or is it just a different form? i think that democracy is a process basically, entities do you feel that the fraction is already starting the g 7 in the us on one side showing the end the bricks on the other? i assume there is a huge release of that to happen via the stores on told to houses in the news radio strikes target homes incentive guns that killing at least 70 palestinians and the most as the refugee camp. the alarm having to speak of this is i just need a lot from the also coming up, the pictures, image of heavy fighting between a mess of minutes the wing and is ready soldiers in the north of the street,

traveling long distances to access clean water and gaza, we report from the jet valley, a refugee camp as the settle a nation plants and wells come. monday is ready to get tax. and christmas mess in a time of war were in bethlehem, where christians are praying for those on the bombardments in guns. is there any fight to jets, have bombed a block of houses in the most as a refugee camp in central gauze, like killing at least 70 palace thing and thousands more have been injured and many homes have been completely destroyed in the strike. the people are digging through the rubble trying to find survivors. officials say the death toll may increase in the coming out. a dr. s. l ox hospital says stuff struggling to treat the number of victims. is that that will do it because they're just a bad small i'm no,

i'm either of either of these a lot of wounded patients that are still sleeping on the floor because we don't have any place since there's no capacity. and you can't even walk in the card was because the number of wounded that exceeds the number of beds uh, the number of patients we have is 5 times capacity that we have in the hospital that many individuals needing treatment being put in teens. and we also have put some page and the to receive patients, the weed, receiving others on the floor that let's cost that to totty. i wasn't who is in rough in southern garza so tiny what more we hearing about this strike on the most as the camp in particular where it is in relation to everyone else. yes. has them as much as the refugee camp, in fact, had been the one of the main areas that these really forces had classic traits it on during the last couple of days. and today it had been widely attacked by these very minute treat where a number of residential houses have been completely flattened,

the level to the ground where around 70 palestinians have been reported killed. now that truck had been carried out in one of the most densely populated areas in the mid the regions of the gaza strip, where the residence of and my gosh, the refugee camp along side with their route by a rates has been receiving a kind of different places and evacuation orders to flee to the southern parts of the treasury. so israel during the last couple of days and it's totally up to date, had adopted a very, a systematic approach were present in such an intensifying the race of the attacks from these areas. just to force people to sleep, move to the south of the gaza strip, which is a rigid, had been overwhelmed with exact to ease. now the attacks on this, a refugee time continued alongside with the number of residential buildings. and apparently i was up to date morning had been also uh, destroyed,

where injuries had been transported to a lot so much on what is important to say is that this a refuge account is very densely populated with in fact to be useful has been earlier and they me shows, days of the will, had received evacuation orders to move off to dollars a y d. and i was to say refuge account is completely off the cause of what a now that use very up ration is abrasions. are moving to the areas that are supposed to be safe. were people are supposed right now to be fleeing. i am at the very risk keith rhodes are talking about, so i had you wrote which is very dangerous and it's considered to be one of the areas where confrontation took place between the palestinian fighters at the middle of these many military soldiers. and it's still there, it's not just the, the has the refugee camp that was attacked. of course they've been other attacks elsewhere. what more do we know those?

yes. has them to attacks we're not only against and my guys the but also had been carried out in different areas in gauze or we are testing about a great refuge account which had been under i think it's very bombardment since. busy the last couple of hours and as well as they're worried about a town which has been under the is really military to really know how to use as well in the south of gaza strip. had been also added just the why the i talked a by the is very a forces where 11 palestinians have to report killed off to destruction of a residential building. and those victims have been transported to another hospital . so as we have been reaching that involve our clique that informing us of the situation that is getting the bi dates much more worse and difficult, as bombardment did not stop in these areas alongside with the northern parts of the gaza strip. where the east ready operations in these areas are witnessing much more

expansion and it as also getting much more difficult as the war and the days of the work progresses. thought as well as we mean roughly thank you very much to the united nations. it says that nearly 2000000 people in gauze all facing severe food and water shortages and associates has gained access to northern gaza and reports on the water crisis. there was nothing me a little boss of how the water crisis in gauze a is getting hard. the lifeline of the displaced people here in jump. leah refugee comp. these radio basic forces bummed wells and decidedly nation plants here in north because i live in that could have many of music and i came from the very far away place to fill these barrels. water, we live in, come on that one. we don't have any water that we have to make a lot of effort to carry these barrels back to our area. you put the hose on to the level to get some of the volts, and really suitable for drinking situations. catastrophic law help us who are sim 2

