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Oct 2025
5m 46s

Brief: Palestinians hope for aid, return...

Al Jazeera
About this episode

This week: After a ceasefire that began on Friday, many Palestinians in Gaza are going home as both sides wait for an expected release of prisoners and captives. It is day 737 of the war on Gaza, where more than 67,000 Palestinians have been killed.

In this episode:

  • Hani Mahmoud, Al Jazeera Correspondent
  • Hind Khoudary, (@Hind_Gaza) Al Jazeera Correspondent
  • Tareq Abu Azzoum, (@abuoazzum) Al Jazeera Correspondent

Episode credits:

This episode was produced and mixed by David Enders. Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Andrew Greiner and Munera AlDosari 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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