In a phone call, President Biden told the israeli Prime Minister of his deep concerns over a planned assault on rafah in southern gaza. In the last hour, the white house has said that a meeting between the us and israel to discuss rafah will likely take place next week. But Benjamin Netyanyahu has just said theres no way to destroy hamas in rafah other than by a ground incursion. All this as talks continue in qatar in a bid to secure a ceasefire deal. Lets get this report from anna foster, injerusalem. At gazas southern tip, the aftermath of another israeli air strike. 1. 4 million displaced people are now sheltering in rafah, and israel has made it clear it wants to go further. A ground offensive, it says, would remove hamas from gaza entirely. But theres International Pressure to avoid even more deaths. The message from israels allies to its leaders is getting stronger. Our position is that hamas should not be allowed a Safe Haven In Rafah or anywhere else, but a major Ground Operati
On gaza and so clearly, the focus today has been on gaza and the attempt to get a depot on gaza and the attempt to get a depot ih on gaza and the attempt to get a depot in egypt. We on gaza and the attempt to get a depot in egypt on gaza and the attempt to get a depot in egypt. We will talk on that shortl , depot in egypt. We will talk on that shortly. But depot in egypt. We will talk on that shortly, but there depot in egypt. We will talk on that shortly, but there has depot in egypt. We will talk on that shortly, but there has been depot in egypt. We will talk on that l shortly, but there has been renewed fighting on the Northern Border and further exchanges of fire between the israeli and backed hezbollah and Israeli Forces. Hezbollah which is backed by iran. The border skirmishes have raised concerning israel that it could now face a war on two fronts. Our Correspondent Reports on the latest developments from lebanon. Reports on the latest developments from lebanon reports on the l
confirmed has a list of names and is now contacting the families. in return, israel will release 39 policy and prisoners with a commitment to free 150. four fuel trucks and 208 lorries will be allowed to enter gaza on the shay of the cease fire. so there is the possibility of extending, israel has been clear the truth is not the end of its war against hamas. we start with this report from our senior international correspondent. their faces haunt israel. 239 hostages who were taken to gaza. it was hoped a first group would come home today, but the hostage deal was delayed last night at the 11th hour. relatives like gil dickman heard the news on tv, not from the government. his cousin carmel is a hostage. she s 39 and loves to travel. her sister in law is also being held. her three year old daughter is waiting at home. was there a lot of shock last night? yeah, there was. there was a lot of shock. we are afraid this delay is not the last delay and it might mean that there is a
the world health organization has described the al shifa hospital in gaza as a death zone after a visit by a un team. international doctors spent an hour at the site, and reported evidence of shelling and gunfire. they say there is a mass grave at the entrance. the palestinian red crescent has evacuated 31 premature babies by ambulance from the hospital, in coordination with un agencies. the head of the world health organization posted this picture of one of the babies on x he said they were very sick . the israeli military remain inside the complex. last week, benjamin netanyahu said they had found a hamas command and control centre underneath the hospital. hamas, which is designated a terrorist organisation by many western governments, deny they have a base at al shifa. on saturday, hundreds of people including some patients left the hospital on foot. but 20 health workers and about 300 critically ill patients remain at al shifa. meanwhile, the prime minister of qa