the united states top diplomat antony blinken that there must be an immediate ceasefire in gaza. thejordanian foreign minister ayman safadi said the killing of civilians by israel could not be justified by its claim of self defence. he said the entire region was sinking into a sea of hatred that could define generations to come. the egyptian foreign minister, sameh shoukry, said his country was exerting all its efforts to deliver aid and treat wounded gazans and joined the call for an immediate ceasefire. for his part, mr blinken reaffirmed us support for humanitarian pauses in fighting. but he rejected the call for an immediate ceasefire . 0ur correspondent anna foster followed that press conference and gave this analysis on the israeli stance. israel has been very clear, since those attacks on the 7th of october, that one of their key objectives, along with releasing those hostages, is to entirely eliminate hamas and its leadership and its infrastructure from inside the