a surrender to hamas. victory over these enemies begins with moral clarity. it begins with knowing the difference between good and evil, between right and wrong. it means making a moral distinction between the deliberate murder of the innocent and the unintentional casualties that accompany every legitimate war, even the mostjust war. netanyahu's defence comes as a group to warn ——netanyahu's defence comes as aid groups to warn the humanitarian situation in gaza is dire. surgeons at hospitals described the situation as horrifying. the gaza health ministry says more than 8000 people have been killed since israel's retaliatory bombing began. 239 people are still hostages of hamas, this is a still image from a video released by hamas showing three hostages held in gaza. this is a still image from that video. the mother of one hostage says she will do her best to bring her home, saying she is really anxious after seeing the video. the bbc is not showing the video as we do not publish material that may have been found under duress. 0ne hostage was freed. the israeli military released on megidish during a ground operation and she is doing well, it's the first known hostage rescue since the conflict began. paul adams has more on the hostage situation in gaza. it is a calculated move by hamas and it is worth noting that the circumstances under the video ref: can be, assumed these are deeply deeply traumatic circumstances and the three women presented on it where than in the circumstances of extreme duress. but the stinging criticism that danielle delivered at the role of the israeli government of benjamin netanyahu, that cuts to the heart of some of the debates swelling around this country and have been ever since october seven. why was that the government was unable to prevent the attacks, the massacres and the abductions on that day? and what is the correct way to get the hostages back? is it to wage war on hamas or do some kind of deal and clearly many people in this country would like to see more effort going into the latter, into some kind of negotiation that could result in the release of more than 200 hostages, even if that means for some the release of hundreds, perhaps even thousands, of palestinian prisoners. but others are adamant that this should be done by the application of military force. fix, done by the application of military force.— military force. a friend american _ military force. a friend american hostage - military force. a friend american hostage has| military force. a friend - american hostage has landed backin american hostage has landed back in the us. the israeli consulate general released a statement saying... the hostage situation is one of the reasons the us has been calling for a humanitarian post. i spoke to the deputy council general of israel in new york. thank you forjoining us tonight. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said today there is no room for a ceasefire because that would amount to surrendering to hamas and we have seen israeli forces are in their second phase of the ground operation in gaza. what would a victory look like? i am not talking in these times. i think the mission is clear, it is to eradicate hamas capabilities and the will to commit any of these atrocities again and of course bring back home safely the hostages. just to follow-up — home safely the hostages. just to follow-up on _ home safely the hostages. just to follow—up on that, i understand you do not want to talk about what a victory might look like in military terms but have spoken to many analyst who said eradicating hamas militarily is going to be really, really difficult. what would that perspective be from israeli forces to say we have now eradicated hamas? {iii israeli forces to say we have now eradicated hamas? of course it is auoin now eradicated hamas? of course it is going to _ now eradicated hamas? of course it is going to be — now eradicated hamas? of course it is going to be a _ now eradicated hamas? of course it is going to be a long _ it is going to be a long campaign. do not forget we are targeting hamas which are a few dozens of terrorists within a population of 2.3 million in the gaza strip so it is difficult, complicated and it will take time but we are strong and we will prevail. around the day after, we do not have any plans to stay into the gaza strip and we withdrew from the gaza strip in 2005 and since then there is no israeli presence, military or civilian, on the street. 50 presence, military or civilian, on the street.— on the street. so who would covern on the street. so who would govern gaza? _ on the street. so who would govern gaza? that - on the street. so who would govern gaza? that is - on the street. so who would govern gaza? that is a - on the street. so who would - govern gaza? that is a question for the day _ govern gaza? that is a question for the day after. _ govern gaza? that is a question for the day after. for _ govern gaza? that is a question for the day after. for the - govern gaza? that is a question for the day after. for the time l for the day after. for the time being we are focusing on our mission and our mission is to make sure that these atrocities are not ever ever committed again against our people. we need to make sure our people are safe. as we speak, it is notjust are safe. as we speak, it is not just about the war in are safe. as we speak, it is notjust about the war in gaza, it is 200,000 israelis displaced in their own country, seven thousand or 8000 missiles have been fired from the gaza strip to israeljust in the last few weeks and if this is a well and we will do everything to win it and to prevail.