Nh: Family killed

yesterday evening (friday 15th), 9.20-9.25pm, on bbc world service radio 

newshour (presented by james coomarasamy) includes …

“Israeli Defence Forces have said they will investigate the killing of eight civilians in Gaza on Thursday in an airstrike targeting a member of the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad.”

including report from …

• bbc reporter barbara plett-usher

Nh/6ocn: Gaza truce?

this afternoon (thursday 14th), 2.36-2.45pm on bbc world service radio, and 6.22-6.24pm on bbc radio 4 

newshour (presented by james coomarasamy) and six o’clock news include …

“Two days after Israeli forces killed a senior commander of the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad in the Gaza strip, triggering a new round of deadly air attacks on both sides, a truce that was brokered was due to come into effect earlier today, but there have been more reports of rocket attacks.”

including reports from …

• bbc reporter tom bateman 

• bbc reporter barbara plett-usher 

Nd: Gaza deaths

BBC bias: The BBC features the killing of a civilian Palestinian family as the main element of its report on the Israel/Gaza violence, without waiting for an Israeli response, and without any attempt to present the Israeli side, or to warn international listeners of the unreliability of the information, or the possibility that it was caused by a Palestinian rocket.

this morning (thursday 14th), 6.11-6.15am (repeated 9.06am), on bbc world service radio 

newsday (presented by alan kasujja) includes …

“Health officials in Gaza say that an Israeli airstrike has killed six members of the same family in their home. All are described as civilians.“

including report from …

• bbc gaza reporter rushdi abu alouf 

(if you missed it, available from 0:05:23 to 0:09:00 at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w172wpkkrtdqxxb)

Today: Gaza ceasefire

this morning (thursday 14th), 7.05-7.06am (repeated 8.06am), on bbc radio 4 

today (presented by nick robinson and martha kearney) includes…

“The Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad says a ceasefire has been reached with Israel, after two days of violent clashes in Gaza. More than thirty people have died … Paramedics in Israel say around eighty people have needed treatment for minor injuries, including from shrapnel, after militants fired hundreds of rockets and mortars from Gaza.”

including report from …

• bbc reporter tom bateman

Nh: Gaza escalation

this evening (wednesday 13th), 9.15-9.19pm, on bbc world service radio

newshour (presented by tim franks) includes …

“More Palestinians have been killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza. At least twenty-three are reported to have died in the territory. The latest round of violence began when Israel assassinated a senior Islamic Jihad commander, Baha Abu al-Ata.  In response, Palestinians militants launched hundreds of rockets into Israel, with dozens injured there.”

including interview with …

• journalist donald macintyre, author of gaza preparing for dawn

Today: Gaza escalation

this morning (wednesday 13th), 6.34-6.37am and 8.33-8.40am, on bbc radio 4 

today (presented by mishal husain) includes …

“There are fears of a further escalation of violence between Israel and Gaza after twenty-four hours in which a Palestinian commander was killed by Israel, rocket attacks from Gaza injured Israelis, and Palestinians were killed in further Israeli strikes on the territory.“

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter tom bateman

• “gaza resident” anas

• mattress warehouse owner avi barssessat, author of the slumber of kings

•sharren haskel mk

Nh: Gaza escalation

this evening (tuesday 12th), 9.06-9.15pm, on bbc world service radio

newshour (presented by paul henley) leads with …

“Israel-Gaza violence escalates: Rocket fire is exchanged after Israel’s killing of a senior Islamic Jihad commander. Violence escalated after Israel killed militant commander Baha Abu al-Ata. Four more Palestinians were also killed.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter barbara plett-usher

• “gaza resident” najla