rushdie was killed.— israeli strike hit the building. rushdie was killed.ng to comprehend _ rushdie was killed. she is really young to comprehend what - rushdie was killed. she is reallyj young to comprehend what does rushdie was killed. she is really i young to comprehend what does it mean to lose your father. he would be always my best friend. since then she has moved _ be always my best friend. since then she has moved four _ be always my best friend. since then she has moved four times. _ be always my best friend. since then she has moved four times. she's - be always my best friend. since then | she has moved four times. she's now living in a camp in central gaza. there is no light by the end of this deep title. they destroyed the buildings and also the future of the gazan people. you buildings and also the future of the gazan people-— buildings and also the future of the gazan --eole. ., ., . ., ., gazan people. you can watch more of jane's gazan people. you can watch more of lanes reporting _ gazan people. you can watch more of lanes reporting on — g

i'm so sorry, i'm so sorry, rushdi. i'm sorry. in a petrol station just to follow the news. and you know how difficult is the communication. i couldn't continue on my way and i couldn't come back. i was stuck in this petrol station for two, three hours. and talking about numbers, within this year, more than 100. the committee for the protection of journalists has said at least 128 journalists, all, but five are palestinian. and please if anyone can remind me of any conflict or war that experienced or witnessed this number of journalists killed. many injured. when israel released some of the videos saying they are not only doing journalism, but they are doing anotherjob. all this needs be investigated, they need to know exactly why they killed this number of journalists in gaza. most of the offices for journalists were destroyed. local production companies were destroyed. and journalists work from hospitals because it is the only place where they have electricity and internet. so in order to do theirjob they have to be operating fr

rushdi came into the studio earlier this week while on a short visit to london.

rushdi abualouf, thank you for joining us.o has millions of followers on social media, she has won an emmy award and she will bejoining us later to speak about her experiences during the war. western leaders have been marking today's anniversary with a reiteration of their support for israel. president biden has released the following statement... during this year of conflict, and tens of thousands have been killed, a human toll made far worse by terrorists hiding and operating among innocent people. we will not stop working to achieve a ceasefire deal in gaza that brings the hostages home, allows for a surge in humanitarian aid to ease the suffering on the ground, assures israels security, and ends this war. and this statement is from british prime minister keir starmer, who said: "one year on from these horrific attacks we must unequivocally stand with thejewish community and unite as a country." he added that "we must never look the other way in the face of hate". he also called for a ceasefire in gaza and lebanon, and for

our analysis editor ros atkins and our gaza correspondent rushdi abu alouf have been looking at the evidencefilmed by an israeli drone, as it enters the building where hamas leader yahya sinwar was found on wednesday. he was the key figure behind the october 7 attacks. at bbc verify, we've confirmed the location this building, in rafah, in southern gaza, and we've studied satellite imagery of the area. as the drone enters the first—floor room, we see a man sitting in an armchair. he's moving and appears wounded. he waves an object, then throws it — apparently at the drone. afterthis, israeli forces killed him. according to israel, there were exchanges of fire and then their tanks aimed at the buildings. but it wasn't until soldiers returned on thursday that they realised that the face of one of the men they'd killed strongly resembled that of the leader of hamas. in order to confirm this, they sent for dna testing, and on thursday it was confirmed — it was him. hamas has confirmed his death as well. and for some, it came as a surprise that he appeared alone, as rushdi abualouf, the bbc�*s ga

you remember that there was a fatwa of ayatollah khamenei in relation to the famous writer salman rushdie, whom he accused for completely incomprehensible reasons of slandering islam issued a fatwa about him. destruction, and salman rushdie hid for many years, was under the protection of the intelligence services, ayatollah khomeini had already died, it was not clear whether the fatwa of ayatollah khamenei was confirmed or not, there was a long story, and in the end someone came together, hit him, the writer lost an eye, on happiness did not die, but several decades have passed since the sentence that seye allahameni passed, so you have to understand. that if you relax with such people, they will kill you, they will not read you morals, they will kill you, so what here everything is absolutely obvious, there is this program that there should be no israel, ayatala khomeini always said this, itala khomeini is saying this, all iranian presidents, both conservatives and liberals, said this, that this masoud pizishkiyan, who is called a representative of the liberal kiel, and who won the elect

