The wider region. But after last nights bombing of a hospital in gaza planned meeting with regional leaders have had to be cancelled. Although mr biden has met with israels leader, benjamin netanyahu. Well, later on in a speech, he stressed the importance of living by the rule of law. Of law. You are a jewish state, but youre also a democracy. And youre also a democracy. And unlike the United States , you unlike the United States, you dont live by the rules of terrorist. You live by the rule terrorist. You live by the rule of law. And when conflicts flare of law. And when conflicts flare , you live by the law of wars. What sets us apart from the terrorists as we believe in the fundamental dignity of every human life . Israeli, palestinian human life . Israeli, palestinian , an arab jew , muslim, an arab jew, muslim, christian, everyone. It cant christian, everyone. It cant give up. What makes you who you are. If you give up. What makes you who you are. If you give give up. What makes you who you are. If you give that up, then are. If you give that up, then the terrorists win and we can never let them win. Never let them win. Well, joe biden also supported the Israeli Defence forces claims that the explosion at the hospital in gaza last night was caused by a failed rocket attack on israel by another terror Group Operating within gaza. Palestinian Islamic Jihad officials in gaza, however, are still blaming the israelis for the explosion, which they say killed nearly 500 people. Rishi sunak today was speaking in clacton on sea, and he described the hospital explosion as shocking. But he called for calm heads as intelligence analysts established what happened exactly. Well, that comes as exactly. Well, that comes as downing street says at least seven british nationals were killed and nine are still missing after hamass terror attack on israel on the 7th of october. The terrorist group captured nearly 200 hostages and brought them back to gaza on the seventh. The Prime Minister says the government is working around the government is working around the clock to free hostages. Now the clock to free hostages. Now in other news, the rate of inflation remained at 6. 7 last month as lowering food and drink pnces month as lowering food and drink prices rise were cancelled out by higher petrol and diesel prices. The office for National Statistics says the inflation stayed at the same rate, despite expectations it may fall again. The reading helps Government Departments calculate how much benefit payments should increase by next year as well as having an effect on tax. And lastly , a an effect on tax. And lastly, a red weather warning for rain and wind has been issued by the met office for parts of scotland, that means very dangerous weather is expected with extensive flooding likely to pose a risk to life. The weather warning runs from 6 00 tomorrow until noon on friday, although storm babette has already started to barrel in affecting the republic of ireland, flooding in cork, weve seen onune flooding in cork, weve seen online already and also flooding along the devon coast. Well keep you up to date on that one. This is gb news across the uk on tv in your car, on Digital Radio and on your Smart Speaker by saying play gb news. This is britains news channel. Britains news channel. Good evening. Well, as we were on air last night, we learned of a rocket attack on a hospital in gaza , claims that up hospital in gaza, claims that up to 471 people were killed. The to 471 people were killed. The media were very quick to jump to the assumption that it must have been an israeli rocket that caused this human disaster. Since then, the israelis have put out what they believe to be conclusive proof that actually it was a misfired rocket from hamas themselves , as i dont hamas themselves, as i dont think either of us know quite the truth. But we will have tonight on with us a former spokesperson for the palestinian authority. I will ask her to put authority. I will ask her to put her side of what happened last night and whats happened in the conflict to date. And perhaps more interestingly , where we go, more interestingly, where we go, which significant because which is significant because i fear the risk of escalation is getting worse. Iran are flexing their muscles in israel genuinely now faces the prospect of a war on at least two fronts. And into all of this, this morning flew to the u. S president , met the man who president , met the man who throughout his career in the last couple of decades has done more than almost any other human being to trust iran with their Nuclear Program , to trust they Nuclear Program, to trust they wouldnt develop Nuclear Weapons is in return for freeing up tens of billions of dollars. But today he came to in be a strong ally of israel. But frankly , his ally of israel. But frankly, his performance says something to me. It says the reason that putin has gone into ukraine, it says the reason why hamas did what they did on the 7th of october, if the western world doesnt have strong leadership , if the have strong leadership, if the world is, in my view , a much world is, in my view, a much more dangerous place , lets just more dangerous place, lets just have a look at biden talking about the rocket attack on the hospital yesterday. Hospital yesterday. I was deeply saddened and outraged by the explosion at the hospital in gaza yesterday. And based on what ive seen, it appears as though it was done by the other team. Not not you , the the other team. Not not you, the other team team. What is this . Bazball well, does biden see moral equivalence between what the israelis are doing and what hamas have done on . And since the 7th of october, it was the most extraordinary clumsy, poor use of words. But it did reveal of words. But it did reveal something interesting. It did something interesting. It did reveal because remember , reveal because remember, everything he says is pretty much presented to him on cards. Its just when he goes off script that it goes wrong. What it does mean is that the