Calls for immediate cease-fire rejected as Israeli troops advance on Gaza City

As Israel’s military says it’s closing in on Gaza City, ground zero in its war to crush Hamas, U.S. Secretary of State Blinken met with officials in the Middle East to try to ease Palestinian civilians’ suffering. UN officials warn of starvation in Gaza, while protests in Washington, D.C. and other capitals around the world called for an immediate cease-fire. Leila Molana-Allen reports.

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