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BBC World Service announces Emergency Radio Service for Gaza

It will provide listeners in Gaza with the latest information and
developments as well as safety advice on where to access shelter,
food and water supplies

Published: 10:00 am, 1 November 2023
Updated: 12:15 pm, 2 November 2023
BBC News World Service is written in white on a red background

    BBC News Arabic are extremely well-placed to offer this vital
    service for the people of Gaza at a time of greatest need. Their
    expertise and specialist knowledge of the region alongside the
    BBC's reputation as the most trusted news provider, means we can
    reach civilians in Gaza with the information they need. -- Liliane
    Landor, Director, BBC World Service

BBC News Arabic has today (1 November) announced an Emergency Radio
Service for Gaza in response to the conflict in the region.

The emergency service - Gaza Daily - will broadcast vital news daily
to the people of Gaza during this time of urgent need.

It will provide listeners in Gaza with the latest information and
developments as well as safety advice on where to access shelter,
food and water supplies.

Produced in Cairo and London and broadcast on medium wave, the
service will initially run one programme a day at 1500 GMT from
Friday 3 November. A second daily update will be broadcast at 0500
GMT from Friday 10 November.

The BBC World Service has a history of responding to emergency
situations globally. Most recently, in May 2023 during the conflict
in Sudan BBC News Arabic began an emergency radio service. In
February 2022, the BBC News Ukraine service began extended TV
bulletins following the invasion of the country. BBC Media Action
also previously launched a service for Gaza in 2014 following a
summer of conflict.

Liliane Landor, Director, BBC World Service, says: "BBC News Arabic
are extremely well-placed to offer this vital service for the people
of Gaza at a time of greatest need. Their expertise and specialist
knowledge of the region alongside the BBC's reputation as the most
trusted news provider, means we can reach civilians in Gaza with the
information they need."

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Notes to editors:

The Gaza service will be broadcast on MW 639kHz for morning and
evening episodes.

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