on the 7th of october. all major un agencies are calling for a humanitarian ceasefire, in israel s armed response. jeremy bowen sent this report from southern israel, near the border with gaza. israel promised mighty vengeance. it thundered across beach camp in gaza city. israel s justification is defending the living as well as avenging its dead. palestinians call this genocide. this girl from jabalia camp is asked what happened to her. she says, a missile came down on us. bricks fell on us. i asked, where s my dad and where s my mum? she is asked, where were you? i was here, in the house. we were at home on the roof came down on us. we looked in on the war this afternoon from sderot, the closest israeli border town. israel has refused an american request to pause military operations to allow time for humanitarian convoys, or talks to free the hostages. israel might be able to break hamas as a military force, but what happens then? history shows israel s army cannot su
but nowhere near enough aid going the other way. the united nations has renewed its call tonight for a humanitarian ceasefire. 0ur paneljoining us to discuss it all tonight, american political scientist and author ian bremmer, and the former downing street s director of communications, guto harri. also on the programme. donald trump on the stand today in new york. he has clashed with the presiding judge, several times which might not do him any favours in court, but it is not doing him any harm in the polls. we will discuss that. as well as the situation in eastern europe. the polish president has tonight asked the incumbent prime minister mateusz morawieski to form a government. even though its almost certain he will not be able to form a coalition. we will discuss the politics of that and how it pertains to ukraine. good evening. the un secretary general antonio guterres says gaza is becoming a graveyard for children and the case for a humanitarian ceasefire more urgen
hostage. now he s been told..she could be alive. grief so profound. when three weeks ago, he had grief so profound. when three weeks ago, he had been grief so profound. when three weeks ago, he had been told grief so profound. when three weeks ago, he had been told his grief so profound. when three weeks ago, he had been told his daughter had been killed on october the 7th and the hamas attacks. his response was that of a loving father, wanting nothing but the best for his dear child. , ., ., child. the weirdest thing for a arent, child. the weirdest thing for a parent. to child. the weirdest thing for a parent, to hear child. the weirdest thing for a parent, to hear that child. the weirdest thing for a parent, to hear that their - child. the weirdest thing for a i parent, to hear that their child is dead. and you are relieved. i just. ijust knew she wasn t in gaza. i knew she wasn t terrified out of her life. i knew she wasn t going to be. in any more pain or stress. i
the north of the territory and reports of huge explosions. israel says it s now effectively divided gaza into two parts north and south. 11 un agencies and six humanitarian groups have called for an immediate ceasefire, urging israel to protect civilians and allow more food, water, medicine and fuel into gaza. they also called on hamas to release the hostages captured on october the 7th. some aid continues to get through a royaljordanian air force cargo plane has dropped several containers of humanitarian relief supplies over the gaza strip. the update was shared in a tweet by thejordanian king. jordan s state news agency said the consignment was urgent medical aid for thejordanian field hospital in gaza. israeli media reports say the air drop was carried out in co ordination with the israeli military. meanwhile, the us has stepped up diplomatic efforts in the region. secretary of state antony blinken has held talks with his the turkish foreign minister in ankara. the c