Mideast Special: Israeli retaliation after Hamas assault

Global News Podcast

BBC

Daily News, News

4.3 • 8.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

The army is still battling to regain control of the south. Residents are being moved out of towns near the Gaza Strip. In Gaza itself, officials say many civilians have been killed.

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0:00.0	You're listening to a special edition
0:01.5	of the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.
0:06.0	Hello, I'm Oliver Conway.
0:07.4	We are recording this at midday GMT
0:09.4	on Sunday the 8th of October.
0:11.6	More than a day after Hamas militants
0:13.6	launched a surprise attack from Gaza,
0:15.8	gun battles are still raging in southern Israel.
0:18.6	Hundreds of Israelis have been killed
0:20.8	and dozens taken hostage.
0:22.3	It was lying in the front
0:23.7	and they were going three by three, shooting.
0:26.4	Pah, pah, pah, pah, pah, everywhere.
0:28.8	And there's so many people dying all around.
0:31.9	In the Gaza Strip, hundreds of Palestinians
0:34.4	have been killed and thousands
0:36.2	been injured in Israeli airstrikes.
0:38.4	It was described as a slaughterhouse.
0:41.0	There were many dead bodies in the morning
0:42.9	and the medical staff were unable to cope
0:45.4	with the huge influx of the casualties
0:48.2	that they were receiving.
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