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GBN GB July 3, 2024

Carrying out localised raids and Ground Troops have entered the territory. Now this is the first ground incursion by israel since last weekends hamas atrocities. Israels air force now say it has killed ali caddy, the senior hamas commander who led that cross border terrorist attack on israeli settlements. A week ago today. Israel says that hamas is Still Holding at least 120 captives. The United Nations is captives. The United Nations is warning that over 2 Million People are at risk as water runs out and humanity , korean aid is out and humanity, korean aid is blocked from going into gaza. Airstrikes on gaza city have flattened, sections destroyed , flattened, sections destroyed, buildings killed and injured yet more people. A palestinian rescue team was hit by a missile while they were attempting to care for the wounded. Amongst the rubble. The Israeli Military the rubble. The Israeli Military says it is destroying hamas targets in its strike and has killed dozens from hamas. Well killed dozens from hamas. Well casualties are being brought to hospitals in south gaza as tens of thousands of People Struggle to flee the shelling. They have just a matter of hours, say Israeli Defence forces, to get out of gaza city. Israeli journalist Yotam Confino has told gb news that if those being told gb news that if those being told to move do not do so, the death toll could rise to much higher numbers as well. The latest is that there were just rockets fired over tel aviv , so i had to run for shelter just a couple of minutes ago. But course , there is another but of course, there is another situation which is more focussed on right now, and that is gaza, which is experiencing heavy bombardment by israel and israel is of course encouraging civilians to move from the northern part of the gaza strip to the southern part. And i was just on an idf briefing, a military briefing, where they said they announced two said that they had announced two safe corridors where people can move safely for around six hours. And, of course , theyre hours. And, of course, theyre hoping civilians will do that because if they dont, the death toll in gaza will rise significantly. Significantly. Meanwhile, the Israeli Army Says its looking into an incident involving a reuters journalist who died in in southern lebanon. Issam abdallah southern lebanon. Issam abdallah was killed on friday when missiles struck him and a group of other journalists. They were working in Alma Al Shaab near the northern Israeli Border where the Israeli Military and hezbollah, another proscribed terrorist group, have been exchanging fire. Six other journalists were injured. The un secretary general says the incident shows the danger of the violence spreading. I want to say how much this demonstrates the enormous risk of spill over of this conflict back here. Un Counter Terrorism police have called on the public to report terrorist content they see online follow showing the attack by hamas on israel. The force says a 55 new cases this week following a significant number of referrals from the pubuc number of referrals from the public reporting potential terrorist content online. Dominic murphy, the head of the mets Counter Terrorism command, says following last weeks terrorist attack by hamas , there terrorist attack by hamas, there had been significant concern in communities in london and across the country. The police will also work with Tech Companies to remove content assessed to breach uk terrorism legislation. Breach uk terrorism legislation. The entrance to bbc headquarters in london has been sprayed in red paint in an apparent targeted act of vandalism. Bbc bbc presenter Victoria Derbyshire posted images of the scene where you can clearly see the vandalised doors and brickwork of broadcasting house. She filmed those images as she arrived for work earlier. The arrived for work earlier. The met police said the incident has not yet been linked to any protest group. Australia protest group. Australia australia has voted no in a controversial referendum to officially recognise Indigenous People in its constitution through the creation of an indigenous advisory body. The indigenous advisory body. The voice to parliament. With half of the vote counted , the no of the vote counted, the no vote, led by 57 leading australian broadcaster to predict that at least four states as a final outcome against alter. The 122 year old against alter. The 122 year old constitution. This is gb news constitution. This is gb news across the uk on tv in your car and on Digital Radio and on your Smart Speaker by saying play gb news now. Now its back to gb news now. Now its back to gb news. Saturday news. Saturday thank you very much for that update, pip. Okay, lets get stuck now into todays big topics. Tens of thousands of civilians in the gaza strip are fleeing south after israel gave palestinians living there. Just 24 hours to flee. Yesterday the idf told over 1 24 hours to flee. Yesterday the idf told over1 million gazans to flee from the northern half of the strip to south of wadi gaza. The United Nations says the order is horrendous before the order is horrendous before the order. Over 400,000 palestinians have been displaced due to fighting and the death toll in gaza from israeli airstrikes has risen to over 1900. Israeli Prime Minister netanyahu said last night that the week long bombardment of gaza was , quote, only the gaza was, quote, only the beginning and boisvenu by otzma. Beginning and boisvenu by otzma. We are striking at our enemies with unprecedented might i emphasise this is just the beginning. Our enemies have