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The Take

Brief: Ceasefire talks in Doha, US contractors used live fire in Gaza

The Take

Al Jazeera

Politics, Daily News, News, News Commentary

4.7747 Ratings

🗓️ 6 July 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

As Israel’s war on Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria continues, we’re coming to you on Sundays with a weekly roundup. This week: Ceasefire negotiations continued between Israel and Hamas as Israel's attacks on Gaza continued. US contractors said live ammunition had been used against Palestinians seeking aid in Gaza. Israel continued attacks in Lebanon, including a drone strike on a car near Beirut.

It is day 639 of the war in Gaza, where at least 57,338 Palestinians have been killed. 

In this episode:

  • Hamdah Salhut, (@hamdahsalhut) Al Jazeera  Correspondent
  • Hani Mahmoud, Al Jazeera 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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Transcript

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0:00.0

I'm David Enders, and this is the take.

0:04.8

As Israel's war on Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria continues,

0:08.8

we're coming to you on Sundays with a weekly roundup.

0:13.1

This week, ceasefire negotiations continued between Israel and Hamas,

0:18.1

as Israel's attacks on Gaza continued.

0:27.6

U.S. contractors said live ammunition had been used against Palestinians seeking aid in Gaza. Israel continued attacks in Lebanon, including a drone strike on a car near Beirut.

0:32.6

Today is Sunday, July 6.

0:35.6

It is day 639 of the war in Gaza, where at least 57,338 Palestinians have been killed.

0:47.8

Negotiations were expected on Sunday after Hamas issued a response to a U.S. proposal for a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza.

0:56.2

This is Al Jazeera's Hamda Salhout.

0:59.1

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office released his statements saying that the amendments

1:03.7

Hamas wants to add to this latest proposal are unacceptable to Israel.

1:09.0

But nonetheless, that the Israelis would still be sending a delegation to the Qatari capital Doha on Sunday to meet with those negotiators to try and bridge the gaps between both sides.

1:20.8

Meanwhile, Benjamin Netanyahu himself is headed to Washington to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump.

1:26.6

There's been a lot of pressure on Netanyahu,

1:28.7

both domestic and international. On the domestic front, you have family members of Israeli

1:33.7

captives who've been protesting for nearly 650 days, and you have Netanyahu in the political

1:40.0

arena, his right-wing coalition partners not wanting a deal and wanting assurances from Netanyahu

1:45.9

that the war is not actually going to end. However, there has been some flexibility that's been

1:51.5

shown from the Israeli premiere, a lot of different reports within Israeli media citing the fact

1:57.0

that Netanyahu is finally showing this willingness, and that's because of the

2:01.3

international pressure that Netanyahu is getting from European allies, but also from

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