wait for years, remember that there was a fatwa, but... a tirade against the famous writer salman rushdieom he accused for completely incomprehensible reasons of slandering islam and issued a fatwa about its destruction, and salman rushdie hid for many years, beat under the protection of the intelligence services, the ayatala had already died khomeini, it was not clear whether the fatwa of the ayatollah was confirmed or not, it was a long story, in the end someone came together, hit him. the writer lost an eye, fortunately he did not die, but several decades have passed since the sentence passed by seyet allah omini, so you need to understand that if you relax with such people. they will kill you, they will not teach you morals, they will kill you, so everything is absolutely obvious here, there is this program that there should be no israel, ayatala khomeini always said this, ayatala khameneni is saying this, all iranian presidents, both conservatives and liberals, have said that this masoud pizishkiyan, who is called a representative of the liberal kil, who won the election against the

, such well-known writers as oksana zapushko, sofia andruhovich, lova shoneim, artem cheh, salman rushdieany others. and now i offer to listen to more about this forum from the program director sofia chelyakt, as well as from the writer halyna kruk. these are more than 120 different events, opportunities to talk with an author who we read only in a book, such as georgy gospodinov or salman rushdi, this is a great opportunity, i think, to hear them and even. ask the question if, if, if there is this live connection, we will happen with the new format of the fair, yes, this year we could not due to the circumstances, the fair will be organized in the usual format, but in fact at almost all locations it will be possible to purchase books, it will be possible to actually go to the events first, listen to what the authors are talking about, and thus make a decision about whether this book is needed or not. i would like to point out that this year's main leading theme of the forum is the power of cooperation, and the official opening is also currently underway, the mayor of lviv andriy sadovyi

reasons of slandering islam and issued a fatwa about its destruction, and salman rushdie for many yearsas beaten by the security of the intelligence services, ayatala khomeini had already died, it was not clear whether they were confirming the fatwa of the ayatala khania, it was a long story, in the end someone came together and hit him. the writer lost an eye, fortunately he did not die, but several decades have passed since the sentence that nani setalakhamini handed down, so you have to understand that if you relax with such people, they will kill you, they will not teach you morals, howl , here, so everything is absolutely obvious here, there is this program that there should not be any israel, khomeini always said this, the italians say this, all iranian presidents, both... conservatives and liberals, said this, that this masoud pizishkiyan, who is called a representative of the liberal kil, who won the election against the will of the islamic revolution guards corps , who is in difficult relations with the conservative part of the islamic clergy, he who has some other position reg

our analysis editor ros atkins and our gaza correspondent rushdi abualouf have been looking at the evidencerone, as it enters the building where hamas leader yahya sinwar was found on wednesday. he was the key figure behind the 7th of october attacks. at bbc verify, we've confirmed the location this building, in rafah, in southern gaza, and we've studied satellite imagery of the area. as the drone enters the first—floor room, we see a man sitting in an armchair. he's moving and appears wounded. he waves an object, then throws it — apparently at the drone. afterthis, israeli forces killed him. according to israel, there were exchanges of fire and then their tanks aimed at the buildings. but it wasn't until soldiers returned on thursday that they realised that the face of one of the men they'd killed strongly resembled that of the leader of hamas. in order to confirm this, they sent for dna testing, and on thursday it was confirmed — it was him. hamas has confirmed his death as well. and for some, it came as a surprise that he appeared alone, as rushdi abualouf, the bbc�*s gaza correspondent,

