as israel s bombardment continues. it comes as a watered down un security council resolution for more aid to be allowed into gaza has been criticised for not going far enough. israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has thanked the us for abstaining at the un security council and reiterated tojoe biden that the war will continue until all the objectives are met. lucy williamson reports. in gaza, this is the new normal. drone strikes in the border town of rafah, emptying the local market. 17 year old joe, filming on his phone, still clutching his bag of shopping and calling on god for protection. america has blocked un calls for a ceasefire. israel says it needs to keep fighting to keep up the pressure on hamas. if you want a ceasefire, that, from israel s perspective, can only happen with the release of hostages. as you know, hamas continues to hold over 100 hostages. there s a chance, because they want that ceasefire, they need that ceasefire, they will agree to the ho
the hamas run health ministry is that the air strike hit a densely populated residential block in central gaza. several buildings in very close proximity to one another. one man who had lost his daughter, his grandchildren and his son in law had said that his family was ordered to evacuate from gaza city because of the israeli military operation. he said, we came to central gaza only to die. he said, there s just no safe place. there are two big challenges ahead after this. one is that the palestinian red crescent said because of the air strike has caused the main road connecting these refugee camps to shut down. that s going to make it very difficult for rescue teams, for ambulances to get through. but also remember that most hospitals in gaza are struggling, whether it s fuel or lack of supplies or water. so as this rescue operation struggles, so will the medical situation. the world health organization has described the situation at gaza s largest hospital, as absolut
welcome to this special year ending edition of hardtalk with me, stephen sackur. it s our chance to look back on some of the most telling and compelling encounters of 2023. how will this past year be remembered? well, a grim new phase in an intractable conflict will loom large. on october the 7th, hamas the islamist group which controls gaza and is proscribed as a terrorist organisation in the uk and the us launched a murderous attack on southern israel. 1,200 israelis were killed. israel s response was a ferocious assault on gaza, now in its third month, which has already inflicted tens of thousands of palestinian casualties. we cannot guarantee 100% safety for the people in gaza who will be around hamas militants. and that s why i keep saying, move out, move out from those neighbourhoods, because we are coming to hunt down hamas and we will do whatever is necessary from the air, from the sea, from the land. we will get to those people and we will kill them. you cannot d
stayed with me. in order to keep the memory of his example alive, the rory peck trust has supported freelance journalists and their families worldwide for nearly 30 years. so let s take a look at the finalists and winners of the 2023 rory peck awards. first up, the rory peck award for news, for films that capture the immediacy of a story. in this film, guillermo galdos gained rare access to one of the world s most dangerous crime gangs, the sinaloa drug cartel. as restrictions on the cultivation and sale of marijuana have eased in parts of the us, the cartel is increasingly involved in the production and distribution of the dangerous opioid fentanyl. covering this story isn t easy. manyjournalists have been killed trying to do so. using his extensive contacts and years of experience reporting from mexico, galdos was able to report from inside a fentanyl lab, where he met some of the young men making this deadly drug. these guys are young farmers who grew up in the mountains,