Israel pushes deeper into Gaza
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
4.4 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 31 October 2023
⏱️ 9 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Israeli ground forces pushed deeper into the Gaza Strip on Monday, General Motors has reached a tentative deal with the United Auto Workers union, and the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, is now valued at $19bn, the company told employees. Plus, the FT’s Stefania Palma explains how Alphabet chief executive Sundar Pichai’s testimony before the US Department of Justice went on Monday.
Mentioned in this podcast:
The tactics behind Israel’s ground offensive
US autoworker strike nears end as GM reaches tentative deal with UAW
Sundar Pichai acknowledges Google search default deals were ‘very valuable’
Elon Musk’s X says it is worth $19bn one year after acquisition
The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help by Monica Lopez, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music.
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Good morning from the Financial Times. |
| 0:04.6 | Today is Tuesday, October 31st, and this is your FT News briefing. |
| 0:09.8 | Israel is pushing deeper into Gaza, and it seems like the US auto worker strike is coming |
| 0:15.2 | to an end. |
| 0:16.2 | Plus, the head of Alphabet testified before the US Department of Justice yesterday will |
| 0:21.1 | take a look at how the anti-trust case is going. |
| 0:24.3 | I'm Mark Filipino, and here's the news you need to start your day. |
| 0:30.0 | The Israeli military said it deployed more troops, armor, and artillery into Gaza yesterday, |
| 0:46.0 | and that it killed dozens of Hamas militants while fighting in the territory. |
| 0:50.5 | This is part of its expanded ground presence in Gaza, that Israel has been signaling for |
| 0:55.1 | weeks. |
| 0:56.1 | The FT's defense and security correspondent, John Paul Rathbone, is here to explain |
| 0:59.7 | the latest phase of the war. |
| 1:01.2 | Hi, JP. |
| 1:02.2 | Hi, Mark. |
| 1:03.2 | JP, I think it would help people understand this conflict better if they knew more about |
| 1:09.2 | the two armies. |
| 1:10.2 | How would you describe Hamas and Israel's armies? |
| 1:14.9 | So Hamas can count on around 30, 40,000 fighters. |
| 1:20.3 | They have a large arsenal of rockets and anti-tank weapons. |
| 1:25.9 | It's essentially a guerrilla warfare against them. |
| 1:29.3 | You've got the Israeli army, the most powerful military force in the Middle East. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Forhecz Topher, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Forhecz Topher and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.