hello, i m lucy hockings. welcome to bbc news now. the head of gaza s biggest hospital says nearly 180 people are being buried in a mass grave there after it ran out of fuel. fighting between the israeli military and hamas continues around the al shifa hospital. that s prompted growing international concern, with president biden saying he wants less intrusive action . medical staff at al shifa say the lives of 36 premature babies are hanging in the balance. this is an image of some made public by the hospital on sunday. it said they had been placed on a bed after the fuel ran out to power the generators to keep their incubators going. their current condition is not known, although a hospital spokesperson on monday said three of the original 39 babies had died. israel insists it is only targeting hamas, and that their command centre is in tunnels beneath the hospital. it has also released these images, which it says are of incubators which it is offering to supply to al shi
path. this is an hour and 45 minutes. eric foner: i am eric foner from the columbia university, moderating this second session on slavery and freedom. i want to begin by thanking the organizers of this excellent conference. we all know how much work went into, you know, putting this whole thing together. thanks to those at the museum and the american historical association that have been so active in getting this conference organized. , i gave my last class at columbia university. i am now writing off riding off into the sunset. [applause] retirement. of and so i ask if you will indulge me for just a minute as i reflect briefly on my own experience in relation to this field of african american history. which is a little, it is sort of emblematic of the many things that have happened the last couple of generations. i grew up in a family in which african-american history, although utterly ignored in the school education that i got in grade school and high school, nonetheless
this is an hour and 45 minutes. eric foner: i am eric foner from the columbia university, moderating this second session on slavery and freedom. i want to begin by thanking the organizers of this excellent conference. we all know how much work went into, you know, putting this whole thing together. so thanks to those at the museum , and the american historical association that have been so active in getting this conference organized. two weeks ago, i gave my last class at columbia university. i am now riding off into the sunset [applause] eric foner: of retirement. and so i ask if you will indulge me for just a minute as i reflect briefly on my own experience in relation to this field of african american history. which is a little, it is sort of emblematic of the many things that have happened the last couple of generations. i grew up in a family in which african-american history, although utterly ignored in the school education that i got in grade school and high school,
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