Has given no indication of when an attack might begin. Here you can see tanks arriving on sunday. Mr netanyahu has held the first meeting of his Emergency Cabinet since hamas fighters killed more than 1,400 israelis and took more than 150 people hostage. Meanwhile, israeli airstrikes on Gaza Continue. Israel says it is targeting hamas positions. Hamas is designated as a Terror Organisation by many western governments, including the us and uk. Gazan Health Officials say the number of palestinians killed has risen to 2,670 with 9,600 others wounded. Hamas says that less than half of the 1. 1 Million People living in Northern Gaza have now moved south in the last 48 hours, after israels warning for civlians to leave. The United Nations says Hospital Fuel Reserves will run out in about 2k hours, possibly endangering thousands of patients. In the last few hours, un secretary general Antonio Guterres has called for israel to allow the immediate delivery of humanitarian aid to gaza, saying th
Hello and welcome, everyone. I appreciate your company. Im Michael Holmes with our continuing coverage of israel at war. And we begin with new remarks from the u. S. President joe biden, who is warning that israel should not try to occupy gaza, as an Israeli Ground invasion seems all but inevitable. Mr. Biden says he believes israel has to respond to the hamas attacks that killed 1400 people, but issued a call for restraint. I think it would be a big mistake. Look, what happened in gaza, in my view is hamas and the extreme elements of hamas dont represent all the palestinian people, and i think that it would be a mistake to for israel to occupy gaza again. But to go in and taking out the extremists, the hezbollah is up north, but hamas down south is a necessary requirement. Do you believe that hamas must be eliminated entirely . Yes, i do. But there needs to be a Palestinian Authority. There needs to be a path to a palestinian state. Now those comments as Tens Of Thousands of palestini
The United Nations Secretary General has in the last hour made two direct humanitarian appeals to both hamas and israel. Antonio guterres issued a statement saying it was his duty as we are on the verge of the abyss in The Middle East. He called on hamas to immediately release the hostages it was Holding Without conditions. And urged israel to allow rapid and unimpeded access for humanitarian aid into gaza including supplies and workers for the sake of civilians there. Mr guterres said each one of these two objectives are valid in themselves. They should not become Bargaining Chips and must be implemented because its the right thing to do. The statement comes as the israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said his military is ready to begin at any moment a Ground Offensive aimed at crushing hamas. Thousands of people in the gaza strip are continuing to flee south after an order by israel for more than a Million People to evacuate. These are the latest developments. Israeli troops c
Starting with the developments in israel, where the military says its preparing for a major Ground Offensive into gaza. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened a Cabinet Meeting of the countrys expanded Emergency Government and has promised to destroy hamas, the group designated as a Terror Organisation by many western governments, including the uk, which was behind last weeks massacre of nearly 1,500 israelis. The Military Response from israel has already seen more than 2,600 People Killed in gaza from airstrikes, according to the Health Ministry there. The United Nations says gaza is now witnessing an unprecedented human catastrophe. Well report from inside gaza, and take a look at how any Israeli Military operation might pan out. And what of the ongoing diplomatic efforts in the crisis . But first, heres the bbc s jeremy bowen with the latest. Along the border, it looked like the eve of battle. In the next few days, israel will send its armed forces into the gaza strip. Israel de