shut up, we'll be with you all evening. the south of gaza is no longer safe, the israeli army is advancing, what will happen next, where will the refugees go, we talk about this in today's issue of bbc ukraine. olga palamaryuk is in the studio. eyewitnesses say that israeli tanks are already on the outskirts of hanyu. it is a city in the south of the gaza strip. earlier, the idf announced the expansion of ground operations against hamas strongholds. after a pause in hostilities , israel resumed ground operations in the gaza strip. and not just restored, but expanded to its entire territory. earlier, i will remind the north of the sector was considered the most dangerous.

why did hostilities resume? because, according to israel, hamas militants violated the terms of the truce by refusing to release all israeli women. briefly, the ceasefire lasted for a week from november 24 to december 1. under the terms of the agreement , hamas released 50 hostages taken during the october 7 attack on israel in four days. in response, israel released three palestinians from prisons for each hostage. later, the agreement was extended. hamas in general. released 78 israelites, individually citizens of thailand, the philippines, and three russians were also released. 180 palestinians were released from israeli prisons. more than 100 israelis are still held captive by hamas. and here it is important, israel said that it will not stop hostilities until it releases all the prisoners. and the main goal now is the infrastructure of the militants and, most importantly, the network of tunnels. it is the tunnels that the israeli army calls the biggest excl. since the resumption

of hostilities, we have expanded operations against hamas to the entire territory of the gaza strip, targeting their operatives, infrastructure and networks tunnels to date, we have discovered more than 800 tunnels and destroyed 500 of them. the level of underground fortifications is unprecedented, and while we neutralize them, we are doing our best. to save the lives of civilians, soldiers work from house to house, what is known about the hamas tunnels, that they are many and unique, it is assumed that the length of these mines can reach 500 km, and the total number exceeds 1000. the wall street journal suggests , that the israeli army is allegedly preparing to flood the tunnels with seawater, saying that israel will install on the coast of the mediterranean sea, large suckers can

be used to flood underground mines. the bbc correspondent in jerusalem, yolanda nel , found out what was going on here. an article in the wall street journal, which we cannot independently confirm at this time, describes how, north of gaza city, israeli forces placed five powerful pumps on the coast. they could potentially be used to pump large volumes of seawater into a network of tunnels. which extended under most of the territory of the gas sector. they say that it will take weeks to fill the tunnels with water. it is possible that this is one way to force hamas militants to surface. it is not clear whether from the gas sector. the israeli military advanced to the south, with plans to surround all areas of the sector. as stated in the tsahal, today is the most stressful day of the first ground operation, and that in the near future they will enter hanyunis. this city is in the south.

gas sector. earlier, the israel defense forces issued an order for people to evacuate from there, but the un says they have nowhere to run, there are no safe places in the sector remained an ominous warning, after the israeli flares hovering in the night sky above the gas, there is a thud of explosions. and actually, on the ground, the israeli military says, their offensive has spread to everyone. part of this palestinian territory. the army declares that the force of the operation here will be no less than that which devastated the north of the sector. israel has already ordered additional evacuations in southern gaza, which is teeming with displaced people who were previously told to move there for their own safety. a representative of oon told the bbc that the palestinians have nowhere to go escape. hundreds of thousands of people are on the road

, probably already in the third or fourth hour, some cannot because there is not enough transport to transport them, many are well aware that they are moving to a place where there is no water or shelter, it is cold now, it is starting to rain, there are no sanitary conditions. memories of the trial quickly evaporated. those all-too-familiar scenes of desperate searches among the rubble caused by israeli airstrikes returned. in hanyounis, local hospitals are overflowing with civilian casualties . israel says the fighting is here will continue until the achievement of his goals, one of them - removal from power. hamas, then, as hamas says: any talks about new releases of israeli hostages received by it are possible only under the condition of a permanent truce. meanwhile, this war, for almost two months now, continues to cause huge losses. so where do the palestinian

refugees go now? hundreds of thousands of palestinians are currently in the southern gaza strip. these people were fleeing to escape shelling from the north, and as the israeli army advances, all there are more calls for israel, in particular from the main ally of the united states, to better protect the civilian population. since the beginning of the war, the number of people killed by gas has exceeded 15,000 people. this is unaltered data from the hamas-controlled ministry of health of the sector. tensions are also rising on the west bank of the jordan river. more than 3 million palestinians live there, and more recently. security operations of the israeli army there has increased significantly. the palestinians associate it with the war in gaza. the bbc's jeremy bowen reports. these two brothers looking for their father my dad was killed,

