joe biden's presence here will only deepen the conviction among palestinians and millions of other arabs that america is not just on the side of israel, but that it is also complicit in everything israel is doing in gaza. according to our intelligence, hamas checked the reports, i understood it was an islamichhad . rocket that had misfired and decided to launch a global media campaign to hide what really happened. - us presidentjoe biden has flown in and out of israel today — on a whirlwind eight hour trip. a trip that's been overshadowed by last night's blast at a hospital in gaza. israel maintains it was not responsible — but not everyone agrees.

hamas, palestinian authorities and other arab nations have blamed israel for the explosion — which has triggered protests across the middle east. meanwhile britain's foreign office is advising its citizens against all travel to lebanon due to the risks associated with the conflict between israel and the occupied palestinian territories. to discuss all this with me tonight is our panel — tom peck a political sketch writer for the independent and amanda renteria, a democratic & policy strategist and former top campaign aide to hillary clinton. us presidentjoe biden has promised solidarity with israel but his trip is overshadowed with a the us presidentjoe biden has today pledged solidarity with israel,

during a whirlwind eight hour visit. but, his trip was overshadowed by last night's blast at a hospital in gaza. which the gazan health ministry says killed a71 people. it has inflamed tensions and sparked protests across the region. israel has maintained it was not responsible, saying the blast was caused by a rocket misfired by the palestinian militant group islamichhad. today president biden agreed, saying it appears the blast was "done by the other team." but hamas, palestinian authorities and other arab nations have blamed israel for the explosion which triggered protests across the middle east. the bbc is trying verify the claims from both sides. after their talks, mr netanyahu called biden a "true friend", saying he commends his "deeply moving" decision to visit israel during the war. following joe biden�*s visit, israel said it "will not thwart" the delivery of food, water and medicine from egypt for civilians in gaza as long as this aid does not "reach hamas". for days people there have been fleeing their homes to escape israeli strikes which palestinian which authorities in gaza say have

killed more than 2,400 people. israel says is it targeting members of hamas, a group designated as a terror organisation, by the uk government. it follows the deaths of around m00 people, in attacks on southern israel, 11 days ago. let's begin our coverage with this report from our international editorjeremy bowen, on president biden�*s crucial, diplomatic mission. a warning there are some graphic details in his report. a car park outside the al ahli hospital became a killing ground. the arguments about who's responsible come too late for the people whose lives ended here. even with their bodies taken away, the clean—up this morning also meant collecting small pieces of flesh. he shouts god have mercy, he said, they were civilians.

and mohammed al—zawahiri, a neighbour, can't unsee children with legs blown off and the bodies he helped carry. they all, he said, thought they'd be safe near a hospital. early this morning at the defence ministry in tel aviv, the military presented data it said proved israel did not attack the hospital. instead, they said it was a malfunctioning rocket fired by palestinian islamichhad. the trajectory analysis from the barrage of rockets confirms that the rockets were fired, close proximity to the hospital. according to our intelligence, hamas checked the reports, understood it was an islamichhad rocket that had misfired and decided to launch a global media campaign to hide what really happened. they went as far as inflating the numbers of casualties.

coming to tel aviv was a gamble for president biden. he wanted to ease gaza's humanitarian catastrophe while supporting israel's war effort, perhaps an impossible circle to square with israel's leader, benjamin netanyahu. but a deal emerged from their meeting. food, water and medicine, but no fuel from egypt to gaza. for israel, more military aid and agreement that they didn't hit the hospital. and based on what i've seen, it appears as though it was done by the other team. not you. i wanted to personally come and make that clear. thank you for having me. and i'm looking forward to having a thorough discussion about where everybody goes from here. the president won't change the minds of those who insist israel attacked the hospital.

joe biden�*s presence here will only deepen the conviction among palestinians and millions of other arabs that america isn't just on israel's side, but that it's also complicit in everything israel is doing in gaza, including killing civilians. until the hamas attacks on israel, president biden dreamt of transforming the middle east. the americans were negotiating with saudi arabia and israel to try to get the two countries to recognise each other. that is not on the agenda any more. in arab capitals, there have been protests against israel. this was beirut and this is sana'a in yemen. so far, the shouting has spread, but not the fighting. keeping it that way will be a challenge. jeremy bowen, bbc news, israel.

