minister says there will be no temporary truce until all the hostages are released. israel says its troops are involved in face to face fighting with hamas as they completely surround gaza city. scottish first minister s mother and father in law are among the british nationals to leave gaza today but the rafah crossing into egypt. in other news, heavy rain and flooding directly linked to the storm caused more than 13 deaths in western europe. in the so called crypto king sam bankman fried is facing decades in prison after being found guilty of fraud and money laundering. dozens of british and foreign nationals are expected to leave gaza today through the rafah crossing to egypt. among those british nationals who were on the list to leave, were the mother and father in law of scotland s first minister humza yousaf. and we ve heard they have managed to cross into egypt earlier. this is elizabeth and maged el nakla, from dundee. they had travelled to gaza to visit family before
minister benjamin netanyahu. he also met israel s wall cabinets. war cabinet. mr blinken said he had had what he described as good conversations with the israelis with humanitarian pauses a key element of those discussions. letters into a bit of what he had to say. lets listen to a bit. we provided israel advice that only the best of friends can offer on how to minimise civilian deaths, while still achieving its objectives of finding and finishing hamas terrorists and their infrastructure of violence. today, i spoke with prime minister netanyahu and other senior officials about concrete steps to do that. president biden has consistently stressed the need for israel to operate according to international humanitarian law. i also emphasised that the protection of civilians must take place notjust in gaza but also in the west bank, where incitement and extremist violence against palestinians must be stopped, and perpetrators held accountable. third, we need to substanti