it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific. i m jose diaz-balart. breaking right now, reports of strikes near several hospitals in gaza. the palestinian red cross saying israeli snipers are opening fire at one facility. israel has said it does not target hospitals. we ll ask an idf spokesperson about what is happening in just a couple of minutes. also breaking, the white house announces a crucial in person meeting between president biden and china s xi jinping in california next week. on capitol hill, time is running out. we re just one week away from the deadline to come to a deal and avert a government shutdown. we got brand-new reporting on where negotiations stand. meanwhile, the fbi investigating a series of letters containing suspicious powder sent to election workers in several states. and former president donald trump defends his family s separation policy at the border. we ll play for you what he had to say. we begin this hour with breaking news out of the i
shira, who turned 20 years old last saturday, is behind the wheel of a 30 tonne truck. there is a lull in her delivery of rockets to front line israel defence force units, targeting gaza. so, what are your family s thoughts now that you re here? gaza is just two kilometres that way. they re very proud. they know that we are fighting for our country and this is our place. we don t have another place to go. that sentiment is at the heart of israel s response to what hamas did. the sense that the country needs to be saved. amir is a sergeant in this artillery unit. i d never been to war. i m 20 years old. i didn t really believe that i would go to war. is there an element of revenge involved? no, not revenge. i wouldn t say revenge. sure. if i wouldn t be there to stop them, it willjust continue. they ll go to my house. i live in the centre of israel and if i wouldn t be there to stop them, they ll come to my family. and so gaza is pounded, day after day. we watch as the territo
good evening. there was a minute s silence in tel aviv today where a giant table was set for 240 people the number of hostages, israelis, and foreigners still being held inside the gaza strip. a minute s silence amid four weeks of intense bombardment and reprisals. the israeli defence minister yoav gallant says israeli troops are now in the heart of gaza city with one target in mind hamas. their infrastructure, their commanders, their bunkers. a month on from the terrible events of october 7th, gaza city is now cut off. the pictures show hundreds of palestinians, perhaps thousands on the move, most of them on foot. and many of them trying to get to the south, across front lines. not that the south is the safe zone, there were dozens were reported killed by israeli air strikes in the cities of khan younis, rafah, and deir al balah, which is well south of gaza city. the pressure is mounting for a humanitarian pause. barely 30 trucks made it in yesterday. but for now, it i
and right now we are striking from the air every single day when we do not know where my cousin is, when we do not know where over 200 hostages are and we don t know if any of our bombs have killed them. here in london thousandsjoin pro palestinian demonstrations. similar protests take place around the world calling for a ceasefire. fresh aid enters gaza and the un tells the bbc they ve managed to re establish some contact with their teams on the ground. hello and welcome. i m lewis vaughan jones. israel says the war has shifted into a new phase. this is what happened last night. an intensification of air strikes and bold moments bombardments over gaza. 150 underground targets were hit and several senior hamas commanders were killed. there was a ground incursion as well in the latest information we haveis as well in the latest information we have is that troops are still on the ground in north gaza now. these are pictures from earlier today as the assault on gaza con