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More than 20,000 Palestinians killed in Gaza by Israel, armed and backed by the United States and European allies.

More fighting nearby too: Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen among the groups involved.

Could Israel’s war trigger a wider conflict?

Presenter: Dareen Abughaida

Guests:

Omar Rahman – fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. He focuses on Palestine, Middle East geopolitics and American foreign policy in the region.

Miko Peled – human rights activist and author of The General’s Son: Journey of an Israeli in Palestine, which is based on his experiences as the son of a former military governor of the Gaza Strip

Elijah Magnier – military and political analyst who, as a former war correspondent, has covered more than 35 years of conflict in the Middle East and North Africa

Before the Israel-Hamas war, more than 500 aid trucks entered Gaza every day through the Karem Abu Salem crossing with Israel and the Rafah crossing with Egypt.

Those deliveries halted when Israel imposed a complete blockade on October 7 after Hamas carried out attacks on southern Israel.

Israel has temporarily reopened the route through Karem Abu Salem, called Kerem Shalom by Israel, to allow in more humanitarian aid.

At least 24 trucks have been allowed through – but the deliveries are far short of fulfilling the needs of 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza.

Should the United States, a staunch ally of Israel, be doing more to help the Palestinians? And how complicit is Washington in the humanitarian catastrophe that has unfolded?

Presenter: Cyril Vanier

Guests:

Robert Hunter – senior fellow at the Center for Transatlantic Relations at Johns Hopkins University

Khaled Elgindy – senior fellow at the Middle East Institute and its director of Palestine and Israel-Palestinian affairs

Zeina Ashrawi Hutchison – director of development and expansion at the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has again declared its military campaign in Gaza will not stop until Hamas is defeated.

But with more than 100 Israeli captives being held in Gaza, he is facing growing public anger – and pressure to do more to secure their release.

To make matters worse, Israel’s army says it mistakenly killed three of them – one was holding a white flag – during a military offensive in the strip.

That has led to thousands of Israelis protesting in Tel Aviv.

The head of Israel’s intelligence agency Mossad has now met senior Qataris in Europe in another attempt to secure a prisoner swap.

So, can Netanyahu agree on a deal after failing to secure the release of all the captives? And how is he dealing with their families’ anger?

Presenter: Folly Bah Thibault

Guests

Alon Liel – Former Director General of Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and adviser to the families of the Israeli captives

Yossi Mekelberg – Associate fellow of the MENA Programme at Chatham House

Sultan Barakat – Professor of Public Policy at Hamad bin Khalifa University

Israel’s war on Gaza is the deadliest for media workers ever recorded, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.

At least 90 journalists and staff have been killed since the conflict began on October 7.

The International Federation of Journalists says around three-quarters of all deaths in 2023 have been in Gaza.

They have mainly been Palestinians covering the story as international news outlets have been prevented from entering the Gaza Strip by the Israeli military.

The latest to die is Al Jazeera’s Samer Abudaqa, who was reporting from a United Nations-run school in the southern city of Khan Younis when it was targeted by a drone attack.

There is mounting evidence that the Israeli military is deliberately putting the media directly in the firing line.

International calls for accountability for the unprecedented killing of journalists since October 7 are growing.

Presenter: Dareen Abughaida

Guests:

Tamer Almisshal – Palestinian journalist and investigative reporter at Al Jazeera

Jim Boumelha – The International Federation of Journalists

Triestino Mariniello – Professor of law at Liverpool John Moores University and member of the legal team for Gaza victims before the ICC