today, two of those hostages have been seen in a video released from inside gaza. two humanitarian corridors will open in the territory on the salah al din road, along which hundreds of thousands of people have already fled south, as well as on the coastal al rashid road. there are growing concerns about the conflict spreading bringing in countries like yemen. 0ur international editorjeremy bowen reports from israel. more palestinians left their homes moving along salah al din street, the road to southern gaza, after israel said they would not be attacked if they left the battle zone to the north. pauses in israeli combat operations were welcomed by the americans. all this raises the ghosts of 1948 for palestinians, when more than 700,000 of them fled or were expelled byjewish troops as israel won its independence. israel never allowed them home. two of the gaza hostages were in new videos. hanna katsir blamed benjamin netanyahu, israel s prime minister, for their pligh
by the americans. all this raises the ghosts of 1948 for palestinians, when more than 700,000 of them fled or were expelled byjewish troops as israel won its independence. israel never allowed them home. two of the gaza hostages were in new videos. hanna katsir blamed benjamin netanyahu, israel s prime minister, for their plight. so did yagil yaakov, who s 13. hostage videos are usually made under duress, so the bbc is not broadcasting them. and across the west bank, the other side of the occupied territories, more palestinians were killed as armed groups fought israeli raids. the gaza war is igniting the west bank. the israeli army s reprisals included the destruction of roads and infrastructure. existing tension and hatred have been deepened. the danger remains of the war spreading across the middle east. in yemen, the houthi regime, an ally of iran, posted more videos of attacks on israel with missiles and drones. so far, they ve all been intercepted by american and israel
and over again. so a cease fire is not the position of the united states. it s not something we support. and we want to continue to offer israel the support that it needs, to ensure that it destroys hamas, because hamas ultimately, again, is putting palestinian civilians in the crossfire. so hamas bears the ultimate responsibility for sparking this conflict in the first place. but is the us support for israel unconditional? because this is a really big question just now. the un chief has said the death toll in gaza demonstrates that something is clearly wrong with israel s military operation. and if the americans are saying the death toll could be more than 10,000, then perhaps there is something wrong with israel s military operation. look, we have been clear from the outset that it is incumbent upon israel, as a democracy, as a country that abides by the rule of law, to, of course, carry out this campaign in accordance with international humanitarian law. and have they? wel