Brief: Israel escalates strikes in Syria and seizes territory
The Take
Al Jazeera
4.7 • 748 Ratings
🗓️ 15 December 2024
⏱️ 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: Israel killed dozens in north Gaza. Israel escalated its bombing of Syria. Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial continued. It is day 436 of the war in Gaza, where at least 44,835 Palestinians have been killed.
In this episode:
- Ibrahim Al Khalili, (@hema.alkhalili) Al Jazeera Correspondent
- Muntasir Abou Nabout, Al Jazeera Correspondent
- Resul Serdar, (@ResulSerdarAtas) Al Jazeera Correspondent
- Nour Odeh, (@nour_odeh) Al Jazeera Correspondent
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. |
| 0:05.0 | We're coming to you on Sundays with weekly roundups as Israel's war in Gaza and Lebanon continues. |
| 0:12.0 | Israel killed dozens in North Gaza. |
| 0:17.0 | Israel escalated its bombing of Syria. Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial continued. |
| 0:24.6 | Today is Sunday, December 15. |
| 0:27.6 | It is day 436 of the war in Gaza, where more than 44,835 Palestinians have been killed. |
| 0:36.6 | Israeli forces continued opposition. 835 Palestinians have been killed. |
| 0:44.6 | Israeli forces continued operations in northern Gaza this week, striking a school sheltering refugees and killing dozens. |
| 0:47.8 | Al Jazeera's Ibrahim al-Khalili spoke to survivors of an attack in Gaza City on Saturday. |
| 0:53.8 | The Israeli warplanes have targeted this sheltered school, which is children in thousands of |
| 0:59.0 | Palestinians who have been forcibly displaced. |
| 1:02.0 | We were in the queue to fetch water, and suddenly there was a huge explosion that shook the entire area. |
| 1:08.0 | After the dust settled, we found innocent people who were killed and injured. |
| 1:11.6 | Those who were killed and injured were neighbors and relatives. |
| 1:14.6 | We communicated with the ambulance service and the civil defense, but they arrived late. |
| 1:18.6 | This place is a shelter for two or three thousand displaced people. |
| 1:22.6 | The majority are from the north, where we were forced to evacuate by the occupation |
| 1:26.6 | who told us that |
| 1:28.0 | this place, namely Western Gaza, was safe. We moved to Western Gaza, but they followed us |
| 1:34.3 | to Western Gaza. Israel has expanded its occupation of the Syrian Golan Heights. Al Jazeera's |
| 1:42.0 | Manthasar Abu Nabud reported from Kunaitra near Syria's border with Israel. |
| 1:47.0 | We're at the center of Kunetra governorate in the southwestern part of Syria. |
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