18 Aug 2025

Foreign correspondent Sebastian Usher

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 18 August 2025
A view of the destruction ind the Gaza Strip, from a Jordanian military aircraft before the airdrop operation of aid over Gaza on 14 August, 2025.

A view of the destruction in the Gaza Strip, from a Jordanian military aircraft before the airdrop operation of aid over Gaza on 14 August, 2025. Photo: AFP/ Middle East Images - Faiz Abu Rmeleh

Mideast correspondent Sebastian Usher joins Kathryn to talk about the Israeli Government's plans for Gaza, what's happening with aid getting into the territory and the current state of Israeli public opinion about the war.

Sebastian Usher is a BBC Middle East analyst, editor and reporter

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