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Israel launches ground offensive on Gaza City

Israel launches ground offensive on Gaza City

Update: 2025-09-16
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The Israeli army embarks on an major ground assault into Gaza City. One resident tells us she can't bear the thought of fleeing again.



The offensive comes on the day a UN commission says Israel has committed genocide in Gaza.



Also on the programme: the Hollywood legend Robert Redford has died at the age of 89. We’ll hear from his friend, film producer Lord David Puttnam; and what's changed in Iran three years on from the death of a young Kurdish woman.



(Photo: Displaced Palestinians, fleeing northern Gaza due to an Israeli military operation, move southward after Israeli forces ordered residents of Gaza City to evacuate to the south, in the central Gaza Strip September 16, 2025. Credit: REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa)
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Israel launches ground offensive on Gaza City

Israel launches ground offensive on Gaza City

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