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Jo Floto 鈥� who鈥檚 covered conflict for more than two decades - takes us back to the first text he received from Gaza on Oct 7th. It simply said: 鈥淭hey鈥檝e started a war.鈥� In the six months since, he and his team have been working flat out in what he calls the toughest assignment of his life. He tells his old friend, Katya, where he thinks the war could go next.

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This episode was produced by Neal Razzell, Peter Goffin, Alix Pickles and Rachel Hagan. The technical producer was Phil Bull. The assistant editor was Sergi Forcada Freixas and the senior news editor was Jonathan Aspinwall.