Nh: Gaza 17/12/2023

this afternoon (sunday 17th), 1.06-1.19pm, 1.30-1.31pm, 1.36-1.49pm, 9.06-9.19pm, and 9.36-9.45pm, on bbc world service radio 

newshour (presented by james menendez) includes …

“Mounting pressure on Israel to bring hostages home.

Calls grow for Israel to let more humanitarian supplies into Gaza.”

including contributions from …

• ruby chen, father of kidnapped soldier itay chen 

• sharon lifschitz, daughter of released yocheved lifshitz 85 and kidnapped oded lifshitz with lung disease 83, from nir oz

• nawaf al-thani, former qatari military attache to us

• activist avner gvaryahu, breaking the silence

• journalist masha gessen

“Gaza is like a ghetto.”

• helga trupel, german-israeli society of bremen

• bbc reporter frank gardner 

• sean casey, who

• former diplomat peter ricketts

• french foreign minister catherine colonna

• pope francis

• monsignor william shomali

(if you missed it, available from 0:00:10 to 0:13:00, 0:24:32 to 0:25:10, and 0:30:05 to 0:43:00. at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w172z09t1pf9gv2, and from 0:00:11 to 0:13:45 and 0:30:05 to 0:39:00 at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w172z09t1pfbft3)