people in our building. and we need to bring both to twice a day because he's borrows early enough for half a day at the gym. and as the human had been my, my father sent me from a leeway area to get water from here. i told my father, we have to live and we have to face the dangerous circumstances. altair in order to stay in life, my brothers are with me. the water is sometimes enough for a day, and sometimes it's not. i do my best to feed my duncan because i use my duncan to bring water. sometimes we share water with our neighbors. they get to sit as of them, like we put too much effort. the long distance is to get water every time and it means what god knows how many kilometers on the walk every day and get some more to go to help all the fees and the yeah, them know what the will be as what assume the water is polluted and a lot of people are having diarrhea and vomiting that is not, i'm willing to take them to medical center. they slightly for us to show the vent,

so as not to get the people any chance of getting clean. what we thought was nothing mia least that you know, the, i mean, besides the lack of water, there are other crises. there is a lot of electricity and food and i'm a sites us have released a new video of intense fighting in northern gauze. are these really ministry saying 15 of its soldiers had been killed since friday? civilians are being ordered to leave the north while as rainy strikes continue to hit, evacuation zones in the south. israel is army, says it as found. the bodies of 3 is rarely soldiers and 2 civilians in a major. how much tunnel in northern gaza. it's believe they were among those captain. on october 7th, a spokesman for the army claims the tunnel was uncovered under the jamalia refugee camp, and that it contained weapons. and emergency rooms is rough as the tunnel networks of the, as the northern headquarters of how much fights is. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu, as, as the warrant garza is exacting

a heavy price on the military. he says is ready. forces are going deeper into the strip and will fight until the end of the cell, which is live force now and occupied it. east jewish lives and that he's really minute to release this new video of the tunnel saying they uncovered bodies that what more do we know about that? this is really military saying they uncovered what they are calling a massive network of tunnels and northern gauze. underneath the japan. yeah, refugee camp. they're claiming this was used by him as, as their military headquarters headquarters in the north the claim. but they did not provide any information to back it up with. they showed us images of these tunnels. they said that it was 2 levels, the 1st 10 meters deep, and the 2nd level more deeper than that. so the military is saying they also recovered weapons from that network of tunnels. additionally,

that they found the weapons manufacturing equipment there as well. when it comes to the bodies that were recovered there. on december 13th, they found 2 bodies there in one part of the series of tunnels due to what they're calling military intelligence. and then 3 days later on december 16th, they recovered 3 other bodies in the same network of tunnels, but in a different area, according to the israeli army. now they're saying all in all, it's around one square kilometer of tunnels that are underneath. there's a body, a refugee camp, and these really army said that they have destroyed what they're calling this intricate network of tunnels. i know they've been several reactions from is really fate. officials. we understand what they've been say. this is really officials have been speaking the to the law says these really military is experiencing since friday. 15 is really soldiers have been killed inside of guns.

i'm making the total since the ground offensive began to a $155.00. these really president is occurred song eulogy, izing the soldiers, but also saying that this is a pro long war and it's going to be painful every step of the way, but also calling on any sort of internal divisions about the war to end so that everyone can be on the same page when it comes to israel's goals. additionally, we've been hearing from is really prime minister benjamin netanyahu, who said that this is a heavy price to pay. but these really is simply have no choice but to continue on in this war. he also said that on the issue of the captives military pressure is the only way to bring them back, and that they are going to continue this war no matter what has them. i'm the son who's in occupied east recently. thank you. i evans who these say a us navy ship fight

a missile targeting one of the drones over the red sea. they say the missile exploded, knew a ship traveling from russia. that's all said the reports from the booty south of the narrow bed and mend up straight between the arabian peninsula and africa. several countries have military bases into booty, including the us. of course, the statement is yours in quite a threatening language here, and they said that they affirm that the tract with the international maritime navigation is not a result of the of actions. but rather it is because of the militarization of the red sea by america. and its allies, we came to the region to provide the safety to is rally ships. so force ease from the beginning on her being quite clear and saying that they are not targeting the maritime tray to the red sea. bought brother of the target team. this the ships that are related to israel, this is what they claim so far. and also they went on and seen. the red sea will be

a building, a rena, if america and its allies continue in the way of a bullying, and also and other war name for the regional countries. the say that the company is bored into the board and in the red sea also must realize the reality of the dentures that threatens the national security. so the policies are quite clear here that the, if this escalation continue, it's not going to be on a, on the conflict between the usa and who it is. but it's going to be a regional conflict tracking in the national security of the neighboring companies as well. clearly we see this escalation, and now do you actually saying that this is the what's happening? let's see is an international crisis. and that's why it's is trying hard to build a, an international naval quality sion but so far there's a force to build that college and has failed to. the pentagon says more than 20 countries have agreed to participate in a us led coalition in the red sea. to stop the attacks, the recipes,

