>> good afternoon. this is the live desk here on gb news. coming up this tuesday lunchtime, we've got the very latest in gaza as more rocket fire is seen near the coast in the ten minutes. the last ten minutes. >> what will israel's reaction an the latest an be? we'll have the latest live from tel aviv. >> it comes as president biden prepares to fly to israel and jordan tomorrow jordan for crisis talks tomorrow as issues a chilling as iran issues a chilling warning that could take warning that it could take action if gaza action in hours if gaza continues to be bombed . continues to be bombed. >> the latest, too, from brussels , where the terror alert brussels, where the terror alert at its highest level after police shot dead a gunman who had killed two swedish nationals in the . in the. city >> we'll also be taking you to aberdeen as the scottish first minister, humza yousaf makes his keynote speech at the snp's conference, promising £300 million for health care in scotland . first, here's all your scotland. first, here's all your latest headlines with . aaron

latest headlines with. aaron >> very good morning to you. it's at midday. i'm aaron armstrong in the gb newsroom. a british teenager who's been missing since last weekend's attacks by hamas has been confirmed dead. 13 year old yahel on the right of your picture was killed when gunmen attacked her kibbutz on the 7th of october. yahel was killed along with her mother, leanne. her elder sister, noya and their father, eli, are still missing. the prime minister has called for the immediate release of hostages. it's thought another nine britons are amongst the 200 people being held by hamas . the people being held by hamas. the israeli journalist yotam confino says their outlook is bleak . says their outlook is bleak. >> they are in a horrendous situation, most likely kept underground in tunnels by hamas. that's at least what israel estimates. so this hostage situation is a it's really just another humanitarian catastrophe that develops at the same time

as what, you know, the atrocities. also, we see in gaza, not deliberately committed by israel. israel says it's not targeting civilians, but we do see these ruins everywhere in gaza. so these two situations are just simply horrific and not solved yet . solved yet. >> at least 60 people have now been killed by israeli airstrikes in southern gaza. that took place overnight as aid agencies warn of an escalating humanitarian crisis. palestinian authorities say the attacks took place in younis khan and at the rafah crossing , where the rafah crossing, where the israeli military has told civilians to take refuge . the civilians to take refuge. the world health organisation says at least 2800 people have now been killed in gaza and 11,000 injured. almost half of those are women and children . israel are women and children. israel believes 600,000 residents have left northern gaza ahead of the expected ground offensive . the expected ground offensive. the un believes hospitals in gaza are on the verge of collapse as the rafah border crossing to egypt remain closed . meanwhile, egypt remain closed. meanwhile, the us president will visit

israel tomorrow in a show of solidarity as fears grow the war in gaza could engulf the middle east. his visit was announced by the us secretary of state, antony blinken, who himself has been taking part in several days of shuttle diplomacy in the region. biden is expected to urge the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, to minimise civilian casualties and to establish a humanitarian corridor out of gaza. biden will also meet arab leaders in an effort to stop the conflict from spreading after iran pledged to take pre—emptive action against israel in the coming hours. it's also been confirmed that egypt will host a summit to discuss the conflict on saturday, police in brussels have shot dead a gunman suspected of killing two swedish people last night . it swedish people last night. it happenedin swedish people last night. it happened in the city centre before belgium's euro 2024 qualifier against sweden. the suspect fired shots from an assault rifle at a taxi . the 45 assault rifle at a taxi. the 45 year old man who claimed responsibility in an online video identified himself as a member of islamic state .

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radio. if you want us on your smart speaker, just say play gb news a now it's over to mark and peppa. >> aaron thank you and welcome back to the live desk. we're just going to bring you the latest live picture we've got from gaza because to the left of the picture , we've seen more the picture, we've seen more rocket fire in the last ten, 15 minutes from a building very near to the beach. one of these big high rise buildings which does seem significant, bearing in mind that israeli airstrikes have been trying to target these various rockets being fired , various rockets being fired, either homemade or or brought in from , um, the various tunnel from, um, the various tunnel systems underneath that we've counted on our feed, at least 6 to 7 rockets being fired . no to 7 rockets being fired. no indication yet, of course, as to what the israeli response may be to that, although there have been israeli airstrikes in the

south of gaza , in the rafah area south of gaza, in the rafah area , this is all happening as this constant diploma ac continues within the last few hours, the news that president joe biden, he is heading to the region for talks to hear about plans for a ground attack in gaza and also, it is hoped to tell israel that they have to be so careful with their plans because as the un human rights office is warning that israel's evacuation order could be an illegal forcible transfer of civilians, those civilians heading south, tens of thousands of them down to the khan younis area, where people are sleeping in the streets. >> there's hardly any running water. and that crossing that vital access into egypt at that rafah crossing is still shut. people cannot get out and humanitarian aid cannot come in. >> well, let's get the views now

of former director of labour friends of israel , david mensah, friends of israel, david mensah, who can join us live from tel aviv. and david, we were just updating people with that rocket fire being seen from gaza. i mean, it may surprise people that it appears hamas has still got the capability of launching those rockets , those rockets those rockets, those rockets which you're talking about, are aimed at me . aimed at me. >> they're aimed at my family. they're aimed at my people. >> they're aimed at this country. they're aimed they're targeted at civilian areas, civilian areas designed specifically hinckley to kill as many people as they possibly can. it's only thanks to israel's miraculous iron dome missile defence system that those rockets are being knocked out of the sky. >> myself and my family have beenin >> myself and my family have been in and out of our bomb shelter many times yesterday evening. >> it is it is causing tremendous trauma to the young people. but of course, let's not forget that this entire episode ,

forget that this entire episode, this latest chapter and i will say this last chapter of israel's battle against the genocidal, genocidal death cult of hamas, of the isis like group of hamas, of the isis like group of hamas, of the isis like group of hamas, started when 1400 of my people , unarmed, innocent my people, unarmed, innocent people going about their daily lives, just waking up on the shabbat morning, on the sabbath morning on a jewish holiday were merciless, massacred in scenes which are actually worse than the did the, of course, tried hard to hide their crimes. >> hamas , on the other, on the >> hamas, on the other, on the other hand, live streamed their crimes on facebook, on tiktok, on telegram . this is the on telegram. this is the barbarity of the enemy we are facing. we are facing it here in israel. but the people of britain should know as well that this enemy will not stay here in between gaza and israel. it will come to you soon if this barbarity is not stopped . yeah.

