A guide to help you understand the Israel-Hamas war
Apple News In Conversation
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🗓️ 13 October 2023
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
The news coming out of Israel and Gaza this week has been fast-moving and devastating. It’s always hard, during a rapidly-changing news event, to know where to find accurate, contextualized information. It’s especially challenging in this particular war, where the history of conflict is so long, complicated, and emotionally-charged. For this week’s episode of Apple News In Conversation, we’ve compiled some of the best reads and listens to help you follow what’s happening today.
An Israeli journalist speaks with Radio Atlantic about how his family survived when Hamas attacked their community.
Fox News reporter Trey Yingst takes cover from a Hamas rocket attack during a live report.
On Channel 4 News, a filmmaker shows life inside Gaza: “It feels like the world is collapsing.”
Journalist Maram Humaid documents the bombardment and the sleepless nights in Gaza with a daily diary on Al Jazeera.
The Washington Post shares a timeline of the big turning points and lesser-known moments in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Historian Rashid Khalidi talks about the origins of this conflict on Throughline.
Vox offers an explainer on the militant group Hamas.
The Hamas attack was launched from the Gaza Strip. NBC breaks down what you need to know about this area between Israel and Egypt.
Wall Street Journal correspondent Dov Lieber talks about how Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has shaped this conflict on the What’s News podcast.
The New Yorker’s David Remnick writes about the grief and rage felt by people on both sides of the Israel-Gaza border.
The Washington Post explores why our brains believe lies.
Poynter explains how to avoid false information on social media about the war.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is in conversation from Apple News. I'm Shemeita Basu. Today, a guide to help you understand the Israel Hamas war. |
| 0:14.0 | The news comes out of Israel and Gaza this week has been fast moving and devastating. |
| 0:20.0 | Six a.m. we start to hear all the rockets. We started to hear the gunshots and a lot of people screaming. |
| 0:30.0 | Hamas militants came on a pickup truck. This was the first place where they breached that border wall. |
| 0:37.0 | Another apartment. |
| 0:38.0 | In her the corner. |
| 0:40.0 | It has been incessant. |
| 0:44.0 | We've learned more since Hamas's attack on Israel last weekend about what it was like |
| 0:48.8 | for Israelis under fire and for those whose loved ones were taken hostage by Hamas or went missing or were |
| 0:56.3 | killed. |
| 0:57.3 | My husband is missing. |
| 0:58.8 | I know it's not like a great hope but if I think of the hours that were since the bombing it's too much time for |
| 1:06.7 | him to last so I hope he was kidnapped. |
| 1:09.4 | In Gaza there's been a constant bombardment by Israel in response. |
| 1:14.0 | Israel also cut off food, power, and water to Gaza. |
| 1:18.0 | And while some people have managed to leave, |
| 1:20.0 | most Palestinian civilians have nowhere to go. |
| 1:23.4 | The situation is just getting voiced. |
| 1:27.0 | They're literally nowhere to describe what's happening. |
| 1:29.4 | No electricity, no water, no internet. |
| 1:32.0 | Like almost 90% of Gaza, they don't have connection. |
| 1:34.8 | We can't even call each other. |
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