only begun paying the price. Beginning. Our enemies have only begun paying the price. I beginning. Our enemies have only begun paying the price. I wont begun paying the price. I wont detail what is yet to come , but detail what is yet to come, but i tell you this is only the beginning. Beginning. Well, now its time for a full update to our reporter Charlie Peters , who is live in Charlie Peters, who is live in tel aviv , joining us now. Hello tel aviv, joining us now. Hello to you , charlie. So just two to you, charlie. So just two hours to go now until the safe routes close. Whats the mood on routes close. Whats the mood on the ground . Well, thats the ground . Well, thats Significant Development coming in the last half hour that the americans, qataris and israelis and egyptians have come together to agree the opening of the rafah crossing into egypt , away rafah crossing into egypt, away from the conflict zone. This is a big step because as the idf yesterday gave people in gaza just 24 hours notice to move south, Many International observers such as the un and the International Red cross said that such a move was impossible. 1. 1 Million People heading down just two supply routes in a time of conflict and devastation was always going to be a significant challenge. So this morning they they extended that time by six hours. That will end in the next couple of hours. But this new couple of hours. But this new supply route sorry, this new route, the safe crossing into egypt, it will be a big difference. And i think thats the main effect of american diplomacy on the ground here, because as International Observers watch as israel poises itself for that Ground Invasion into gaza , there is concern that into gaza, there is concern that the Israeli Military will not stick by the need for a proportionality in the law of Armed Conflict. That is a most important value in any conflict and trying to flatten hamas military targets with advanced munitions such as bunker busting munitions such as bunker busting munitions that break into the ground and try and destroy those shelters while 1. 1 Million People are still embedded within that territory, that would not be proportional. Thats what many commentators and analysts in the region are saying. And so in the region are saying. And so this safe crossing that will extend the opportunity for civilians to flee. However we do know last night that hamas claimed that 70 people were killed in an israeli airstrike on a convoy of civilians heading south. Weve yet to verify that claim , but we have seen the claim, but we have seen the footage and its clear that something devastating has happened and many lives were lost. The circumstances remain unclear and the idf say that they are not aware of any israeli airstrikes occurring for that incident at that time. But yeah , the main headline at the yeah, the main headline at the moment very much that opening of that safe crossing for more people to get away from the carnage, which is going to ramp up in the north of the gaza strip. Okay. Thanks for that update, charlie. And of course, well be coming back to you throughout the show. Thanks for that. Joining me now through the show today former head today in studio is former head of at the of counterterrorism at the ministry defence. Major ministry of defence. Major general chip chapman me general chip chapman gives me huge delight to have in the huge delight to have you in the studio. Also , another studio. Chip also, another significant news moment here. Its very important that ali cardi, whos been reported as the hamas commander who led the cross border insurgency , the cross border insurgency, the attack, the terrorist attack on israeli settlements last saturday been killed in saturday has been killed in a targeted drone attack. How significant do you think that is in as far as the pr win not only have taken out someone so key so soon, but also a very highly targeted, efficient attack without the risk of greater further Collateral Damage of civilians . I think the bigger issue is where he stands in terms of the hostages, because, of course, he was one of the prisoners, a thousand prisoners, palestinian prisoners who were swapped for one israeli soldier, qalat. And one israeli soldier, qalat. And at the moment weve got 153 israeli and foreign nationals in the bag. What it does show you, though, is two things. Firstly the power of Israeli Intelligence and secondly, the precision of their striking to take out these targets. That is what they want to do to try and remain on the moral high ground and keep up their sort of code of the International Law on their side , because this is their side, because this is always a battle of competing narratives. So thats the first thing. The second thing is i dont think that the deadline will be over at 2 00. I think because of the intervention of the qataris, the egyptians, israelis and the us , i think israelis and the us, i think that will be pushed to the right. And its an interesting position from the perspective of the egyptians, because the egyptians do have a normalised relationship with israel. And indeed, you know, president sadat was killed for normalising that relationship, which shows us some of the tensions in the middle east themselves between sunnl middle east themselves between sunni, sunni splits and sunni shia splits. So what the shia splits. So what the egyptians would really prefer is humanitarian aid to come into the gaza strip because what people often forget about the hamas is that it is an offshoot of the muslim brotherhood, which is a very hard line sunni group. And they would like to overthrow what they see as all the apostate regimes in