become more common with ukraine striking deeper into the peninsula. the novocherkassk would have almost certainly been loaded with either soldiers, hardware, or both. its loss will hamper russia s ability to supply troops further north, as well as further weaken its naval dominance in the black sea. what attacks like these have yet to do is apply enough pressure on moscow for it to surrender ukrainian territory it has taken. but for ukraine, for president zelensky, it is a welcome announcement against a backdrop of waning western support. it s already affecting ukraine s front line operations. and that s helping russia, with the capture of mariinka in the east. moscow calls the devouring of this town liberation. translation: the main focus was to disrupt the ukrainian i counteroffensive, which was announced by ukraine and its nato allies. this task has been successfully completed. ukraine has only been able to liberate a few kilometres of its territory, and the head of its ar
crime against his people. all this comes shortly after the head of the israeli army warned that dismantling hamas could take many more months. graham satchell reports. night after night, for weeks now, the families of those taken hostage take to the streets of tel aviv. they re putting pressure on the israeli government to bring the hostages back alive and stop the fighting. they need to look at other options. the military pressure will continue. but we see they don t have any results. the head of the israeli army herzi halevi said the war could take many more months. there are no magic solutions, he said. there are no shortcuts in dismantling a terrorist organisation, only determined and persistent fighting. in gaza itself, hospitals are overrun with the injured and the dead. the world health organization says almost all the hospitals in the gaza strip have now stopped functioning. there s blood everywhere in these hospitals at the moment. we re seeing almost only traum
on the drone strike claim. in his first interview since the war began, the palestinian authority president, mahmoud abbas, who is based in the west bank, described the conflict as a grave crime against his people. translation: what is happening in the palestinian translation: what is happening in the palestinian territories translation: what is happening in the palestinian territories is - translation: what is happening in the palestinian territories is far beyond a disaster and far more than a genocide. the palestinians have never seen anything like this. even during the catastrophe of 1948, what is happening today is far worse. a huge crime is being committed against palestinians over the past 79 days, notjust in gaza, but also in the west bank and jerusalem. unfortunately, whenever the international community, the un, security council and the general assembly tried to stop the war, the us disrupts these attempts by using its veto and refusing to bring fighting to a h
alive and stop the fighting. they need to look at other options. they re putting pressure on the israeli government the military pressure will continue. but we see they don t have any results. the head of the israeli army, herzi halevi, said the war could take many more months. there are no magic solutions, he said. there are no short cuts in dismantling a terrorist organisation, only determined and persistent fighting. in gaza itself, hospitals are overrun with the injured and the dead. the world health organization says almost all the hospitals in the gaza strip have now stopped functioning. there s blood everywhere in these hospitals at the moment. we re seeing almost only trauma cases come through the door and at a scale that s quite difficult to believe. it s a bloodbath, as we said before, it s carnage. in his first tv interview since the war began in october, the palestinian president, mahmoud abbas, described the situation as a catastrophe and warned the west bank
are now focussed on the centre of the gaza strip where the local hospital is overwhelmed with casualities. the world health organization has described the scenes there as a bloodbath. in the occupied west bank, tensions have been rising, with more than 300 palestinians killed by israeli forces and settlers. the palestinian health ministry there says six people were killed in an israeli drone strike. our first report this hour is from out middle east correspondent yolande knell. 0n the move again. palestinian families now desperately fleeing much of central gaza, as israel s ground offensive expands into a new part of the besieged territory. me and my kids, everyone is evacuating, says this woman. already my niece was killed. casualties fill even the floor of the nearby hospital. the world health organization describing the scenes here as a bloodbath . and this as israel s army is warning that the war will continue for many more months, as it insists it will find hama