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The Take

Brief: New Israeli offensive in Gaza kills more than 300 in three days

The Take

Al Jazeera

Daily News, News, News Commentary, Politics

4.7748 Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 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: Israel began a new military operation in Gaza, killing more than 300 Palestinians since Thursday. Earlier in the week, Israel bombed two hospitals, killing a journalist it had previously wounded. It is day 590 of the war in Gaza, where more than 53,272 Palestinians have been killed.

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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.

0:03.0

We're coming to you on Sundays with weekly roundups, as Israel's war in Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria continues.

0:11.0

Israel began a new military operation in Gaza, killing more than 300 Palestinians since Thursday.

0:19.0

Earlier in the week, Israel bombed two hospitals, killing a journalist

0:23.4

it had previously wounded. Today is Sunday, May 18. It is day 590 of the war in Gaza, where

0:32.2

more than 53,272 Palestinians have been killed.

0:44.3

Israel killed at least 78 Palestinians in Gaza in pre-dawn strikes on Sunday. The bombardment, which some have said is the most intense since Israel's war on Gaza began,

0:49.3

comes as the Israeli military mobilizes for a new ground assault.

0:53.3

On Saturday, Al Jazeera's Moav Al-Kalut reported from Jabilia refugee camp in northern Gaza as

1:00.3

a distraught father attempted to rescue his children from under the rubble of their home.

1:05.7

These people were preparing themselves to flee from Jabilia refugee camp, but the Israel army couldn't wait

1:12.4

and killed them at once here in their homes and their houses here in this area.

1:20.6

My children are still under there. I don't know what to do. I'd gone to get a car to leave the

1:25.2

area. While I was standing in the street telling the driver to come and get us,

1:29.3

I don't know what happened next.

1:31.3

My wife and kids are still under there, poor souls, still children,

1:34.3

three years old, five years old and nine years old.

1:37.3

And before this, my daughter, my sisters and my mother

1:40.3

were martyred in a massacre at the beginning of the war.

1:43.3

And now again, the driver is still calling me saying he's on the way to pick us up.

1:48.4

I want to get them out, but I don't know how.

1:50.9

I'm in shock from what happened.

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