Brief: 10 Israeli soldiers killed, Gaza marks bleak Eid al-Adha
The Take
Al Jazeera
4.7 • 748 Ratings
🗓️ 16 June 2024
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Summary
As Israel’s war on Gaza continues, we're coming to you on Sundays with a weekly roundup. This week: Ten Israeli soldiers died on Saturday. Refugees in Gaza weathered another heat wave. Ceasefire negotiations appear to have reached an impasse. Ceasefire negotiations appear to have reached an impasse. Today is Sunday, June 16. It is day 254 of the war. At least 37,000 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed.
In this episode:
- Akram Al Satarri, Freelance journalist
- Imran Khan, (@ajimran), Al Jazeera Senior Correspondent
- Zeina Khodr, (@ZeinakhodrAljaz), Al Jazeera Correspondent
Episode credits:
This episode was produced and mixed by David Enders. Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik and Adam Abou-Gad is our engagement producer. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm David Enders, and this is The Take. We are coming to you on Sundays with weekly |
| 0:08.2 | roundups as Israel's war in Gaza continues. Ten Israeli soldiers died on Saturday. Refugees in |
| 0:18.0 | Gaza weathered another heat wave. Ceasefire negotiations appear to have reached an impasse. |
| 0:24.6 | Today is Sunday, June 16. |
| 0:26.6 | It is day 254 of the war. |
| 0:29.6 | More than 37,000 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed. |
| 0:37.7 | At least 10 Israeli soldiers were killed on Saturday in Gaza, |
| 0:41.6 | eight in a single attack in the city of Rafa that was claimed by Hamas. |
| 0:46.2 | This is journalist Akram al-Satari in Han Yunus, to the north of Rafa. |
| 0:50.7 | Situation is extremely tense, and it continues to be tense, |
| 0:56.0 | and the Israeli occupation forces have been targeting all different geographical zones in Gaza. |
| 1:00.0 | In some of the areas, the situation is more tense than others and the bombardment is more |
| 1:05.0 | intensified than others. |
| 1:06.0 | Like in Rafah, there is continuous bombardment and destruction of the full residential blocks, |
| 1:13.6 | and this is a replication of the policy and strategy that was followed by the Israeli army in all different areas. |
| 1:23.6 | Temperatures in Gaza reached 35 degrees this week, further compounding the misery of hundreds |
| 1:32.5 | of thousands of people who no longer have anything more than a tent for shelter. |
| 1:36.8 | Gaza also continues to suffer from severe water shortages, and uncollected solid waste is becoming |
| 1:42.1 | an increasingly serious health threat. |
| 1:44.3 | Guarans who have been displaced for the seventh or eight times in the last eight months |
| 1:48.7 | are facing some great challenge with the summer starting the very hot season where they are living |
| 1:55.9 | in tents that are not standard tents for the summer. |
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