Brief: Multiple air strikes on Beirut, Israel admits to arming gangs in Gaza
The Take
Al Jazeera
4.7 • 748 Ratings
🗓️ 8 June 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: Dozens of Palestinians killed across Gaza during the Eid weekend. Israel admits to arming armed gangs in Gaza. Lebanon once again attacked by Israeli forces. It is day 611 of the war in Gaza. At least 54,772 Palestinians have been killed.
In this episode:
- Ibrahim Al-Khalili, (@hemaalkhalili1), Al Jazeera Journalist
- Zeina Khodr, (@ZeinakhodrAljaz), Al Jazeera Senior Correspondent
- Imogen Kimber, (@ImogenKimber), Al Jazeera Senior Producer
- Hamdah Salhut, (@hamdahsalhut), Al Jazeera Correspondent
Episode credits:
This episode was hosted by Nida Ibrahim and produced by Marthe van der Wolf. 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 | Amnida Ibrahim and this is the take. We're coming to you on Sundays with weekly roundups |
| 0:07.9 | as Israel's war on Gaza, Lebanon and Syria continues. Dozens of Palestinians killed across |
| 0:17.2 | Gaza during the Eid weekend. Israel admits to arming armed gangs in Gaza. |
| 0:24.2 | Lebanon once again attacked by Israeli forces. |
| 0:28.5 | Today is Sunday, June 8th. |
| 0:31.0 | It's day 611 of the war in Gaza, |
| 0:35.3 | where at least 54,772 Palestinians have been killed. |
| 0:42.6 | On Saturday, Israeli attacks in Gaza killed 75 Palestinians. |
| 0:48.2 | 16, including six children, were killed in the Gaza city neighborhood of Sabra, |
| 0:53.5 | with dozens trapped under |
| 0:55.6 | the rubble of a building. |
| 0:58.4 | Al Jazeera's Ibrahim al-Khalili reports from Gaza City. |
| 1:02.2 | I'm now standing in a Sabra neighborhood in Gaza City, where Israeli fighters have targeted |
| 1:08.0 | this residential building behind me and flattened it down. |
| 1:11.1 | Many Palestinians have been confirmed killed and dozens were injured and transported to the nearest |
| 1:16.7 | hospital. This is the aftermath of what the residents here are calling one of the deadliest |
| 1:22.6 | attacks as many Palestinians have been confirmed killed due to this brutality of the attack. |
| 1:29.3 | In the light of the ongoing Israeli military's continuation of attacks, |
| 1:33.3 | targeting several areas across the Gaza Strip. |
| 1:36.3 | And worth mentioning is that this is the second day of Eid |
| 1:41.3 | where civilians should be celebrating the holy festivities that should be held, |
| 1:48.0 | but they ended up being targeted and brutally killed. |
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