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Sep 2024
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Israel kills Hezbollah leader Hassan Nas...

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We are coming to you on Sundays with weekly roundups as Israel's war in Gaza and Lebanon continues.  On Friday, Israel killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Lebanon. It is day 359 of the war in Gaza, where more than 42,586 Palestinians have been killed.

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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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