mohamed taha will cive what we can do. mohamed taha will give us _ what we can do.us an _ what we can do. mohamed taha will give us an update. - away from gaza — at least 5 palestinians have been killed and several others injured in an israeli drone strike on a refugee camp in the occupied west bank. the israel defence force confirmed the strike in nur shams camp, east of the city of tulkarm — and said that its target was what it described as a �*command room of a terror cell'. palestinian officials later said that a 40—year—old palestinian man was shot byjewish settlers in the wadi rehal village, south of bethlehem. violence has spiked in the west bank since the gaza war began last october. with me is mohamed taha from bbc arabic. i wonder if we can pick up first off on that point that i was just discussing, the strike on the occupied west bank. any more to add to that?— more to add to that? indeed, the situation _ more to add to that? indeed, the situation in _ more to add to that? indeed, the situation in the _ more to add to that? indeed, the situation in the we

we are discussing it here with bbc arabic�*s mohammed taha.situation in all of this after touching on that humanitarian situation, of course we know this past week that yahya sinwar has been named as the head of hamas and you were talking about, of corks this fatigue from civilians, this desperation for peace and a ceasefire, but ijust wonder what your assessment is with regards to how likely that is for an end to this conflict, also for the release of hostages as well now who have been held in gaza for a very long time in light of the fact that sinwar now heads up hamas. so everyone is in a positive atmosphere that this new round of negotiations that the united states put a specific date for it to start on thursday, that this new round would bring peace. each and every time this happens, people are really looking forward to that this would result in positive results, would result in ceasefire, would result in the end of this war. the united states is really keen for this this round to succeed. they want to keep the superiority, the military s

with me is mohamed taha from bbc arabic.aring about the political leader ismail haniyeh, interesting news in the papers about how he was killed, a suspected bomb was smuggled into his guest house in tehran around the time of that inauguration.— that inauguration. lots of re orts that inauguration. lots of reports around _ that inauguration. lots of reports around how- that inauguration. lots of| reports around how ismail haniyeh could be killed, lots of contradicting reports, but the bottom line that daniel hagari, the spokesperson of the israeli army said that israel, on that note, only launched an attack for the military leader of hezbollah, that means they didn't launch an air attack or a drone attack on ismail haniyeh, insinuating that it was a bomb. but when israel did not announce responsibility until now on what's happened they want to downplay what is happening, lay a low profile on that regard, because it is a bomb and it has been planted, as it has been set, for more than two weeks off specifically in his room that

mohamed taha from bbc— hours in southern lebanon. taha from bbc arabic, _ hours in southern lebanon. mohamed taha from bbc arabic, thank- hours in southern lebanon. mohamed taha from bbc arabic, thank you - hours in southern lebanon. mohamed taha from bbc arabic, thank you for l taha from bbc arabic, thank you for your time. let's speak to shaina low, who is communication adviser for the norwegian refugee council, that is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. she joins us from jerusalem. we know many civilians caught up in this attack, fleeing from place to place in gaza. do you understand that there is anywhere safe for them to go to? for that there is anywhere safe for them to no to? ., ., , that there is anywhere safe for them to noto? ., ., , to go to? for the last ten months there hasn't _ to go to? for the last ten months there hasn't been _ to go to? for the last ten months there hasn't been a _ to go to? for the last ten months there hasn't been a single - to go to? for the last ten months th

mohamed taha, thank you indeed. let's _ war. mohamed taha, thank you indeed.ni, director of iranian studies at stanford university. hello and welcome to the programme. just to start off with the threat coming from hamas and hezbollah, in terms of hezbollah, how formidable threat are they to israel? i think they are potentially a serious threat. they have upward of 100,000 missiles, some of them very sophisticated missiles, and if they decide to unleash all of those, i think it could be a potentially far more serious threat but clearly, i don't think hezbollah now wants a full war with israel. they cannot engage in that war without a prior green light from the iranian machine. that's the main supporters. i certainly don't believe the iranian regime is in any mood or position to try to challenge israel to a full war. ., to challenge israel to a full war. . , war. so where are we with this, the status _ war. so where are we with this, the status quo? _ war. so where are we with this, the status quo? who _ war. so where are we with this, the status quo? who will-

