the move was announced after a closed meeting of the security council at which sunday s deaths at a displaced persons camp were discussed. palestinian officials say twenty one people were killed by strikes on a refugee camp in al mawasi, west of rafah, yesterday. israel has denied firing at the area. lucy williamson has sent this report from jerusalem. rafah was once gaza s refuge, the safest place in a dangerous war. today, the city s west and centre was emptying, those still sheltering here fleeing again amid air strikes and artillery fire. taking whatever they need to survive, whatever they can t leave behind. there s been no evacuation order from israel s army and for many, no sense of where to go. translation: i m just walking in the street, l i don t know where to go, there is nowhere safe. where should we go? this is not a life, this is not a life. they were packing up, too, in the displacement camp at tal al sultan to the west of the city, still scarred by fires trigg
rafah for the first time and health authority says at least 21 people were killed in west rafa after an explosion in an attended zone deemed safe for palestinians which comes two days after israeli bombs swept through a refugee camp in rafah leaving 45 dead including women and children. lucy williamson has more. rafah was once gaza s refuge, the safest place in a dangerous war. today, the city s west and centre was emptying, those still sheltering here fleeing again amid air strikes and artillery fire. taking whatever they need to survive, whatever they can t leave behind. there s been no evacuation order from israel s army and for many, no sense of where to go. translation: i m just walking in the street, l i don t know where to go, there is nowhere safe. where should we go? this is not a life, this is not a life. they were packing up, too, in the displacement camp at tal al sultan to the west of the city, still scarred by fires triggered in an israeli air strike on sunday.
reached the centre of rafah of rafah for the first time and the hamas run health authority says at least 21 people were killed in west rafa after an explosion in an attended zone deemed safe for palestinians which comes two days after israeli bombs swept through a refugee camp in rafah leaving 45 dead including women and children. lucy williamson has more. rafah was once gaza s refuge, the safest place in a dangerous war. today, the city s west and centre was emptying, those still sheltering here fleeing again amid air strikes and artillery fire. taking whatever they need to survive, whatever they can t leave behind. there s been no evacuation order from israel s army and for many, no sense of where to go. translation: i m just walking in the street, l i don t know where to go, there is nowhere safe. where should we go? this is not a life, this is not a life. they were packing up, too, in the displacement camp at tal al sultan to the west of the city, still scarred by fires t
about her vital role in the d day landings ahead of the 80th anniversary. and coming up on sportsday later in the hour on bbc news we ll get the latest from roland garros, in what s been a bad french open for british players so far. can katie boulter reach the second round? good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. israeli tanks have reached the centre of rafah in southern gaza for the first time the city where hundreds of thousands of displaced people have been sheltering. the hamas run health authority says at least 21 have been killed today after an explosion in a tented evacuation zone on the outskirts of the city. it comes two days after dozens more were killed when an air strike triggered a blaze on another tent camp near rafah. internationaljournalists are prevented from entering gaza by israel and egypt. lucy williamson is in jerusalem for us tonight. israel s allies have warned for months against any operation in rafah that would put siblings at risk and i
it s 7am in singapore and 7pm in new york, where we begin. donald trump s defence lawyers have delivered their closing arguments in the hush money trial against him, telling the jury there was little evidence provided by prosecutors. mr trump faces 3a charges of falsifying business records in connection with payments to the adult film star, stormy daniels. if found guilty, his would be the first ever criminal conviction of a former us president. there s beenjust as much action outside the courthouse. oscar winning film actor robert de nirojoined the joe biden campaign. he spoke to our correspondent nada tawfik about the possibility of donald trunk winning this year s presidential election and this week s trial. i m very concerned. i m very concerned because they don t play by fair rules. they re not. the republicans, they all came up here before and they were talking. it s crazy. we re in a crazy zone, and that s because of trump, because he s crazy. sir, what if trump is f