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Radio 4,07 Aug 2025,45 mins

Israeli security cabinet discusses occupying Gaza

The World Tonight

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As Israel's security cabinet meets, Benjamin Netanyahu says he wants to occupy Gaza temporarily. The father of an IDF soldier held hostage by Hamas insists the plan puts his son in more danger. Rushanara Ali resigns as Homelessness Minister amid accusations of hypocrisy over a rental property she owns. And a tribute to the pioneering pianist of Latin jazz, Eddie Palmieri.

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