rushdi was killed.he would be always my best friend. since then, shorouk has moved four times. # you are my sunshine, my only sunshine! she's now living in a camp in central gaza. there is no light by the end of this deep tunnel. they destroyed the buildings and also the near future of the gazan people. and you can see more on panorama — "october 7th: one year on" — tonight at 9 o'clock on bbc one. let's get more analysis now from our correspondents. in a moment we'll speak to nick beake in northern israel, but first let's go to our gaza correspondent rushdi abualouf, more rocket attacks in israel? yes the israeli military saying 135 rockets have been fired so far today from lebanon by hezbollah into northern israel. in the past 20 minutes there have been alerts in two communities around where we are. some of these rockets have been getting through the iron dome defence that they have in israel. actually others going further than we have seen in the past few weeks or so, we have seen in the past few wee

rushdi abualouf.nwhile the qatari government has confirmed in a press confernce that it will work alongsidejoe biden�*s administration until its last minute to secure a ceasefire in gaza.speaking at a press conference in the last hour, a qatari government spokesperson confirmed a deal was some way off being agreed: we cannot lose hope, the situation is not easy. it has been about a year since we had a ceasefire as a result of egyptian mediation. at the moment we are working to keep channels of open but i not think we can put any colour on the current motion linked to the current motion linked to the mediation.— the current motion linked to the mediation. arrive page up and running — the mediation. arrive page up and running to _ the mediation. arrive page up and running to and _ the mediation. arrive page up and running to and solve - the mediation. arrive page up and running to and solve the i and running to and solve the questions you might have about what is happening in the middle east and the dev

its author, salman rushdie's knife. it recounts the 2022 stabbing attack that nearly took his life. reuters senior correspondent ernest scheyder is the author of the war below. the book is about the global battle to obtain minerals required to power 21st century technology. in a great disorder, historian richard slotkin looks at myths in american history that have led to division in america. and deborah taffa recalls growing up as a native american in the eighties. in her memoir, whiskey tender, and finally on the national book awards nonfiction finals list. vanessa villareal essays in magical realism. it's a look at how the fictional works of sci fi and fantasy reflect our own reality. this year's national book awards winners will be announced november 20th in new york. booktv will be covering that event and now we'll look at some of the most anticipated books coming out this fall. already, several high profile memoirs have been released. they include supreme court justice ketanji brown jackson owens. lovely one. former first lady hillary rodham clinton. something lost, something g

and salman rushdie hid for many years, was under the protection of the intelligence services, ayatollahini had already died, there was no it is clear whether the fatwa of ayatollah meniya is confirmed. it was a long story and in the end someone got together and hit him, er, the writer. lost an eye, fortunately he did not die, but several decades have passed since the verdict that ayatala khamini handed down, so you have to understand that if you relax with such people, they will kill you, they will not read you morals, they will kill you , here, so everything here is absolutely obvious, there is this program that there should be no israel, talakhomaini always spoke about it, italakhameni spoke about it, all iranians spoke about it presidents, both conservatives and liberals, that... this masoud pizishkiyan, who is called a representative of liberal bodies, who won the election against the will of the islamic revolutionary guard corps, who is in relations with the conservative part of the islamic clergy, he who has some other position in relation to israel, no, he has a different positio

the bbc�*s rushdi abualouf, who has reported from gaza for decades, spent weeks documenting the conflictving with his family on november 20th for the sake of their safety. he shared his reflections, a year after the war that forced him from his home. i was in gaza city, i lived in the western part of the city. i was about to get my kids to school. suddenly, we saw a rocket starting to fly from all over gaza — quickly we realised something big was happening. when i drove this morning... explosion. that sounds like it was quite close to you. we got the chance to leave on 20 november, and we left to egypt, then to istanbul. accessing the office was restricted during the night, from day two, so i used to do my reporting from my house. israel decided to close the border and not allow any foreignjournalists to go into gaza. now one year on, still the egyptians and israelis are not allowing foreign journalists in. and this makes it hard for independentjournalists to verify the information. sometimes it takes hours to verify one small information out of gaza. it's always difficult to contact peo

