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were here across the car is west bank or king as how this war is not just massively affecting those in garza. stay with us for the latest updates and detailed coverage of the war on gaza. on alice's 0. the job searching the rubble for survivors more palestinians killed in israel's lake to strikes on central. 1 while the injured a rush to austin, the sake of this is i just need a life from the also coming up. is there any forces still in the city of to caught him in the occupied westbank with bulldozers and military vehicles deployed in the latest rates? the west death, tougher journalist in a conflict in decades as
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a 100. the reports that is killed in gaza since the war began. plus we report from bethlehem, where the war on god's that means christmas celebrations are looking a lot more different than use the as well as latest strikes on guys that have killed at least 200 palestinians in the past 24 hours a bombing at the input age refugee camp in the center of the strip kills 8 people. garza's health ministry says dozens died in strikes on the valley. a refugee camp in town, at least 20200 people have now been killed in israel's military response to the hamis attack of october 7th. i thought i was zoom. has the latest from about 5 in southern gaza, of these very forces. today you had expanded the military attacks,
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of course, separate areas in garza's trades only today during the last 24 hours. more than 200 palestinians have been killed along side with the 360 others who have been wounded . the attacks to date include the tooth house, the name to the list, which weiss, the impulse palestinians killed, especially among to let us to around 100 palestinians doing it was killed by because where the forces says october the 7th. the attacks today you concluded separate areas of course the territories including the north, the middle areas, which was the main call center at which with the main course increasing of the east by the attacks. and also con eunice in the fall south of the gaza strip. now these, that tax had continued despite the resolutions that touched me by the united nations in terms of a scaling up the humanitarian, 8 to the territory as palestinian. see these to hear military and 8 as a significant to plymouth hope for them to survive. and to cope with the off to mass of think he's very disruption, insight gauze, a strict topic about zoom out just
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a rough rough off in the south of the territory. meanwhile, the head of gauze is media office says they have multiple testimonies. that is really troops carried out summary killings of palestinian civilians. what sort of next year had the, you know, then addition extended receive testimonies from people who said these read the army executed more than 137 postings and gaza. and the north they did because with tens of civilians were buried while they were still alive. then executed others by shooting them at close range and buried them using bulldozers. dozens of others were also killed in front of the family members. do patient for social security, pregnant women, who are on their way to all of the hospital in the north of casa, while carrying white flags. they were shut from close range. the members of israel's war cabinets have toward a northern gauze and met soldiers taking part in the ground. invasion of the strip
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is very matri, video shows defense minister your galant, and emergency minutes, the ben against talking to soldiers. i'm the fellow joins us now from occupied east jerusalem. so honda, what are we hearing from these where the government is the ministry so continues and the war cabinet lead is view the same the rhetoric from both of these really government and the is really army has been the same for the last 78 days that the war is going to continue until all of their military objectives are achieved. today we saw the defense minister jo of good launch, along with war cabinet member, been against visiting the northern part of the territory, specifically in beds handled where they said the is really military. it has captured that area. additionally, we saw these really army chief of staff, hurts the her levy in the southern part of the territory in hon. eunice,
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the 2nd largest city in gaza. saying that quote, while the ground defensive is impressive, there was still a lot of work that needs to be done. all is really, officials have been echoing, that's the same sentiments while they are progressing, they say, on the ground, there are still a lot of areas they are hoping to maneuver to next. all of this comes of these really army spokesperson announced 5 more depths among these really soldiers raising the death toll from the ground operations, beginning to 145 and 100 there's we understand as well. they've been raging to cotton. what more do we know about that? a somewhat too regular, nightly occurrence across the occupied west bank is really forces reading the city of to cut him specifically the notice chums refugee camp locals. there are reporting that and is really bulldozer has destroyed the main. how the water line
