Najla Shawa is getting her young daughters to count the sounds of bombs at night — turning it into a game to try to soothe their fears. Dr. Mohammed Abu Mughaiseeb is navigating rubble-strewn streets to deliver medical aid — made harder now that one of his clinics was damaged in an airstrike. Today, a view from the ground in Gaza.
Yesterday
Portraits of childhood in Gaza
Today, if all goes well, a ceasefire will begin in Gaza.In phase one, Hamas has pledged to return all of the hostages, living and dead. For its part Israel will release hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, while withdrawing troops to an agreed-upon line in Gaza and maintaining majo ... Show More
31m 3s
Oct 9
Inside the shadow war in Ukraine
Beyond the frontlines of the war in Ukraine, a shadow war between the Kremlin and Kyiv is escalating -- with covert assassinations, car bombs, civilian recruitment, and even the involvement of a terrorist group with a history in Canada. Today, national security reporter Ben Makuc ... Show More
21m 35s
Nov 2023
The Horror Inside Gaza’s Hospitals
As fighting continues to rage on the streets of Gaza, hospitals have been pushed to the brink. At the Al-Shifa hospital, doctors say premature babies have been wrapped in foil and placed next to hot water after oxygen supplies ran out. Meanwhile, Israel claims that Hamas is using ... Show More
13m 56s
Dec 2023
Hope Amidst Ruins: Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sitta’s Frontline Testimony in Gaza
For our 100th episode, Diana Buttu speaks with Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sitta, a renowned British-Palestinian doctor. Just two days into Israel's brutal bombing campaign on the Gaza Strip, he decided to head to Gaza to provide life-saving medical treatment to Palestinians. He remained in ... Show More
30m 58s
Oct 2023
Gaza hospital blast; Biden to visit Israel, and more
Gaza’s health ministry, which is run by Hamas, said that hundreds of people were killed in an Israeli air strike on a hospital in Gaza City where Palestinians were receiving treatment or sheltering. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3m 20s
Nov 2023
Raid on Al-Shifa hospital
After weeks of fierce fighting, Hamas says Israel has gained control of Gaza’s main hospital, where thousands of civilians have been sheltering. Many of Al-Shifa's wards are damaged and deserted, and doctors say the hospital's main building has effectively ceased functioning. Isr ... Show More
59m 20s
Oct 2023
Ep.420: “Resto a Gaza fino all’ultima goccia di sangue”
Hana ha 40 anni e ha il cancro. È in una specie di ostello a Ramallah, in Cisgiordania: è il rifugio che per paradosso fa sentire Hana fortunata, perché soltanto la malattia ha permesso loro di essere qui, in un posto sicuro invece che sotto le bombe israeliane che piovono su Gaz ... Show More
10m 58s