[000:00:00;00] the, this is the news line from berlin. israel says it is tightening. it's in, circling in a gas. a city is troops or advancing and destroying hamas infrastructure above and below ground. the militant say they're attacking is really forces with drones and explosives, us secretary of state antony, blinking, tells israel it must do everything you can to protect civilians caught in the crossfire in gosh,

the i, mike, look to welcome. israel says it's ground forces have completely surrounded garza city. they say their troops are advancing despite quote painful losses. most fighters have laid minds and booby traps in the area and are threatening to mount strong resistance. these really military says guns, the city is the center of mazda is terror organization. israel launched its attacks on guns in response to the massacre by a miles of more than 1400 people. and is the israel defense forces gave more details of the new phase of the ground operation. the lights are as well defenceless as site is incomplete to the in sacramento because the city from the center of the terrorist and organization on in the last hours artillery and infantry along with the air force being executive bases, headquarters, concentration points and of a tenant infrastructure chatham is used by a mass on either of the terrorists it,

how many company i'm sure i asked them to remember ron, from king's colleagues, london, whether the war is entering a new phase. well, israel had announced yesterday that it's targeted, it's phase 3, and it looks like this. phase 3 will be in circle meant or the siege of kansas city because it's wrong that from all sides. we don't know if israel is going to leave a band open for the civilians to escape. this is a concern amongst officers from the united states in terms of the humanitarian costs, but it would look like israel is trying to. we can how moss is ability to resist, probably before entering god, the city itself and starting the much dreaded urban combat. that's probably the highest risk which has political ramifications because israel would lose support or risk to support if too many civilians died during this operation. however,

as this is the nature of urban combat, and unfortunately the original one good way around it and the urban combat is very slow, is very bloody. it means they're fighting house by house, having to clear everything from the basement to the roof top. and we'll have the added issue here of a multi layer tunnel system, meaning that from us fighters know with very well can just pop out in one place. whereas the east really forces are not expecting them, making it even more difficult. again, marina moran of kings college, london, their us secretary of state anthony blinking is in israel to pressed officials to reduce harm to civilians and gaza. blinking will meet with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to discuss allowing more aid into gaza. the hum us run, garza health ministry says more than 9000 people have died in is really bombardments, mostly women and children. a dw correspondent of rebecca raters, intel

a v. you've told me israel is expecting to hear from blake has a meeting with a prime minister benjamin netanyahu this morning was seen the 1st photos that also going to be meeting with the circled wood cabinets in the carry of the military base. she can see behind me in central tel aviv now, he's here with a similar message he's on calls coming with a message of solidarity to the us as he has done in his previous visits. but he's also he, with the mission of trying to convince israel to limit the number of civilian casualties in this world. we know that the pressure is on from the us in terms of the civilian casualties. but we've, we've been hearing that the us telling as well that there, it's not a good little faith. they that they need to try to limit the civilian casualties in order to prevent the public opinion and turning on them. um,

we know that the, he's cooling for not a full phase 5 but, but the limits of humanitarian say 5 to try to allow more a to come into the goals and we know that desperately needed. we also trying to get most civilians out of this trip, so that's definitely high on the agenda. he's also going to be discussing the hostage situation, which we know has been made more difficult than negotiations, stalling somewhat because of the ground invasion. also on the agenda will be talks of trying to stop this from spilling into a wide a conflict. we've seen that escalating on the northern border with his blog. we are expecting the leader of his phone off to speak a house on this relo this afternoon. and everyone's waiting with bated breath to see what he's going to be saying in terms of that regional complex. but there are, you know, all these fees that this could become a much, much wider complex. and that's certainly going to be on the blankets today. he'll be heading to jordan as well,

to attend the summit of all the arab leaders and there who will also be discussing the future of goals and what jobs are going to look like in a post conflict. 12 rebecca is where it says it's troops have completely encircled the guns as largest city. i'm curious, what the word is there on the ground, is it to many people signaling a new stage in the war. that is won't be as riley, military all saying, but this is now a 3rd phase in the war. and that's certainly what it looks like. they've said that they're now completely in circling the city that they've come around the city from 3 main points. so they, they, they, they see it as a focal point in before is the main come on since the main area where i have mass offer, right? so, you know, we know that i'm off operate across the gaza strip. i'm not, you know, certainly why the of riley's say that they've targeting all the parts of this trip as well, particularly in the north,

but also in the south where they've told so many civilians to head to, to leave the know if we were hearing that the 2 pots of the golf and strip the north and the south of now almost being completely cut off. so any civilians trying to leave now from the northern part of this trip to find it very, very difficult even more difficult to do so. so this definitely does look like the next phase that will this thing and it is going to be a lengthy phase. we're hearing definitely these ground about be also city very tightly, densely packed, said it still has many, many civilians in it will likely to see a lot more is rarely a military casualties as well. we have been seeing the number of casualties on this riley side rise and it's full. but when they get into this sort of very, very difficult, come back on the ground, come back, man from 9 come the id will in this tightly, densely packed areas that have, must know very,

very well. so i have many tunnels systems that they can use to come out on friday. i thought that the v is suffering even better. we only have but half a minute or so, but i do want to ask you another matter. israel has announced that he will send guardians who had been stranded inside israel when the war began back into the siege. gotcha. well, what more do we know about that? well, actually the returns have already begun way hearing that some people have already been returned. i, i can't give you exact numbers at this stage. we're still looking into the details, but we know that around $20000.00 and have permits and, and many of them were he is split from their families when the war sauces or when they attack happened on october 7 and the war began. and now we know that israel has 7 little ties with garza, it no longer will allow anyone from the israel even off to the conflict is over. so those, what permits of course will say that,

and we've even been hearing that people who were here on medical permits or assisting people who were here for medical treatment, are also being rounded up and returned there is and is riley back in a, a n g o here, working to try and have some of the design garzon released. but besides that, the, the date house was still lined on the ground. we're looking into exactly how many people are being returned. that's rebecca, waiters intel of these things before blinking left for israel dw, the washington bureau chief in his poll, asked nathan track of the state department about us plans to press for a humanitarian pause in the fighting. nathan, take, thank you so much for making time for the to the thank you so much. glad to be here . so uh, the administration is seeking a pos in the fighting between israel and thomas. how can the us government influence from into smith and yahoo doesn't seem to slow down? well, just to clarify what we're looking for is not just a single pause,

but rather pauses. and in fact, as my colleague matt miller, the department spokesperson has noted before, we have seen an effective facto pauses in the past uh to ensure for example, that humanitarian aid can enter in via truck, through the roof gates uh into heads up. and at the same time, we've seen pauses to ensure that the american hostages can get released and leave us as well. so our goal, when we say humanitarian pause, is to ensure that military operations do not interfere with the delivery of humanitarian assistance to the civilians who need it. do not need to fear with the, the, with the release of hostages or with the exit of 4 national, stuck in gaza, or just trying to go home. so is 5 minutes and there's an yahoo kind of listening to the wishes of the us government. well look at the end of the day, we enjoy a very strong relationship with israel. and that strong relationship allows us to be in a position to offer our is really friends advice and the best practices of our own experience in fighting terrorism. and that's exactly what we're doing. we are

making clear to these really is that to as democracy is we have a responsibility to take every measure to ensure that human life is preserved. civilian life is preserved, that the international humanitarian law is respected and protected. unfortunately, by the way, it's just important to note that how mass, of course has shown no regard for international humanitarian law. so the board and the burden is not solely on israel here, right? it's in fact important to note that to israel is responding to a despicable, brutal terrorist attack that took place on october 7th. no country, no sovereign country would exec would accept or do nothing in the face of that kind of attack. and he's really simply exercising the right it has in the obligation. it has to defend its so the arab muslim community here in the united states is raising concerns the frustration about present biting being and such a strong support of prime minister nathaniel. and so i'm gonna say no, we won't vote for him again next year. what does that mean for the president?

well, we don't do politics here at the state department, but there's certainly no question. as i said before, the united states as a diverse and vibrant democracy, people have a wide range of views and they exercise those use at the ballot box. i think what's important also to note is that of course, that we have lots of friends and partners in the arrow broad and the muslim world overseas. we've engaged in robust, almost daily conversations with our partners in the air world about this issue. and we're grateful for those relationships that we have and we're going to continue to work with allies and partners including cartridge like egypt, jordan contacts, and others to ensure that we can protect the palestinian civilians and ensure that israel i have maintains its right to exist. and defend itself, secretary of state blinking is right now, travelling in this region. how big is the fear that the conflict spreads and might also bring terrorism back to the united states? well, our goal, of course, is to stop this conflict from spiraling from spreading. how may i ask, who's doing everything and can to pull in other our regional countries to destabilize the entire middle east? we of course,

firmly oppose that. and part of the reason why this is the secretary's, i believe, 3rd trip in just a matter of a few weeks to the region is because you so firmly committed to doing everything we can using the tools of diplomacy to ensure that this conflict does not spread throughout the region, what does this conflict in as well as meeting for the conflict for the war in ukraine? well, as we like to say in united states, we can walk and shoot them at the same time. we can do 2 things at the same time. we're a great nation and we've got great partnerships and alliances around the world as well. the united states will continue to provide ukraine with what he needs to do, what it takes to defend itself, from russia's brutal unprovoked uh, and illegal further invasion. i, our goal continues to be to provide a training with, with what it needs militarily, diplomatically and economically, to ensure that it can defend its own sovereignty. we have not forgotten the crate crate is still at the top of the agenda. and even if it's a new speaker in the house who kind of sitting pretty much the opposite of them from addressing, what would be your message to ukrainians?

can ukrainians rely on the united states at the ukrainians can absolutely rely on the united states president by dint has made that clear secretary blinking has made that clear. uh and uh, will he be frank and also appreciate the fact that we build a very strong set of alliances, strength and nato like it's never been strengthened before. uh and uh, and a broad coalition of countries of over 50 countries. in fact, you are working to provide the brain with what it needs to defend itself. frontier . thank you very much. thank you. appreciate it. of the un says of school being used as a shelter has been damaged. buying is really air strike officials in gaza say at least 20 people were killed in the bombing. the humanitarian situation in the territory remains dyer. with more than a 1000000 people displaced and many without food or water. the aftermath of an error strikes on a school turn shelter, run in the northern cause, a strip of officials from the mouth run, health ministry say at least 20 people were killed and the attack,

the children under 10 were cut into pieces. wherever the arrows, where's the muslim nation? where's the spirit of his long dead children falling before our eyes. what did we do? the, those wounded and strikes are taken to overcrowded hospitals, were anesthetic and medicine are running out and is really in fargo, one fuel entering concept means the generators that power like support systems for newborns and critically ill patients will soon stop running. israeli officials say they will transfer fuel to hospitals when they deem it necessary north, not fuel have so far. we have the aren't allowed to fuel into the gaza strip and that's new. we are checking the situation there every day. but it's not that for more than a week now, because i'm, it has been telling us that tomorrow the fuel and hospitals will run out with him. so far that has not run out. i know if we will want to win that