barbarity is not stopped. yeah. >> should we also reflect? of course, that there have been israeli airstrikes on rafah in the southern gaza strip with pictures of palestinians searching for their families who've been injured there . and who've been injured there. and there had been a hope, perhaps with president biden visiting tomorrow, that diplomacy might start to win the day rather than these airstrikes from both sides . as the address for criticism about civilians being harmed , about civilians being harmed, being harmed in gaza should go directly to hamas, not to israel , directly to hamas. >> poverty in the gaza strip should go directly attributable to hamas . hamas. gaza should to hamas. hamas. gaza should look like monaco with the amount of aid which has been pouring into that strip. the poor people all living in gaza are poor because of hamas . they have because of hamas. they have problems with their water supply because water pipes which were donated by the international community, were dug up to be used as missiles to fire at my

people . now the jewish people, people. now the jewish people, we recognise evil when we see it. we recognise barbarity. when we see it, we've seen it before aimed at us. and this is exactly what's happening right now. this barbarity needs to be stood up to and believe you me, israel has been shocked by this attack and it most definitely has been extremely unsettled. these are scenes which we've never thought we'd ever see again . but believe we'd ever see again. but believe you me, this will be the last chapter of hamas . chapter of hamas. >> what do you say to. i think it's the un human rights office. david that is claiming this. this is israeli evacuation order could be illegal. people forcibly being moved to the forcible transfer of tens of thousands of civilians. could be an international war crime . what an international war crime. what do you think of that claim ? i'm do you think of that claim? i'm i would say to the united nations, they're primarily primary role right now , as well primary role right now, as well as looking after the civilians

in gaza have been told to move away, to get out of harm's way. >> they're primarily primarily responsibility right now. should be rescuing the hostages . be rescuing the hostages. israel's innocence that have been taken . this morning, i been taken. this morning, i attended a press conference of one of the poor young ladies . one of the poor young ladies. that was a 21 year old girl that was kidnapped and is being held against her will to see the look of pain on her mother's face on her brother, on her two brothers, on her family's face, the psychological warfare which is being imposed on the people of israel . that should be the of israel. that should be the primary role of the united nafions primary role of the united nations right now . the united nations right now. the united nations, unfortunately , in this nations, unfortunately, in this part of the world is not an innocent bystander . we know that innocent bystander. we know that there are obviously agencies that would take issue with what you're saying on that. >> but can i just get your thoughts, david, on what you just said on this announcement from , that it's actually from turkey, that it's actually in talks hamas on the

in talks with hamas on the release of what it says are foreigners, civilians and children hakan children held hostage by hakan fidan, the foreign minister, speaking to ismail haniyeh, who i based in qatar. do i think is based in qatar. do you have any hope that negotiations would work in any way ? way? >> of course , negotiation should >> of course, negotiation should be the first port of call in this shocking situation created by hamas. but people should listen to my voice very, very clearly. now all hostages taken by jew haters are priority number one. this country will not leave its people behind . and not leave its people behind. and history has shown us that when hostages are taken , when the hostages are taken, when the jewish people, we will do everything in our power and i mean everything in our power to get them back. witness of course , the famous entebbe rescue in the early 1970s, and even the poor parents of dead soldiers who are asking for their sons bodies back. these are not

forgotten. these are high up in the daily headlines here in israel . we will not get the israel. we will not get the hostages here in israel. people of israel will put their arms around these poor families. and we will do everything to bring those hostages back. >> and how do you see this ending, david? we know there is likely to be this this huge ground incursion, but long term, where do you see peace or when do you see peace happening ? do you see peace happening? >> i see peace happening when hamas are obliterated, then un peace talks can begin . peace talks can begin. >> do you think that's possible to obliterate hamas, to crush that that ideology . that that ideology. >> i don't think you're listening to me. >> i don't think you're listening to me . israel has listening to me. israel has suffered the most heinous crime . suffered the most heinous crime. the people of israel demand aid. all right. think right thinking people demand that this

genocidal bunch of murderers are obliterate from the face of the earth and believe you me, it will happen. now, israel will always, always put their hand out one hand, hand out a peace thatis out one hand, hand out a peace that is in our nature. we wish to live in peace in this region. we, of course, that one of the reasons why this entire terrible thing has happened is because we were getting closer peace, particularly with saudi arabia. we knew that the genocidal murderers and hamas and in iran, their principal funders didn't want that to happen, which is why they launched this attack. but we will always try our hardest for peace . but in the hardest for peace. but in the words of king david, there is a time for peace and a time for war. and right now , now it's war. and right now, now it's time to obliterate that hamas, obliterate this evil. >> i hear you. i hear you. >> i hear you. i hear you. >> and i'm listening to you very clearly. all i'm questioning you on is when you say a obliterate

hamas . i'm on is when you say a obliterate hamas. i'm just asking how realistic that could be in terms of absolutely crushing them because they could be replaced by somebody or something else . by somebody or something else. >> let me ask you a question in return then. what did britain do in response to isis ? what did in response to isis? what did the united states do in response to isis ? what did the european to isis? what did the european union do in response to isis and daesh ? they obliterated them . daesh? they obliterated them. they no longer exist . the same they no longer exist. the same thing will happen with our own home grown version of hamas. they will be obliterated . and of they will be obliterated. and of course, peace is always forefront in our mind. it's the very essence of our identity. we wish to live in peace with all of the our neighbours in this region. i myself have taken 70 members of parliament down into gaza to see the reality of life in gaza for that peace. but what i've never seen in all the years when i've been watching gaza .

when i've been watching gaza. >> david, i'm sorry to interrupt you. we're just seeing pictures of more rocket fire. and we've also seen explosions. we believe, in gaza , the southern believe, in gaza, the southern area of the strip across the border from sderot . let me let border from sderot. let me let me return to one of the first questions we asked you with seemingly the ariel warfare still going on, is there any chance with biden coming in tomorrow of diplomacy, winning the day . the day. >> i still don't feel that you understand what hamas is. hamas is a genocidal death cult . it's is a genocidal death cult. it's not interested in diplomacy . see not interested in diplomacy. see the time for diplomacy with hamas is long gone. the people that go into a music festival in the desert and mow down 260 innocent dancers dancing until the dawn . those are not people the dawn. those are not people which you carry out diplomacy. hamas need to be defeated. and

mark my words, they will be defeated right ? mark my words, they will be defeated right? it mark my words, they will be defeated right ? it is, mark my words, they will be defeated right? it is, of course, always diplomacy . course, always diplomacy. >> yeah. thank you for your response , because we're now response, because we're now going to speak to former israeli justice minister on the very topics that you've been raising there. yossi beilin also there. yossi beilin can also join us. yossi, thank you for your time. let me just put the point that we're putting there to david about biden arriving tomorrow and whether there is a place for diplomacy now or whether the feelings are so raw in israel, as we just heard, that basically hamas has to be removed from the picture for people to move fonnard? >> yeah, i'm really in a very sad situation because usually , i sad situation because usually, i mean, on my life, i try to find compromises and i always believe that one can establish the common denominator. >> and i believe in win win rather than in zero sum. but the

situation right now is really impossible. there is no chance now for any diplomat. impossible. there is no chance now for any diplomat . ac i mean, now for any diplomat. ac i mean, what what daesh, the isis wants or hamas, which is in my view also the same is to their annihilation of israel. and this is not something that we cannot compromise on. so i believe that this stage of a of an attack , this stage of a of an attack, whenever it happens in the coming days, is inevitable , will coming days, is inevitable, will and only then, when the hamas is not ruling gaza, there will be an opportunity me to go back to the negotiating table if our government is ready for that. >> right. so where does that leave the hostages ? bearing in leave the hostages? bearing in mind turkey says it's talking as we speak with the hamas leadership, or at least ismail haniyeh, who, of course, is in qatar. should that be