joining me now from washington dc is asha castleberry—hernandez, former us state department senior advisor to the bureau of near eastern affairs. welcome to the programme. if you were advising president biden would you have told him to make this trip? yes i would have. i think it is imperative that president biden shows that he is committed to achieving regional peace and security. i think it it is very important that he also shows that he is in support of the security of the state of israel as well as ensuring that the message is important that everyone knows that this is all about innocent civilians and protecting innocent civilians and making sure that they receive humanitarian assistance. so his leadership or presence in the region definitely is going to resonate and it is important that he is there. clearly, there has been a breakthrough, we think, when it gets

to getting aid from egypt into gaza. it remains to be seen when that actually happens but there certainly has not been a promise from israel on that. can the president's visit really de—escalate what is, by all accounts, a situation that seems to be escalating by the hour? his resence be escalating by the hour? fl 3 presence will be able to ensure that, again, the state of israel along with its key partners are receiving enough support, ensuring that he has a good outlook of the operational environment and that he can make the best decisions as far as how to move forward in regards to peace and security. so i think it does resonate and i think interaction with our partners in person especially about the hostage affairs issue is definitely going to be helpful in terms of being a game changer as we are dealing with a very complex operational security

environment. the very complex operational security environment-— very complex operational security environment. , ., , . , environment. the problem as there was not interaction _ environment. the problem as there was not interaction in _ environment. the problem as there was not interaction in person - environment. the problem as there was not interaction in person with l was not interaction in person with other key leaders in that part of the world including from the palestinian authority and other countries like jordan. palestinian authority and other countries likejordan. so it was not really the overwhelming consolidated tory business that he was hoping for because he only met with israeli leaders. ., , , because he only met with israeli leaders. . , , ., leaders. that is true but that the thing about _ leaders. that is true but that the thing about it — leaders. that is true but that the thing about it is _ leaders. that is true but that the thing about it is he _ leaders. that is true but that the thing about it is he has - thing about it is he has his secretary of state along with other senior officials that are able to cover down with those interactions like secretary for lincoln to ensure the humanitarian assistance is being completed as well as the hostage affairs issue is also being effectively coordinated. —— blinken. because this is such a complex evolving issue today, realistically, it is very difficult for the president to be meet everyone or all key partners.

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everyone no matter _ now. i think there is concern for everyone no matter what - now. i think there is concern for everyone no matter what their l everyone no matter what their nationality. stay with us. let us meet the panel. tom peck is a political sketch writer for the independent and amanda renteria is democratic & policy strategist and national political director. ina in a former aide for hillary clinton. with that you make of the visit of president biden, did not go to plan, let's be blunt. this visit of president biden, did not go to plan, let's be blunt.— to plan, let's be blunt. this is a president who _ to plan, let's be blunt. this is a president who consistently - to plan, let's be blunt. this is a president who consistently in l to plan, let's be blunt. this is al president who consistently in his presidency— president who consistently in his presidency goes _ president who consistently in his presidency goes to _ president who consistently in his presidency goes to the _ president who consistently in his presidency goes to the front - 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there is not really _ think rishi sunak will make? there is not really very _ think rishi sunak will make? there is not really very much _ think rishi sunak will make? there is not really very much difference any world — is not really very much difference any world leader can make an rishi sunak— any world leader can make an rishi sunak is— any world leader can make an rishi sunak is not— any world leader can make an rishi sunak is not the president of the united _ sunak is not the president of the united states of america. the point of this, _ united states of america. the point of this, there are no good outcomes. so when _ of this, there are no good outcomes. so when you — of this, there are no good outcomes. so when you judge whether someone's visit has _ so when you judge whether someone's visit has been successful or not, the context— visit has been successful or not, the context has to be that there are no good _ the context has to be that there are no good outcomes. it is hard for these _ no good outcomes. it is hard for these things to be construed in any way as—

these things to be construed in any way as a _ these things to be construed in any way as a success. the point of the western— way as a success. the point of the western allies of israel going to visit them, there are two purposes, one is— visit them, there are two purposes, one is to _ visit them, there are two purposes, one is to show solidarity with the country _ one is to show solidarity with the country that was a victim of an appalling, _ country that was a victim of an appalling, appalling terrorist attack — appalling, appalling terrorist attack and the other purpose is to try and _ attack and the other purpose is to try and contain that rage of that country— try and contain that rage of that country which is exactly as president biden has set in the clip, to get— president biden has set in the clip, to get it _ president biden has set in the clip, to get it to— president biden has set in the clip, to get it to pursue justice rather than _ to get it to pursue justice rather than vengeance because if they do not, than vengeance because if they do not. the _ than vengeance because if they do not, the risks of escalation are enormous _ not, the risks of escalation are enormous. i suspect that if you are netanyahu — enormous. i suspect that if you are netanyahu who is trying to be the voice _ netanyahu who is trying to be the voice of— netanyahu who is trying to be the voice of the average israeli, you are more — voice of the average israeli, you are more answerable to that sense of visceral _ are more answerable to that sense of visceral rage that your population are feeling then pressure put upon you on— are feeling then pressure put upon you on world leaders to act in a measured — you on world leaders to act in a measured way. you have to hope that they win _ measured way. you have to hope that they win but _ measured way. you have to hope that they win but the amount of influence that someone like rich snake can wield _ that someone like rich snake can wield that— that someone like rich snake can wield that situation is minimal. there _ wield that situation is minimal. there are — wield that situation is minimal. there are plenty of them —— there is