intelligence that was given to biden by the americans also indicate that actually what happened at the al ali hospital yesterday was a misfire from hamas. Clearly, thats what it american intelligence believes is. But the use of the word team know what you should have said, president is the other murdering terrorist. Thats did it. But no terrorist. Thats did it. But no , thats not what he did. And then have a look at this where he just completely and utterly loses his way. Loses his way. You know , years ago, i asked you know, years ago, i asked the secretary of state when he and i were working in the senate to write something for me and he said he wrote a line that i think is appropriate. And he think is appropriate. And he said its not we lead not just it. Well, i wont go into it. Ill wait later. Taking too much time. But the ill wait later. Taking too much time. But the point is ill wait later. Taking too much time. But the point is this, time. But the point is this, that just all over the place lost his thread. Disastrous week. And that, i disastrous week. And that, i think, is why the world is in as bad a place right now as it is. Do you agree with me . Is biden do you agree with me . Is biden fit to lead the free world . I dont think he is. I think hes dont think he is. I think hes causing many of these problems. But please give me your thoughts. Farage at gbnews. Com. Lets go live to tel aviv to join gb News Reporter charlie peters. Charlie, a big push from peters. Charlie, a big push from the israelis today. They they the israelis today. They they put out voice recordings allegedly of hamas people speaking to each other. They put out the information about the time that hamas rockets were fired and the time the hospital was hit. Do fired and the time the hospital was hit. Do you agree fired and the time the hospital was hit. Do you agree with fired and the time the hospital was hit. Do you agree with me that it looked like in american intelligence this was agreeing very much with israel. Very much with israel. That was the main effort of bidens mission today, i think, to reaffirm their support for the israeli side. And biden did land at a time of unprecedented tension in the region since this conflict started last night when news broke of that explosion at the hospital before the idf had time to react and put out their side, the arab world reacted with extreme condemnation. Within 15 minutes, the palestinian authorities said it was a crime of genocide and then hezbollah called for a un unprecedented day of rage. Today and we have seen that protest in amman, in jordan, fires outside the israeli and american embassies similar embassies in beirut and similar also in istanbul, in turkey. And so support also in istanbul, in turkey. And so israeli support also in istanbul, in turkey. And so israeli position support also in istanbul, in turkey. And so israeli position theirort also in istanbul, in turkey. And so iintelligence n theirort also in istanbul, in turkey. And so iintelligence briefs theirort also in istanbul, in turkey. And so iintelligence briefs thatirort own intelligence briefs that we saw morning. A saw this morning. Quite a comprehensive compelling, comprehensive of and compelling, but not conclusive depiction of what happened last night. They showed both imagery, intelligence and signals intelligence and signals intelligence to claim that palestinian Islamic Jihad were to blame for a misfiring rocket that struck the hospital car park today. Weve also seen footage from the car park. It is not a destroyed hospital as claimed by hamas last night. They do not appear to be 500 casualties as claimed as well. The crater in the ground has also not mirrored the sort of explosion youd expect from a missile. So a significant day of developments here and also a win for biden with the support for humanity and humanity , an aid humanity and humanity, an aid moving into gaza from egypt. So a big moment for washingtons diplomacy there, at least. Any indication , charlie, from any indication, charlie, from the us president , what about any increased military support . I know weve got the us navy out there off the shores of gaza. There off the shores of gaza. Any indication of direct military aid that would now come from the usa . Well he certainly from the usa . Well he certainly said that they would stand by israel in their time of need and there was also a statement about there was also a statement about the replenishing of the iron dome Missile Defence stocks. So the american taxpayer spends well over 1 billion a year on replenishing the missiles here. Each rocket costs 100,000 and we see several of them a day flying up in the air to intercept it. Those rockets from the gaza strip and also rockets fired from the north by lebanese hezbollah. So that was a significant step in terms of keeping israels air defence secured. And we do know that well, while biden was here, there were no rocket attacks. It was relatively quiet time in was a relatively quiet time in israel in the centre at least. But after he left biden said the mission he wanted to see in this region was peace. As air force one lifted up the rocket barrages restarted in aviv. Barrages restarted in tel aviv. Weve in the shelter three weve been in the shelter three times in the last two hours, so those iron dome missiles that hes seeking to replenish are almost certainly going to be very busy the coming days. Very busy over the coming days. , i mean, how much and charlie, i mean, how much debate is there about the prospect of a war on two fronts and perhaps even tensions also in the west bank . Well, they are definitely growing those tensions in the west bank. Some 64 People Killed since the start of this war yesterday, a 17 year old and a 72 year old shot by police as the rage in rage continued there. In the current situation, we saw significant protests in ramallah today after last nights reported explosion. But also this morning, there was a return to skirmishes on that border with southern lebanon with anti tank guided missiles and shelling