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rushdi abualouf is our gaza correspondent.cting some sort of a very big israeli retaliation following the hamas attack on october the 7th, but not on this scale. we are talking about numbers, we are saying more than 42,000 41,000 people killed, 10,000 people are still missing, almost half, maybe more than half of gazan's buildings, infrastructure, schools, universities, hospitals are completely destroyed. over 120,000 people who have left. i am one of them. my family is one of them. whenever we travel to meet people in egypt, in qatar, everywhere they go they have one answer, that we have survived, we are still alive but we are not ok. that is for those who are outside. what about the over 2 million people inside who have experienced the horror of displacement, killing and pain for over a year? this morning, very mixed feelings. people were posting on social media, those very few people who have internet in gaza, most of them were saying that they dream that a time machine or some sort of miracle would bring back their old lif

the bbc�*s gaza correspondent rushdi abualouf is in istanbul and has the latest on the humanitarian situation focussed more in the north as israel, back on october 5th, started a ground incursion to jabalia refugee camp. jabalia is the biggest refugee camp where we believe also people from beit hanoun and beit lahiya, northwest and northeast of the gaza strip are moved to to jabalia. so about 200,000—300,000 people are now stuck in a very small, densely populated refugee camp, half demolished in previous israeli operations in the north. this is the third operation and the camp has been surrounded. very few people who have access to the internet or to the social media were posting horrific pictures of destruction and in some places bodies in the street. an ambulance driver was filming himself in a rescue mission yesterday, got an explosion next to his ambulance and he couldn't go to rescue the people. another night, significant airstrikes — about nine air strikes overnight in gaza city, across gaza city, in the north and in the south, about 26,000 people. those vaccinations are taking place in

joining me now is rushdi abualouf.eague, you ajournalist colleague, you had to leave for your own safety, you were reporting mostly from istanbul but you joined us from london. i rememberyou istanbul but you joined us from london. i remember you saying a year ago, london. i remember you saying a yearago, given london. i remember you saying a year ago, given the reports emerging from southern israel that something really bad would follow. did you ever imagined that this region would be at war, still at war now and gaza would be almost completely destroyed?— would be almost completely destroyed? not on this scale and not this _ destroyed? not on this scale and not this long. _ destroyed? not on this scale and not this long. we - destroyed? not on this scale and not this long. we were l and not this long. we were expecting some sort of a very big israeli retaliation following the ham hamas attack in october the 7th. but we are saying more than 42, 401000 people killed but a thousand people killed but a thousand people are

the bbc�*s rushdi abualouf, who has reported from gaza for decades, spent weeks documenting the conflictry, only leaving with his family on 20 november for the sake of their safety. he shared his reflections, a year after the war that forced him from his home. suddenly restarted to see rockets ply from all over gaza. we quickly realised something big is happening. when i drove this morning... big is happening. when i drove this morning. . ._ this morning... that science like it was — this morning... that science like it was quite _ this morning... that science like it was quite close - this morning... that science like it was quite close to - like it was quite close to your? like it was quite close to our? ~ ., like it was quite close to our? ~ . . ., . like it was quite close to our? . . ., . ., your? we had the chance to live at 20 november _ your? we had the chance to live at 20 november and _ your? we had the chance to live at 20 november and we - your? we had the chance to live at 20 november and we left - your? we had the chance to live at 20 november and we left to i at 20 novembe

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. _ let's speak to our gaza correspondent rushdi abualouf. hello to you as well.test strikes within gaza as is typical with these incidents, we are seeing israel saying these were areas that were being used by hamas, but then we have had denials by hamas of that claim.— hamas of that claim. yes, we have seen _ hamas of that claim. yes, we have seen a _ hamas of that claim. yes, we have seen a significant - have seen a significant increase in the number of air strikes yesterday, targeting both places. the north where israel asked the rest of the people there to live. we saw an incident in a refugee camp yesterday where five kids were killed and we have seen another air strike hit a school where israel said it is used as a command centre for hamas. hamas officially denied. about 22 people were killed, and overnight we have seen another air strike in overnight we have seen another airstrike in a overnight we have seen another air strike in a hospital. this hospital is one of the few hospitals that still functioning in gaza. in the hospital itself, the courtyard of th