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mohamed taha from bbc arabic is with me in the studio.ust take us through where we are, what is being proposed and what is the problem on that egyptian gaza border?— the problem on that egyptian gaza border? indeed, this part of land between _ gaza border? indeed, this part of land between egypt - gaza border? indeed, this part of land between egypt and - gaza border? indeed, this part| of land between egypt and gaza is controlled by camp david treaty between egypt and israel that was signed in the 70s. the israeli troops cannot be in this corridor according to that treatment. that treaty. that's why these negotiations in cairo, practically, is between egypt and israel. egypt is not happy for israel to stay in this corridor, and israel is insisting that any permanent ceasefire deal in gaza should include that israel should stay include that israel should stay in this corridor. if egypt endorsed that, the request means this is a change from the camp david treaty. negotiations in cairo is practically between egypt and israel, hamas is not p

mohamed taha, thank you very much for bringing us up to date. you are watching bbc news and can always get the latest on our website, bbcnews.com. thank you for your company. more news at the top of the hour. join me then if you can. goodbye for now. hello there. heat and humidity is set to build as we go through the weekend but we do need to caveat that with saturday, there is going to be quite a lot of cloud around for most of us. but it will turn increasingly very warm and very humid from sunday onwards. let's take a look at what's happening, then. this weather front will bring more cloud on saturday into south west england and wales and with isobars quite tightly packed together further north, that's going to feed in plenty of showers, particularly from west to east across scotland throughout the day. southern scotland, northern ireland keeping some sunshine. england and wales, quite a lot of cloud feeding in. at times, there'll be some light, drizzly rain and poor visibility through the irish sea coast there. top temperatures, though, 2a de

.�* mohamed taha from bbc arabic is with me in the studio.ou with us to talk us through the details of this and it is about the detail isn't it? what we do not know. what have mediators been saying on that? the know. what have mediators been saying on that?— saying on that? the main detail at the moment, _ saying on that? the main detail at the moment, as _ saying on that? the main detail at the moment, as always - saying on that? the main detail at the moment, as always is . saying on that? the main detail| at the moment, as always is the israeli full withdrawal from gaza and the permanent ceasefire. it is never on these two terms that hamas is always focusing on in reaching any deal that israeli forces have to fully withdraw from gaza and also that there should be a permanent ceasefire. israel wants them to continue fighting hamas and not stop the war, evenif hamas and not stop the war, even if they reach a deal and they want to keep certain positions especially with the border with egypt and the corridor separates the north from the south

mohamed taha from bbc arabic is with me in the studio. good morning to you.hreat of an around strike or reaction from iran happening this week. it’s or reaction from iran happening this week-— this week. it's been 13 days and exaecting _ this week. it's been 13 days and expecting it _ this week. it's been 13 days and expecting it around - this week. it's been 13 days and expecting it around to l and expecting it around to reply or to respond to the killing of the hamas leader and the white house is confirming that this attack is imminent, as you said, there are many aircraft carriers that moved to the region of the last one is uss linking abraham lincoln carrier, this carrier are huge, i did a report for the bbc arabic about them, they are like moving air force, the length of the carrier is 365 metres and they can carry 90 aircrafts with nuclear capabilities so, we are expecting an escalation in the region soon. expecting an escalation in the region soon-— region soon. and also, secretary _ region soon. and also, secretary of _ region soon. and also, secretar

mohamed taha, from bbc arabic, is with me in the studio.with doha, all eyes on doha and the ceasefire talks, what can you tell us about where we are with that? good morning. there is optimism in the talks in doha at the moment, there are statements from john kirby, the communication of the security adviser in the white house saying that they are not discussing the structure of the deal but they are discussing the details of implementing the deal so this is really advanced the stage because hamas was saying, we're not going to discuss a new deal, there are — there were already proposals from president biden before and those in security council in resolution and we shouldn't be discussing a new deal and the statements from john kirby and resuming that negotiations from yesterday to today means that there is some hope and i think that american diplomacy succeeded to shift the attention from the expected iranian retaliation from their soil to this hope for the success that successful negotiations this time. and meanwhile, _ negotiations this ti

