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
between the government s declared intention to protect civilians and what is actually happening on the ground. israel says it s hit more than a50 targets from land, sea and air in the last 2a hours. the main un agency there says society is on the verge of a full blown collapse . but the flow of aid could soon improve, after israel agreed to a us request to open its kerem shalom border crossing for the inspection of aid trucks and their cargo. also, new images appear to show dozens of palestinian men stripped to their underwear, with their hands tied behind their back. those are not those pictures, we will bring those to you, those are funerals taking place today for six palestinians killed by israeli forces in an operation at the al faraa refugee camp north of nablus. some of those killed are believed to be members of the militant group known as the al fara a brigade. we canjoin our correspondent anna foster in jerusalem. take us through what has been happening in the west b
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