biden, _ there are plenty of them —— there is biden, sunak, olaf scholz has already— biden, sunak, olaf scholz has already been, you hope to see more of this— already been, you hope to see more of this and _ already been, you hope to see more of this and then slowly you could prove _ of this and then slowly you could prove try— of this and then slowly you could prove try and persuade israel to act in a more _ prove try and persuade israel to act in a more reasonable fashion but it will not _ in a more reasonable fashion but it will not be — in a more reasonable fashion but it will not be is easy.— will not be is easy. warnings that israel should _ will not be is easy. warnings that israel should not _ will not be is easy. warnings that israel should not act _ will not be is easy. warnings that israel should not act with - will not be is easy. warnings that israel should not act with rage i will not be is easy. warnings that. israel should not act with rage and cautioning about what he will describe as mistakes that the us made after 9/11, what did you make about that warning shot from president biden?— about that warning shot from president biden? ~ . president biden? when you look at the security — president biden? when you look at the security environment _ president biden? when you look at the security environment it - president biden? when you look at the security environment it tells i the security environment it tells you a _ the security environment it tells you a lot — the security environment it tells you a lot about _ the security environment it tells you a lot about the _ the security environment it tells you a lot about th- the security environment it tells you a lot about the information flow and information _ you a lot about the information flow and information environment - you a lot about the information flow and information environment and i you a lot about the information flow. and information environment and the reaction and i think that was a good move on but he said because he does not want the bad reaction to subsequently happen because it makes the operational environment a lot more complex and dangerous. so i think that is his commander—in—chief style in ensuring that he sends those signals or communicates effectively to everyone around the world that, there is information running around, this is the

accuracy, the veracity of what is going on and it is very important that we react accordingly and not be to reactive in terms of inflaming danger to others and destabilising the operational environment. thank ou ve the operational environment. thank you very much- _ the operational environment. thank you very much- l — the operational environment. thank you very much. i think _ the operational environment. thank you very much. i think you - the operational environment. thank you very much. i think you will- the operational environment. thank you very much. i think you will be . you very much. i think you will be going now but thank you forjoining us on the contacts. tom and amanda we will be back with you later. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. the inquest into the death of manchester arena bomber salman abedi has returned a conclusion of suicide. the record of inquest was published today by the judge—coroner who chaired the manchester arena inquiry. the formal conclusion recorded by the inquest was "�*suicide while undertaking a terror attack that murdered 22 innocent victims and injured many others'.

official figures show that food prices have seen their first monthly fall in two years, but fuel prices have risen sharply. milk, cheese and egg prices all fell, but petrol rose by 5.1p a litre. it means the uk's overall rate of inflation holds steady at 6.7% after three consecutive monthly falls. london's metropolitan police say that the environmental campaigner greta thunberg has been charged with a public order offence after a protest on tuesday. the force says a total of 26 people have been charged with obstructing the highway after being asked to move. they were bailed to appear before westminster magistrates' court in november. you're live with bbc news. speaking in tel aviv, president biden urged israelis not to be consumed by their anger. he spoke of how in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, america too was enraged, but made mistakes.

with israel widely expected to launch a ground invasion in the coming days into northern gaza, lucy williamson has been gauging the mood, among israelis. israel is getting ready. it's target — hamas. these drills include training in methods that avoid civilian casualties, but israel knows any battle in gaza will be messy. a tip today from the us president — government anger shouldn't replace the rules of war. in this area, fear shows up as empty houses, empty pavements. around 50 people were killed here. the mayor says they get 1,000 calls a night from residents who think they hear gunmen moving around. 18—year—old daniel said israel is now a country of grief. he lost a close friend in the attack, two months before he starts his military service.

translation: now i don't believe anything any politician says, - until they put their words into action. people are afraid to leave their homes. if israel put down her weapon, the palestinians would kill us. if the palestinians put down their weapons, we could make peace with them. the trauma left by these attacked his pressing on israel's government. it said protecting their citizens means destroying hamas. warnings of the risk of that goal are outweighed by pressure at home. sharon used to cook dinner for tel aviv�*s elite, now it is for the soldiers. now it is fuel for the soldiers.

