Will Israel invade Rafah? 1.5 million Palestinians are trapped at Gaza’s southernmost point, after being pushed there during months of relentless Israeli attacks. That’s put the spotlight on Egypt, which shares a border and complicated history with Gaza.

In this episode:

Mirette F. Mabrouk (@mmabrouk), Middle East Institute Senior Fellow
Youmna ElSayed (@YoumnaElSayed17), Al Jazeera Correspondent
Reem, Family member of Palestinians trapped in Gaza

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Miranda Lin, Ashish Malhotra and Zaina Badr with our host Malika Bilal. Khaled Soltan and Sarí el-Khalili fact-checked this episode.

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Joe Plourde mixed this episode. 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. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.

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Episode 167 - Five Centuries On