are but it has confirmed that israeli forces are making arrests in gaza. the new images come as tens of thousands of palestinians are streaming into rafah city, near the gaza strip s southern border with egypt, trying to escape intense fighting elsewhere. from jerusalem, here s our international editor, jeremy bowen. a warning you may find some of the images upsetting. video emerged this afternoon of palestinian men taken for interrogation. bbc staff recognised the town in northern gaza and we have geolocated the video there, too. palestinian diplomats said these were savage images evoking humanity s darkest times. the israeli army said only that suspects were being interrogated. posts on social media said the men had been sheltering with their families at a un school and that others were killed during the israeli raid. in this photo, the men had been moved to another location which we have not been able to verify. one of the captives is a journalist. he was forced to leave
we should get further evidence that there s a real slowdown happening in thejobs market. employers are growing more cautious, putting off hiring. employees are sticking around longer. one caveat, we could see some distortion to the numbers. the auto and actor strikes both ended in november, with many returning to work that same month. plus the end of the year is when many seasonal workers get taken on. now, america s central bank, the federal reserve, will be watching closely. that s because slower job growth and wage gains will fuel expectations that the fed will leave rates on hold. rates have risen to above 5% from nearly zero since march of last year as it wrestles to bring down inflation. the jobs report is the last significant piece of economic data before the us central bank s rate setting meeting next week. now we should note that despite expectations for a slowdown, america s labour market remains strong by historical standards. still, if economists frequently use th
in the south of gaza. meanwhile, aid agencies estimate nearly 2 million people have already been displaced that s almost 80 % of gaza s population. thousands have tried to go to un schools to find shelter but have had to sleep in front of buildings as there is no room for them and most of those are struggling to find safe water and food, deepening the humanitarian crisis as israel s military operation against hamas grinds on. for more on the aid situation, here s our diplomatic correspondent paul adams in jerusalem. the israeli army is fighting intense street battle with three parts of the gaza strip, two in the north, in the jabalya refugee camp and gaza city known as schedule year. both areas the israelis have described as hamas strongholds. also in the southern city of khan younis, the largest in the southern gaza strip. and there, the fighting in the south is moving so quickly that the aid agencies, frankly, are not able to keep up. remember, this is an area where huge
employers are growing more cautious, putting off hiring. employees are sticking around longer. one caveat we could see some distortion to the numbers. the auto and actor strikes both ended in november with many returning to work that same month. plus, the end of the year is when many seasonal workers get taken on. now, america s central bank, the federal reserve, will be watching closely. that s because slowerjob growth and wage gains will fuel expectations that the fed will leave rates on hold. rates have risen to above 5% from nearly zero since march of last year as it wrestles to bring down inflation. the jobs report is the last significant piece of economic data before the us central bank s rate setting meeting next week. now, we should note that despite expectations for a slowdown, america s labour market remains strong by historical standards. still, if economists frequently use the word resilience to talk about the economy in 2023, they may be looking for a new word
happening in thejobs market. employers are growing more cautious, putting off hiring. employees are sticking around longer. one caveat we could see some distortion to the numbers. the auto and actor strikes both ended in november with many returning to work that same month. plus, the end of the year is when many seasonal workers get taken on. now, america s central bank, the federal reserve, will be watching closely that s because slowerjob growth and wage gains will fuel expectations that the fed will leave rates on hold. rates have risen to above 5% from nearly zero since march of last year as it wrestles to bring down inflation. the jobs report is the last significant piece of economic data before the us central bank s rate setting meeting next week. now, we should note that despite expectations for a slowdown, america s labour market remains strong by historical standards. still, if economists frequently use the word resilience to talk about the economy in 2023, they