110 years in prison for one of the biggest financial frauds on record.

Today's episode of Up First was edited by Michael Sullivan, Mark Katkov, Rafael Nam, and Mohamad ElBardicy. It was produced by Julie Depenbrock, Shelby Hawkins and Chad Campbell. We get engineering support from Stacey Abbott. And our technical director is Zac Coleman.

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