Brief: Israel and US continue to strike in Iran, Israel closes all Gaza crossings
The Take
Al Jazeera
4.7 • 748 Ratings
🗓️ 8 March 2026
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Summary
This week: 158 days into a ceasefire, Israel has killed at least 640 Palestinians in Gaza. Israel and US continue to strike in Iran, Israel closes all Gaza crossings. Lebanon’s central Beirut bombed by Israel.
Israel has killed more than 72,123 Palestinians in Gaza since October 7th, 2023.
In this episode:
- Mohamed Vall, Al Jazeera Journalist
- Zeina Khodr, (@ZeinakhodrAljaz) Al Jazeera Correspondent
- Hind Al Khoudary, (@Hind_Gaza) Al Jazeera Correspondent
- Zein Basravi, @virtualzein) Al Jazeera Senior Correspondent
Episode credits:
This episode was produced and mixed by Marthe van der Wolf. Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Andrew Greiner and Munera AlDosari is our engagement producer. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer.
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| 0:00.0 | Al Jazeera Podcasts. |
| 0:08.0 | I'm Martha Van der Wals and this is the take. |
| 0:11.8 | As Israel's war on Gaza continues, we're coming to you on Sundays with a weekly roundup. |
| 0:19.6 | This week, 158 days into a ceasefire, Israel has killed at least 640 Palestinians in Gaza. |
| 0:28.6 | Israel and the United States continue to strike Iran. |
| 0:33.6 | All crossings in and out of Gaza closed by Israel. Lebanon's central Beirut bound by Israel. |
| 0:41.3 | Today's Sunday, March 8. |
| 0:44.3 | Israel has killed at least 72,000 123 Palestinians in Gaza since October 7, 2023. |
| 0:53.3 | Israel and the United States continue Gaza since October 7, 2023. |
| 0:59.4 | Israel and the United States continue to strike Iran in what is now the second week of the war. |
| 1:02.9 | Targeted hits on oil storage and refinery facilities in Iran |
| 1:06.6 | caused large fires across the capital city. |
| 1:10.8 | Al Jazeera's Mohammed Val has more from Iran. You can see behind me caused large fires across the capital city. |
| 1:13.6 | Al Jazeera's Mohamed Val has more from Dharan. |
| 1:19.4 | You can see behind me the Shaharay refinery that's about 20 plus kilometers from here. |
| 1:25.7 | Still smoke rising, even after 10 hours from the beginning of the, when it was hit. |
| 1:30.3 | That was something the Iranians are not used to in this war. They have seen it now, in front of their own eyes. |
| 1:32.3 | It's very frightening. |
| 1:34.3 | It's promising more problems for the civilians. |
| 1:37.3 | The war is developing into something that is going to be very nasty |
| 1:40.3 | for the civilian population. |
| 1:42.3 | Population of Iran is 90 million people. |
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