An Israeli ground invasion of Gaza appears all but set to begin. It’s an invasion that the military has been preparing for since October 7, when Hamas launched an unprecedented attack. That attack was described as a massive failure for a country touted to have some of the best intelligence in the world. So where was that Israeli intelligence? And how did that same intelligence inform Israel's decision to invade Gaza now?

In this episode: 
Youmna ElSayed (@YoumnaElSayed17), Al Jazeera Gaza correspondent
Oren Ziv (@OrenZiv_), Journalist and photographer for +972 Magazine
Hugh Lovatt (@h_lovatt), Senior Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations
Mohannad Sabri (@mmsabry), Journalist and Author of “Sinai: Egypt's Linchpin, Gaza's Lifeline, Israel's Nightmare”
Antony Loewenstein (@antloewenstein), Author of ‘The Palestine Laboratory’

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Amy Walters with David Enders, Ashish Malhotra, and Kevin Hirten, in for our host Malika Bilal. Farhinisa Campana fact-checked this episode.

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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An Israeli ground invasion of Gaza appears all but set to begin. It’s an invasion that the military has been preparing for since October 7, when Hamas launched an unprecedented attack. That attack was described as a massive failure for a country touted to have some of the best intelligence in the world. So where was that Israeli intelligence? And how did that same intelligence inform Israel's decision to invade Gaza now?
In this episode: 
<ul>
<li aria-level="1">Youmna ElSayed (<a href="https://twitter.com/YoumnaElSayed17">@YoumnaElSayed17</a>), Al Jazeera Gaza correspondent</li>
<li aria-level="1">Oren Ziv (<a href="https://twitter.com/OrenZiv_">@OrenZiv_</a>), Journalist and photographer for +972 Magazine</li>
<li aria-level="1">Hugh Lovatt (<a href="https://twitter.com/h_lovatt">@h_lovatt</a>), Senior Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations</li>
<li aria-level="1">Mohannad Sabri (<a href="https://twitter.com/mmsabry">@mmsabry</a>), Journalist and Author of “Sinai: Egypt's Linchpin, Gaza's Lifeline, Israel's Nightmare”</li>
<li aria-level="1">Antony Loewenstein (<a href="https://twitter.com/antloewenstein">@antloewenstein</a>), Author of ‘The Palestine Laboratory’</li>
</ul>
Episode credits:
This episode was produced by Amy Walters with David Enders, Ashish Malhotra, and Kevin Hirten, in for our host Malika Bilal. Farhinisa Campana fact-checked this episode.
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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The Take is a daily interview-driven international news podcast hosted by award-winning journalist Malika Bilal. Each episode focuses on conversations with journalists and people directly impacted by the news of the day, offering our listeners the context necessary to understand what's in the headlines.

With millions of global listens, it's clear the conversations we're having on The Take are worth hearing. And critics think so too. The show has won the Online Journalism Awards, the Signal Awards, Lovie Awards, and Anthem Awards, among others.

The Take is a daily interview-driven international news podcast hosted by award-winning journalist Malika Bilal. Each episode focuses on conversations with journalists and people directly impacted by the news of the day, offering our listeners the context necessary to understand what's in the headlines.
With millions of global listens, it's clear the conversations we're having on The Take are worth hearing. And critics think so too. The show has won the Online Journalism Awards, the Signal Awards, Lovie Awards, and Anthem Awards, among others.

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