hi there, thank you for being with us. israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the military will deepen its fight against hamas in the coming days. his comments come despite the us urging israel to lower the intensity of its strikes. benjamin netanyahu has also felt pressure from families of hostages who heckled him in parliament, demanding the immediate release of their loved ones. and these images show the aftermath of an air strike on the al maghazi refugee camp which reportedly killed more than 70 people. israel says it is investigating. the hamas run health ministry in gaza says at least 250 people have been killed in the last 2a hours. meanwhile, in bethlehem in the occupied west bank, christmas celebrations were muted because of the ongoing conflict. shaimaa khalil sent this report which some viewers may find distressing. crowd chants: achshav! achshav! heckled by the families of the hostages. achshav now they chant, a demand for the immediate relea
report from bethlehem. a warning, some of the images in her report are distressing. crowd chants: achshav! achshav! heckled by the families of the hostages. achshav now they chant, a demand for the immediate release of their loved ones. benjamin netanyahu reiterates the only way to get them back was to keep fighting and that this military campaign won t wind down any time soon. translation: we won t succeed at releasing all the hostages - without military pressure, operational pressure, political pressure, and that is why there is one thing that we will not do we will not stop fighting. mr netanyahu was in gaza speaking to the troops on the ground, some of whom he said wanted to keep fighting until the end. the war in gaza is not close to being over, said the prime minister, as the agony of gazans continues. bearing the brunt, and overcome with distress. pointing to her pain. it hurts here, mama, she says. her mother is trying to console her. late at night, their
is a sovereign nation, our military decisions are based upon our own calculations. israel has pledged to continue its military operations, but admitted that it is protracted and difficult . this is the live scene over the israel gaza border, where we ve seen continued bombardement this weekend. an israel military spokesman said it was expanding its ground operations in both southern and northern parts of the gaza strip. and these are live pictures from outside nasser hospital in khan younis. we ve seen more injured arriving there in the past few hours. further north, this was the view across the israel lebanon border. in the past couple of hours, we ve seen a thick plume of black smoke in the sky there. the white house has said that in a phone call with mr netanyahu, president biden stressed the importance of allowing civilians to move safely away from areas where there s fighting in gaza. greg mckenzie has this report. president biden told the israeli prime minister, ben
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