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Feb 2024
34m 21s

A diary of war: Three months in Gaza

THE TIMES
About this episode

Palestinian journalist Amal Helles has been reporting for The Times and The Sunday Times from Gaza since the Hamas attacks on Israel, and the beginning of the conflict in October. Foreign journalists aren't allowed unaccompanied into the territory, where she lives with her husband and two small children. So we’ve been talking to her via WhatsApp voice notes about life amid food shortages, bombing and evacuation.

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Guest: Amal Helles, journalist, The Times and The Sunday Times.

Host and Producer: Olivia Case.

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