Israel expands its ground offensive in Gaza
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.2K Ratings
🗓️ 27 December 2023
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Israel claims to have carried out strikes on at least 200 Hamas targets in 24 hours as the military expands its offensive. Also: dozens of barnacle-encrusted packages of cocaine wash up on beaches in Australia, and the impact of book bans on school children across the US.
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| 0:33.2 | Israel says its airstrikes have hit tunnels containing the Hamas headquarters in Jabali at |
| 0:38.1 | Northern Gaza. |
| 0:39.1 | We can't accept Hamas's terms. |
| 0:41.5 | We can't accept their rules of the game. |
| 0:43.0 | Letting Hamas survive is just a recipe for more violence down the road. |
| 0:48.0 | And the pull of the war in Ukraine reaches to Nepal's Himalayan valleys. |
| 0:52.0 | People are said to be charging up to 9,000 dollars |
| 0:55.0 | to recruit these young Nepali men |
| 0:57.0 | so that they go via India or through the Middle East Russia |
| 1:00.0 | and fight as mercenaries for the Russian army. |
| 1:05.0 | Also in this podcast dozens of barnacle-encrusted packages of cocaine wash up on beaches in Australia |
| 1:12.0 | and the impact of book bans on school children across the US. |
| 1:16.0 | When you ban these books because of that reason they look at that and they say am I being banned? |
| 1:21.0 | Am I not appropriate for people to read? |
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