It's now a month since the Israel-Gaza war broke out. Israel began bombing Gaza after Hamas killed 1,400 people and kidnapped more than 200 others on 7 October. More than 10,000 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed in air and artillery strikes carried out by the Israeli military in response. (Images: Alexi Rosenfeld; Leon Neal; Ahmad Hasaballah; via Getty Images) Key words and phrases: 🔎 ceasefire - a pause in fighting - The UN has called for a ceasefire to let aid reach casualties. - A ceasefire will result in peace, says government official. 🔎 humanitarian corridor - a safe space for movement of people and aid - WHO says humanitarian corridors are needed to provide medical services. - The Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister said seven humanitarian corridors would open on April 5. 🔎 escalate - become more intense and serious - The US have deployed a nuclear submarine in the Middle East as the war escalates. - Extremist attacks escalate in Niger after coup topples. Download the audio and pdf transcript 👉 https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/newsreview-2023/unit-1/session-45 ✔️ 0:00 - Introduction ✔️ 0:20 - The story ✔️ 1:12 - Headline 1 ✔️ 2:42 - Headline 2 ✔️ 4:13 - Headline 3 ✔️ 5:33 - Language summary More popular videos to help you improve your English: ⭐ 6 Minute English - 6 word stories 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GolsmOWvnHI ⭐ 6 difficult place names to pronounce 👉    • 6 difficult British place names to pr...   ⭐ How to organise your speaking 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsAPJRWHu4U 🤩🤩🤩 SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more English videos and podcast English to help you improve your English 👉 http://tinyurl.com/ps3hplv ✔️ Visit our website 👉 https://www.bbclearningenglish.com/ ✔️ Follow us on Instagram 👉 https://www.instagram.com/bbclearningenglish ✔️ Find us on Facebook 👉 https://www.facebook.com/bbclearningenglish.multimedia ✔️ Join us on TikTok 👉 https://www.tiktok.com/@bbclearningenglish We like receiving and reading your comments - please use English when you comment 😊 #learnenglish #bbclearningenglish #war #conflict