israel has been striking the densely populated refugee camp for days, prompting international outcry. jeremy bowen has the latest. tank rumbles. tonight, israel says it has surrounded gaza city. an army statement said that soldiers were attacking hamas positions. explosion. gunfire. ..places where it launches rockets, and killing terrorists. israel has increased the tempo of its ground war in gaza. the army said its soldiers needed to be resilient is the coming weeks, and a ceasefire was not on the table. the troops have been visited by israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu. translation: icall- on the uninvolved, get out - get out, move south because we will not quit our efforts to eliminate the hamas terrorists. we will advance, we will advance and win. hamas has released its own video, it said, of an attack against an israeli tank in the zeitoun area east of gaza city. hamas said it would make gaza a cursed place for israel, and send more of its troops home in body b
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you re watching bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in the middle east and the us secretary of state has said that american and other mediators will work over the coming days to see if they can reach an agreement for a ceasefire in gaza. the us has come up with a plan, but there s a blame game about why it hasn t been accepted. speaking in qatar on his latest trip to the region antony blinken said that israel had agreed to the deal, but hamas had proposed a number of changes, some of which he described as unworkable. but a senior hamas official has denied this, saying they did not put forward new demands, and are still committed to the proposal. hamas claims israel has rejected the deal and argues america is covering up for its ally. israel has not commented. let s take a look at the plan, which involves three phases. the first would see an initial six week ceasefire, when hamas would release some of the hostages including women, t
also held for thejoe biden presidential campaign. but we also understand that tickets to get into that particular event are a lot more modest in price, around 50 us dollars, they said. now on bbc news, nick robinson interviews plaid cymru s rhun ap iorwerth for panorama. we have all got a big decision to make about who leads the uk for the next five years, and about who has power and influence at westminster. you get the opportunity to have your say in the general election onjuly the 4th. on monday we heard from the prime minister rishi sunak. over the next few days and weeks we will be speaking to other parties. tonight, it is the turn of the leader of plaid cymru, rhun ap iorwerth. rhun ap iorwerth, welcome, thank you forjoining us. my promise at the start of this interview and all the interviews i am doing with party leaders is that what you say is going to be broadcast in full. we want to give you the chance to make your pitch and we want you to speak about the issues tha