Nh/OS: Gaza 27/2/2024

this afternoon (tuesday 27th), 2.06-2.19pm, 4.15-4.26pm, and 5.06-5.23pm, on bbc world service radio 

newshour (presented by nuala mcgovern) and bbc os (presented by james reynolds) lead with …

“Biden hopes for a ceasefire by next week.

Daily life in Gaza.”

including contributions from …

• basem naim, hamas spokesman 

• gil dickmann, cousin of kidnapped carmel gat 39, nephew of murdered kinneret gat 69, be’eri

• activist jan egeland 

• bbc gaza reporter rushdi abualouf 

• doctor mohamed al sheikh, gaza

• medical student nagham atef mezied, gaza

• bbc reporter tariq shafta

• bbc reporter john sudworth

• tal heinrich, spokesperson for benjamin netanyahu

• bbc reporter paul adams

(see also https://www.timesofisrael.com/premature-hamas-qatar-downplay-biden-optimism-on-gaza-truce-breakthrough/ and https://www.timesofisrael.com/biden-to-survive-israel-must-take-opportunity-for-peace-security-with-palestinians/)

Nh: Gaza 27/1/2024

this evening (saturday 27th), 9.06-9.18pm and 9.36-9.45pm, on bbc world service radio 

newshour (presented by james coomarasamy) leads with …

“Israel accuses UNRWA staff of involvement in Hamas attack.

A number of countries have paused funding.”

including contributions from …

• juliette touma, unrwa

• bbc reporter quentin sommerville 

• lolwah al-khater. minister, qatar

• former ambassador mark regev 

• basem naim, hamas spokesman

Nh/PM/6ocn: Gaza 27/1/2024

this afternoon (saturday 27th), 2.06-2.18pm and 2.30-2.31pm, on bbc world service radio, and 5.01-5.04pm, 5.05-5.13pm, and 6.00-6.04pm, on bbc radio 4 

newshour (presented by james coomarasamy), pm, and  six o’clock news, lead with …

“Italy has followed the US, UK, Australia, and Canada, in suspending funding for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, after it sacked several employees who Israel accused of being involved in Hamas’s attacks on the 7th of October.”

including contributions from …

• stephane dujarric, spokesman for antonio guterres

• bbc reporter mark lowen 

• basem naim, hamas spokesman 

• chris gunness, former unrwa spokesman

• bbc reporter paul adams 

• analyst marco forgione

Nh: Gaza 3/1/2024

this afternoon (wednesday 3rd), 2.10-2.19pm, 2.30-2.32pm, and 2.50-2.55pm, on bbc world service radio 

newshour (presented by james menendez) includes …

“Hamas tells us that there will be consequences after the killing of one of its leaders in Lebanon – Israel has neither confirmed nor denied involvement.”

including contributions from …

• basem naim, hamas spokesman 

• bbc reporter wyre davies

• journalist ronen bergman, author, rise and kill first 

Nh: Gaza 21/12/2023

yesterday afternoon (thursday 21st), 2.06-2.16pm, 2.47pm, 9.12-9.19pm, 9.36-9.44pm, and 9.54-9.59pm, on bbc world service radio 

newshour (presented by james menendez and tim franks) includes …

“Fighting in Gaza intensifies as truce talks continue.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter shaimaa khalil

• bbc cameraman jehad el-mashhrawi

• basem naim, hamas spokesman 

• former ambassador mark regev 

• vanessa frazier, maltese ambassador to un

Twt: Gaza 18/10/2023

this evening (wednesday 18th), 10.01-10.04pm, 10.07-10.30pm, and 10.38-10.45pm, on bbc radio 4 (partly repeated from newshour on bbc world service radio)

the world tonight (presented by james coomarasamy) leads with …

“President Biden says he has brokered deal on Gaza aid.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter yolande knell

• idf spokesman lt col richard hecht

• basem naim, hamas spokesman 

• bbc reporter caroline hawley 

• doctor marwan abu saadeh

• juliette touma, unrwa

• lt gen h r mcmaster

• journalist avi issacharoff, co-author of fauda 

Nh: Gaza 18/10/2023

this afternoon (wednesday 18th), 2.06-2.29pm, 2.30-2.31pm, 2.32-2.49pm, and 2.50-2.59pm, on bbc world service radio 

newshour (presented by rebecca kesby) leads with …

“Biden backs Israel’s account of deadly Gaza hospital explosion.”

