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the fear is that this is what awaits rafah if an invasion is ordered. in the coalition government, the far right finance minister opposes any deal that would spare rafah in return for israeli hostages. "there's no half work. rafah, nuseirat, deiral balah. absolute destruction," says bezalel smotrich. the israelis say there are four hamas battalions in rafah to be destroyed, with or without a ceasefire. the un is making plans for more field hospitals, but warns it won't stop a disaster. it will not avoid what we expect will be substantial additional mortality and morbidity. a lot more people dying? a lot more people dying, a lot more death and a lot more diseases. this is where utter destruction leads. people who've lost their homes, forced to camp next to graves. rahab abudacah is the mother of seven children. she described some of the horrors she and her children have witnessed. she points to a grave covered in bricks and explains the grim reason for this. translation: yesterday, | there was a grave, and there were no rocks above it. and the family cam
the fear is that this is what awaits rafah if an invasion is ordered. in the coalition government, the far right finance minister opposes any deal that would spare rafah in return for israeli hostages. "there's no half work. rafah, nuseirat, deiral balah. absolute destruction," says bezalel smotrich. the israelis say there are four hamas battalions in rafah to be destroyed, with or without a ceasefire. the un is making plans for more field hospitals, but warns it won't stop a...
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this is the aftermath of raids on rafah last night. people hope these may have been some of the last air strikes if the ceasefire can be made to work. news of the hamas announcement was still hours away. nisreen rajah, mother and refugee. for seven months this has been the daily reality. this orphan, grieved by his relative. his family was killed during the war, she says. even he was killed. so many here are grieving and exhausted. late tonight israel attacked eastern rafah, where they told people to leave. celebration had turned to fear. and the hope that tomorrow might bring peace. fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem. former us president donald trump has been held in contempt of court for violating a gag orderfor the 10th time in his hush—money trial in new york. justicejuan merchan issued his most serious warning yet to mr trump, saying further violations could mean jail. this is the second gag order ruling of the trial. earlier in the hush—money proceedings, judge merchan sided with the prosecution and fined mr trump $1,000 each
this is the aftermath of raids on rafah last night. people hope these may have been some of the last air strikes if the ceasefire can be made to work. news of the hamas announcement was still hours away. nisreen rajah, mother and refugee. for seven months this has been the daily reality. this orphan, grieved by his relative. his family was killed during the war, she says. even he was killed. so many here are grieving and exhausted. late tonight israel attacked eastern rafah, where they told...
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this is the aftermath of raids on rafah last night. people hope these may have been some of the last air strikes if the ceasefire can be made to work. news of the hamas announcement was still hours away. nisreen rajah, mother and refugee. for seven months this has been the daily reality. this orphan, grieved by his relative. his family was killed during the war, she says. even he was killed. so many here are grieving and exhausted. late tonight israel attacked eastern rafah, where they told people to leave. celebration had turned to fear. and the hope that tomorrow might bring peace. fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem. later the starliner, a brand new spacecraft will make its first crewed test flight. two nasa astronauts, will be heading to the international space station as pallab ghosh explains. ready for launch. right on top is boeing starliner spacecraft. it's the latest private sector launch to the international space station. this is starliner�*s first test flight with a crew. it's five metres high and four and a half metres wid
this is the aftermath of raids on rafah last night. people hope these may have been some of the last air strikes if the ceasefire can be made to work. news of the hamas announcement was still hours away. nisreen rajah, mother and refugee. for seven months this has been the daily reality. this orphan, grieved by his relative. his family was killed during the war, she says. even he was killed. so many here are grieving and exhausted. late tonight israel attacked eastern rafah, where they told...
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recent weeks have seen air strikes on the rafah area. a military assault on rafah would be an unbearable escalation, killing thousands more civilians, and forcing in this of thousands to flee. hundreds of thousands to flee. meanwhile the mother of an israeli american being held in gaza has told the bbc that israel and hamas must urgently agree a new ceasefire and hostage release deal. rachel goldberg polin�*s son hersch was seen in captivity in a new video released last week. anna foster reports from the site of the nova music festival in southern israel. 207 days ago this was a place of life. each of these images is nowjust a memory. among them, hersh goldberg—polin, taken hostage by hamas. i haven't slept more than four hours a night, and that's with drugs. that's with what our family doctor prescribed for us on the first day. on october 7th, hersh ran and hid in a concrete refuge by the roadside. this shelter is a few kilometres away from the festival site, so when people got here, they must have thought that they were safe, but t
recent weeks have seen air strikes on the rafah area. a military assault on rafah would be an unbearable escalation, killing thousands more civilians, and forcing in this of thousands to flee. hundreds of thousands to flee. meanwhile the mother of an israeli american being held in gaza has told the bbc that israel and hamas must urgently agree a new ceasefire and hostage release deal. rachel goldberg polin�*s son hersch was seen in captivity in a new video released last week. anna foster...
