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May 2021
21m 56s

Surviving on the ground in Gaza

Al Jazeera
About this episode

Israeli air strikes in Gaza have killed more than 200 people over the past ten days. Many of us have watched this crisis unfold on our screens, as rockets fire, bombs detonate and buildings collapse.  Today we’re going closer to the ground to speak to the people living in this war zone each and every day.

In this episode: Nada Nabil (@NadaNabilHRD), a Gazan human rights activist; Noureddine Abusamra, Gazan resident; Matthias Schmale (@matzschmale) , Gaza Director of UNRWA; Midhat Abbas, Consultant to the Gaza Health Ministry

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