disregarded as well . disregarded as well. >> it cannot be disregarded . and >> it cannot be disregarded. and i'm sure that this is a major issue for any israeli government. this has been the issue since ever and also now i am not privy to the details . i am not privy to the details. i don't know what is happening about it, but i know that there is a work of talking about releasing prisoners. and i hope that it will take place. but i don't believe that it will delay the attack on gaza whenever it takes place . takes place. >> what about the threat posed by iran? yossi their supreme leader , is saying that there leader, is saying that there will be resistance and then we could be in big trouble, couldn't . we couldn't. we >> well, i'm i think that this is the time for threats from iran. it was expected and i

believe that that israel is ready and that the world is ready and that the world is ready because i think that what is happening today is the fact that leaders from the west are coming to israel . and first and coming to israel. and first and foremost, the american president . it means that they see what is happening with the with hamas as a threat to the west , to the to a threat to the west, to the to the western civilisation , and the western civilisation, and not only to israel itself. so with all due respect to iran , in with all due respect to iran, in this will not deter israel for taking the needed regretfully , taking the needed regretfully, but the needed steps in order to put back the plo , the put back the plo, the palestinian authority or or other arab players as leading gaza towards the rehabilitation renovation , building it again renovation, building it again and being part of the palestinian body which will

negotiate with israel for a permanent agreement of a two state solution. given what you and others have said then about how mass that the threat that's posed, the existential state of the threat that's posed, how did israel get it so wrong in missing the warning signs about what hamas was about to launch ? what hamas was about to launch? well, this is a story which goes back many, many years. i mean, for me, launching the oslo process was mainly or at least one of the of the most important reasons the for the flourishing of hamas in those years of the early 90s, when i saw that more and more young palestinians began to support hamas rather than the plo . began to support hamas rather than the plo. so in hamas, a young and honest group , rather young and honest group, rather than the very cumbersome . um, than the very cumbersome. um, and this honest plo in their

eyes. but i understood that with hamas we don't have any common denominator while with the palestinian national movement, even if it sees things very differently than ourselves , differently than ourselves, there would always be a compromise theoretically and eventually we found a compromise lies in the oslo agreement. so the writing israel so in hamas , the writing israel so in hamas, a right partner to have no peace because hamas was never ready to divide the land , to partition divide the land, to partition the land with with israel . and the land with with israel. and this is what they were against to. >> right. so that begs the question, what happens now about the palestinian cause in this, which of course, is largely now with the west bank and mahmoud abbas. is there a place for the palestinian authority to be, well, reinserted , if you like, well, reinserted, if you like, into gaza ? into gaza? >> they should. they should. i

mean , it was taken from them in mean, it was taken from them in two thousand and seven by force, by cruelty, and it should be given back to them eventually when we have the agreement, the permanent agreement, gaza for sure, will be part of the palestinian state with a safe passage to the to the west bank. this is our agreement, right. so i believe that as soon as possible, if it is possible now, i mean, after the war, which i hope will not take very long, that the palestinians will the palestinian authority will return to the to gaza and rule it. the last thing that that i believe not only me, but even the rightist people would like to see is the return of the occupation of the direct occupation of the direct occupation of the direct occupation of israel on the on the gaza strip . the gaza strip. >> what about the future of israeli prime minister benjamin

netanyahu? so many questions being asked of him . um, how long being asked of him. um, how long do you think he's got left now in power ? i would not like to be in power? i would not like to be in power? i would not like to be in his shoes right now . in his shoes right now. >> and does that go for the people around him? the coalition that's been formed, this war cabinet effectively? because clearly , as you've indicated , it clearly, as you've indicated, it is a question of survival for the moment. it right now , now we the moment. it right now, now we are all united at war, but it will not take too long. >> and once the war is open , >> and once the war is open, then there will be an investigation in committee in inquiry, committee and things will be very quickly exposed . will be very quickly exposed. and i don't think that this government that has the moral right to prevail as is after the

war. >> okay. well, yossi berlin, former israeli justice minister, thank you for joining former israeli justice minister, thank you forjoining us former israeli justice minister, thank you for joining us there in tel aviv. and of course, we will continue to monitor and report on the events in the days to come and perhaps speak to you once again. thank you very much for your time. you you are with the live desk here on gb news. >> coming up, we'll be bringing you the latest from brussels where a man was shot dead and two swedish nationals were killed. we'll have the latest with our security editor. stay

patrick christys on gb news. i'm gb news radio . gb news radio. >> very good afternoon to you. it's 1230. i'm aaron armstrong it's1230. i'm aaron armstrong in the gb news room. let's get you up to date with the latest headlines. one of the british teenagers missing since last weekend's attack by hamas has been confirmed dead. 13 year old yahel on the right of your picture was killed when gunmen attacked her kibbutz on the 7th of october. yahel died along with her mother, leanne , while with her mother, leanne, while her elder sister, noya and their father, eli, remain missing. the prime minister has called for the immediate release of hostages held by hamas . it's hostages held by hamas. it's thought another nine britons are amongst some 200 people being held . at least 60 people have held. at least 60 people have been killed by israeli airstrikes in southern gaza overnight as aid agencies warn of an escalating humanitarian

crisis. palestine authorities say the attacks took place in younis khan and near the rafah border crossing , where the border crossing, where the israeli military has told civilians to take refuge. the world health organisation says at least 2800 people have now been killed in gaza and almost 11,000 have been injured . 11,000 have been injured. hospitals, according to the united nations , are on the verge united nations, are on the verge of collapse, with aid workers ovennhelmed and supplies running out. the rafah border crossing into egypt remains closed . into egypt remains closed. police in brussels have shot dead a gunman suspected of killing two swedish people in the capital last night. it happenedin the capital last night. it happened in the city centre before belgium's euro 2024 qualifier against sweden . the qualifier against sweden. the suspect fired shots from an assault rifle at a taxi . a 45 assault rifle at a taxi. a 45 year old man who claimed responsibility in an online video identified himself as a member of islamic state . the member of islamic state. the terror threat level has been

raised and in brussels to its highest level and wages are now rising faster than prices for the first time in nearly two years, average regular earnings increased by 7.8% in the first three months to august eight. chancellor jeremy three months to august eight. chancellorjeremy hunt three months to august eight. chancellor jeremy hunt says three months to august eight. chancellorjeremy hunt says it's chancellor jeremy hunt says it's good news inflation is falling , good news inflation is falling, but says the government will continue to tackle inflation. labour's shadow chancellor, though, says the tory party are leaving people worse off with low growth and high taxes . more low growth and high taxes. more on all of our stories on our website, gbnews.com . website, gb news.com. >> let's website, gbnews.com. >> let's update you now on events in europe with perhaps a direct correlation with what's happenedin direct correlation with what's happened in the middle east with police in brussels shooting a man who'd killed two swedish national on monday evening. local reporting the man local media reporting the man shot outside cafe this morning.

