they are said to be going to talk about how to proceed and protect civilians. the israel defence forces say that close quarter combat has seen fighting with gunmen as they target military outposts, headquarters and other hamas infrastructure. with the fighting intensifying, there has been strongly worded criticism of the humanitarian situation emerging from the united nations. seven human rights experts have said that they believe the palestinian people in gaza are at risk of genocide, and that time is running out to prevent that. israelaccuse that time is running out to prevent that. israel accuse them of repeating hamas propaganda. people across the region are waiting to hear as well a little later from the leader of the lebanese islamist group hezbollah. hassan nasrallah s speech will be closely watched and could have huge consequences for where this conflict goes next. we will keep you across all of those different aspects of this fast moving story throughout the day here
of a wider conflict. it s mr blinken s second visit since the war began. he s thought to be talking to israeli officials about how to pursue their military and security goals in gaza while limiting civilian casualties. meanwhile, the israeli military says its ongoing ground offensive has now completed the encirclement of gaza city , the most densely populated part of the palestinian territory before the war began last month. the israel defense forces says close quarter combat has seen fighting with gunmen as they target outposts, headquarters and other hamas infrastructure. with the fighting intensifying there s been strongly worded criticism of the humanitarian situation emerging from the united nations. seven human rights experts have said that they believe that the palestinian people in gaza are at risk of genocide, and that time is running out to prevent this. israel accused them of repeating hamas propaganda. and people across the region are waiting to hear from the lea
Your identity. Plus, a new start. Young refugees who escaped with their lives are finding new hope in america. Tonight, there is hope that the three day ceasefire in gaza could last even longer. The current truce runs out on friday. Israel says its ready to extend it but its not clear for how long or whether hamas will go along. Jane ferguson is in jerusalem and jane, as you know, diplomats have been meeting in cairo today. What are you hearing about those talks . Well, those talks are indirect talks, john, between all factions in gaza. The israelis and the egyptians. Now, the talks have really just started and they will go on for several days. As you have said, if the ceasefire can be extended beyond its deadline of friday morning 8 00 a. M. Local time the talks will likely continue. By now, both sides are putting forward their position. Hamas has said they want the blookd to be blockade to be lifted. In and out of the gaza strip. The israelis say however they really want the disarmam
Giving up an nfl career, a young player calls it quits worried about concussions. He says his health is more important than playing pro football. Good evening. Im antonio mora. This is aljazeera america. Votes are still being tallied in israels election but the momentum seems to be shifting towards Benjamin Netanyahu and his party. Early exit polls had netanyahu and Zionist Union leader hertzog locked in a dead heat, but netanyahu has moved ahead with a sizeable lead. This is a dramatic shift from just a couple of hours ago and more dramatic change from opinion polls that had hertzog we will ahead. It certainly is. Polls have been close for seven hours and we are hearing now you that Prime Minister netanyahu has a six vote lead over the zionist party. That probably by any analytic term i think would give him a very good chance to form the next government. It is a dramatic turnaround. Election polls said that netanyahus party was trailing and had a good chance of losing this election. T
Is. They have to be careful about going too far, but this is a significant attack in the capital. It has not happened recently and they are going to have to take measures. Theres going ton to be a crackdown. This is still speculation, and i apologize for this. These two gunmen who have now been killed according to the interior ministry might they have been linked to groups from outside tunisia, or were they perhaps acting on their own . Are these lone wolves . Is this a lone wolf attack . Does it look that way for you . Much too early to tell until they identify them and what associates they were. It will come out. It could be a matter of hours, a day, a few days. Certainly not much more than that. Is this strictly a domestic attack, or was there a foreign influence from any number of terror organizations. The situation in libya, i want to come back to that. Libya, of course in chaos right now with one governments. How has that affected neighboring countries like tunisia . Tunisia has