Gardner has the latest. In a country that prides itself on free speech and democracy, Israeli Police shut down the offices of aljazeera today, seizing its broadcast equipment. If you are watching this pre recorded report, then aljazeera has been banned in the territory of israel. This was one of its final broadcasts from jerusalem before the police arrived. The government accused the qatar based tv channel of incitement to terrorism, calling It A Mouthpiece for hamas. Its bureau chief called it a dangerous move. Israel cannot claim all the time that it is a democracy, and at the same time they are cutting, and preventing the journalists to do theirjob. Meanwhile, down on the gaza border, close to rafah, a deadly rocket attack by hamas, on the very crossing point through which it was hoped more aid could flow into the territory. It has since been shut. At least three Israeli Soldiers were killed. Today, israels embattled Prime Minister reacted to the demands for a permanent ceasefire an
singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hi there. thank you for being with us. wheat will have the latest as prince william visits singapore later but we will begin with our daily update on the situation in gaza. it is now overfour situation in gaza. it is now over four weeks since the start of the war by hamas and our correspondences tonight bombardment is the most intense in the campaign so far. israel s military said it has split gaza into two parts, north and the south. a humanitarian pause has been one of the main points on the agenda by the us secretary of state antony blinken. he said the force would advance several priorities including getting more aid into gaza and getting the hostages out. we begin our coverage with this report from yogita limaye. the bombing of gaza has intensified tonight, communication lines have also been cut off, which means tomorrow will likely begin for many gazans like today did. digging through rubble, looking for families and survivors.
live from. newsday. hi there. thank you for being with us. we begin in gaza, where fighting is intensifying and communications are down for a third time. our correspondent rushdi abualouf in gaza has told us that tonight s bombardment seems to be the most intense since the beginning of the war, targeting the north west of the gaza strip in particular. of the gaza strip in particular. and in the last few hours, the idf said it has now split gaza into two parts north and south. it comes as the us secretary of state antony blinken has visted iraq and the west bank. and in the last hour, he has landed in turkey s capital, ankara, for a round of talks with leaders in the region. he has said that discussions are ongoing about a humanitarian pause in the fighting. mr blinken said the pause would advance several priorities, including getting more aid in to gaza, and getting the hostages out. yogita limaye reports. the bombing over gaza has intensified tonight, communication lines
studio. newsday. hi there, thank you for being with us. we begin in gaza, where fighting is intensifying and communications are down for a third time. our correspondent rushdi abualouf in gaza has told us that tonight s bombardment seems to be the most intense since the beginning of the war, targeting the north west of the gaza strip, in particular. and in the last few hours, the idf said it has now split gaza into two parts north and south. it comes as the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has visted iraq and the west bank. and in the last hour, he has landed in turkey s capital, ankara, for a round of talks with leaders in the region. he has said that discussions are ongoing about a humanitarian pause in the fighting. mr blinken said the pause would advance several priorities, including getting more aid in to gaza, and getting the hostages out. yogita limaye reports. the bombing of gaza has intensified tonight, communication lines have also been cut off, which mean