- to win it and to prevail. there are a lot _ to win it and to prevail. there are a lot of — to win it and to prevail. there are a lot of questions - to win it and to prevail. there are a lot of questions asked l are a lot of questions asked about civilians who are into the gaza strip at the moment and in the weeks since october seven and if the siege on gaza began, less than one normal day worth of eight —— aid has been allowed to reach gaza. do you think the israeli government is prepared to allow more trucks in? it prepared to allow more trucks in? , ., , ., in? it is in our interest to prevent _ in? it is in our interest to prevent humanitarian - in? it is in our interest to i prevent humanitarian crisis in? it is in our interest to - prevent humanitarian crisis in the gaza strip. we allowed unitarian aid to go in as long as it does not go to hamas and it is directed to the civilian population. the idea is of acting within international law and we set the bar really really high about what we have to do but we care about the civilian population. i do not know any other country that would extend this kind of courtesies and inform its enemies where it is going... cannotjump in. the palestinian red crescent society said extracts because major damage to hospital, others say add targets have hit others. this is actually following international law? , , international law? definitely, definitely- — international law? definitely, definitely. we _ international law? definitely, definitely. we are _ international law? definitely, definitely. we are dealing - international law? definitely, i definitely. we are dealing here with a very barbaric anomie thatis with a very barbaric anomie that is using its own people as human shields. they are putting their weapons within mosques, inside hospitals, in schools and they know why they are doing this. we give announcements and windows of time for people to evacuate and they are preventing their own citizens to leave to safe areas and sylvia doing everything to prevent collateral damage, including weather is imminent threat. and this is indeed very, very difficult. i threat. and this is indeed very, very difficult.- threat. and this is indeed very, very difficult. i do want to ask you — very, very difficult. i do want to ask you one _ very, very difficult. i do want to ask you one more - very, very difficult. i do want| to ask you one more question about the hostages. more than 200 still held in gaza and families of the hostages told the prime minister on sunday that they would only accept and everyone for everyone deal and that would mean exchanging hostages for palestinians held in israeli prisons. is that an exchange the israeli government would be willing to do? i’m exchange the israeli government would be willing to do?— would be willing to do? i'm not auoin to would be willing to do? i'm not going to talk — would be willing to do? i'm not going to talk the _ would be willing to do? i'm not going to talk the tactics - would be willing to do? i'm not going to talk the tactics here. i going to talk the tactics here. it is a very sensitive issues. it is a very sensitive issues. i will tell you one thing, we have seen today that one hostage was freed, which is very important and very good news and receive that the ground operation is already fruitful also in terms of operational, also in this front of freeing the hostages. the main goal of the war, of the mission and we will do everything to bring them home safely. everything to bring them home safel . ., ~' ,, everything to bring them home safel . ., ~ everything to bring them home safel. ., ~ . ., safely. thank you so much for “oininu safely. thank you so much for joining us _ safely. thank you so much for joining us today. _ safely. thank you so much for joining us today. the - safely. thank you so much for joining us today. the un - joining us today. the un security council held a meeting to discuss the conflict. philip lowe is criticise the continued bombardment of gaza and called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. —— felipe massa renee. and it asked whether israel has gone too far. i spoke with a former us permanent representative to nato. great to have you back on bbc news. mounting pressure from the united nations, the us, from european union member states on israel to have humanitarian causes, or perhaps even a ceasefire, yet prime minister netanyahu said today that is not going to happen. what do you make of this? it's very troubling. we are seeing tensions rise all over the world. certainly we are seeing it in the states, and others around the world are as well. we all understand what happened to israel and how it is unprovoked, is horrible and israel has a right to retaliate. that is for sure. but looking at the big picture, knowing that iran is behind a lot of these decisions... trying to save the hostages and also prepare for something that would be more productive. i hope that prime minister netanyahu will work with president biden and other supporters of israel and understand their rights, to do what will produce the best results. what would that look like? what would the best result be? the best result would be for saudi arabia and israel to continue the talks for an acknowledgement, a normalisation in the middle east. and to come together for a palestinian state, a two state solution where the arab nations come in for support for that government so it's not a corrupt government, so it will create a homeland for the palestinian people. that's the end result we should all want. we saw white house officials saying today that they made clear to israeli officials their concerns over the communications blackout in gaza over the weekend. how much influence does the biden administration have at this moment with the israeli government? i think he has a lot of capability to work with israel. i think the israeli people know that president biden has come down hard on the hamas attack. and understanding the horrible situation that israel is in. but that we want the best for israel. we want israel to be a state in the middle east that has normalisation with its neighbours. and saudi arabia coming in to what has been started with the abraham accords is the result that we want to have. a united middle east against an iranian terror organisation and the proxies iran is producing. that's what we want. you were the ambassador to nato. how unified are eu states and nato allies in slowing the fighting? i can't say everyone is unified. most certainly we have seen what turkey have said about this, taking a different position. but it is very important that everyone try to look at the long—term and to do what is best for everyone in the middle east. to speak to iran with one voice, that the