the bbc�*s rushdi abualouf, who has reported from gaza for decades, spent weeks documenting the conflicthim from his home. i was iwas in i was in gaza city, i lived in the western part of the city. i was about to get my kids to school. suddenly, we saw a rocket starting to fly from all over gaza — quickly we realised something big was happening. when i drove this morning... happening. when i drove this morning- - -— happening. when i drove this morning... happening. when i drove this morninu... . , ,, morning... that sounds like it was uuite morning... that sounds like it was quite close — morning... that sounds like it was quite close to _ morning... that sounds like it was quite close to you. _ morning... that sounds like it was quite close to you. we _ morning... that sounds like it was quite close to you. we got - morning... that sounds like it was quite close to you. we got the - quite close to you. we got the chance to _ quite close to you. we got the chance to leave _ quite close to you. we got the chance to leave on _ quite close to you. we got the chance to leave on 20 - quite c

peter: don delillo, salman rushdie, hillary clinton, stephen king, jasmine ward. owns scribner's now? charles: those names you have just mentioned really belong to the current administration post family ownership. we can take no credit for those. did you begin with reinhold niebuhr? the current ones. they belong to the current administration which is headed by nanogram. it is an imprint of simon & schuster which has just been bought by henry kravis organization. ironically, kravis together with the administration of mac millan, which my dad and i had orchestrated a very friendly and desired merger of scribner's into mcmillan to give it a solid foundation in the 80's, it was bought by this pirate robert maxwell. he went overboard on his yacht three years later. henry kravis's company and the management of mcmillan, they lost out on that bidding. that was 1888 -- 18, please. 1988. here we are 35 years later. kravis's company buys not only scribner's and the mcmillan titles which are part of scribner but all of simon & schuster. which is where mcmillan and scribner e

it was also the islamic republic that put a fatwa on the head of british author salman rushdie, whichin his near murder in 2022. things come back to britain in addition to instability, having all sorts of risks in the middle east, where, of course we get a great deal of oil from. but iran's desire to harm extends far beyond israel. iran is an enemy of the west and israel is fighting this war on our behalf. it is our proxy. if iran wins, we cannot be so naive to think that it will end with israel. we are all in this war together, which is why we must support israel in its war against the true coloniser of the middle east, the islamic repubuc the middle east, the islamic republic of iran. as always, let me know your views . me know your views. mailmogg@gbnews.com. but i'm pleased now to be joined by the israeli—lebanese activist jonathan el—khoury, who is in tel aviv. jonathan, what is happening in tel aviv at the moment after the 200 ballistic missiles rained down recently? >> well, jake, thank you very much for having me. well, you're now catching me in the middle of a rosh hashanah d

where does this end, does this mean like something like salman rushdie's satanic verses might be deemedthat because then we're going back as a society to how we were, you know, a few decades ago. >> and it's essentially an arts festival pre—emptively censoring artists, which just seems a contradiction in terms. well, it's also to have this idea that you're going to have an uncontroversial, uncontroversial book festival surely goes against the idea of the free expression of ideas. and anybody could get offended by anything that doesn't make it necessarily well, they have they have like it's incredibly boring. >> they have non conventional non, non controversial sort of books. non, non controversial sort of books . and they used to be pop books. and they used to be pop up or kids books. yes. books. and they used to be pop up or kids books. yes . pre 2015. up or kids books. yes. pre 2015. what about this. >> oh and by the way what about this. you know what it is. it's like it sounds like this is coming from a place of we don't want complaints. yeah that seems to be the problem now is that