with me is mohamed taha from bbc arabic. thanks forjoining us this morning.'m going to ask you again. where are we at? i going to ask you again. where are we at?— are we at? i think the united states is very _ are we at? i think the united states is very keen _ are we at? i think the united states is very keen to - are we at? i think the united states is very keen to make | states is very keen to make these negotiations go, whether a deal will be reached or not, may be for two reasons. first to push kamala harris's position and the democrats' position and the democrats' position in the elections, and the second reason is to avoid a widening conflict in the region that might involve iran and might involve a big conflict with hezbollah in northern israel. answering your question, how close to a deal, it's very hard to say.— it's very hard to say. when it comes to — it's very hard to say. when it comes to one _ it's very hard to say. when it comes to one of— it's very hard to say. when it comes to one of the - it's very hard to say. when it| comes to one of the

with me is mohamed taha from bbc arabic.ation programme-— programme. it is fairly significant. _ programme. it is fairly significant. this - programme. it is fairly significant. this is - programme. it is fairly significant. this is the | programme. it is fairly - significant. this is the first pause. how seriously i'll day taking it that it would could as —— because a pause in the conflict? as -- because a pause in the conflict?— as -- because a pause in the conflict? . , �* ., conflict? inaudible what will ha en conflict? inaudible what will happen but — conflict? inaudible what will happen but this _ conflict? inaudible what will happen but this is _ conflict? inaudible what will happen but this is one - conflict? inaudible what will happen but this is one of- conflict? inaudible what will happen but this is one of the | happen but this is one of the biggest humanitarian operations in gaza since the war started more than ten months ago. the aim is to vaccinate more than 6000... 600,000 children across gaza. this is hope f

with me is mohamed taha from bbc arabic. tension is really high in the region?really high in the reuion? , ~ ., region? indeed it is. more american _ region? indeed it is. more american troops - region? indeed it is. more american troops in - region? indeed it is. more american troops in the - region? indeed it is. more- american troops in the region, there are many airliners cancelling their flights to the middle east. many airliners in europe cancelling their flights expecting some response from hezbollah and iran. now as iran and hezbollah buried their leaders that were assassinated. their attention now will be moved to how they will respond to these assassinations, as we can see previously when the iranian consulate was attacked in syria iran lodged hundreds of drones and missiles towards israel that caused some chaos. the israeli troops at the moment is in high alert, expecting some sort of retaliation from hezbollah and iran and perhaps the question is to what extent the retaliation will be and what the response is also of israel to that retaliation.— to t

with me is mohamed taha from bbc arabic. hejoins me now, here in the studio. good morning.- studio.rning. good morning- — studio. good morning. good morning. just _ studio. good morning. good morning. just update - studio. good morning. good morning. just update us, . morning. just update us, please. _ morning. just update us, please. on _ morning. just update us, please, on what - morning. just update us, please, on what is - morning. just update us, please, on what is going| morning. just update us, i please, on what is going on morning. just update us, - please, on what is going on in the west bank — the occupied west bank. the west bank - the occupied west bank-— west bank. indeed. we were talkin: west bank. indeed. we were talking two — west bank. indeed. we were talking two days _ west bank. indeed. we were talking two days before, - west bank. indeed. we were talking two days before, and| talking two days before, and yesterday, about the escalation in the west bank and how the situation is escalating there, whether on the military side or in the settler side. this morning, is

mohamed taha from bbc arabic is with me in the studio. good morning to you. of all the deployment of warships, it looks like the us is upping the ante in terms of defences for israel? ., israel? indeed all the indications _ israel? indeed all the indications are - israel? indeed all the indications are saying israel? indeed all the - indications are saying there is an imminent iranian response to the killing of the hamas leader ismail haniyeh on a rainy and soil, there are intelligence reports israeli intelligence reports, that this might happen soon. that is why the us is deploying this guided missile submarine in the region, it is coming with an italian, and other destroyer. previously us deployed uss theodore roosevelt carrier and the f—22 for the first time in the region. it looks like the us — israel are really preparing for a big moment in the middle east. however there are talks about ceasefire and negotiations. aha, ceasefire and negotiations. a new week begins on you and i often say this a new week starts can we hope, can we hope and pray there might

mohamed taha from bbc arabic explained why the west bank is known as an occupied territory and how the is described as occupied by the un security council because this can in these areas were supposed to be palestinian areas. also, the oslo treaty between the palestinians and israel are dedicating this area to be self controlled by the palestinian authority. and across the years, the israeli authorities approved many, establishing many settlements in the west bank. the difference between the west bank and gaza, that the west bank has got israeli citizens, has got settlers. their numbers are nearly half a million people. and the situation is very fragile. gaza has primarily palestinian people living there, but now with the israeli presence in gaza making things really difficult, and also, by separating northern gaza from southern gaza by the netzarim corridor is making things really difficult for the people there. our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, told us more about the operation. i mean, what we've been hearing from localjournalists, really, is it's in terms of the scope as

