welcome to this special year ending edition of hardtalk with me, stephen sackur. it s our chance to look back on some of the most telling and compelling encounters of 2023. how will this past year be remembered? well, a grim new phase in an intractable conflict will loom large. on october the 7th, hamas the islamist group which controls gaza and is proscribed as a terrorist organisation in the uk and the us launched a murderous attack on southern israel. 1,200 israelis were killed. israel s response was a ferocious assault on gaza, now in its third month, which has already inflicted tens of thousands of palestinian casualties. we cannot guarantee 100% safety for the people in gaza who will be around hamas militants. and that s why i keep saying, move out, move out from those neighbourhoods, because we are coming to hunt down hamas and we will do whatever is necessary from the air, from the sea, from the land. we will get to those people and we will kill them. you cannot d
today 110 people were killed in air strikes on the jabalia refugee camp in the north of the strip on sunday. a residential block was hit, with reports of many more people being trapped under rubble. the israeli military hasn t given any details about reported air strikes. but the idf says operations injabalia like this one on friday have destroyed hamas tunnels, explosives and military equipment, and soldiers found more than a £1 million claimed to be designated for terrorist activity . fierce fighting continues elsewhere in gaza with at least one child killed in a strike on the nasser hospital according to the hamas run health ministry. the bbc has been filming there as a middle east correspondent yolande knell reports from jerusalem. a warning you may find some of the images distressing. panic at the nasser hospital last night. children newly injured by an artillery strike, the hospital says. iis year old who already lost her parents, hersibling, her leg, her life. sh
hasn t given any details about reported air strikes. but the idf says operations injabalia, like this one on friday, have destroyed hamas tunnels, explosives and military equipment, and soldiers found more than £1 million claimed to be designated for terrorist activity . our gaza correspondent, rushdi abu alouf, who is now based in turkey, says the area has been a focus for israeli forces recently. the camp is in the north, and the air strikes were intensified in the location overnight. as international pressure mounts on israel to reduce civilian casualties, and with growing calls for a ceasefire, the us secretary of defence has returned to israel. lloyd austin has met his israeli counterpart and is also due to talk to prime minister benjamin netanyahu with a focus on how israel plans to move to the next phase of the war. the un security council is expected to vote on monday on a resolution calling for an urgent and sustainable cessastion of hostilities . the us blocked a
The australian Prime Minister said there needed to be accountability. This is what the uk cabinet minister Gillian Keegan had to say. Well, i mean, obviously we havent had it confirmed yet, but we are very, very concerned by the situation. Actually, i think we do know that weve urged israel to do more to protect civilians, but also to allow aid to get into gaza. But we havent yet had this confirmed and i think the idf are reviewing this, probably as we speak. Lets speak to Juliette Toumas from the Un Relief And Works Agency for palestine refugees. Thank you forjoining us on the programme. I wondered thank you forjoining us on the programme. Iwondered if thank you forjoining us on the programme. I wondered if i could ask you what impact the fact that two charities now have pauls operations in gaza after the incident will make in gaza after the incident will make in gaza after the incident will make in gaza itself. Have pauls operations. In gaza itself. Have pauls operations in gaza itse
Welcome to the journal editorial report, i am charles payne. The case rested. Without the former president taking the stand. Closing arguments set for tuesday after jurors spend the long Holiday Weekend at home. Here with a look at what to expect when the Court Reconvenes Next week is a former federal prosecutor, also former attorney ford donald trump. Jim, thank you for joining us. Monday morning quarterbacking in real time. The first thing everyone has debated is smart for trump not to take the stand or not. It was for a couple of reasons. Preliminary warnings by the judge as to what the fair scope of examination would be. They were told they would be allowed to crossexamine. I feel awfully collateral. Dont feel like the type of stuff we reflect on directly. Beyond that, the whole strategy in this case, charles, make it about the credibility. It is the only battlefield you can be fighting on. It is all coming down to Michael Cohen. You dignify the governments case. Just focusing on M