OS: Gaza 23/11/2023

this afternoon (thursday 23rd), 4.06-4.16pm, 4.30-4.31pm, 4.32-4.44pm, 5.06-5.18pm, and 5.43-5.53pm, on bbc world service radio 

bbc os (presented by james reynolds) leads with …

“The foreign ministry in Qatar says Israel and Hamas have agreed that a four-day halt to the fighting in Gaza will start on Friday at seven in the morning, local time.”

including contributions from …

• majed al-ansari, qatari foreign ministry

• amichai chikli mk 

• yael calderon, relative of kidnapped sahar calderon 16 and erez calderon 12, murdered carmela dan 80, and noya dan 12, nir oz

• activist omar abdel-mannan

• bbc reporter frank gardner 

• bbc arabic reporter issam ikirmawi 

• bbc reporter tom bateman

(if you missed it, available from 0:00:09 to 0:10:20, 0:24:32 to 0:25:10, and 0:26:38 to 0:38:30, at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w172z0w4znyr2yv, and from 0:00:23 to 0:12:15 and 0:37:28 to 0:47:00 at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w172z0w4znyr6pz)