[000:00:00;00] the, this is the, the, the news line from phil, the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu say, is the ball. this exacting a very heavy price on these right? it comes out to be on the announces the $14.00 soldiers have been killed since friday night and young and safe is ro has no choice, but to keep on fighting amongst all. so coming up the normally bustling streets of bethlehem, a launch of the desert at this christmas eve as the christmas celebration cancel due to the boy in gaza. plus the us as an oil tankers struck me indians coast on

saturday was hit by a drone. fired from a ron, comes after a series of front attacked by a run back to the rebels against chips in the red sea. the . i'm anthony howell book is the program is roles. prime minister benjamin netanyahu says is ro will continue finding until her mouse is destroyed and all hostages of attend. it comes off of what newton yahoo described as a very difficult day of fighting in casa 10 soldiers were killed on saturday in one of the deadliest days for the army in the fight against a mouse, which is considered a tara organization by the a you and the us, they have most run health ministry in gaza says more than a 160 people were killed by his riley forces. over the past 24 hours. they are doing what they can to pull and you want to live from onto the debris. every day

people across the guys treat wake up to new scenes of devastation. often all they find is dead bodies. but sometimes they'll lucky. the have to take me to the matter of hospital. they treated me that may god protect them. it's destruction the children with screaming children's mental health as affected the injured were on the street, me me and for others will retrieve from on the, the, on the phone with in the southern city of rough. uh, and is really extract destroyed a house and damage several others in the refugee camp in nearby. can you me see a tax also flagged in several buildings the night of the month that almost on the 1st day i realize designated safe and other thousands of displaced and a few meters away from us as an office full own. rather,

you go in there more than $14000.00, displaced to the east of us at the agencies clinic and schools and the shuttled within school housing no less than 6 or $7000.00 displays that are to be out. most area in general is designated to say that this is the safety and security that israel claimants of a minute of the whole. i mean when the day is, what i s calls for a ceasefire. grow is really prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the fighting will continue and provide me with the exact a very high price from us. but we have no choice but to continue fighting sofa. our forces have eliminated many thousands of terrorists. we are continuing with all the force until the end will until victory for home until we reach me on our goals. these comments coming as e's real, last 14 soldiers and gods in 2 days. that brings a total number of losses, and one is rarely troops to $152.00. is the fights and continues from us. run

health officials say more than 20000 people have been killed there. as well as the bombardment of casa, has forced the cancellation of christmas festivities in nearby bethlehem, the biblical birthplace of jesus. the city in the is ready occupied west bank would usually be full of tourists and pilgrims. the crowds are absent this year, as is the traditional lodge christmas tree. many of bethlehem's residents every morning of the conflict in gaza, which is just 50 kilometers on that corresponding young, philip shelves in bethlehem. he describes how the different atlas fee is in bethlehem busy of the very difference. no big celebration this year. it's an incredibly set up. let's see a here in bethlehem, as you can see behind me, no big christmas tree. no street vendors selling pending to the children,

no music. the official sierra said it's impossible to celebrate christmas this year . i know those circumstances of big churches setup presents yours. that's uh, that is no moment to enjoy when so of joy. when so many people are suffering, it's done say, maybe it's also a moment to reflect on what christmas is also about the hope of a more peaceful it was. the christmas procession is usually the same to face to face deputies. they will that still happen in some or any form? no, no real, a procession will take place this year and that is going to be a and midnight mess of the non, the christmas mess. bots, the processing w take place. the marching bands that's usually accompanies the let's, let's in patriarch didn't arrive and so when they arrived,

they did not play any music. it was a complete silence. very, very intense moments here. it's such a drastic change on phillip that how the people in bethlehem reacting to what must seem a very unfamiliar christmas as well. of course as a huge financial loss to the whole region. it's the usually the busiest time of the year and also usually about it's a lot of income for the people, estimations around $200000000.00 euros. it's christmas a. so it's a big economic sector. but all of the people that i've talked to a say they understand that the, the celebrations were, can so this yeah, they say that you cannot make laws. it's nothing compared to the sufferings yet in the region at the moment. and what about access the people young philip, who would still like to get to bethlehem? how much of it is it to get into the hall?

