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Palestinian Journalist on Gaza: “There Are Situations Your Heart Can’t Take”

Season 2024 Episode 7071 | 19m 13s

Youmna ElSayed, an Al Jazeera correspondent, joined this program last year from Gaza to describe the reality of working there. Since that interview, Youmna has fled Gaza with her family. Ten months on, she joins the show to discuss how hard it was to leave, and the stories she could not bring herself to tell at the time.

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