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Israel-Gaza conflict: Will the war spread?

Tensions rise in the Middle East as the Israel-Gaza conflict escalates. Will other countries get involved?

What will the escalating crisis means for the region? The 大象传媒's world affairs editor, John Simpson, speaks to chief international correspondent, Lyse Doucet, who is in Southern Israel. Middle East correspondent, Lina Sinjab, in Beirut examines the situation in Lebanon - and the possible role Iran-backed Hezbollah, Lebanon's most powerful military force, might play. 大象传媒 Persian presenter, Baran Abbasi, looks at Iran and what it stands too gain - or lose - by the increase in hostilities. And, while all the focus is on the Middle East, we turn to China as it marks a decade of its Belt and Road initiative. Kerry Allen, analyst from 大象传媒 Monitoring, reveals if the nation's spectacular economic growth is finally coming to an end.

(Photo: A child is recovered from the rubble of a residential building levelled in an Israeli airstrike, in Khan Younis refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip, 19 October 2023. Credit: Haitham Imad/EPA)

Produced by Pandita Lorenz and Benedick Watt.

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Sun 22 Oct 2023 18:32GMT

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