Nh/Twt: Gaza 6/5/2024

this evening (monday 6th), 9.06-9.19pm and 9.51-9.59pm on bbc world service radio, and 10.01-10.03pm and 10.07-10.20pm on bbc radio 4 

newshour (presented by paul henley) and the world tonight (presented by james coomarasamy) lead with …

“Hamas accepts ceasefire proposal.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter frank gardner

• scott anderson, unrwa

• david mencer, spokesman for benjamin netanyahu

• mahmoud rostom, khan younis

• ahmed yousef, hamas

• brig gen (retd) amir avivi 

• bbc reporter jeremy bowen

• james elder, unicef

• rear adm john kirby, white house spokesman

• journalist yaakov katz

• nick maynard, medical aid for palestinians 

Nh: Gaza 4/5/2024

yesterday afternoon (saturday 4th), 1.06-1.14pm, 1.32-1.36pm (repeated 9.32pm), 9.06-9.18pm, and 9.30pm, on bbc world service radio 

newshour (presented by paul henley) leads with …

“Gaza ceasefire talks to resume in Cairo.”

including contributions from …

• cindy mccain, world food programme

• bbc reporter anna foster

• gershon baskin

• bbc reporter daniel rosney

• brig gen (retd) amir avivi 

Nh/OS: Gaza/USA 3/5/2024

this afternoon (friday 3rd), 2.31pm, 2.39-2.43pm, 4.31pm, and 4.32-4.45pm (repeated 5.32pm), on bbc world service radio 

newshour (presented by paul henley) and bbc os (presented by james reynolds) include …

“Turkey suspends all trade with Israel, over its offensive in Gaza.

We continue to monitor student protests against the war in Gaza.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter orla guerin

• protester jacques, sciences po

• aharon dardik, jews for ceasefire, israeli student, columbia

• freelance writer rich klein, columbia alumnus (1981)

Nh/OS: Gaza/USA 29/4/2024

this afternoon (monday 29th), 2.06-2.15pm, 4.06-4.19pm, 5.14-5.23pm, and 5.32-5.46pm, on bbc world service radio 

newshour (presented by paul henley) and bbc os (presented by james reynolds) lead with …

“Pro-Palestinian protests continue at university campuses across America.”

“Antony Blinken, has said he’s ‘hopeful’ that Hamas will accept what he described as an ‘extraordinarily generous’ Gaza ceasefire offer from Israel.”

including contributions from …

• antony blinken

• bbc reporter frank gardner

• bbc arabic reporter dalia haidar

• bbc arabic reporter adnan el-bursh

• bbc arabic reporter abdel basir hassan

• bbc reporter iqra farooq

• bbc reporter nomia iqbal

• bbc reporter lyse doucet

We: Gaza 28/4/2024

this morning (sunday 28th), 6.06-6.14am (repeated 8.06am), 6.46-6.51am, and 7.06-7.20am, on bbc world service radio 

weekend (presented by paul henley) leads with …

“Palestinian artists at the Venice Biennale.”

“Video shows US and Israeli hostages alive in Gaza.

Israel and Hamas reviewing hostage deal.

The US secretary of state Anthony Blinken is due to fly to Saudi Arabia for another round of talks with Arab leaders on how to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas.

Israel said a planned ground assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah could be suspended if there was a hostage deal.”

including contributions from …

• ilan siegel, daughter of kidnapped keith siegel 64, kfar aza

• bbc reporter sebastian usher

• activist hind khoudary 

• bbc reporter eleanor smallwood

• negar azimi, bidoun magazine

• israel katz mk

• itay raviv, nephew of kidnapped abraham munder 78 and released kidnapped ruti munder 78, and cousin of released kidnapped keren munder 54 and her only son ohad munder-zichri 8, from nir oz

• bbc reporter wyre davies

• journalist simon robinson

• analyst emily taylor 

We: Gaza/USA 27/4/2024

this morning (saturday 27th), 8.06-8.21am (partly repeated from 6.14am), 8.31am, and 8.33-8.39am, on bbc world service radio  

weekend (presented by paul henley) leads with …

“Columbia University calls for an inquiry into its leadership, as student protests sweep 40 campuses.

