Nova Festival & Gaza

last sunday evening (7th april), 9.00-10.00pm, on bbc 2 tv 

the darkest days: israel-gaza six months on (presented by lyse doucet) 

this film comprises two sections:

black dawn: testimonies fromt the nova festival massacre (shortened version of supernova: the music festival, directed by duki dror) and gaza 101: emergency rescue (filmed by feras al-ajrami, and largely repeated from february on bbc news)

including contributions from festival survivors …

• tomer weiner 25

• shoval roberman 23

• racheli nahmias 23

• michal ohana 27

• noam cohen 19

• gali amar 23

• amit amir 23

and …

• sgt maj hananya benjamin, security officer, ofakim

• photojournalist feras al-ajrami

• bassel el talleh, radio despatcher, palestinian red crescent

• mohamed mekkawy, paramedic, palestinian red crescent, beit lahia

• alaa al-halaby, ambulance driver, palestinian red crescent

• doctor ahmed mehnna

• rami khamis

• ramez al-ajrami, palestinian red crescent

“Six months after the 7 October attacks, Lyse Doucet presents searing accounts of the human cost from both sides, with eyewitness reports from both Israel and Gaza, and explores what it will take to bring about a lasting peace.

Nh/Twt/Nn: Gaza/Labour 13/2/2024

this evening (tuesday 13th), 9.06-9.19pm, 9.31pm, and 9.42-9.48pm, on bbc world service radio, 10.01-10.02pm and 10.17-10.21pm on bbc radio 4, and 10.31-10.48pm on bbc 2 tv 

newshour (presented by rebecca kesby), the world tonight (presented by james coomarasamy), and newsnight (presented by kirsty wark, lead with …

“Israel considers evacuation of Palestinians from Rafah.”

“Labour withdraws support for parliamentary candidate in Rochdale.”

including contributions from …

• journalist margarita stancati

• stephane dujarric, spokesman for un secretary-general

• bbc reporter dalia haidar

• mohamed mekkawy, paramedic, palestinian red crescent, beit lahia

• bassel el talleh, radio despatcher, palestinian red crescent

• alaa al-halaby, ambulance driver, palestinian red crescent

• rami khamis, ambulance driver, palestinian red crescent

• bbc reporter harry farley 

• keir starmer mp 

• journalist sienna rodgers

• melanie ward, medical aid for palestinians

• former diplomat david hale

• analyst nomi bar-yaacov

• bbc reporter joe pike

Nh/OS: Gaza 13/2/2024

BBC bias: the BBC repeatedly presents as news a highly edited two-month-old film shot by Hamas paramedics.

this afternoon (tuesday 13th), 2.06-2.12pm, 4.06-4.19pm,  4.31-4.32pm, and 5.06-5.19pm, on bbc world service radio 

newshour (presented by tim franks) and bbc os (presented by james reynolds) lead with …

“Inside the world of Gaza’s tireless paramedics.”

“Pressure is growing on the Israeli government not to launch a ground offensive on Rafah.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter dalia haidar

• mohamed mekkawy, paramedic, palestinian red crescent, beit lahia

• bassel el talleh, radio despatcher, palestinian red crescent

• rami khamis, ambulance driver, palestinian red crescent

• bbc arabic reporter julien el hajj

• orly goldschmidt, israeli embassy 

• bbc reporter nick beake

Gaza paramedics

this morning (tuesday 13th), 26 minutes, on bbc news tv  

gaza 101: emergency rescue (presented by feras al-ajrami) (in the eye investigations series) 

Hamas film, from the first month of the war, following …

• alaa al-halaby, ambulance driver, palestinian red crescent

• doctor ahmed mehanna

• rami khamis, ambulance driver, palestinian red crescent

• ramez al-ajrami, palestinian red crescent

(see also https://www.bbc.com/afrique/articles/c72gvllwvnlo)