eating every day. israeli tanks are reported to be advancing slowly towards the centre of khan younis, as intense battles continue in southern gaza. there are reports of house—to—house fighting in the city. it comes amid fierce criticism of the us, for vetoing a united nations security council draft resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in gaza. the palestinian president mahmoud abbas said the veto made the us complicit in what he described as war crimes against palestinians. the us envoy to the un said a ceasefire would be dangerous and unrealistic. these are the latest pictures from the israel defense forces, showing fighting in the jabalia refugee camp in the north of the strip, which is still surrounded by israeli tanks. people there say they ve been without food and clean water for several days. from jerusalem, hugo bachega sent this report and a warning it does contain some distressing images. at the nasser hospital in khan younis last night, there were so many casualties after an israeli attack, doctors say they lost track of how many had arrived. hundreds, the director told us, many were brought in already dead. inside, chaos. residents say these people were wounded after several houses were hit in an air strike. children were again among the injured. this morning, another strike and more destruction, just hours after a un resolution calling for a ceasefire was rejected by the us, saying the goal should be to destroy hamas forever so there could be lasting peace. this resident was clear in his view of who was to blame for what is happening. "when america vetoed the ceasefire at the un, it was a veto on the people who are dying in shelling day and night with american weapons," he says. in the jabalia refugee camp to the north, the shops at the local market are closed and graves are being opened. the war doesn't stop even for people to bury the dead. the humanitarian situation is dire and getting worse. prayers unable to alleviate the suffering. no aid has reached un shelters, with thousands of displaced people in the camp, residents say. today the israeli military released this footage of what it says shows hamas using a un—run school in northern gaza to launch attacks against its soldiers. the un says it cannot access the area to try to verify the claims. israel has long accused hamas of using the population of gaza as human shields, and says a ceasefire now would only benefit to the group, which is still holding more than 100 hostages abducted in israel. hamas took hostages from the israeli people but they also took hostages some of the innocent citizens in gaza, who suffer. we have to get rid of this government and make sure that the citizens of israel and the citizens of gaza will not suffer from this administration. back at the nasser hospital, relatives gathered this morning two more than loved ones. ——mourn their loved ones. as the fighting continues, more people are being killed and the suffering of survivors is getting worse. israel says it is taking steps to protect civilians in gaza but the world is asking is it enough? hugo bachega, bbc news, jerusalem. i asked our diplomatic correspondent paul adams injerusalem about the fallout from the veto of the resolution at un security council. i mean, obviously, israel is relieved that it was not isolated. that its steadfast ally, the united states, has bought it some more time. i think that is probably how it will have seen that because this does come at a time when us officials are starting to sound increasingly impatient with israel's actions in southern gaza, but obviously not impatient enough to make an expression of that at the united nations. as for the palestinians, as you can imagine they were deeply disappointed by the way the vote went. mahmoud abbas, the palestinian president, said this this decision will haunt the united states for years to come and he regretted an opportunity had not been taken to prevent this crisis from escalating into what he called a religious war that threatens the entire world. clearly, the terms under which the un secretary—general called this vote were very much with that notion in mind, that this has the potential to spread beyond the boundaries of gaza to ignite the passions throughout the region. and as far as the palestinians are concerned, they weren't surprised that the united states vetoed the resolution. there is a long history of the united states doing that when it comes to resolutions on israel. but they are still dismayed nonetheless. bring us up—to—date with the latest on the ground in gaza? a senior un official warning that half the population of gaza is now starving? yes, we don't have any way of verifying that, but clearly it is somewhat in keeping with the messages coming out from aid agencies in the last few days. they sound increasingly desperate about their inability to handle a fast escalating humanitarian crisis, a crisis which surely they can't keep up with. israel's military is conducting operations at a pace that the aid agencies simply are unable to match. we are seeing more and more people displaced, more and more people now huddled out in the open in many cases, both in the middle part of the gaza strip, and also in the south. then those pockets in the north where there is still fighting around gaza city, where those people are essentially completely cut off. it was interesting today, there was a report from the israeli military of fighting in beit hanoun, in the far north—east corner of the gaza strip, close to the israeli border fence. israelis might be slightly surprised to learn that here we are two months into this war, and still hamas have the ability to engage in battles with the israeli army in a place like that. it shows that even after all of the that has used against hamas over the past eight, nine weeks, it is still capable of putting up a fight in multiple places. thank in multiple places. you to paulfor that. tamara al—reefai is director of communications at the united nations' relief agency for palestinians. she said the amount of aid getting into gaza had slowed in recent days. the humanitarian aid, the supplies, the trucks are coming in very, very small numbers, and definitely not up to the scale and magnitude of the needs of people. over the last few days, we have seen a big reduction in the number of trucks coming in and the number of leaders of fuel coming in, which is necessary for the tracks and for the water desalination plants and also for the electricity generators. basically, the humanitarian space has really shrunk. around the