Nh: Gaza 14/1/2024

this afternoon (sunday 14th), 2.36-2.44pm, 9.06-9.19pm, and 9.20-9.29pm, on bbc world service radio 

newshour (presented by james menendez and rebecca kesby) includes …

“On the hundredth day of the war with Israel and Hamas, we talk to one woman with relatives still held hostage in Gaza.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter wyre davies

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

• faten abu shahada, kidney dialysist

• maayan siegel-koren

• eylon keshet, cousin of yarden bibas, kidnapped with wife shiri and children ariel bibas 4 and kfir bibas 9 months

• nick maynard, medical aid for palestinians 

Nh: Gaza 13/1/2024 2

yesterday evening (saturday 13th), 9.20-9.25pm and 9.50-9.59pm, on bbc world service radio 

newshour (presented by rebecca kesby) includes …

“US President Joe Biden says he has sent a private message to Iran about the Houthis in Yemen, following US airstrikes against the group.”

“This weekend marks a hundred days since the Hamas attacks on Israel that sparked the current conflict.”

including contributions from …

• adam clements, former us envoy to yemen

• bbc reporter julian worricker

• filmmaker amos gitai

Nh: Gaza 13/1/2024

this afternoon (saturday 13th), 1.20-1.24pm, 1.31pm, and 1.51-1.55pm, on bbc world service radio 

newshour (presented by rebecca kesby) includes …

“As this weekend marks 100 days since the Hamas attacks of 7 October, we revisit the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza.”

including contributions from …

• maritime security analyst cormac mcgarry

• palestine ocha head andrea de domenico 

Nh: Gaza 29/12/2023

this afternoon (friday 29th), 2.36-2.44pm, on bbc world service radio 

newshour (presented by rebecca kesby) includes …

“A Hamas delegation is in Cairo discussing a new Egyptian proposal to end the conflict – can it work?

Many of the survivors of the Hamas attacks of 7th October, and released hostages, have been trying to come to terms with their ordeals.”

including contributions from …

• analyst tahani mustafa

• renana eitan, head of psychiatry, ichilov medical centre

Nh: Gaza 11/12/2023

this afternoon (monday 11th), 2.06-2.18pm and 9.36-9.44pm, on bbc world service radio 

newshour (presented by rebecca kesby and julian marshall) leads with …

“How damaged is Hamas?

Heavy urban battles raged Monday in the Gaza war, which has killed 101 Israeli soldiers and several thousand Palestinians.”

including contributions from …

• mohammed ghalayini, gaza

• analyst jerome drevon

• bbc reporter jeremy bowen 

• former ambassador mark regev 

Nh: Gaza 9/12/2023 2

BBC bias: BBC presenter Rebecca Kesby leads with a lie, that “half the people of Gaza are starving”, based on a survey which does not mention any starvation

BBC bias: BBC presenter Rebecca Kesby fails to challenge an interviewee’s lie that “the survey shows that half the population is starving”.

this evening (saturday 9th), 9.06-9.19pm and 9.20-9.25pm, on bbc world service radio 

newshour (presented by rebecca kesby) leads with …

“United Nations says half the people of Gaza are starving.”

including contributions from …

• carl skau, world food programme

“The survey that we managed to do during the humanitarian pause shows that half the population is starving.”

• surgeon ahmed moghrabi, nasser hospital, khan younis

• former ambassador mark regev 

• bbc reporter nomia iqbal 

• noah rubin, student, penn university

• liz magill, president, penn university

• hela, student

• mia, student

(see also https://camera-uk.org/2023/12/11/bbc-promotes-false-gaza-starvation-claim/)

Nh: Gaza 9/12/2023

this afternoon (saturday 9th), 2.06-2.18pm and 2.44-2.49pm, on bbc world service radio 

newshour (presented by rebecca kesby) leads with …

“US blocks UN resolution for humanitarian ceasefire.”

including contributions from …

• robert wood, us ambassador to un

• uk ambassador barbara woodward

• riyad mansour, palestinian ambassador to un

• analyst mark garlasco

• eylon levy, israeli government spokesman

• surgeon ahmed moghrabi, nasser hospital, khan younis

Nh: Gaza 5/12/2023

this afternoon (tuesday 5th), 2.06-2.15pm, 2.36-2.43pm, and 2.55-2.59pm, on bbc world service radio 

newshour (presented by rebecca kesby) leads with …

“UN: Gazans facing ‘even more hellish scenario’.

The United States, Britain, and other allies of Israel, have condemned a sharp rise in attacks by armed Jewish settlers on Palestinian civilians in the West Bank.”

• ghada el kurd, khan younis

• melanie ward, medical aid for palestinians

• yuli edelstein mk

• bbc reporter jeremy bowen 

• bbc reporter andy verity 

Nh: Gaza 29/11/2023 2

this evening (wednesday 29th), 9.06-9.19pm and 9.36-9.49pm, on bbc world service radio

newshour (presented by rebecca kesby) leads with …

“The youngest Israeli hostage has died.”

including contributions from …

• un secretary-general antonio guterres

• riyad al-maliki

• benjamin netanyahu

• bbc reporter paul adams 

• ehud olmert 

• sabri saidam, fatah

• journalist shashank joshi

• teacher farida adel algoul, gaza 

• bbc reporter mary oreilly

Nh: Gaza 28/11/2023 2

yesterday evening (tuesday 28th), 9.36-9.49pm, on bbc world service radio 

newshour (presented by rebecca kesby) includes …

“It’s the first day of the extended ceasefire.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter paul adams 

• limor sella-broyde, cousin of kidnapped shoshan and her murdered husband avshalom

• analyst jerome drevon