in hamas s internal security force during a raid on gaza s biggest hospital. the military also made dozens of arrests in al shifa hospital in gaza city. palestinian health officials said a number of people were injured in the raid, but they could not be helped because of the intensity of gunfire. it comes as a new report backed by the un says famine is expected between now and may in the north this of the gaza strip. here s anna foster. gunfire. gunfire rings out in a street near gaza s biggest hospital. inside it, medics are still working and patients are still being treated. for months, hundreds of displaced palestinians have used the compound for shelter. israel called its operation a targeted mission, saying it used caution and care. hamas accused israel of acting against all international laws. the idf is conducting a high precision operation in limited areas of al shifa hospital, following concrete intelligence that demanded immediate action. we know that senior hamas t
did again today the h sullivan. president has rejected and did again today the strongman - sullivan. president has rejected and did again today the strongman that| did again today the strongman that raising questions about roth is the same as raising questions about defeating hamas. that sjust defeating hamas. that s just nonsense. defeating hamas. that sjust nonsense. our position is, should not be allowed a safe haven in rafah or anywhere else, but a major ground operation there would be a mistake. it will lead to more innocent civilian deaths, orson the already higher humanitarian crisis, deepen the anarchy in gaza and further isolate israel internationally. more importantly, the key goals israel wants to achieve in rafah can be done by other means. on the call today, president biden as the prime minister to send a senior interagency team composed of military, intelligence and unitarian officials, to washington in the coming days to hear us concerns about israel s current
pictures there because that is the back of barack obama, he goes in to see rishi sunak. the former us president here in the uk and downing street and going in to meet with rishi sunak. that is the picture liven downing street. we will return and talk more to our political correspondent about this visit and of course one of those headline stories again, news stories surrounding the future of rishi sunak, the british prime minister, in dismissing those rumours as simply coming out of the westminster bubble. but the former us president going inside number 10 downing street and we ll be back there very shortly on the programme. but let s start this hour in the middle east. the israeli army says it has killed the head of operations in hamas internal security force during a raid on gaza s biggest hospital. the military also made dozens of arrests in al shifa hospital in gaza city. palestinian health officials said a number of people were injured in the raid, but they could not be
it s part of its promise to tackle what is says is an increased threat since the hamas attacks in israel last october. the intention is to stop extremist groups or individuals from having a platform to spread their views. but concerns have been raised that any definition could be seen as unfair and undemocratic. with the details, here s our political correspondent damian grammaticas. the aftermath of the october 7th attacks on israel, the government says, has been increasing concern about radicalisation here in this country. so it s come up with this new definition of extremism, saying it means the promotion or advancement of an ideology based on violence, hatred or intolerance that aims to negate or destroy the fundamental rights and freedoms of others, undermine the uk s system of democracy and democratic rights, or intentionally create a permissive environment for others to do that. this month outside downing street, rishi sunak promised robust action. we will redouble our