The Take
Episodes
Piling corpses and dying babies: al-Shifa hospital’s catastrophe
20 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
'Darkest days' in history, says a doctor who once worked at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza. Patients, medical staff, and displaced people were evacuated fr...
Brief: Blood, grief, and checkpoints mark the road out of northern Gaza
19 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We are bringing you updates on Saturday and Sunday as Israel's ground invasion of Gaza continues. Updates on Khan Younis in southern Gaza, al-Shifa Ho...
Brief: Thousands forced to flee from Gaza's largest hospital
18 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We are bringing you updates on Saturday and Sunday as Israel's ground invasion of Gaza continues. Updates from al-Shifa Hospital and Jabalia refugee c...
Will a partition bring peace to Sudan?
17 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Sudanese Armed Forces have set up base in east Sudan - with the opposing Rapid Support Forces setting up in the west. With the war escalating, wil...
The Hamas tunnels and al-Shifa Hospital
16 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
While hundreds of sick and wounded Palestinians are actively seeking shelter at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza, Israeli forces have launched a full-scale m...
Detained, tortured and banned: Workers from Gaza in Israel
15 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Following the events of October 7, thousands of Palestinians who were from Gaza and working in Israel were suddenly labeled illegal and detained witho...
What can protests do to block military aid from the US to Israel?
14 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Activists in the United States got a tip that a US military cargo ship was transporting arms to Israel and tried to stop it. As US President Joe Biden...
Forced to leave Pakistan, where can Afghan refugees go?
13 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Four million Afghans seeking refuge in Pakistan have been caught up in a government crackdown on immigration. What choices are left for those being fo...
Brief: Al Shifa Hospital goes dark, UN bombed, West Bank raids continue
12 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We are bringing you updates on Saturday and Sunday as Israel's ground invasion of Gaza continues. In this episode: Updates from Al Shifa Hospital and...
Brief: Tens of thousands trapped in Gaza hospital sieges
11 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We are bringing you updates on Saturday and Sunday as Israel's ground invasion of Gaza continues. In this episode: Updates from Al Shifa Hospital in ...
Arrests and harassment threaten Palestinians in Israel
10 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Prominent Palestinians in Israel were arrested on Thursday for planning a small anti-war protest. For the last month, people have grappled with rising...
Gaza hospitals on the brink of collapse
09 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As Israel’s bombardment of the Gaza Strip shows no signs of abating, humanitarian organizations warn of an imminent and total collapse of Gaza’s h...
Diaries of the war on Gaza
08 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve been receiving voice notes from our journalists in Gaza for just over a month, since Israel’s war on Gaza began following Hamas’s attack o...
US protestors show up for Palestine. What will Biden do next?
07 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
US President Joe Biden’s support for Israel’s war on Gaza has prompted the biggest protests in support of Palestine in US history, all while suppo...
A history of Gaza’s worst and best days
06 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On the coast of the Mediterranean Sea lies Gaza, a land that insists on living. Gaza is currently facing a war like nothing its people have seen befor...
Brief: Demonstrations in US as Gaza refugee camps bombed again
05 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We are bringing you updates on Saturday and Sunday as Israel's ground invasion of Gaza continues. In this episode: Updates from Gaza, the Occupied We...
Brief: Palestinians in Gaza say nowhere is safe
04 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We are bringing you updates on Saturday and Sunday as Israel's ground invasion of Gaza evolves. In this episode: Updates from Gaza, the occupied West...
Inside the West Bank’s surging settler violence
03 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
‘Wait for the Great Nakba’ – a warning of forced mass displacement that vigilante settlers have been spreading, as Israeli violence against Pale...
What do Russia and China think of the Israeli war on Gaza?
02 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Russia and China have staked a careful position in the war between Israel and Hamas. Both have complex relationships with Israel and Palestine and the...