is a sovereign nation, our military decisions are based upon our own calculations. israel has pledged to continue its military operations, but admitted that it is protracted and difficult . this is the live scene over the israel gaza border, where we ve seen continued bombardement this weekend. an israel military spokesman said it was expanding its ground operations in both southern and northern parts of the gaza strip. and these are live pictures from outside nasser hospital in khan younis. we ve seen more injured arriving there in the past few hours. further north, this was the view across the israel lebanon border. in the past couple of hours, we ve seen a thick plume of black smoke in the sky there. the white house has said that in a phone call with mr netanyahu, president biden stressed the importance of allowing civilians to move safely away from areas where there s fighting in gaza. greg mckenzie has this report. president biden told the israeli prime minister, ben
this is the scene outside nasser hospital in khan younis we ve seen more injured taken there in the past few hours. it has been overwhelmed with numbers of casualties being taken to that hospital. further north, this is the view across the israel lebanon border in the past hour we ve seen a thick plume of black smoke in the sky there. us presidentjoe biden has told the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, that there s a critical need to protect the civilian population, including those supporting aid operations. the white house said that in a phone call between the two men, mr biden also stressed the importance of allowing civilians to move safely away from areas where there s fighting. greg mckenzie has this report. president biden told the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, that as israel continues its military campaign in gaza, there s a critical need to protect the civilian population including those supporting aid operations. but mr biden said that h
continues its military campaign in gaza, there is a critical need to protect the civilian population. including those supporting aid operations. mr biden said he did not ask the israeli leaderfor a ceasefire. israeli leaderfor a ceasefire. i had a long talk with benjamin netanyahu today and it was a private conversation. meanwhile in gaza, private conversation. meanwhile in gaza. this private conversation. meanwhile in gaza, this is private conversation. meanwhile in gaza, this is the private conversation. meanwhile in gaza, this is the new - in gaza, this is the new normal. drone strikes in the border town of rafah emptying the local market. 17 year old joe filming on his phone, still clutching his bag of shopping and calling on god for protection. israel launched its metallic tory operation after hamas fighters crossed from gaza into southern israel on the seventh of october, killing 1200 people and taking about 240 hostages. since then more than 20,000 people have be
and northern parts of the strip. this is the nasser hospital in khan younis we ve seen more injured, taken there, in the past few hours. for weeks now the hospital has been overwhelmed by casualties. further north this is the view across the israel lebanon border. in the past hour, we ve seen a thick plume of smoke as hostilities continue there. meanwhile, president biden has told the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, that there s a critical need to protect the civilian population, including those supporting aid operations. the white house said that in a phone call between the two men, joe biden also stressed the importance, of allowing civilians to move safely away from areas where there s fighting. greg mckenzie has this report. president biden told the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, that as israel continues its military campaign in gaza, there s a critical need to protect the civilian population including those supporting aid operations. but mr