minister benjamin netanyahu. he also met israel s wall cabinets. war cabinet. mr blinken said he had had what he described as good conversations with the israelis with humanitarian pauses a key element of those discussions. letters into a bit of what he had to say. lets listen to a bit. we provided israel advice that only the best of friends can offer on how to minimise civilian deaths, while still achieving its objectives of finding and finishing hamas terrorists and their infrastructure of violence. today, i spoke with prime minister netanyahu and other senior officials about concrete steps to do that. president biden has consistently stressed the need for israel to operate according to international humanitarian law. i also emphasised that the protection of civilians must take place notjust in gaza but also in the west bank, where incitement and extremist violence against palestinians must be stopped, and perpetrators held accountable. third, we need to substanti
state, antony blinken, is back in tel aviv as washington increases the pressure for a humanitarian pause. antony blinken talked about israel s right to defend itself, but also the need for concrete steps to minimize harm to civilians in gaza. meanwhile, the leader of hezbollah like hamas a proscribed terrorist organisation has spoken in lebanon. hassan nasrallah praised the hamas attacks and said, the possibility of total war is realistic . one other important line to update you on more foreign nationals have been getting out of gaza at the rafah crossing point into egypt. 124 british nationals are on the list of people, who are being allowed to leave. the hamas run health ministry in gaza says, more than 9,000 people have been killed in the strip since october the 7th after hamas killed 14 hundred people, in the attacks in southern isreal. the us seretary of state antony blinken held talks with the israeli war cabinet a closed door gathering. he also met the