Nh/OS: Gaza 25/4/2024

this afternoon (thursday 25th), 2.24-2.28pm, 2.51-2.59pm,  4.31pm, and 5.23-5.29pm, on bbc world service radio 

newshour (presented by paul henley) and bbc os (presented by luke jones) include …

“The White House, and seventeen other governments, have called for Hamas to release all hostages in Gaza, to help secure a ceasefire.”

“The father of a US-Canadian aid worker killed in Gaza tells us the message he’d like today’s memorial service to send to the world.”

“The parents of one of the Israeli hostages in Gaza, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, have urged the 23 year old to ‘stay strong’ and ‘survive’, in reaction to a proof-of-life video released by Hamas.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter wyre davies

• zak mishriki, zak’s antiquities, east jerusalem

• ofer moskowitz, kibbutz misgav am, lebanese border

• crowdfunder john medeved, ourcrowd

• economist elise brezis

• samir hazboun, chair, bethlehem chamber of commerce

• john flickinger, father of world central kitchen victim jacob flickinger 33

(see also https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68893885)

(if you missed them, available from 0:18:38 to 0:22:40 and 0:45:04 to 0:53:00 at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w172zb8tnh2bcbm, from 0:25:49 to 0:26:00 at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w172zbhzcpm1df8, and from 0:17:21 to 0:23:00 at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w172zbhzcpm1j5d)