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Israel Prepares Gaza City Takeover

Amanpour

CNN

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4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

The Israeli military is calling up more than 60,000 army reservists ahead of the planned takeover and occupation of Gaza City. Gaza City is one of the most densely populated areas of Gaza, and officials there are calling for international intervention, fearing for what will likely be the forced displacement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinian civilians. Paula Hancocks joins the show to discuss.  Also on today's show: Director Julia Loktev and her co-director, Russian journalist Anna Nemzer, discuss their new documentary "My Undesirable Friends"; Christopher Sabatini, Senior Fellow for Latin America, Chatham House  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello everyone and welcome to Ammanpur. Here's what's coming up.

0:07.0

60,000 reservists are being called up in Israel ahead of the planned takeover of Gaza City.

0:12.0

Paula Hancock's reports.

0:14.0

Then, My Undesirable Friends, a new documentary exploring Russia's brutal crackdown on free speech. I speak with director Julia Loughlinv and journalist Anna Nemser.

0:25.6

Also ahead, Bolivia swings right into its general election,

0:29.6

the latest Latin American country to reject left-wing politics.

0:33.6

Regional expert Christopher Sabatini will be weighing in. Plus, with the Edinburgh Festival

0:40.3

in full swing, we look back at my conversation with its director, the Grammy-winning violinist,

0:46.3

Nicola Benedetti. Welcome to the program, everyone. I'm Biana Goldriga in New York, sitting in for Christian Ammanpur.

1:08.0

We begin in Israel where the military is calling up more than 60,000 army reservists ahead of the

1:13.6

plan, takeover and occupation of Gaza City.

1:16.6

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says this new escalation is to secure the release

1:20.6

of the remaining hostages and destroy Hamas.

1:23.6

But Gaza City is one of the most densely populated areas of the enclave. And officials there are calling for international intervention, fearing what will likely be the forced displacement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinian civilians, many of whom have already been displaced many times over. This says Qatar and Egyptian officials continue to push forward a diplomatic route out of the war

1:45.3

and are currently awaiting Israel's response to their new ceasefire deal which Hamas agreed to on

1:50.5

Monday. But with no end in sight yet to the conflict for those living in the rubble of what was

1:55.4

once Gaza's biggest city, this next phase is a terrifying prospect as CNN's Paula Hancock's reports.

2:03.6

Gaza City is more like a tent city these days.

2:06.6

Buildings that are still standing are damaged.

2:09.6

Some appear dangerously close to collapse, but even this scene of ruin is now changing.

2:15.6

Montasa Abu al-Sadegh is one of many packing up his makeshift home,

2:19.3

planning to flee Gaza City with whatever he and his family can carry ahead of a planned

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