the latest we re hearing is that police have begun making arrests. we re told that more than 80 arrests have been made for breach of the peace while a further ten people have been arrested for possessing offensive weapons and drugs. these pictures are of more counter protestors are being held inside a pub by police, as the main protests goes past. here s an update from the metropolitan police. from about 9am this morning we have seen several hundred counter protesters that came towards whitehall and, from what we can see, they came intent on confrontation, intent on violence and intent causing trouble. we have made a number of arrests, including, within the counterprotest, including for possession of a knife, possession of a button, possession of class a drugs and assault on emergency workers. , ., ., ,, workers. let s go live to the us embassy- let s go live to the us embassy. our news correspondent frances read is at the israeli embassy, where the protest is finishing.
out of gaza, painting a grim picture of the humanitarian situation there. what more can you tell us about how hospitals in gaza are coping? iwith hospitals in gaza are coping? with ureat hospitals in gaza are coping? with great difficulty hospitals in gaza are coping? jf i great difficulty because they are all pretty much surrounded in gaza city because the israelis argue these are places where hamas fighters have based themselves and consequently there are intense battles going on around those hospitals. the israelis say they are not targeting the hospitals per se and they are trying to get these civilian populations that are clustered around them to try and leave, and also starting to think about evacuating the hospitals themselves so that israel can concentrate on dealing with hamas. there is a small development on that front this evening, the israelis said tomorrow they are going to evacuate babies from the shifa hospital to a safer location. we don t know the details,