they re calling it the bad vibes economy. while the numbers are good on the economy, the vibes the feeling that people have according to polls, is much more dour. and india what does prime minister modi do now that he s failed to get the kind of majority he was hoping for? they re not only going to have to keep their allies together, they re also going to have to see if anyone from opposition will come on board. the negotiations on a ceasefire in gaza between israel, hamas and the united states have been long and complex. and while they ve been going on, the mutual anger between the americans and the israelis has been growing so much so that antony blinken, the us secretary of state, has let it be known that if necessary, he d negotiate direct with hamas and leave israel out of the loop altogether. at the same time, the united nations has now accused both israel. allahu akbar! ..and hamas of committing war crimes something which has enraged the israeli government.
the negotiations on a ceasefire in gaza between israel, hamas and the united states have been long and complex. and while they ve been going on, the mutual anger between the americans and the israelis has been growing. so much so that antony blinken, the us secretary of state, has let it be known that if necessary, he d negotiate direct with hamas and leave israel out of the loop altogether. at the same time, the united nations has now accused both israel and hamas of committing war crimes something which has enraged the israeli government. and the former israeli prime minister benny gantz has resigned from neta nyahu s war cabinet. jeremy bowen, the bbc s international editor, has specialised in reporting the middle east for decades. i asked him for an overview of the current situation. gantz has called for new elections his party wants new elections, there are loads of people in israel who want new elections, but unless they can get a vote of confidence that neta nyahu
the bbc news website or app. i ll have a full bulletin for you at the top of the hour. now it is time for john simpson. hello and welcome to unspun world. thank you forjoining me. in this programme: israel s war cabinet fragments but does that mean there s any chance for washington s efforts to get peace in gaza? biden said to the israelis, you have effectively won this now. hamas can t do again what they did on the seventh of october. it s time for this war to stop. the american economy is doing pretty well at the moment, so why doesn tjoe biden get more credit for it? they re calling it the bad vibes economy. while the numbers are good on the economy, the vibes the feeling that people have according to polls, is much more dour. and india what does prime minister modi do now that he s failed to get the kind of majority he was hoping for? they re not only going to have to keep their allies together, they re also going to have to see if anyone from opposition will
mr schumer, the us s highest ranking jewish elected official, released his own statement thursday saying he has clear and profund disagreements with the prime minister. but because america s relationship with israel is ironclad and transcends one person or prime minister ijoined the request for him to speak. the announcement comes as the us urged israel to publicly name the 20 to 30 hamas fighters it said it targeted in a deadly air raid on a united nations school in gaza. hospital medics said at least 37 people were killed in the strike on thursday. while israel often releases the names of hamas fighters it says it has targeted, it is rare for the us to publicly say it expects full transparency. israel s military said it conducted a precise strike on a hamas compound in the school and that it killed many of the 20 to 30 fighters it believes were inside. but gaza s hamas run government says 14 children and nine women are among the dead. our middle east correspondent lucy
women are among the dead. casualties were rushed to the al aqsa martyrs hospital, in the nearby town of deir al balah, which has been overwhelmed since the israeli military began a new ground operation against hamas in central gaza this week. our middle east correspondent lucy williamson has the latest. ad a warning, some viewers may find images in her report distressing. torchlight barely reveals the bodies. who they were, why they were here, can take even longer to expose. israel says this strike hit a hamas compound inside a un shelter. but an israeli human rights group said if that were true, the harm to civilians could still make it a war crime. a hamas official said women and children were among the dead. in daylight, survivors mined the rubble for scraps of security. the head of the un agency for palestinian refugees said 6,000 people were sheltering here and that there had been no warning of the strike. ibrahim s cousin, mohammed, was killed. translation: i was sitti