Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas urged the U.N. General Assembly overnight to stop the war in the Gaza Strip between Israel and Palestinian Hamas militants, saying Israel had almost entirely destroyed Gaza and it was no longer fit for life. New York correspondent Mitch McCann spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.
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