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the, the business leaders to sponsored by him to like global your real estate destination in dubai. the the us defense secretary is holding told. so this really officials as pressure grows other method, yahoo government to stop the war on garza, the hello on elizabeth for autumn, and this is elena 0. live from johal, also coming up a series of as rarely as strikes. ken's at least 200 palestinians across the street . hospitals a targeted the 1st few trucks of humanitarian a. to enter this trip through an is riley check point that was shot to 2 months on
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human rights watch excuses as rarely governments of using style nation as a, with a whole and gaza. the, the us defense secretary has arrived in israel. so talks with leaders, beth, israel has been stepping off at some of the tree offensive. despite rising international pressure. lloyd austin will be holding total control k with as well as defense minister to discuss the ongoing military operation and gaza. austin had previously warned israel risk to a strategic defense and gaza if it failed to protect the palestinian civilians, often will head back by rain after a day long visit, and he'll also be going into casa, as part of the tour of the middle east. this is really media says the government, and i'm also open to tools on a new seems fine an exchange of captives and present us to be mediation by kasha
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negotiation. stalled at the beginning of the month after a week long, $65.00 collapsed as bringing our correspondent alan fisher, who's joining us live from occupied east jerusalem. what are we expecting from lloyd austin's visit to? of the well conditions on the ground will dictate whether no lawyer that should allow us and is actually coming to make a change or whether this is more washington dc spend. we will hear yes again from a us officials that they are going to say that obviously israel has the right to defend itself. it understands the war against come us. but it must conduct the war with an international rules and regulations and laws. i'd also make sure that the number of civilian casualties is kept to a minimum. we've had it from joe biden more than a month ago. we had that from a jake sullivan. here's the excuse me, the, the national security adviser who visited just a couple of days ago. but we continue to see the number of civilians being killed in it and gaza increase. we continue to see the as early as target hospitals,
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we see them to continue to target churches and to kill people who are even linked with the french diplomatic service. all of those will be regarded as breaches of international law. so lloyd dawson, who can talk about the next stage of the war, but he understands, but it's really, these really is that are making the colon that there is the possibility that this next stage of the war will be more low intensity. that will be more targeted, they'll be, come on to rates and guides us to get people that they want to get, rather than be all like bombing, we've seen. but it's really up to israel to make the decision when. and so a floyd dawson is talking about making sure civilians are protected, it will be the facts on the ground and that will determine whether or not what he's saying is successful. or as i say, it's just more spin from washington dc. and alan, we're hearing reports of the death of 6 palestinians and is rarely custody. what more can you tell us as well?
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this is the report. this is really media. you'll remember the pictures that we've seen of many people being arrested and guys are being taken out, some of them and truck, some of them semi naked, and then being held in is really prisons and detention center. now this point is important to note that the, i see, i see the international red cross reg cousins has not had access to any over the years. really detention centers and prisons since october the 7th. i know it's reported if it's 6 palestinians have died while in custody. that has been confirmed to the newspaper, her rights that broke the story by the prison authorities that has laid a number of human rights organizations to question what is going on simply because 6 people dying is such a short space of time is unusual. and therefore, there will be cause undoubtedly, as this news becomes more widely spread, that there is time for an investigation into the weight. palestinians are being
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held and being treated and is really presence of detention centers. and remember, a lot of the people that are being held are being held without any charges against the ellen. thank you very much for that. that's alan fisher. with the latest joining us live from occupied east jerusalem announces 0 has been speaking to palestinians in gaza about what they're expecting from the us defense secretary is visit as of how the city i'm been, i'm 3rd is waiting horses october 7th. the, the visit by the us secretary of defense the it will only bring more fear to me to my family because the united states has been the strongest supporter of, of as well since the establishment. it's established within 1948. so with this visit, i think we should expect more of his via do violence to work towards us about a city is especially the gods. i should expect more death, destruction,