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supply that leaves the refugee camp around 40 military vehicles are there storming the city as we speak. there are also reports of heavy exchanges of fire among palestinian resistance fighters. and these really occupation forces. they're also raids happening in different parts of the occupied west bank. they're also in nablus. and additionally in but the hand where we have seen at least one arrest since october 7th, you're looking at several 1000 arrests across the occupied west space and $300.00 as 3 palestinian killed since october 7th. and since the beginning of the year, 511, making it the deadliest year in the occupied westbank for palestinians had a son who in occupied east jerusalem. thank you. or us president joe biden and his randy prime minister benjamin netanyahu have discuss garza in
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a phone called the white house saying it included the objectives and phasing in the woods of the military campaign, mostly in jordan, joins us now from washington, dc. so wasn't, what more do we know about this call between button and nothing? yeah, as well, according to the white house, the us president joe biden told the as really prime minister benjamin netanyahu, that much more needs to be done to protect civilians, including humanitarian aid workers. inside garza, that people need to know that if they are told to move to a particular area for their safety, that essentially they're not going to be bombed the us president according to the white house read out. also noted that the importance of securing the release of the remaining hostages, more than a 100 people, including a fewer than 10 americans from garza from homos and other armed groups,
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needs to be a key priority. now the president did speak very briefly to reporters, as he was leaving the white house on saturday afternoon to go to camp. david went out what the contents of the conversation were. joe biden told reporters that conversation was confidential, but he did say under further questioning, that he did not ask benjamin, not netanyahu for a cease fire. and that is something which the us has opposed from the very beginning because it shares israel's concern that homos could use an actual ceasefire in order to re arm itself and to launch possible future attacks on israel . that is something that the us will not tolerate. bustling jordan in washington dc . thank you. thousands of protesters have gathered in tell of a to express their anger at these really government and to demand the removal of prime minister benjamin netanyahu. family members of those killed on october 7th,
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also attended. they blamed the government for security failure is ahead. of the homeless attack, active is gathered under a large sign that red bring them home in reference to the captives held in garza. but as smith has moved from tel aviv, a relatives and friends exporters of the account, it seems in gaza. i here every night, but on a saturday night it's the main one. and this is the 12 ship boxes is riley's coolant, but they have to do this now. clause wants to subsidize all hope and the tool was about the prospects for possibly cease fire. we know we were talking about now a category american is rarely officials and that's on one side. a representative from how must have met the jeep gibson, security officials in cairo, and house, and suggesting that as well as offering a one weeks east fire return for about 40 sentences, particular winning the elderly, and the sick. and how much was demanding a complete sweet spot association, whole hostilities before they would go any further?
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what is going pretty quiet. since then we've not heard much and recent days and the really know almost frustration from the relatives and the friends. here we people have been talking about how they won't release now. we've got a one full not ami, a role in the navy saying that we should propose a prisoner release. but how must will not turn down every day as a nightmare for the common saves. and of course the psychological, via the relatives or friends of dying and guns at least 6 captives have been reported dead this week. it has no proof of that death. but those are the reports coming from gauze unexcused. how many and gaza say they don't believe friday's un security council resolution which cool for more a to gaza will speed up the delivery of aid in the near future. honey, my mood has more from a distribution center and rough in a new normal defined by there and destruction. this is the daily routine of hundreds of palestinians come in at the early hours of every morning queuing,
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a line for hours to receive one bag of, of flowers, and sometimes 2 bags in case they have a family of 5. all of this happening a mid talks about a possible new mechanism for food delivery and distribution in the gaza strip. but the vast majority of palestinians here are quite frustrated and very depressed . the new un security council resolution does not include a complete seeds fire that would give them a sense of safety and security. while at the same time, the queueing a line for their food aids effectively way uh, delivering i on the fire. it's very difficult for us to access the north because of restrictions from the as riley army to access the north. but even in the south, you know, the conflict continues. there were
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a strikes. we had one of our staff members who was driving a truck to the other day. hit by what we understand is tank fire. now stop down at the border crossing. in the last few days, we had 3 drawn strikes in the area at the bottom and look at them and get them as we get machine to initialize, even if we can find anything. and i'm the only thing here is the suffering of all these people. you see people have to spend 3 or 4 nights here just to get 2 bags of flour or 3 depending on the size of the family. on top of our suffering, we are having to deal with the lack of food and water and the incoming cold weather . the sword in security and a possible famine here at this food, a distribution point, manage and operate the advice on or what we're 1000 of people wait for long hours and go through a complicated very accredited process. only to get a trickle of food. i need my fluids, i'll just see it out on or what distribution point and drop off
