east and of course it s absolutely right, but there is another part of that and the other part is another part of that and the other parties the us policy on israel and gaza has been to continue to provide a diplomatic and political shield to israel s action in gaza, despite the fact that over a long period of time we ve seen that very, very severely escalating number of civilian deaths, civilians being killed by israeli action in gaza. that has angered the arab and muslim world and created therefore the political space for these militias allied to iran, not necessarily under their direct day to day control, to use that moment to try and build their base of popular support by attacking israel s allies in the region, namely the us and others, and so these two things have become entirely connected and one of the objectives will be from the sort of tehran world view is if the us interests are being attacked in the region, firstly that fulfils one long term objective which is to
Of gaza, he has utilised all of the tools of his government to conduct this attack, he has failed the people of gaza miserably, and we are going to destroy him and his capabilities. Hello, im ben thompson. Children are among those who killed in gaza in an air strike on a convoy of vehicles carrying people from the north of the territory yesterday. Along a route designated by the israelis. The Palestinian Health Ministry Says 70 people died the Israeli Military says its investigating what happened. A week ago today, hamas, classed as a Terrorist Organisation by many western governments, including the uk, killed more than 1,300 people in israel and took dozens hostage. Israeli commanders are thought to be preparing a Ground Offensive in gaza. The Defence Force says the next phase could include combined and co ordinated strikes by land, sea and air. Theyve warned the 1. 1 million civilians in the north to move south beyond the wadi gaza here. The authorities in gaza say more than 2,200 p