OS: Gaza 30/10/2023

this afternoon (monday 30th), 4.06-4.15pm, 4.16-4.23pm, 4.33-4.47pm, 4.50-4.59pm, 5.06-5.26pm, and 5.32-5.40pm, on bbc world service radio 

bbc os (presented by james reynolds) leads with …

“Hamas has released a video which appears to show three Israeli hostages. One of them is fiercely critical of Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and demands to be released immediately.

We explain what happened in Dagestan, where crowds shouting anti-semitic slogans and waving Palestinian flags stormed an airport on Sunday.”

including contributions from …

• former ambassador mark regev 

• bbc gaza reporter rushdi abualouf 

• bbc verify reporter olga robinson

• bbc reporter paul adams

• leila american-israeli jewish and thayad israeli palestinian muslim

• dave rich, community security trust

• iman atta, tell mama

• noam sagi, son of kidnapped ada sagi

• doctor marwan abu saadeh

• bbc reporter sergei goryashko

• benjamin netanyahu

(if you missed it, available from 0:00:07 to 0:09:15, 0:10:24 to 0:17:20, 0:26:58 to 0:41:30, 0:44:05 to 0:53:00, at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w172z0w3ww03yf1 and from 0:00:08 to 0:20:00, and 0:26:32 to 0:34:45, at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w172z0w3ww04255)