Israel renewed and intensified its bombardment of Beirut’s suburbs this week, assassinating Mohamed Afif, Hezbollah’s chief spokesman, on Sunday. As ceasefire negotiations proceed, is that this an escalation in violence that may precede a diplomatic breakthrough – or simply an escalation?
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– Maya Gebeilly, Reuters Bureau Chief for Lebanon, Syria & Jordan
Episode credit:
This episode was produced by David Enders and Chloe Okay. Li, with Duha Mosaad, Hagir Saleh, Cole van Miltenburg, and our host, Kevin Hirten. It was edited by Alexandra Locke.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our video editor is Hisham Abu Salah. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s govt producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.