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Vincent McAviney: Europe Correspondent on the Israeli military beginning first stages of ground offensive in Gaza · Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

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  Speaker 1: Gaza City, though the Palestinians are moving out as the
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  Speaker 1: id IF prepares to move in. Vincent Mechavin exiur UK
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  Speaker 1: Europe correspondent, Vincent what about the hostages? This is the
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  Speaker 1: big worry from those in Israel, right, Yeah, I've.
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  Speaker 2: Been speaking to hostage families today and they're extremely concerned
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  Speaker 2: because Gaza City has been though it's had strikes from
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  Speaker 2: the air, hasn't had sort of a ground incursion during
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  Speaker 2: this whole war. So they're worried that with the IDF
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  Speaker 2: now gearing up to go in in large numbers. They've
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  Speaker 2: caught up sixty thousand reserve that this will mean that
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  Speaker 2: the hostages are executed or they'll be caught up in
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  Speaker 2: the firing as those forces try to get down into
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  Speaker 2: the tunnel network where it's believed the last of Hamas
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  Speaker 2: really remains Russia.
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  Speaker 1: They're going at it healthily, that this is the biggest
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  Speaker 1: campaign in several weeks. To spite all the talk over
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  Speaker 1: the last three while.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's right. To five hundred and seventy four drones
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  Speaker 2: launched overnight forty missiles on Ukraine. At least one person
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  Speaker 2: killed and several dozen have been injured. It goes to
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  Speaker 2: show that really you can't take Vladimir Putin at his word.
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  Speaker 2: Only a week ago he was heading to Alaska for
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  Speaker 2: that meeting with Trump. Then we have another meeting at
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  Speaker 2: the White House with Europeans Andince Alansk on Monday. Now
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  Speaker 2: it seems that this is all a stall for time,
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  Speaker 2: because you've got Lavrov, who is their foreign secretary, coming
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  Speaker 2: out and saying any support in future that is given
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  Speaker 2: to Ukraine needs to have a sign off from Russia.
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  Speaker 2: They are trying, it seems to agitate things, saying the
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  Speaker 2: idea of having a meeting, a trilateral meeting between Zelenski,
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  Speaker 2: Putin and Trump is not something that needs to come
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  Speaker 2: about imminently. So just concern that really what Putin is
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  Speaker 2: trying to do is grind down Ukraine even further.
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  Speaker 1: Appreciate your time, Vincent. Thank you. Vincent Mekavini, a UK
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  Speaker 1: europe correspondent.
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