a far—left anti—government protester, he paused his criticism to support the war. now there's a new opponent and a new national unity. we need to choose between our kids to their kids and who's right, now. what do you mean? i say the churchill bombed berlin, he didn't ask who go hitler, right, we have a war against a country, we have the right to fight them. the families of some of the hostages appealed to president biden today. they say war is not the first priority. israelis caught between the trauma of their wounded nation and the trauma of whether their loved ones will survive. lucy williamson, bbc news, southern israel. earlier i spoke to mark regev who is senior adviser to prime minister benjamin netanyahu and former ambassador of israel to the united kingdom.

i have no doubt there has been suffering and misery in gaza and unfortunately war always brings destruction and misery but i urge you, please, be cautious with those figures because they come out of a hamas —controlled ministry of health and gaza. there is no objective... we know from colleagues on the ground that civilians are dying. l ground that civilians are dying. i do not deny that but i'm so you ground that civilians are dying. l do not deny that but i'm so you have to be cautious with the statistics that come out of that ministry of health which is run by hamas. how many of those 3000, how many of them were combatants, how many civilians, if you believe hamas propaganda they are all innocent civilians. it is clear that they have an interest in saying we have never had a single combatant we are only hitting civilians, that is obviously not true. . r' civilians, that is obviously not true. . . . . true. let me ask you about and that the development _ true. let me ask you about and that the development that _ true. let me ask you about and that the development that came - true. let me ask you about and that the development that came out of l true. let me ask you about and that l the development that came out of the talks today between president biden and netanyahu and that is the agreement that israel will not thwart the delivery of food, water

and medicine from egypt for civilians in gaza. what timescale are we not talking? are you promising that in the next few hours that the aide can finally get through because people are in desperate need, the un says that gazais desperate need, the un says that gaza is on the brink of a deepening humanitarian catastrophe. brute gaza is on the brink of a deepening humanitarian catastrophe. we went aid to reach — humanitarian catastrophe. we went aid to reach the _ humanitarian catastrophe. we went aid to reach the civilian _ humanitarian catastrophe. we went aid to reach the civilian population. aid to reach the civilian population of gaza and the rafah crossing is the right place for that to happen. we have also set in president biden said to, that we do not want a situation where hamas can siphon off the aide for its own military machine. there was a documented case yesterday where there were oil figures that enter the gaza strip and the petrol inside was supposed to go to hospital generators, something that does humanitarian and legitimate and we know for a fact that hamas stole part of that wheel and we presume it went straight to their military machine. to the armed forces who we are fighting against. so we have set and the americans upset that they have to be

safeguards in place to make sure that aid goes to the people it's supposed to go to. hamas of their own people in gaza with guns. it's not like if they come here and say come here it's not like there is much you can do about it but there have to be arrangements in place to make sure that it does not happen. that we minimise the possibility that it happens and i think the people who are donating each to the palestinians, first and foremost have an interest that aid to the palestinians go to the palestinians and is not stolen by hamas. let’s and is not stolen by hamas. let's brina and is not stolen by hamas. let's bring back _ and is not stolen by hamas. let's bring back in _ and is not stolen by hamas. let's bring back in our— and is not stolen by hamas. let's bring back in our panel. - and is not stolen by hamas. let's bring back in our panel. amanda and tom. you are listening to part of the interview i conducted earlier. i willjust read this quote out from the un. it's is because it is running out of water and electricity in fact, gaza is being strangled and it seems the world right now has lost its humanity. we are not getting a promise that some aide will get through. by all accounts, aid groups on the ground saying it will not be enough given the size of

the population there. amanda, what you think of the slaves development? at the get to start somewhere and that is— at the get to start somewhere and that is why— at the get to start somewhere and that is why president biden with their— that is why president biden with their to — that is why president biden with their to start opening up these channels _ their to start opening up these channels. but it allows you a pathway _ channels. but it allows you a pathway to then do more but also it holds _ pathway to then do more but also it holds people accountable for making sure there _ holds people accountable for making sure there is a pathway. that will be the _ sure there is a pathway. that will be the important point in the next hours _ be the important point in the next hours and — be the important point in the next hours and days is to make sure that what _ hours and days is to make sure that what was _ hours and days is to make sure that what was promised will actually get to where _ what was promised will actually get to where it needs to go. really from everyone _ to where it needs to go. really from everyone involved in this. so it is very— everyone involved in this. so it is very difficult in a fog of war in one _ very difficult in a fog of war in one of— very difficult in a fog of war in one of the _ very difficult in a fog of war in one of the toughest parts right now is all of— one of the toughest parts right now is all of the — one of the toughest parts right now is all of the misinformation that has been — is all of the misinformation that has been going back and forth and that everyone does have to work on reports _ that everyone does have to work on reports given by someone else. but that does— reports given by someone else. but that does not mean that you cannot stop finding the pathway forward. tom, _ stop finding the pathway forward. tom, let's — stop finding the pathway forward. tom, let's bring you in. gaza was already in a deepening humanitarian crisis even before this recent conflict. that is the challenge will be talked about a lot of these places around the world, even a

