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,
by the israeli government show him on a rare visit to israeli troops in gaza. he later told members of his party that his country s military campaign was not close to being over . his comments come days after the us secretary of state said israel should lower the intensity of its strikes. he later appeared in the israeli parliament take a listen. chanting his speech was heckled by the families of hostages who were watching. they shouted now from the gallery as they demanded the immediate release of their loved ones. israel says 129 people remain unaccounted for after they were taken to gaza by hamas attacks in october. these images show the aftermath of an air strike on the al maghazi refugee camp which reportedly killed more than 70 people. israel says it is investigating. the gaza health ministry says at least 250 people have been killed in the last 2a hours. since early october, the hamas run health ministry says shaimaa khalil s report contains images some may find d
reported that president biden had urged the israeli prime minister to halt a pre emptive strike against his brother forces in lebanon, days after hamas militants october 7th assault on southern israel, warning that such an attack could spark a wider regional war. further north, this is the view across the israel lebanon border. in the past couple of hours, we ve seen a thick plume of black smoke in the sky there. in our continued hostilities in that border area. in our continued hostilities in that borderarea. in our continued hostilities in that border area. there are continued hostilities. we ve been hearing from the israeli prime minister today here s a little of that. translation: last night, - i talked again with president biden. i do appreciate us steadfast position at the security council a position which backs our war effort. yesterday, i told president biden that we will fight until total victory, as long as it takes. the us understands this. i saw false
urged the israeli prime minister to halt a pre emptive strike against his brother forces in lebanon, days after hamas militants, launched the october seven assault on southern israel, warning that such an attack could spark a wider regional war. this was the view across the israel lebanon border earlier today, where we ve seen a thick plume of black smoke in the sky as hostilities continue in that border area. let s start this hour by hearing from israel s prime minister. translation: last night, - i talked again with president biden. i do appreciate us steadfast position at the security council a position which backs our war effort. yesterday, i told president biden that we will fight until total victory, as long as it takes. the us understands this. i saw false reports that claimed the united states has prevented us from operational activities in the region. this is not true. israel is a sovereign country. our war decisions are based on our operational considerations