reserve. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. if you ve just joined if you vejustjoined us, if you ve justjoined us, here s a if you vejustjoined us, here s a quick if you ve justjoined us, here s a quick update if you vejustjoined us, here s a quick update on the latest development over the israel gaza war. fighting between israel and hamas continue in gaza and this just in that israel says it s carrying out a precise and covert operation against hamas in a specified area the biggest hospital that al shifa hospital. they said the intent is, quote, no harm is caused to civilians being used by hamas as human shields, however thousands of people including patients and medical staff are said to be sheltering around the hospital. the israeli military says idf was include medical teams and arabic speakers trained specifically to operate in this complex environment. israel says the al shifa hospital compound conceals an underg
this departure. in that press conference, mr blinken gave some numbers. he said since the 1ath, since the mission began to evacuate, more than 80,000 people have been taken out of the country. there was some criticism that the us is not really saying how much american citizens are in the country and he made the point of, well, we don t strike americans when they go and live abroad. some of them register with the embassy, some of them don t some of them don t want to leave, some of them don t want to leave, some of them are happy to stay there, and he also made the point there, and he also made the point there are many people who are applying for repatriation and they are not actually american, so he is saying that it takes a long time to process all of this and it s been done i were by our, so it is still a long process, but as i say, they are very confident they can hit that deadline. ., ., deadline. nomia iqbalthere, i m sure we will deadline. nomia iqbalthere, i m sure we will be