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The Trump administration announced Saturday that it had paused approvals of visitor visas for people from the Gaza Strip, a key pathway for those seeking medical care in the United States.

The podcast's newly adopted stance on Palestine is notable, specifically addressing the ongoing starvation crisis in the Gaza Strip and the Israeli government's actions.

Hani Hammad, an 18-year-old, described his harrowing experience during a chaotic stampede while trying to collect food aid, highlighting the suffocation and panic. He felt he was dying, unable to move amid the frantic crowd as he suffered beneath their feet. He was eventually hospitalized unconscious, placed beside deceased individuals who succumbed to suffocation and gunfire. Hani noted, 'I thought I was one of them,' reflecting on the desperation that drove them to such perilous conditions.

The state department's decision to sanction Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur for the West Bank and Gaza, follows a failed US campaign to remove her.

A midday airstrike in eastern Gaza City killed 11 people, whose bodies were taken to Al-Ahli Hospital. Another strike near the entrance of the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza left two dead, according to Al-Awda Hospital.

The recent airstrikes in Khan Younis resulted in over 50 fatalities, marking a second night of significant bombings amid the Israeli military's intensified campaign against Hamas.

The Trump administration's new internal directive calls for comprehensive social media vetting of all U.S. visa applicants with any history of being in the Gaza Strip since 2007.

"This is the last moment to remove Hamas, free all the hostages, and bring an end to the war," Defense Minister Israel Katz said in a statement.