this is gps, the global public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i m fareed zakaria coming to you live from new york. today on the program, an exclusive interview with the united nations secretary-general, antonio guterres. guterres is the man in the hot seat right now. he s been on the receiving end of much anger from israel. meanwhile, many are looking to the u.n. to do something to help diffuse the situation. gaza is becoming a graveyard for children. what can he do? i will ask him. and the democrats overperformed in this week s elections, but president biden s poll numbers hover near record lows for next year s presidential race. i ll ask pollsters anderson to red the tea leaves, but first, here s my take. hamas terrorist attacks between israel and israel s military action against gaza have unle unleashed firestorms in the united states and europe. watching it, i do wonder, does anyone believe in free speech anymore? now to no
the hamas stronghold from the north and south. hamas is designated a terrorist organisation by the uk. us presidentjoe biden says he has asked israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu for a pause in the fighting in gaza. our middle east correspondent yolande knell reports. flares hanging in gaza s night sky are ominous warnings of incoming israeli fire. but, increasingly, the israeli prime minister s being pressed for a pause in fighting. i did ask him for a pause yesterday. this is a key moment. israeli troops are now said to be in the heart of gaza city, closing in on the stronghold of hamas, ministers say. but the destruction in gaza is already immense, with entire neighbourhoods flattened. the civilian death toll is rapidly mounting. the world health organisation says an average of 160 children are killed here every day. nothing justifies the horror being endured by the civilians in gaza. people in gaza are dying in their thousands and those alive are suffering from trau
in buildings and tunnels had been killed overnight. air strikes have included the area near the al-quds hospital in gaza city. medics say it s impossible to carry out the israeli order to evacuate. 0ur international editor jeremy bowen is in southern israel and sent this report. people are living in the ruins in gaza. the israelis insist that they hit hamas targets, who use civilians as human shields. america said it has sent israel another reminder that hamas are legitimate military targets and civilians are not. in gaza, the un fears civil order is breaking down. its food warehouses in the south were looted. the desperation comes from israel s siege, which the un says violates the laws of war because it s a collective punishment of civilians. thousands of people ransacked the warehouses. israel says there s no food shortage in gaza. he s saying, we have no flour, no water, not even toilets. 0ur houses were destroyed. no one cares about us. we appeal to the people of th