We speak with the BBC’s Gaza correspondent Rushdi Abu Alouf, who’s now in Istanbul. He reflects on his experiences reporting in Gaza, the Israel-Hamas truce, and the hostage deal. HOST: - Lyse Doucet, BBC chief international correspondent GUEST: - Rushdi Abu Alouf, BBC Gaza correspondent GET IN TOUCH: - Send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp to +44 330 123 9480 - Or Email theconflict@bbc.co.uk Today’s Conflict was made by Lucy Boast with Bella Saltiel and Karen Marshall in London. The senior news editors are Jonathan Aspinwall and Sam Bonham.

But does it go far enough? PRESENTERS: - Lyse Doucet, BBC chief international correspondent - Frank Gardener, BBC security correspondent GET IN TOUCH: - Send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp to +44 330 123 9480 - Or Email theconflict@bbc.co.uk TEAM: This episode was made by Beth Ashmead Latham and Karen Marshall in London. The Technical producer was Ben Andrews. The senior news editors are were Sam Bonham and Jonathan Aspinwall.

The BBC goes inside the main hospital in Gaza City with the Israeli army. HOST: - Lyse Doucet, BBC chief international correspondent GUEST: - Lucy Williamson, BBC middle east correspondent GET IN TOUCH: - Send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp to +44 330 123 9480 - Or Email theconflict@bbc.co.uk TEAM: This episode was made by Beth Ashmead Latham in London and Scarlett Barter in Israel. The Technical producer was Matt Hewitt. The senior journalist is Neal Razell. The senior news editors are Sam Bonham and Jonathan Aspinwall.

Radio 4's Mishal Husain hosts The Today Debate in front of an audience in London. HOSTS: - Lyse Doucet, BBC chief international correspondent - Mishal Husain, BBC Radio 4 host GET IN TOUCH: - Send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp to +44 330 123 9480 - Or Email theconflict@bbc.co.uk TEAM: TEAM: This episode was made by Beth Ashmead Latham in London. The Today Debate was produced by Sinead Heekin and Louisa Lewis, and edited by Owenna Griffiths. The Technical team was led by Marc Willcox. The senior news editors for The Conflict are Sam Bonham and Jonathan Aspinwall.

Israeli bombs flatten 25 apartment blocks in the neighbourhood of al-Zahra. Lyse speaks with BBC international reporter Alice Cuddy about her recent story on the residents of the upscale Gazan neighbourhood of al-Zahra. HOST: - Lyse Doucet, BBC chief international correspondent GUEST: - Alice Cuddy, BBC international reporter GET IN TOUCH: - Send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp to +44 330 123 9480 - Or Email theconflict@bbc.co.uk TEAM: This episode was made by Beth Ashmead Latham in London. The Technical producer was Philip Bull. The assistant editor was Neal Razzell. The senior news editors are Sam Bonham and Jonathan Aspinwall.

Jeremy Bowen returns from his time embedded on the frontline with the Israeli military. He tells us what war in Gaza looks like and feels like, close-up… PRESENTERS: - Lyse Doucet, BBC chief international correspondent - Jeremy Bowen, BBC international editor GET IN TOUCH: - Send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp to +44 330 123 9480 - Or Email theconflict@bbc.co.uk TEAM: This episode was made by Tim Walklate with Beth Ashmead Latham in London and Samantha Granville in Israel. The Technical producer was Philip Bull. The assistant editor was Neal Razzell.

John Simpson on what’s happened since Hamas attacked Israel and what might happen next? PRESENTERS: Adam Fleming, host of the BBC’s daily news podcast Newscast John Simpson, BBC world affairs editor GET IN TOUCH: - Send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp to +44 330 123 9480 - Email theconflict@bbc.co.uk TEAM: This episode was made by Bethan Ashmead Latham and Joe Kent. The senior news editors are Jonathan Aspinwall and Sam Bonham.

Rushdi Abualouf in Gaza and Anthony Zurcher on the US Secretary of State’s Middle East visit; reflections from our correspondents as Lyse readies to leave Jerusalem FEATURING: Lyse Doucet, BBC chief international correspondent Rushdi Abualouf, BBC Gaza reporter Anna Foster, BBC correspondent on Israel’s northern border with Lebanon Jon Donnison, BBC correspondent and former BBC Gaza correspondent GET IN TOUCH: - Send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp to +44 330 123 9480 - Or Email theconflict@bbc.co.uk TEAM: This episode was made by Joe Kent in London. The assistant was editor Neal Razzell. The senior news editors are Jonathan Aspinwall and Sam Bonham.

