israel s military says it is looking into whether it was operating in the area at the time. our reporter in gaza says sunday night has brought what appears to be the most intense israeli air strikes since the war began. meanwhile, us secretary of state antony blinken made an unannounced visit to iraq on sunday. mr blinken said he d had productive talks with the iraqi prime minister mohammed al sudani on efforts to prevent the israel gaza conflict spreading and allowing more aid to reach the besieged gaza strip. it is important that the pause advance a number of things. one of them is hostages. we are intensely focused the united states, israel, every other country that has a citizen being held hostage by hamas to bring them home. it is important that as we are engaged in pursuing a humanitarian pause, this could be something that advances the prospect of getting the hostages back. it can also advance other things that we are committed to doing, as is the government of isr
hello, i m vishala sri pathma. we start with the latest diplomatic efforts from the israel gaza conflict. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has met the palestinian authority president, mahmoud abbas, in the occupied west bank city of ramallah for talks on the gaza conflict. mr abbas told mr blinken there must be an immediate ceasefire and an allowing of humanitarian aid to the gaza strip in gaza, hamas say at least 45 people have been killed in an israeli air strike on a refugee camp. the israeli military says it s investigating. the air strikes began after gunmen from hamas the group designated as a terrorist organisation by the uk government killed at least moo israelis and kidnapped more than 200 others on october 7th. the hamas run health ministry says, since then, more than 9,700 palestinians have been killed. in the past hour there have been reports that communication and internet services have been cut off. further north three children and their grandmothe
he has said discussions are ongoing about a humanitarian pause in the fighting, to get aid to civilians into gaza. but fighting in gaza is intensifying and communications are down for a third time. our correspondent rushdi abualouf in gaza has told us that tonight s bombardment seems to be the most intense since the beginning of the war, targeting the northwest of the gaza strip in particular. i also want to bring you an update from the israel defence forces on twitter saying the israeli military says air raid sirens sounding across central israel due to rockets being fired from gaza. i ve said many israelis are running to bomb shelters. these are from the israel defence forces. once we verify those and can bring in more on that update, we will. in terms of the visit of antony blinken. at the end of his visit to iraq antony blinken spoke to the media about the possibility of humanitarian pause to hostilities, that he said would advance several priorities, including getting
hello and welcome to bbc news. the ukrainian government has urged the united nations to do more to bring those trapped inside the city of mariupol to safety. it s urged the un secretary general, antonio guterres, to intervene immediately. he s meeting president putin in moscow next week and then travelling on to kyiv. on saturday, there ll be another attempt to establish humanitarian corridors out of the besieged southern port city of mariupol, which russian forces have been trying to fully capture for several weeks. simonjones has the latest. under attack, ukraine s second city, rq. russia was much assault is intensifying. the dangers are clear. despite the destruction, some residents are determined to stay. we destruction, some residents are determined to stay. determined to stay. we are auoin to determined to stay. we are going to fight- determined to stay. we are going to fight. to determined to stay. we are going to fight. to fight - determined to stay. we are going