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Hugo Bachega

London

Correspondent at BBC

BBC Middle East correspondent

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  • 2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Hugo Bachega

    Gaza Humanitarian Foundation says Hamas killed five workers in bus attackHugo BachegaBBC Middle East correspondentReutersThe US- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation began delivering aid to Gaza last monthThe new group backed by Israel and the US for aid distribution in Gaza says Hamas attacked a bus transporting some of its Palestinian workers, killing at least five people.

  • 1 month ago | bbc.co.uk | Rushdi Abualouf |Hugo Bachega

    Discussions reportedly covered the issue of Israeli hostages held in Gaza, as well as possible mechanisms for a ceasefire and humanitarian access. Israel is yet to comment on the latest developments. Hamas has in the past said it will only agree to a deal that includes the end of the war, something that has been repeatedly rejected by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

  • 2 months ago | bbc.com | Hugo Bachega

    Hezbollah at crossroads after blows from war weaken groupHugo BachegaReporting fromSouthern LebanonReutersKfar Kila is one of the border towns in Lebanon that were almost completely destroyed by the Israeli military during last year's warLast year, on 17 September, at around 15:30, a pager which a nurse called Adam was given at the start of his shift at a hospital in Lebanon received a message.

  • Mar 22, 2025 | bbc.com | Hugo Bachega

    Israel warns Lebanon of severe response after rocket fireHugo BachegaBBC Middle East correspondentJaroslav LukivReutersIDF soldiers guard in the norther Israeli town of Metula, on the border with Lebanon. File photoIsrael has warned it will "respond severely" after rockets were fired from Lebanon - the first since a bilateral ceasefire deal came into effect in November.

  • Feb 6, 2025 | bbc.co.uk | Hugo Bachega

    On 26 January, thousands of displaced Lebanese, who had been living across the country, tried to return to their homes in southern Lebanon. They travelled in convoys, played revolutionary songs and waved, proudly, the yellow Hezbollah flag. Many found out that, aer more than a year of war, there were no homes to return to. They mourned what had been lost and, in the rubble of destroyed buildings, put up posters remembering the group's late leader, Hassan Nasrallah.

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6 Jun 25

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5 Jun 25

RT @BBCNewsPR: Statement on BBC correspondent Feras Kilani and colleagues being detained at gunpoint by Israel Defense Forces - On Friday…

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27 May 25

We have been given rare access to French troops who are part of the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon, as they search for positions that were used by Hezbollah to carry out attacks against Israel, as we mark six months since the start of the ceasefire. https://t.co/514vTyIIaq