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Weekend: Israel vows to eliminate Hamas as Gaza truce talks enter a second day

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Israel vows to eliminate Hamas as Gaza truce talks enter second day

05/05/2024 GMT

Israel vows to eliminate Hamas as Gaza truce talks enter a second day

BBC World Service - Weekend, Israel vows to eliminate Hamas as Gaza truce talks enter a second day

Pressure mounts on all sides to put an end to the nearly 7-month long war

Pressure mounts on all sides to put an end to the nearly 7-month long war.

Egyptian and US mediators are seeing signs of compromise but ceasefire prospects still hang in the balance as to whether Israel will put a permanent end to the fighting without reaching its stated goal of destroying Hamas.Israel's Minister for Diaspora Affairs and Combating Anti-Semitism joins us.

Human rights groups have condemned an 11-year prison sentence handed to a Saudi fitness instructor and women's rights activist.  29-year-old Manahel al-Otaibi was convicted of charges for her clothing choices and views online. We speak to Manahel's sister Fawz who faced similar charges but left the country.

Also in this hour, a prefecture in central Japan is to trial an AI bear-warning system. It comes as a record number of people have been injured and killed in Japan in bear attacks.

(Photo:Children scan the skies after an Israeli strike on a house in Rafah in southern Gaza. Credit:Hatem Khaled/Reuters)

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