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In this episode of Battle Lines, Middle East Correspondent Nataliya Vasilyeva joins us from Bethlehem in the West Bank to bring us up to date with the news from the Israeli assault on the Gaza strip, and Senior Foreign Correspondent Sophia Yan talks us through her analysis of Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and asks how the war has impacted his chances of political survival.
Plus more than a month on from the start of Israeli ground operations in Gaza, Hamish de Bretton-Gordon shares his thoughts on the tactics and effectiveness of the IDF.
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David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on X.
Nataliya Vasilyeva (Middle East Correspondent). @Nat_Vasilyeva on X.
Sophia Yan (Senior Foreign Correspondent). @sophia_yan on X.
Hamish de Bretton Gordon, former British Army Colonel. @HamishDBG on X.
Read: Netanyahu fighting on two fronts – in Gaza and for his own survival, by Sophia Yan
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