Lets look at the wider situation. With me is Mohamed Taha from bbc arabic. Thank you forjoining us on The Programme. The Breaking News in the last few minutes. We knew that the israelis had discovered some bodies in rafah. Now we know that one of them is an American Citizen. What more do we know about whats happening there at the moment . 50 whats happening there at the moment . ~ whats happening there at the moment . ~. ,. , moment . So we knew about recovering moment . So we knew about recovering the moment . So we knew about recovering the Bodies Moment . So we knew about recovering the bodies of moment . So we knew about recovering the bodies of the | recovering the bodies of the hostages a few hours ago. And the announcement from the White House came just a few minutes ago that one of these bodies is american. The American Citizen is hersh Goldberg Polin, and his parents were really vocal about him. They had interviews in the us and in israel, and i gets you did an interview with
Countries, calling for an immediate humanitarian truce. Welcome to the programme. Lets take you live straight away to gaza. We have these pictures of the gaza sky. It is dark they are because of the time, but also because Electricity Power on the buildings is not on. What we have been seeing in these pictures over the last couple of hours is flashes of orange as israel intensifies its air strikes. It announced a ramping up of strikes from the airand announced a ramping up of strikes from the air and its operations on the ground. Many around the world are asking is this the ground incursion, the major operation . At this point, wejust dont incursion, the major operation . At this point, we just dont know. Incursion, the major operation . At this point, wejust dont know. What we do know is that Communication Lines are cut in gaza right now. Lets take you to some other life feeds that we have. This is southern israel. Hamas is launching rockets from gaza into israel, too. And we can take
to the side. others described what they saw. to the side. others described what they saw. well, i saw the prime minister what they saw. well, i saw the prime minister sitting - what they saw. well, i saw the prime minister sitting and - what they saw. well, i saw the prime minister sitting and i - prime minister sitting and i just think it was one minute, two minutes afterwards, for pt quys two minutes afterwards, for pt guys came up and talked about an arrest that had been made and she was escorted by the four pts to somewhere in the middle of the square and then escorted just a way around the corner. pa, escorted ust a way around the corner. . . , escorted ust a way around the corner. ~ . ., , , corner. a man has been arrested. corner. a man has been arrested, but corner. a man has been arrested, but police - corner. a man has been - arrested, but police haven t given any further details. it isn t clear what the motive was. the attack comes two days before denmar
of illegal migrants. less than five months from now and we re going, and i ll tell you what we have to change the system. we have to straighten out what s going on in these courts. we got a rigged deal going, this whole country, and we ve got to do it. and those appellate courts have to step up and straighten things out, or we re not going to have a country any longer. but we re going to win the great state of arizona, and we re going to tell crooked joe biden, you re fired you re doing a lousy job, the worstjob the worst president in history. joe, you fired! our correspondent emma vardy, was at that rally in phoenix and gave us this update there were several thousand people queuing outside this building in extreme temperatures. and infact, over1,000 people didn t get in. some people were taken to hospital by emergency services. but for the people who did make it inside this event, the energy is very high, the volume is very high. they re clearly also relishing the op
of the 20 to 30 hamas fighters, it says it was targetting, in an airstrike on a school being used as a shelter in gaza. the head of the un agency for palestinian refugees, says the attack was horrific, and more than 35 people are thought to have died. israel says it was a precision strike, aimed at the fighters operating from inside the school, in the nuseirat refugee camp. while israel does frequently release names of those it s targetting, it s rare for america to push for such transparency. with me is mohammed taha from bbc arabic america s questioning of the attack is unusual and underlines their frustration with israel s continue operation in gaza but what is the significance of the latest us intervention. it’s the significance of the latest us intervention. us intervention. it s really important us intervention. it s really important the us intervention. it s really important the us - us intervention. it s really important the us want - important the us want clarificat