terrorism iran is fomenting is what is going to last if we don't tamp down the tension and try to get the middle east to do what can begin to succeed. it will be hard, it will not be easy, that is for sure. a two state solution... one last question on the two state solution, because i think it's really important — who would negotiate for the palestinians, and do you see it as a possibility with the fighting as it is at the moment? it's very hard to see it with the fighting as it is at the very moment. and remember the hostages are in there. we want the israelis to be a part of the middle east in a normalised situation. i think most of our allies do as well. and we certainly don't want more terrorism. we need to wipe out the terrorists, the people who are not going to listen to reason need to be wiped out. but the hostages need to be saved in this process, and we need to look at the palestinian people who deserve so much better than they have got in the past, and that means they are going to have to have a homeland with a government that is not corrupt and that is supported by the surrounding arab countries. ambassador, great to get your insights. thank you. to address ai safety concerns. the former president of spain �*s foot all federation has been banned from the sport for three years the world governing body said he reached its disciplinary code when he kissed the spanish player on the lips after her team won the world cup in august, she denied his claim it was consensual. ruby alis says he will appeal. the united auto workers and general motors agreed to a tentative deal on monday after six weeks of targeted us labour strikes. jim is the final automaker to reach a deal with the deal. at the tentative agreements must still be ratified by members at each of the automakers. returning to the automakers. returning to the israel gaza war and a the automakers. returning to the israel gaza war and a group say the humanitarian crisis inside gaza is deepening with the most vulnerable hit the hardest. the head of the un agency supporting palestinian refugees saying 3200 children have been killed in gaza in just three weeks, that is more than the number of children killed annually across the world conflict zones since 29 steam ahead of unicef says for 20 children are being killed or injured in every day. images from gaza show buildings turned to rubble is and thousands displaced living in makeshift shelters or refugee camps. the white house says it is confident 100 trucks a day of aid will soon be allowed to gaza and from on the humanitarian situation on the ground, catriona perry spoke to the director of philanthropy at the director of philanthropy at the un palestinian works agency at the us. firstly my condolences, you have lost many members of your extended family, 61 colleagues in gaza. you have many close family members still there, have you been able to make contact with them? do you know how they are? not yet, we haven't been able to talk for about two and a half days. i received a voice notes on my mum two days ago, she said she was alive and in distress, asking for our prayers. we always imagine things are 1000 times worse than they are when we are not there. we are traumatised from watching the news on tv. imagine them there. we pray for them, but right now everything is tested, including ourfaith. we are hearing about attacks in the vicinities of several hospitals. can you bring us the latest? yeah, i read the news, i read it, my own apartment is near the al-quds hospital hospital. that is high in the target for the idf. i have seen images as recently as last night with palestinian sleeping outside the hospital because that's the only time they feel some rest, because they think it is not going to be bombed. it was a false sense of security. obviously depleted... overworked. medical teams working right now, it's a nonstop shift. on top of that, having to worry about their own families, safety, and so many of them burying family members but still continuing to give. unrwa still has health clinics treating people, but obviously it's not enough. 22 health clinics and only eight are functioning. that's a testament to the brave staff who want to support the palestinians because they are from those communities, it has been really difficult to continue the work. inaudible. things have gone beyond... a lot of lawful military campaigns. we heard last week that many of your health clinics only had a day or two of fuel left to keep going. what is the latest position now? the fuel continues to be a struggle for the team. the logistics supply chain, we could deliver aid as much as we want to, the hospitals running right now... on fume. the numbers we are looking at is less every day. when this campaign, the military campaign, the war, conflict started, there was a lot of hospitals, 22. now only a few hospitals functioning... we worry about the safety of folks. you think about fuel, but it is energy, that's how dialysis machines operate, how babies are incubated. in addition to that, you keep thinking about the numbers of trucks that they bring in. it's unfortunate, because these are misleading. without fuel, it doesn't matter how many food trucks, how is it going to be delivered? that is it, we want a deal to run hospitals, to get water out from the ground. hospitals, health clinics. how do we get ambulances, you know? and we talk about communication now. that's a big problem also right now. you mention supplies, unrwa confirming thousands of people desperate starving and scared had broken into one of the warehouses, raiding it forfood and other supplies were being keptin and other supplies were being kept in the question is raised by with those supplies there and not with the people who needed them?