UN calls for investigation following deadly Israeli strikes on Nasser hospital in Gaza
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 26 August 2025
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
There's been international condemnation of Israeli airstrikes on the Nasser hospital in southern Gaza that killed many people including five journalists. The head of the UN, Antonio Guterres, described Monday's incident as horrific. Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, expressed deep regret and referred to the attacks as a "tragic mishap". Also: US judge temporarily blocks Abrego Garcia's deportation, and catacombs in Paris to close for major makeover.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:05.2 | I'm Nick Miles, and in the early hours of Tuesday, the 26th of August, these are our main |
| 0:09.6 | stories. The Prime Minister of Israel has expressed deep regret at what he called a tragic |
| 0:14.7 | mishap in Gaza after an Israeli strike on a hospital killed at least 20 people. |
| 0:20.6 | Ismail El Mayo Zambada, the Mexican drug lord, |
| 0:23.8 | who co-founded the Sinaloa cartel with El Chapo Guzman, |
| 0:27.8 | has pleaded guilty in a US court to smuggling and conspiracy. |
| 0:33.9 | Also in this podcast, we head to Paris. |
| 0:36.2 | Each day, some 2,000 tourists and Parisians descend its winding steps to view row upon row of skulls and bones. |
| 0:47.9 | Soon they won't be able to visit the catacombs in the French capital. |
| 0:51.5 | We find out why. |
| 1:00.3 | We begin in Gaza. The Israeli Prime Minister has expressed deep regret at what he called a tragic mishap at a hospital in southern Gaza, |
| 1:06.8 | in which at least 20 people were killed. The NASA Hospital in Karn Yunus was first targeted by an Israeli drone |
| 1:14.2 | and then five minutes later by a missile, |
| 1:16.9 | a tactic that's known as double-tap bombing. |
| 1:20.7 | Five journalists were among the dead as a result of the Israeli strike. |
| 1:25.0 | The UN chief, Antonio Guterres, condemned the attack. His spokesman |
| 1:29.2 | is Stefan de Jadich. Civilians, including medical personnel and journalists, must be respected |
| 1:35.8 | and protected at all times. He calls for a prompt impartial investigation into these killings. |
| 1:42.9 | He reiterates that medical personnel and journalists must be able |
| 1:46.9 | to perform their essential duties without interference, without intimidation and without harm, |
| 1:53.5 | and in full accordance with international humanitarian law. Our correspondent Eminada monitored |
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