Brief: Trump gives Iran a 48hr ultimatum, Israel is intensifying attacks on Gaza
The Take
Al Jazeera
4.7 • 748 Ratings
🗓️ 22 March 2026
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
This week: 172 days into a ceasefire, Israel has killed at least 677 Palestinians in Gaza. Trump has given Iran a 48-hour ultimatum. Israel is intensifying attacks on Gaza. Israel has launched an incursion into Lebanon. Israel has killed more than 72,253 Palestinians in Gaza since October 7th, 2023.
In this episode:
- Mohamed Vall, Al Jazeera Correspondent
- Zein Basravi, (@virtualzein) Al Jazeera Correspondent
- Tareq Abu Azzoum, (@abuoazzum) Al Jazeera Senior Correspondent
- Zeina Khodr, (@ZeinakhodrAljaz) 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. |
| 0:07.2 | I'm Martha Vanderwolf and this is the take. |
| 0:11.0 | As Israel's war on Gaza continues, we're coming to you on Sundays with a weekly roundup. |
| 0:19.3 | This week, 172 days into a ceasefire, Israel has killed at least 677 Palestinians in Gaza. |
| 0:29.6 | Trump has given Iran a 48-hour ultimatum. |
| 0:34.6 | Israel is intensifying attacks on Gaza. Israel has launched an incursion into Lebanon. |
| 0:41.3 | Today's Sunday, March 22, |
| 0:45.3 | Israel has killed at least 72,253 Palestinians in Gaza since October 7, 2023. |
| 0:57.0 | Israel and the United States are still striking Iran in what is now the fourth week of the war. |
| 1:05.0 | On Saturday, U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to attack Iran's power plans |
| 1:10.0 | if it didn't open the Strait |
| 1:12.4 | of Ormuz within 48 hours. |
| 1:15.7 | Iran responded by threatening retaliation attacks on U.S. fuel and energy infrastructure in |
| 1:21.1 | the region. |
| 1:22.9 | Al Jazeera's Mohammed Valle has morphedan on what Trump's threat could mean for Iran. |
| 1:29.0 | It will disrupt normal life in the country, depending on the extent of the damage that will be |
| 1:34.8 | inflicted on these power plants. |
| 1:37.3 | Particularly, he talked about the largest ones, and understandably the largest one would be |
| 1:41.5 | ones would be those serving the biggest cities, |
| 1:45.0 | including the capital of Tehran, with several million people living in this city. |
| 1:50.0 | We don't know how many power plants will be destroyed. |
| 1:53.0 | The country has lots of them, a little less than 500 actually scattered across the country, |
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