October 7, 2023

It’s a date that is now history. Saturday’s Hamas attack sent shockwaves through Israel, Palestine, and the world, 50 years and one day after a war that is etched in memory across the Middle East. Thousands of rockets, followed by an assault by Hamas fighters from land, air, and sea, caught Israel almost completely by surprise. We hear from Al Jazeera journalists in both Gaza and southern Israel about these unprecedented events. We’ll be back with more this week.

In this episode:

• Hoda Abdel Hamid (@HodaAH), Al Jazeera senior correspondent
• Safwat al Kahlout (@safwatkahlout), Al Jazeera producer
• Rob Reynolds (@RobReynoldsAJE), Al Jazeera senior correspondent

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Alexandra Locke and Khaled Soltan, with Sari el Khalili, Zaina Badr, Ashish Malhotra, Fahrinisa Campana, Chloe K. Li, Amy Walters, David Enders, Miranda Lin, Sonia Bhagat and Malika Bilal.

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, and Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.

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