What the crater in al-Mawasi means for Israel’s war on Gaza
The Take
Al Jazeera
4.7 • 749 Ratings
🗓️ 13 September 2024
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
At least 19 Palestinians have been killed by an Israeli attack in the crowded al-Mawasi refugee camp. The area had been designated a safe zone by the Israeli military. The attack left craters that were 30 feet deep and 50 feet wide, leading many to believe US-made 2,000 pound bombs were used. What are the fates of the Palestinians with nowhere left to go after this attack?
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In this episode:
- Nils Adler (@nilsadler1), Al Jazeera Journalist
- Tala Herzallah, Displaced Palestinian in al-Mawasi
Episode credits:
This episode was produced by Chloe K. Li and Ashish Malhotra with Hagir Saleh, Shraddha Joshi, Duha Mosaad, Hisham Abu Salah and our host Natasha Del Toro, in for Malika Bilal.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Joe Plourde mixed this episode. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik. Munera Al Dosari and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers.
Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.
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| 0:00.0 | Al Jazeera Podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | Today, an Israeli attack leaves a crater in one of Gaza's last safe zones. |
| 0:16.0 | Palestinians here are telling us they do not know where to go and nowhere is safe across the Gaza Strip. |
| 0:23.7 | The people and the weapons that killed them in Almwasi. |
| 0:29.8 | I'm Natasha D'Oro, and this is the take. |
| 0:45.9 | Al Jazeera's Hind Kudari is one of the few frontline journalists reporting from Gaza on the attack. It was 12.20 a.m. when the Israeli forces carried out a massive attack here in Mawasik and Yunus, in this humanitarian, safe, designated area. |
| 1:01.0 | This hole is after the Israeli forces targeted, these makeshift camps with at least five Israeli airstrikes. |
| 1:13.0 | And as she reports, everything has been hard to recover. |
| 1:17.1 | Civil defense teams are digging with their hands, uncovering clothes, |
| 1:21.9 | ten fragments, slowly identifying those buried deep beneath the earth. |
| 1:26.7 | According to eyewitnesses here, they're saying that at least 20 camps, 2010, sorry, 20 families were living in this area. |
| 1:38.4 | Now, what we also need to know is it took hours for the civil defense teams to rescue those Palestinians trapped under the sand. |
| 1:48.6 | This time, they were trapped under the sand. They were not trapped under the rubble. |
| 1:52.8 | Now, according to the medical teams, they said that at least 60 Palestinians were also injured. |
| 1:58.9 | Although Al-Mawesi was designated a safe zone by Israel, this is not the first attack on the area. |
| 2:05.3 | It's been hit multiple times in recent weeks. |
| 2:08.4 | For the Palestinians who have survived, the immediate challenge is figuring out their next steps and finding a safe place to go. |
| 2:16.4 | That's if a safe place even exists. |
| 2:19.6 | The Israeli warplanes pounded us mercurously. |
| 2:22.7 | A seismic shake. |
| 2:24.3 | We do not know where to go. |
| 2:25.9 | We are living in tents. |
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