Million palestinians sheltering there, most of whom are already displaced from other parts of gaza. And following developments from washington is our Us State Department correspondent tom bateman. What we know is that there was a pause as the administration has described it on one consignment of weapons from The Americans to the israelis that was put in place last week. This is on a consignment that includes a batch of 2000 pound bombs, among the most destructive munitions, Air Dropped Musicians Western Military is hard and capable of wiping out multiple buildings at the same time. Israels argument having those as it needs to attack hamas below and above ground but they have been at the heart of complaints of criticism and controversy relate raised by human Rights Groups when they have looked at the catastrophic high numbers of civilians killed by the israelis in gaza because of the Destructive Force that these weapons. The americans specifically have said that it is the past use of th
Have not gone inter alia, i am not supplying equipment to go into there. We need to make sure israel is secure in terms of iron dome and responding to acts like those that came out of recent times. Lets cross to washington and speak to our correspondent, will vernon. This is the clearest signal that the us is unhappy with how israel is conducting the offensive in gaza. What else did biden say . Offensive in gaza. What else did biden say . You heard mr barton say did biden say . You heard mr barton say america did biden say . You heard mr barton say america would i barton say america would continue giving israel weapons that needs to defend itself but he said the us would not supply heavy weapons, bombs, Artillery Shells that could be used in a major offensive in the city of rafah. Weapons he said they could be used in major Population Centres and mr barton added us but weapons have already killed civilians in gaza. Human Rights Groups say it is exactly these kind of munitions that have
Hostages are released. Israeli forces went into rafah on monday night in defiance of international pressure, seizing the Border Crossing with egypt. The un secretary general, antonio guterres, has warned that a full scale assault on rafah would cause a humanitarian nightmare. Qatar has called for International Intervention to prevent the city from being invaded. Our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, is injerusalem. We know that for weeks now the us has been warning israel against a full scale offensive of rafah. This really because of the high numbers of displaced people who are living in that city, crammed up next to the border with egypt. And the us had been talking to israel about more limited options for going in there to tackle the hamas presence. Now, this does look to be a really significant development, the idea that a us shipment has been halted to israel. Its the first time weve heard of such a thing in seven months of war. And it really does reflect, i think, the lev
And division and criticised what she called the broken promises of rishi sunak s tired and chaotic government. Sir keir starmer welcomed her to his party, a week after another tory mp, dan poulter, also defected. Natalie elphicke explained why she decided to make the move. In 2019, the conservative stood on a manifesto that was very much Centre Ground, but under rishi sunak, theyve abandoned the Centre Ground and broken many election promises. Meanwhile, under keir starmer, labour have changed and i think that change is going to bring a much Better Future for our country and thats why i was so keen to join the labour party and play my part in bringing that important future forward. The conservative rail minister, huw merriman has described fellow mp Natalie Elphicke as shameless and an opportunist. Lam i am absolutely staggered. I have seen i am absolutely staggered. I have seen some sights in this place but the lack seen some sights in this place but the lack of seen some sights in th
Natalie elphicke, the mp for dover, said the conservatives under rishi sunak have become a byword for incompetence and division. She made the movejust minutes before the Prime Minister faced mps in the commons at Prime Ministers questions for the First Time Since suffering heavy defeats in local elections in england. Heres our Political Editor chris mason. Natalie elphicke, shoulder to shoulder with the Prime Minister when rishi sunak invited reporters to dover last summer to talk about stopping the boats. Less than a year later, she has stopped being a Conservative Mp. Look at the leader shes appearing with now. I must when admit, i got up this morning i didnt expect to hear this today. Natalie elphicke, the labour member of parliament for dover and deal. I think she speaks for many tory voters in saying the tory party has changed, it has left the centre ground. But equally, the labour party has changed and we are very clearly the party of the national interest, of the country first,