In a phone call, President Biden told the israeli Prime Minister of his deep concerns over a planned assault on rafah in southern gaza. In the last hour, the white house has said that a meeting between the us and israel to discuss rafah will likely take place next week. But Benjamin Netyanyahu has just said theres no way to destroy hamas in rafah other than by a ground incursion. All this as talks continue in qatar in a bid to secure a ceasefire deal. Lets get this report from anna foster, injerusalem. At gazas southern tip, the aftermath of another israeli air strike. 1. 4 million displaced people are now sheltering in rafah, and israel has made it clear it wants to go further. A ground offensive, it says, would remove hamas from gaza entirely. But theres International Pressure to avoid even more deaths. The message from israels allies to its leaders is getting stronger. Our position is that hamas should not be allowed a Safe Haven In Rafah or anywhere else, but a major Ground Operati
Tonight, amidst increasing International Pressure on israel over the killing of seven aid workers, the first call by Benjamin Netanyahus main rival in the Emergency Government for elections within months. The Israel Defense force promises an independent investigation into the aid convoy kiilings. Well ask an idf spokeman how it can be independent if its conducted by former idf personnel. They come to their own conclusions. They are independent of the Chain Of Command. They can rule whatever they see fit, based on their professional understanding of the reality. Well be asking the team leader for save the childrens Gaza Response what she makes of that, and speaking to the diplomatic correpondent at the times of israel about the prospect of an early election. Also tonight is the market in the uk for Electric Cars running out of charge . Well examine the data and ask whether theres a risk of our net zero Journey Running off the road. 75 years tomorrow, nato was founded, out of the ashes o