has been criticised for not going far enough. israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has thanked the us for abstaining at the un security council and reiterated tojoe biden that the war will continue until all the objectives are met. lucy williamson reports. 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. america has blocked un calls for a ceasefire. israel says it needs to keep fighting to keep up the pressure on hamas. if you want a ceasefire, that, from israel s perspective, can only happen with the release of hostages. as you know, hamas continues to hold over 100 hostages. there s a chance, because they want that ceasefire, they need that ceasefire, they will agree to the hostages but to be frank, had we agreed to the un secretary general s proposal over a month ago for this unilateral ceasefire, we wo
party will keep its majority in parliament. and ukrainians gathered in london s trafalgar square this evening for their traditional carol singning service. hello i m tanya beckett. in a sign of the growing hunger and desperation in gaza, crowds of people have looted aid trucks entering the besieged strip through the rafah crossing. for the first time since the war began, israel has also opened one of its crossings into gaza to aid. it s hoped the opening of the kerem shalom crossing will double the amount of food and medicine reaching gazans. until now, aid has only been able to reach the territory through the rafah crossing from egypt. israel has kept up its bombardment of gaza, killing dozens more people. gaza s hamas run health ministry says 90 people were killed injust the jabalia area of gaza city. in a change of tone, the uk and germany havejoined calls for a sustainable ceasefire . prime minister benjamin netanyahu insists israel will fight to the end, but the reuters
world. i m bianca nobilo. i m max foster joining you live from london. just ahead on cnn newsroom secretary of defense lloyd austin came to get more details from prime minister netanyahu to get a real sense of where israel is in its operations against hamas. the israeli military on sunday revealing new video of what it is calling the largest hamas tunnel they have discovered inside the gaza strip. former president donald trump ramped up this anti-immigration rhetoric during remarks in nevada sunday. they come from prisons, they come from mental institutions and insane asylums, many terrorists. senators have spent the weekend trying to see if they can get any sort of compromisen out issue of immigration. this is not just immigration reform. they re basically working diligently on just security at the border. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it s monday, december the 18th. 9:00 a.m. here in london, 11
refugee camp on sunday. it comes as humanitarian aid entered gaza directly from israel for the first time in more than two months. at another crossing on egypt s border, some aid deliveries were mobbed by palestinians desperate for food. also on sunday, a funeral was held for one of the three israeli hostages shot dead by israeli troops in gaza after being wrongly identified as a threat. alon lulu shamriz was abducted by hamas during the october 7 attacks. he and the other two hostages were shot dead while holding a white cloth. they had also painted an 505 sign written with leftover food. officials have admitted that killing the men who were holding a white flag was a breach of the rules of engagement . the white flag is an internationally recognised sign of protection. israel s own manual on the rules of warfare states that its forces should not attack a prisoner of war who is asking to surrender or waving a white flag as a sign of surrender. our correspondent lucy will
it s newsday. we begin in gaza, where in a sign of the growing hunger and desperation, crowds of people have scrambled for food from aid trucks entering the besieged strip, through the rafah crossing. for the first time since the war began, israel has also opened one of its crossings into gaza to aid. it s hoped the opening of the kerem shalom crossing will double the amount of food and medicine reaching gazans. until now, aid agencies have only been able to access the territory through the rafah crossing from egypt. israel has kept up its bombardment of gaza, killing dozens more people. in a change of tone you can generally have joined calls for a sustainable ceasefire. prime minister benjamin netanyahu insists benjamin neta nyahu insists israel will fight benjamin netanyahu insists israel will fight to the end but reuters is quoting egyptian circularity sources as saying israel and hamas are open to a ceasefire but disagree over the terms. our correspondent lucy williamson