with me is mohamed taha from bbc arabic. let�*s talk about what is waller... been launched at israel by hezbollah. how does this compare to what we have seen in the previous months? it is really significant, - the previous months? it is really significant, it - the previous months? it 3 really significant, it targeted a new settlement, so when the shelling included new territories, this is an indication that this war is escalating. this came as a response of a killing of another field leader in southern lebanon in the last hours by an israeli strike. this war between hezbollah and israel looks like it�*s getting widening as a secretary general of hezbollah said in the last days that this war is not only as a support for gaza, but also, this is a separate war, an all—out war, and this is really escalating, and all the eyes are on hezbollah, whether they will be sharing the anticipated iranians response for the killing of the men on their territories a lot, this is what everybody is waiting. and what can be done to de—escalate? that is the main focus now. in ter

mohamed taha from bbc arabic is with me in the studio. good morning.g anyone to these talks. what is the hope? there is not much hope, to be honest. hamas is insisting that there are only proposals from president biden that was endorsed by the un resolution 207 — 8275. and there is nothing else, that we have to dear to the resolution council also endorsed by the g7 but israel apparently wants additional requests which are to stay controlling the corridor that separates gaza from egypt and also making sure that there is aim search mechanism for anybody who would enter their homes. that mechanism for anybody who would enter their homes.— enter their homes. that is what hamas is objecting _ enter their homes. that is what hamas is objecting to, - enter their homes. that is what hamas is objecting to, the i hamas is objecting to, the changes that israel is requesting. but if hamas does not attend the talks today the negotiations, how can we see project that make progress here? it project that make progress here? , ., , project that make progress here? , .

mohamed taha from bbc arabic is with me in the studio. hello again. in a vague situation if i may say. antony blinken said that israel approved the american proposal and benjamin netanyahu the israeli prime minister said he managed to convince antony blinken of the importance of their military presence in gaza all the time, then the american press criticising antony blinken that he did not reflect the american official point of view. that's why president biden called benjamin netanyahu to try to give this negotiation some momentum, but the situation is a little bit in a vague situation. the mediators are not happy, hamas is not happy and the talks that are going to happen in egypt in a few days are in doubt, actually animals that there is massive suffering in gaza, tens of thousands of palestinians are suffering from war, and in israel orso palestinians are suffering from war, and in israel or so the families of hostages are suffering. families of hostages are suffering-— families of hostages are sufferinu. �* . ., suffering. and we are hearing there

with me is mohamed taha, from bbc arabic. good to hear you with us.daniel hagari think this is a pre—emptive strike on what we know about the information received?— know about the information received? , . , ., received? israel is saying that this pre-emptive _ received? israel is saying that this pre-emptive attack- received? israel is saying that | this pre-emptive attack against this pre—emptive attack against some targets of hezbollah in southern lebanon, these attacks, as coming from southern the benign, varied from east parts, western parts and the middle part of these 18 area. hezbollah immediately retaliated by attacking various areas in northern israel and in the occupied areas of syria. these areas included jaffar, a car, and sulphide, the headquarters of the israeli military operation in northern israel and hezbollah is saying that they started the retaliation because of their military leader and they are targeting a specific post and they will announce that afterwards. as you rightly said, benjamin netanyahu and the military leaders are al

mohamed taha from bbc arabic is with me in the studio.to see you. 2a hours, over 24 good to see you. 2a hours, over 2a hours now on from this air strike. what are we learning? lots of international condemnation for the amount of civilian deaths in this strike. an arab country is requesting an urgent meeting for the un council to discuss the matter, algeria. and, of course, calling for israel to constrain. israel however continues hitting some parts of rafah, khan younis and lots of parts in the eastern khan younis to evacuate and we are expecting more strikes in the coming hours. this is what is happening normally when they ask people to evacuate. hamas denies completely that there were fighters of them in the compound or in the prayer area. israel issued a statement, named the 20 people or so who is well are saying belong to hamas and they were in the compound and hamas said these fighters were killed previously in previous occasions and there are clear instructions for their fighters not to are clear instructions for theirfighters not t

mohamed taha from bbc arabic is with me in the studio. good to have you with us.

