Well get reaction from bratislava, and we will discuss what it means 3 weeks from european elections. Good evening. In the last hour doctors treating the slovakian Prime Minister robert fico, said he is still undergoing surgery and is in a critical condition. Slovakia has always been known as a country of people who are tolerant, people who are accepting of other opinions and people who are always able to discuss. What happened today is a stigma which will haunt us for many years to come. But that is something that none of us think about at the moment. All we are focusing on is the condition of the Prime Minister robert fico, and we hope that he is Strong Enough to deal with this drama. In the first place i would like to assure the public that we will make Everything Thatis Public that we will make everything that is in our power to investigate this heinous crime. We are doing this heinous crime. We are doing this at the moment as we speak. The initial information we have clearly point
Agreed a truce in Southern Gaza. These are the latest pictures from the Rafah Crossing, showing the crowds there. We understand that Un Fuel Trucks did make it across the border this morning. In the past couple of hours, americas top diplomat, Antony Blinken, is back in israel, from egypt, where he was trying to persuade officials to reopen the border point. Egypts Foreign Minister is reported as saying israel had not yet taken a stance that would allow the crossing to open. Over the weekend, mr blinken held talks in six arab states, with a view to alleviating gazas humanitarian crisis and to prevent the war from escalating. Our correspondent nick beake has the latest. In gaza, families who have been forced from their homes are heading south to the border with egypt. But this, the Rafah Crossing, has remained closed to them, trapping palestinians as well as foreign nationals. They say theyve lost everything in israels response to hamas s killing of civilians just over a week ago. This
In gaza, who provided a lot of those pictures, is saying, look, its not happening yet, but for the first time, there are fears that people could die of thirst and hunger. And youve got to bear in mind that rushdi has covered this conflict for decades, and were also beginning to hear that so grim is the situation in the south that there are people who fled down there from the north who are now saying they might as welljust head back in the other direction, back to their homes. Some people telling us the view is, look, if were going to die, wed rather die in our own homes than down in the south. John, all of this as we await potentially some sort of Ground Movement by the israeli military, that still could happen at any point, couldnt it . Yeah. I mean, weve seen the Israeli Forces gathering on the border of gaza for days now, almost more than a week. But in the last few days, they looked to be getting much, much more organized, and everyone is expecting that to come. Theres been talk th
Hello, im christian fraser. The Israeli Army Says the time is running out for people in the northern half of gaza to leave, as it builds up its operations across the territory. Thousands of troops are already massed on the southern border with gaza ahead of the expected Ground Incursion, which the Israeli Government says will be supported from the air and sea. Over a hundred military targets were hit overnight and the idf said they have killed a Senior Commander involved in the attacks in israel last week. Meanwhile, hamas is continuing to fire rockets into israel, towards tel aviv and other areas in the south. The World Health Organization has has again called on israel to rescind its evacuation order. The decision they said to forcing Hospital Patients to relocate would be a death sentence. President biden has spoken with the israeli Prime Minister, benjamin netanyahu, and urged him to provide a Human Corridor South for those civilians seeking to escape the bombardment. A diplomatic
Recently its warplanes have hit several multi storey buildings in the centre of gaza city. The barrage of rocket fire from gaza into israeli territory began just after dawn, with explosions heard on the streets of ashkelon. Sderot is one of the towns thought to have been infiltrated by militants. With the latest on this fast escalating conflict, heres our middle east correspondent yolande knell, and a warning that you may find some of her report upsetting. Israeli partygoers from an overnight rave running for their lives. Israels Nightmare Scenario armed Palestinian Militants at large in southern israel. It is thought that dozens entered, some cutting through the Perimeter Fence from the gaza strip. In the town of sderot, residents hid as fighters drove in. There was shooting and the israeli casualties began to mount. In a dramatic turn, videos were also shared of israelis being taken into gaza as hostages. The day had begun with intense barrages of palestinian rockets, some reaching a