in an interview with abc news, benjamin netanyahu said. israel will give civilians safe passage to areas they ve cleared north of rafah. the army has continued to target rafah with air strikes, which medical workers say killed more than a0 people in the last day. mr netanyahu claims israel s army has killed one hamas fighter for every civilian. he also says he believes enough of the 132 remaining israeli hostages held in gaza are alive to justify israel continuing its offensive. the armed wing of hamas says israeli strikes have killed two of those hostages in the last four days, and seriously injured eight others. a senior hamas official has threatened to halt hostage exchange negotiations if israel goes ahead with the assault on rafah. barbara plett usher reports from jerusalem. the aftermath of an israeli air strike in rafah on a home sheltering people who d fled the war. they were told they would be safe here in the south. eight people were killed, including children.
cleared north of rafah. international alarm is growing over the fate of those 1.5 million civilians. the army has continued to target rafah with air strikes, which medical workers say killed more than a0 people in the last day. the armed wing of hamas says israeli strikes have also killed two hostages in the last four days, and seriously injured eight others. a senior hamas official has threatened to halt hostage exchange negotiations if israel goes ahead with the assault on rafah. mr netanyahu said he believed enough of the 132 remaining israeli hostages held in gaza were alive to justify israel continuing their offensive. barbara plett usher reports from jerusalem. the aftermath of an israeli air strike in rafah on a home sheltering people who d fled the war. they were told they would be safe here in the south. eight people were killed, including children. this is ines amah. i m looking for my niece, she says. she was two months old. so even here, there s dangerfrom
million civilians. the uk foreign secretary lord cameron says he s deeply concerned about the prospect of a military offensive and again called for an immediate pause in the fighting to get aid in and hostages out. the dutch foreign minister, hanke bruins slot, said there could be many civilian casualties , and described the situation in rafah as very worrying . while saudi arabia warned of very serious repercussions if rafah was stormed. a senior hamas official has threatened to halt the hostage exchange negotiations if israel goes ahead with its offensive in rafah. the army has continued to target the city with shelling and air strikes, which are reported to have killed more than a0 people in the last day. hamas s armed wing says that israeli strikes have also killed two hostages in the last four days, and seriously injured eight others. barbara plett usher reports from jerusalem. the aftermath of an israeli air strike in rafah on a home sheltering people who d fled
to be executed using nitrogen gas a method which the united nations has called cruel and inhumane . smith s adviser said he is absolutely terrified. it will be the state 5 second attempt to execute smith, who was convicted in 1989 of murdering a preachers wife, in a hired killing. for more on this story, i spoke a little earlier to ralph chapoco he s a reporter with it s been just described it s beenjust described his method. that will involve kenneth smith being led into the execution chamber having an airtight mask strapped to his face and a pure nitrogen pumped from a pressurised tank. find from a pressurised tank. and him of effectively from a pressurised tank. fific him of effectively being forced or asked to breathe it in. there have of course been many experts suggesting that one of the problems is this is never been done before. it s interesting, we ve heard from some of your contributors there that the state of alabama is waiting to find out whether or not i
as its guinea pig to test of a method of execution never attempted before. it s the state s second attempt to execute mr smith, who was convicted in 1989 of murdering a preacher s wife in a hired killing. in a statement following the execution, governor kay ivey says: alabama is one of 27 us states where the death penalty is still legal. however, there are executive orders in six of those states, shown in orange, that have placed a hold on executions. that includes california and oregon. all this is data from the non profit death penalty information centre. with me is the bbc s david willis. thank you forjoining. what more do we know about the execution now? in more do we know about the execution now? more do we know about the execution now? in the last few minutes the execution now? in the last few minutes the governor - execution now? in the last few minutes the governor of - execution now? in the last few minutes the governor of the i minutes the governor of the state