Anderson cooper is in tel aviv and sources say talks are in place to try to secure the release of a large number of hostages in gaza. So far, just four hostages. Two americans and two israelis have been freed. One of the israelis, an 85yearold grandmother said she quote, went through hell. She said she was beaten and later received food, medical treatment, and was provided sanitary living conditions. She also blamed Israeli Forces and intelligence for failing to heed the warning signs. The lake of awareness by idf is a lot. They warned us three weeks beforehand that the fields that sent Fire Balloons and the idf did not treat it seriously. The humanitarian crisis worsens for the 2 Million People who cannot leave gaza. Today, they said efforts will be made to provide access to fuel but not quote allow it to reach hamas. What do we know about the large hostages . Yeah, they seem to be reaching a moment where one side or the other if you will has to blink because one of the points of cont
israel says its troops in gaza are engaged in face to face combat with fighters from hamas. the israeli military says its troops have now completely encircled gaza city, in the north of the territory, almost four weeks since the start of this war. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, is back in tel aviv, as washington increases the pressure for a humanitarian pause. antony blinken talked about israel s right to defend itself, but also the need for concrete steps to minimise harm to civilians in gaza. meanwhile, the leader of hezbollah like hamas a proscribed terrorist organisation has been speaking in lebanon. hassan nasrallah praised the hamas attacks and said the possibility of total war is realistic . one other important line to update you on more foreign nationals have been getting out of gaza at the rafah crossing point into egypt. 92 british nationals are on the list of people who are being allowed to leave. the hamas run health ministry in gaza says mo
minister says there will be no temporary truce until all the hostages are released. israel says its troops are involved in face to face fighting with hamas as they completely surround gaza city. scottish first minister s mother and father in law are among the british nationals to leave gaza today but the rafah crossing into egypt. in other news, heavy rain and flooding directly linked to the storm caused more than 13 deaths in western europe. in the so called crypto king sam bankman fried is facing decades in prison after being found guilty of fraud and money laundering. dozens of british and foreign nationals are expected to leave gaza today through the rafah crossing to egypt. among those british nationals who were on the list to leave, were the mother and father in law of scotland s first minister humza yousaf. and we ve heard they have managed to cross into egypt earlier. this is elizabeth and maged el nakla, from dundee. they had travelled to gaza to visit family before
minister benjamin netanyahu. he also met israel s wall cabinets. war cabinet. mr blinken said he had had what he described as good conversations with the israelis with humanitarian pauses a key element of those discussions. letters into a bit of what he had to say. lets listen to a bit. we provided israel advice that only the best of friends can offer on how to minimise civilian deaths, while still achieving its objectives of finding and finishing hamas terrorists and their infrastructure of violence. today, i spoke with prime minister netanyahu and other senior officials about concrete steps to do that. president biden has consistently stressed the need for israel to operate according to international humanitarian law. i also emphasised that the protection of civilians must take place notjust in gaza but also in the west bank, where incitement and extremist violence against palestinians must be stopped, and perpetrators held accountable. third, we need to substanti
good afternoon. israel says its troops in gaza are engaged in face to face combat with fighters from hamas, designated a terrorist organisation by the uk government. israel says its troops have now completely encircled gaza city, here in the north of the territory. meanwhile, 92 british nationals are on a list which means they could escape the fighting and leave gaza today through the rafah crossing into egypt. jon donnison reports from jerusalem. israel says it s at the height of its battle with hamas. its ground offensive in northern gaza is pushing forward, with the military claiming gaza city is now completely encircled. translation: we discovered encircled. translation: - discovered today a recording call with a health official in gaza who spoke with our forces and described how hamas controls fuel supplies and a hospital. while supplies are running out, they are stealing from sick patients for terror aims. we will continue to expose to the world the act of hamas and h