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Apr 2024
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US approves $14 billion to Israel, block...

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About this episode

We are coming to you on Sundays with weekly roundups as Israel's war on Gaza continues. The United States voted against granting Palestinians full UN membership. Israel attacked Iran. The U. S. Congress approved more military aid to Israel. 

It is day 198 of the war. More than 34,000 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed. More than 23,000 of those are women and children At least 8,000 people remain missing.

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This episode was produced and mixed by David Enders.

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik and Adam Abou-Gad is our engagement producer. 

Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.

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