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asking questions, what do you expect this particular for to translate when it comes to the us selection reporting from the action? not just give you a sense of what an easy target this places. i'll just see, it was teams across the world. when you closer to the fonts of the story, the for us defense secretary lloyd austin has just arrived in israel williams. home talks about the ongoing go on garza, the i don't wanna miss of a for ottoman this is alice 0 live from doha. so coming up the
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hospice in con eunice is headphones, right is try counting the child and the maternity ward. and his rarity check points into gaza analysis you trucks a few months here in a to, into this trip. after it was shots for more than 2 months on siege and symbolic funerals in the occupied west bank, syrians means a loss of loved ones whose bodies have been confiscated by is ready for the the us defense secretary has just arrived in israel as adults with leaders there is around has been stepping up at some industry offensive despise, rising international pressure. lloyd austin will be shortly holding towards with, as well as defense minutes to to discuss the ongoing military operation on gaza. austin had previously who owned israel risk to
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a strategic the faith and gaza if it failed to protect the palestinian civilians, he would head back to bahrain after a day long visit. he also be visiting casa as part of a tour of the middle east. it does rarely medius as hum austin as red or white the tulips on a new se, saw an exchange of captives and prisoners to be mediation by casa negotiations told at the beginning of the month after a week long, 65 collapsed. that's bringing our correspondence, balanced, fisher, he's joining his line from occupied east jerusalem. and allen lloyd austin is just the latest us official to be visiting israel. do we expect him to put any more pressure on israel than others from the us and ministration? the know you've got to stuck out what the others have said from joe biden. but the president himself from the national security advisor jake sullivan, who was here just a few days ago on to the blinking the secretary of state and the. busy austin, in the old academy, the same message that israel has the right to defend itself,
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the right to attack and go after him us. but it has to carry out its populations in line with international law and also try and reduce the number of civilian casualties. yet we have continued to see a tax on hospitals. the rising debt total, including the number of children attacks on chuck chosen mosques as well. and even the shooting of people who are holding white flags and or putting to surrender. so the test will be whether at the united states is know, getting more serious about this and actually threatening red lines. sanctions, things that they want to see from israel and that will only play out over time. but certainly, lloyd austin is aware that there is a consent internationally about how israel is conducting this war. he tends to suggest that he's going to bring experience or fighting in our been more fear because he was a us military commander during the battles in iraq and afghanistan. and he will ask
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them when they are going to transition to the next stage of the war. which is likely to be less than 10, but all of this external pressure has done little to move these really they've continued to say, this war could last for at least another 2 months in the way it is being fort, at the moment, the i to that the going internal pressure on benjamin netanyahu from the desk of those 3 captives. and perhaps that is the possibility that there might be something movement, but nothing. we will see any time soon. its dominating use, and israel, what could have been a moment to celebrate? know a national tragedy. 3 men held captive in gaza, cutting white flags walking towards those, sent to save them, and then showed that truth cannot do. i like to go down to the law. when i was informed about the terrible tragedy it shocked me alone, summer and you know, tom survived the inferno for 70 days. they were just a step away from freedom. they really touched redemption and that's when the disaster happened. it broke my heart to broke the whole nation's heart for
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the families of the captives together every day and tell me to be this is their worst nightmare. i don't understand. how are me with people who came out with a white flag ensure that they're just being shot 2 goals of the war of presented by the government, which is destroyed, come off and i don't know. i had the 10 years i can, we can not continue to fight the us war and keep the company with the lives. the military has defended the actions of the soldiers, even though the captives were waving white flags. they've sent you instructions to units to avoid another try to the has been external pressure on israel for weeks to end the water and gaza. but this will increase the internal pressure with a lot of the criticism aimed at benjamin netanyahu. himself, as males brand has been devastated by uh, what is seen as a colossal
