the leader of hamas, ismail haniyeh, has arrived in cairo for talks on a fresh ceasefire. israel s president has said his country is now ready for what he calls another humanitarian pause . nearly 20 thousand people are now reported to have been killed in gaza. 1,200 were killed and 240 taken hostage when hamas attacked israel on the 7th of october. the un security council is about to start discussing a new draft of a gaza resolution and a vote could take place any minute now. the white house has just said discussions for a humanitarian pause are quote very serious . it s all about the wording of the text. it s all about the wording. the draft is very long, but the key section talks of extended humanitarian pauses and corridors throughout the gaza strip for a sufficient number of days to enable full, rapid, safe, and unhindered humanitarian access . it remains to be seen if the wording is now acceptable to the united states. in the past half hour, the us secretary of state
after the game and liverpool championship side middlesbrough will play chelsea. the semifinals take place across two legs next month. we ll have more football results for you injust a moment, but let s stay in england, because a day after the club sacked steve cooper, nuno espirito santo has his feet under the desk at nottingham forest. the portuguese takes charge of his third premier league club after spells at wolves and spurs, asjoe lynskey reports. they re five points above the drop zone. the man in charge hauled them up from the depths of the second tier. but this week at forest, things have changed quickly. steve cooper s been sacked and, within 2a hours, nuno s come in. and forest want him to take them up a level. big, big chance. very honoured. it s a pleasure to be at forest and be able to manage such a great club with such great history. what i expect is to help, to help, try to transmit my knowledge and my ethic work to the players so they can become better, a bett
central gaza. the israeli military says its forces have killed around 8,000 palestinian fighters in the war so far. the hamas run health ministry in gaza says the total number of dead since october 7 is now more than 20 thousand 400. speaking at a weekly cabinet meeting, israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the war had come at a very heavy price for israel. the israeli military says 14 more soldiers have been killed in gaza since friday, bringing the total during the ground assault to 153. these are israel defence forces pictures from operations in khan younis. saturday was one of its deadliest days, but mr netanyahu said his forces had no choice but to press ahead. translation: the war has | taken its toll, but we have no option but keep fighting. 0ur troops have eliminated thousands of terrorists so far. we are fighting with full force until the end, until the victory, until we fulfil our goals. those are the elimination of hamas, the return of our hostages,
are continuing in the hope that the united states will finally back a resolution. it comes as hamas said that more than 20 thousand people have now died in gaza since israel launched its military offensive after the october 7th attacks, in which 12 hundred people in israel were murdered. hamas which is designated a terrorist organisation by the uk government says the majority of those who ve been killed in gaza are women and children. our special correspondent fergal keane reports. the world is debating calls for a ceasefire and a bleak new reckoning of the dead is declared. but, for the people of gaza, the suffering is felt. not counted. dead children brought to be touched a final time by their wounded father. a mother comes to mourn a lost daughter. imagine that yesterday i was brushing her hair, making her a sandwich for dinner and putting her to sleep. then you wake up in the morning and there is no fatima anymore. from the beginning, they have known there is no escap