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a pot of things and cause i also facing what do you and has called a perfect storm for diseases. nearly 2000000 people that's almost the entire population have been displaced some several times. they're forced to live in cramped conditions in overcrowded un and public and shelters. most of so refuge in the south hunting roof into gauze as most densely populated area. overcrowded shelters mean a lack of hygiene and diseases spreading rapidly. health officials of recorded 355000 cases of skin, diseases, and infections. cases of diarrhea among children younger than 5 have increased by 2000 percent and there are more than a 160000 cases of acute respiratory infections. pilots thing is don't have enough to eat or drink the un says half the population is solving. yusef says the recently displaced children is southern gaza can only access one and a half to 2 liters of water a day, which is not enough to survive. the bodies left lying in the streets or under the
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rubble or destroyed of destroyed buildings or another likely cause of disease. just the it is and especially for force from me tell as i thought, a neighborhood north of the jamalia refugee camp and a wanting to of us. that his report contains upsetting scenes. that there was a few months since the zach thought who know we are in the tells us enabled. oh no, no, no. other than that, you're finding a refugee camp that it was under siege, imposed by these radio occupation forces for more than 20 days off the apartment. i should be in the home, said one of y'all, and when we came here, we saw the bodies of thousands of people i showed buys, ready for lying in the street. oh, come on, i'm sure i do know. i saw a show how the i can also see the scale of the destruction caused by the is really bombarded with all the heavy i love the car posted in your medical team and i haven't managed to reach the area because of the ceo to the neighborhood is totally destroyed of the things a very difficult to take and as you can see,
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the bodies of many dead people lying everywhere. now the model, paula had the admin there is schools around the indonesian hospital was that heavily bombarded. i mean has again, a hell of a yet, and this is randy minute treat vehicles have tried to advance from these stories to was that your body a refugee camp? palmer did the hassle should be chem and who know they started from this trace near the indonesian hospital to was the to allows us a neighborhood coming to them a how is the month to put the azako on the model, paula: and as in lowball, a show and streets and buildings, an infrastructure only being destroyed, of the neighborhood is no longer habitable because of the mass of destruction, the amount of national and that you had done in almost an hour. the most fish from now moving in the direction of the allows the hospital to which has been on the
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siege for more than 10 days. i left it up on the, on with the or has he, i'm with cisco who know the general manager and some of the medical stuff is interested money, occupation forces will help them with special i with the how does uh, who uh, i'm not sure i do know a few months, but the thought that the house of this is the scene in the tell us that the neighborhood has been under sage for more than 20 days or the mall sage. i saw the destruction and dead bodies in the streets. there's the medical teams have not yet been allowed to put them on the study. if i just see all in the still ahead on just data iran response to accusations. it's involved in a tax on commercial ships by humans who these in the red sea the
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brought to you by visit capital low that we could see some festive fury across parts of north america over the christmas period. and that's thanks to, to store them systems. but a set to join together, bringing a bit of a potent system across the central parts of the us and canada, and causing disruption possibly to travel arrangements. so heavy rain pouring into the gulf of mexico to those southern states could bring some flooding to places like texas and such as old way up bringing wintery conditions to the midwest and all the way through to eastern parts of canada over the next few days. now ahead of that, we've got high pressure dominating across the east coast of the us to find the conditions . the cloudy facilities like new york, we're going to see that when, when do weather, however, push its way for the east. and the west was looking clear on sunday, but have a look at that. we've got a system pulling into western parts of canada. it's going to bring significant snow
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full here and also to alaska. so a chance of a white christmas day. but for the south of that clear skies for our friends in seattle, well not really much of a chance, a white christmas for you. but tell me that the rain rain on your festive parade will be picking up the temperature to 10 degrees celsius. temperature is a pretty standard through the car. been with lots of sunshine the weather brought to you by visit cuts on the the, the
