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the us secretary of state, antony blinken, is on another diplomatic tour of the middle east his fifth visit to the region since the conflict erupted between israel and hamas. he will be visiting saudi arabia, israel, egypt, qatar and the occupied west bank. mr blinken s trip follows days of air strikes by the united states against iranian linked targets in iraq, syria and yemen. ahead of his arrival, a drone attack killed six us backed kurdish fighters at an american base in eastern syria. mr blinken is also expected to discuss boosting aid to gaza, as well as a possible ceasefire and hostage deal between israel and hamas. the israeli prime minister has warned he will not accept the demands of hamas over hostages still held. the un has warned of an impending famine in gaza affecting more than 2 million people. our correspondent, barbara plett usher, explained the main aim of mr blinken s visit. that possible ceasefire deal, which would involve the release of some of t ....
Your headlines with. Tamsin pep. Thank you and good afternoon from the newsroom. At 12 01, its trail has dropped leaflets in gaza warning residents to move for their own safety and to distance themselves from Hamas Terrorists who they say are using civilians as human shields. 1. 1 million residents have been told to move to the south within the next 24 hours for their own safety. The united naļ¬ons their own safety. The United Nations says such a move is impossible without devastating humanitarian consequences. The humanitarian consequences. The first minister of scotland and humza yousaf has posted a video on social media today from his mother in law. A retired nurse whos in gaza. Everybody from whos in gaza. Everybody from gazais whos in gaza. Everybody from gaza is moving towards where we are. Are. 1 Million People ....
S sanchez live in washington, d. C. Youre watching cnn news central. Bone chilling. Thats how a u. N. Humanitarian envoy described the scale and speed of the violence in israel and gaza. U. S. And israeli officials are characterizing the terror attacks carried out by hamas as isis levels of evil. One of those massacres was at a rural xhurncommunity, or kibbut southern israel. Israeli Defense Forces say they discovered women, children and elderly people who were, quote, butchered by hamas fighters. Elsewhere, hour after hour were seeing israeli airstrikes Pounding Gaza and hamas Rockets Streaking across the sky toward israel. This is the backdrop as we await remarks from President Biden at the white house at any moment, remarks that the entire world no doubt will ....
Recently its warplanes have hit several multi storey buildings in the centre of gaza city. The barrage of rocket fire from gaza into israeli territory began just after dawn, with explosions heard on the streets of ashkelon. Sderot is one of the towns thought to have been infiltrated by militants. With the latest on this fast escalating conflict, heres our middle east correspondent yolande knell, and a warning that you may find some of her report upsetting. Israeli partygoers from an overnight rave running for their lives. Israels Nightmare Scenario armed Palestinian Militants at large in southern israel. It is thought that dozens entered, some cutting through the Perimeter Fence from the gaza strip. In the town of sderot, residents hid as fighters drove in. There was shooting and the israeli casualties began ....