<b>In A Closer Look, </b><i><b>The National </b></i><b>provides an in-depth take on one of the main stories of the week</b> Live updates: Follow the latest news on<a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/palestine-israel/2023/10/17/israel-gaza-news-live-war/" target="_blank"> Israel-Gaza</a> Israel's air-and-ground offensive has pushed three-quarters of Gaza's 2.3 million residents from their homes – and new orders to evacuate areas around Khan Younis are cramming people into ever-shrinking areas of the tiny coastal strip. Along with representatives from the UN Security Council, <i>The National</i> was invited to visit the Rafah border between Egypt and Gaza to see what the needs on the ground are. Here, host Enas Refaei talks to Editor-in-Chief Mina Al-Oraibi about her visit to the area. <b>Read more</b> <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/egypt/2023/12/12/uae-rafah-desalination-plant-gaza-clean-water/" target="_blank"><b>UAE inaugurates desalination plant near Rafah to send clean water to Gaza</b></a> <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/opinion/comment/2023/12/08/two-months-in-we-can-see-the-losers-and-winners-in-israels-gaza-war/" target="_blank"><b>Two months in, we can see the losers and winners in Israel’s Gaza war</b></a>