i that he appeared alone, as rushdi abualouf explains.— that he appeared alone, as rushdi abualouf explains giving — abualouf explains. i met him. he was rarely giving an _ abualouf explains. i met him. he was rarely giving an interview _ abualouf explains. i met him. he was rarely giving an interview to _ rarely giving an interview to foreign media, he was always surrounded with very tight security arrangement around him. so surrounded with very tight security arrangement around him.- surrounded with very tight security arrangement around him. so how was sinwar found? — arrangement around him. so how was sinwar found? he _ arrangement around him. so how was sinwar found? he was _ arrangement around him. so how was sinwar found? he was found - arrangement around him. so how was sinwar found? he was found here, . arrangement around him. so how wasj sinwar found? he was found here, we sinwarfound? he was found here, we have established this by matching known videos of the area with footage released by israel. the israeli military has released images of what it says are weapons found at the sc

let's speak to our gaza correspondent rushdi abu—alouf who's in istanbul.our assessment of the news? , ., ' :: :: , _, , news? there is no 10096 converse -- confirmation _ news? there is no 10096 converse -- confirmation from _ news? there is no 10096 converse -- confirmation from hamas - news? there is no 10096 converse -- confirmation from hamas and | —— confirmation from hamas and we have not heard from hammers at all and i've been trying for the last two hours since news of the killing of yahya sinwar emerged to contact any of the hamas officials but no one is answering their phone. even though some of the leaders are here, they are not answering their phones, but the hamas propaganda machine and some of the actors and journalists close to hamas, we started to see some signals on their facebook posts and twitter account talking about the possibility that this picture might belong to yahya sinwar. some of his people who supported him within this propaganda machine were saying he was not surrounded with israeli hostages as israel always tries to say. he w

our correspondents, yolande knell injerusalem, jonathan head in beirut, and our gaza correspondent rushdiouf, who's in istanbul. any further comment today from the israeli prime minister �*s office about the reports in the washington post?— office about the reports in the washington post? well, there has beenjust_ washington post? well, there has been just a _ washington post? well, there has been just a short - washington post? well, there i has been just a short statement that was put out by the israeli prime minister �*s office which said "we listened to the opinions of the us but the statement went on, and we will make ourfinal decisions statement went on, and we will make our final decisions based on our national interest". according to israeli media reports, there have also been meetings that have been taking place in the past day between the israeli prime minister, other key ministers, as well as the top military and intelligence figures, and they say that these figures have now agreed the nature of israel �*s suspected attack on iran, as well as the likely timing of that, and the

joined by our correspondents, yolande knell injerusalem, jonathan head in beirut, gaza correspondent rushdistanbul and tom bateman in washington tell us about those numbers idon't i don't think he seriously expects _ i don't think he seriously expects israelis _ i don't think he seriously expects israelis to - i don't think he seriously expects israelis to be - expects israelis to be influenced by the threats he made. there was a plea for unity and patience to the lebanese people. large numbers of the lebanese do not support hezbollah, even in normal times. many are very frustrated and upset the way their country has been dragged into this conflict. they blame hezbollah and israel. this was a plea by him for unity, saying we are the defenders of this country against israel, warning lebanese that if they get defeated and destroyed, as israel wants, israel will be flee to remake lebanon and the wider middle east as it wishes. he also promised to be build homes that had been destroyed and they would get that support. there was an interesting reference to gaza. he said the issues of palestine a

joined by our correspondents, wyre davies injerusalem, jonathan head in beirut, gaza correspondent rushdil and tom bateman in washington. tom, tell us more about this letter. grave concern amongst the us administration about what is happening in gaza. yes. what is happening in gaza. yes, this has emerged _ what is happening in gaza. yes, this has emerged in _ what is happening in gaza. yes, this has emerged in the - what is happening in gaza. 1&1: this has emerged in the last hour or so. what we have now confirmed are the contents of a letter that was reported by the journalist, written from the us secretary of state antony blinken to the israeli government, along with lloyd austin, the us defence secretary, both signed the letter. what it amounts to is a warning to the israelis that if they do not rapidly improve the humanitarian situation in gaza that they will face or risk having some us military assistance cut off. the language in this letter is very strong. as far as i can see this amounts to the strongest known written warning that the americans have given to the israelis ever since