meanwhile, prime minister benjamin netanyahu has declared in a televised address that the lawsuit south africa lodged at the international court ofjustice, alleging genocide against the palestinians, will not stop israel pursing its war in gaza until total victory. he also said they have yet to decide on whether to take over gaza s border zone with egypt. israel is keeping up its bombardment of gaza in the meantime, with the crowded southern cities of rafah and khan younis bearing the brunt of the attack. the hamas run health ministry says 23,815 palestinians have now been killed in israeli strikes on gaza since october seventh, most of them women and children. more than 60,000 have also been wounded. rockets were also fired from gaza into southern israel. and the israeli military says overnight, its forces killed three palestinians armed with knives, a rifle and axes, who were trying to break into a settlement
in december, say they are acting to support palestinians in gaza and to hit israel s allies. iran gives them weapons and training and the houthis say the attacks will continue unless there is a ceasefire in gaza. the attacks have disrupted the key red sea trade route commercial vessels are now travelling around africa. it means delays and extra costs. the houthis accuse the us and its allies of an escalation on israel s behalf. they say the attacks have had no significant impact on its forces and threaten with what they describe as a very harsh and painful response. so far, their reaction has been muted. they fired a missile yesterday which didn t hit its target. also yesterday, a huge protest against the strikes
also yesterday, a huge protest against the strikes was held in sanaa. the americans say they don t want a major confrontation but are warning the houthis they are ready to respond. hugo bachega, bbc news, beirut. the israeli bombardment of gaza has continued overnight, with the crowded southern cities of khan younis and rafah bearing the brunt. rockets were also fired from gaza into southern israel. the israeli military says overnight, its forces killed three palestinians armed with knives, a rifle and axes, who were trying to break into a settlement in the occupied west bank. official palestinian media say two were aged 16, and one 19. meanwhile, the hamas run health ministry in gaza says a total the israeli bombardment of gaza has continued overnight, meanwhile, the hamas run health ministry in gaza says a total
in more than 30 countries we know there has been a big demonstration in dublin today. all calling for a ceasefire. one of the biggest cheers since we have been here has been for the former labour leaderjeremy corbyn, one of a number of people to address the event, as well as calling for a ceasefire now, he had a number of others, including the palestinian ambassador to the united kingdom, also praised south africa for taking its case to the international court ofjustice. accusing israel of genocide earlier in the week, something israel denies. but praise for south africa taking that case to the icj. there is a large police presence as you would imagine. around 1700 officers have been on duty today. some of those brought in from outside london. i saw a police van from lancashire here to make sure that everything went off peacefully. the met police say at the moment two
was held in sanaa. the americans say they don t want a major confrontation but are warning the houthis they are ready to respond. hugo bachega, bbc news, beirut. the israeli bombardment of gaza has continued overnight, with the crowded southern cities of khan younis and rafah bearing the brunt of the attack. the hamas run health ministry says 23,815 palestinians have now been killed in israeli strikes on gaza since october 7th most of them women and children. more than 60,000 have been wounded. rockets were also fired from gaza into southern israel. and the israeli military says overnight, its forces killed three palestinians armed with knives, a rifle and axes, who were trying to break into a settlement in the occupied west bank. official palestinian media says two were aged 16, and one 19. let s turn to the war in ukraine,