staff, large numbers of displaced people are sheltering in the hospital. our correspodent injerusalem, tom bateman, has more. they have denied ordering it, but they don t deny that an evacuation is taking place. we have had a report from the afp news agency, a journalist working for them at the scene said that via loudspeakers there was an order to evacuate the hospital within the hour earlier this morning. he reported the director of the hospital had been phoned by the military and instructed for everyone to leave, for patients and staff and displaced people to make their way on foot to the seafront. the israeli military has since issued a statement saying there was no order for people to evacuate. it said it was assisting an evacuation operation at the request of the hospital s director. it also said that medical personnel would be able to stay there for people who couldn t get out. but clearly there are further moves now to evacuate people in the hospital. we have had a lo
senator chris coons, welcome to hardtalk. thanks, stephen. good to be on with you. it s great to have you on the show. senator, would you agree that, day by day, the israel hamas war is becoming more of a headache for presidentjoe biden? i think this is the most consequential period in modern israeli history, and i think president biden did exactly the right thing in engaging directly, immediately, flying over to israel, deploying two aircraft carrier groups. but it is becoming a real challenge for us, domestically and internationally. his commitment to israel, their right to self defence, their ability to carry out a difficult and intense campaign against hamas is unwavering. but he is also privately engaging with israeli leaders and pressing for more humanitarian relief, for a clear plan for what comes after in gaza and the region, and for a more targeted campaign. unwavering, you say, and yet the outside world sees a biden message which is changing. in the early days it wa
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late on friday. gaza s two main telecoms companies said mobile phone networks had been partially restored after receiving a delivery of fuel. our correspondent yogita limaye has been working with journalist majdi fathi in gaza it includes the story of one family brought into al aqsa hospital in central gaza, including a young child who later died. there are distressing images from the start. monday in central gaza. shouting tuesday. he cries wednesday. thursday. and today, another air strike, all in so called safer areas, away from the north where israel is conducting ground operations and had asked civilians to evacuate. this family was bombed in deir al balah. we re being killed and no one is doing anything about it, this man shouts. abed is still breathing, in critical condition. doctors scramble to treat the boy. on the floor, by his bed, they check his father for a heartbeat. they can t hear it. his family in shock, still finding out. ..who s been rescued, who s surv