>> brussels has been on its highest terror alert after last night's attack in response, prime minister alexander de cruz said terrorists must understand that they will never succeed in their intent . their intent. >> let's get more with our home and security editor, mark white joining us now. and mark, as we've been reporting in brussels, the terror alert at its highest ever and i guess a key question for them is this one of these so—called lone wolf attacks is a wider attacks or is a wider ramification here? >> well , i ramification here? >> well, i think ramification here? >> well , i think there ramification here? >> well, i think there is significant concern in countries right across europe and indeed in the us as well . now about the in the us as well. now about the potential for incidents that might unfold as direct response to what's happening in israel and gaza at the moment. and this incident itself, it unfolded last night after 7:00 in the evening local time when this man went on the rampage armed with an automatic rifle , targeting,

an automatic rifle, targeting, according to authorities, they believe specifically those swedish football fans that were in that city for the european qualifier as sweden were, of course, playing belgium last night and looking for those individuals who were wearing swedish tops. now, the reason that sweden is significant, it's been grappling with a very significant problem in recent years , actually related to the years, actually related to the migration crisis and asylum seekers who they are blaming for a rise in a spike in serious crime in that country. we've had quran burnings in sweden that have inflamed many muslims and some real concern about the potential for swedish citizens being targeted. take that against the backdrop of what's happening in israel as well. this individual who's been named as abdul salam massoud was an

asylum seeker from tunisia . he asylum seeker from tunisia. he had been denied asylum in 2019 and effectively disappeared off the radar, was wanted by the police for people smuggling offences as and in a video that he apparently made that's been largely circulated after the attack, he had said that he was being motivated out of his support for the islamic state and also partly obe as an act of revenge for the killing of palestinian teenager in the us . palestinian teenager in the us. in recent days it seemed to take quite a long time to apprehend him some 12 hours or more. >> yeah , well, you disappeared >> yeah, well, you disappeared on a moped . on a moped. >> he was. he was off very quickly . it's very difficult. quickly. it's very difficult. you know, if someone's on foot and continuing to attack and they're continuing to attack while the police arrive , which while the police arrive, which is an ammo for a lot of terrorists because he actually want to be martyred . but if want to be martyred. but if someone decides to disappear,

often , you know, some kind of often, you know, some kind of transport out of the area, it can be a while before the authorities get a handle on who the individual is and where they might be. well, they traced him to a cafe in central brussels this morning. and there was a confrontation . in this man was confrontation. in this man was still armed with the assault rifle that he used to carry out the deadly attack. the police shot him. they worked on him for a while for the medics, but he died later in hospital. >> and i guess the fact that he issued this video, he espoused this link to islamic state or alleged link that clearly will ring the alarm bells across europe. there will be many police forces now looking through their list of individuals or known individuals and assessing their movements and assessing their movements and trying to work out what's going on. >> yes. because, i mean, remember the threat from islamic state ? isis has never gone away.

state? isis has never gone away. really. it's been significantly degraded. i was interested to listen to the interview you did with david mercer. i think in the. yeah and you know, he was talking about what what did the western world do in response to isis and al—qaeda and of course that was to go after them and try to destroy them. but they never have. and you know, that that was a question. >> how do you destroy ideology, crush them? >> that's a very pertinent point because, you know, they can severely degrade hamas . of severely degrade hamas. of course can. but actually , course they can. but actually, by taking them completely out of the , there next to the picture, there is next to impossible and in some way, shape or form , at some point, shape or form, at some point, you know, they will continue to grow again, as we see with isis. so on that point, really about the potential threat, isis, of course , poses a threat. al—qaeda course, poses a threat. al—qaeda still poses a threat, and al—qaeda just in recent days has put its support behind hamas

just on on a detailed question , just on on a detailed question, what is the position about the state of alert in britain at the moment? >> and do we know if it's being looked at? >> it's always being looked at the joint terrorism analysis centre, which is made up of the intelligence agencies and others who are concerned be analysing the potential threat from individuals. remember, they have 800 live investigations currently undennay, lots of people that are tracking, but in terms of raising that threat , terms of raising that threat, it's a substantial at the moment , which is the sort of medium point, meaning an attack is likely only if it goes up to severe for that would mean an attack is highly likely. the highest level , which attack is highly likely. the highest level, which is what brussels is at at the moment. but there slightly different scale . but ours is critical, scale. but ours is critical, meaning effectively we are in the midst of a terrorist attack. the terrorists are still at large, could launch another attack any time that would only

be instigated in these raising of the terror threat levels would only be instigated if they have enough intelligence to suggest have to jump two levels to get there . yeah. i mean, it to get there. yeah. i mean, it may well go up to sevilla. i think there's a fairly strong chance that they might happen because there is real concern across europe that the events in israel and in gaza are going to inspire and trigger those that might want to cause people harm in europe . in europe. >> mark, thank you very much indeed. updating us on that and of course, more as we get it and more from the live pictures. of course, we get it from gaza. >> and as we show you those live pictures and more smoke as you can see, rockets being fired, we believe, from gaza towards israel . reuters is now reporting israel. reuters is now reporting that tomorrow jordan will host a four party summit with the us president, joe biden and

egyptian and palestinian leaders to discuss the dangerous repercussions of the war in the region and to discuss, find a political resolution. this is the live desk. stay with

keep you entertained for the camilla tominey show sunday mornings from 930 on, gb news. >> welcome back to the live desk for so many israelis, life will never be the same again. >> after last week's terrorist attack, with many having to move

from their communities with, well, absolutely no timeline on when they might be able to return home. >> well, one of them, adele rima, hid in the security room, the so—called safe room in her kibbutz, kibbutz nirim. as hamas terrorists infiltrate rated, she can now speak to us. and thank you very much indeed for joining us to tell us your story and just to pick up on that description of a safe room , i description of a safe room, i guess, for you and many other who've lived in these circumstances that will now have to be reassessed as to whether there is such a thing as a safe space. >> so thank you for hosting me here. you know , when they put in here. you know, when they put in the safe rooms, i got my safe room, something like 2011, and i asked the person who was in charge of security , how do you charge of security, how do you lock it? >> he said , well, you don't. you >> he said, well, you don't. you can't because the then if something happens to you and you're inside the first responders won't be able to come and rescue you and said, but

what about infiltration ? what about infiltration? >> and he he had no answer. and there were people who have put external locks on the windows. sorry on the doors . we're going sorry on the doors. we're going to have to absolutely . the to have to absolutely. the security hole, security situation is going to have to be reassessed there to make it safe for us because as my country built an impermeable , built an impermeable, impermeable fence , it's going an impermeable fence, it's going an underground barrier and a fence that was supposed to be keeping us safe . clearly, it did not. us safe. clearly, it did not. >> does that mean when there is and we do hope there will be peace again, that even an area like a kibbutz will have to have some kind of defensive ring around it, that it will no longer be assessed as a normal place of safety . place of safety. >> we already have a defensive ring around us. we have a fence, an electron , electronic fence