Today eyes were on two men who have the power to shape what happens next - possibly how this might all end. Neither of them from Israel. Neither of them from Gaza. Lyse speaks to Paul Adams about what we learnt from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s latest visit to Israel and from Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah’s first public comments since the start of the conflict Paul also explains the history of Hezbollah and what the group, which is proscribed as a terrorist organisation, by the UK, US and Israel, wants. PRESENTERS: - Lyse Doucet, BBC chief international correspondent - Paul Adams, BBC diplomatic correspondent GET IN TOUCH: - Send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp to +44 330 123 9480 - Or Email theconflict@bbc.co.uk TEAM: This episode was made by Joe Kent in London. The studio manager was Gareth Jones, the assistant editor Neal Razzell. The senior news editors are Jonathan Aspinwall and Sam Bonham.

Israel's military says it has "completed the encirclement of Gaza City" and has been attacking outposts, headquarters and other Hamas infrastructures there. We look at what Israel taking the area would mean for the next stage of the war. REPORTERS: - Lyse Doucet, BBC chief international correspondent - Jon Donnison, BBC correspondent and former BBC Gaza correspondent GET IN TOUCH: - Send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp to +44 330 123 9480 - Or email theconflict@bbc.co.uk This episode was made by Chris Flynn with Alex Lederman in Jerusalem and Emilia Jansson in London. The studio manager was Gareth Jones. The assistant editor was Neal Razzell. The senior news editors are Sam Bonham and Jonathan Aspinwall.

What will it take to defeat Hamas inside one of the most densely populated place on earth? A long war. That’s the warning from Israel’s leaders. As Israeli forces take the fight deeper inside Gaza, Lyse is joined by the BBC’s defence correspondent to discuss the strategy for a risky ground war that means more casualties among Israeli soldiers and Palestinian civilians. REPORTERS: • Lyse Doucet, BBC chief international correspondent • Jonathan Beale, BBC defence correspondent GET IN TOUCH: • Send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp to +44 330 123 9480 • Or email theconflict@bbc.co.uk This episode was made by Daniel Wittenberg with Alex Lederman in Jerusalem and Alex Collins in London. The studio manager was Gareth Jones. The senior news editor was Sam Bonham.

Isaac Herzog talks to Lyse about his country’s right to self-defence after the Hamas attacks of October 7th. We also hear about a major Israeli attack on a refugee camp in Northern Gaza. Israel says Hamas leaders were the target. REPORTERS: - Lyse Doucet, BBC chief international correspondent - Alex Lederman, BBC Washington producer GET IN TOUCH: - Send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp to +44 330 123 9480 - Or email theconflict@bbc.co.uk This episode was made by Clare Williamson. The studio manager was Garreth Jones. The assistant editor was Neal Razzell. The senior news editors are Sam Bonham and Jonathan Aspinwall.

Lyse unpicks what we know about Israel’s ground operation in Gaza with Newsnight’s diplomatic editor Mark Urban, who’s monitoring the military manoeuvres. They also reflect on the rescue of a female soldier in Gaza who was taken hostage by Hamas on 7 October. PRESENTERS: - Lyse Doucet, BBC chief international correspondent - Mark Urban, Newsnight’s diplomatic editor GET IN TOUCH: - Send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp to +44 330 123 9480 - Or Email theconflict@bbc.co.uk TEAM: This episode was made by Tim Walklate with Clare Williamson in London and Alex Lederman in Israel. The studio manager was Gareth Jones. The senior news editors are Jonathan Aspinwall and Sam Bonham.

Lyse speaks to Newscast host Paddy O’Connell and special correspondent Fergal Keane as Israel says it has started its ground operation in Gaza. PRESENTERS: - Lyse Doucet, BBC chief international correspondent - Paddy O’Connell, BBC Newscast host - Fergal Keane, BBC special correspondent GET IN TOUCH: - Send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp to +44 330 123 9480 - Or Email theconflict@bbc.co.uk TEAM: This episode was made by Chris Flynn with Gemma Roper. The studio manager was Mike Regaard. The senior news editors are Jonathan Aspinwall and Sam Bonham.

