developed over the last hour or so, police have moved into columbia university to move those pro-palestinian demonstrators out of the building that they have occupied since last night, hundreds and hundreds of law enforcement course. but you can see have swarmed onto the campus or in the case of the screen, you re looking at right now, the picture you re looking at right now, just off campus, we have seen law enforcement move people onto buses, presumably under arrest. we ve also seen the police simply move people off the bus and let them go on their way. we have dean no violent encounters, but billy, between police and protesters as of now when we have seen police move into hamilton hall itself, that is the building that was occupied overnight by these protesters. let me read you a statement from columbia university which explains how this all has been taking place over the last hour or the statement reads a little after 9:00 p.m. this evening, the nypd arrived on campus at
forward with indycar because we re with everybody xiao powering progress i m melanie zanona in washington and this is cnn on your screen right now, you can see what we ve been watching develop over the last hour or so, police have moved into columbia university to move those pro-palestinian demonstrators out of the building that they ve occupied since last night, hundreds and hundreds of law enforcement. you can see have swarmed onto the campus or in the case of the screen, you re looking at right now, the picture you re looking at right now, just off campus, we have seen law enforcement move people onto buses presumably under arrest. we ve also seen the police simply move people off the campus and let them go on their way. we have seen no violent encounters but billy, between police and protesters as of now, when we have seen police move into hamilton hall itself, that is the building that was occupied overnight by these protesters. let me read you a statement from columbi
it would also allow for displaced families to return to northern gaza. it s also reported to involve new wording on restoring calm to gaza, designed to satisfy hamas s demand for a permanent ceasefire. benjamin netanyahu meanwhile said that israel will carry out an operation in rafah, regardless of whether a ceasefire deal is reached with hamas. the israeli prime minister was speaking at a meeting with the families of hostages where he reiterated that israel would eliminate hamas, and achieve total victory . translation: we will enter rafah because i we have no other choice. we will destroy the hamas battalions there, we will complete all the objectives of the war, including the repatriation of all our abductees. this is from frank gardner. a lot of things are about to happen in this part of the world over the coming days. antony blinken has arrived here and he s only spending less than a day in israel but he will be pushing for the ceasefire deal. i do not think it would b
it is unclear how many israeli hostages would be released under this proposal the israeli media has put the figure at 33 in return for the release of an unspecified number is he says he is hopeful hamas will accept what he described as a very generous proposal. hamas has before it a proposal that is extraordinarily, extraordinarily generous on the part of israel. and in this moment, the only thing standing between the people of gaza and a ceasefire is hamas. they have to decide and they have to decide quickly. the british foreign secretary, david cameron also in riyadh said the deal on the table is for a 40 day ceasefire, roughly in line with the six week pause that negotiators say they have been working toward for months. there is now, you know, let s be frank, a very generous offer of a sustained 40 day ceasefire, the release of potentially thousands of palestinian prisoners in return for the release of these hostages who have now been in captivity for over 200 days
place in cairo. still no word from hamas, who said they would give a response on the terms of israel s revised proposal by wednesday. mr blinken was in jordan earlier, where he met king abdullah. they talked about the aid deliveries which are still well below the level required in gaza. he has also been in riyadh on this trip where they have been talking about a security guarantee for saudi arabia in return for normalisation of relations with israel. the ceasefire is the first crucial step. here s what he had to say as he left amman. our focus right now, is on getting a cease fire and hostages home. that is the most urgent thing, and it s also, i think, what is achievable because the israelis have put a strong proposal on the table. they ve demonstrated that they re willing to compromise and now it s on hamas. with regards to those ceasefire negotiations, israel says it will wait until wednesday for a response from hamas. the deal on the table includes a 40 day truce, in retu