an electron, electronic fence with with sensors on it. don't there's a limit to how much you can fortify yourself if and now the job is to get rid of the hamas. that's the only way that we will be able to feel safe again if the hamas infrastructure, the terror group hamas infrastructure is neutralised. >> adele , just just to give our >> adele, just just to give our viewers and listeners an idea how close was your kibbutz to the gaza border and was your security something that you thought about on a very regular basis or was it really at the back of your mind generally? so we're about a mile away from the border, about two kilometres. >> and i, of course, thought of my security , but i felt i felt my security, but i felt i felt secure. i would get in my car. i'd like for topography and i would get in my car of a friday evening and go out into the

fields without any qualms, feeling totally safe and take pictures and that's it. i have a friend from my kibbutz next door who was walking out in the field on a sunrise walk at 630 in the morning on saturday, october 7th. she's gone. she's missing. we don't know where she or her husband are. >> we are just so, so sorry. and that day, ten days ago, how many hours did you stay in the safe room if it didn't lock ? like, room if it didn't lock? like, what was it your physical strength? i mean, we've heard many stories about how people kept that door shut for hours upon hours as dumb luck, divine intervention or my late husband watching above what is your thought? >> he tried to infiltrate my house. they tried to infiltrate my house. yeah. my son was with me. he understands a little bit arabic. and he said he could

hear them talking and saying to someone said to the other, come away from there . about an hour away from there. about an hour later, when i tried to open the door because i had to go to the bathroom, we'd been in there for hours already. i, i saw that the blinds, the slats on my window had been busted out. so they tried to infiltrate it and something caused them to move on. my son in law was not as lucky. and a terrorist infiltrated his house with my three young grandchildren in the safe room . he told them to hide safe room. he told them to hide under the blanket. he open the door to the safe room and shot the terrorists with his own hands. but he was and then tried to go after other terrorists. but realised that there were just too many highly armed terrorists outside and came back. but. but there was a terrorist body right outside his door for hours and hours. >> adele last thought for you.

clearly what's happened? effectively infiltrate everybody's lives in israel . its everybody's lives in israel. its consequence now for everybody there. what do you believe should and could happen now? we've got president biden arriving tomorrow . so is there arriving tomorrow. so is there still a chance for diplomacy or is it there has to be this battle ? battle? >> you know, i've always been the first to say conflicts like this cannot be solved with weapons. they have to be solved by diplomacy. weapons. they have to be solved by diplomacy . and i have friends by diplomacy. and i have friends in gaza that i'm in touch with and i'm terribly concerned about their lives. but after the slaughter of over . 1300 slaughter of over. 1300 israelis, ten days ago , israelis, ten days ago, unfortunately , this is not time unfortunately, this is not time for diplomacy. first of unfortunately, this is not time for diplomacy . first of all, as for diplomacy. first of all, as i said , the hamas terrorist i said, the hamas terrorist infiltration infrastructure needs to be neutralised . only needs to be neutralised. only after that will we be able to start thinking about diplomacy.

and i hope we do, because i want my neighbours to thrive and have good lives. that's all i want for them, just like i want for myself. we can be really good neighbours . neighbours. >> adele ramer. we can be so appreciate you coming on. we've run out of time. unfortunately but your thoughts have just been invaluable. so thank you so much and we do wish you all the very best for the future. we really do.thank best for the future. we really do. thank you very much for having me. >> and letting my voice, our voices be heard. >> we'll speak to you again . >> we'll speak to you again. thanks very much indeed. but let's reflect now on events that have been taking place here in london with the palestinian ambassador, zomlot , holding a ambassador, zomlot, holding a news conference in which he said this is not a war on hamas, but the people of palestine. so clearly a different perspective from this news conference. our reporter theo chikomba was there and we can hear from him now. and clearly, this is an important issue , too, as both

important issue, too, as both sides discuss this. does this involve the palestinians ? does involve the palestinians? does it involve hamas as a separate entity ? yes entity? yes >> well, a very good afternoon to you in the press conference, which lasted just over an hour here in central london, the uk's palestinian ambassador was direct in his talk. >> this is the very first thing he said. he rejects the targeting of civilians , targeting of civilians, international law and humanitarian laws must be restored , acted. and he went on restored, acted. and he went on to talk about the amount of children that have died , a children that have died, a thousand children killed. he said he also wanted to say palestinians are being killed every five minutes and people are waiting for hours just to get water. so in his talk today, it was particularly poignant. he was talking about how this is this is impacting on civilians, people needing to go hospital people needing to go to hospital for treatment and babies for cancer treatment and babies and incubators. and he was saying we need an immediate

ceasefire. when asked about whether he's been speaking to many people across the world when it comes to diplomats and of course, some of his colleagues, he says, yes, that's something we're doing constantly. and then he also touched on the importance of the uk government having the right message. he said he wasn't too happy with the initial message that was put out by james cleverly, the foreign secretary, but has praised rishi sunak in the last couple of days. but he said that's a message that needed to be put out at the very beginning. ing we've also heard from those in ramallah palace , from those in ramallah palace, palestinian city medical staff have joined a protest with families of palestinian prisoners. they said this we stand with our people in gaza. we stand with paramedics who are being targeted while on duty. and this is something that they say needs to be urgently sorted out and also, the ambassador touched on today that the door needs to be open to the international community. the red

cross and the un as well, so that we are able to get verified information there on the ground. but as you say , it's very much but as you say, it's very much about civilians today and is saying those are the families and the people across gaza and the various states of palestine who are being targeted and theo chikomba , thank you very much. chikomba, thank you very much. >> let's go straight to our political editor , christopher political editor, christopher hope, because the prime minister has confirmed that at least six britons died and another nine are missing following that terrorist attack by hamas . 113 terrorist attack by hamas. 113 year old girl was killed . her year old girl was killed. her name was yahel. >> yahel yeah, and killed with her mum. >> leanne yeah. and all this comes as downing street has urged israel to allow water into gaza. let's talk to christopher hope. christopher very aware now that president joe biden is heading to israel tomorrow. we're also seeing that the german chancellor is heading there as well . are there plans

there as well. are there plans for the prime minister to go now ? >> not not imminently. >> not not imminently. >> pippa, we've asked will try to get guidance on that and nothing planned imminently. but of course, we'll be the first to tell you on gb news if a trip is planned. we had the first confirmation from the cabinet meeting me, started at meeting behind me, started at 9:30 until 11, when the pm rishi sunak talked about suspected abduction british nationals . abduction of british nationals. that's language he did not use yesterday in the house of commons. for the first time they are abduction british are saying abduction of british nationals. it nationals. we didn't know it before told briefly. before. they told us briefly. there missing british there were ten missing british nationals , six on top of that nationals, six on top of that are dead, so they wouldn't tell us how many hostages being held in in gaza by hamas. yes. as you say, president biden to visit israel tomorrow. the working assumption is that that is a briefing ahead of the land invasion . so the us government invasion. so the us government will be briefed on what the israelis are planning to do when they do launch this much mooted and much planned invasion . today and much planned invasion. today here in parliament we've had a

