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This Is Why

“The end of a chapter”: Stuart Ramsay on Gaza

This Is Why

Sky News

News Commentary, Daily News, News

4.0552 Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

The Gaza Strip; just 25 miles long and but only seven and a half wide at its broadest point. It’s a sliver of land sandwiched between the Mediterranean and Israel is home to two million people – or at least it was until war between Hamas and Israel broke out.

On the Sky News Daily, host Niall Paterson is joined by our chief correspondent Stuart Ramsay and senior foreign producer Dominique van Heerden on the Israel-Gaza border to paint a picture of how Gaza has changed over their years spent reporting in Palestine.

Senior podcast producer: Annie Joyce
Editor: Paul Stanworth

Transcript

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1:03.6

of the Sky News Daily. I'm Neil Patterson and on today's agenda, Gaza. Now, of course, some of you

1:09.3

will know it better as the Gaza Strip,

1:11.4

and that name really does serve it well. Just 25 miles long, only seven and a half wide at its

1:17.5

broadest point, this sliver of land sandwich between the Mediterranean and Israel, is home to more

1:23.1

than 2 million people, or at least it was, until war between Hamas and Israel broke out.

1:32.3

Why is this happening to us? What have we done to the world this woman screams?

1:38.3

The images plastered over our TV screens, our phones, the newspapers all show the devastation caused by this conflict.

1:46.2

The living grieving their dead, buildings reduced to rubble, the lives of generations torn apart.

1:54.7

Our chief correspondent, Stuart Ramsey and his producer, Dominic Van Heerden,

1:58.4

have reported from inside Gaza since the turn of the century.

2:01.9

They've gotten to know the Palestinian people, and they've certainly seen how Gaza has changed.

2:06.6

And I suppose that is where we must start, what you guys have been seeing.

2:10.2

Gaza's being changed out of all recognition.

2:12.1

And of course, that process is ongoing.

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