Voices from Gaza

The Daily

The New York Times

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🗓️ 16 October 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Warning: This episode contains descriptions of death. As the conflict continues, Israel has blocked food, water and electricity from entering Gaza and has bombarded the area with airstrikes that have killed more than 2,600 Palestinians. Late last week, Israel ordered people in the north of Gaza, nearly half the enclave’s population, to evacuate to the south ahead of an expected Israeli ground invasion. Many in Gaza now fear that this mass expulsion will become permanent. Last week we told the story of a father of four whose kibbutz was attacked by Hamas. Today, we hear from the Gaza residents Abdallah Hasaneen and Wafa Elsaka about what they’ve experienced so far and what they expect will come next. Guest: Abdallah Hasaneen, from the town Rafah in southern Gaza. Wafa Elsaka, a Palestinian-American and one of those who have fled from the north of Gaza over the past few days.

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0:00.0	From the New York Times, I'm Sabrina Tavernici, and this is The Daily.
0:10.7	Last week, we told the story of Golan, a father of four whose kibbutz was attacked by Hamas
0:16.6	terrorists.
0:17.6	It was an attack that killed 1,300 Israelis and prompted Israel's government to say
0:23.5	it will now destroy Hamas, which governs Gaza and its 2 million residents.
0:30.2	Now, we turn to what's happened inside Gaza in the days since that attack.
0:36.6	Israel has prohibited food, water, and electricity from entering the territory, and has bombarded
0:42.8	it with air strikes that have killed more than 2,600 Palestinians.
0:48.8	It last week, the situation grew more dire when Israel ordered people in the north of
0:54.2	Gaza, nearly half the population, to evacuate to the south ahead of an expected Israeli
1:00.5	ground invasion.
1:03.2	Many in Gaza now fear that this mass expulsion will become permanent, reopening the trauma
1:09.9	of Israel's creation in 1948, which displaced more than 700,000 Palestinians.
1:17.8	Today, conversations with two people in Gaza about what they've experienced so far and
1:25.2	what they expect comes next.
1:31.8	It's Monday, October 16th.
1:47.8	Hi, is this Abdallah?
1:54.6	Hi, Abdallah.
1:55.6	My name is Sabrina Tavernisi.
1:57.9	I spoke to Abdallah Sinin on Thursday.
2:00.4	He's 23 years old and lives in southern Gaza, in a town called Rafa.
2:05.0	At that point, people there had endured six straight days of air strikes.
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