out of gaza, painting a grim picture of the humanitarian situation there. what more can you tell us about how hospitals in gaza are coping? iwith hospitals in gaza are coping? with ureat hospitals in gaza are coping? with great difficulty hospitals in gaza are coping? jf i great difficulty because they are all pretty much surrounded in gaza city because the israelis argue these are places where hamas fighters have based themselves and consequently there are intense battles going on around those hospitals. the israelis say they are not targeting the hospitals per se and they are trying to get these civilian populations that are clustered around them to try and leave, and also starting to think about evacuating the hospitals themselves so that israel can concentrate on dealing with hamas. there is a small development on that front this evening, the israelis said tomorrow they are going to evacuate babies from the shifa hospital to a safer location. we don t know the details,
studio. newsday. hi there, thank you for being with us. we begin in gaza, where fighting is intensifying and communications are down for a third time. our correspondent rushdi abualouf in gaza has told us that tonight s bombardment seems to be the most intense since the beginning of the war, targeting the north west of the gaza strip, in particular. and in the last few hours, the idf said it has now split gaza into two parts north and south. it comes as the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has visted iraq and the west bank. and in the last hour, he has landed in turkey s capital, ankara, for a round of talks with leaders in the region. he has said that discussions are ongoing about a humanitarian pause in the fighting. mr blinken said the pause would advance several priorities, including getting more aid in to gaza, and getting the hostages out. yogita limaye reports. the bombing of gaza has intensified tonight, communication lines have also been cut off, which mean
neta nyahu described the conflict netanyahu described the conflict is israel s second war of independence and they would win the war make every effort to bring the hostages home. and since the war began, and 7th of october, hamas leader in the gaza strip offered to release hostages being held in gaza in return for the freeing of all hamas prisoners and israeli jails. in a statement, they said we are ready for an immediate exchange deal that includes the releasable prisoners and any prisoners of the zionist enemy for the released of all prisoners. israel stepped up its bombardment of gaza and israel since the night time attacks mention 50 targets and also killed some key figures within hamas. hamas designated as a terror group by the uk, us and many western nations and benjamin netanyahu confirmed benjamin neta nyahu confirmed that benjamin netanyahu confirmed that it troops were inside gaza and the north and south. jeremy is on the ground and he is in southern israel and he s
lying on the hood of a vehicle as it drives past two ambulances. we ve decided to blur the image. his family said he was injured during the raid by israeli soldiers. the idf confirmed the incident, saying it violated orders , adding that it would be investigated and dealt with accordingly. it comes as anti government protesters clashed with israeli police in tel aviv. tens of thousands of people demonstrated near the headquarters of prime minister s benjamin netanyahu s likud party on saturday, demanding new elections, as well as the return of the 116 remaining hostages who were taken by hamas militants on october 7. at least 38 people were killed in israeli attacks in several neighbourhoods of gaza city on saturday. israel says its fighter jets struck hamas infrastructure. hamas says the attacks targeted civilians. separately, the international committee of the red cross says its field hospital is treating badly wounded people, including children, after explosions in a tent