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and maybe the visit of this, a security minister of the american didn't change anything. and the got the strip, the bumping continues, that work continues the automated enterprise, the then they came into the office. we expect that the we be much or we came in today for a gross of profile. and everything is as it is that people continue with buying a said continue one things i guess as the trip. so everything as is as if this and that's bringing on correspondence. finding the one with he's joining us live from dolphin southern gauze, or had any we heard from a few people in gaza. that is the view. does it represent how lloyd austin's visits as perceived and gaza? yes, it is received with a great deal of skepticism and people did not trust those visits, particularly if we look at the history of those high ranking officials coming to
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the region, the just the beginning of this war from prison and bought into the secretary blinking all the way through jack sullivan, and right now we, i've said this is the 2nd time for the defense secretary to come to israel. now i have not received of this public list stated they're here for the support of israel and the are it with with is running. it's war against how much. but on the grant people do want to see another narrative. they want to see and answer this ongoing word so far a, a, the, the us, the pressure in israel a does not the, the, hasn't created any concrete. a is step on on, on the ground to choose the course of the stipulations for many policy. and in fact, i just haven't had any, a parent, a positive impact on their, on their livelihood that they've more uh, more bonding going on, more relentless airstrikes, more targeting of public facilities, including the schools and hospitals and more residential loans being wiped out. and more that civilians are being killed. 2 and particularly in areas that have been
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designated under american and pressure to be safe areas, port display as palestinians. any vac we became under give you, bombardments and the the so the, the feel that the american and pressure is not as, as, as not as strong as not as not as strong as it should be. to stop this ongoing genocide . those were on, on, on, on palestinians and in the gaza strip. also they are the talk is not talked about the seeds fire that if it's theme that is the us is unable to, to pressure is real as much as the product is ready. public opinion has the pressure on its own government and response to the to the, the killing of the 3 hostages in gaza within the past a few days. then there are also a more negative reviews on how the us is putting a pressure on his right to allow more substantial human. it's very a to trucks into the gaza strip, particularly we look at there is
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a slow start based and it started to be visible across the guster, particularly here in the southern part with more displaced people, either in any evacuation centers or intense industries or evacuations on that that lacks all the essential needs that people need for, for their survival. so once again there that the narrative is not enough. it's not concrete. it hasn't, it's changed. it haven't had any apparent positive impact so far in their lives here. all right, honey. thank you very much for that. that's how in muscles with a view from gaza. he's live for us and bluff us in the south. let's spring in low on the show. now he's obviously our senior political analyst and model on what does it tell us when the people who us so the sees really don't have much left to lose now off to 70 days of this war. don't have any, hopefully full, the wills, you know, so cool, super policy being in the region and they are right. i mean, they are opposite. is that right? they probably speaking from the instinct of every day, you know,
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by then the and, and stop me. but in the end of the day, if you look at the process of the past 70 days ever since 1st and by then set foot is right back in middle of october, which seen it that every time an american official comes to the region, violence against the purchasing of spikes, and one or for shut off and another from the president, the respective states. the 2nd, the defense. that's just because i advise them whenever they come. the volume seems to stick off against the palestinians, which really makes the question. why are they coming? how are they involved in the war? and last, perhaps they should come less because every time they come to depend a city is something on the face, then they probably should, they should come this or what do you think of the view that the defense secretary lloyd austin is being sent to achieve? what secretary of state uh anthony, blinking did not that she even has what 4 trips to as well to the occupied
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territories. yeah. presumably, presumably, jake's on sure that had arrived at some kind of a framework agreement with the system national security advisor who came before lloyd aust. absolutely. so he's supposed to come or 2 such as whatnot each month over the framework and $40.00 to the supposed to go into the details from the actual operational aspect of it, presumably. all right, that's what can happen. i don't think things ready is that americans have yet agreed on. when do they phase out to less intensive, more discriminant violence against the palestinians. these right is say 2 or 2 months, 3 months. the american say 2 or 3 weeks. i don't think there's an agreement yet, and i think these raise are still the ones who have or can take the initiative of when there was stuff or when they were phase out. now, i think the most interesting question for us to answer is that if there was a way whereby these radius could have had part of get the attacks against
