thank you. before i close i want to reaffirm once again the need to work together and bridge whatever gaps we have in our position because ultimately we want the same thing. but again ijust ultimately we want the same thing. but again i just want to say one thing. imagine you are a palestinian father, mother, you have to leave your home and you already miserable existence in a refugee camp in gaza, you head south, take shelter in hospital and you are looking at the eyes of your children and did you know you can t protect them. you know you can t protect them. you know that you cannot find a place where they can escape the bombing. how do you explain to these, to a father who we saw yesterday in the rubble looking for four children of his who are still buried under the rubble and he cannot find them? i think we need to remind each other of our humanity. i think we need to accept that killing more people will not bring those who are lost on both sides, as tragic as the loss is.
at least 157 people. houses are destroyed and people are digging through rubble to rescue others. and russell brand faces a fresh allegation of sexual assault. the claim is made in a civil lawsuit filed in new york and dates back to 2010. hello. i am anna foster, this is bbc news, live from jerusalem. israel s military has again urged civilians in gaza s north to leave the area. it reopened one of the strip s main highways. allowing people to drive south. strip s main highways. the road was scheduled to be open for three hours and that window was due to close just moments ago. the rafah crossing to egypt is also closed at least temporarily. no one has used the crossing so far today. we are hearing that gaza border authorities will not permit foreign passport holders to cross into egypt until the injured people in gaza s hospitals are allowed to travel to rafah. hundreds of foreign citizens have escaped gaza through the crossing in the past few days. our bbc arabic corresp
the united states top diplomat antony blinken that there must be an immediate ceasefire in gaza. thejordanian foreign minister ayman safadi said the killing of civilians by israel could not be justified by its claim of self defence. he said the entire region was sinking into a sea of hatred that could define generations to come. the egyptian foreign minister, sameh shoukry, said his country was exerting all its efforts to deliver aid and treat wounded gazans and joined the call for an immediate ceasefire. for his part, mr blinken reaffirmed us support for humanitarian pauses in fighting. but he rejected the call for an immediate ceasefire . 0ur correspondent anna foster followed that press conference and gave this analysis on the israeli stance. israel has been very clear, since those attacks on the 7th of october, that one of their key objectives, along with releasing those hostages, is to entirely eliminate hamas and its leadership and its infrastructure from inside the
justified by its claim of self defence. he said the entire region was sinking into a sea of hatred that could define generations to come. the egyptian foreign minister, sameh shoukry, said his country is making every effort to deliver aid and treat injured gazans and joined the call for an immediate ceasefire. the numbers of people who were killed from civilians in gaza over the last few weeks, including working in relief and journalists cannot be justified any way. and in this regard, we are still asking for an immediate ceasefire and that israel would stop hindering the delivery of humanitarian aid. and we also demand an international investigation for these violations of the international law in this war. and finally, what we are witnessing of an escalation and the human tragedy and suffering of civilians as a result of not addressing the deep root of the problem and to address the rights of the palestinian rights. i reject any attempts to liquidate the palestinian cause
close quarter combat has seen fierce fighting with gunmen as they target outposts, headquarters and other hamas infrastructure. with the fighting intensifying there s been strongly worded criticism of the humanitarian situation emerging from the united nations. seven human rights experts have said that they believe that the palestinian people in gaza are at grave risk of genocide , and that time is running out to prevent this. israel accused them of repeating hamas propaganda. meanwhile the us secretary of state, antony blinken, is back in israel for his second visit to the region since the war began. he plans to talk to israeli officials about how to pursue their military and security goals in gaza while limiting civilian casualties. and people across the region are waiting to hear from the leader of the lebanese islamist group, hezbollah. his speech in the comming hours will be closely watched, and could have huge consiquences for the conflict. our gaza correspondent rushdi