MSF doctor: Aid entering Gaza 'woefully' inadequate
Dr. Alaa Al-Najjar found out Israeli strikes killed nine of her children as they she was working in one of the few hospitals still standing. The tragedy unfolded as aid is still being heavily restricted in Gaza. Dr. Aqsa Durrani of Doctors Without Borders joins MSNBC's Ayman Mohyeldin, Catherine Rampell and Antonia Hylton to discuss what she calls an 'ethnic cleansing plan' in Gaza.
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