Israel/Gaza: What happens when the ceasefire eventually ends?
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The Times
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🗓️ 30 November 2023
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Negotiations to extend the ceasefire continue. But what could happen when the pause in fighting eventually ends? We bring you the view from both sides, with our correspondents in Israel and Gaza.
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- Richard Spencer, foreign correspondent, The Times.
- Amal Helles, The Times’ correspondent in Gaza.
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| 0:25.8 | Search for Trendy wherever you get your podcast. As we record this it is the early hours of Thursday morning in Israel and there is no extension to the |
| 0:45.9 | ceasefire yet though discussions are ongoing between the two sides in Qatar. |
| 0:51.2 | However over the past few days we have seen this incredible pause in the fighting. |
| 0:57.0 | Many Israeli hostages have been returned. Yeah, much, it, much, it, much, it, |
| 1:04.0 | Oh God. |
| 1:05.0 | Oh God. |
| 1:06.0 | Oh, God. |
| 1:08.0 | He He said |
| 1:13.0 | Palestinian prisoners have been released in exchange. And aid, food, |
| 1:16.0 | and aid, food, medical supplies, even fuel has been able to get into Gaza. However, it's not all been good news. |
| 1:37.0 | Hamas put out a statement claiming that the Bebus family, this consists of that 10 month old baby boy, Kfir, |
| 1:49.7 | his four-year-old brother, Ariel, and his mother, Shera, that the three of them had been killed in what |
| 1:57.0 | Hamas called one of the Zionist bombing campaigns. |
| 2:11.0 | So if this is what has been happening in a ceasefire, what happens when the fighting returns? Israel still wants to wipe out Hamas. |
| 2:14.0 | And after this pause to get our people out, the fighting against Hamas will resume. |
| 2:19.0 | And we will continue our campaign until Hamas is destroyed. |
| 2:23.0 | Hamas still wants to wipe out Israel. |
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