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him, us and submitted that. and according to the americans assess the needs, how much leaders and just. busy the tunnels, why haven't they don't have to buy 70 days? why have they destroyed garza? if there is another way of dealing with him, not us. and the threat of how much dispos as well as really lead has made it very clear since october the, the 7th that they aim. you know, it wasn't that they weren't trying to be for size with a they were trying to cause damage. i mean, this is what the defense minister you'll go out and said, you know very well what president as a could talk, says that there are no innocence and gaza even if the us and is rather not agreeing . what about the negotiations that seem to have restarted between as well mediation by costa, and possibly what, how mos, on another ceasefire are you optimistic about that to see? so again, this goes into the same logic, right? i mean, are the america's pressuring. is there a to actually
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a phase out the water and go to who wants to cease fire? doing their really wants the radius of the hostages. because if they want the release of the captives the hostages, and then it's clear what, how much has been demanding for several weeks now. they want, i thought that the ceasefire and the withdrawal of israeli forces from casa because there was 0 incentive for from us to be negotiating a lot of me or they may pauses that day. busy and then resumed with bombings of cause us solving guys on so on, so forth. why with, how much get involved in any such deals, when that only meant to release the captives, but then continue the war. so this is clear, the fact that the. busy is really, is, wouldn't get involved in any assessing the question is knowing what the end game is for those negotiations does show that there are more of
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a spin that strategy that tells you that there's more of a spin to convince the public opinion is right. and that's basically pointing about the fact that captors are not only being killed by martin, but they're kidding by their own soldiers. that actually yeah. and. and then the government would like to give the impression lots to the americans, that they are trying different magic means to release the captives. what in fact, the main target which is continuing of the war continues efforts not one. thank you very much, that senior political elena analyst model on the shadow. at least 200 palestinians have been killed and ongoing is where the air raids across the gaza strip and hospitals again come under attack. this is the scene at the gates of all ship. a hospital in northern garza with dead bodies lay. scott stood outside the facility. dozens of palestinians have been killed and many more wounded. alta repeated, shedding by his riley forces stationed around the area. there's been continuous
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shooting me, i'll ship that as well. and hospitals are also targeted in southern gaza. one child was killed and several other people injured when a shell has a maternity within con eunice, hundreds of people having taken shelter in the mubarek hospital, which is part of the nicer medical complex. when did she put in the guardian for the night? 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 the 6th smoke. i helped my daughter tight and started screaming and called up for help. i jumped out of bed and rushed outside. during israel's wall and gaza hospitals have turned into the bathroom, feels in a complete violation of international law. on sundays, rarely falls a storm the out of the hospital in north and garza and detained its direct to often the days of siege. and attacks is rarely forces are accused of running over palestinians, including wounded patients. when boulders, as on the grounds,
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have to come out as one hospital. and the world health organization says the emergency department and gauze is largest main hospital now ship a medical complex, resembles a beloved foss, hundreds of injured patients arriving every few minutes. a seizure attack on al, shifted by, as well as military last month has left the facility paralyzed. sean casey is an emergency medical team coordinator and garza with the world health organization. and he says, doctors at al schiffer don't have enough resources to treat patients. this is in the i'll ship it on 2 days ago on saturday to deliver medical supplies for them. what we did find was a very minimally functional hospital. so there are supposed to be somebody that it is extremely, it's an extremely working machine. so the hospital buildings on saturday when i was there, were intact, there was a small number of staff present, approximately 5 or 6 doctors, 5 years and services. and then there were hundreds of patients thousands of
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internally display 1st. and when we walked to the emergency department, it was indeed about there was but on the floors there were patients screaming in every 30 to 60 seconds. been with the injuries from a gunshot wound, las vegas girlfriend and the hospital staff are trying to maintain some level of service, but their experience that we're intending to go again in the coming days like be after the barriers and additional medical equipment. in 3rd, clinic personnel and as well still ahead on al jazeera, a provincial vote and the wrong off to get is. but a boy caught cool or may not let people exercise their rights. we have a lot of updates. the frank assessments to the problem is that is there is allowed to be outside that and
