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Oct 2023
25m 33s

Urban War Insights And The Hamas Tunnels

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About this episode

Israel appears to be preparing for a ground invasion into Gaza.

Paddy’s joined by Lyse Doucet as they get detail on what that could look like from defence correspondent Jonathan Beale.

They also discuss the underground network set up by Hamas in Gaza.

We also answer some of your questions, in this collaboration with The Conflict podcast.

You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere

Today's Newscast was hosted by Paddy O’Connell and Lyse Doucet. It was made by Chris Flynn with Clare Williamson. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The editor s are Jonathan Aspinwall and Sam Bonham.

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