a humanitarian pause in gaza that would advance several priorities including getting more aid in and getting hamas hostages out. following my conversations with the prime minister and with the israeli government, this is a process. israel s raised important questions about how humanitarian pauses would work. we ve got to answer those questions. we re working on exactly that. in fact, we agreed that our teams would get together and they re doing just that, including today, to work through the specifics of the practicalities of of these pauses. second, it s 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 one of its citizens being held hostage by hamas to bring them home. now, it s important that as we re engaged in pursuing humanitarian pause, this can be something that advances the prospect of getting the hostages back. it can also advance other things that we re
the scene in gaza. you can see large explosions their lighting up large explosions their lighting up the sky. the health ministry in gaza says more than 9400 people have been killed in the territory. hamas is classed as a terrorist organisation by several western governments. meanwhile diplomatic efforts aimed ataiding meanwhile diplomatic efforts aimed at aiding palestinian civilians continue and at a meeting in thejordanian meeting in the jordanian capital, meeting in thejordanian capital, arab foreign ministers told us secretary of state antony blinken that there must be an immediate ceasefire in gaza. but mr blinken wants humanitarian forces, something that israel insists that there will be no temporary truce until all hostages are released. we will have more on the diplomacy shortly but we now start our coverage with a report from jon donnison in jerusalem. a warning that there are distressing images from the start. four weeks into this war, the suffering is endless. and
hello, i m lyse doucet. reporting from jerusalem. we start with the latest from the israel gaza conflict, day 30 of the war. let us take a look at this live shot towards the gaza skyline from southern israel. just after 11am local time now. the israeli military has said it will open a four hour window for people still living in northern gaza under extremely dangerous circumstances to move towards the south. the route for the evacuation will be on the salah al din road. it is the main route running north south in the gaza strip. it will be open between 8am and 12pm gmt. the road is already open. we will try to get you reports about how the evacuation is going. we have also been following reports the hamas run health ministry has accused israel of carrying out another deadlier strikes. a spokesperson said more than 30 people were killed in the bombardment of a refugee camp in the centre of the gaza strip, al maghazi. israel said it was looking into whether its forces had been
this is bbc news live from jerusalem. anthony lincoln is meeting leaders today. on friday when he was here in israel he called for a humanitarian process. antony blinken. the israeli prime minister said there would be no ceasefire in gaza until all israeli hostages are released. an official from the un agency for palestinian refugees says there is little the organisation can do to protect people in gaza and the un secretary general and the who have condemned an israeli attack on an ambulance in gaza. yesterday the israeli defence forces admitted striking the ambulance but said the vehicle was being used by hamas to transport fighters. it comes as officials from the hamas run health ministry in gaza say an israeli air strike late on friday hit a school used as a shelter in the north of the strip. the suggestion is 15 people were co but there has been no immediate comment from israel. the united states says it believes the war between israel and hamas is being contained and