Gaza Conflict: Two years on
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.2K Ratings
🗓️ 30 September 2025
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
To mark two years of the war in Gaza, our correspondents bring you this special episode of the Global News Podcast from the BBC Bureau in Jerusalem. Jon Donnison is joined by our Gaza correspondent Rushdi Abualouf, our International Editor Jeremy Bowen, and our Middle East correspondent Yolande Knell. They discuss the history of the conflict, their memories of the October 7th attacks, and respond to questions from BBC World Service listeners. As talk of a potential ceasefire brokered by the US President Donald Trump and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dominates the news agenda, we look back at the impact this war has had on people living in the Gaza Strip and Israel. The Global News Podcast brings you the breaking news you need to hear, as it happens. Listen for the latest headlines and current affairs from around the world. Politics, economics, climate, business, technology, health – we cover it all with expert analysis and insight. Get the news that matters, delivered twice a day on weekdays and daily at weekends, plus special bonus episodes reacting to urgent breaking stories. Follow or subscribe now and never miss a moment. Get in touch: globalpodcast@bbc.co.uk
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.7 | You're joining us on the balcony of the BBC's Jerusalem Bureau high up, so we've got a great view. |
| 0:12.1 | The occupied West Bank is just about a kilometre behind me over those hills, and we're about |
| 0:17.7 | 100 kilometres away from the Gaza Strip, where Israel is carrying out its air and ground offensive. |
| 0:23.8 | But as international journalists, Israel does not allow us into Gaza to report independently, |
| 0:29.8 | and we do a lot of our journalism from here. |
| 0:32.6 | On October 7th, two years ago, Hamas crossed the border from Gaza and attacked Israel, killing over |
| 0:39.1 | 1,200 people at a music festival in their homes or their places of work. The Islamist group also |
| 0:45.2 | took 251 people hostage, taking them back to Gaza, where many were held for months on end. |
| 0:52.4 | Some are still there almost two years on. |
| 0:55.7 | There have been short ceasefires and hostage release deals, but they have quickly collapsed. |
| 1:01.7 | Negotiations for a new deal driven by President Trump are ongoing. |
| 1:06.2 | At the time we're recording this, around 20 living hostages remain in Gaza, |
| 1:11.3 | and more than 60,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israel. |
| 1:15.7 | The conflict has dominated the news agenda, sparking protests across the world. |
| 1:20.8 | And to mark two years of this conflict, |
| 1:23.0 | we have gathered questions from BBC listeners to put to a panel of our correspondence. I'm John Donison |
| 1:29.5 | and this is the Global News podcast on the BBC World Service. |
| 1:37.6 | Well, I used to be the BBC's correspondent in Gaza for four years between 2009 and 2013, and I'm joined for this program by |
| 1:47.6 | three people who know the region very well. I've got Rushdi Abou Alouf, who's joining us from |
| 1:54.1 | Istanbul. I've got Jeremy Bowen, who's joining us from London, and here with me in Jerusalem. Yoran |
| 2:00.4 | Mel. So yeah, I'm a BBC Middle East correspondent. I've been working in this who's joining us from London and here with me in Jerusalem. Yeran Nel. |
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