Philippe lazzarini, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, stephen. You run the unwra relief agency. You have 13,000 staff inside gaza. You currently are not able to visit gaza. What is it like when you hear that, as yesterday, wednesday, six members of your staff have been killed in an israeli bomb attack? this is always absolutely devastating. Yesterday i was boarding the plane coming from cairo to london, when i heard the news. And this happened in a school which was also sheltering at that time 12,000 people. And they are in this school because they still believe that the united nations flag can protect them. Yesterday, six staff working in the shelter, providing assistance, organising, in fact, the lives of these families, have been killed. Now 220 staff since the beginning of the war. The worst, stephen, is to know that maybe tomorrow we will even have more staff being killed. And the question is, when will this end? not only staff is being targeted, but we have also the united nations
Really sunny on the channel coast, East Anglia and into lincolnshire. Most of the North Sea Coast as well. The wind will change direction, by saturday they will come in from the south west. Through sunday, the milder air will have established itself across the uk, so temperatures once start to nudge up to about 20 or so. Some of us will pay for it, in the South Westerly is we often get Weather Fronts so there will be a few showers on sunday, not everywhere, and certainly some sunny spells. 18 in belfast once again, 17 in aberdeen. To the east of the pennines, not far off 20 celsius. High pressure expected to build across the uk on monday, which means Light Winds, prolonged spells of sunshine, which are expected to last for the days ahead. Monday, tuesday, wednesday across the bulk of the uk, bright and fairly warm. Goodbye. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. When israel fires missiles on gaza, it describes them as precision strikes aimed at hamas targets. What results is often cat
Thank you for being with us. What is your latest information on what is happening with this israeli operation . It happening with this israeli operation . Happening with this israeli operation . It is the largest Operation Operation . It is the largest Operation In operation . It is the largest Operation In the operation . It is the largest Operation In the West Operation . It is the Largesti Operation in the West Bank Operation . It is the largest Operation In the West Bank since 2002, and it is clear the Israeli Army is trying to bring the war of genocide and Ethnic Cleansing from gaza to the West Bank. Although the West Bank is under Israeli Military Occupation since 1967, so what you see is a unilateral war by a huge Israeli Army with Air Force attacking basically civilian population in the West Bank and they are using Military Arsenal to attack people under occupation, which is a Grave Violation of international law. Add to that, just now the Israeli Army declared they had made or
Its Foreign Minister, israel katz, has described the situation as a war that must be won. A senior palestinian official has accused israel of trying to escalate the war in gaza and warned of Dire And Dangerous results. Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has cut short a visit to Saudi Arabia because of the attacks. Lets take a closer look at the West Bank and what It Actually is. Its land on the West Bank of the riverjordan and bounded by israel and jordan. Its been occupied by israel since the 1967 Middle East war, but decades of talks between israel and the palestinians have left its final status unresolved. 0ur Middle East correspondent, lucy williamson, has just sent this update from jenin. There are israeli jeeps, israeli armoured vehicles moving around the entrance tojenin s Government Hospital behind me. You can see an ambulance coming through now as well. The Hospital Entrance Isjust behind this Army Vehicle here. Staff inside the hospital say that since last night, the army ha
Scotland. Aberdeen fresh but sunny. The rest of the country, South Westerly Winds will push in thick cloud. Here is the outlook, the weekend and into next week, pretty much every weather icon the government has updated the definition of extremism, but who decides what individuals and groups are extremist . And what if they get it wrong . Tonight on newsnight. The independent reviewer of Terrorism Legislation and of state threat legislation is unimpressed. What constitutes hatred or intolerance is very much in the eye of the beholder. Im sure the government has acted with the best of intentions, but there is, of course, a risk it will be seen as a political decision. The senior government mp bob seely is here to explain how it works. Also tonight razor sharp criticism of israels actions in gaza by Chuck Schumer, americas most seniorjewish politician and the Us Senate Majority leader. The target of his ire . Benjamin neta nyahu himself. Prime minister netanyahu has lost his way. Israel c