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such international law. and one of the reasons that should be the is the fact that is and has declared war on no coupons, people informed opinions, the medical infrastructure of an entire society has been completely destroy the people who will feel that destruction 1st and most will be the women and children inside story on al jazeera hearing the have you had any laser, he has the support of $15000.00, implement the shelf economic plan to do is teams across the world. we're going to go and have a look at some of those about choices. how when you closer to the house at the story expo 2023 the the fascination to
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join us and let's discover a better world expo 2023. the the you're watching me elizabeth for on and don't have a mind to of on top stories. the silence, the us defense secretary is holding talks with his riley officials and kind of b is around, has been stepping off it's offensive and gaza despite the rising international pressure. lloyd austin had previously won't, but israel's breakfast of tea. take the fates and gaza. if it failed to protect palestinian civilians, a series of as many as troy have killed at least $200.00 thomas demands from the
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gaza strip. hospital spring time that hit, a child has been killed off to a shell. maternity and hundreds of people have been taking shelter and hospitals to escape the bombings. the one says gaza is becoming the graveyard of a population trapped between. we'll see and deprivation. israel says temporarily rios and the cut them up asylum crossing to allow move humanitarian aid and to gaza . the crossing was close for 2 months. cut them all. the solemn is located with the borders of egypt. garza and israel made its use for large trucks carrying goods, fuel, and 8, and to gaza before the war. $850.00 trucks would enter the strip every day through the crossing with, as well as well as the death of crossing with egypt that ended when, as well, imposed a complete blockade on october, the 7th, 2 weeks into the conflict, a few humanitarian a trucks were allowed in a could only in touch with the adjuster crossing the number of trucks delivering 8
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increased only marginally, sense of temper very cease 5 days with him last last month. fall short of the staggering needs of the people in the gaza or families and gaza. facing a dia, humanitarian crisis, and the desperation is growing by the day. a correspondent as mine on google has more from gaza city. so i'm, i'm, was there much of that were in front of all. she's the complex which hosts the biggest number of the space people. everyone is asking. how can families, mountains, their likelihood fall under sea and heavy bombings? i'm not certain why that can be a little bit on this diagram. obviously, i'm cookie rice, to sell to the hungry. we need food and water. we want to live without rice, the people would starve to death. we need to work. we only have firewood for cooking the nurse, because we only have rice to eat. and we have to pay so much more than before. we need to feed our children. we can't even find slower. instead of paying less than
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a dollar for some slower, you know, have to pay about $8.00. that's it. if we're lucky enough to find that. so you can say yes or no, no, no, no to the about the situation is very bad. we have children and grandchildren. everyone needs to eat. there is nothing available except the rice impasto. we can have bread because we can't find flour. if you find flower every other day, it will never be enough. god is my witness. children who are always crying because they're always hungry. currently, this situation is the worst compared to other wars. i've seen worse since 1967, and this time it's the worst. in the world, the jimmy hughes and you have an account the set that on everyone is trying to get some rights to feed their children rights is now the only food available for more than 60000 will display. t is also everything we can find food. even for the
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children, i have 6 children that this is the situation here in front of all. she's complex. people are trying to buy rights for the families and some other people inside the complex can even do the same. some help. i mean, i'm was a month, it's 9 and who brought up under the a leading rights group has accused as well, of using starvation as a weapon of war and gaza. human rights watch says as well as deliberately denying palestinian civilians access to food and water. and that is a will climb under international law. the group says public statements by high ranking is ready officials on blocking food, water and fuel being carried off his policy by his ready forces. the u. s. has more than 2000000 palestinians that is nearly the entire population of gaza. don't have enough food. it adds around half of all palestinians and gaza. starving hunger was so widespread that 9 out of 10 people aren't eating enough for us or every day in
