Live in east jerusalem. The United Nations and the us have expressed concern about israels plans for a military operation in rafah. The city, at the south western edge of gaza, has seen the arrival of hundreds of thousands of palestinians taking refuge from the fighting elsewhere in the strip. The Israeli Military had previously urged civilians to go there but now, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has approved plans for an assault on hamas militants believed to be based there. The un issued this warning. I think the consequences of a Ground Operation in rafah under the current circumstances would be catastrophic for the people of gaza, for the palestinians. It would be catastrophic for the humanitarian situation. It would be catastrophic or around. The us is one of israels most important supporters but it seems that the Israeli Government has not shared details of the planned assault on rafah with officials in washington. Heres Us National Security council spokesman, john kirb
the police are very much out in force and many areas around the university are still cordoned off by police were advising people to stay away. at a press conference, please confirm the shooter was a student at the universities faculty of arts at charles university where the incident happened. it is near a very famous tourist site, the 14th century bridge at the heart of historic prague, just a stone s throw away from the town square and very popular tourist but is the christmas markets in the christmas season where it really sees the number of tourists increasing and people in the programme on a holiday and also speaking to a couple who were in prague on their honeymoon who said were told by police to get away as quickly as possible. when the event happened, the building they warn people around the area to stay away. and they been reissuing people that is not in danger and it s not connected to international terrorism in any way and the president does express to shock and sen
killed are women and children, and it says there have been over 52,000 people injured in the conflict so far. our special correspondent fergal keane reports on the toll that the conflict is taking on families. a warning you may find this report distressing. the world is debating calls for a ceasefire and a bleak new reckoning of the dead is declared. but for the people of gaza, the suffering is felt. not counted. dead children being touched a final time by their wounded father. a mother comes to mourn a lost daughter. translation: imagine that esterda i was brushing her hair, making her a sandwich for dinner and putting her to sleep. then you wake up in the morning and there is no fatima anymore. from the beginning, they have known there is no escape. not from gaza orfrom grief. ..or trauma. the wounded now number in their tens of thousands. in al aqsa hospital, the child holds to symbols of a vanished normality. nearby, this child, aged 13, who lost ten members of herfamil
intense negotiations are continuing in the hope that the united states will finally back a resolution. it comes as hamas said that more than 20,000 people have now died since israel launched its military offensive after the october 7th attacks, in which 1200 people in israel were murdered. hamas which is designated a terrorist organisation by the uk government says the majority of those who ve been killed in gaza are women and children. 0ur fergal keane reports. the boy lies on the body of his father. his father is among the 20,000 reported dead. but the survivors do not think of the deadin survivors do not think of the dead in figures of thousands. there is is an intimate reckoning. counted in the vanished faces of those they loved. from the beginning, they have known there is no escape. from gaza. 0rfrom grief. in this hospital in central gaza, the wounded child holds to symbols of antiracist normality. this girl lost ten members of herfamily normality. this girl lost t