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World Service,24 Oct 2026,49 mins

Israeli forces demolish Palestinian buildings in occupied West Bank

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Two Israeli soldiers were shot dead by Palestinian gunmen on Friday, just days before elections in Israel. According to the UN, at least 96 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces or settlers in the West Bank since the start of the year. Also in the programme: Protests have been banned across several French cities as officials try to avoid a repeat of the riots that gripped the country last weekend; and, why Chrystia Freeland, a former deputy prime minister of Canada thinks that the US is like an unreliable boyfriend. Presenter Julian Worricker is joined by Noga Tarnopolsky, journalist on Israel and the Palestinian territories in Jerusalem and Hugh Lovatt is Senior Policy Fellow with the Middle East and Africa at the European Council on Foreign Relations Photo: Israeli machinery demolishes a Palestinian house following a shooting attack, in Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, October 23, 2026. Reuters/Mussa Qawasma

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