jordan s king abdullah has warned the us secretary of state antony blinken of catastrophic repercussions of the continuation of israel s military campaign in gaza. mr blinken is on a tour of the middle east as the us tried to prevent the conflict in gaza from spreading. earlier he met thejordanian foreign minister. king abdullah also urged mr blinken to put pressure on israel to agree to an immediate ceasefire. later mr blinken will head to qatar for talks with the emir. as the diplomacy continues, so does the fighting, with israel carrying out air strikes overnight in the city of khan younis in southern gaza. the official palestinian news agency reported many dead and wounded. in the west bank, palestinian officials said six people had been killed in an israeli air raid on the city ofjenin an israeli border officer has also been killed in operations there. the gaza health ministry says 113
of state antony blinken of catastrophic repercussions of the continuation of israel s military campaign in gaza. mr blinken is on a tour of the middle east as the us tried to prevent the conflict in gaza from spreading. earlier he met thejordanian foreign minister. king abdullah also urged blinken to put pressure on israel to agree to an immediate ceasefire. later mr blinken will head to qatar for talks with the emir. as the diplomacy continues, so does the fighting, with israel carrying out air strikes overnight in the city of khan younis in southern gaza. we are getting varying accounts of the death toll. the afp news agency says at least 64 people have been killed, while reuters say 116 have lost their lives. in the west bank, palestinian officials said six people had been killed in an israeli air raid on the city ofjenin. an israeli border officer has also been killed in operations there. and an israeli civilian was killed in what has been described
hello. i m luxmy gopal. jordan s king abdullah has warned the us secretary of state, antony blinken, of catastrophic repercussions of the continuation of israel s military campaign in gaza. mr blinken is on a tour of the middle east as the us tries to prevent the conflict in gaza from spreading. earlier he met thejordanian foreign minister. king abdullah also urged blinken to put pressure on israel to agree to an immediate ceasefire. later mr blinken will head to qatar for talks with the emir. as the diplomacy continues, so does the fighting, with israel carrying out air strikes overnight in the city of khan younis in southern gaza. the official palestinian news agency reported many dead and wounded. in the west bank, palestinian officials said six people had been killed in an israeli air raid on the city ofjenin. an israeli border officer has also been killed in operations there. and an israeli civilian was killed in what has been described as a shooting attack in the west
joining me now is our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. as we were saying, thus increasing level of violence but we are hearing reports coming through that israel is saying it is committed to stop discussing setting up any new settlement units for four months. what more do we know about this? this statement has come out from the aqaba summit, that has been taking place in thejordanian red sea resort. it is an unusual one. it has brought together experian and palestinian security officials, as well as political officials, as well as other officials from egypt, jordan and the us had sent the most senior person on the middle east there. it is all happening under his watchful eye. the statement on after the talks broke up, started
efforts to reach a just and lasting peace deal, adding they would work closely to prevent further violence . elsewhere, tens of thousands of people have held demonstrations across israel against planned legal reforms. the changes would give ministers the power to appoint supreme courtjudges, and end the court s ability to review or annul legislation on constitutional matters. prime minister benjamin netanyahu insists his government is carrying out the will of the people. earlier our middle east correspondent, yolande knell spoke to us. well, this statement has just come out from the aqaba summit, that s a summit that s been taking place in thejordanian red sea resort. it s an unusual one, the first in many years, that has brought together israeli and palestinian security officials, as well as political ones, as well as other officials who come from egypt, jordan and then the us has got the white house most senior person on the middle east present there, brett mcgurk as well. it s al