i swear, my dad was killed - shouts one of them. this is the result of the cruel revenge promised by israel. then the brothers learned that their father and brother had died. and in this shelling, filmed by a local journalist, a rocket destroyed the house of the abuid family in jabalia, in northern gaza. and this is already footage provided by the israeli army. they are advancing to the south of gaza. the us defense secretary says he has repeatedly warned israel that if israeli forces do not stop killing so many palestinian civilians, then the population will start supporting hamas, and thus a tactical victory. will turn into a strategic defeat. the hospital in khan yunis is overflowing with civilians injured by shelling, and israel insists civilians are given warning and attack time to reach designated safe zones, but the un official in gaza says this

is not happening. everything is destroyed, here in the south there is gas, the war against children has resumed with a ferocity never seen before in this war, and those dangerous narratives about that what happened in the north cannot happen in the south, well, i can testify that the same thing is happening. in the west bank of the jordan, in the village of karavat benihasan, locals are mourning ahmed mustafa asi, they say he was killed by armed israelis from a nearby jewish settlement, and they add that jewish settlers entered the village on saturday under the cover of the israeli army, they set fire to a car and a house. .and opened fire when local men rushed to stop them, the body of ahmed mustafesi, the father of six children, was found already in the evening. combined the united states, great britain and other allies of israel have repeatedly condemned attacks

by jewish settlers on the palestinian population. after the funeral, local men paid their respects to ahmed asa's family. since the october 7 attack by hamas, jewish settler violence against palestinians has increased dramatically and the perpetrators are rarely prosecuted. among those present here is the eldest son of the deceased, nur. settlers are categorically opposed to a palestinian state alongside israel, and for this they have powerful allies in the israeli the government the lack of security here allows them to behave like this, he says. othman, ahmad asi's brother, on the contrary, the army protects them, not stopping them, but the future will be good, as god promised us, this land is ours, this country is ours - says the man. in the last few days of talks with the palestinians in the west bank after october 7,

the following happened. settlers have become more aggressive, they are better armed, and behave much more confidently. the increase in violence is a direct consequence of the war. kazi, and the international condemnation of the settlers and recognition of this illegal politics does not matter to those who believe that this land was given to the jews by god. you talk a lot about the law of international law, it doesn't exist here because the arabs constantly violate international law. and what about these videos of young men, settlers with weapons, who intimidate palestinians. we are not happy to carry guns, i don't like guns. but if we don't have it, the arabs will destroy us. the arabs would destroy the entire jewish people. after

this war, the americans want to create an independent palestinian state next to israel to ensure a peaceful future. however, the rise in violence here in the west bank shows that a peaceful future is almost impossible. during the week-long truce between israel and hamas, israeli authorities arrested more palestinians than they released in a prisoner exchange, the bbc's arab correspondent visited a camp near the west bank city of ramallah. he is sick, he has rheumatism. that's why i worry about him. a mother of six children, a palestinian woman is desperately waiting for news from her son karim. the boy is 12, but he is in custody in israel. he '12. what do they want from him? armed israeli forces

raided the house of karimov's uncle dawn. they saw a video of the boy playing with a gun that he said his brother's friend had found under a tree. what biden, netanyahu and all of israel want from a child who is 12 years old, he needs a mother. he called, switch to speaker. filming with karim's family, he called my mom, karim, hi, how are you, what's up with you, nothing yet, i'm still in the interrogation room, they are still interrogating the one-year-old, it is the law, when he comes out, after the call... sina falestyn fainted. this is happening all over

the west bank, despite the fact that some people have recently been released from prisons. according to israeli law enforcement agencies, for security reasons, 700 more people are being held in prisons than last month. we, normal people, i ask everyone to look at the reality of this conflict and see these prisoners as freedom fighters. karim was released after 7 hours, he says that he was beaten in captivity, and after his release, his family was ordered to pay a fine. i was scared, all i wanted was to get out of there, i was so bored. the last two hours, when i was taken to the room alone, it felt as if four months had passed, i was completely alone and i was blindfolded. according to the israeli human rights group. pehamokt, almost 40% of palestinian prisoners are held under administrative detention, meaning without

charge or trial. all prisoners are kept in accordance with the law - they say israeli prison service. at our request , the israeli police said they could not comment on karim's case due to a lack of details. however, although the boy has now been released, he, like the rest of the palestinians, says they fear the risk of arrest. and that's all for today. search for the story on our website bbc.ua, on our pages in social networks. we're back on the air tomorrow, all the best. greetings, friends, the program is live on the espresso tv channel. verdict, we continue the evening broadcast, we talk about the most important things that

