20 Sep 2025

Latest on Gaza

From Saturday Morning, 7:15 am on 20 September 2025

On Tuesday Foreign Minister Winston Peters will attend a critical UN General Assembly meeting in the US. While there he will outline the government's position on whether New Zealand will recognise a Palestinian state.

This week UN investigators accused Israel of committing "genocide" in Gaza. 

Israel denies that - calling the UN report fake and based on Hamas lies.

BBC Middle East editor Sebastian Usher joins Susie Ferguson live from London.

Displaced Palestinians move with their belongings southwards on a road in the Nuseirat refugee camp area in the central Gaza Strip following renewed Israeli evacuation orders for Gaza City on September 16, 2025. Israel launched its long-anticipated ground assault on Gaza City at dawn on September 16, a day after winning backing from its top ally the United States despite mounting international alarm. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP)

Homeless Palestinians travel southwards after Israel reiterated its orders to evacuate Gaza City. Photo: EYAD BABA/AFP