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
but we are not showing the worst of it. you can see damage thereto an ambulance outside the al shifa hospital, one of the main hospitals in gaza. the hamas. the hamas run health ministry says it was air strike by israel. idf confirms that there was a strike on an ambulance. they say it was being used by hamas and they say a number of hamas operatives were killed. the leader of hezbollah, prescribed terror group by many countries, praised the attacks by hamas on the 7th of october. in response, israel said it is on high alert there at its northern border. the former ambassador for lebanon tracy chamoun gave me her reaction to nasrallah s speech. well, i think it was pretty much what every lebanese expected to hearfrom him. we didn t expect at all to hear a declaration of war. they ve been engaged in fighting since the beginning. but i think that there s a reluctance to escalate. and that s because really, lebanon cannot withstand any war at this stage. the country is devastate
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
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