were, are, and will be, today in the program. military aid from the usa is under threat, who and why is slowing down the provision of additional funding to ukraine? zelenskyi vs. zelenskyi, a difference of opinion, or a real conflict, what is actually happening between the most influential people in the country. ukraine's path to the eu. what promises has our state already fulfilled and how to establish relations with hungary and slovakia. during the program, friends, we are conducting a survey, today we are asking you about this, would you like to see a hard worker in politics, yes no, please vote on our youtube channel, everything is quite simple there, yes, no, two options, or please write your comments under this video, if you are sitting in front of the tv screen, pick up your phone and vote if you think

that the scumbag should be in politics, in the future, of course, 0.800 211. 38100 211-382 all calls to these numbers are free, i want to introduce the guests of today's studio, this is iryna friz from european solidarity, a people's deputy of ukraine. ms. irina, i congratulate you and thank you for joining our broadcast. good evening, thank you for the invitation. elizaveta yasko, native deputy of ukraine from the servant of the people. mrs. elizaveta, i congratulate you and thank you for being with us today. good evening. yaroslav yurchyshyn, people's deputy of ukraine from the vote. mr. yaroslav, i congratulate you, thank you for being with us today. good evening, today is enough, a day, an unusual and big diplomatic evening, because the president of ukraine has to address the senators of the united states of america via video link at a closed

briefing , at 10 p.m. also the secretary of defense of the united states of the united states of america, lloyd ocean and other high-ranking american officials, we are talking about its aid, about $61 billion in delayed financing of the needs of ukraine, the ukrainian military, a test vote on the request of the administration of the united states of america for aid to ukraine is scheduled for december 6, ms. gentlemen, today is exactly 29 years since the budapest memorandum was signed, it happened exactly on december 5, 1994, this memorandum was signed by leonid kuchma, boris yeltsin, bill clinton and british prime minister john major, in your opinion, that's in this day,

on a significant day for the budapest memorandum and for the guarantees that we should have received after giving up nuclear weapons, our president will be persuading the americans to help us in the war, with putin, what do you think, or what else is needed arguments, senators and congressmen of the united states of america, in order to understand that now we are talking about life and death, and now we are talking about... the future of ukraine and not only the future of ukraine, the future of europe and the future of the world. what should the president say, for so that senators and congressmen make the decision we are counting on. let's start with mrs. iryna. mrs. irina, please. thank you, the question is really not a simple one, but

let's start with the fact that the president of ukraine is the key, the main one in terms of his position. diplomat of our state, therefore, in the international arena, he must make maximum efforts to protect the national interests of our state. i am sure that in this message, our president should do his best to get the necessary tranche of aid. i i am sure that there are plenty of arguments for us, for ukrainians, but we need to find wording, those words. which will be fully supported by the us congressmen. we see that the usa is now entering the election campaign, and therefore it is beginning to live by other trends, electoral trends, but

despite this, we, as a state, must do everything in order to receive maximum support from our strategic partner. i believe that mr. zelensky's speech will be successful. i think the key question that concerns of ukraine from congressmen, that is, the directions of use of the aid that comes directly from the usa. transparency, control and directions of use. if the president is convincing and can prove the absolute transparency of the use of aid from the united states of america, i am sure that we will receive this support, because. the united states of america has repeatedly emphasized , both at the level of president biden and at the level of the state department, that it remains firmly

in support of ukraine in this war. well, that's why i am i hope that there was an announcement that the president would speak, but again, here the occupying media are the first to report that this speech will not take place, and the chairman of the democratic majority in the united states senate supposedly announced this. well, no , no, it is not yet known whether zelensky will speak or not, because the announcement was that he must speak, we will still hope that he will speak, because what they say in washington and that , which they say in ukraine, that from this help from the opening a lot depends on this, this funding , right at this moment, these days and until the end of the year, ms. elizaveta, maybe you know a little more, or you can expand on this, there is no

need to explain to senators and congressmen, i know that a large delegation went to the united states of america, which was determined by zelensky's team, and in order to convince senators and congressmen. er, is this work going successfully, is this work not going successfully, that is, and why do you think ukrainians have to talk about the fact that listen, we have a war, on us great russia attacked, you gave us guarantees, let's still somehow help us, because here the question of ukraine's future is simply at stake. i will start with the last question , unfortunately, the world is political... international, foreign political, it is arranged in such a way that you cannot relax for a minute, er, if there is a war in the country, or there is no war in the country,