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a security intelligence and strategic feeling on service of um and so with that brand, he cannot hold off the power in the past. uh, another election. uh he is taking a new brand and i fix the ticket. he's gonna run on is off position to the palestinian authority, returning to god at the beginning of the cabinet meeting. benjamin netanyahu said families of dead soldiers that sent them letters are to him to continue the war pointed response to the going internal pressure and to clean indication. that's exactly what he's going to do. in the last 24 hours or so pictures of a match of where the captives were being held. and the fact that they'd scroll messages of s o s and help on the roles. but that is lead human rights watch to express its concern over what actually happened there. the fact that the israeli army opened up on on them civilians and killed them and said
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it is part of a pack them that they've seen through this war. and then the last few hours, these really army has issued a video of one of its senior commanders talking to soldiers on the ground, reminding them that they should not shoot people who have the hands in the under sorento to let that 2nd for the 2nd 2 months into the war in gaza and is really soldiers are being reminded not to shoot dead people who are surrendering on arms and giving themselves up. and it has of course taking the depth of as writers and gaza for us to see that happen. alan, thank you. very much for that, that is alan fish and joining us live from occupied east jerusalem. this get the view from washington dc. now we're joined by a correspondent model and rob. hello, maggie, what is the defense secretary been brief to do by the us administration where you are just how much pressure is it on the, to use the leverage that it has with as well. and there's pressure on the,
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by the administration from several different directions here lives. there's pressure from civil society groups for the united states to use its leverage to influence the will that influence over israel to minimize the visual civilian casualties. to bring this conflict to an end, there's political pressure on the by the ministration right now, uh, as a tax against military personnel by the united states. in countries like iraq and syria intensify as attacks against merchant ships and us navy ships in the southern red sea. by iranian back to these in yemen, intensify, there's pressure from republicans on capitol hill for the united states to do more, to show strength against iranian backed groups in the region. this is part of the reason that we are seeing top level us officials being sent to the region to cut out to buffering the now to, to israel. it's not only in terms of mediation, it's not only in terms of, of planning the course once the conflict is over, but,
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but it is to continue to, to exercise that input. when we talk about the, the impact that the pressure from civil society groups is having on the, by the administration. we can certainly see it in the rhetoric from, by the administration officials. we can see it in the changing rhetoric from the president himself president binding very recently during a campaign event referred to the bombing campaign by israelis and gaza as quote, indiscriminate. so there is a change. the question is whether or not this is really having any sort of meaningful impact in terms of influence. if the pressure on the bite and administration is for it to wield its influence on israel to bring this conflict to an end. the question is whether or not that influence is going to be enough to see that happen. all right, many thank you very much for that. that smaller off in the, with the, the, from washington dc to the us as garza is becoming the graveyard of a population trapped between wall siege and deprivation. adoptable within 2 months
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of closure as well says it's temporarily reopened the cut them up, assign him crossing to allow more humanitarian aid and to gaza. kind of of the solemn is located with the borders of egypt. garza and israel made is used for large trucks carrying goods, fuel, and 8 and the gaza before the whole 850 trucks would enter the strip every day through the crossing as well. and these also crossing with egypt that ended when is around impose the complete blockade on october the 7th, 2 weeks into the conflict. first few humanitarian. a trunks were allowed. aid could only enter through the gulf of crossing the number of trunks to the ring. 8 increased only monster lea since a temporary cease 5 days with him. off last month, foss schultz, the staggering needs of the people in gaza. that's bringing our correspondent honey mux, move. he's joining us live from alpha and southern gaza and he was led to the opening of this crossing. and could we see more a coming through it, the the,
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the as well the possibility of the into the, the, the events leading to the output and go cut them up with silent crossing that only for on or why live there for it's, i am very human terry, and it's so the, the could be the pressure coming from the us and the international community as the address, the more civilians are being guilty and more displaced. kyla city and being pushed into the southern parts of the gaza strip, blacking the very a basic survival items and then basic needs to keep them at surviving a right now in these difficult conditions. but the possibility of, of what they're looking at just to how, how the entire gaza strip particular. and we're talking about the southern part of it turning into our reservation with these electronic data controlling the they move it in and out of the, the gaza strip. now those are trucks were in the past, were allowed to through the roof, i crossing but now the are going through
