Israeli media reports plans to expand military offensive in Gaza
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.2 • 7.8K Ratings
🗓️ 4 August 2025
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Hundreds of ex-Israeli security officials write to President Trump, urging him to pressurize the government into ending the war in Gaza, amid reports that Prime Minister Netanyahu is seeking to expand the military offensive to free the remaining hostages. Also: A BBC investigation into child abuse in Kenya, South Korea dismantles loudspeakers on its border with North Korea to ease tensions, plus how David Attenborough's new wildlife documentary on parenthood might teach humans how to parent.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:05.3 | I'm Valerie Sanderson at 1,300 hours GMT on Monday the 4th of August. These are our main stories. |
| 0:12.0 | Reports in Israel say the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is planning to expand military operations in Gaza, |
| 0:18.2 | despite renewed domestic criticism, including from many former defence chiefs. |
| 0:23.1 | There's a resumption of talks on a global plastics treaty, as experts warn that plastic pollution |
| 0:28.5 | is a grave and under-recognised danger to health. |
| 0:33.8 | Also in this podcast, reports from Sudan's Darfur region say Colombian mercenaries allied to the paramilitary rapid support forces have been handed control of a camp that's home to hundreds of thousands of displaced people. |
| 0:48.0 | And the mother Oranutan in Borneo is building her bed for the night. |
| 0:58.7 | Her young son, a few branches below, is getting to work on his own bunk. |
| 1:03.0 | How animals parent their young. So what can we learn? |
| 1:13.3 | Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is planning to expand military operations in Gaza. |
| 1:16.7 | That's according to a diplomatic source quoted by Israeli media. |
| 1:22.4 | It comes in the wake of Hamas releasing videos of two of the living hostages held in Gaza. The Red Cross, which assisted with the hostage releases in January and February, |
| 1:27.2 | said it was appalled by the |
| 1:28.4 | footage which showed the two men in an emaciated condition, with one of them appearing to dig his |
| 1:33.7 | own grave. Amidli's correspondent in Jerusalem is Yolánel. Several Israeli journalists were briefed by |
| 1:40.3 | the same Israeli official. Some say it was the Prime Minister himself, |
| 1:44.9 | basically suggesting that there is now a growing understanding |
| 1:48.3 | that Hamas is not interested in a deal. |
| 1:50.4 | This is something that the Prime Minister said in his video message |
| 1:54.1 | after the videos came out, |
| 1:56.3 | showing two emaciated skeletal Israeli hostages. |
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