stubborn violence. i spoke to senior officials and the prime minister about steps to do that. president biden has stressed the need for israel to act in accordance with international humanitarian law. i also emphasise the protection of civilians must not happen just in gaza, but on the west bank. blinken s visit to the region comes as there were reports of a blast outside al shifa hospital in gaza city on friday. footage sourced by bbc verify shows a damaged ambulance and a number of injured people laying outside the hospital. the israel defense forces confirmed one of its aircraft hit an ambulance that it says was being used by hamas operatives, and that a number of them were killed in the strike. hamas says 13 people were killed in the blast that it says targeted a convoy of ambulances which was transporting the wounded. international editor jeremy bowen has this report on the aftermath of the attack by israel on an ambulance convoy. it contains images you may find upsett
there was no immediate comment from israel. earlier, its defence forces admitted striking an ambulance in gaza city but said the vehicle was being used by hamas to transport fighters. our international editor jeremy bowen has this report on the aftermath of the attack by israel on an ambulance convoy. it contains images you may find upsetting from the start. around four this afternoon, an ambulance outside shifa, the main hospital in gaza, was destroyed by an israeli aircraft. in a crowded area, 13 people, including bystanders, were killed and 26 injured, according to the health ministry in gaza. israel said the ambulance was carrying a hamas terrorist cell. hamas said the attack was zionist nazi terror. thousands of palestinian civilians are sheltering at shifa hospital. israel s army says it s a battle zone and they should evacuate south. more dead civilians on al rasheed street, one of only two roads south where israel says civilians must go to be safe. the bbc has located
this is bbc news injerusalem. antony blinken is meeting leaders today. he called for humanitarian purposesin today. he called for humanitarian purposes in the fighting but the israeli prime minister said there would be no temporary ceasefire with hamas in gaza until all israeli hostages are released. an official from the un agency for palestinian refugees once it is increasingly little the organisation can do to protect people in gaza, the un secretary general and the who had condemned an israeli attack on an ambulance in gaza. yesterday the israeli defence forces admitted striking the ambulance convoy but said the figure was being used by hamas to try and transport fighters. it comes as fighters from the hamas health ministry said an israeli strike at a school that was being used as a shelter in the north of the gaza strip, no immediate comment from a stroke. the us says it believes the work is being contained and any broader regional conflict has been deterred. the comments
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