one of the wells most important shipping routes for oil and gas between asia and europe. in the south, the narrow babbled men deb straight between africa and the radiant peninsula, connects the red sea with the gulf of either 12 percent of the world's trade and 10 percent of global oil carried by ships. goes through the straight, the suez canal, connect to the right seat with the mediterranean sea, and that's the shortest shipping route between europe and asia. 15 percent of the world's maritime traffic costs is through the sewage cut out. but since november, the who these have targeted vessels near babbled menda forcing major shipping and oil companies to suspend operations through the red seats. rerouted vessels will have to make a longer journey all the way down the east coast of africa via the southern tip of the continents. they, with the rush, is a professor at the national defense university and former pentagon director of arabian peninsula affairs. he says that on going us lead efforts to make the red

sea safe again, for commercial ships, will take time. we seen drones and missiles shot down by us ships by saudi land forces by his early land forces, by a british ship and by a french ship. so there's kind of a multi national effort against the, you know, this attempt to disrupt civilian maritime traffic. the only difference is now there's a formal us lead escort coalition that will allow ships to move under military protection. and there's an alternate french leg one that will probably do the same thing right now. what you have our ships performing different mission. so one of the ships that shot down a lot of the who, the drones and missiles is actually of us estimation is actually assigned to counter piracy in the gulf of a, by having an organized a system of escorts. the commercial carriers will be able to trans,

at the suez canal, link up with the coalition, and then sale through the babel manda of under international protection. capital is, is cowardly. and i think that, you know, it makes sense to avoid an area where there's a, a threat to see what happens and see how it takes full. so i would expect it to take, you know, some time before procedures are established before there's a level of confidence. i mean, bear in mind, these are on our commercial ships that are being attacked with weapons of war of the still ahead on. i just see it, i will bring you the stories of pregnant women preparing to give birth, admit to college and cost. and then i'll then use felicia said the assigned to a gas and i'll position protest is threatening to storm the capitals 60 the

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the, you're watching i 0 mind on the top stories this out at least 70 people have been killed in his rainy and strikes on them as, as the refugee camp of central causes, thousands of people are still buried under the rubble, they shall save the desktop, may increase in the coming out. how much fighters have released a new video of intense clashes in northern gaza? is really minutes. he says 15 of its soldiers have been killed since friday. as many forces have ordered civilians to leave the north, but as strikes continue to hit, evacuation science in south. united nations says nearly 2000000 people in guns are placing severe shortages of food and water. it's estimated 96 percent of available

water supply is unfit push human consumption. so any forces and fund wells and the cell a nation farms out of damage caused by is ready as strikes on causes. hospitals is making it difficult for medical staff to provide proper care for pregnant women and newborn babies. united nations refugee agency says there are about 50000 pregnant women trapped in the territory and at least a 180 bucks in gaza. every day at the agency says, just 7 out of 20 to you and run health centers are still operational a dr. alice ross, the child is a retired physician and a jewish voice for peace health advisory panel member. she was in gauze there in august before as well as invasion and joins us live now from seattle. thanks very much for being with us now. um, people living in gaza facing all kinds of stresses and risks right now uh with the

on going uh war but give us a sense of what pregnant women in particular having to face now as well. pregnant women are facing with everyone else is facing, which is lack of safety, food, shelter, clean water, but they're all much more vulnerable population. so living under that level of stress and now nutrition, 1st of all creates added risks to the pregnancy in terms of miscarriage. and pre term labor. the other problem is that a pregnancy is associated with malnutrition. then the fetus is not going to be well no restrictions and creates further problems for the newborn pregnant women at this point are mostly not getting any prenatal care. so they're not being monitored for all the usual issues that come up in pregnancy as well as for the diseases that come up in pregnancy like just ational diabetes and various hypertensive disorders

. so they're being pregnant without any modern health care. and on top of that, there's a huge mental health stress and pregnancy is a much more valuable time, as well as post part of in terms of mental health. then we have the fact that most of the pregnant women and gaza don't know where they're going to deliver. um, many of them are unable to get to any functioning hospital. if they do get to a functioning hospital, just getting there may be a risk to their lives. and when will they get to a hospital if it is working? there's a huge lack of ivy's therapy and antibiotics and there's very little in the way of pain medicine. and so they may go to a hospital, but them a hospital staff who are brave and heroic and doing the best they can or not able to provide them with basic obstetrical care. and if there is a lack of oxygen, a lack of formula, a lack of clean water, then the baby is at risk as well. and as you can imagine, you know,

if your baby needs to be resuscitated and there's no oxygen, they can't do an adequate resuscitation. then postpartum women are vulnerable to postpartum depression and you can just imagine this kind of situation and having a baby i they also need to be breast feeding. and if they are dehydrated, malnourished anemic, so sick, they may not be able to breast feed and they may not have formula or they may have the powder, but no clean water. so it's just a compounding of medical disasters. one on top of the other. yeah. and i know you, you've interviewed some pregnant women living in there, just talk to us a little bit about their, their experience and their, and their, their worries. why now? sure. well, some of what i've said summarizes their experiences. one of the women in particular has diabetes, and so she should be taking insulin. she should have her sugars monitor very closely. she has a high risk pregnancy that needs advanced field monitoring and she's not getting

