Israeli military recovers two hostages' bodies in Gaza
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.2 • 7.8K Ratings
🗓️ 5 June 2025
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Israeli minister says the retrieval of two Israeli hostages' bodies in Gaza shows only force will bring back those who are still alive. Also: Nintendo's newest console, and are the Dead Sea Scrolls older than thought?
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:04.5 | I'm Alex Ritson and at 13 hours, GMT, on Thursday the 5th of June, these are our main stories. |
| 0:11.2 | The Israeli military says it has recovered the bodies of two Israelis, |
| 0:15.3 | US citizens in Gaza who were killed during the Hamas-led attacks of October the 7th, 2023. |
| 0:21.9 | Estonia says it's working with Lithuania and Latvia |
| 0:24.6 | on new measures to stop Russia's fleet of sanction-busting oil tankers in New Zealand. |
| 0:30.2 | The house is suspended. The gallery is to be clear. |
| 0:40.1 | The Maori MPs suspended from Parliament for performing a traditional dance in the chamber. |
| 0:47.2 | Also in the podcast, Switch without a hitch. |
| 0:51.2 | Fans queue worldwide for the launch of Nintendo's newest games console. |
| 0:55.8 | I think it's because they focus more on family and creating those shareable moments with each other. |
| 0:59.7 | The Nintendo, that can get played in the beds, get played in the toilet, get played anywhere, kind of thing at it. |
| 1:04.9 | So it's nice and calm and relaxed. |
| 1:07.0 | And are the Dead Sea Scrolls older than we thought? |
| 1:13.8 | 20 months after they were taken hostage in the raid on southern Israel by Hamas and its militant allies, |
| 1:20.4 | the bodies of two Israelis, Judy Weinstein Haggai and her husband Gaddi Haggai, |
| 1:26.6 | have been recovered in the Gaza Strip. |
| 1:28.7 | The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the discovery was made by the Israeli soldiers |
| 1:33.9 | operating near Han Yunus in southern Gaza. |
| 1:36.8 | Our correspondent in Jerusalem, Barbara Platt Asher, told me more about the hostages |
| 1:42.2 | and how their bodies were found. |
| 1:44.1 | This is an elderly couple, Judy and Gadi Haggai. |
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