the city in the middle of this conflict very difficult. even the father was it was very difficult, as you know, there is a house, i'm controversial exec points between jerusalem bethlehem. but now during the war it has become even more difficult. we had to experience that our self this morning . we were told that the main crossing is open, but when we arrived, it's really far. it is didn't last and let us pass. so we had to take a huge detour to arrive here in bethlehem. so i have definitely seen a much more value drive for christmas periods in the past the deputy correspondent gone. phillip shelton, bethlehem. thank you. will the pentagon says an oil tanker were attacked off into this coast on saturday. was targeted by a drawn fide from a run. the strike caused a file on the base so by the window casualties were forcing,

the indian government says the tank was carrying crude oil inbound from saudi arabia. no one has claimed the attack in recent weeks with the rebels in yemen, have repeatedly attacked ships in the red sea with friends and declared o israel affiliated vessels to be legitimate talk. or elizabeth kendall is a middle east expert at cambridge university. she explained to me how credible the us claims on that iran was responsible for this attack. while it certainly will draft present a steady change in what we've seen so far, they would no longer be doable deniability from a wrong by using a proxies in the region. but i think there's any doubts to question if there's any reason to question us and tell them if it does fit the behavior from the wrong, which since mid october has been doing a strategy of gradual escalation. and it wouldn't make logical sense very wrong in

talking global shipping is the effective way of focusing international attention on trying to perhaps rain in israel's actions in gaza as well. where these attacks are very laurie and highly aggressive. it is trudging a capital line of the still between the actually these thinking vessels or create and crippling damage or engender and loss of life, states, finality. this does look still catholic, calibrated to create maximum disruption without actually provide change without the hooting rebels, india and have carried out more than a 1000. and drawing a tax on ships in the region embrace of which does intelligence suggest that iran is involved in all of these attacks. the intelligence does suggest that the wrong is heavily implicated in the view tax and the red sea thursday simply could not operate at this level with this kind of weaponry. this kind of training without iran help. now it is was pointing out, however, that he's,

he's on the direct proxy of the wrong. it's very unlikely that the wrong has titusville command and control over them and they have been braced the red sea. a task for the reasons that slogan, is very similar to iran, is, includes dest, israel, dest, to america, custom, and use of course, they use the benefit from playing the here, defending the palestinian on to go around these, the base. and these increases that leverage and the ongoing tools with saudi arabia . so we must ins underestimate that he's, he's in that room right. as an advisory boss, iran is very much behind them with a looking elizabeth at a met for some context. most of the ships that were attacked were targeted in the, in the, we'd say the slightest attack to a place on the other side of the re being financial out of india. how significant is it that ships of being attacked across and much broad, a stretch of water now as well? this is a significant change and it could be cost of the wrong. and this proxies testing

the red lines of the united states and its allies. but this is a high volatile situation, and the worry here is that that could be a miscalculation or a risk of an escalation. there are a number of possible game changes. i think if there's lots of lines, that would be a game changer. if chip actually thinks that would be a game changer his best carries on for an extended period, crippling global trade, that would be a game changer. and specific situation, i think, is the conflict of the attacks on shipping spread consistently to a broader geographical region beyond the red sea. then that may well start off the chain of events that could lead to a much more complex grade to conflict. and just briefly, as with asking the us as a ask that more than a 1000 countries participate in joint patrols and their bridge and is the a tangible coalition coming together to try and restore security here. briefly,

if you could reset the counter, see how much together, but i don't think we should have the estimates. it's effectiveness. a coalition has been placed on my time force for about 20 months now since april last year and it wasn't very effective. so it's difficult to know what that force could actually do otherwise, other than just be the 2 to down existing resolve. so let's not over at this force, elizabeth kendall from cambridge university. thank you so much. well, attending now to some of the other stories making news, the sale. and the quote in el salvador has ordered the rest of the former president alfredo christiane. a for the alleged cover up of a massacre in 1991. the warrant described deal. minnesota had massacre as a crime against humanity. some 1000 people were killed in a ford, a military operation. during the country, civil german police have increased the secure. he measures at cologne cathedral and made warnings of

a possible attack. police have brought in snippet dogs and plan to screen worship is attending midnight mess on christmas eve reports in the gym and media site, a hyphen freight from east domestic streams of the holidays. little woman in the united states has given birth to 2 babies from 2 separate wounds after what's being described as a one in a 1000000 pregnancy. the baby gills were even born on 2 different days. rounding up their statistically special arrival. kelsey hatches, miracle babies arrive to choose empty is best. sweet healthy girls were born a day a part of to 20 hours of labor the unique this is the result of the ria congenital anomaly that gave hatcher to use horses. both babies had their own when one bored on the tuesday, one born on a wednesday,

so they have different birthdays. baby is born on the 19th and baby was born on the 20th. so it was a very long day. but we made it over a typical twin, pregnancy is defined by 2 babies and one uterus. hatches, position seed. it was safe to cool the goals, fraternal twins. they've now been named roxy and ribble, and have joined the 3 oldest siblings at home with kelsey and her husband. caleb, are now families from around the world brave to finland. lapland call to bid farewell to santa claus as he set off on his annual journey delivering gift to children across the globe. the santa wished for world peace east, after what he described to you as a stormy year. and he said the safety and wellbeing of children should be everyone's go, this has been like every year eventually hit it. all you know,

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