any of that. she's not being followed by an o. b, she's not being followed by an under chronologist. she can't get insulin and even if she could, it's supposed to be refrigerated. so she's using a substitute for them to live without adequate monitoring. so she's at risk for serious illness and death. her baby's at risk of $32.00 weeks, she was already having excessive amniotic fluid, which means is assign involved placental dysfunction and fairly controlled diabetes . so this is a disaster for her and if she was a before the war, she was a middle class dentist with the doctor has been living her life with her other kid . and now she's just in the state of enormous high risk. and if the pregnancy is not monitored closely, and the sugars are not well controlled to that risk for having an unusually large baby of mattress. so mia and then that setting there's much more abnormal of laborers in the baby can get trapped because of in a way 1011 pounds of shoulders may get trapped. and if she can get, if she needs

a c section and can get it. but they may not be any anesthesia available. so, and then those babies have to be monitored afterwards because they tend to bother about their sugars. there's not a functioning lab that can monitor the baby. so this is a kind of a worries that she has at really appreciate you this a very important point in perspective that dr. alice ross. john, thanks very much for your time. you're welcome bye to that one christmas day i is autonomy to bethlehem in the occupied westbank. that's where christians believe. jesus was born more than 2000 years ago. but this, the palace thing is say they want the world to focus on what is happening in concert laurel con has more now from bethlehem in the occupied west back. it is sad, it is some the one posting and said to me today he walks outside. so main to square where i am now and said, where's the people, where's the children was any thing?

and if you just take a look around where there was a christmas tree, there was now a lot representing the rubble. it's called rising from the rubble. and if you look towards the trach currently in slides, if we've, we've had a big increase of police presence around here because you have the lots and patriarchs here. but this stuff pizza by law. inside of you have you seen from the pictures covering the mass. but if you look around, it is an empty square. now i have a walk through before christmas. and usually it's so perhaps to the rough to is that we've got to stand up inside some of the buildings at the top. just so you have to have a chance to talk about what's happening but that you can barely move and it's a difference between nights and day. now, here with me, i have an office sheets on the gala and is run upa shara. thank you so much for joining us. and she goes to joining us with her outlook just behind us. first of

all, tell me how do you feel seeing, becca, how like this? it's a night this morning despite the birth of jesus, despite the christmas bus i'm and morning my heart is leaving. we have seen a about 80 days of slaughter, the best i decided to gather my power to gather my r as to that in my thoughts, i'm come here to deliver a message on my message was very simple, very an installation fees with an incubator would maybe jesus in it, this is what i pictured when, when remembered in christmas, jesus is sitting on for you in a very simple way. but we are bleeding as our children, the casea and the bus of the outlet. i chose that because of age time to actually believe it on, on the,

on my water. his name is prize and come that up is because we are here with jesus with the halo. the halo is the, the you know, i'm, i'm, i'm very actually emotion them. yeah. but the, the, the golden color is that eyes the lights that's from the spots we bring life to the was with unfortunately, the whole word, the celebrating christmas. while our children, our jesus, was posted and he was born here, but his brothers and sisters has been slow to tonight's run. uh, when did you decide to create this? what's um, what inspired to you? i mean, it seems quite obvious to me but, but what moment did you decide to create? in fact i so it's as because i have seen i have, i decided as an artist to follow each moment and bear with me. bear with me. so

my, the slow sort of my people to the genocide that's has been happening for a few days. i decided to take the responsibility. i want it to be a witness as a human being, as an artist for, for my, for my people of the a 1000 use now police inserted be asked by a to, i guess it demonstrates is denouncing votes of, for hundreds of opposition support has gathered outside a city council building in bel great, they broke the windows at the entrance of the building, where felicia barricaded themselves by just to say the ruling party rig last week's general election. the president alexander, which has denied the claim. lucian, hygiene equal each has more from bel. great. this is a 7th day of protest. the stars that didn't go right out through the alexis on

sunday, the 17th of december. because the opposition called ition surgery against violence is claiming that the authority is committed various election frauds. and they broke they, they took all the votes, the opposition was, it was supposed to get the for the, for their side and the opposition. now once the, the elections for the parliament and for the problem is found where the devil assumed it to be repeated under the new on the new conditions. the protest this, this evening starts is called me over everything was like any other night before this one. but some sometime about hour and a half of the, the process started, the demonstrators came to the building behind me, which is the uh, old town hall. they wanted to be well positioned leaders, $1.00 to $3.00 in the went through the phone calls so that they can make speeches on the balcony towards the protesters. but the, but the police didn't allow them to get inside the town hall. and that's when

everything broke out that some people wanted to get inside the town hall violently . so they brought the windows on the doors in front of the windows on the sides and the police were there seals.