On this episode of Battle Lines, Middle East correspondent in Jerusalem Nataliya Vasilyeva talks to Venetia Rainey about ongoing ceasefire talks and whether a deal is really as close as Joe Biden claimed. Then we hear from Jumana Shahin, a mother of one who is stuck in central Gaza and facing the hardest decision of her life: should she try to escape with her family or stay behind to help her people?

Contributors:

Venetia Rainey (Host, Weekend Foreign Editor) @venetiarainey on X

Nataliya Vasilyeva (Middle East Correspondent) @Nat_Vasilyeva on X.

Jumana Shahin https://www.instagram.com/jumana.shahin/

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Israel ceasefire & a mother's dilemma over fleeing Gaza