visit from by three women from from israel came over, one woman there who who was missing, 12 members of her family. that's 12 members of her family. that's 12 members of her family. that's 12 members of her family. and given that there are only 200 being held by hamas officially, that is a i think you're seeing some footage now of people we spoke to earlier will play out those interviews in the next hour. deeply they met today deeply moving. they met today with sir keir starmer, david lammy, shadow shadow foreign secretary lisa nandy, the shadow aid secretary. angela rayner the deputy leader. and they they stress the need for more red cross to be allowed into gaza. that's a big issue for them and they are seeking, of course, meetings with the prime minister. they said they only had a meeting there with a middle minister, lord middle east minister, lord ahmed, with pm yet , but ahmed, not with the pm yet, but more are planned, i more meetings are planned, i think downing street behind think in downing street behind me. but been difficult day, me. but it's been difficult day, a day here in westminster a moving day here in westminster for indeed. you very >> indeed. chris, thank you very much that. more from much indeed for that. more from you a little later. bring you a little later. let's bring you a little later. let's bring

you latest pictures we've you in the latest pictures we've got after rocket fire again being seen from gaza, being fired israel. an fired into to israel. an indication, meanwhile, from turkey that it's trying to get talks with hamas to get the various hostages released. we'll have the very latest live for you here on the live desk

late >> good afternoon . this is the >> good afternoon. this is the live desk here on gb news. coming up this tuesday afternoon, more rocket fire from gaza and explosions two in the last hour as the aerial bombardments continue. >> the aid, though, arriving in the of rafah border the south of the rafah border crossing. the humanitarian crisis, it's crisis, though, looks as if it's still in. still deepening in. >> president preparing >> president biden is preparing to fly to israel and jordan for crisis talks tomorrow iran crisis talks tomorrow as iran issues warning that crisis talks tomorrow as iran is:could warning that crisis talks tomorrow as iran is:could take warning that crisis talks tomorrow as iran is:could take action rning that crisis talks tomorrow as iran is:could take action in ng that crisis talks tomorrow as iran is:could take action in holji'sit crisis talks tomorrow as iran is:could take action in hours if it could take action in hours if gaza continues to be bombed. >> we'll have the latest from the brussels terror attack as french now the brussels terror attack as fren(all now the brussels terror attack as fren(all european now the brussels terror attack as fren(all european states now the brussels terror attack as fren(all european states are 1ow says all european states are vulnerable. there's a resurgence of islamist terrorism and we all have vulnerability comes have vulnerability that comes with and rule of with democracies and the rule of law, individuals can law, where individuals can decide to commit the worst act . decide to commit the worst act. >> we're also going to be live

in aberdeen as scottish first minister humza yousaf makes his keynote speech at the snp's conference, promising £300 million for health in scotland . million for health in scotland. but first, here's all your latest headlines with . aaron latest headlines with. aaron >> good afternoon to you . it is >> good afternoon to you. it is a minute past one. aaron armstrong here in the gb newsroom. the british teenager who's been missing since last weekend's by hamas has weekend's attacks by hamas has been confirmed dead . 13 year been confirmed dead. 13 year old yahel on the right of your picture was killed when gunmen attacked her kibbutz on october 7th. yael was killed along with her mother, leanne , her elder her mother, leanne, her elder sister noya, and their father, eli, are still missing . the eli, are still missing. the prime minister, rishi sunak, has called for the immediate release of hostages. it's thought another nine britons are amongst some 200 people being held by hamas. the israeli journalist yotam confino says their outlook is bleak . is bleak. >> they are in a horrendous

situation, most likely kept underground and in tunnels by hamas . that's at least what hamas. that's at least what israel estimates . so this israel estimates. so this hostage situation is it's really just another humanitarian catastrophe that develops at the same time as what, you know, the atrocities also we see in gaza not deliberately committed by israel . israel says it's not israel. israel says it's not targeting civilians , but we do targeting civilians, but we do see these ruins everywhere in gaza. so these two situations are just simply horrific and not solved yet . solved yet. >> well, at least 60 people have been killed in gaza as israeli airstrikes continue for an 11th day. palestinian authorities say the attacks overnight took place in younis khan and at the rafah crossing in the south of the enclave where the israeli military has told civilians to take refuge . the world health take refuge. the world health organisation says at least 2800 people have now been killed in gaza with 11,000 injured. israel believes 600,000 residents have left the north of the enclave ahead of an expected ground offensive. the united nations

says hospitals in gaza are on the verge of collapse and the rafah crossing to egypt remains closed . well, the us president closed. well, the us president will visit israel tomorrow in a show of solidarity as fears grow the war in gaza could engulf the middle east. his visit was announced by the us secretary of state, antony blinken, after several days of his own shuttle diplomacy in the region. biden is expected to urge israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to minimise civilian casualties and to establish a humanitarian corridor out of gaza. he'll also meet arab leaders in an effort to stop the conflict spreading. it comes after iran pledged to take pre—emptive action against israel. egypt is also set to host a summit to discuss the conflict on saturday. now the return of islamist terrorism poses a threat to all european nations. that's according to the french president, emmanuel macron. his comments come after police in brussels shot dead a gunman suspected of killing two swedish people last night . it

swedish people last night. it happenedin swedish people last night. it happened in the city centre ahead of belgium's euro 2024 qualifier against sweden. the 45 year old suspect claimed responsibility in an online video identifying himself as a member of islamic state. belgium's prime minister says terrorists cannot be allowed to succeed. the others, the villain attackers, want to cede fear, distrust and division in our free society . free society. >> terrorists have to understand that they will never succeed in this mission and they will never subdue our free society with their hate and violence. they show, above all their powerlessness as terrorism . powerlessness as terrorism. >> now, 77 year old woman has died after being hit by a bus in manchester city centre. the vehicle crashed into a shop on monday. the family of almena amica says she was well loved and her presence will be hugely missed. a 64 year old man has been bailed on suspicion of

