On october eighth, in support of hamas, and the two sides have exchanged fire since then. 0ur senior international correspondent 0rla guerin reports from lebanon on the children caught up in israel's bombardments. A warning you may find elements of this report distressing. Firefighters rushing to another air strike. This one in nabatieh. They carry out the wounded. Not fighters, but children. Israel says it's targeting hezbollah sites. But it's bombing many residential areas. How old are you? he asks. Three fingers are raised. A young generation, now threatened by a war that has already killed at least 50 children this week, like the members of this family, who died together in a strike in beirut. Ali, jalal, fatima and farra, all gone. And iman and talia nasser, who took their last breaths together, also killed by israel's bombardment. But some have made it to safety, having run for their lives. My name is mehdi ahmad and my years old is ten years old. And what has been happening in the last two days? you had to leave your house. The war is very big and very scared and i cry. How did you feel, having to leave your home? were you sad? yes, i was very sad, he says. We left behind half our belongings. A missile landed near us. We went quickly so we wouldn't be hit. His biggest fear, he tells me, is losing his family. Instead of going to school, many lebanese children, like mehdi, are now living in schools and colleges. This could be home for some time. International calls for a ceasefire came to nothing today. 0rla guerin, bbc news, sebline, lebanon. The uk's prime minister keir starmer has stepped up his call for an israelhezbollah ceasefire, despite israeli ministers* rejection of the international proposal for a three week pause. In his first speech to the united nations general assembly, sir keir called war a catastrophe made by human hands and said the uk was returning to a place of responsible global leadership. I call on israel and hezbollah to stop the violence. Step back from the brink. We need to see an immediate ceasefire to provide space for a diplomatic settlement. And we are working with all partners to that end, because further escalation serves noone. It shames us all that the suffering in gaza continues to grow. The answer is diplomacy. We can go live now to wa'el alzayat, senior fellow at the middle east institute and ceo of emgage foundation. Thank you forjoining us on bbc news. We are now 2a hours on from a temporary ceasefire proposal endorsed by the us, the uk, and another eight countries but has been rejected by the israeli prime minister netanyahu. Is there any hope of a 21 day ceasefire at this point? a 21 day ceasefire at this oint?. ,. ,. point? not if the israelis do not agree point? not if the israelis do not agree to _ point? not if the israelis do not agree to it _ point? not if the israelis do not agree to it and point? not if the israelis do not agree to it and there i point? not if the israelis do | not agree to it and there are not agree to it and there are no indications that netanyahu is going to agree to it. Which is going to agree to it. Which is really unfortunate and quite shocking that the us administration continues to be unable to convince netanyahu, to whom they provide a lot of support, to agree to any of these proposals. support, to agree to any of these proposals. What do you think is the these proposals. What do you think is the current _ these proposals. What do you think is the current state these proposals. What do you think is the current state of i think is the current state of us israeli relations at this point? i us israeli relations at this oint? ~ ,. Point? i think it is a codependency point? i think it is a l codependency where point? i think it is a _ codependency where consecutive us administrations have believed that israel is a key ally in the middle east and the only democracy in the region and israelis obviously depend on us support, financial and military, economic and diplomatic but neither the american public nor israel public are being served by the decisions of their leaders. We are seeing benjamin netanyahu dragging his country into a wider regional war and, increasingly, making the united states more and more implicit in what he is doing, potentially directly involved should the war continue and expand further. I5 should the war continue and expand further. should the war continue and expand further. Is it time for the us, expand further. Is it time for the us, for expand further. Is it time for the us, for the _ expand further. Is it time for the us, for the biden the us, for the biden administration to perhaps attach some conditions to the military aid it is providing to israel? a , military aid it is providing to israel? , , ,. Israel? many experts, including m self israel? many experts, including myself have _ israel? many experts, including myself have argued _ israel? many experts, including myself have argued for israel? many experts, including myself have argued for that. . Myself have argued for that. Since the war began it was clear that according to israeli officials, their own words and rhetoric, that they were looking for a war of annihilation and potentially expanding it. They took measures, as we see in the west bank, and elsewhere. 0bviously bank, and elsewhere. Obviously there are other actors involved. Thomas launched the attacks on october seven, hezbollah launched rockets on northern israel and we cannot ignore that but they made their intentions clear from the beginning. Many of us cautioned the white house that providing unconditional aid to someone like netanyahu would take us toward a path and a scenario we are witnessing. I think it is absolutely past time that the us places conditions on further military shipments to israel. Prime minister netanyahu will address the united nations general assembly tomorrow, a form you are familiar with, many years spent a senior adviser to the us. What do you expect netanyahu to say tomorrow? it is what he always does. He will blame everyone but himself. Basically he will payment, you know, the struggle that he is embarking on as a righteous war, and will also categorise the israeli military behaviour is that of a moral army despite mounting potential war crimes and crimes against humanity. He will also make a case that his enemies are surrounding his state and he deserves or israel deserves the support. And he will probably make a link to a run as a benefactor of hezbollah as well, perhaps indirectly hamas. That is what i would expect from him. And he will call on the world to stand with the jewish state. If the world to stand with the jewish state. the world to stand with the jewish state. If it is the case that this ceasefire _ jewish state. If it is the case that this ceasefire proposall that this ceasefire proposal goes nowhere, and it seems that the gaza ceasefire negotiations have completely stalled as well, what does this mean for the region, the people living there? it is notjust lebanon of course. The disaster continues in gaza and many other places. continues in gaza and many other laces... , other places. The short answer, it is not good _ other places. The short answer, it is not good. It _ other places. The short answer, it is not good. It will _ other places. The short answer, it is not good. It will be other places. The short answer, it is not good. It will be more i it is not good. It will be more escalating violence on people, on civilians, women and children. More damaged