one must always protect one's national interests and very actively, unfortunately, it happened historically now that we bear this very, tragic time, pain, and we choose each day of our freedom and for us such existential questions are completely normal, but abroad it is something that needs to be explained, and it needs to be done very actively, unfortunately, it will soon be two years of a full-scale invasion, and the fact that i see, i am currently in italy at the paria committee, where we talked about ukraine, too. it is necessary to constantly continue, even to explain very simple things, because the foreigners are concerned about whether we are tired, what is the situation in our

midst, whether we believe in victory, and it is necessary to constantly explain that we believe in victory, the fact that we fight every day, that yes, of course we have problems, nevertheless, we have progress with the laws that we vote, that are all european integration requirements. that we are carrying out, that we are fighting corruption, that we finally have an investigation into corruption cases, this has never happened before, all these things must be constantly explained, of course, this can cause quite a lot of fatigue in us, but we have no other exit, and i know that we, as representatives of the presidential party, as well as many representatives of the opposition, are enough are actively engaged in this. an important moment for the usa, i want to remind you that president zelenskyi has incredible popularity in american

society, and to talk about whether the americans support the provision of aid to ukraine, now in fact, i think, depends, among other things, on this popularity and the faith that is to the american people, to ukraine and to president zelsky, it continues to be very. at a high level. well, but, but still , the day before, the white house stated that the money for aid to the armed forces of ukraine will end by the end of the year, and this was announced by the spokesman of the state department of the united states of america, matthew miller, more than 97% of the funds allocated for assistance to ukraine have already been used, let's listen very briefly. we are currently relying on residual funds that will run out soon. we have already exhausted more than 97% of this money. soon we will have no finances left at all. so yes, we are very concerned. that's

why the secretary of state is joining the president and other administration officials in urging congress to act as soon as possible. mr. yaroslav, may i? to assume that the congress of the united states of america will not make such a necessary decision for ukraine, and how to be in such a situation, to whom to appeal, whether appeals will be considered at all. and we have no other option than not to act, therefore, under any conditions, it will be necessary to appeal, it will be necessary to explain, it will be necessary to open up those things that are now trying to be voiced by the key - opponents of the provision of aid, in particular the speaker of the congress from the republicans, today put several questions that he asked domestically-politically,

internal political division. so, what is the strategy of the biden administration regarding the war in ukraine, what are the guarantees of victory, how much is necessary and how is it necessary to help in order to achieve the goals, and i think that our key task is actually to explain on those platforms where it is possible, within the limits in which it is possible to clarify these questions and give the maximum answer, and to be honest, appeals to the budapest memorandum, to the obligations that were once, sound good, strong, but in the current in fact, they are not worth anything for a long time, but we need to build a new vision and appeal to those things that hurt americans more, hurt us less, are not

so critical for us. in the strategy of the united states, russia is not considered a key opponent, china is considered a key opponent, and therefore it is very important, in fact , to demonstrate that if putin is allowed in ukraine and putin succeeds in implementing his plans, then this will essentially free china's hands in relation to taiwan, with which in the united states, there are many states. tougher agreements on support and on partnership and fear of china unites not so much fear, although certainly fear, but also unites republicans and democrats, and therefore, based purely, unfortunately, on our agenda, we are unlikely we will be able to convince ukraine that it is time to grow up

and understand that the world does not revolve around us, that our pain is our pain, and in order to feel it, you actually have to be here and now, and you have to lose your people , the united states does not lose a single person in ukraine, but officially, even the volunteers who come, they come at their own peril and risk, so it is very important to find these - let's say points that need to be publicly answered and publicly engaged, there is a very large diaspora in ukraine, and in fact, it would be very useful for the ministry foreign affairs more actively used the resources of the ukrainian diaspora, as citizens, in particular of the united states, who can directly communicate with their representatives in congress and in the senate, you need to use the whole arsenal, the cause of our

salvation is the first priority... our case. of course, we have partners, of course, the inclusion of the event took place much faster, much more fully than, for example, in georgia or at one time in moldova, or in general, the recent case in belarus, yes, but this is all thanks to the heroism of the armed forces of ukraine, remember let's say, the initial stage was also a very long stage of uncertainty. we need to be more proactive, and unity is our strength, unfortunately, not all adequate resources are used.