places around the world, even a place like afghanistan, how much can other countries, even the uk, help when it comes to making sure that edith does reach people who desperately need it? people who are not of course, displaced. l desperately need it? people who are not of course, displaced.— not of course, displaced. i don't know how _ not of course, displaced. i don't know how to — not of course, displaced. i don't know how to answer _ not of course, displaced. i don't know how to answer that - not of course, displaced. i don't l know how to answer that question not of course, displaced. i don't . know how to answer that question i have no idea how they can help. there was a terrible attack on hospital yesterday and 2a hours later i don't think the correct information is still very, very hard to come by. precisely because nobody is in there who's independent. very few people. so therefore how you can encourage countries to donate aid and, i don't really agree or have a very high opinion of mark who you just interviewed but he was correct that anything that is donated, he is right saying hamas what are the only people with guns in gaza so how you as a country donate aid and that ensure the aide is not taken from people who needed and used to attack israel, i sit here and i simply have

no idea how you solve that problem. nobody has any idea how to solve that problem. there are not many international agencies inside gaza but the power or the authority or any way of ensuring that aid is fairly distributed. there have been problems like this in gaza before in turkey tried to send aid to gaza once and the ship was attacked, what's in it? i have no idea how you solve that problem. tam what's in it? i have no idea how you solve that problem.— what's in it? i have no idea how you solve that problem. tom and amanda. a ruestion solve that problem. tom and amanda. a question that — solve that problem. tom and amanda. a question that no _ solve that problem. tom and amanda. a question that no one _ solve that problem. tom and amanda. a question that no one can _ a question that no one can really answer right now. we will take a short break so stay with us here on bbc news. we will be back with the context. hello. storm babet will be lashing the uk over the next few days, but i'd also like to make the point that the weather won't be bad all the time as this storm spreads from the south. we're also expecting the skies to clear in a few places. sunny spells and mild weather can be expected, too. but let's focus on the rain.

the biggest problem from this storm — a rare red warning in force thursday into friday for specifically angus and southern parts of aberdeenshire and the met office warns of even danger to life. but let's look at the rainfall first across the whole of the uk. so, this is the rainfall accumulation as the days go by — widely 30—1r0 millimetres of rain, but you can see around eastern scotland and the northeast of england here, potentially well in excess of 100 millimetres of rain. so, here's the forecast then through the night — the weather fronts, the rain front associated with storm babet makes its journey towards the north. after a soaking evening across southern parts of the uk, actually, the skies may clear for a time through the early hours before further showers return. it's going to be relatively mild — around 15 degrees in the south, 10 degrees in the north with the clearer skies where the weather will have been relatively clear until then. now, through the course of thursday, that rain really starts to turn very persistent across eastern scotland. it's the east—southeasterly gale that develops, even severe gale, that will keep pushing the rain clouds towards eastern parts of scotland like a conveyor belt,

so the rain will be falling in the same place all the time. so, here's the amber warning, because there are other warnings in force as well for other parts of scotland. in the north, across the highlands, we could have 100 millimetres of rain or so. this overlapping red warning is for the severe gale on the coast of eastern scotland — gusts of around 70 mph. but then, there's that red warning focusing on angus and southern parts of aberdeenshire, the red warning from the met office. extensive flooding is possible. so, here's the forecast, then, for friday — still that easterly wind pushing in the rain clouds, but notice that the concentration of heavier rain will now be across more central, southeastern and southern parts of england. and actually, across the north and the east of scotland, that rain should start to ease, but it may return by the time we get to saturday. take care.

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breaking news that has come into us. we were talking earlier following us presidential bible's visit to israel how there was an agreement to open the rafah crossing to allow much needed aid to reach guys out from egypt. well, the president is of course on his plane back to washington, dc, but according to this report here, he made an unexpected visit to the press cabin to provide updates. he's been speaking to egypt's president and says here that the egyptian president has agreed to open up the rafah crossing gate to allow up to 20 trucks of humanitarians assistance into gaza. the quote is, if hamas confiscates them or doesn't let them get there, than it is going to end. he goes on to say that the

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