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hasn t given any details about reported air strikes. but the idf says operations injabalia, like this one on friday, have destroyed hamas tunnels, explosives and military equipment, and soldiers found more than £1 million claimed to be designated for terrorist activity . our gaza correspondent, rushdi abu alouf, who is now based in turkey, says the area has been a focus for israeli forces recently. the camp is in the north, and the air strikes were intensified in the location overnight. as international pressure mounts on israel to reduce civilian casualties, and with growing calls for a ceasefire, the us secretary of defence has returned to israel. lloyd austin has met his israeli counterpart and is also due to talk to prime minister benjamin netanyahu with a focus on how israel plans to move to the next phase of the war. the un security council is expected to vote on monday on a resolution calling for an urgent and sustainable cessastion of hostilities . the us blo ....
negotiations are continuing at the united nations in new york to agree a new resolution on gaza. a vote had been expected in the last hour, but its been postponed as diplomats try to agree a form of words that the united states may sign on to. on a visit to israel, the u 5 defence secretary lloyd austin has reaffirmed support for its ally, but demanded the country do more to protect civilians. from jerusalem, lucy williamson reports. they say there s nowhere safe in gaza. the children s unit at nasser hospital hit by a shell yesterday. doctors and parents who once raced to get wounded children in here now scrambling to get them out. the epicentre of the dust and panic, a children s bedroom on the second floor. translation: we were seated - on the bed when something exploded and all the ceiling fell on us. i couldn t do anything. debris fell on us and we couldn t see anything. ijust grabbed my daughter and escaped. i don t know what happened to the others. this was 13 ye ....
in terms of the children, because that is unicef, of course, what are the greatest health concerns that they are now facing? two or three weeks ago we were hearing about malnutrition. just how dire are things now for children? it s beyond our worst fears at the moment. the rains that came last week have really increased concerns of waterborne diseases like diarrhoea, which is a great concern to children in this context, it s actually the second leading cause of death in children underfive. when children are sick with this, it really diminishes their water supplies and their salts and makes them even more vulnerable to things like malnutrition. so it s kind of a triple threat at the moment, with bombardments from the sky, the disease and the lack of food. so when you talk about diarrhoea, tell us what do the children need to treat that? obviously, clean conditions are number one, but what do you need initially to arrest that diarrhoea to stop them losing all that water i ....
israel comes under mounting pressure from the west for its military operations in gaza. the us secretary of defence lloyd austen is expected to meet israeli officials later as the uk, france, and generally step up the uk, france, and generally step up global calls for a ceasefire as britain s former defence secretary, ben wallace, warns israel risks losing its legal and moral authority for its war in gaza. in a newspaper article, he described israel s tactics as crude and indiscriminate. as israel s bombardment of gaza continues, the un security council is due to convene later as the humanitarian situation in gaza worsens. members could even vote on a proposal to demand that israel and hamas allow aid access to the gaza strip via land, sea and air routes as well as un monitoring of humanitarian assistance delivered. diplomatic interventions come as a hamas run health authority in gaza says israeli air strikes have killed at least 110 people in a single day in the jabalya refu ....
# i m dreaming ofa # i m dreaming of a white christmas. we meet the members of the choir for people with dementia to find out how it s bringing relief and joy at the festive season. good morning. iam in i am in covent garden, where we will see a white christmas later on this morning. for most of us the forecast is a cloudy one with rain around, especially wales and central england, some brightness in the north, but even here later, some showery rain. details later in the programme. good morning. it s monday, the 18th of december. hamas officials say at least 90 palestinians have been killed in israeli air strikes on the jabalia refugee camp in gaza. it comes ahead of a vote by the un security council later today, calling for an urgent ceasefire in the territory. meanwhile, humanitarian aid has entered gaza directly from israel for the first time in more than two months, at the kerem shalm crossing. pictures released yesterday, showed aid vehicles entering through the city ....