Nh: Gaza 31/12/2023

this afternoon and evening (sunday 31st), 1.20-1.29pm and 1.51-1.56pm (repeated 9.51pm), 9.06-9.14pm, and 9.20-9.25pm, on bbc world service radio 

newshour (presented by lyse doucet) includes …

  “US Navy sinks three Houthi boats in the Red Sea.

Reports say at least ten rebels were killed; a fourth Houthi boat escaped.

The Houthis say their attacks on shipping are in response to the war in Gaza.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter martin vennard

• journalist ghada ouda

• journalist anshel pfeffer 

• survivor shir golan, 22

• bbc reporter owen bennett jones

• ahmed yousef, hamas

• former ambassador mark regev 

•  bbc gaza reporter rushdi abualouf 

• danny danon mk 

• journalist shashank joshi

• analyst joost hiltermann

• analyst gabriel haritos 

(if you missed it, available from 0:14:04 to 0:23:00 and 0:45:31 to 0:50:20 at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w172z09ts71vs1r, and from 0:00:10 to 0:08:50 and 0:14:03 to 0:19:10at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w172z09ts71wr0s)