Brief: Israeli plans for Gaza City, Lebanon to disarm Hezbollah
The Take
Al Jazeera
4.7 • 748 Ratings
🗓️ 10 August 2025
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
This week: Israel announced plans to occupy Gaza City. An NGO has called US-backed aid distribution sites in Gaza "orchestrated killing". Lebanon's government says it will disarm Hezbollah by the end of the year. It is day 674 of the war in Gaza, where at least 61,369 Palestinians have been killed.
In this episode:
- Ibrahim al Khalili, Al Jazeera Correspondent
- Behdad Mahichi, Al Jazeera Producer
- 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 Munera AlDosari 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. |
| 0:05.7 | As Israel's war on Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria continues, |
| 0:10.0 | were coming to you on Sundays with a weekly roundup. |
| 0:14.3 | This week, Israel announced plans to occupy Gaza's city. |
| 0:19.7 | An NGO has called U.S.-backed aid distribution sites in Gaza orchestrated killing. |
| 0:26.1 | Lebanon's government says it will disarm Hasbullah by the end of the year. |
| 0:30.6 | Today is Sunday, August 10. |
| 0:32.5 | It is day 674 of the war in Gaza, where at least 61,369 Palestinians have been killed. |
| 0:45.3 | On Friday, Israel's security cabinet announced its intention to militarily occupy Gaza's city. |
| 0:52.3 | Al Jazeera's Ibrahim al-Halili spoke to people there who said they have no intention |
| 0:56.6 | of leaving, whatever the difficulties. |
| 0:59.6 | Many have already been displaced multiple times by previous Israeli offensives there. |
| 1:05.4 | And much of Gaza City tents have replaced homes. |
| 1:10.2 | Life is fragile, yet resilience runs deep. |
| 1:14.6 | Every damaged wall is a scar till in a story of survival. |
| 1:19.6 | Despite Israel's plan to seize control of this city, many are refusing to leave. |
| 1:26.6 | Mom Omran lives here with her six-year-old son and her mother, Umyaasar. |
| 1:32.3 | They say go south, go to Al Mawasi, but there's nowhere safe anymore. |
| 1:39.3 | North, south, east or west. No one and nowhere is safe. We will stay here. |
| 1:46.0 | Sayyad says he has been forcibly displaced more than ten times. |
| 1:52.0 | He too refuses to go south. |
| 1:56.0 | We've been displaced ten times. |
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