infrastructure. This region goes through cycles of violence and if we were to zoom out, the ugly reality here is that the arab world continues to be a theatre for proxy warfare. In part what we're seeing is a struggle between iran and it is being fought with arab blood on arab land and i think that is the takeaway right now. The palestinians have a legitimate case for statehood but outside actors are appropriating this issue and israelis are all too happy to comply in the end result is more death and destruction in the arab world. You arejoining us from beirut. What are things like there tonight? i what are things like there toniaht?. . * tonight? i am not in beirut although tonight? i am not in beirut although i tonight? i am not in beirut although i would _ tonight? i am not in beirut although i would love tonight? i am not in beirut although i would love to i tonight? i am not in beirut| although i would love to be there. I although i would love to be there. . although i would love to be there. . . . , there. I am in washington, dc. My apologies! _ there. I am in washington, dc. My apologies! there _ there. I am in washington, dc. My apologies! there was there. I am in washington, dc. My apologies! there was a my apologies! there was a miscommunication there. Great to have you joining with us. Here in washington, president volodymyr zelensky has met presidentjoe biden and vicepresident kamala harris at the white house to outline his plan for a ukrainian victory against russia. Ahead of the visit, president biden announced around $8 billion worth of military assistance for ukraine. The package includes a new air defence system and longrange weapons. President biden did not grant kyiv one of its key requests, however, to use us missiles to hit targets deeper inside russia. The two leaders spoke briefly after the meeting emphasing the importance of their partnership. Let me be clear. Russia will not prevail in the war. Russia will not prevail. Ukraine will prevail and we will continue to stand by you every step of the way. Stand by you every step of the wa. . , stand by you every step of the wa. .. _. stand by you every step of the wa. ... way. Today we have a new suoport way. Today we have a new support package. Way. Today we have a new support package. $7. 9 way. Today we have a new support package. $7. 9 billion. This support package. $7. 9 billion. This will support package. $7. 9 billion. This will be a great help and i raised this will be a great help and i raised with president biden a plan raised with president biden a plan of raised with president biden a plan of victory. Today we are preparing _ plan of victory. Today we are preparing to discuss the plan. Meanwhile, donald trump has said that he will meet president zelensky on friday in new york. It comes after some confusion as to whether a meeting between the two would take place after mr trump reportedly rejected an earlier opportunity to do so. There was ire from some republican lawmakers on thursday after a visit by president zelensky earlier in the week to an arms factory pennsylvania where he was joined by multiple democratic lawmakers. Speaker of the house mike johnson said mr zelensky*s visit was, quote, designed to help democrats and that it amounted to election interference. He then demanded ukraine fire its ambassador to the us. Separately, at an event in north carolina on wednesday, donald trump said he didn't understand why ukraine did not cede territory to the russian invaders. Joining me live is melinda haring from the atlantic council. Thank you forjoining us. More supporl thank you forjoining us. More support for ukraine announced by the support for ukraine announced by the united states today. What by the united states today. What difference will this latest _ what difference will this latest package make our mark the package the president biden put forward today will keep ukraine _ put forward today will keep ukraine fighting and it will ensure _ ukraine fighting and it will ensure that ukraine makes it tbrough ensure that ukraine makes it through the winter. The winter ahead will _ through the winter. The winter ahead will be _ through the winter. The winter ahead will be very _ through the winter. The winter ahead will be very hard. Through the winter. The winter ahead will be very hard. The i ahead will be very hard. The electrical grid is in bad shape and the ukrainians were counting on this money. It is a good thing, in particular let me point out that there is a new patriot battery and a bunch of patriot missiles that will be sent to ukraine and that is fantastic. A new form that goes about 70 miles which is also a new capability that the ukrainians like. But this is very good news indeed. it very good news indeed. Of course very good news indeed. Of course what president zielinski really wants as he repeatedly said is the ability to use the very longrange missiles, and use them to strike inside russia, something that president biden has refused to grant. Is there any situation which you see the us changing their position on that estimate i expect the us to change its position. I expect the us to change its osition.,. _ i expect the us to change its osition.,. position. The us may not announce _ position. The us may not announce that _ position. The us may not announce that change position. The us may not| announce that change and position. The us may not i announce that change and if position. The us may not announce that change and if it were smart it would not announce that change for obvious reasons but this is a hot issue. More and more members of congress are pushing the white house to change its mind. We see a fight. Today we saw the intelligence community has given an assessment of the new york times and we see they vociferously oppose these deep strikes into russia. They say it will not change much, that russia has moved back a lot of the equipment and russia will escalate and it will make the conflict worse. So there is a real fight on these weapons. But i think, actually, zelensky wants one thing more than the ability for a deep strike, he wants nato membership. He went to the white house today to talk about his victory plan and the number one most important thing is the solving the security dilemma and that is real nato membership. We have not heard yet, there is no announcement on how that was received and i expect zelensky to come back to this in the next 3. 5 months that biden is in office. ~. ... in office. We heard a lot that it would be _ in office. We heard a lot that it would be very _ in office. We heard a lot that it would be very difficult in office. We heard a lot that it would be very difficult to l it would be very difficult to grant nato membership to ukraine as long as the war was still ongoing however. That ukraine as long as the war was still ongoing however. Still ongoing however. That is not changed. _ still ongoing however. That is not changed. Correct. Still ongoing however. That is not changed. Correct. It still ongoing however. That is not changed. Correct. It is still ongoing however. That is not changed. Correct. It is a l not changed. Correct. It is a political decision and the germans will follow the white house. So it is up to president biden. We know he is thinking about his legacy and he does not want to keep ukraine in this no man's land. Can it be done? yes. And there is a difference between extending an invitation and bringing ukraine in. He could extend an invitation before he leaves the white hous