towards a ceasefire. are you disappointed that other world leaders are notjoining you in that call, like the us or the uk? no, i hope they will. and let s be clear, i mean, i was one of the first leaders to call the prime minister and president of israel after the terrorist attack the 7th of october. we clearly condemn this terrorist attack by this terrorist group and recognise the right of israel to protect itself and react. but day one, we said that this reaction, the fight against terrorism because it is led by a democracy, should be compliant with international rules. rule of war and humanitarian international law. and day after day, what we saw is the permanent bombing of civilians in gaza. and i think it is very important to say the whole story. but i think this is the only solution we have, the ceasefire. because it s impossible to explain we want to fight against terrorism by killing innocent people. you have talked about the fight against terrorism needing to be me
thank you so much, we wish you the best of, like you and your organization, thank you. thank you. that wraps it up for me, everybody, i am yasmin, back in the chair tomorrow, two pm eastern, simon starts right now. greetings everyone, you are watching symone. i want to start on this veterans day by thinking all who have served. we begin this hour with the breaking news, speaker of the house mike johnston just moments ago releasing his plan to keep the government open. we are going to dig into this latest proposal to avoid a shutdown, before the friday deadline. congresswoman will join me in just a moment with reaction to details of the plans that were just released. and high stakes elections this week with big wins for democrats who were running on the biden agenda. without mentioning things like bidenomics by name. will that work in 2024? i will discuss with the democratic national committee chair jaime harrison. plus, more breaking news today, israeli prime minister
us. what do you make of the current israeli military operation in gaza? the aim of the operation is to replace the government of hamas, which is a government of isis, and to allow another arab state ruling gaza. gaza was taken by force from the palestinian authority, the plo, in 2007, and it should be returned to them if they wish. i just in 2007, and it should be returned to them if they wish. ijust heard on your news that president abbas is saying that he s ready to take upon himself the gaza strip if it is part of a process which includes the west bank, and i believe that this is something which is possible. hamas, as ou something which is possible. hamas, as you mentioned, something which is possible. hamas, as you mentioned, has something which is possible. hamas, as you mentioned, has been - something which is possible. hamas, as you mentioned, has been ruling i as you mentioned, has been ruling gaza since 2007. this is not a fight this group will give up easily, th
cross border fire into in the west bank yesterday, cross borderfire into lebanon in the past few days and growing fears that yemen could be being pulled into this conflict as our international editorjeremy bowen reports. more palestinians left their homes moving along salah al din street, the road to southern gaza, after israel said they would not be attacked if they left the battle zone to the north. pauses in israeli combat operations were welcomed by the americans. all this raises the ghosts of 1948 for palestinians, when more than 700,000 of them fled or were expelled byjewish troops as israel won its independence. israel never allowed them home. two of the gaza hostages were in new videos. hanna katsir blamed benjamin netanyahu, israel s prime minister, for their plight. so did yagil yaakov, who s 13. hostage videos are usually made under duress, so the bbc is not broadcasting them. and across the west bank, the other side of the occupied territories, more palestinians
of politics and public service. the international committee of the red cross has warned that hospitals in gaza have reached a point of no return , risking the lives of thousands of people. the director of the main hospital in gaza the al shifa has accused israel of launching a war on medical facilities, with reports of fierce fighting around several hospitals. israel has denied firing on medicalfacilities. israel says these are places where hamas is hiding. the purple areas here show where the idf troops are they ve now encircled gaza city. and this is footage taken from inside the al rantisi children s hospital in gaza city. people in the hospital have been told that if they re not medical staff or patients they must leave. that s because israel says hamas are in the tunnels undeneath, which hamas denies. israeli tanks are reported to be surrounding al shifa hospital while the palestinian red crescent has said that israeli snipers opened fire at al quds hospital, kill