force and managed many operations in the south of the country. that news comes as intense fighting continues across gaza, with israeli strikes killing 249 palestinians and injuring a further 510 injured in the past 2a hours, according to the hamas run gaza health ministry. it comes as america s top diplomat, antony blinken, is back in the middle east, meeting officials in the united arab emirates, saudi arabia and israel, for further talks on the war in gaza. antony blinken is expected to call on israel to reduce the intensity of its fighting in gaza. yolande knell has the very latest. the scale of gaza s humanitarian crisis clearly visible along its southernmost border. hundreds of thousands are now crammed into tents. after fleeing their homes, most have been displaced several times over by the fighting with israel. angry and weary, this woman believes herfamily remains in danger. they killed us in schools, in our homes, they won t kill us inside our tent? there is no sa
around these particular issues. the un is concerned about the high number of journalists who the un is concerned about the high number ofjournalists who have been killed in gaza. it is demanding a probe into the situation. this comes as two journalists were killed in an israeli air strike on sunday. one of the journalists hamza al dahdouh was the son of aljazeera s gaza bureau chief and is the fifth member of his family to be killed during the conflict. according to the committee to protectjournalists as of january the 8th at least 79 journalists and media workers have now been killed in gaza with another 16 injured, three missing and 21 arrested. i m joined now by tamer almisshal senior presenter for aljazeera and former gaza correspondent. tell us more about the friends that you lost at the weekend. it is tell us more about the friends that you lost at the weekend. you lost at the weekend. it is a very difficult