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Weekend: Israeli offensive in northern Gaza continues

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Israeli offensive in northern Gaza continues

05/11/2023 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, Israeli offensive in northern Gaza continues

Israel says it will reopen a corridor for civilians in the north of Gaza to escape south

Israel says it will reopen a corridor for civilians in the north of Gaza to escape south.

Israeli ground forces have been advancing overnight into northern Gaza. Around 400,000 people are believed to be in the area, which has been under heavy bombardment. An Israeli military spokesman says it was will reopen a corridor for civilians in the north of Gaza to escape south today. But people trying to leave during a brief humanitarian window yesterday found the highway to the south, known as the Salah al-Din road, had been destroyed.

Also in the programme: More than 2,000 athletes are competing at an international LGBTQ sporting event; and a musical experiment using the electrical signals generated by plants used in chemotherapy is being offered to cancer patients to help them cope better with the stressful environment of treatment.

Joining presenter Julian Worricker are journalist and broadcaster Maria Margaronis and Eric Albert, the London Correspondent for France's Le Monde newspaper.

(Credit: Israeli army flares illuminate the sky over Al-Shati refugee camp. Credit: Mohammed Saber/PA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

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