washington has stepped up its criticism of the way israel is carrying out its military offensive in gaza. antony blinken said there was a gap between the government s declared intentions to protect civilians and the casualties and what was happening on the ground. the ceasefire deal ended just over a week ago now. take a look at this map, which shows what is happening at the moment. it comes as the un s top aid official has said there s no longer any meaningful humanitarian operation in southern gaza. it does appear, however, that the israeli border crossing, kerem shalom, could soon be opened to improve the flow of aid. also, new images appear to show dozens of palestinian men stripped to their underwear with their hands tied behind their back, being held by israel defence forces. this report and it s disturbing is from jeremy bowen. video emerged this afternoon of palestinian men taken for interrogation. bbc staff recognised the town of beit lahiya in northern gaza and
antony blinken said there was a gap between the government s declared intentions to protect civilians and the casualties and what was happening on the ground. it comes as the un s top aid official has said there s no longer any meaningful humanitarian operation in southern gaza. it does appear however that the israeli border crossing, kerem shalom, could soon be opened to improve the flow of aid. also, new images appear to show dozens of palestinian men stripped to their underwear with their hands tied behind their back, being held by israel defence forces. this report and it s disturbing is from jeremy bowen. video emerged this afternoon of palestinian men taken for interrogation. bbc staff recognised the town of beit lahiya in northern gaza and we ve geo located 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
involving building a massive canal to bring ocean water from the red sea to the dead sea. while unpopular with some environmentalists, it s the one idea, israel, jordan, and the palestinians can all agree on. it doesn t make sense for your neighbor to go thirsty. if your neighbor s thirsty, he s desperate. even under the current fighting with israel and hamas, israel supplies and continues to supply gaza with water. we never shut that water off and why would we? it s only going to impact us. making them angrier and more desperate. you cannot deny people their basic rights. just like a human right, water is a human right. you cannot deny, even if it s your enemy, water. we don t do that. can we use water as a vehicle for peace? not for conflict. i believe it is fees able. i believe that we can reach an agreement between israel and jordan, between israel and the palestinian on these issues of
environmentalists, it s the one idea, israel, jordan, and the palestinians can all agree on. it doesn t make sense for your neighbor to go thirsty. if your neighbor s thirsty, he s desperate. even under the current fighting with israel and hamas, israel supplies and continues to supply gaza with water. we never shut that water off and why would we? it s only going to impact us. making them angrier and more desperate. you cannot deny people their basic rights. just like a human right, water is a human right. you cannot deny, even if it s your enemy, water. we don t do that. can we use water as a vehicle for peace? not for conflict. i believe it is fees able. i believe that we can reach an agreement between israel and jordan, between israel and the palestinian on these issues of water, and i hope that if we reach this kind of agreement, we ll be closer to peace.
what is that? those are our neighbors. just saying hello. it s a military area. but we like to keep the peace. we re here to make a living. but, man, there are easier places to make a living. you know that. what was the reaction when you told people you were going to leave chicago to come run a salt company i think people thought i was crazy. and you know, i think it s the best thing i did. so this is not an act of defiance, this is an act of it s an act of resilience and continuity. sam says he would love to improve this place, but it is in an israeli military zone, ask that s easier said than done. you haven t seen this, have you? no. and every time hamas fires a rocket at israel, his supply chain into gaza is shut down and business there grinds to a halt. through it all, sam tries to stay upbeat. this used to be a docking