Brief: No peace talks between US and Iran. Israel intensifies its attacks on Gaza.
The Take
Al Jazeera
4.7 • 747 Ratings
🗓️ 26 April 2026
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
This week, 207 days into a ceasefire, Israel has killed at least 809 Palestinians in Gaza. No peace talks between US and Iran. Israel intensifies its attacks on Gaza. Israeli settlers fire at a school in the occupied West Bank. Israel has killed at least 72,585 Palestinians in Gaza since October 7th, 2023.
In this episode:
- Osama Bin Javid, (osamabinjavaid), Al Jazeera Correspondent
- Zeina Khdor, (@zeinakhodraljaz), Al Jazeera Correspondent
- Hind Khadoury, (@hind_gaza), Al Jazeera Correspondent
- Nour Odeh, (@nourodeh), Al Jazeera Correspondent
- Nida Ibrahim, (@nida_journo), Al Jazeera 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. |
| 0:07.0 | I'm Martha Vanderwolf and this is the take. |
| 0:11.5 | As Israel's war on Gaza continues, we're coming to you on Sundays with a weekly roundup. |
| 0:18.5 | This week, 207 days into a ceasefire, Israel has killed at least 809 Palestinians in Gaza. |
| 0:28.5 | No peace talks between U.S. and Iran. |
| 0:32.5 | Israel intensifies its attacks on Gaza. |
| 0:36.6 | Israeli settlers fire at a school in the occupied West Bank. |
| 0:41.4 | Today's Sunday, April 26th, Israel has killed at least 72,000, 585 Palestinians in Gaza since |
| 0:51.4 | October 7, 2023. |
| 0:55.0 | It's day 58 of the U.S. Israeli War on Iran. |
| 1:00.0 | U.S. President Donald Trump called off peace talks at the last moment. |
| 1:05.0 | They were scheduled to continue in Pakistan this weekend. |
| 1:09.0 | The Iranians said no formal talks were scheduled in the first place. |
| 1:14.9 | Al Jazeera's Osama bin Javid reports from Islamabad. |
| 1:18.8 | We've been told by various diplomats that diplomacy is not dead despite the setback that |
| 1:25.4 | has come here. |
| 1:26.4 | It appears that the Pakistanis are not given up hope in the whole peace process. |
| 1:31.3 | It is going to take time. We've been told that diplomacy is not an event, but a process, |
| 1:38.3 | and that process continues behind closed doors. |
| 1:40.3 | It will be now a wait and see process on how the Iranians react to the latest statement |
| 1:47.0 | by the US President to pick up the phone and call him if they need to talk. |
| 1:54.0 | The so-called yellow line imposed by Israel in Lebanon continues to raise fears of a long-term occupation. |
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