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News,17 Oct 2023,28 mins,

Emergency episode: The Gaza Hospital Strike

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Contains some violent scenes and some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting.

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A huge blast at a hospital in Gaza City is reported to have killed hundreds. In this emergency episode recorded at 10pm tonight in Israel, host of The Conflict podcast, BBC International Correspondent Lyse Doucet, and her colleague Anna Foster, grapple with the breaking news and the claims and counter claims as protests break out across the region. This episode was made by Clare Williamson and Joe Kent in London and Alex Lederman and Naomi Scherbel-Ball in Israel. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The senior news editors are Jonathan Aspinwall and Sam Bonham.

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