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a result of wind and rain. it'll cover much of scotland and the east part of northern ireland and the north and east of england. this is gb news on tv, on digital radio and on your smart. speaker two now back to mark and . pip and thanks very mark and. pip and thanks very much. >> just bring you a bit of breaking news we're getting from the french foreign ministry that says a total of 21 french citizens have died as a result of the hamas attacks . those of the hamas attacks. those details just coming through as president macron had been speaking publicly , saying speaking publicly, saying all european are vulnerable european states are vulnerable following the brussels attacks . following the brussels attacks. so 21 french citizens say the foreign ministry have died as a result of the attacks. so far. >> now, news within the last hour well. jordan is going to hour as well. jordan is going to host a four party summit in amman with president joe biden , amman with president joe biden, who we know is travelling there tomorrow. and tomorrow. and egyptian and palestinian , they will palestinian leaders, they will be discussing the impact of war in gaza on the rest of the

region . and an official region. and an official statement said they will be looking at ways to find a political horizon that would allow the revival of the peace process. >> but, of course, on the other stage, iran threatening action in within hours if the israeli bombardment of gaza continues. but as we can see the latest pictures, there is more black smoke over the gaza skyline. and we've also seen in this past hour rocket fire from gaza into israel. so the aerial warfare is continuing with fresh explosions. now turkey's foreign minister says he's talking to hamas on securing the release of foreigners , civilians and foreigners, civilians and children held hostage by the militants in gaza. >> but there has been no further reaction from hamas about this . reaction from hamas about this. >> well, then this morning in the other developments, an israeli mother of a 21 year old, meir sham , who was paraded by meir sham, who was paraded by hamas in a video asking the

world to bring her baby back home. of course, a reminder of the human cost of all this. i didn't know if she's dead or alive until yesterday . alive until yesterday. >> all i knew is that she may might be kidnapped . and i'm might be kidnapped. and i'm begging the world to bring my baby back home. i'm hospitals in gaza are struggling to cope with the airstrikes and the blockade as they await the expected israeli ground offensive of gb news is charlie peters has this report . report. >> every hour, more patients arrive from the frontline of israel's war on hamas . already israel's war on hamas. already strained by the casualties . the strained by the casualties. the sheba medical centre is prepping for an imminent full scale invasion of gaza. this intensive care unit has had to draft in volunteer is the feeling here is

that the government is not doing enough. >> the government doesn't really care about the people here, so we're here to support them. a lot of people are coming here and they're constantly want to help. all of us are helping. we're like giant community of we're like a giant community of helpers, a giant army . helpers, like a giant army. >> when the war started, the sheba centre opened this sheba medical centre opened this brand intense care brand new, intense care facility. then it's been facility. since then it's been in constant use half of the patients are civilians. the rest are soldiers . for more patients are civilians. the rest are soldiers. for more than nine days, life has hung in the balance for many of the civilians brought here enemy victims of the attack by hamas terrorists on communities in southern israel . they are southern israel. they are traumatised , injured and traumatised, injured and suffering horrendous . burns this suffering horrendous. burns this family hid from hamas in their basement shelter, unable to find them. the terrorists set fire to their house, but they survived . their house, but they survived. the youngest, a baby of just 18 months, has burns across 30% of

her body. my my sister and my family with a lot of brave fight with them, with the hands they are is not good condition. >> but we are we are want to say thank god about that. they get inside and they here for now. >> but the director of the burns unit believes that the worst is yet to come . yet to come. >> i've never seen such a slaughter. it's not even, you know, it's . in human. know, it's. in human. >> i don't know how to say it. >> i don't know how to say it. >> and it touches every one of us. >> i lost two of . >> i lost two of. my two of my friends kids already in battle . so it's hard. and, in battle. so it's hard. and, you know , when i have a minute

you know, when i have a minute out of here we go to funerals every israeli knows the mission to end hamas will not come without more pain and suffering. >> there will be more wounded and lives cut short in the worst violence israel has seen for 50 years. more civilians and soldiers will be sent to this hospital, a medical facility thatis hospital, a medical facility that is preparing for a long war. charlie peters gb news, israel . israel. >> let's get the very latest live now with charlie, who is still in tel aviv there for us. and charlie , reminder, of and charlie, reminder, of course, of the human cost now on on both sides. and we've got now more detail from the white house about what biden might try to achieve in the coming days. about what biden might try to achieve in the coming days . john achieve in the coming days. john kirby, the national security spokesperson, saying president will make it clear we want to continue working with all our partners in the region, including israel, to get humanitarian assistance in and provide kind of safe provide some kind of safe passage for civilians to get out. so clearly that the message

is on the diplomatic front still is on the diplomatic front still is very much humanitarian aid . is very much humanitarian aid. >> yes. and this is being the big question of the last few days.isit big question of the last few days. is it going to be possible to open the rafah crossing and allow foreign nationals, in particular, to exit, but also to allow aid to enter? we have seen dozens of trucks gathering on the egyptian side over the last 48 hours, but so far, none have entered. there have been now three occasions when the americans have expressed hope that the rafah crossing may open at one point they said it would open imminently. they expected and then nothing occurred . in and then nothing occurred. in fact, yesterday, instead of the crossing opening, we saw some shelling landing around the gate there on the egyptian side, we still don't know who launched the point of origin of that shelling on the gate, but the hamas affiliated radio station in southern gaza claimed that it was launched by the idf, who , as was launched by the idf, who, as you can imagine, denied that accusation. but the situation in south gaza is becoming extremely

untenable for the people there. and of course, it comes as the israelis are asking, so many people to move from the to north the south for that likely ground invasion. we have heard in the last two hours from a colonel in the idf communications department who said that other opfions department who said that other options may be open in terms of what the idf did next. but i don't think it's worth reading into that too much. that ground invasion does seem to be the most likely option there by some distance . and so they really distance. and so they really urgently need people to move south. but of course , so many south. but of course, so many gazans in the north saying that is impossible . over is frankly impossible. over 600,000 have made the journey, but hundreds of thousands remain and many of them are children in hospitals in intensive care or the elderly who just can't move out of that area, especially the shifa hospital in gaza city. so the american side there, especially meeting with the king, king abdullah of jordan tomorrow alongside the egyptian president, el—sisi , they will

president, el—sisi, they will hope to achieve some degree of humanitarian support finally to an area which is blockaded and running out of fuel, water and food , something i just want to food, something i just want to ask you about, charlie , is the ask you about, charlie, is the idf has been speaking and they appear to have cast a little bit of doubt on this expected ground offensive, saying that at least lieutenant colonel richard hecht saying we preparing for the next stages of war. >> we have not said what that will be. everyone is talking about the ground offensive. it might be something different. >> well, i think colonel hecht, again, i just don't think we should read too much into that statement. i think what everyone anticipates in israel is that ground invasion , attending the ground invasion, attending the press conference is so far they do speak quite fluidly about a range of issues and people, i think, are reading in quite

closely onto that comment . and closely onto that comment. and of course, the military will never announce its plans. so clearly just before it commits to an invasion. so i think it's just a standard line there from the colonel. but there are there are and there have been significant joint operations outside of just that ground build up of that convoy on the south alongside the gaza strip. there have also been sea and air operations, of course, continuing on the gaza strip. we saw the first footage this morning of idf warships launching rockets into the gaza strip where they struck. they claimed more of hamas military capabilities. and we've also had reports in the last hour that the hamas commander who controls the hamas commander who controls the rafah crossing, who is in charge of that situation in from the gazan side, has also been killed by an idf strike. but we wait for verification on that report. of course , in terms of report. of course, in terms of the rest of the country, we are seeing more attacks in northern israel. just in the last hour , israel. just in the last hour, more missiles being fired onto israeli posts. they've responded with artillery . that situation, with artillery. that situation,

