Brief: War overshadows Christmas in Palestine, Lebanon

We are bringing you updates on Saturday and Sunday as the war on Gaza continues. This week: Palestinian Christians began holding subdued Christmas celebrations as Israeli strikes in Gaza killed hundreds. The humanitarian situation in Gaza remains dire despite a UN resolution calling for more aid, and Christians in southern Lebanon prepared to celebrate elsewhere as fighting continued.

In this episode: 

• Nida Ibrahim (@nida_journo), Al Jazeera Correspondent in Occupied West Bank 
• Anas Al Sharif, Al Jazeera Correspondent in Gaza
• Hani Mahmoud, Al Jazeera Correspondent in Gaza
• Zeina Khodr (@ZeinakhodrAljaz), Al Jazeera Correspondent in Lebanon 

Episode credits:

This episode was produced, mixed and hosted by David Enders. 

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.