Global National: Nov. 18, 2023 | Palestinians exit Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital, claim IDF "forced” them

In tonight’s top story: Hundreds of Palestinian patients and health-care workers have left Gaza’s Al-Shifa hospital after claiming to be “forced” out by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) at gunpoint and given just one hour to leave. Though the IDF have denied this claim, they have occupied the health institution since Thursday.

Shifa has been a primary target of Israel’s, in the country’s vow to destroy Hamas militants who killed hundreds of innocent people on Oct. 7. Israeli officials claim that the hospital sits above a Hamas command center, where the Palestinian militants allegedly operate. Mike Armstrong reports.

And, after a Global News investigation found evidence that Canada has become a safe haven for affiliates of the Islamic Republic of Iran — who are allegedly threatening the lives of Iranian-Canadians and other dissidents in the country — our Mercedes Stephenson spoke with Masih Alinejad, an Iranian-American activist about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s “empty words” regarding the concerns.

Over in Vancouver, Heather Yourex-West speaks with economists about a potential mortgage rate decrease in the near future, after a what some are calling a “peak” in interest rates. Soaring numbers since the end of the COVID-19 pandemic have left Canadians either struggling to pay their mortgages, or simply unable to enter the housing market. Though they likely won’t fall as low as they did during the pandemic, relief is supposedly on the horizon.

Ahead of their presidential election, a volatile political crossroads is rocking Argentina. Though he won the country’s first round of voting, centrist politician Sergio Massa has seen a whopping 150 per cent increase in inflation in his time as finance minister, leaving four out of 10 Argentinians under the poverty line. Former TV host and far-right libertarian, Javier Milei, on the other hand, is promising massive cuts to his supporters. No matter the victor, the country’s next leader will need to figure out an economy on the brink. Mike Drolet has the details.

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