Israel's prime minister visits US under pressure over Gaza war
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🗓️ 23 July 2024
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits Washington DC for the first time since the Hamas attacks of October the 7th plunged the Middle East into war and chaos.
The visit comes as he is under pressure to end the war in Gaza from both Israelis and the US administration.
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(File photo shows Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US president Joe Biden in Tel Aviv, Israel on 18 October 2023. Credit: Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters)
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to News Hour live from the BBC World Service in London. |
| 0:08.2 | I'm Rebecca Kersby. |
| 0:10.1 | The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in the United States today. |
| 0:14.5 | It's his first foreign trip since the Hamas attacks of October the 7th |
| 0:18.8 | plunged the Middle East into war and chaos. |
| 0:21.6 | He's due to address Congress and meet President Biden, among other high-level |
| 0:26.4 | officials. But back home, Mr. Netanyahu is under intense pressure as more than a hundred |
| 0:32.2 | Israeli hostages are still being held in Gaza. |
| 0:35.2 | Over the past couple of days the Israeli military have launched another major offensive in the Gaza Strip, |
| 0:41.5 | ordering civilians to evacuate areas around the southern city of Parnunis again |
| 0:47.0 | including parts of a designated humanitarian zone. |
| 0:51.0 | The Hamas controlled health ministry says more than 70 people have been killed. |
| 0:56.0 | As Benjamin Netanyahu prepared to fly to the States, he was met with protesters at the airport, |
| 1:02.0 | a rally for Israeli hostages, as our correspondent Barbara |
| 1:06.0 | Plet usher reports. |
| 1:07.4 | Dear passengers, your attention please, due to delays in the deal for the release of the |
| 1:16.0 | hostages, the Prime Minister's flight to Washington will be delayed. |
| 1:20.1 | Actually, it wasn't. |
| 1:21.9 | This is a video that played at a rally before the Israeli |
| 1:24.4 | Prime Minister's visit to Washington. This is another protest about the |
| 1:30.1 | hostages. There are family and friends and supporters here demanding that Prime Minister |
| 1:34.7 | Netanyahu do a deal to bring them home. There been many such protests. They want him to focus |
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