Brief: Tensions continue in the Strait of Hormuz. Israel draws yellow line in Lebanon — The Take

[0:02] Al Jazeera Podcasts. [0:08] I'm Marta VanderWolf and this is The Take. [0:12] As Israel's war on Gaza continues, we're coming to you on Sundays with a weekly roundup. [0:17] This week, 200 days into a ceasefire, Israel has killed at least 773 Palestinians in Gaza. [0:30] Tensions continue in the Strait of Hormuz. [0:33] Israel draws yellow line in Lebanon. [0:37] Palestinian Prisoner Day with 10,000 imprisoned. [0:41] Today's Sunday, April 19. [0:44] Israel has killed at least 72,549 Palestinians in Gaza since October 7, 2023. [0:57] It's day 51 of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. [1:01] The Strait of Hormuz remains a critical point as Israel says it will not open the Strait [1:07] unless the U.S. stops blocking its ports. [1:10] U.S. President Donald Trump says the naval blockade on Iranian ports will remain in place [1:17] until a deal is reached. [1:20] It is unclear when the next round of talks will take place. [1:24] Al Jazeera's Ali Hashem has more from Tehran. [1:27] A ceasefire may be in place, but in the Strait of Hormuz, the confrontation continues. [1:35] Here, Iran and the United States are still engaging directly, not through airstrikes, [1:41] but through control, pressure, and daily encounters at sea. [1:45] Iran has reimposed strict controls over the waterway. [1:50] It says the limits on shipping are in retaliation to the U.S. blockade on Iranian ports [1:56] and accuse the U.S. of breaching its commitments. [2:00] At least two commercial vessels reported coming on the fire [2:05] when they attempted to cross on Saturday, according to maritime security sources. [2:10] What we are seeing here is a shift in the war, [2:13] from open conflict to controlled confrontation, [2:17] concentrated in one of the world's most sensitive waterways. [2:21] The Israeli army continued to carry out airstrikes in Lebanon on Saturday, [2:29] despite a new ceasefire agreement. [2:31] It also said it has established a so-called yellow line in the country, [2:37] similar to an Israeli measure in Gaza. [2:40] Hezbollah has criticized the ceasefire negotiations. [2:44] Al Jazeera's Heidi Pett reports from Beirut. [2:47] Israel and its military spokesperson have argued that these do not constitute violations of the ceasefire, [2:54] because in fact, if you look very closely at its terms, [2:56] it allows Israel to act in what it defines as self-defense [3:00] against imminent, ongoing or even planned threats. [3:05] Now, the Secretary-General of Hezbollah, [3:07] speaking earlier this evening to Manar TV, [3:10] described that document as an insult to Lebanon, [3:13] said that his group shouldn't be asked to abide by a one-sided ceasefire, [3:18] that they weren't willing to go back to conditions [3:20] as they were during the previous ceasefire of November 2024, [3:23] which allowed Israel to fire at will, without them firing back. [3:27] Tens of thousands of displaced people returned to their hometowns in southern Lebanon on Friday, [3:35] following a ceasefire the day before between Israel and Lebanon. [3:41] Israel struck the city of Tyre with missiles just before the start of the truce. [3:46] Al Jazeera's Obayra Hito reports from southern Lebanon where Israel destroyed entire neighborhoods. [3:53] The military has been working throughout the night and most of the morning today to fix the Qasimiyah Bridge. [4:00] It is now only working in one direction, from the north to the south, [4:05] allowing tens of thousands of people to come back to their homes. [4:09] For people returning to their homes in southern Lebanon, [4:12] these are the scenes that they're going to find here in the city of Tyre. [4:16] This neighborhood was completely destroyed, [4:19] and now rescue teams are actually digging through the rubble to try and find survivors, [4:25] and there are still children missing underneath the rubble of these buildings. [4:30] One of the hallmarks of Israel's tactics in Lebanon [4:33] has been the targeting of critical infrastructure, [4:36] not only bridges, but hospitals as well. [4:38] Palestinian Prisoner Day was marked on Friday. [4:44] Israel holds nearly 10,000 Palestinians in prison, including children. [4:50] Many are held without charge or trial under what Israel calls administrative detention. [4:56] Al Jazeera's Dalia Al-Masri reports on the lasting toll of being detained in an Israeli jail. [5:03] Since being released from an Israeli prison, [5:06] Palestinian journalist Esma Harish says she does not feel safe enough to work. [5:10] In 2024, Israeli forces raided her home in the occupied West Bank. [5:17] They held her for six months, but she was never charged. [5:21] She says Israel's prisons are designed to break detainees, [5:25] in the hopes they eventually flee Palestine. [5:29] Israeli forces arrested Zahir al-Majdalawi in North Gaza in October 2024, [5:35] just as he and his family were about to flee their home. [5:39] His daughter was crying, but the soldiers forced her and her mother to leave. [5:46] First, they took him to Sedtem in prison, an Israeli military base in the Negev Desert, [5:51] and later to Ofer Prison in the occupied West Bank. [5:54] By the time he was released back to Gaza, a year had already passed. [5:59] He found his family had been displaced, living in a small, worn-out tent. [6:06] Israel approved an unprecedented number of 34 new illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank [6:13] since the start of the war on Iran seven weeks ago. [6:16] Human rights organizations say Israeli soldiers and settlers carried out nearly 2,000 attacks [6:24] against Palestinians across the occupied West Bank during the month of March. [6:30] Al Jazeera's Noor Odeh reports from Naples. [6:33] This means that Palestinian cities and the land on which they stand will shrink even further. [6:40] And all these Israeli flags and manifestations of the illegal presence of Israeli settlements and settlers [6:48] will take over more and more of Palestinian space. [6:53] All of this construction work is done to benefit and service illegal Israeli settlements [6:59] at the expense of Palestinian villages and towns who lose their land [7:04] for all of this construction that you can see on the road. [7:09] And once Israeli settlers establish a presence, the whole area becomes too dangerous for Palestinians to approach. [7:17] 36,000 Palestinians in one year displaced by settler violence alone. [7:24] Driving on the road in the occupied West Bank, Palestinians don't just brave delays and danger. [7:30] They also bear witness to how fast their land and horizon are shrinking. [7:37] And that's the take for Sunday, April 19. [7:39] Please join us again tomorrow. [7:42] This episode was produced by me, Marta Vanderwolf. [7:46] Our sound designer is Alex Roldan and Alexandra Locke is the take's executive producer. [7:51] Thank you, Marta Vanderwolven and Alexandra Locke, you'll join us now. [7:54] What are your favorite and rich people? [7:56] Please join us next week in the next about this episode. [7:56] I hope you're getting frustrated. [7:56] You will be joining us, kiedy Haitian [7:56] I'm you by the opening as we're ready for [8:09] we're here to film in this episode. [8:11] Ten years before this episode will send us, all this episode ofישillery trooper.