condition at this hourful the new york police commissioner said a man wearing a gas mask took a canister out of his bag and started shooting as smoke filled the subway. i ll have much more on that in a moment. back here in ukraine. it is a rush to evacuate civilians from the eastern part of the country as clearer signs emerge that russia is ramping up its preparations for a full scale attack on the eastern region. ukraine s deputy prime minister said nearly 3,000 civilians were able to flee today from some of the city s most affected by fighting, including mariupol and bo other area. you can see outside the shipping yard. another new video posted to social media shows a large column of russian armored vehicles and trucks carrying soldiers and equipment. this was filmed inside russia right across the border from ukraine s donbas region. today the pentagon confirmed the u.s. is looking into reports that russian forces have used what may be a chemical weapon in mariupol. the mil
they ve cleared north of rafah. and he claims israel s army has killed one hamas fighter for every civilian. the army has continued to target the city with air strikes, which medical workers say killed more than a0 people in the last day alone. the armed wing of hamas says israeli strikes have also killed two hostages in the last four days, and seriously injured eight others. and a senior hamas official has threatened to halt hostage exchange negotiations if israel goes ahead with the assault on rafah. meanwhile, us presidentjoe biden has told benjamin netanyahu israel should not proceed with the offensive in rafah without a plan to ensure the safety of the huge number of palestinians sheltering there. with the latest here s our international editor jeremy bowen. at the southern end of gaza, this is the heavily guarded borderfence with egypt. for palestinian refugees there is no further to go. leiua fled here with her two handicapped daughters. getting on for 1.5 million pale
warned israel s prime minister that no military operation should go ahead in rafah in southern gaza unless there s a plan to ensure the safety of the population. president biden has become the latest leader to voice his concern about israel s proposal to invade the city. rafah, on the border with egypt, has become the last refuge for palestinians fleeing the bombardment elsewhere in gaza, which has been going on since the hamas attacks of october the 7th last year. hamas is designated a terrorist organisation by the uk. prime minister benjamin netanyahu has insisted an evacuation plan for the city is being prepared. with the latest here s the bbc s international editorjeremy bowen. at the southern end of gaza, this is the heavily guarded border fence with egypt. for palestinian refugees, there is no further to go. laila abu mustafa fled here with her two handicapped daughters. getting on for 1.5 million palestinian civilians have been forced into southern gaza, living in dr
are coming in from rafah in southern gaza saying the israeli army has carried out its heaviest bombardment of the city since the conflict began four months ago. as well as that, dozens of air strikes, local residents saying that helicopters were participating in that attack. he was presidentjoe biden has warned the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu that no military operation should go ahead in rafah in southern gaza and leicester was a plan to ensure the safety of the population. mcallister was. he has become the latest data to voice concern about israel because my proposal to invade the city. rafah has become the last refuge for palestinians fleeing the bombardment elsewhere in gaza, which has been going on since the hamas attacks of october the 7th last year. hamas is designated a terror organisation by many western governments the uk. prime minister netanyahu has insisted that an evacuation plan for the city is being prepared. with the latest, here is jeremy pre
ground troops enter. the united nations says there is nowhere safe to go for the 1.5 million palestinians sheltering in rafah. but speaking to abc, mr netanyahu defended the potential military offensive. the areas we have cleared north of rafah, patio areas there, but we are working out a detailed plan to do so and that s what we ve done up to now. we are not cavalier about it, it is part of our war effort to get civilians out of harm s away and part of the hamas effort to keep them and harm a s way but we have succeeded so far and we will succeeded so far and we will succeed again. those who say we should not enter rafah are basically saying lose the war, keep hamas their command their command hamas has promised to do the top of the seven massacre over and over and over again. rafah has become the last refuge for many palestinians fleeing bombardment elsewhere in israel s four month war against hamas, since the group s attack on october the 7th. hamas is designated a terrori