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Podcast: In The News
Episode: Israel-Hamas war: 'a mega-event in the history of the Middle East'
Description: On Saturday morning, Hamas launched an unprecedented offensive by land, sea and air into Israel. A catastrophic failure by Israeli intelligence, the attack left hundreds dead, even more injured and an unknown number of hostages of all ages taken over the border into Gaza. One of the missing is a young Irish-Israeli woman, 22-year-old Kim Damti, who was at the festival in the desert on Saturday when it was attacked by Hamas insurgents. By the end of the day the bodies of 260 young festival-goers had been counted.Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared...