heavy, close quarters fighting is continuing between israeli forces and hamas militants, in the ruins of gaza city, with battles said to be nearing the al quds hospital. meanwhile in the west bank, the palestinian authority says, ten palestinians have been killed and at least 20 wounded, during an israeli army raid onjenin refugee camp. israel s military said it was conducting counter terrorism raids injenin, but gave no further details. more than 170 palestinians are reported to have been killed by israeli forces in the occupied west bank, since the attack by hamas on israel on october the seventh. diplomatically, delegates at an international conference in paris hosted by emmanuel macron, have made repeated calls for an immediate ceasefire in gaza. the norwegian refugee council described the israeli siege of gaza as a collective punishment . the head of the aid agency, msf, called the israeli designated safe zones in southern gaza fake zones. those are the key planks of
we re keeping an eye on the press room as the president and his team basically trying to wrap their heads around the current state of affairs in the country. really given all that is going on across this country and in london and other places as well, if you are iran i mullahs right now, no doubt you are liking what you re seeing. we have a pro palestinian day of action we re learning about. that s supposed to happen tomorrow. all of this as today 30 days after october 7th, we heard all day long from absolutely aggrieved families of hostages whose loved ones they believe are alive and in gaza at this moment. they want them out. obviously hamas or the killers of 1,400 israeli citizens and brought 240 more than that in to back in to gaza. these people want their loved ones out. they want them out safely. the pain that they have been going through is excruciating. its been 30 days. every day is like eternity to me. martha: the white house, they are still doing a cleaning
hello, i m anna foster. this is bbc news live from jerusalem. the diplomatic efforts to relieve the humanitarian crisis in gaza step up again today. the us secretary of state antony blinken is meeting leaders from lebanon, qatar and jordan in amman. he is pushing for pauses for the fighting in gaza but benjamin netanyahu insists there will be no temporary ceasefire until all hostages are released. an official from the un says there is less and less they can do. around moo israelis were killed in the hamas attacks on the 7th of october. the health ministry also says at least 12 people sheltering in a school were killed in an explosion there on friday night. hamas says it was bombed by israel. there has been no comments yet from the israel defence forces. the un secretary general and the world health organization have both condemned israel s attack on an ambulance in gaza on friday. the israel defence forces admitted striking tablets but said the vehicle was being used by hamas
this is bbc news live from jerusalem. anthony lincoln is meeting leaders today. on friday when he was here in israel he called for a humanitarian process. antony blinken. the israeli prime minister said there would be no ceasefire in gaza until all israeli hostages are released. an official from the un agency for palestinian refugees says there is little the organisation can do to protect people in gaza and the un secretary general and the who have condemned an israeli attack on an ambulance in gaza. yesterday the israeli defence forces admitted striking the ambulance but said the vehicle was being used by hamas to transport fighters. it comes as officials from the hamas run health ministry in gaza say an israeli air strike late on friday hit a school used as a shelter in the north of the strip. the suggestion is 15 people were co but there has been no immediate comment from israel. the united states says it believes the war between israel and hamas is being contained and
hello, i m anna foster. we begin with some breaking news about the rafah crossing, the exit of foreign citizens from gaza it appears has been stopped for now. none of them have come out of the crossing so far today. the egyptian authorities are suggesting that no foreign passport holders will be permitted to cross into egypt from gaza until injured people in gaza s hospitals are allowed to travel to rafa. hundreds of foreign citizens have escaped from gaza into egypt through the crossing in the last few days. i vejust been through the crossing in the last few days. i ve just been talking to our producer in cairo and he says that what is unclear at the moment is what is unclear at the moment is what bar is being put on this, whether it is all of the injured in hospitals in gaza or whether it is a question of the numbers actually rising again because there was nearly 80 injured palestinians who left through that crossing on the first day it was opened and that number has droppe