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Feb 2025
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Brief: Nasrallah buried in Beirut, Israe...

Al Jazeera
About this episode

As Israel’s war on Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria continues, we're coming to you on Sundays with a weekly roundup. This week: A funeral for Hassan Nasrallah is being held in Beirut. Israel delayed the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. It is day 506 of the war in Gaza, where more than 48,319 Palestinians have been killed.

In this episode:

  • Assed Baig, (@AssedBaig) Al Jazeera Correspondent
  • Nour Odeh, (@nour_odeh) Al Jazeera Correspondent
  • Tareq Abu Azzoum, (@TareqAzzom) Al Jazeera Correspondent 

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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