if the rafah crossing were reopened, that would allow desperately needed aid into the territory, and some foreigners including us citizens to leave. but, despite the reports, the crossing remains closed. alos, hamas and israel have denied reports they ve agreed a truce in southern gaza. the us secretary of state who this morning returned to israel was in cairo on sunday to persuade egyptian officials to reopen the border point. but egypt s foreign minister is reported as saying the israeli government was yet to take a stance that allowed the opening of the crossing. these are the latest pictures from the rafah crossing, showing the build up of crowds there. they are waiting for any news. i want to show you live pictures of garzo with smoke rising into the air as missile strikes into gaza continue from israel as they seek to destroy hamas, as is their committed aim i want to show you live pictures of gaza. they say they are targeting where hamas fighters are hiding
is still currently closed. hamas and israel have denied reports that they ve agreed a truce in southern gaza. the us secretary of state was in cairo on sunday to persuade egyptian officials to reopen the border point. these are the latest pictures from the rafah crossing you can see the crowds gathering there. we understand that un fuel truck s have crossed the border this morning. but as we said, it remains closed for the moment. this is a fast moving story, but here are some of the other main points. the united nations is warning that hospital fuel reserves in gaza are likely to run out in the next 2a hours which could endanger thousands of patients. conditions in gaza are worsening with a shortages of food, water and aid. fuel reserves at gaza s hospitals are likely to run out in the next day. at least 2,750 people have been killed. palestinian sources say israel s airforce struck 20 targets overnight in gaza, with the detonations among the heaviest seen in the last ni
hello and welcome to our viewers, joining us here in the united states and all around the world as we continue our breaking news coverage of israel at war. i m rosemary church and we begin with new remarks from u.s. president joe biden who is warning that israel should not try to occupy gaza as an israeli ground occupation seems all invasion all scenes inevitable. respond to the hamas attacks that killed 1400 feex but issued this call for restraint. i think it would be a big mistake. what happened in gaza in my view is hamas and the extreme elements of hamas don t represent all the palestinian people. and i think that it would be a mistake to put israel to occupy gaza again. but to going in and taking out the extremist, the hezbollah, is up north but hamas down south is a necessary requirement. do you believe that hamas must be eliminated entirely? yes i do. but there needs to be a palestinian authority. there needs to be a path to a palestinian state. those
but israel has given no indication of when an attack might begin. here you can see tanks arriving on sunday. mr netanyahu has held the first meeting of his emergency cabinet since hamas fighters killed more than 1,400 israelis and took more than 150 people hostage. meanwhile, israeli airstrikes on gaza continue. israel says it is targeting hamas positions. hamas is designated as a terror organisation by many western governments, including the us and uk. gazan health officials say the number of palestinians killed has risen to 2,670 with 9,600 others wounded. hamas says less than half of the 1.1 million people living in northern gaza have now moved south in the last 48 hours, after israel s warning for civlians to leave. the united nations says hospital fuel reserves will run out in about 2k hours, possibly endangering thousands of patients. in the last few hours, un secretary general antonio guterres has called for israel to allow the immediate delivery of humanitarian aid to
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