A view from Gaza
The Story
The Times
3.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 19 May 2021
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Two-hundred Palestinians, including fifty-nine children have been killed in Israel's bombardment of the Gaza strip over the last week. Despite mounting global pressure on Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the exchange of rocket fire between Israel and Hamas looks likely to continue. Today we hear one woman's story as she and her family take shelter in the same home.
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Guest: Malak Mattar, Palestinian artist and student based in Gaza.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Clips used: CBC, Global News, BBC, Channel 4, Anadolu Agency, Middle East Eye, Instagram: @Malak_Mattar_Artist, White House, Instagram: @Tamer.Makalda, Instagram: @theimeu, Al Jazeera English.
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| 0:00.0 | In Gaza, every day brings more bombs, more destruction, and a growing death toll. |
| 0:10.6 | More than 200 Palestinians, including 59 children, have already been killed in the Israeli |
| 0:17.2 | bombardment over the last week. |
| 0:19.6 | Imagine getting locked in a place not electricity, barely any food, and bombing every single |
| 0:26.2 | day every single night. |
| 0:28.0 | On the other side, 10 Israelis, including two children, have been killed by Hamas rockets. |
| 0:35.3 | President Joe Biden has joined the international clamor calling for a ceasefire. |
| 0:41.4 | But the bloodshed looks likely to continue. |
| 0:44.4 | You just feel that your heart is pristing out of anger and suffocation and injustice. |
| 0:51.6 | Increasingly, Middle East watches say a ceasefire alone wouldn't be enough. |
| 0:57.4 | While the situation on the ground in the besieged Gaza Strip is improved, the stage will |
| 1:03.6 | always be set for another war. |
| 1:07.1 | So what is life like in Gaza when the bombs are raining down and when they're not? |
| 1:16.0 | You're listening to stories of our times from the times in the Sunday Times. |
| 1:19.8 | I'm Manvina Rana. |
| 1:21.5 | Today, the view from Gaza. |
| 1:35.0 | Hello? |
| 1:37.0 | Yes, I can hear you now. |
| 1:38.5 | Thank you so much for this. |
| 1:39.9 | Definitely. |
| 1:40.6 | That's Merleck-Matar. |
| 1:42.3 | We've been trying to connect for a while. |
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