the middle east, which includes president al sisi in egypt. We have live pictures on the screen there of the continuing devastation in gaza. And its devastation in gaza. And its just been announced actually , just been announced actually, chip, that the ali saudi was actually one of the prisoners freed in 2011 as a prisoner swap. So previously incarcerated and released and then went to on lead that attack into israel last saturday. Extraordinary thank you, chip. Well come back to you throughout the show. Okay. Now closer to home now, thousands of people have taken to the streets of to london march in a pro palestinian demo. March in a pro palestinian demo. Castration. Police have warned that anyone showing support for hamas or deviating from the agreed route could face immediate arrest. Well, joining me now is gb news Political Correspondents Catherine Forster a live from the demo which i believe catherine is just forming up around the portal and place region of london, just behind Regent Street. Then it will go through Regent Street to whitehall. So how many people are gathering up and whats the mood on the ground . Catherine well , many hundreds of people well, many hundreds of people all ready gathered here. They will be marching down, leaving probably at about 12 45, processing down to finish in whitehall at around 3 00. I was just talking to the police a little bit earlier. They are expecting about 10,000 protesters. The weather is good. Its a dry day. Theyve got 1000 police here on duty. Theres armed police. Theres police on horseback now talking to protesters as just a few minutes ago. Some people dont want to ago. Some people dont want to talk to the media at all on or off camera. Another lady was saying she didnt have any Palestinian Family , but she just Palestinian Family, but she just feels that the palestinian ins have had a really dreadful deal for a very, very long time. Have had a really dreadful deal for a very, very long time. And for a very, very long time. And another and another sorry, its just another camera crew barging into me and another lady who just walked past said , please just walked past said, please tell people we want to end the apartheid. We are not haters. Apartheid. We are not haters. What theyre saying is end the violence and end what they call the apartheid. They feel that 2. 3 Million People are living in gaza, basically have been effectively prisoners for many years now. Of course, has told over a Million People to get out of the north something that the United Nations has condemned. And we know, too, now , dont we, and we know, too, now, dont we, that 70 people died trying to flee. We know, too, that just flee. We know, too, that just under 2000 people have died in gaza since hamas carried out that horrific attack. Just exactly a week ago. And about 1300 is reillys have died now in other countries in france , in in other countries in france, in germany, they have taken the step of banning pro palestine protests entirely. Didnt work protests entirely. Didnt work out very well in france. They carried one out. In any case, they were attacked with tear gas. But here they want to let people have their say. The people have their say. The police fly. A palestinian flag is no issue. What the police are looking for is any hamas flags, any flags specifically giving support to hamas proscribed Terror Organisation or to hezbollah. But feelings running very high. A woman on the megaphone phone chanting free, free palestine, israel is a terror state. So a difficult day for people with relatives. Gaza for people with relatives. Gaza people worried sick about whats happening to them and also an extremely difficult day for the Jewish Community here in Great Britain whove been subject to an increasing number of anti semitic attacks. Anti semitic attacks. Okay, Catherine Forster, thanks for that update. That march goes on for the next three hours. Well be covering it right the show on gb right throughout the show on gb news saturday. If anything kicks off, sure to be there. Off, well be sure to be there. Lets continue talking about that the that now because as the pro palestinian demonstration marches through streets of marches through the streets of london, has banned london, there, france has banned all pro palestinian protests to try and ease tensions and clamp down on anti semitism. At the hamas terror attacks in israel. Well, joining me now to discuss this is political commentator Matthew Stadlen and former brexit party mep belinda de lucy. Matthew, id like to start with you. 10,000 people expected on the streets of london today. Only one week since the terrorist attack, the brutal murders , kidnappings, the murders, kidnappings, the tortures that were going on in israel at the hands of hamas , israel at the hands of hamas, quite simply, is this kind of demonstration today just one week on, is it appropriate . Its week on, is it appropriate . Its really difficult question to answer this. I have jewish heritage. As ive said before , on gb news, my ive said before, on gb news, my grandparents were jewish refugees and what happened last weekend, whether you were jewish or whether youre muslim, whether youre neither of those things were acts of mediaeval savagery that belonged in the middle ages. And it has been a traumatic time. I think, for jewish communities in this country and around the world. So from the outset , i want to say from the outset, i want to say that anything that is remotely anti semitic on the streets of this country or indeed online should be clamped down upon by the police. And these demonstrations, when they go ahead, need

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