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the israeli defence force say they have struck over 100 military targets overnight and killed a senior commander. militants have continued to fire rockets into israel, towards tel aviv and other areas in the south. the world health organization has condemned israel s evacuation order. it says forcing hospital patients to relocate would be a death sentence. president biden has spoken with the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, and urged him to provide safety for civilians amid the bombardment. diplomatic efforts to prevent the violence from spreading have been stepped up, with mr biden s secretary of state, antony blinken, visiting cairo. he s expected to press egyptian officials to restart talks on getting aid into gaza through the border crossing. the us is sending a second aircraft carrier to the eastern mediterranean, near israel. the uss eisenhower will lead a group of ships aimed at deterring further attacks against israel, in particularfrom iran or the le ....
weapons in the gaza war, saying its reasonable to assess they have been used in breach of international humanitarian law in some instances. but the carefully worded review by the state department said it did not have complete information in its assessment and concluded that the findings shouldn t stop more us weapons shipments to israel. it s been a difficult week for us israel relations. president biden said the us could suspend certain arms shipments to israel if it launches a full scale invasion into rafah a densly populated area where over1 million civilians are sheltering and in dire need of humanitarian assistance. our state department correspondent tom bateman sent this update. this report has been three months in the making. it was ordered by the white house back in february with president biden under growing pressure from human rights organisations, from part of his democratic base, over the way that american weapons were being used by the israelis in gaz ....
united nations investigators are on their way to the ukrainian village where a missile strike killed more than 50 people on thursday, in one of the deadliest single attacks on civilians since russia s invasion began. they will gather evidence and testimony, which could be used in any future war crimes trial. ukraine has accused russia of deliberately targeting a funeral wake in hroza in the north eastern kharkiv region. every family there was affected when a missile hit a cafe where mourners had gathered after a funeral. footage released by kharkiv officials reveals extensive damage after a missile attack. the local prosecutor insists the attack was deliberate. the kremlin says it doesn t target civilians. what is certain is the level of human suffering involved. listen to this witness. a warning, you might find his testimony distressing. translation: i wish i were dead. all my dearest people will be laid here. our village was very united. what am i going to do now? clo ....
hroza is located more than 30 kilometres 18 miles from the front line town of kupiansk, in an area where russian forces have been pushing to recapture territory they lost to ukrainian troops last year. the attack comes as vladimir putin has been speaking at a meeting in the black sea resort of sochi. russia s president again blamed the west for his invasion of ukraine. he said russia didn t start the 20 month long war against ukraine and is trying to bring it to an end. translation: since the beginning of the so-called counteroffensive, | this is the latest data. sincejune fourth alone, the ukrainian army has lost over 90,000 men. these are irrecoverable losses. 557 tanks, almost 1900 armoured vehicles including various classes. is it now convincing we have an understanding, what goes where. we understand what we need to do or what we need to add. we are calmly working to achieve our goals and i m sure we will achieve them. meanwhile president zelensky is at a europ ....
bombardment? israel and egypt won t allow the bbc to report from inside gaza but bbc news has obtained exclusive access to footage filmed by an american doctor recently returned from the north of the territory, where the crisis is most acute. fergal keane sent this report you may find parts of it distressing. this is the story of a doctor who travelled to hell. desperate voices cry out. sam attar went to help people trapped by war. he usually works in a hi tech hospital in chicago. in gaza, his skills and mental strength will be tested to their limits. immediately upon crossing the border, we were met with the familiar stench ofjust millions of people packed on top of each other, living together. in some pockets, the air you breathe, you feel like you re decaying, just breathing it, because there are just so many people. the crisis is constant. lives in the balance. the wounded and the lost. woman cries. the mother who will not leave the side of her dead boy. amin, ....