hello, i m anna foster. this is bbc news live from jerusalem. the diplomatic efforts to relieve the humanitarian crisis in gaza step up again today. the us secretary of state antony blinken is meeting leaders from lebanon, qatar and jordan in amman. he is pushing for pauses for the fighting in gaza but benjamin netanyahu insists there will be no temporary ceasefire until all hostages are released. an official from the un says there is less and less they can do. around moo israelis were killed in the hamas attacks on the 7th of october. the health ministry also says at least 12 people sheltering in a school were killed in an explosion there on friday night. hamas says it was bombed by israel. there has been no comments yet from the israel defence forces. the un secretary general and the world health organization have both condemned israel s attack on an ambulance in gaza on friday. the israel defence forces admitted striking tablets but said the vehicle was being used by hamas
hello and welcome to the lebanese capital beirut. this is the famous corniche, still farfrom recovered from the devastating explosion of 2020 and its economy and morale is as badly damaged as its infrastructure. and now it is deeply nervous about the possibility that it might get sucked into yet another war with israel if the present fighting in gaza spreads. but what are the chances that it will? it is tense, it is very volatile and that is the concern, that this could become a new front in this conflict. one crisis tends to wipe out the memory of previous ones. the collapse of western support for afghanistan, for instance, and the victory of the taliban in 2021. a million plus afghans fled illegally to pakistan and the pakistani government is now threatening to throw them out. the government of pakistan has built the narrative that terrorism acts in pakistan, there is always an afghan link. and artificial intelligence, can a conference based at the first home of electronic