Not spill over to any other parts of the region. He also said the us working to effect said the us is working to effect the israeli hostages the release of israeli hostages taken hamas well as taken by hamas as well as ensuring the humanitarian ensuring that the humanitarian crisis doesnt worsen. Crisis in gaza doesnt worsen. Hes due to return to israel on monday israel prepares for a monday as israel prepares for a ground the gaza ground offensive in the Gaza Strip Israeli prime strip with the israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu today convening an emergency Cabinet Meeting and vowing to demolish today, demolish hamas. Well, today, the European Unions backed israels right to defend itself as long as that is in line with humanitarian and international law. As he left cairo, Anthony Blinken stressed the uss continued support for israel actually doing, including the deployment of these Aircraft Carrier battle groups. Again and not to provoke anyone but to send a very clear message
Discuss the deteriorating and dangerous situation in gaza. This comes after a further round of crisis talks by World Leaders with others as they try to inject diplomacy into the conflict between israel and hamas. Meanwhile all four government flights carrying britains have left israel today, two more are expected to arrive later on the Foreign Office telling british nationals in gaza to be ready to move in case the rafah Border Crossing with egypt thats in the south is opened. Its currently the is opened. Its currently the only route out of the territory. The foreign secretary James Cleverly telling us at gb news the uk government is doing everything it can to get british people trapped in gaza out, out. Meanwhile here at home, hundreds of people have gathered at a vigil in Central London to commemorate israeli victims of the hamas terror attack. Many were draped in israeli flags holding posters saying bring them home and handing out flyers featuring names and faces of those taken host
Slightly less cold air has arrived and things are melting thick and fast and in fact we have got heavy rain. Lots of rain around pushing in from the west and some of that quite heavy. As we go through the afternoon some rain down into the south east corner. Some brighter weather and then showers, getting wintry as we go through the evening. From the m4 Corridor North you go see combination of rain, sleet and snow, the snow will be quite wet, we do not expect it to cause much disruption but not pleasant to drive in and it might make for tricky rush hour conditions. So some of those snow showers are little more frequent, settling chiefly above 200 metres. But overnight it will be windy, with Gale Force Wind on exposed coasts. And temperatures falling away. The ice could be more ofa falling away. The ice could be more of a concern tomorrow morning so worth bearing in mind, there will be some icy stretches out there with temperatures hovering close to freezing. As we go through the day tom
Were going to the east shore freeway. An earlier accident on the off ramp. Thats good news with some debris in lanes. The hilltop on ramp to eastbound 80. It is the on ramp to the reverse commute. Chp will be doing a traffic break. Here we go. We have b. A. R. T. Running on schedule. Reduced service because of the holiday. Holiday weekend coming up. They will add trains. Larkspur ferry this morning. Ace train, reduced service, only the 3 and 5 trains leaving out of stockton in a little while. Sue, thank you. Chp is going to receive information on officer andrew camilleri. He and his partner pulled over when their suv was hit from behind by a car. Investigators say the suspect was under the influence of both alcohol and drugs. He will be facing several felony charges. The man suspected of plotting a Christmas Day terror attack at pier 39 in San Francisco will stay in jail. Everitt jameson appeared yesterday. The defense argued he should be released under heavy supervision because he bac
The taillights headed westbound on the causeway up to the high rise. Over to 101 at about 14 minutes and then to san jose. These headlights are snaking their way up to cupertino, very light conditions and about an eightminute drive from downtown san jose to wolf road and the mall in cupertino. Sue, thank you. Happening today the lastminute rush. Expect long lines as people try to pay their property taxes before the ball drops on 2017. Abc 7 News Reporter Amy Hollyfield is live in martinez with more. Hi, amy. Reporter hi, jessica. Expect to see long lines again today. You dont have to pay in person. The people weve talked to said they dont feel comfortable doing it online or on the phone this close to the end of the year. They want to make sure that payment gets made so theyre coming here in person. Here is what it looked like in the Contra Costa County office. Theyre doing this because the new tax law lifts Tax Deductions to 10,000 after january 1st. Some say theyre dipping into their