Israeli forces have taken a foothold on Gaza City's outskirts and are calling up 60,000 reservists ahead of a planned full-scale invasion. Airstrikes and artillery have escalated, killing scores of Palestinians in densely populated areas, including at least 81 killed in one day and several children killed in a strike on a tent in Shati camp. Siege conditions have constrained hospitals and aid access, with at least three people reported to have starved to death. An emergency physician was denied reentry after previous medical missions and had planned to bring small amounts of aid. A Gaza medical student reported losing hope amid evacuation orders.
Dr. Mimi Syed is an emergency medicine physician who's been on two medical missions in Gaza working in hospitals that were under Israeli siege and was just denied reentry into Gaza, mere hours before she was scheduled to travel there for a third medical mission. Syed was planning to bring in a small amount of aid to the besieged enclave. "As a doctor, I shouldn't have to smuggle in baby formula," she says. "I shouldn't have to smuggle in protein."
This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: Israel's military says it's established a foothold on the outskirts of Gaza City and will call up an additional 60,000 reservists ahead of a full-scale invasion of Gaza's largest urban area. This follows days of escalating airstrikes and artillery fire that have killed scores of Palestinians in one of the world's most densely populated regions.
"I no longer have any hope," said the student in a recorded message.
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