7 Jul 2025

Growing hopes of potential ceasefire between Israel and Hamas

From Checkpoint, 4:15 pm on 7 July 2025

Middle East correspondent Perry Wilton spoke to Lisa Owen about the growing hopes of a potential ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, as well as New Zealand receiving close to 300 visa applications from Israeli, Palestinian and Iranian nationals in the past month.

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