they are said to be going to talk about how to proceed and protect civilians. the israel defence forces say that close quarter combat has seen fighting with gunmen as they target military outposts, headquarters and other hamas infrastructure. with the fighting intensifying, there has been strongly worded criticism of the humanitarian situation emerging from the united nations. seven human rights experts have said that they believe the palestinian people in gaza are at risk of genocide, and that time is running out to prevent that. israelaccuse that time is running out to prevent that. israel accuse them of repeating hamas propaganda. people across the region are waiting to hear as well a little later from the leader of the lebanese islamist group hezbollah. hassan nasrallah s speech will be closely watched and could have huge consequences for where this conflict goes next. we will keep you across all of those different aspects of this fast moving story throughout the day here
state, antony blinken, is back in tel aviv as washington increases the pressure for a humanitarian pause. antony blinken talked about israel s right to defend itself, but also the need for concrete steps to minimize harm to civilians in gaza. meanwhile, the leader of hezbollah like hamas a proscribed terrorist organisation has spoken in lebanon. hassan nasrallah praised the hamas attacks and said, the possibility of total war is realistic . one other important line to update you on more foreign nationals have been getting out of gaza at the rafah crossing point into egypt. 124 british nationals are on the list of people, who are being allowed to leave. the hamas run health ministry in gaza says, more than 9,000 people have been killed in the strip since october the 7th after hamas killed 14 hundred people, in the attacks in southern isreal. the us seretary of state antony blinken held talks with the israeli war cabinet a closed door gathering. he also met the
of a wider conflict. it s mr blinken s second visit since the war began. he s thought to be talking to israeli officials about how to pursue their military and security goals in gaza while limiting civilian casualties. meanwhile, the israeli military says its ongoing ground offensive has now completed the encirclement of gaza city , the most densely populated part of the palestinian territory before the war began last month. the israel defense forces says close quarter combat has seen 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 risk of genocide, and that time is running out to prevent this. israel accused them of repeating hamas propaganda. and people across the region are waiting to hear from the lea
round of diplomacy in israel and the rest of the region. the talks come amid fears of a wider conflict. it s mr blinken s second visit since the war began. he s thought to be talking to israeli officials about how to pursue their military and security goals in gaza while limiting civilian casualties. meanwhile the israeli military says its ongoing ground offensive has now completed the encirclement of gaza city which was the most densely populated part of the palestinian territory before the war began last month. 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 risk of genocide. israel has accused them of repeating hamas propaganda. and people across the region are waiting to hear from the leader of the lebanese islamist group, hezbollah. hassan nasrallah s speech in the coming hours will be
we start in gaza. bbc has verifed footage of an explosion difficult to watch. damage to convoy of ambulance outside the al shifa hospital. reportedly dozens killed and injured. the pictures are difficult to watch. there are far more gruesome pictures we re not showing you. you can see the damage to the ambulance. this is outside the al shifa hospital. reportedly dozens killed and injured. reportedly dozens killed and injured. the hamas run health ministry says it was air strike by israel. idf says it is looking into the incident from reuters in the last hour or so israel, the idf confirms that they did carry out a strike on an ambulance. they say it was being used by hamas and hamas operatives were killed. meanwhile, up operatives were killed. meanwhile, up to date with diplomacy today, this is us secretary of state anthony blinking. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, as you can see. lincoln is supporting a humanitarian pause in the fighting. netanyahu says there