Gaza Hospital Blast: The Information War

Newscast

BBC

Politics, News

4.4 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Hundreds of people are known to have died in a blast at a Gaza hospital on Tuesday. Hamas blames Israel for the attack, while Israel has insisted it is not to blame. BBC Verify’s Shayan Sardarizadeh joins Adam in the studio to discuss what we know so far. And, on the day that US President Joe Biden flew to Israel in an attempt to calm tensions, we’re joined by former CIA director David Petraeus and US special correspondent Katty Kay to assess the bigger picture for the US as they attempt to deescalate the conflict. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere. Today's Newscast was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by George Dabby with Sam McLaren and Gemma Roper. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The senior news editors are Jonathan Aspinwall and Sam Bonham.

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0:00.0	Hello, we're recording this episode of Newscast Midafternoon on Wednesday.
0:09.8	What we do know for certain is that US President Joe Biden has visited Israel to show support
0:16.5	and perhaps put some pressure on the Israeli government in terms of what they're going
0:20.5	to do next.
0:21.8	We also know he's not going to be meeting Arab leaders after they pulled out of that leg
0:26.4	of his trip.
0:28.0	We do know that we're going to be talking about the American involvement in this whole
0:32.4	situation in the Middle East with David Patreus, former US general and director of the CIA.
0:40.3	What we don't know still is who is responsible for the blast at the Al Ali Hospital in Gaza,
0:47.6	which killed hundreds of people on Tuesday night, although there are lots of claims from
0:52.7	various sides about who is responsible.
0:55.3	We'll chat to the BBC's disinformation specialist, who is trying to piece it all together.
1:00.7	That's on this episode of Newscast Newscast from the BBC.
1:05.2	Why can't people buy a house?
1:07.1	Look at their wages.
1:08.1	There are many questions on things that are not related to mass.
1:10.3	People who say that we were partying simply do not know what they are talking about.
1:14.5	The era of global warming has ended, the era of global boiling has arrived.
1:19.3	It's the first time ever I've been able to say, well done, Keir.
1:23.2	I'll end by tempting her to update Newscast and update this house.
1:27.1	The Prime Minister is not under a desk.
1:30.1	Hello, it's Adam in the studio.
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