largest un agency operating in gaza, and on top of it, because of the intensity of the fighting of the bombardment since the humanitarian paws stopped, we have only been able to distribute food in a very small part of southern gaza. there are many, many people who are not in that area who we have not been able to access for the last few days. so they are left with nothing, no food, and no blankets, nothing. it is really, really a tight space for humanitarians right now. find really a tight space for humanitarians right now. really a tight space for humanitarians riaht now. �* ., ., humanitarians right now. and what do ou make humanitarians right now. and what do you make of — humanitarians right now. and what do you make of this _ humanitarians right now. and what do you make of this claim _ humanitarians right now. and what do you make of this claim this _ humanitarians right now. and what do you make of this claim this morning, | you make of this claim this morning, a senior official at the un, half the people in are starving. the senior official _ the people in are starving. tue: senior official represents the people in are starving. tte: senior official represents the highest international authority on the right to food. and therefore i think that comment should be taken very, very seriously, and it corroborates with our own findings based on what our colleagues tell us. people really have very little access to food because we know the quantities of wheat, flour and canned food that are going in. again, tens of trucks do nothing in the face of the needs of 2.2 million people. think about it. ten trucks or 50 trucks is barely what you can fail a medium scale grocery store or supermarket with. 2.2 million as a city, a very big city. and therefore how much can you do? 69 trucks a couple of days ago that only partially food, partially fuel and partially food, partially fuel and partially not food, like blankets and medical supplies, so if we do the maths, my colleague from the world food programme has... —— has it right. i spoke to richard hecht, a spokesperson for the israel defence forces. these are dire times, tragic times, also for our people and for the gazan people. and we are focused on hamas. very important to say that. we are doing everything we can to get civilians out of harm's way. we don't have any other alternative. if you are focused on hamas, why, according to one senior un official, is half the population of gaza starving? well, i would take these details with a pinch of salt. we are doing everything we can, and again we are opening more crossings, more trucks, to move them into the gaza strip, so that people who are moving to the south and do the humanitarian areas... but aid agencies have said nowhere near enough trucks have entered at any point during this war? we are doing everything we can to get as much trucks as possible inside the gaza strip. again, we are not fighting these civilians. these are dire times. we have also, our civilians have had to leave their communities, not only in the south but the north. our focus is not on the gazan people. it is tragic, it is hard, any death to a civilian is painful, but we don't have an alternative. there isn't a single thing that could be done to get more aid to innocent civilians? there is nothing more that could be done in your eyes? we are trying to bring up the capability of trucks. we are probably opening next week and another checking point to upscale the entry of trucks into the gaza strip. again, we have to check the strokes going into make sure there is no equipment that can arrive to hamas. aid agencies working on that say they are world leading experts, they do this day in, day out, they know about the checks that need to be done, they do it and they can do it. and the other point is there are other aid agencies who wanted no tie at all between aid entering and a ceasefires. are they right on that? i don't understand the question. i will say that again, lewis. we are doing everything we can to upscale the entry of aid into gaza. i have heard that a lot of that aid is not going to the right people. i even heard a gazan civilian are talking about how it is going to hamas. i would remind you that a lot of their leadership are sitting in five star hotels and looking at the suffering of their people and putting them in the line of fire. we are not fighting these people, lewis. ok, i want to ask you a couple of specifics to try to find out what is going on. sahar baruch, an israeli hare hostage is believed to have been killed in gaza. claims that this was a result, or came after an israeli operation. is that true, do we know? again, when they talk about hamas and how cynical they are, we saw this horrific movie, again, you can talk about how they don't have capabilities, they have the electricity and the means to make these horrific movies that we saw. i cannot make the connection between the two. we're focused on doing everything we can to get the hostages out and we will keep doing that until we get all of our hostages home. ukraine s first lady, olena zelenska, has warned russia's aggression against ukraine will �*spread like a virus�* unless it�*s stopped. mrs zelenska has called on western countries to support her country�*s war effort, amid a stand—off in congress over funding for kyiv�*s military. in the two years since russia s invasion, ukraine has relied on billions of dollars from its overseas allies. she was speaking to the bbc�*s laura kuennsberg. what would you say to american politicians right now who are arguing about whether ukraine should get more money? what would you say also to our viewers who might think it has gone on for a long time, it doesn�*t look like ukraine is able to win, maybe there needs to be a different way of trying to work this out? translation: | think i today there is a problem with the world in general. we are used to the world appearing calm. in fact what we have been saying for the past two years, is that the aggression, if not stopped, it spreads like a virus. it starts a chain reaction that doesn�*t stop. i asked our europe correspondent — jessica parker — who�*s in kyiv, how much concern there is there about levels of aid arriving from its western allies. yeah, i mean, ithink the first lady�*s fears expressed there are widely felt here. let me read you a few quotes from one woman i spoke to here in kyiv earlier this week, whose son is serving on the front line. she said, "we need more weapons from the west. our children are dying on the front line and we are protecting all of europe." and