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Bernie Sanders: “The medical infrastructure has been largely destroyed [in…”

Featuring: Bernie Sanders, Independent | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Published | Video Starts at 27:14

There are 2.2 million people in Gaza. 30,000 are dead, most of whom are women, children and elderly people. 80,000 are wounded. 65% of the housing stock has been damaged or destroyed. The medical infrastructure has been largely destroyed [in Gaza]. Every University of 12 universities in Gaza have been bombed. The civilian infrastructure largely destroyed. Raw sewage running into the roads right now, there is no electricity, last I heard, in Gaza. (27:14–27:18)

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Asserts that Gaza's medical infrastructure has been largely destroyed.

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