— and not with the people who needed them? that is a good auestion needed them? that is a good question my _ needed them? that is a good question my colleagues - needed them? that is a good question my colleagues are l question my colleagues are working under difficult circumstances we know for one or 61 have been killed, 45 of unrwa installations bond, my colleagues at unrwa working hard to deliver aid when you have 36 hours of no communications you don't know how to move fleet will co—ordinate that is one of the problems. ifeel for co—ordinate that is one of the problems. ifeelforthe co—ordinate that is one of the problems. i feel for the people they are my family and friends and people are desperate, you are in a situation if you have are in a situation if you have a problem there is no police force or ambulances, who will help? people are reduced to just fending for themselves. that does not help anybody and it is unfortunate and i look forward to learning more about those warehouses and the situation that i'm older there. the israeli prime minister spoke today at a conference and said a ceasefire would not happen, israel would fight until the battle is won, what do you say that? i’m until the battle is won, what do you say that?— until the battle is won, what do you say that? i'm going to comment _ do you say that? i'm going to comment on _ do you say that? i'm going to comment on this _ do you say that? i'm going to comment on this is _ do you say that? i'm going to comment on this is a - comment on this is a palestinian with family in gaza that does not give me any assurances, as an american citizen i have friends and family in gaza, american citizens i worry for their safety, nobody is making it a priority to evacuate those good people, i hope these ceasefire comes for the safety of my own mother who is 71, she is protective that with ten grandchildren around her, a lot of people are calling for a ceasefire, as a human being thatis ceasefire, as a human being that is the right thing to do. i leave politicians to analyse who is up and who is down, sadly a lot of good people are struggling because there is no humanitarian poses or ceasefire. and that is a problem. ceasefire. and that is a problem-— ceasefire. and that is a problem. ceasefire. and that is a roblem. ~ . problem. mr netanyahu said it was clear to — problem. mr netanyahu said it was clear to the _ problem. mr netanyahu said it was clear to the world - problem. mr netanyahu said it was clear to the world the - problem. mr netanyahu said it was clear to the world the us l was clear to the world the us is standing behind israel in the battle for civilisation. what do you say to the us and president biden? i what do you say to the us and president biden?— president biden? i feel not heard, that _ president biden? i feel not heard, that is _ president biden? i feel not heard, that is a _ president biden? i feel not heard, that is a problem i president biden? i feel notj heard, that is a problem as president biden? i feel not. heard, that is a problem as an american citizens and somebody who votes in every election since i became a us citizen we do not feel seen by this administration, while unrwa has great relationship with this administration than previous ones, as an american citizen i do not feel seen, i do not feel verified, we feel in a way victimised by this campaign. backin victimised by this campaign. back in gaza for my family and on the home front, i think it might be too late for the people in gaza but it is not too late for americans here who do not feel and their campuses they are saved not feel in the job safe or safe in the government buildings that they pay for, they feel very frightened. we will leave it there for now. thank you very much forjoining us. you can find all the latest developments from the israel — gaza war and all of the day �*s news on our website. you can check our bbc news at. just before we go the cast of the hit tv show friends have issued a statement on the passing of matthew perry. speaking as one they wrote... that's the show at the sour. thank you for watching us in washington. we are back at the top of the next hour, with more. hello there. once again, the weather is going to make the headlines over the next few days. we have another named storm following on from storm babet. this time it's ciaran, expected to arrive wednesday night into thursday. yes, damaging gusts of winds, but more importantly, widespread heavy rain falling on already saturated ground. that could cause some issues. before that, though, we've got an amber weather warning that remains in force until 9:00 this morning. we're likely to see this relentless feed of wet weather, with that easterly winds. so a further 70—100 millimetres of rainfall where we've already seen some flooding. so there could be some further issues this morning. we'll also see some wet weather as well spilling across parts of north west england, down through lincolnshire, east midlands, over into the london area. south of that slightly brighter skies for a time, but by the end of the afternoon, more wet weather starting to push into the south west where we had flooding at the weekend. scotland drier with some sunshine coming through, a few isolated showers, cooler here, 7—9 degrees elsewhere, 12—15 celsius. so that wet weather will arrive during the early hours of wednesday morning and pushing its way steadily north. and as it bumps into that cold air on the leading edge, there will be some snow for a time. it will be a pretty wet affair on wednesday, and windy with it across scotland. elsewhere, it's a case of sunny spells and scattered showers. and temperatures, similar story, we're looking at around 7—15 degrees. let's take a look at storm ciaran, then. expected to intensify quite rapidly during the early hours of thursday morning. now, the position of this low still potentially subject to change, but basically circulating around that low we've got that weather front once again, feed of relentless rain across eastern scotland, northern ireland and southern coastal counties as well. and in addition to that, it's the strength of the winds that's a cause for concern. widespread gusts 50—60 miles an hour inland, on exposed channel coast, 80—90 mile an hour, maybe even stronger close to the channel isles. so we really do need to keep a close eye on the weather story wednesday in to thursday. even once that storm has cleared through, it stays pretty unsettled with further outbreaks of rain into the weekend. voice-over: this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. phone rings the promise is an instant loan. the reality is a nightmare.