The Israeli hostages

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary

4.3 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October 2023, killing more than 1,200 people and taking around 240 hostages, including children and babies, women, and elderly people. The exact numbers are still changing. Some of the hostages have been released under a deal brokered by Qatar, but many remain in captivity inside Gaza. Anna Foster talks to people who were there when the attacks happened at the kibbutzim and the Nova music festival.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Una Chaplin, and I'm the host of a new podcast called Hollywood Exiles.
0:05.0	It tells the story of how my grandfather, Charlie Chaplin, and many others, were caught up in a campaign to root out communism in Hollywood.
0:14.8	Hollywood Exiles from CBC Podcasts and the BBC World Service.
0:19.8	Find it wherever you get your podcasts.
0:28.4	Welcome to the documentary from the BBC World Service.
0:39.4	Our kibut is beautiful. The people are amazing. What happened to it? I have friends who have been murdered. I have friends whose family members are kidnapped.
0:43.6	My children are screaming, don't take them, don't take them.
0:51.8	Don't kill our dad. they are telling them he'll be back we
0:56.1	don't kill we don't kill he'll be back and they drive away the only thing that we heard was that he is alive, but that was long time ago.
1:10.4	No other news unfortunately.
1:13.0	Saturday, October 7th, 2023.
1:21.0	The day starts peacefully, normally, but as dawn breaks, a massacre unfolds.
1:27.0	First, the Palestinian militant group Hamas fires thousands of rockets into the communities of southern Israel.
1:34.0	The barrage provides cover for a terrifying, unprecedented second phase.
1:45.0	Thousands of members of the group, which has designated a terrorist organization by the UK, US, and other countries countries break through the perimeter fence and into Israeli territory.
2:00.0	They film as bulldozers tear away the metal barrier and crowds stream through it.
2:06.3	Some are on motorbikes.
2:08.1	Many more are on foot and they begin to run.
2:19.0	Just a few miles away, hundreds of people have gathered at a music festival. As the rockets fly overhead,
2:21.0	Palestinian gunmen attack the party from several directions.
2:27.0	It was one of the worst days in Israel's history.
2:31.0	Its people killed in cold blood. Hundreds of hostages dragged away. A nation
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