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🗓️ 30 March 2024
⏱️ 30 minutes
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BBC OS producer Kristina Völk has been following the lives of several people in Gaza since the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war in October last year. They have been in contact with her via voice messages, text updates or chats whenever they are able. Kristina shares the experiences across a timeline of six months of four women: Batool, Sanabel, Aseel and Layan. Kristina guides us through the messages that give a sense of the resilience, fear, strength and despair experienced under the bombardments of war.
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0:24.0 | Hello, I'm Christina Fulk. |
0:26.0 | Welcome to the documentary from the BBC World Service. |
0:30.0 | In BBC OS conversations, we bring people together to share their experiences. |
0:36.0 | This time, it's young women in Gaza who have been telling us the stories of their lives since October last year. |
0:47.0 | I'm one of the producers on the OS team. Since the beginning of the Israel and Hamas war in October last year, |
0:51.0 | I've been following the lives of several people in Gaza when they |
0:55.2 | were able to they have been sending us voice messages and text updates or chats like |
1:00.2 | this one. I asked myself who should I cry for first? |
1:06.6 | You lost your loved ones, you lost your friends, your neighbors, your dreams, everything you can cause. |
1:15.0 | That's Hannibal and we'll hear more from her later. |
1:21.0 | It is now almost six months since the October the 7th |
1:25.2 | attacks on Israel by Hamas which is designated a terrorist organization by |
1:29.9 | many Western countries. The attacks, the deadliest in Israel's history, killed 1,400 people, |
1:37.0 | while 253 others were taken into Gaza as hostages. Israel's bombardment of Gaza that followed has continued since. |
1:45.9 | This has displaced around 80% of the population in territory and according to the Hamasran |
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