The college senate accused the university president and her administration of violating established protocols, undermining academic freedom, jeopardizing free inquiry, and breaching the rights of both students and professors.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter nuala mcgovern

• ariana pinsker-lehrer, israeli graduate, columbia school of social work

• salma zilberman, columbia undergraduate

• amin 21, columbia

• sociologist paolo gerbaudo

• analyst ulrike franke

• bbc reporter lucy williamson 

• released kidnapped moran stella yanai 40, festival 

• bbc reporter james landale

(see also https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68891217)

Nh/OS: Gaza 25/4/2024

this afternoon (thursday 25th), 2.24-2.28pm, 2.51-2.59pm,  4.31pm, and 5.23-5.29pm, on bbc world service radio 

newshour (presented by paul henley) and bbc os (presented by luke jones) include …

“The White House, and seventeen other governments, have called for Hamas to release all hostages in Gaza, to help secure a ceasefire.”

“The father of a US-Canadian aid worker killed in Gaza tells us the message he’d like today’s memorial service to send to the world.”

“The parents of one of the Israeli hostages in Gaza, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, have urged the 23 year old to ‘stay strong’ and ‘survive’, in reaction to a proof-of-life video released by Hamas.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter wyre davies

• zak mishriki, zak’s antiquities, east jerusalem

• ofer moskowitz, kibbutz misgav am, lebanese border

• crowdfunder john medeved, ourcrowd

• economist elise brezis

• samir hazboun, chair, bethlehem chamber of commerce

• john flickinger, father of world central kitchen victim jacob flickinger 33

(see also https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68893885)

Nh/N: Gaza 13/4/2024

this evening (saturday 13th), 9.30–9.31pm, 9.32pm, and 9.36-9.49pm, on bbc world service radio, and 10.00-10.04pm on bbc radio 4

newshour (presented by paul henley) and news (presented by viji alles) include …

“The Israeli military says Iran has launched a wave of drones towards Israel.”

including contributions from …

• rear adm daniel hagari, idf spokesperson  

• journalist tal schneider

• analyst ali vaez

• dor harlap, zionist horizon

• bbc reporter james landale

• benjamin netanyahu

• bbc reporter will vernon

(see also https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-launches-wave-of-drones-at-israel-in-first-ever-direct-attack-idf-braces-to-intercept/)

Nh/PM/6ocn: Gaza/Iran 13/4/2024

this afternoon (saturday 13th), 1.15-1.19pm and 1.32-1.36pm on bbc world service radio, and 5.02-5.03pm, 5.10-5.18pm, and 6.03-6.06pm, on bbc radio 4 

newshour (presented by paul henley), pm (presented by caroline wyatt), and six o’clock news, include …

“Iranian forces have seized a container ship with links to Israel in the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf.”

“Israel’s army says it found the body of a missing fourteen-year-old Israeli boy in the occupied West Bank.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter james landale

• helen simmons, fundraiser for gaza

• analyst ali ansari

• rear adm daniel hagari, idf spokesperson  

Nh: Gaza 6/4/2024

yesterday afternoon (saturday 6th), 1.06-1.18pm (repeated 9.06pm), and 1.36-1.48pm, on bbc world service radio 

newshour (presented by paul henley) leads with …

“Israeli army recovers body of hostage from Khan Yunis in Gaza.

It accused the Islamic Jihad group of murdering the man, who’s been identified as Elad Katzir.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter lyse doucet

• survivor hila fenlon, netiv haasara

• yosi shnaider, cousin of kidnapped silverman family of six, nephew of murdered margit shnaider silberman and josé luis (yossi) silberman, nir oz

• ayman safadi, foreign minister, jordan