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a security clearance. the low is at check point. that's and is really controlled territories and all the way to cut them up with solomon been being allowed to hear the number of a truck so far as the 24th. and we're talking about medical supplies. and if you ever anything else will be allowed this throughout the head crossing, it will be managed and, and delivered by the policy at any rate across and at no fuels. and no medical supplies are through the roof i crossing all of these items are, is through a cut of a salad and a crossing. this is what we know so far from the reports, we're getting it from a, from there. but this just increased the link. the, i'm very a chronic, a process of getting these it, making it difficult for people who are in dire need to have them. absolutely, honey. stay with us. while we look at the latest attacks in southern gaza, where you are, that is really on the launch strikes across the city of con eunice. one child was killed and several other people injured when a shelf has a much and it was late on sunday. hundreds of people have been taking shelter in
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the mubarak hospital, which is part of the not so medical complex. when the been a, we were sitting inside and i was putting my daughter to sleep. my neighbors were being treated for their injuries. suddenly we saw smoke and rumble on us. it was difficult to see anything through to fix smoke. i helped my daughter tied and started screaming and called up for help and i jumped out of bed and rushed outside . and he was a medical facilities being attacked throughout the war. but do we know why there was a strike near a maternity ward as well so far, what we're seeing is more of an organized, systematic, a tax on health facilities. i mean, there were at the beginning, what happened on the ship, a hospital came under a they have like a huge along the process of mobilization, of, of the world community to the ship. a is the, the, the,
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the command center of the operations in the gospel to the point where and it was a storm. there was nothing else as now we see there if there's really minutes or you doesn't even care much about putting any of the claims or, or the allegations that he use in the past. it is a systematic attacks on health facility and the health care system. we're talking about at least 8 or 9 a functioning do the low capacity possible, a health facilities in the central part of the southern part, the gastric olga, the northern parts. it has no function and medical facility. the last one was the come out, one hospital that was completely destroyed and put out of service with an announce and by the health ministry. now this attack on loss or hospital is, is an element of along the process of this is the medic tax on health care system. and there is a growing fear that the fate of this hospital is, will be similar to the hospitals in the in golf. and the northern part is what we're talking about as a building that is part of doctor hospital complex. it's
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a maternity to award with a children and women insight, not only patient, but also evacuated or having to be under the attack and more injured people were, were targeted. and there is a fear that they're going to lose their life. because this has been a great deal of critical injuries, honey, thank you very much for that. that's honey. my hold of the laser situation, his life for us in the far and southern gaza and still ahead on i'll just see you at a provincial boys in iraq off to you is that a boy club call may not let people exercise their rights, the hello that was not in south east asia and thousands of people have to be moved from their homes across the southern island of mens now in the philippines. that's as a tropical storm jello. what made land full. it took the heavy rain and some pretty
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strong winds towards the north, west, breaks apart as it moves across it, pallor one but still bringing some drenching down pools here and the rain is set to intensify the eastern areas of indo china vietnam seen well in the way of some very heavy showers on wednesday and heavy rain is the story, as we had done on the 2 astray. we've had record rain for a cause, pots of queensland from the remnants of tropical fly cloud. jasper kinds airport had to to be close and crocodiles, we even have retrieved from those flood waters. now the rain has moved away from tens, but it's still affecting northern areas of the tropical coast as we go into wednesday . this is my improving picture here. i'm on the way also showers and storms, but the heavy storms. i'm going to be affecting eastern areas of australia, new south wales, as well as southern queens and seeing that very heavy rain temperature is set to come down behind that. but still some heat coming. 3 for parts and we'll see lots of heat coming back into christ church on wednesday. so to degree celsius there
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the, [000:00:00;00] the be watching me, elizabeth donovan does have a mind to about top stories to sell on. the us defense secretary has arrived in israel citrix for the latest 30 of this month. so at austin, is there any government risks a strategic defeats in gaza if it failed to protect the palestinian civilians as around has temporarily reopened the cut them on the southern crossing between israel and gaza from the test on since october the 7th. at least 24 trucks carrying humanitarian aid for undoubted hoshal to what's needed to help people in this trip . and those really, i mean, as long strides across the southern city, one child was killed and several people injured wet of shells between maternity,
