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
the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has been back in tel aviv with washington increasing the pressure for a humanitarian pause. we ll tell you what has come out of those meetings. this, as the leader of hezbollah hassan nasrallah gives a speech praising the hamas attacks, saying the possibility of total war is realistic . joining me to discuss all that is my panel ayesha hazarika and former us federal prosecutor, joe moreno. israel says its troops in gaza, are engaged in face to face combat, with fighters from hamas. the israeli military says its troops have now completely encircled gaza city, in the north of the territory almost four weeks since the start of this war. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has been back in tel aviv as washington increases the pressure for a humanitarian pause. meanwhile, the leader of hezbollah like hamas a proscribed terrorist organisation has spoken from a secret location. hassan nasrallah praised the hamas at
for the new year. good evening from jerusalem. more british nationals have made it out of gaza after palestinian authorities listed nearly 100 as being eligible to cross into egypt. israel began bombing gaza after hamas, described as a terrorist organisation by the uk government, killed more than 1,400 people in israel and kidnapped over 200 others. the hamas run health ministry in gaza says more than 9,000 people have been killed in the strip since then. the leader of the lebanese islamist group hezbollah, which is also classed as a terrorist group by the uk government, has today described the hamas attacks on israel as right, wise and just . in a moment we ll be hearing from 0rla guerin who s in beruit. fergal keane will be reporting on the worsening situation in gaza. and we ll get the lastest from the rafah crossing where those british nationals will cross into egypt. but first, this report by our international editorjeremy bowen begins with the aftermath of what the ham
as real s military has struck an ambulance, they said it was being used by hamas, they accuse hamas of using ambulances to transport weapons. we ll tell you what has come out of those meetings, this as the leader of hezbollah gives a speech praising the hamas attacks saying the possibility of war is realistic. israel says its troops in gaza, are engaged in face to face combat with fighters from hamas. the israeli military says its troops have now completely encircled gaza city, in the north of the territory, almost four weeks since the start of this war. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has been back in tel aviv as washington increases the pressure for a humanitarian pause. meanwhile, the leader of hezbollah, like hamas a proscribed terrorist organisation, has spoken from a secret location. hassan nasrallah praised the hamas attacks and said the possibility of total war is realistic . more foreign nationals have been getting out of gaza at the rafah crossing point
joining us. erin will be back tomorrow. i ll be back here live tomorrow in tel aviv starting at 4:00 p.m. eastern. also for the situation room starting at 5:00 p.m. eastern tomorrow. ac 360 starts right now. good evening. this is the aftermath of an israeli strike today in the densely populated jabalia refugee camp. the u.n. says it s the largest such camp in gaza. one eyewitness described the scene to cnn as horrific and said, quote, children were carrying other injured children. we warn you, the next video is disturbing. many of the wounded and dead were taken here, the hospital closest to the camp. witnesses telling cnn they believe a large number were killed, but we can t independently verify the actual number. the idf confirmed the strike and said they were targeting and killed a top commander of hamas in gaza. hamas denies the commander was even there. we ll have more on that in a moment in a conversation with the representative from the idf. israel also said toda