the european union s foreign policy chief, josep borrell, accused israel of using starvation as a weapon of war, a claim israel rejects. here s what us secretary of state antony blinken said a short time ago. according to the most respected measure of these things, 100% of the population in gaza is at severe levels of acute food insecurity. that s the first time an entire population has been so classified. we also see again, according to, in this case, the united nations, 100% the totality of the population is in need of humanitarian assistance. our state department correspondent tom bateman is in the philippines travelling with mr blinken, he filed this update a little earlier. after this visit mr blinken will head after this visit mr blinken will head to after this visit mr blinken will head to the middle east. on to cairo to media head to the middle east. on to cairo to media gypsy leadership. the point of this to media gypsy leadership. the point of this is to
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it comes as refugees have continued to crowd into rafah, where around 1.5 million people are now seeking safety, close to the border with egypt. the us has repeatedly warned that any ground assault on rafah should not happen without a plan to evacuate civilians first. meanwhile, the world health organization said that an israeli raid has left the biggest hospital in southern gaza unable to function. paul adams has more from jerusalem. the situation in nasser hospital, the largest hospital in the southern part of the gaza strip, remains searching arresting members of staff the nurses shooting with they are saying they are doing what they are saying they are doing what they can to keep the hospital running and bringing in diesel and oxygen to fix a generator. palestinian sources are sink of the hospital is absolutely on its last legs in the head of the who has said that effectively, nasser hospital has ceased to function. we have heard people dying as a result of interruptions
the situation in nasser hospital remains extremely precarious. it s unclear exactly what s going on there. the israeli military has been there since the early hours of thursday morning. they are arresting members of staff who they believe are connected with hamas. they ve discovered some arms that have been hidden away in the hospital. and they re also looking for evidence that hostages may have been held in the hospital at one point or another. they say that, while doing that, they are doing their best to try and keep the hospital functioning, bringing in diesel and oxygen and helping to repair a generator. the head of the who, and gaza s health ministry, have both said that the hospital is essentially not functioning anymore. we ve heard reports from inside the hospital suggesting that as many as 11 people may have died as a result of interruptions to power and oxygen. so i think, at the very least, what we can say is that the situation in nasser hospital is really, really
war cabinet has said the military will move into the overcrowded city of rafah unless hamas releases all hostages by the 10th of march. speaking at a conference injerusalem, benny gantz said, the world must know, and hamas leaders must know if by ramadan our hostages are not home, the fighting will continue everywhere, to include the rafah area. it comes as refugees have continued to crowd into rafah, where around 1.5 million people are now seeking safety, close to the border with egypt. the us has repeatedly warned that any ground assault on rafah should not happen without a plan to evacuate civilians first. paul adams explained more from jerusalem: you mentioned two places in your introduction. one was nasser hospital. well, the situation there is very unclear. the israeli troops have been in there since early thursday morning, conducting searches, arresting members of staff who they believe are associated with hamas and looking for evidence that hostages were being