including contributions from …

• analyst aaron david miller 

• surgeon ghassan abu-sittah 

• bbc gaza reporter rushdi abualouf 

• doctor marwan abu saadeh

• rear adm daniel hagari, idf spokesperson 

• basem naim, hamas spokesman 

• bbc verify reporter richard irvine-brown

• canon richard sewell, dean, st george’s, jerusalem

• bbc reporter hugo bachega

• former prime minister salam fayyad

• helen ottens-patterson, medecins sans frontieres

• academic refaat alareer

W@1: Gaza 18/10/2023

this afternoon (wednesday 18th), 1.00-1.04pm and 1.07-1.45pm, on bbc radio 4 

world at one (presented by sarah montague) leads with …

“Who is to blame? President Biden has landed in Tel Aviv, saying he believes it was Islamic Jihad.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter paul adams 

• bbc verify reporter merlyn thomas

• surgeon fadel naim

• rishi sunak mp

• keir starmer mp

• rear adm daniel hagari, idf spokesperson 

• analyst nathan ruser  

• fleur hassan-nahoum, deputy mayor, jerusalem 

• basem naim, hamas spokesman 

• bbc reporter lyse doucet 

• nerya davidi, evacuated from sderot

• efraim rosenfeld, evacuated from sderot

• peter hain

• analyst lina khatib, soas

Nh/Twt: National unity government?

this evening (monday 9th), 9.06-9.19pm, 9.20-9.29pm, 9.36-9.49pm, and 9.51-9.59pm, on bbc world service radio, and 10.00-10.04pm and 10.07-10.45pm on bbc radio 4  

newshour (presented by julian marshall) and the world tonight (presented by julian worricker) lead with …

“Israel says retaliation against Hamas has only just begun.

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned of a ‘terrible’ response to the killing of at least nine hundred people by Hamas.

He compared the group to Isis and called on parliamentary opposition to form a broad coalition government in order to react to the attacks.”

including contributions from …

• lt masha michelson, idf spokesperson 

• bbc reporter jon donnison 

• basem naim, hamas spokesman 

• yoni asher, father of kidnapped raz 4 and aviv 2, husband of murdered doron, son-in-law of murdered efrat katz, nir oz

• yair golan, former mk

• journalist stephen farrell 

• bbc gaza reporter rushdi abualouf 

• surgeon abdul qader hammad 

• idan roll mk

• bbc reporter dan johnson 

• protester yiftach golov

• tali atias, mother of kidnapped dorin 

• bbc reporter nomia iqbal 

• bbc reporter nada tawfik 

• journalist amir tibon 

• activist basil al surani 

• osama hamdan, hamas politburo

• bbc reporter tim franks  

• david lammy mp

PM/6ocn: Gaza siege

this afternoon (monday 9th), 5.01-5.02pm, 5.05-5.22pm, 5.35-5.36pm, 5.37-5.57pm, and 6.00-6.17pm, on bbc radio 4 

pm (presented by evan davis) and six o’clock news lead with …

“Israel announces total siege of Gaza.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter jon donnison 

• activist basil al surani 

• yoni asher, father of kidnapped raz 4 and aviv 2, husband of murdered doron, son-in-law of murdered efrat katz, nir oz

• bbc reporter lyse doucet 

• lt masha michelson, idf spokesperson 

• hamas spokesman ghazi hamad

• bbc reporter dan johnson 

• festival victim peleg oren 

• hamas supporter samar abdalsalam

• bbc reporter quentin sommerville 

• us special envoy frank lowenstein 

• basem naim, hamas spokesman 

• bbc reporter jonathan beale 

• bbc gaza reporter rushdi abualouf 

• bbc reporter yolande knell

• ido dan, cousin of hadass

• bbc reporter nick beake

• bbc reporter james landale

• bbc reporter paul adams

• noam sagi, son of kidnap victim ada sagi

• chief rabbi ephraim mirvis

• bbc reporter gordon corera