welcome to hardtalk. thank you. good to be with you again, stephen. it s good to talk to you. you, of course, are a medical doctor. you have many colleagues in gaza. communication is very difficult. but does it seem to you right now that there is any semblance of a functioning medical and humanitarian system left inside gaza? no, the situation in gaza is absolutely drastic. it s a huge humanitarian crisis because not only of the israeli siege on gaza, but also of this terrible bombardment. we ve lost up to now more than 10,000 people who were killed by israeli air strikes and bombardment. we ve lost 6,000 children, 6,000 children, stephen. nothing can justify that. but on top of that, israel is depriving gaza from fuel, from electricity, from food, from water and from medications. we have 17 medical teams working there around the clock. they do their best, but they tell me that the situation is intolerable. first of all, we have more than 130 children in incubators who could
that coalition ironically includes the new york city mayor eric adams and the chicago mayor brandon johnson, both mayors of sanctuary cities. they re asking for $5 billion in federal funding to house thousands of asylum seekers. we ex pect to hear from the mayors making the rounds in washington. more as it happens. first this. that was the scene recently on the fight to flee gaza. egypt allowing the first evacuees through the rafah border crossing. at least five americans among them. sources telling fox news 400 americans have been cleared to follow suit. whether that happens today or not is something we await. i m bill hemmer live in new york city. team is back together. dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. it is astounding the mayors have to come begging the white house for help on a problem the white house is refusing to solve. we ll cover that but also get you to this. the increased fighting in gaza is putting pressure on the white house to get the am
neta nyahu described the conflict netanyahu described the conflict is israel s second war of independence and they would win the war make every effort to bring the hostages home. and since the war began, and 7th of october, hamas leader in the gaza strip offered to release hostages being held in gaza in return for the freeing of all hamas prisoners and israeli jails. in a statement, they said we are ready for an immediate exchange deal that includes the releasable prisoners and any prisoners of the zionist enemy for the released of all prisoners. israel stepped up its bombardment of gaza and israel since the night time attacks mention 50 targets and also killed some key figures within hamas. hamas designated as a terror group by the uk, us and many western nations and benjamin netanyahu confirmed benjamin neta nyahu confirmed that benjamin netanyahu confirmed that it troops were inside gaza and the north and south. jeremy is on the ground and he is in southern israel and he s
and right now we are striking from the air every single day when we do not know where my cousin is, when we do not know where over 200 hostages are and we don t know if any of our bombs have killed them. here in london thousandsjoin pro palestinian demonstrations. similar protests take place around the world calling for a ceasefire. fresh aid enters gaza and the un tells the bbc they ve managed to re establish some contact with their teams on the ground. hello and welcome. i m lewis vaughan jones. israel says the war has shifted into a new phase. this is what happened last night. an intensification of air strikes and bold moments bombardments over gaza. 150 underground targets were hit and several senior hamas commanders were killed. there was a ground incursion as well in the latest information we haveis as well in the latest information we have is that troops are still on the ground in north gaza now. these are pictures from earlier today as the assault on gaza con
way they control the borders the other sides and the sea with gaza. so on the main border with israel they have a metal fence plus sensors that go underneath the ground to keep gazans from tunneling out. they want to do something similar with egypt. this is going to be this is going to be a game changer if they do this because it s one more way of turning gaza into an open-air prison, but it s from netanyahu s perspective one of the only ways he can tell the israeli people i ve really done something to keep you safe in the future. how does that, if at all, reconcile with what at least the u.s. believes israel s role should be in the future of gaza, saying that israel should not occupy or reoccupy gaza and that