that is a view you hear quite a lot around here, and it comes at a really tough time for ukraine — the world�*s attention, of course, has been diverted somewhat by what is happening in israel and gaza, ukraine�*s counteroffensive widely seen to have faltered, and then there is this issue of potentially wavering support from the west — not just that us defence fund, which of course really important, america by far and away the biggest backer of ukraine in that regard, but also a question over some economic funds from the european union, not to mention will leaders in the eu later this week green—light plans to move ukraine to the next stage of accession talks as part of its hopes tojoin the bloc? so this is all coming to a head this week. ukraine is watching, russia is watching, and it will be a real test of western will. there�*s fury among some countries at the un climate summit in dubai, after the oil cartel opec urged its members to block any deal targeting fossil fuels. france�*s energy minister says she�*s "stunned" after opec — the organisation of the petroleum exporting countries — rallied its members to reject any proposal at cop28 to phase out fossil fuels. spain�*s ecology minister has called the move "disgusting". our correspondent carl nasman is in dubai, and told us more about the ambition to end the use of fossil fuels. this is really bubbling under the surface, it�*s a big point of discussion here at cop28, and it�*s likely a reaction, some people say, to the growing momentum here for calls for a phase—out of fossil fuel, to have that included in the final language of the final agreement at the end of this week. there are more than 100 countries that now would support that. that�*s more than half of the countries involved here. there�*s also probably some anxiety, and analysts are telling me on behalf of the oil nations themselves that this could be some kind of turning point for the future of oil and gas. this could mean trouble for their economies. we actually have some reaction now from germany�*s climate envoy, jennifer morgan. i think we are seeing very worrying tactics by the arab group here. one of the key issues is adaptation. that's the second big paris goal. how do we create resilience in all of our economies? how can small islands make sure that their houses aren't going to be blown away by the next cyclone? and there you have a position from the arab group which doesn't even want to have text. this is a problem. this is a priority of the most vulnerable countries, and europe stands with them. i�*m joined now by hindou ibrahim, she is a chadian environmentalist and the co—chair of the international indigenous peoples�* forum on climate change. a lot of talk today about what�*s going on with the opec nations, about what�*s going on with the cop28 president, sultan aljaber. i know that this morning he actually came to speak to your group, the indigenous peoples�* caucus. what did he tell you? right, so we had him this morning at the indigenous peoples' caucus because it is the endgame, the last three days, we wanted to have what we requested to be in the text, so what he said is like how he can help the indigenous peoples' language to be in the outcome. yes, this is worthy, but for us, how we can have loss and damage governors to get the permanent seat and active role of the observer, because the losses and damage are in our land. we have to be guardians of all the funding to go directly into the communities. this is the loss and damage fund that was improved on day one, and what you�*re saying is you want to have a role in terms of how that money will be distributed. absolutely. you know, when there is losses then they wanted to dam it, most of the time theyjust like go channel to the countries that have it, and it goes through ministries, processes, etc, but the communities who are losing their culture, their identity, and who can prevent it, it's very hard to get the cash to them, so that's why, for us, we need to be sitting into the board, then we can decide and guide them to go directly to those communities to prevent the loss and damage first, and when this happens, to repair it. now, you�*re part of a group of strong female climate activists. you�*ve actually said that women are the masters of the environment. what you mean by that? of course, if all the decisions of the world are in the hands of the women, the world will be more peaceful, morejust, equitable and inclusive. just look at a mother. she is taking care of the children, of the old people. she's the one that is making society work. so, that's why we are arguing about having women, or women right into the bracket, we cannot bracket half of our lives. it has to be a normal and natural way to have women leaders to sit in the cops. here at cop28, do you feel like indigenous leaders, indigenous environmentalists, are being put forward, are being kind of — have an equal seat at the table with everybody else? equal seat is like a very big word. having a seat at the tables, we tried to get in some of that. having a seat at the tables is not meaning that we have to check the box that we have indigenous peoples present, or women present. we have to listen to what we are saying and implement what we are saying into the decisions, so for now, some of the discussion, they give as we see it. i used to come out from a ministerial, when we talk about how when the rest of the climate can come together and have an action together, it's progress there, but does that mean they're going to consider what i said into the decision? if they are going to consider, they must coordinate the negotiations biodiversity and climate to have the same position into the two cops. all right, hindou ibrahim, chadian environmentalist, the co—chair of the international indigenous peoples�* forum on climate change, thank you very much for coming to speak to us today, and a few days to go, about four days left of those negotiations, that letter from opec certainly making some waves here, but there are plenty of countries that will be pushing for a fossil fuel phase—out, and we will continue to keep you up—to—date on all the latest developments here in dubai. next, to france, president macron is at the centre of a row over france�*s secular ideals, after appearing to take part in a religious ceremony at the elysee palace. footage of the event was posted online on thursday and the president has since faced a wave of criticism. from the newsroom, our reporter tom brada has the details. this video has dragged president macron into the eye of a politica