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translation: we will enter rafah because i we have no other choice. we will destroy the hamas battalions there, we will complete all the objectives of the war, including the repatriation of all our abductees. this is from frank gardner. a lot of things are about to happen in this part of the world over the coming days. antony blinken has arrived here and he's only spending less than a day in israel but he will be pushing for the ceasefire deal. i do not think it would be ceasefire deal. i do not think it would be too ceasefire deal. i do not think it would be too impressed ceasefire deal. i do not think it would be too impressed by the statements coming out of prime minister benjamin netanyahu today, talking about going into rafah whether or not there is a ceasefire deal, a true steel, because the us is opposed to israel going into rafah. you have also got the icc. this is a real threat being taken very seriously by prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his cabinet. this is different by the international criminal court that israel believes is about to
translation: we will enter rafah because i we have no other choice. we will destroy the hamas battalions there, we will complete all the objectives of the war, including the repatriation of all our abductees. this is from frank gardner. a lot of things are about to happen in this part of the world over the coming days. antony blinken has arrived here and he's only spending less than a day in israel but he will be pushing for the ceasefire deal. i do not think it would be ceasefire deal. i do...
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and matt, what do you think about then the potential for a full—scale offensive of rafah? do you think that this could come just in time, this potential ceasefire? i think it could. it's clear the biden administration and its partners have been holding a pretty hard red line against a full—scale invasion of rafah, where close to 2 million palestinian refugees have gathered as they've been driven out of their homes in the south and the middle of the gaza strip. and they understand that a large—scale israeli incursion into rafah would be even more catastrophic, potentially spilling over into neighbouring egypt, which which turns it very quickly into a much bigger regional problem. the biden administration's approach has been trying to keep it keep this war contained to gaza. i don't think that's a defensible approach, but it has been their approach. and that partly explains why they've been so, so working so hard to prevent the rafah invasion. and are you optimistic then that this could move the needle then in terms of stopping the violence, at least in the short—term?
and matt, what do you think about then the potential for a full—scale offensive of rafah? do you think that this could come just in time, this potential ceasefire? i think it could. it's clear the biden administration and its partners have been holding a pretty hard red line against a full—scale invasion of rafah, where close to 2 million palestinian refugees have gathered as they've been driven out of their homes in the south and the middle of the gaza strip. and they understand that a...
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the statement concludes that �*the leaders discussed rafah — and the president reiterated his clear position�* — although it didn't give details of what that is. in the last few hours it's also been announced that us secretary of state, antony blinken will visitjordan and israel after a stop at world economic forum summit in riyadh. our north america correspondent will vernon is in washington with more details on the biden—netanyahu phone call. well, i think the most significant thing about this phone call was the timing. the language in the readout provided by the white house doesn't tell us anything hugely new. but this is a crucial moment for the middle east. as you mentioned, the us secretary of state, antony blinken, he's departed on another diplomatic tour of the region. he'll be meeting qatari and egyptian officials, other regional players too. and he's going to be discussing a us—led cease fire plan that could entail a six week cessation of hostilities in gaza, as well as the release of dozens of hostages still held by hamas in gaza and the release also potentially of hundred
the statement concludes that �*the leaders discussed rafah — and the president reiterated his clear position�* — although it didn't give details of what that is. in the last few hours it's also been announced that us secretary of state, antony blinken will visitjordan and israel after a stop at world economic forum summit in riyadh. our north america correspondent will vernon is in washington with more details on the biden—netanyahu phone call. well, i think the most significant thing...
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diplomatic efforts to broker a ceasefire have intensified, as have idf preparations for a big push into rafah where more than a million displaced palestinians are sheltering. no matter what happens next, there is still no sign of a plan for what happens when the fighting, the death, and the destruction do finally end. my guest is ami ayalon, former chief of israel's shin bet security agency, now a fierce critic of the netanyahu government. is israel fighting an unwinnable war? ami ayalon, in northern israel, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for inviting me. it's great to have you on the show, mr ayalon. you have a long, distinguished career at the top of the israeli security forces. 0bviously that ended some time ago.
diplomatic efforts to broker a ceasefire have intensified, as have idf preparations for a big push into rafah where more than a million displaced palestinians are sheltering. no matter what happens next, there is still no sign of a plan for what happens when the fighting, the death, and the destruction do finally end. my guest is ami ayalon, former chief of israel's shin bet security agency, now a fierce critic of the netanyahu government. is israel fighting an unwinnable war? ami ayalon, in...