the white house national security council said we welcome the steps announced by the israeli government tonight at the president s request following his call with prime minister netanyahu. these steps, the statement said must now be fully and rapidly implemented. speaking in brussels earlier, us secretary of state antony blinken outlined what was expressed in that phone call. the president emphasised that the strikes on humanitarian workers and the overall humanitarian situation are unacceptable. he made clear the need for israel to announce a series of specific, concrete and measurable steps to address civilian harm, humanitarian suffering and the safety of aid workers. he made clear that us policy in respect to gaza will be determined by our assessment of israel s immediate action on the steps. he underscored as well that an immediate ceasefire is essential to stabilise and improve the humanitarian situation and protect innocent civilians and he urged neta nyahu to em
the white house national security council said: speaking in brussels earlier, us secretary of state antony blinken outlined what was expressed in that phone call. the president emphasised that the strikes on humanitarian workers and the overall humanitarian situation are unacceptable. he made clear the need for israel to announce a series of specific, concrete and measurable steps to address civilian harm, humanitarian suffering and the safety of aid workers. he made clear that us policy with respect to gaza will be determined by our assessment of israel s immediate action on these steps. he underscored as well that an immediate ceasefire is essential to stabilise and improve the humanitarian situation and protect innocent civilians and he urged netanyahu to empower his negotiators to conclude a deal without delay to bring the hostages home. no aid trucks have entered northern gaza since the israeli strike on humanitarian aid workers on monday. un officials have accused israe
do they amount to a proverbial smoking gun? and should he focus solely on donald trump or ignore him and focus on issues like abortion? the contradictory advice from key members of the democratic party to president biden that could be the difference between winning and losing in 2024. we ll talk strategy. but right now, we begin with some of the fiercest fighting of the entire israel-hamas war that is taking place all across gaza. tens of thousands of palestinians are in danger of being caught in the cross fire. in the north, around gaza city, israeli forces say they re engaged in intense urban combat, face to face with the enemy. but nbc news learned the bulk of israeli operations is now focused further south, in the heart of khan younis. in the hospital there, the wounded are stretched out on the floor, surrounded by blood and other debris. according to the u.n., roughly 80% of gaza s population, 1.8 million people, have been displaced. some two, three, even four times
israeli members of the government to a close, netanyahu about rafah, that is really the focus right now what these israeli offensive that is looming into rafah, that they really want to carry out too advocate the rest of hamas, they say, but that the white house has said they do not yet have a plan for. and so this is a continuum of the conversation for israel to essentially try to convince the united states that they do have a plan to get those civilians out of the way so they can carry out this offensive into rafah and avoid frankly scenes like the ones that we just saw. jeremy s peace with 1.4 million people, many of whom have fled for safety down to refer those continuing those conversations, continuing today, which had been delayed because of the iran strike over the weekend yeah. so heartbreaking. see, there s little kids like that was really, really painful. you ve got some more information now on the united states decision to slap yet more sanctions on iran. what are you le