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the log in you're watching, i just need a reminder of on the top stories. this is where any forces have killed more than 200 palestinians in gaza in the past 24 hours as strikes and shelling and the edible asians you value refugee camps have killed thousands of people including children out of state and find. since i've tried to prevents in his writing in military convoy from entering the occupied west bank city to conduct a convoy of some 40 vehicles included bulldozers that we use to destroy roads and infrastructure. the thousands of protesters have gathered in telling me to demand the removal of prime minister benjamin netanyahu. family members of those killed or
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captured on october 7th, also attended. they blamed the government for security, saying is the head of the hemisphere. a palace thinking gentleness in garza and not just covering the war but also living fluids. at least a 100 policy in general has had been killed in the conflict so far. the gaza media office said the grim milestone was reese with the death of my how much i will, how id on saturday, more than 50 media premises offices have been completely well partially destroyed by is really strikes that includes the office of the a, f p bureau in garza hundreds of palestinian generous and their families, including our colleagues. and i just said i had been forcibly displaced, they had to a band and they were 14 equipment in offices in the north to live and report on the difficult conditions. i mean, it's frequent communication. blackouts, generalist working in areas of conflict, all protected on the international humanitarian law, just like civilians under the geneva convention. but israel has been accused of
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violating rules of law repeatedly earlier. my colleague $40.00 the bows spoke to tim dawson. he is the deputy general secretary at the international federation of genesis. he said the killing of gentleness in gaza is unprecedented. i don't think we've seen a desco of journalist of this concentration in the, in a conflict that i can think of that we're about to 1000 dentist and gaza at the beginning of next conflict and one other, a slightly different counts of, of, of precisely how many of died i'm if between 7 and a half and 10 percent have died, that is an extraordinary high number. i mean, just to put up a little bit of proportion, i was looking up the depths of combat soldiers invoice over the last 100 years. and if you look at the american marine corps in vietnam, for example, so these are the soldiers who are going to be facing the most intense fighting with the most highly trained who are going to be in the most the most dangerous
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situations. just 5 percent of them lost their lives. and during the course of the vietnam war and the gen listing, gaza, they have only cameras and microphones, and notebooks they continue to do during the work despite this. absolutely mind blowing, that's tall indeed is. israel came deliberately targeting policy and janice suggests some of them have related to move. they receive threatening calls from people proposing to be from the idea of warning them that they're going to be trying to get to the family is going to be talked to in, in the coming days of conflict. i think saying absolutely certain what's happened in this conflict is going to be very difficult so much of cause i like them blown up. so much of this has been conducted with enormous problems that you know, the no real evidence trial. but i think looking at the figures i'm looking at well, got some jen this to leave, i think is very hard to say that israel doesn't have a case to answer here. there was an interesting article to him in the washington
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post a few days ago asking whether where rather is the outrage over israel scaling of journalist in guys that course individual weston journalists have denounced this. but media institutions as a whole in the west have been relatively silent, don't use it on the desktop of gen discovery is there as war on gaza? why? i think people's minds are to and then as it becomes impossible to ignore such a terribly, terribly high tow. so for all that you're right. um. i'd like to see major news platforms making more of a noise about this. i'd like to see people joining our to demand that the international criminal court investigates there's, i think people's minds are turning it wrong. foreign minister has rejected us accusations. it helps humans who the group at times vessels on the red sea. the us, as iran is providing drones, missiles and tactical intelligence,
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it is leading and naval coalition in response. and the u. k says it's sending additional warships to the region government to settle high for the for trade on him. and his officially declared his position. it's official spokesman repeats their actions daily demons moving the red sea is completely in many move in support of gaza. and this american accusation about involvement is a baseless accusation against the islamic republic. regarding the issue of the coalition of the red sea, i think the americans before trying to create a coalition that will not help the situation should stop genocide or crimes and human siege and force migration of gaza residence to areas in egypt and jordan in the future as in the dreams of this fate and his real resume, who the attacks have mostly targeted ships near the bed and men dep straight. a narrow sea passage between yemen and your booty that connects the indian ocean and the red sea. russell said, has more fragility, with several countries, including the us, have military bases. this one has not will officially respond to the accusation
