2025 in review: What does survival look like in Gaza City?
The Take
Al Jazeera
4.7 • 748 Ratings
🗓️ 31 December 2025
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
We’re looking back at 10 of the episodes that defined 2025 at The Take. This originally aired on September 3. None of the dates or references have been changed.
Inside Gaza City, as the Israeli military escalates its takeover, Al Jazeera continues to report from the ground on the day-to-day reality for more than a million Palestinians still there. As top scholars declare that Israel is committing genocide and US plans for a "Gaza Riviera" continue to circulate, how are Palestinians bracing for what comes next?
In this episode:
- Hani Mahmoud, Al Jazeera Correspondent
Episode credits:
This episode was produced by Amy Walters, Tamara Khandaker, Sarí el Khalili and Diana Ferrero, with Phillip Lanos, Spencer Cline, Melanie Marich, Farhan Rafid, Kisaa Zehra, and our host, Malika Bilal. It was edited by Noor Wazwaz.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our video editors are Hisham Abu Salah and Mohannad al-Melhem. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.
Special thanks to Youmna ElSayed.
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| 0:00.0 | Al Jazeera Podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | Hey everyone, Malika here. This week, we're bringing you that takes year in review. |
| 0:15.0 | Ten of the stories that shape 2025. Today's episode, what does survival look like inside Gaza City? This episode first aired on |
| 0:24.7 | September 3, 2025. All dates and references are from that time. Here's the show. |
| 0:45.3 | Today, we go inside Gaza City as Israel's takeover begins. People are moving from one area to another in Gaza, not into safety or safe area. |
| 0:53.3 | They're moving simply from dangerous area |
| 0:55.7 | into less dangerous areas. |
| 0:58.2 | What does this next phase of Israel's genocide |
| 1:00.9 | mean for the people of Gaza? |
| 1:05.1 | I'm Malika Bilal and this is the take. |
| 1:16.9 | My name is Hany Mahmoud. I am the Al Jazeera English correspondent reporting from Gaza on the ground. |
| 1:24.0 | I'm from Gaza City, from a Shia neighborhood. |
| 1:29.2 | Ever since I was pushed into displacement, I've never seen my neighborhood again. |
| 1:34.8 | I have so much longing to see what happened to our house, to my personal library, |
| 1:40.6 | to the books that I collected over the past years to all the memories that I left behind. |
| 1:46.2 | So I'm kind of hoping and praying. Any ceasefire coming up soon. The first thing I'm doing, |
| 1:52.7 | I'm going to check if there is anything left of the house, if any of the books is left, |
| 1:58.3 | of any of the memories are still there. |
| 2:03.9 | Well, honey, welcome to The Take. |
| 2:10.7 | I just want to start with expressing and extending my heartfelt appreciation. |
| 2:19.3 | And thanks to you from our entire team for doing everything that you had to do to make this interview possible out of Gaza City where you are. |
| 2:22.5 | You're in a building that is half burned out. |
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