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Global News Podcast

Israel faces growing condemnation of air strike on Rafah

Global News Podcast

BBC

News, Daily News

4.38.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Hamas says dozens of civilians were killed; Israel says it was targeting Hamas compound. Also: more than 2,000 people are now feared dead after Friday's landslide in Papua New Guinea, and the FBI investigates hundreds of treasures believed to have been stolen from the British Museum.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

0:04.0

I'm Valerie Sanderson at 13 hours GMT on Monday the 27th of May.

0:08.0

These are our main stories.

0:10.0

Israel faces growing condemnation after an airstrike in Raffa, which Palestinian officials say killed dozens of displaced people.

0:17.5

More than 2,000 people are now feared dead after Friday's landslide in Papua New Guinea. The World Health Organization

0:25.1

meets to discuss its preparedness for future pandemics.

0:30.3

Also in this podcast South Africa's president still Ramaposa addresses the nation ahead of elections and

0:37.0

It's a very very sad story for me so I'm definitely not happy about, but I'm happy it's going back to the museum. This is much more important.

0:46.7

The FBI investigates hundreds of treasures believed to have been stolen from the British Museum.

0:54.6

Israel is facing international condemnation over an airstrike in southern Gaza on Sunday that appears to have caused

1:04.7

dozens of Palestinian deaths. Israel says the attack successfully targeted two senior

1:10.6

Hamas officials at a military compound in Raffa. But after reviewing the incident

1:15.2

it's acknowledged that civilians were killed in a fire that broke out in a nearby refugee

1:20.4

camp. Palestinian health officials have said at least 45 people died, many of them children, and

1:26.8

more than 200 were wounded.

1:28.8

Philippe, the head of UNRRA, the UN agency leading the humanitarian operation in Gaza, told journalists

1:35.3

in Beirut that he's disturbed by the incident.

1:39.2

I cannot comment on the casualties because we haven't been able to properly communicate with

1:46.0

our team on the ground.

1:48.0

I saw images, they are deeply disturbing andying. I think we have been clear more than once.

1:56.5

There is no safe space in Gaza.

2:00.3

Israel says it regrets any harm done to civilians.

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