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Weekend: Video shows US and Israeli hostages alive in Gaza

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Video shows US and Israeli hostages alive in Gaza

28/04/2024 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, Video shows US and Israeli hostages alive in Gaza

The families are urging the Israeli government to secure a new hostage release 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.

Also in the programme: In Gaza, Palestinians are desperate for a ceasefire and for aid - we hear from a journalist there; Australia's prime minister marches in solidarity with women against misogyny; and Palestinian artists at the Venice Biennale.

Joining presenter Paul Henley are Simon Robinson, executive editor at the news agency, Reuters, and Emily Taylor, chief executive of Oxford Information Labs, a UK-based cyber intelligence company and editor of Chatham House's Journal of Cyber Policy.


(Photo: Keith Siegel, 64, is seen in the new footage. Footage released by Hamas)

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