Hello and welcome. Im sarah campbell. Americas top diplomat, Antony Blinken, has arrived in israel in the past hour, as the us and other nations try to prevent a wider Conflict Erupting in the middle east. Theres also growing diplomatic pressure to get Essential Supplies into gaza which has been sealed off after hamas launched attacks into israel. Here are some of the latest developments. The United Nations says more than 338,000 people have now been forced to flee their homes in gaza and food, fuel and water are urgently needed. Ahead of a possible incursion into gaza, the israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has established a National Emergency unity government with Opposition Leader, benny gantz. Israel has continued its mobilisation of troops. Hundreds of thousands are on the southern boundary with gaza. President biden says hes told mr netanyahu that israel must abide by the rules of war, in its fight against hamas. All this as israeli air strikes on gaza continue. The Pale
Made yet on any ground incursion. And this is the scene live for you in gaza today as the Palestinian Health Ministry Says the number of people who have been killed has hit 1200. Americas top diplomat the Secretary Of State, Antony Blinken has arrived in israel. Hell express us solidarity as he meets israeli officials but is also expected to urge restraint to protect palestinian civilians, as air strikes on gaza continue. Mr blinken is expected on friday to meet the palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, whose Fatah Faction is a political rival to hamas. We can speak now to lord darroch, kim darroch, who served as the uks National Security adviser between 2012 and 2015 and has also served as its ambassador to both the eu and the united states. If the eu and the united states. I can ask you first of this if i can ask you first of all about this visit by Antony Blinken, what can he hope to achieve . I this visit by Antony Blinken, what can he hope to achieve . This visit by Antony Blinken,
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want to see an escalation but they can get there if they don t control it. you have to factor in hamas. the gaza strip is controlled by hamas. israel blames hamas for the death of the three israeli teens and has been pounding the region with air strikes for the gooft weeks. how can hamas hurt or help the level there? we don t know who carried it out. we need to there s no smoking gun yet and until there is such a thing, the mistrust between the israelis and palestinians means that they don t believe each other s accusations. so we need some evidence. hamas as a leadership doesn t appear to be interested in escalation. they ve just entered into a national unity government with fatah faction. they ve gotten a lot of acceptance internationally. even the u.s. didn t like it but acquiesces in it. their sense is if they escalate, it s going to hurt them more than it can hurt the israelis. so each side will have to de-escalate and each side is going to have to control those elements who