fired over likely by lebanese hezbollah. Also some by lebanese hezbollah. Also some successful missile attacks landing in northern israel as well. The iron dome failing to intercept all of them under heavy barrage. We also saw today , i think, away from israel , two , i think, away from israel, two drones launched likely by the Islamic Revolutionary guard corps, irans main proxy force in the region in iraq, two intercepted in iraq with sources telling a news agency that they were off to target american forces. So very much a case that iran is flexing its muscles as the world looks on, particularly the world looks on, particularly the arab world looks on with anger at the situation as that convoy gathers in the south of israel for that planned invasion of the gaza strip. It is very tense here. People arent sure whats going to happen next, but they are certain that more violence is likely to continue. Final thought, charlie , if final thought, charlie, if i may. Israel warned People Living in the north of the gaza strip to head towards the south of the gaza strip , given that it was gaza strip, given that it was already one of the most densely populated places on earth, im imagining the situation in Southern Gaza is very, very densely packed and difficult, and yet no sign that egypt will allow anyone from gaza across their border. Their border. Yes, foreign nationals. So far not being allowed to exit and yesterday, King Abdullah of jordan said it was a red line for any refugees to be in jordan or egypt. This is a position of arab solidarity. They feel as though if any palestinians leave the gaza strip, they wont be allowed to return. And so there has been that effort by american diplomacy successful today to ensure some humanitarian aid can arrive for those who have fled , arrive for those who have fled, who have fled some best part of a million who have fled from the north the south. There is north to the south. There is a coastal humanitarian safe zone. And now this first bit of access of humanitarian aid the of humanitarian aid from the egyptian side through the rafah crossing into to gaza, which will be so vitally needed as this situation descends into an untenable humanitarian crisis. So says the un. But they also need people to leave the north should they continue those military bombardments on gaza city. And lets not forget those hostages, at least 199 in gaza city. They need to be able to city. They need to be able to access that area to try and retrieve them. If diplomacy fails, they certainly do. Fails, they certainly do. Charlie, thank you very much indeed. Charlie, thank you very much indeed. Im now joined down the indeed. Im now joined down the line from the usa by john bolton, the former United StatesNational Security adviser under the administration, john, the Trump Administration, john, thank very much. Welcome thank you very much. Welcome again to the program. A bit of an irony , it seems to me that an irony, it seems to me that there is joe biden turning up in israel, were you, israel, saying, were with you, we strongest allies in we are your strongest allies in the world, and yet this is the man who was Vice President of the usa, endorsed and advertised the usa, endorsed and advertised the Iran Nuclear Deal in august of this year , agreed a deal that of this year, agreed a deal that will ultimately free up another 6 billion to iran, which theyre using to fund hezbollah and hamas. Yeah look, this is and hamas. Yeah look, this is a real problem for the Biden Administration. I think it was a positive development for him to give this strong signal of american support to netanyahu and to come out today and make it clear that it was us analysis that said that the terrible tragedy at the hospital in gaza was caused by the misfire of a palestinian missile, not an israeli missile. Missile, not an israeli missile. But but what the administration ever since october the 7th, ever since the hamas attack, has refused to acknowledge, is that the real problem here is iran. The real problem here is iran. And hamas didnt decide this on its own. Its iran. Thats the its own. Its iran. Thats the signal. Caller its iran thats suppued signal. Caller its iran thats supplied hamas and hezbollah armed them, trained them , armed them, trained them, financed them and so really, i view this what happened in a couple of days ago, ten days ago, was really an iranian attack on israel through its instrumentality, the terrorist group hamas. And i think once people understand that, then you can see what the real threat to peace and security in the middle eastis peace and security in the middle east is. Its the mullahs in east is. Its the mullahs in tehran , john. Tehran, john. I can see it very clearly. Ive seen it for years, like you. Ive been mystified by the obama administration, by the european union, and indeed, at times the British Government on this, too. But clearly, the risk this, too. But clearly, the risk of escalation is now very real indeed. What what, in your view, should the west now do . Should the west now do . Well, i think whats going to happen within the next 24 or 48 hours is that israel is going to make good on its stated intention to eliminate hamas. There will be entry into the gaza strip by substantial numbers of israeli combat arms forces and were going to see more outrage from the usual suspects. But i think this the suspects. But i think this the magnitude of the tragedy that struck israel is such that theres not a democratic government in the world that wouldnt do the same thing that israel is about to do if they had faced the same attack. So the next step really and this again, is a judgement that will be made in tehran, is whether hezbollah in the north unleashes attacks on israel. There have been reports over the past days the Syrian Government has moved its forces toward the golan heights. So well see what the heights. So well see what the reaction is. I think israels prepared for this. I think one reason perhaps israel didnt move as quickly as they might have was they wanted to