Brief: Trump sets new deadline for Iran. Israel passes death penalty law for Palestinians.
The Take
Al Jazeera
4.7 • 748 Ratings
🗓️ 5 April 2026
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
This week: 186 days into a ceasefire, Israel has killed at least 713 Palestinians in Gaza. Trump sets new deadline for Iran. Israel passes death penalty for Palestinians. Gaza yellow line continues to extend. Israel has killed at least 72,289 Palestinians in Gaza since October 7th, 2023.
In this episode:
- Tohid Asadi, Al Jazeera Correspondent
- Hani Mahmoud, Al Jazeera Correspondent
- John Hendren, (@johnhendren)Al Jazeera Correspondent
- Nida Ibrahim, (@nida_journo), Al Jazeera Correspondent
- Malik Traina, 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. |
| 0:05.0 | 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. |
| 0:18.0 | This week, 186 days into a ceasefire, Israel has killed at least 713 Palestinians in Gaza. |
| 0:30.6 | Trump sets new deadline for Iran. |
| 0:33.6 | Israel passes debt penalty law for Palestinians. Gaza Yellow Line continues to extend. |
| 0:41.3 | Today's Sunday, April 5th, Israel has killed at least 72,289 Palestinians in Gaza since October 7, |
| 0:53.3 | 2023. Israel and the United States Palestinians in Gaza since October 7, 2023. |
| 1:03.1 | Israel and the United States continue to strike Iran in what is now the sixth week of the war. |
| 1:13.5 | U.S. President Donald Trump set another ultimatum on Saturday, saying Iran has 48 hours to make a deal and open the Strait of Ormuse. |
| 1:15.2 | This is the fourth time Trump has set a deadline. |
| 1:19.1 | Al Jazeera's Tohid Asadi is in the Iranian capital Tehran. |
| 1:24.1 | Tehran is taking these threats very seriously, specifically seeing the developments over the past one week or two, |
| 1:30.3 | and the very fact that right now we see an extension when it comes to the scope of the American and Israeli air strikes, |
| 1:37.3 | targeting the very infrastructure and infrastructurally significant points, you know, steel companies, cereal, as well as hospitals, |
| 1:46.9 | schools, and other important facilities such as a bridge that happened to be targeted the other |
| 1:54.1 | day, the important pharmaceutical size, and the list goes on and on to include other infrastructure inside the country. |
| 2:03.6 | And this is obviously very much important, very much dangerous. |
| 2:07.6 | Still, what we hear from the Iranian side is the message of resilience and defiance. |
| 2:15.6 | One USF-15 fighter jet and two aircraft were shot down by Iran over the weekend. |
| 2:23.3 | The United States says it rescued two crew members from southwestern Iran. |
| 2:29.3 | Al Jazeera's John Hendren has more from Washington, D.C. Well, this was a daring rescue operation deep over hostile territory, |
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