Lyse and Frank answer your questions about the Israel-Gaza conflict, with analysis on the responses of Iran, Russia, and the rest of Europe. FEATURING: - Lyse Doucet, BBC chief international correspondent - Frank Gardner, BBC security correspondent - Jackie Leonard, presenter of the BBC’s Global News Podcast GET IN TOUCH: - Send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp to +44 330 123 9480 - Email theconflict@bbc.co.uk TEAM: This episode was made by Chris Flynn and Anna Murphy in London and Alex Lederman in Israel. The technical producer was Philip Bull. The senior news editors are Karen Martin and Neal Razzell.

Lyse speaks to veteran correspondent John Simpson about lessons from the past and about the role of the US and Iran in the current conflict. John reflects on the pressure Israel is under from its allies, how the presence of hostages could impact military decisions and the dangers Israeli troops face going into Gaza. PRESENTERS: - Lyse Doucet, BBC chief international correspondent - John Simpson, BBC world affairs editor GET IN TOUCH: - Send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp to +44 330 123 9480 - Or Email theconflict@bbc.co.uk TEAM: This episode was made by Joe Kent with Clare Williamson in London and Alex Lederman in Israel. The studio manager was Gareth Jones and the assistant editor Neal Razzell. The senior news editors are Jonathan Aspinwall and Sam Bonham.

How two 4 year-olds were killed and how social media denied it. Marianna Spring tells Lyse about her investigation into the stories of two young boys, one Israeli, one Palestinian, whose deaths in the opening days of the war became part of ugly false claims on social media. PRESENTERS: - Lyse Doucet, BBC chief international correspondent - Marianna Spring, BBC disinformation correspondent GET IN TOUCH: - Send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp to +44 330 123 9480 - Or Email theconflict@bbc.co.uk TEAM: This episode was made by Joe Kent with Alex Collins in London and Alex Lederman in Israel. The studio manager was Philip Bull. Neal Razzell is the Assistant Editor. The senior news editors are Jonathan Aspinwall and Sam Bonham.

Lyse speaks to Rushdi Abualouf, the BBC’s reporter in Gaza. He tells us what it’s like trying to get to the truth while keeping his family safe, as well as what living conditions are like as water, food and electricity supplies run increasingly low. And - a released Israeli hostage speaks about her experience in captivity. REPORTERS: - Lyse Doucet, BBC chief international correspondent - Rushdi Abualouf, BBC Gaza reporter GET IN TOUCH: - Send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp to +44 330 123 9480 - Or email theconflict@bbc.co.uk This episode was made by Chris Flynn, with Hayley Clarke in London and Alex Lederman in Israel. The studio manager was Phil Bull. The assistant editor was Neal Razzell. One answer has been re-edited in this podcast to include the full answer.

Another two hostages have been released by Hamas, more than two weeks after they were taken from Kibbutz Nir Oz, less than a mile from the Gaza border. Lyse speaks to the BBC’s Anna Foster in northern Israel from her current base in the south of the country to discuss the hostage situation. We hear from the family of a hostage still being held and the anguish felt by his family. Meanwhile, the humanitarian situation in Gaza worsens, even though aid is slowly starting to trickle in. REPORTERS: • Lyse Doucet, BBC chief international correspondent • Anna Foster, BBC correspondent GET IN TOUCH: • Send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp to +44 330 123 9480 • Or email theconflict@bbc.co.uk This episode was made by Daniel Wittenberg, with Clare Williamson in London and Alex Lederman in Israel. The studio manager was Ben Andrews. The assistant editor was Neal Razzell.

Lyse and Jeremy answer your questions about the Israel-Gaza conflict – including its history, potential solutions and what we know about the first hostages released by Hamas. FEATURING: - Lyse Doucet, BBC Chief International Correspondent - Jeremy Bowen, BBC International Editor - Jackie Leonard, presenter of the BBC’s Global News Podcast GET IN TOUCH: - Send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp to +44 330 123 9480 - Email theconflict@bbc.co.uk TEAM: This episode was made by Madeleine Drury, Anna Murphy, Judy Frankl and Joe Kent in London and Alex Lederman and Kathy Long in Israel. The technical producer was Philip Bull. The senior news editors are Karen Martin, Jonathan Aspinwall and Sam Bonham.