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says it s preparing for a major ground offensive into gaza. prime minister benjamin netanyahu convened a cabinet meeting of the country s expanded emergency government and has promised to destroy hamas, the group designated as a terror organisation by many western governments, including the uk, which was behind last week s massacre of nearly 1,500 israelis. the military response from israel has already seen more than 2,600 people killed in gaza, according to the health ministry there. the united nations says gaza is now witnessing an unprecedented human catastrophe . along the border, it looked like the eve of battle. in the next few days, israel will send its armed forces into the gaza strip. israel declared its war aims even before the tanks arrived here. first, demolishing hamas, so it can never be a threat again. and avenging more than 1,300 people, mostly its own civilians, massacred by hamas. in the last few days, the border has become an armed camp. israel says ....
promised to us hus experience in business to bring down the cost of living which has been one of the main issues in the election. new zealanders have been feeling the pinch from soaring prices as well as unaffordable housing. meanwhile the central bank has pledged not to lower the official cash rate from its 15 year high arthur grimes from victoria university of wellington spent a decade as chairman at the reserve bank of new zealand between 2003 and 2013. there are many priorities for the incoming government. the issue will be the structure of the government as to whether they will be able to do much to tackle the economic problems that are there. at the moment, we don t know and we won t know for another two weeks whether the new prime minister will be able to form a governmentjust with the act party, a smaller libertarian party or whether they will also need to form a three party coalition with new zealand new zealand first, essentially a populist pork barrel politic ....
welcome to the programme. starting with the developments in israel where the military says it s preparing for a major ground offensive into gaza. prime minister benjamin netanyahu convened a cabinet meeting of the country s expanded emergency government and has promised to destroy hamas, the group designated as a terror organisation by many western governments, including the uk, which was behind last week s massacre of nearly one and a half thousand israelis. the military response from israel, has already seen more than 2,600 people killed in gaza, from airstrikes, according to the health ministry there. the united nations says gaza is now witnessing an unprecedented human catastrophe . we ll report from inside gaza, and take a look at how any israeli military operation might pan out. and what of the ongoing diplomatic efforts in the crisis? but first, here s the bbc s jeremy bowen with the latest. along the border, it looked like the eve of battle. in the next few day ....
down the cost of living which has been one of the main issues in the election. the economy has been teetering on the brink of recession while new zealanders have been feeling the pinch from soaring prices as well as unaffordable housing. meanwhile the central bank has pledged not to lower the official cash rate from its 15 year high until inflation is backin 15 year high until inflation is back in the targeted comfort range of 1% up to 3%. we have spoken to arthur grimes from victoria university of wellington who spent a decade as chairman at the reserve bank of new zealand between 2003 and 2013. ., a, , , ., , 2013. there are many priorities for the incoming 2013. there are many priorities for the incoming government. | for the incoming government. the issue will be the structure of the government as to whether they will be able to do much to tackle the economic problems that are there. at the moment, we don t know and we won t know for another two weeks whether the ....
areas around khan younis, a city israel told civilians to flee to for safety earlier in the conflict. hospitals say they are overwhelmed with new arrivals. the world health organization says it has been told by israel to move medical supplies out of two warehouses in southern gaza within 2a hours, although israel has denied this. these pictures show explosions in gaza on monday evening. a spokesman for the un children s charity, unicef, says there s nowhere safe for people to go. it comes as the us state department says it s too early to say for sure whether israel is heeding us advice to protect civilians in gaza. but it did say israel was making more targeted requests for civilian evacuations in southern gaza. our gaza correspondent rushdi abualouf who is now in istanbul sent this update. very intense israeli air strikes around khan younis tonight, with reports of israeli tanks are moving from the eastern part and the northern part of khan younis. i have seen some foo ....