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ford at the non service medical complex. later on sunday, as were being reporting the us defense secretary is in as well as coals go for a says fine. washington has deployed to a cost carriers and 5 digits to the region. and supposedly moving moving ships from the arabian gulf to the gulf of aiden to just to the attacks on the red sea attics could topple us, takes a look at the u. s. military assets in the region. the military and support israel's received from the united states has been massive, giving it free rain as it tries to destroy home us. the united states dispatched to aircraft carriers, tried groups at the thoughts of the conflict. the u. s. s. for the world's most advanced aircraft carrier and the largest bullshit ever built is currently in the eastern mediterranean, along with the support fleet. the us always in how is on patrol in the gulf is, must have come to them in a fight to just reinforcing the air and naval assets and the region to
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a us marine expeditionary unit. the saving of the coast to yemen, acting is a base, a mobile headquarters for an assortment of high level special forces from the us navy and air force, coordinating regional intelligence gathering. and for psych, naples, surveillance aircraft, and high tech global hawk spike drones be flying up the coast of goza, gathering information on how much and is regional support has the us has ring the middle east with fleets of ships, aircraft, submarines and drones. and this is, in addition to the us, a full sending jets to jordan and the colossal military assets already in place in bahrain, carpet coo 8 and the u. a. american military aid is allowed israel to continual. it's wholesale destruction of gauze intended ensuring the homeless, his allies suitably intimidated and the tut from taking any military action to the spring and use of alondo. he is a professor of political science and international relations at content university . good to see you,
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mr wanda. so as being reporting the us defense secretary lloyd austin has just arrived in tennessee and it was a few weeks ago that he said that as well versed, a strategic defeat and gaza if it didn't protect palestinian civilians. and since then, we have seen stronger language, at least from various us officials about how as well as conducting its will on gaza . do you expect him to put more pressure on as well that his colleagues have? is he coming with a stronger or any different message when i think that the, the, his but addiction has proven light because it was like over the last few weeks or so was indeed being defeated strategically. one thing is that they help the kid they own the, the hostages. if you a couple of days ago and thought suggest puppy, if they could, could do this to the owner of the deals. what would they do to the palestinians of saying what they do to the palestinians? yeah, we'll, we'll see that. so be people like anybody who is voting. the thing when question
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will say, what would they do to the 1st thing is the 2nd, the 2nd thing is there has been a shift in the west in general. and then we have been hearing stronger language, especially from differentially recently. often one of the employees was good dudley . i think that the bill has been the move towards negotiations and a potential ceasefire. united states would like to be seen as a lawyer or as a contributing factor towards the politic the uh, the golden uh, the image of the us as a country, but respect for human lives, international and so on and so forth. has been published by it's shipple, of course the book to pay half of it is late. i'm giving it speaking. we'd like to do whatever you'd like to mention the of the international pressure from searching the support of the humanitarian satisfied the un security council. the last time it voted on this, the u. k. gemini, abstained, but we know of that at
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a toy from the bush and the gym, and foreign ministers, and a you can use paper on sunday, quoting, for what they called was a sustainable ceasefire. do you think that from the u. k, the germany that they are changing their stance on this and pushing any more pressure on his role than they did at the start of the will? or the definitely difficult the, the, they are a even do not that states of america has been a change in it's the public from given the ladies who believe like to do whatever they want to proceed with caution. and this a proceed with a question that has been met with the several types. obviously, the pressure from public opinion in this particular countries in the west has played a significant role in changing the fuel of certain governments. what's a, what's, what's going on in these lines that uh, the, the novelty of,
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of the state. obviously that has been proven wrong for the basic do what is late has been saying, especially after the 7 of october accusing her muscle phone the is in the world the politic a little story has been proven. well, a people of questioning it in the comes formulated the moment and you're talking about the changing measurement coming from countries like united states and germany and russian. we get to see that's put any real pressure on israel because it hasn't restrained itself in gaza. but do you think that the death of the is really captives by that in the hands of this very soul, just that that might do more to bring them back to the negotiating table than any international pressure? well, i think it has the, the fact that the head of the most sub how's it going to of low to meet with the cost of these in particular, who have been the main,