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the south where most of the people have been forced to seek shelter. more than half of internally displaced, families have experienced severe levels of hunger. on marcia kate, as israel and palestine direct to extreme invites launch. and he says, israel is using different methods to deliberately limits food and will show and gaza. but i think there are about 5 pieces a very damning evidence that led to this conclusion. one is 2 plus months of blocking entry of food and water. second is the blocking of all the trickle of humanitarian aid from entering into gaza. these have been documented for more than 2 months, but then you add to it some of the additional evidence that we looked at. one is the parent raising of agricultural lands. large percentages of the agricultural green land and gaza, turned brown desolate for the report looks at the intentional destruction of objects necessary for survival. so i'm talking about week mills,
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i'm talking about hospitals of water and sanitation facilities. greener is these kinds of things that you need to survive and then you put together the last piece, which is statements bias. really official spelling out in clear terms that their strategy or policy is the start of civilians as a tool of leverage to achieve political outcomes. whether it be a release of hostages, destruction from us putting it all together to reach the clear conclusion that the israeli government is using starvation as a webinar for, which is an important or crime the best bring you some of the world news now and a wrong piece of altering and the 1st provincial elections in a decade. the routing sheet alliance is likely to extend its grip on pallet its main political arrival to solve this movement as boy contract the election. the
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provincial vote sets the stage for parliamentary elections scheduled for 2025 that spring in a correspondence. ali how shall, who's joining us live from baghdad. so how's the motion going in the capital lobby of the one. the comforts alters. the moment to turn out is very low, or we can see that the over here where we are standing and according to the numbers till mid day, it was around 10 percent, the tunnel plus 10 percent, and the capital now and all the provinces, also the turnout is a relatively low, however, it was marked in good cook. the turn off is that on 40 percent in the bought it's 36 percent and then we send that. it's also above 30 percent. now the overall percentage of done out is 20 percent. this is a to the prime minister, a challenge, a given the fact that the main, a position policy, right?
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so the sub risk movement off y cutting the elections and they are in a way or another put thing, the whole system and the government itself in front of a vote of confidence. so that's why that they've been calling for more turned out for more pop dissipation. and we would see from now to the end of the day, if this is great dropping fluoride ali, thank you very much for that. that's ali hush and live in baghdad. at least 8 people have died off to an explosion in the beginning and capital concrete. the last and subsequent fire broke out at a fuel definitely on the color peninsula in the center of the city. the facility is the concrete, central prison and residential areas. dozens of people also injured, the finest proportion to be spreading from the fuel devil to nearby neighborhoods. the cause of the explosion is unknown. and that
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set for me, elizabeth per item, you can find more information on all the stories we are covering extended coverage on the will on gaza, on our website, which is 0 dot com whether was next and then inside story. thank you very much for watching the the hello is there, a cold grip continues from much of east asia with very low temperatures, affecting northern parts of china, as well as mongolia and russia's far east. now there's been some improvement for the south of this, and of course the korean peninsula was sol thing to degrees celsius and maximum high on choose day. but that doesn't last long. those bits of the cold winds will blow down once again. nothing temperature is down and places like basing as well as
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solar down to minus 5 degrees celsius that on wednesday. and the winter weather continues to pulse its way further east. some improvement, however, in tokyo with more in the way of sunshine, some improvement weather wise as well for shanghai, but still attempt just sitting below the average in places like taipei, taiwan, and in hong kong, now was move over to south agents will be largely settled across the north of india, but the fog and some of the issues continue to persist in new delhi, things are feeling a little bit cooler up in the very north of india lottery, settled across more central area, some west to weather, still kicking into the south. we have got some warnings off heavy rain for tumble, not but an improvement in carroll. a heavy rain however persist pulsing into sri lanka, edging across further west into the melodies on tuesday of the, on counting the cost if the world produces enough food to feed all its people,
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why the hundreds of millions go hungry communities across africa facing the west. these crises, in full decades for the funding of 8 programs that tackle food in security is declining. counting the cost on al jazeera, we know what's happening in our region. we know how to get to places that others can know as far as instead of going on. the way that you tell the story is what can make a difference. israel's foreign minister in says the war on guys that will continue this fight blowing and go over these really armies of sweet captives. if i'm these are demanding the document to ensure those house by him on so can a deal be agreed to freedom and secure a new tool. this is inside the.
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