Podcast Episodes

'Torn between hope and fear': Israel's desperate families wait to hear if their loved ones are alive

Israel waits for Hamas to release hostages

In this episode of Battle Lines, Middle East Correspondent Natalia Vasilyeva looks at the highly anticipated hostage release and temporary ceasefire between …

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

Testimony of an October 7th survivor: ‘I knew at any second they might kill me’

In this bonus episode of Battle Lines, we hear from Naomi Greenaway, Deputy Editor of the Telegraph Magazine, who tells the story of Adi Efrat.

Adi Efrat was taken from her home on Kibbutz Be’eri and …

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

Israel hunts for Hamas while Gaza's hospitals collapse

A warning this week that this episode contains graphic language that some listeners might find distressing. 

In this episode of Battle Lines, Senior Foreign Correspondent Sophia Yan, analyses some of …

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

Israel 'cuts Gaza in two', disagreements with the UN & Gaza's hospitals on the brink

A warning this week that this episode contains graphic language that some listeners might find distressing. 

In this episode of Battle Lines, Senior Foreign Correspondent Sophia Yan brings us up to da…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

Urban warfare, the Merkava tank and taking the battle underground

In this bonus episode of Battle Lines we hear from Telegraph Contributor Hamish de Bretton-Gordon.

As a former soldier, we wanted to hear his views on the kind of conflict Hamas and The IDF are fighti…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

Israeli troops push deep into Gaza & investigating Hamas' property portfolio

A warning this week that this episode contains graphic language that some listeners might find distressing. 

In this episode of Battle Lines, we speak to Defence Editor Danielle Sheridan, Middle East …

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the economic impact of the war in Israel and Gaza

In this bonus episode of Battle Lines we'll hear from The Telegraph's Economics reporter, Melissa Lawford.

Melissa has been writing about the economic impact of the war in Israel and Gaza on key regio…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

'Gazans are living through a bombardment like they've never experienced before'

In this bonus episode of Battle Lines we'll hear from James Rothwell, The Telegraph's Berlin Correspondent who until recently was our Middle East Correspondent based in Jerusalem.

James tells us about…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

Watching unedited footage of Hamas atrocities, on the ground in the West Bank, and China's wave of anti-semitism

NB: This episode of Battle Lines contains descriptions of extreme violence and murder, plus details of antisemitism. We would not advise listening to this episode with children present.

In this episod…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

"The smell of bodies hangs in the air" - reporting on the ground in Israel

In this first episode of Battle Lines, The Telegraph's leading journalists bring you analysis on the war taking place in Israel and the Gaza Strip, after a surprise attack of Hamas Terrorists a few w…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago