the, the, this is the, the we news line from berlin. know, see far, far, guys of israel's prime minister says the military campaign against come off will continue. despite growing international pressure, the, when warrens hundreds of thousands of thousands are facing a public health disaster. also coming on a critical summit for you cream future, and you and leaders me in brussels on thursday to decide on the opening of accession talks with your brain and on further financial aid for peace fund. hungary, as prime minister is threatening to block both the

chemical fairly. you're welcome to the program is really a prime minister. benjamin netanyahu has rejected international calls for a ceasefire and gaza, including a non binding resolution, backed by the un general assembly on tuesday. in a meeting with is really soldiers, not in yellow, said that the military would continue with defensive against a loss which is classified as a terrorist organization by the you, as well as the west and other nations. the government, as i say this, even given the great pain in the international pressure. so nothing will stop us. we will continue until the end of until victory. nothing less than that. i think even though we do it because it uses it through you with gods,

help them with your help. thank you so much. meanwhile, the united nations warns of a public health disaster and gaza, according to the un palestinian refugee agency, almost half of gauze. this population has now move to the city, a rough spot in the south where they're facing bombardment deprivation and disease in a space that is becoming increasingly overcrowded of the winter's bearing down on rough off the city at the furthest edge of southern gaza bordering egypt with the border closed, it's the farthest people can flee. the destination for display, scoggins, hoping to escape bombardment. shelters are overcrowded. almost half of guys this population is now in rafa, which is the small part of guys in the southeast corner.

again, this is leading to nothing but a health crisis. rainfall mixed and already dire situation worse. many makes you have tens can't hold up for long against the wind and rain water. yes, mean a displace posted in mother says she lacks access to basic necessities. and the my yeah, well my i woke up to my 7 month old child who was soaking wet. a house was destroyed and my other child was motto. i don't have any blankets or mattresses. i took some from my sister. we have one blanket between the 5 of us, no covers no mattresses, no food, no water. life is difficult. with myself, say a box to monetary and release is fairly reaching ordinary people like yes mean, despite their proximity to the only crossing that allows 8 into the gallons a strip. israel's military, which is also carrying out strikes on targets and rough uh,

gleams home us for the lack of access. unfortunately, it's not these really sides of the preventing it, but rather what we're seeing this morning, right is that some us are not opening the, the was thing aside. a rough or not facilitating the excess a human. it's very nice itself. so we need to ask ourselves again wise from us preventing humanitarian a fall, b u. n. general assembly has called for humanitarian sees fire. people in rafa are pessimistic. 27 models with eyes. and no, it is real as well known for ignoring un an international resolutions when it considers itself above the law. i haven't enough samples because of that saying, i don't think it will accept any resolution, especially with winter, just setting in many fear, the hardship and danger that lie ahead just means case is not an isolated one. earlier i asked the w corresponding rebecca river is what life is like for

others and gaza. so when the coal it's obviously very hard for me to explain that standing here in jerusalem. but some of the people that we speak to on the ground from the 8 agencies that we talked to, you had so much of it there. in the report, the pictures we see coming out on the agencies coming out on social media. the situation has been deteriorating, as we know for weeks it is becoming now has become unlivable. you could say we're talking about half of the the, the areas population now trying to take shelter in that bought a town rough. uh, that's normally home to around 2 150000 people. it's a 1000000 people to send on that area. a groups saying that they've simply not able to distribute what that light they do. have you heard there that, that if there's trouble with a coming across the border and of course, now all of this is being compounded by the winter rains, it's getting very cold here in israel. many people in europe may not realize that it gets as cold as it does here, and the, the, the,

the area is not built for the cold. and of course, you know, people are not living in their homes anyway. so these range compounding the lives of a compounding the situation for people whose lives have been already operated, destroyed many people having been misplaced several times. you heard they are in that report. people not even having a blankets to, to sort of shelter on the people's tents. you know, often, most of them make shift, not made out of, of heavy materials. so a being ripped upon people in the cold view and warning of the spread of infectious diseases is going to rise rapidly. so the situation as you can see and hear from the images and testimonies in that report. absolutely. dia for the people in gaza. meanwhile, the is really ground offensive continues, where does it stand as israel any, closer to it state of gold? that's hard for me to say as well with what we all saying is continued bombardment right across the strip aerial bombardment. that is,

and we're seeing an intensification of those ground ground forces ground 5. so you happening. we know that these ready trips have pushed into that southern city of san eunice and it is pretty heavy fighting going on there. but also what may be surprising to some is that we say intensification of the financing in northern gauze as well. now that's an area that these are in the military said that they had almost completed their mission in. but since the resumption of hostilities off to the temporary seas 5, we've seen that the finding there is intensified. and in fact, there's really middle trees saying, announcing the death of 10 of its soldiers, even some quite high ranking personnel were killed in an ambush. they say yes today is they were trying to rescue some of the soldiers in the north of kansas city. so in the northern part of the goal is the strips are fighting still very heavy. the, as you heard from benjamin netanyahu, that they are going to continue until they will, and they warms of eliminating how much has been completed. so we can expect the fine teams to continue at the pace. it has been for some weeks yet. you mentioned

that there is really 5 minutes of rejects, international calls for a humanitarian seems far. how did people in israel feel about that? well, the government and benjamin netanyahu have been rejecting those calls to some time . now we saw that they, you, and general assembly voted overwhelmingly in favor of a say sign. that of course, is not going to be to be listened to by, by israel a and you know, we, we were seeing, but actually that they have no overall popular support for the war there with continued polling of a week. so suggested that is raised and they may say that that seems that they're saying or not, but they're actually seeing that many things always meant that the pictures a lot of the pictures are not being displayed in his writing media or i'll just of what's happening in gaza but, but you know that, that they all saying that despite the terrible so that in that death tolls that the, they, they are in support of the military aims,

which is of course to eliminate how must i say that what happened on october 7th, simply can't be allowed to happen again, and there is relatively widespread support continuing foldable. so benjamin netanyahu perhaps feeling that he can rely on that domestic support, even though he sees international support. dwindling and dwindling fast correspondence. rebecca rivers. chris speaking to you, thank you. a laser ellis doubling down on it's for, so does a mazda spying those international calls for a cease fire? so what more do we know about the leaders of the group designated a terrorist organization by numerous countries? well, her last supreme leader is, is my antonia. he functions as an international spokesman and is based and cannot are out of reach for is really forces while i'm a day is the top commander of the car. some brigades, how mazda is military when he's believe, to have played a crucial role in planning. the october 7th terror attacks is deputy mar, one is saw, is also wanted by israel as part of how mazda is

a 3 man military council. and then comes ja ja seymour at the top of israel's hit list. he's considered the mastermind of the october 7th attacks and the head of homos in gaza. we look now at his rise to power, so says release from it is really prison, more than a decade ago. yeah, yes. and why was given a hero's welcome and gaza when he was freed and the 2011 prisoner exchange. that is really official now describes that as the worst mistake and israel's history. since the dentist and war has bowed to fight for the release of all remaining palestinians being held in his really j o. c, i currently estimated to be some $7000.00 people in the middle of each. i've never seen where i grew up in the con eunice refugee camp and was detained by israel in the late 19 eighties. during interrogations,

it emerged that he was involved in the killing of a dozen palestinians, suspected of collaborating with israel. the farmer shouldn't bait security official, michael coby, who spent more than a 100 hours interrogating, send wire that described him as both rational and yeah, the root cause yes, yes. and what was the present? he was the chief of the old a. how much president she told me, how much is my wife? the how much these make tried to how much for me is everything. i make everything to succeed is a how much the officer and be sure that i'm going to cued a lot. a lot of res riley's in gaza or outside goes a student who are used as time in prison to learn hebrew and study his captors. he became convinced that is real, could be pressured into releasing large numbers of palestinian prisoners in exchange for his railway. hostages after send word himself was released,

capitalized on the networks he built in prison, to become a mazda of cheap and gaza. alongside leader is nowhere near winston. what was reconfirmed in the post in 2021. he again pledged to get all palestinians freed from his riley jails while summoned his real may have believes in. what was a pragmatist who could be worked with behind the scenes of boss was plotting a tax on an unprecedented scale as how most prizes for the release of imprisoned operatives, the miscalculation surrounding. yeah, yes. and why will it be a powerful reminder to is real of the risk of making a wrong decision? okay, more on this from journalist hasn't pollution. he was until recently and gaza enjoys us now from jordan. welcome back to the so it's good to see, you know, one of israel's top priorities is to find us in war. what do we know about his whereabouts? smart, easy to say um, how much has uh,

facilities above the ground and um, with the vehicle like town or city or tunnels beneath the ground, up the roughly and according to different reports. and that's logical that send war is in one of the tunnels beneath goza. according to the latest report, latest report that one of the hostages was released said that's in one minute hair and told her that she's in the safe place so that everybody believes that's in war is when in one of the panels on the ground. that how are they israel defense forces going about finding him because it is a vast network of tunnels under gaza. well, this is what these waves or, and, you know, aiming for. and i'm not sure how and many, many, how much leaders were found until in, in, in this war and some senior people,

some of them were in the tunnel. some of them like different places and echo over the years that that is well good. reach those people and send water is a target, but it's not clear that how is will, is going to going to do that. they reach their, his house and kind of eunice which was empty and definitely wouldn't be there. and it's in the normal place. and then all vs and different, at least and war and other leaders are taking high high high majors of being kidding. in recent days we have been receiving reports that israel is trying or experimenting actually already with flooding. a mazda is vast tunnel network, where as you say, some of its leaders are believed to be hiding, but also some of the hostages are believe to be, what more can you tell us about all this? the very points about this is very limited. there was one or 2 reports of what the

window from international media is saying that little coating somebody's weighed over to was or through americans that they would with the floods. the terms with the, with this what with the sea water. but on the ground i checked with the, with different sources in different areas may be and nothing happening at now until now. they said it would be a good idea, but i didn't know how practical this and nobody knows how these terms are connected . and if they flooded the blood from one side or defer to the senior that's already . and since then the division is very, is very high. and there is a high level as ation among the society. some of those 2 are in, in house and they are affiliated of course they see him as a, as the leader, as in or to be with to be mentioned that he's the head of the mice police. it can be low in dollars. how much has 3 bureaus, mainly one in garza,

one in westbank and abroad. and it's the top of that is this my, you, honey who's based in kata. but a center is very active since he was released in 2011. and he become very close to the, the military wing of how much does journalist hasn't felicia and i'm on as always, great to get your insights. thank you so much. thank you. and here's a look at some of the other headlines making news around the world today. republicans in the us house of representatives have voted to formally authorized there once long impeachment inquiry into a democratic presidential by the move gives republicans more powers to investigate the president whom they accuse of profiting from his son's business dealings so far . their inquiry has failed to turn up any evidence of wrongdoing. the defense prime minister of mucus, he has announced major changes to his cabinet as his ruling party faces an

extensive corruption scandal. he's replacing for ministers who are being investigated over the disappearance of millions of dollars in fund raising proceeds . the 3rd cabinet shake up in the last 16 months for them. european union leaders are heading into a high stakes summit for ukraine later today. they need to sign you not to mislead whether to open accession talks with ukraine and on further financial aid for key worth up to 50000000000 euros. but one e u. country hungry is blocking both attempts. this is way european union leaders faced a tangle of conflicting interests of age to ukraine. they know hungry wants to veto a plan to deliver a 50000000000 your a 4 year aid package and unit limits. the rules mean that it could, this week in washington, ukrainian president reload him, is a lensky already appealed to the americans?

it shows of all it's time in seeing. it's an all the morality, the most problem, the biggest problem. now, when you're doing supports, you create a job that's people on the front line families which are waiting for their heroes at home that they think that the united states not as support degree and that ukraine is alone. but he failed to persuade them to give his country additional funding. president joe biden wants to give you credit in the money, but his blogs buy republican parliamentarians to landscapes hopes no rest would be you. but here hungry is prime minister vick to old on is the barrier. he has a pro russian stones and doesn't believe ukraine, whom when the war opened. also he says he'll prevent the view, opening the process for ukraine to join. the don't feel well for them. i have proposed, i am proposing that negotiations on your dreams membership,

us to you to p union shoot. you know, again, nick is we cannot even get to, to start because hungry. but you know, think need to at, to do something else. so let's not put it on the agenda. i'm a student who cannot be done today, but on the agenda it hits the question is, was old bands price? sorry, b u has frozen around 30000000000. your is of funds. jew for hungry is it concerns about old bonds of tax on the judiciary and repression of and g o. d u is ready to send around the 3rd 10000000000 years old. i may not drop his veto and ukraine unless he gets on without somebody you leaders believe they'll have a shots that's convincing him once they're all in the same room. and i think it's often better to talk face to face then to talk in the press to open another sense of failure to secure an agreement on the funding this you some, it would mean financial uncertainty for ukraine through 2024. so an important day for ukraine in brussels,

let's talk about what it all means for the war toward country and bring in the w corresponding economy who is in keys make. could you put this potential help for your cream into perspective for us? so what's at stake there for them? well, if you look at the summons, ukraine is facing a bunch of different you have about 40000000000 euros next. yes. so this is massive . this basically would cover that right now. all the money that you credit is raising from it is through texas is going to the front lines that is going to the army and basically everything else, wages, pensions, a basic kind of infrastructure repair that is all coming from outside. when you think back to beginning of the will that work kind of weekly announcements of 200000000 here, 100000000, the bits of equipment, but obviously now 20 months. and also it is a lot more systematized. and so there's a lot more jeopardy because there are fewer announcements, but the bigger so every decision is followed with a lot of reputation hearing key of and really there isn't much in the way of

alternatives or plan bees if somebody doesn't come through. there is, of course, another important topic on the agenda today. the start of a new membership talks with key. what would that actually mean for ukraine? it feels like it won't bring much militarily, unlike a nato membership, for example, of the. but it is huge in terms of the symbolism and in terms of showing the direction of travel for ukraine longer medium, longer term, off to the war ends and the kind of current phase. there was a sense that ukraine has been the recipient of a lot of bad news in recent months. we've seen ties with construct pulling that were very close to the beginning of the war. so lots of mutual recriminations. and this be a bit of good news there, then you publish government says it's kind of what's without hope to hear from keith, but they'll be more pregnant that cooperation that but in terms of this, there's a real feeling here and ukraine that as soon as the will returns, they kind of state that it was between 2014 infringement to,

to then the willingness to give you crane full membership. mike, for the ways that we will need to kind of take a bunch to this window of opportunity and not really you agree to any kind of 2nd rates strategic partnership that being lots of models proposed that down to use the same with nature of security guarantees rather than full membership and i think there's a kind of pretty strong consensus here in key of the anything show a full membership is not going to work. but they are very aware of the fact that lots of eastern european countries who may be kind of more openly of very supportive of ukraine on increasingly doing the psalms and realizing that they, in a big a you with ukraine would no longer be the poorest members would get probably less aid and would face competition, not only from your training and farmers ukrainian, a holy is but all kinds of business. so there was a sense that this is now becoming more real, and that's ukraine's neighbors are really, i'm thinking do they won't this big country with its kind of competitive economy in the block. and there's a lot of well being going on now, and a real sense that there is no time to lose. and that we go to the front line in charge in brussels in the institutions. ukraine has someone who believes in you

create new membership, who is going to support this maybe more than her success award, so no time to lose. there was they don't you correspondent and they connelly in case thank you so much. well, just days after taking office, argentina is new president, coffee and relay has implemented some major changes. he says they are necessary to confront an economic emergency among the measures of the valuation of the countries currency, the pay. so by more than 50 percent, the move has left many people asking how they will be affected. argentina is facing a period of painful, sturdy subsidy cuts for public transport in energy. a freezing public construction job cuts and government industries in all governments spending slashed by $20000000000.00. the new economy administer says there's no money left. me though, and as you're not know what a state will not tend to any more new public projects and will cancel projects

who's development has not yet begun. argentina's currency, the pay so will also be devalued by more than 50 percent against the dollar. the government says it's to put a lid and soaring prices, but many people are worried but it's a good idea what else you want to do that. but it seems to me that the valuation was expected. the workers are going to be adversely affected to where entering a complicated situation. i believe positive will rise and the situation will become much more difficult. but you know, by some support, i believe it's going to keep the people hired and as a whole affecting our entire economy. i think every day, the sector, what i work with you back the front of a letter. so you, the for the new government has already said things will get worse before they

improve. inflation is already at 140 percent and rising, some 40 percent of ards, in times live at or below the poverty line. and before we go, here's a quick reminder of our top stories today is rails prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the air and ground defensive against tomas and gaza will continue to find international calls for a ceasefire. according to the you, when the territory is now facing a public health disaster due to the collapse of its health system and this front of disease. and the leaders are meeting in brussels today to decide on the opening of accession talks with ukraine and on further financial aid for key. but hungry leader of victor, all one who has close ties to russia is threatening to block the plane. and without you're up to date up next on focus on your of the dashed hopes of refugees stuck on spain, canary islands, on the call for at least in berlin,

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