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coming from the us here. however, previously 7 and new officials, including the fort administer, have said that they have nothing to do with the tax indirect c, a gas the ships passing through the through the state. but you white house, national security spoke person have said that they have no reason to believe that iran is trying to dissuade policies from the reckless behaviors. and they said that they believe iran is deeply involved in planning these attacks. later we have seen some articles from the that the last media say that one is for why do real time intelligence weapon to include in the drawings and besides, to horses that have been used a guest the ships in the red sea. and they said that both these do not have the rate of technology and we don't run an assistance, definitely size. we'll just look in the water or see that they have the will be when he had a just as soon as he's over the years of aggression against them. so there are serious allegation so far serious acquisitions,
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but very little substantial evidence to, to back up these acquisitions. and the last say, say that they're trying to the source, yay, to the war in gaza from the attacks in the red sea. and that's it. that's actually the red sea is an international crisis, and that's why they're trying to build up any international coalitions here to handle these crisis. but so far that has been very little commitment from the countries to these international enabled uh, naval questions here falls easily. that's the pain they have rejected to officially joined this international cooperation. and some of the, all the regional companies even do not want to be named publicly due to the point to go says step is because see that do yes, it is really trying hard to form an international plus. so for you reality that has been very little progress. this instead of that, i'll just a drug strike has damaged in his writing,
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lin shipped in the arabian sea 370 kilometers off the coast of india. there was no immediate claim of responsibility for the stripe or to maritime agencies, confirmed the liberia flag chemical tank it had been hit. india says it's sent to the coast guard ship towards the vessel. the ship was signing from saudi arabia to india. no casualties have been reported. a bethlehem is reviewed by christians as the bus place of jesus christ. this time of year. the town is usually packed with thousands of foreign taurus, but the war and gaza means most a staying away. the. the abraham reports from an activity scene which represents what's happening at the moment. it doesn't look anything like christmas here in bethlehem with palestinians and christians around the world believe that jesus has been born more than 2000 years ago instead of the big christmas tree with the lights as well as the christmas carols. we're seeing an m. c,
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manger square here in bethlehem, and instead of the 3, there is this artwork that has seen the rearrangement of the traditional christmas grow to, to resemble the pain and the suffering of palestinians in the b. c. school district . virgin mary holding baby jesus in a way that resembles the mothers in gaza that are holding their babies after being bombarded the 3 wise men who have been bringing in the traditional christmas story gift to the holy comedy are holding whites coffins. you know, this scene reminds palestinians, a lot of the images that have they have been seeing in gauze of it doesn't look a lot like christmas. i. let's hear more about that from beth lens may are not had any of who's joining us today. can you tell us how you and the community here in bethlehem are feeling in this day?
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actually, nowadays, beautiful home in morning we've. we feel so sad. we are as an essential part of what i've seen and community. so we cancelled the celebrations and says to me, it is this year and christmas season. and we put this model as you will see to reflect the reality. it's what's happening and goes a step. there is a direction, i guess, our people there is the genocide and weekends this time there is a snake cleansing and we are a just the, because this isn't a humanity that there is that i, even if you fission via lifting the international via and i think the human rights, and from here from beth line, we are sending a message to the international community. and to come here to stand with us to get an cause and to force as our head, to step this aggression against overfeed from this, the huge, with the all eyes turned to best land during this time during christmas. do you
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think people are looking to buy the land or looking at the suffering of palestinian nowadays, i believe i left a message. we'll receive an all over the world. that's why we decided to have a clear message from before him to the hardware. and again, we are going to the international community from bethlehem and this message to step this aggression again out again. so what are people? thank you so much. and you know, as you can see here in bethlehem, it's empty and it's a city that has long depended on tourism as it's main income. but instead of christmas instead of celebrations, there is a lot of grief. there's a lot of sore and there's a lot of pain is that but he just ita bethlehem the occupied with the bank the .
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