israel is expanding its military operations against hamas including in the south many palestinian men second term including price cuts to prescription drugs. plus it means style charm or attractiveness. it was made viral by generation z on social media. oxford is unveiling it is the word of the year for 2023. can you guess what it is? we are following the stories and many more all coming in right here on cnn news central. right now in gaza is really troops are operating in southern gaza for the first time. this new front is where hundreds of thousands of palestinian civilians fled after evacuating from the north. that is why a top un official in the region put it bluntly today we have said it repeatedly we are saying it again no place is safe in gaza. the head of the red cross visiting gaza today pleading for humanitarian relief and for the icrc to be allowed to visit the 137 hostages still held by hamas. those visits could be more crucial than ever now as hostage negot
breaking news. and welcome back to our coverage of the israel-hamas war. i m wolf blitzer in tel aviv. we re learning that the third group of hostages has been released to the red cross. today 17 hostages are being delivered to freedom. the idf said the most recent group of hostages includes both israelis and foreigners. we have heard from american officials that they have hoped that one american would be among the latest transfer of those held in hamas captivity in gaza. we re watching all of these dramatic developments unfold. i want to start with oren liebermann here in tel aviv. i know we re being briefed. give us the latest. right now we re expecting the release of a total of 17, 14 israeli citizens and that includes ann israeli russian citizen and three foreign nationals. if we look at the first part of the agreement that we hope will be continued, it was for 50 israeli hostages. that means as of right now, we have 13, 13 and 14. so that is a total of 40 at this poi
for the new year. good evening from jerusalem. more british nationals have made it out of gaza after palestinian authorities listed nearly 100 as being eligible to cross into egypt. israel began bombing gaza after hamas, described as a terrorist organisation by the uk government, killed more than 1,400 people in israel and kidnapped over 200 others. the hamas run health ministry in gaza says more than 9,000 people have been killed in the strip since then. the leader of the lebanese islamist group hezbollah, which is also classed as a terrorist group by the uk government, has today described the hamas attacks on israel as right, wise and just . in a moment we ll be hearing from 0rla guerin who s in beruit. fergal keane will be reporting on the worsening situation in gaza. and we ll get the lastest from the rafah crossing where those british nationals will cross into egypt. but first, this report by our international editorjeremy bowen begins with the aftermath of what the ham
among britons, the family of the first minister of scotland. sport, and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here s olly. lucy, thank you very much indeed. the manchester united manager erik ten hag came out fighting today, insisting that he is the man to turn the team s fortunes around. they lost 3 0 at home to manchester city last weekend and were then knocked out of the league cup on wednesday by newcastle united by the same scoreline at old trafford. they are at fulham in the lunchtime kick off on saturday. they are positive. they want to put this right. we know the standards here, and we have to match the standards every day. and we had two big setbacks, but we will fight back. and this dressing room is strong, the staff is strong, this manager s strong to put this right. liverpool are at luton on sunday. luis diaz is available again after missing the last two games. he was allowed time off after his father was kidnapped. though he hasn t been released yet, the
and in half an hour, two people are arrested at a demonstration in kings cross station this evening, as police prepare on newsnight at 10:30pm, as hezbollah s hassan nasrallah stops short of declaring all out war on israel over gaza, a pentagon spokesman tells us a broader regional conflict has been deterred. good evening from jerusalem. israel has this evening said it struck an ambulance in gaza city, which it said was being used by hamas. the health authority, which is hamas run, says it was part of a convoy carrying wounded people from the besieged north to the south of the territory. israel began bombing gaza after hamas, designated as a terrorist organisation by the uk government, killed more than 1,400 people in israel and kidnapped over 200 others. the health ministry in gaza says more than 9,000 people have been killed in the strip since then. today, the leader of the lebanese islamist group hezbolah, which is also classed as a terrorist group by the uk government, ma