with me is mohamed taha from bbc arabic. good to see you.n what difference this makes — antony blinken arriving in the region. it makes - antony blinken arriving in the region-— in the region. it gives some momentum _ in the region. it gives some momentum to _ in the region. it gives some momentum to the - in the region. it gives some - momentum to the negotiations thatis momentum to the negotiations that is going to be resumed in cairo, so blinken in israel trying to find a way for this deal to happen. the united states is really keen for this deal to be finished by the end of this week, the coming week. the united states want to avoid an escalation in the region by iran retaliating on the killing of ismail haniyeh on their soil or the killing of the hezbollah leader in southern lebanon, so all of these efforts are really focused on making sure that this deal will happen.- this deal will happen. much more cautious _ this deal will happen. much more cautious words - this deal will happen. much more cautious words from i this deal will happen

with me is mohamed taha from bbc arabic. welcome back to the programme.— tell us, what do we know about these humanitarian pauses? and how will they work? 50 humanitarian pauses? and how will they work?— will they work? so in a few hours, will they work? so in a few hours. the _ will they work? so in a few hours, the people - will they work? so in a few hours, the people in - will they work? so in a few hours, the people in gaza l will they work? so in a few i hours, the people in gaza will have a big day for them, which is a pause in fighting. they waited for a very long time for this to happen. pause in fighting from 9:00am to 3:00am starting from tomorrow, sunday, for three days. all parties agreed for this pause of fighting in the negotiating table and any conditions. the main aim is to allow this vaccination campaign to happen throughout gaza, to vaccinate around 300,000 children. this is really important for them. this is the first round of the vaccination, because the polio vaccination, because the polio vaccination is required to have two doses —

mohamed taha from bbc arabic is with me in the studio. good morning. another week begins.you hearing about antony blinken�*s arrival in the region and the hope of a ceasefire deal?— in the region and the hope of a ceasefire deal? antony blinken will be in israel— ceasefire deal? antony blinken will be in israel today, - ceasefire deal? antony blinken will be in israel today, having l will be in israel today, having negotiations with the israeli officials. he will be in egypt tomorrow, egypt will be the centre of the negotiations this week and we expect israel officials to be there, american officials to be there, american officials to be there, american officials to be there, qatari officials to be there, qatari officials to be there, qatari officials to be there, but no officials to be there, but no officials from hamas will attend these negotiations. in terms of how must's concerns about the process so far, they have some key sticking points —— hamas. have some key sticking points -- hame— have some key sticking points -- hamas. , . , -- hamas. they are refusing the nego

with me is mohamed taha from bbc arabic. hello again. like the chances are _ brokered? it looks like the chances are slim _ brokered? it looks like the chances are slim because l brokered? it looks like the i chances are slim because this trip by antony blinken moved the american position from accepting, from confirming that accepting, from confirming that a ceasefire would happen with the full israeli withdrawal from gaza, to accepting having some israeli presence in gaza. now the american view that the israeli side could stay control the borders between egypt and gaza and could stay in the corridor that separates southern gaza from northern gaza. and hamas would never, ever accept a permanent israeli presence in gaza, that is why the chances for having a deal might be slim. in the chances for having a deal might be slim.— the chances for having a deal might be slim. in the meantime, there is an _ might be slim. in the meantime, there is an escalation _ might be slim. in the meantime, there is an escalation on - might be slim. in the me

mohamed taha from bbc arabic is with me in the studio. what do we know happened at this school?und 100 people were killed, amongst some children women. these people were performing the morning prayer between 4am and 5am when is really aeroplanes launched missiles to this prayer area in al—tabi'in school in gaza city causing these amount of deaths and a similar number of injured people who are really struggling at the moment, fighting for their lives as there is no single fully functioning hospital in gaza. iidf no single fully functioning hospital in gaza. , , in gaza. idf said they were targeting — in gaza. idf said they were targeting hamas _ in gaza. idf said they were targeting hamas militantsl in gaza. idf said they were i targeting hamas militants and in gaza. idf said they were - targeting hamas militants and did everything to prevent casualties. yes, we cannot exclude the fact that there was hamas members at the school. and member of hamas would be performing the morning prayers with the worshippers so we cannot exclude that. we know that the school was inhabited by more