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the bulk of for the negotiations between the 2 parties as a testimony to adhere to the changing position of is like, obviously not them yet. who doesn't want to admit to admit that he said a free fall. think of the objectives, and that's the beginning of the most of these objectives have been uh, something if i don't have the thing, the only the 1st one or bring in book the hostages. a few hostages would reduce, not necessarily to this uh, the only things that they will only released through the negotiations holdings line list of a lender on a favorite run out of time. but thank you very much for your analysis. we do appreciate that, that is us of bundled casa university, is where the forces have stepped up. raids across the occupied westbank from the mulatto bethlehem annapolis. they've killed thousands of palestinians including
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children since the stash of the war. and dozens of palestinian bodies have been confiscated by is right in the west bank. human rights organizations fear that many more being taken away from gaza. hold up and how many of the reports from nobliss? i'm from the shadow in life and this is rose occupation decides the fate of palestinian. it's been nearly 2 years since my son who has been lost so their son. so it is courtney was a 23 year old living in nablus, who loved motor bikes to became a member of the lines. then a group made up of use, rebelling against the occupation. he died in confrontation with these are the soldiers. 2 weeks later, they received a letter saying the body had been confiscated by israel. all they had to bury was his hand, a bag and his partially burnt. i must come how the other fish we i'm going. it's only when he died, did we discovered she was part of the existence?
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no, no. first, i went to the hospital and his friend told me, my son was that i wanted to see his buddy, but they said it was taken away as symbolic funeral was held. but the thing is really, the family were told that if this man now buried here, had at the time given themselves up, the remains of their son would have been returned. now this policy of withholding bodies and using them as bargaining shift has existed since the creation of the state of israel. actually, it was inherited from the british mandate. but it's only since 2015 that it's intensified to it's a policy that jews fight the against the british presidents in palestine. the cry that the time hundreds of bodies had been confiscated since the occupation of the west bank started in 1967, a subject line. that sense of my thoughts as can someone pass can before they kept the bodies of how much support is. so someone to carry it out and attack,
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then the user id cabinet decided to keep all the bodies regardless of any medical affiliation, but on topic. and sometimes the reason of this can be obscure on this screen and the moose, i know is that the 15 year old son mohammed looked his father's kardon an evening in december 2021 of the how much you had a couple of hours later. this video already on social media and shows the car after the teenager rammed it into a check point. and my mother standing there was a soldier injured on the ground level. not, not to that. we live under occupation, must you kind of figure out what triggered your child. your waste follows was happening on his mobile phone. i don't know what affected him exactly, but killed him. anyone the suspect of anything. so i don't know how y'all do. oh yeah. well have i also left the wallet immediately,
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or maybe they interrogated him 1st. i don't know how many hours was he held? was he tortured? i don't know. so many things. this dream had the grave made to give closer to the youngest son who was asking after his brother. but for her closure would only come when the body of her son is late to risk. and that's at the will of these wills, military occupation. the hi, miss elizabeth nablus. let's bring you some other well news now and the rocky voters ahead into the poles and the 1st provincial elections and a decade. the voting sheet alliance is likely to extend its grip on power. it's main political arrival to solve this movement as boy coughing the election. the provincial vote sets the stage for parliamentary elections scheduled for 2025. let's get more on these elections with luckily that then why have he's live for us and kept cool kind of significant election even more so. so those were you um i was
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which is what this and this will it for the 1st time and need 20 is the what? yes indeed. the coke is so special in this election because it's the 1st by him, the province, the controversial provinces. witnessing this kind of election in nearly 2 decades. that's because of but it's kind of differences among its components, minorities, you know, that coke has been a, almost at the heart of, of the dispute between the central government and in about that. and that of the send me a 10 of us, it could this region here. everyone is, is enthusiastic to, towards this election. if you speak to our eps, they say that cook is out of and should be under the supervision of the central government in baghdad. and the, the cold it good, just the phone number a good is the rulers of could cool for the 2003 us with invasion occupier as they
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