Israel destroys another high rise building in Gaza
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🗓️ 6 September 2025
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Israel's military has urged all residents of Gaza City to evacuate to what it calls a humanitarian zone in the south, as it expands its military operation in the territory's largest urban area. For a second day running, it's destroyed a high-rise block. Israel says the tower was being used by Hamas, which the group denies.
Also in the programme: the Universal Postal Union says deliveries to the United States have plunged eighty percent in a week because of uncertainty over new tariff laws; Tesla offers Elon Musk a trillion-dollar pay package; and celebrating 60 years of the movie 'The Sound of Music'.
(Photo:The Sussi Tower is the second Gaza City high-rise to be destroyed in as many days. Credit: Getty Images)
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to NewsHour from the BBC World Service. We are coming to you live from London. |
| 0:10.0 | I'm Krupa Parati. Thank you for being with us. Night has fallen in Gaza City where locals have been faced with yet another agonising decision. |
| 0:19.8 | Should they lead the area and heed to Israel's latest evacuation orders |
| 0:23.5 | or stay put in the city as the military carries out its latest defensive? |
| 0:28.8 | Meanwhile, in Hostage Square in Tel Aviv, |
| 0:31.4 | loved ones of the 20 hostages also thought to be held inside Gaza City by Hamas |
| 0:35.8 | are gathering to protest against their |
| 0:38.1 | government's latest move. Israeli forces have been targeting the suburbs of the city for weeks |
| 0:43.2 | now after the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the city was a Hamas stronghold. |
| 0:49.5 | And as those attacks intensify, Israel is ordering Palestinians to move south to what it calls a safe humanitarian |
| 0:56.0 | zone. Weiridavis has more for us from Jerusalem. Israel is inexorably stepping up its |
| 1:03.6 | offensive in Gaza, particularly from the air, preparing for what looks likely to be a huge |
| 1:09.6 | ground offensive. The Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has made it clear. |
| 1:13.2 | He thinks his military has to control the whole of Gaza City and the Gaza Strip. |
| 1:18.5 | If Hamas is to be defeated completely militarily, |
| 1:21.8 | that seems to be the Israeli government's intention. |
| 1:24.4 | Now there are no signs of an imminent ceasefire agreement. |
| 1:29.4 | And the Israeli or members of the Israeli government have been posting videos on social media |
| 1:34.8 | of buildings being blown up in Gaza and warning that the gates of hell are about to be opened. |
| 1:41.0 | Yes, the devastation of residential tower blocks is something we too have been hearing |
| 1:45.8 | about from people that we have been speaking to. These people, these residents are now being told to |
| 1:51.6 | evacuate. Are they leaving? Some are leaving because the situation in Gaza is desperate. But you got to |
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