live from. newsday. hi there. thank you for being with us. we begin in gaza, where fighting is intensifying and communications are down for a third time. our correspondent rushdi abualouf in gaza has told us that tonight s bombardment seems to be the most intense since the beginning of the war, targeting the north west of the gaza strip in particular. of the gaza strip in particular. and in the last few hours, the idf said it has now split gaza into two parts north and south. it comes as the us secretary of state antony blinken has visted iraq and the west bank. and in the last hour, he has landed in turkey s capital, ankara, for a round of talks with leaders in the region. he has said that discussions are ongoing about a humanitarian pause in the fighting. mr blinken said the pause would advance several priorities, including getting more aid in to gaza, and getting the hostages out. yogita limaye reports. the bombing over gaza has intensified tonight, communication lines
the us secretary of state, antony blinken has met the palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas in the occupied west bank city of ramallah for talks on the gaza conflict. mr abbas told mr blinken there must be an immediate ceasefire and an allowing of humanitarian aid to the gaza strip. in gaza itself, we ve been reporting an explosion at al maghazi refugee camp where at least 50 people have been killed that s according to the head of a nearby hospital. the israeli military says it s investigating. and in the last hour, paltel the palestinian telecommunications company says there has been another complete disruption to communication and internet services in gaza. they say this is due to the previously reconnected major routes being exposed to israeli attacks. further north, and lebanese state media say three children and their grandmother were killed in an israeli strike on a car in southern lebanon. the report said their car was hit on a road in the bintjbeil d
since the beginning of the war, targeting the northwest of the gaza strip in particular. it comes as the us secretary of state antony blinken has visted iraq, and the west bank, and in the last hour, he has landed in turkey s capital ankara for a round of talks with leaders in the region. he says all communications must be restored immediately. he has said discussions are ongoing about a humanitarian pause in the fighting, to get aid to civilians into gaza. yogita limaye has our first report. the warming over the g has identified tonight. communication lines have been cut off which means tomorrow will likely begin for many gazans like today did. digging through rubble looking for survivors. this was the crowded refugee camp. it is not one of the areas that israel had asked civilians to leave. hamas says it was an israeli air strike that killed dozens here. israel says it s investigating. can anyone hear me? he shouts. i think there are people trapped here. his daughte
on an unannounced stop. he said us officials were working to secure a humanitarian pause in gaza, that would advance several priorities, including getting more aid in and getting hamas hostages out. following my conversations with the prime minister and with the israeli government, this is a process. israel s raised important questions about how humanitarian pauses would work. we ve got to answer those questions. we re working on exactly that. in fact, we agreed that our teams would get together and they re doing just that, including today, to work through the specifics of the practicalities of of these pauses. second, it s important that the pause advance a number of things. one of them is hostages. we are intensely focused the united states, israel, every other country that has one of its citizens being held hostage by hamas to bring them home. now, it s important that as we re engaged in pursuing humanitarian pause, this can be something that advances the prospect of
a humanitarian pause in gaza that would advance several priorities including getting more aid in and getting hamas hostages out. following my conversations with the prime minister and with the israeli government, this is a process. israel s raised important questions about how humanitarian pauses would work. we ve got to answer those questions. we re working on exactly that. in fact, we agreed that our teams would get together and they re doing just that, including today, to work through the specifics of the practicalities of of these pauses. second, it s important that the pause advance a number of things. one of them is hostages. we are intensely focused the united states, israel, every other country that has one of its citizens being held hostage by hamas to bring them home. now, it s important that as we re engaged in pursuing humanitarian pause, this can be something that advances the prospect of getting the hostages back. it can also advance other things that we re