it escalates by the hour, it seems. and also in the west bank, the death toll there has quietly snuck up to 61. this is the worst week on record since the worst week on record since the un began observing the area. and i think there's going to be some more serious unrest there. it's highly likely that the demonstrations of that land locked more significant locked and much more significant recent in this area recent territory in this area will flare up. 3 million people there. many of them protesting. they say . in support of gazans they say. in support of gazans under the blockade in what could be a quite a tense and dangerous situation. >> and of course, what role the palestinian authority then would play palestinian authority then would play in the future. but just to touch on the fate of the hostage is and those, of course, from the outside, the immediate area. i mean, we've got the french foreign ministry now confirming 21 french nationals killed and several french nationals likely still being held. was there a official line? and this sort of video that's been released by hamas to the french teenage girl? they've called it vile to

just reminder about the international nature of this crisis as . crisis as. >> yes. and many people, of course , urging the israelis to course, urging the israelis to do what they can to recover those hostages. that is a big part of the international dialogue here. and the diplomacy taking place. some 199 understood to be under hamas control. but of course , as the control. but of course, as the delayed approach to that likely invasion continues, this only this not only gives them more time to prepare their forces, but also to gather more intelligence on the latest understanding of where those hostages are, because hamas is sorry, gaza is a place of two layers. the civilian layers on the top, but also some 500km of tunnels underneath . and those tunnels underneath. and those hostages could be anywhere underneath them. and so they need more time to develop a greater understanding of where those people might be being kept, what state is, and kept, what their state is, and whether or not it's going to be possible to extract them during any invasion. possible to extract them during anycharlie n. tel aviv, thank >> charlie in tel aviv, thank you much indeed for you very much indeed for updating with the updating us there with the latest. now next, we're going to

be bringing you the latest from brussels where a man's been shot dead after killing two swedish nationals . nationals. >> our security editor will bnng >> our security editor will bring you right up to date. stay

sunday mornings from 930 on . gb sunday mornings from 930 on. gb news. welcome back to the live desk. >> let's reflect now on events in brussels where police have shot a man who'd killed two

swedish nationals last night. local media there reporting that he's a 45 year old tunisian national, abdul salam, and was shot at a cafe this morning . shot at a cafe this morning. >> brussels has been on its highest terror alert after yesterday's attack . and in yesterday's attack. and in response, prime minister alexander de croo said terrorists must understand that they will never succeed in their intent. >> let's get more with our home and security editor mark white, joining us in the studio as another european leader, president macron says that all european states are vulnerable indeed , we're even being told indeed, we're even being told that the met is probably going to look at security ahead of the next qualifier at wembley. >> yes, they are. scotland yard have said that they are enhancing their security preparations and measures around and that match against italy. so we will in wembley. and that match against italy. so we will in wembley . so we will we will in wembley. so we will see extra police officers as what we won't see, but which will be also ramped up are the

secure city services behind the scenes who are all also looking at those who may pose as a potential threat, keeping an eye on those higher risk individuals as much as they can because, you know , it's not even true to say know, it's not even true to say hundreds . there are thousands of hundreds. there are thousands of people are on their radar that they have to prioritise. >> and was it 800, 800 live investigations are currently at the moment that they are involved in. >> are at various levels. of course, they're not all high tempo , late stage plot planning . tempo, late stage plot planning. it may be just individuals. those who have there have been brought to their attention that they're looking at, but they know there are several thousand extremists in this country that could pose a potential risk to life. and you're on about obviously mentioning there president macron , of course. president macron, of course. well, he knows only too well

what happened. the devastating effects of terrorist attacks. the latest one just last week on friday, when a teacher was stabbed to death at a school in arras in north eastern france, three others injured in what the french authorities say was a terrorist attack. >> what do we know about the motive potentially behind yesterday's attack? i see belgium's public broadcaster is saying that prosecutors are no longer excluding a link between yesterday's attack and the ongoing conflict in israel. they had they didn't think it was connected before. >> well , i mean, connected before. >> well, i mean, in the actual video that this attacker put out just before committing this attack, he mentioned aid as well as being a supporter of isis , as being a supporter of isis, that it was, in part revenge for the killing of a young palestinian teenager in the united states. so there's self—evidently from him that

indication as well. so, yes , indication as well. so, yes, absolutely, they are looking at that potential possibility . that potential possibility. >> and he was he was known to police. but we believe because of alleged people smuggling and his asylum application had also been rejected. so he was on a list. in other words, he claimed asylum in 2019. >> and that was as you say, rejected . but then he rejected. but then he disappeared off the radar as so many failed asylum seekers often do , only to re—emerge in this do, only to re—emerge in this deadly attack. now, you're right, the authorities were seeking him in connection with some people smuggling offences as well. what that you know, how that how deeply involved he was in people smuggling? we don't know. but it was something that the authorities were actively looking at. >> why were people from sweden targeted and. >> well, there is a very significant issue , problems

significant issue, problems within sweden at the moment with the number of asylum seekers that have arrived in that country. and the integration of many of those asylum seekers and other migrants that have landed in sweden in itself with many people in sweden linking the surge in migrant numbers into that country with some very serious offences that have been committed . so that's led to committed. so that's led to a lot of tensions, claims among the muslim community that actually , you know, people in actually, you know, people in sweden are islamophobic in the way that they have been treated . way that they have been treated. those muslims within their country. but if you speak to many lawmakers and citizens in sweden, they say there is a very significant issue with some very serious crimes rocketing and being linked directly to my clients who have been charged and even imprisoned in

connection with some of those particular crimes there. i should also say there have been incidents this year of the burning of quran the islamic holy book, which has inflamed again , again the feelings again, again the feelings amongst many within the muslim world. and i guess the other reflection is there were an easy target in brussels. >> we understand they were probably wearing the yellow football kit, so they could be easily identified on the streets. >> yes, absolutely . and after >> yes, absolutely. and after the attack itself , off the the attack itself, off the support of 700 travelling support, who were in the stadium were held there until 11:00 at night before the police could be sure that they have all had at that time because the attacker hadn't been apprehended, that they had all their security in place to be able to safely escort those fans safe passage of out of brussels and others who were in belgium were being asked to if they could take off their football tops and, you

know, not identify themselves as being swedish. it's a sad state of affairs, but clearly they believe that they were targeted. the authorities believe they were targeted because of their nationality. >> a few eyebrows have been raised about the length of time it find him , to locate it took to find him, to locate him. but you've been saying it's because he was not on foot . because he was not on foot. >> yeah, well, even if he was on foot, if you run off, it's possible you can get away before the police arrive and, you know, make good your escape in some way. the difference between this attack and quite a lot of the islamist attacks that we see is that the perpetrators often want to be martyred as part of the process of killing and then ascending to whatever glory they think. they think awaits them aftennards. they deliver . we aftennards. they deliver. we want to be shot dead by the police so they will hang about continuing to attack or just waiting to be shot by the police . this person ran off on the

quay. >> i guess now they'll be trying to track back and visiting his his electronic footprint. if you like. his electronic footprint. if you uke.see his electronic footprint. if you like. see who he's been in contact with? is this a sort of lone wolf as it's described, or has he got direct links with other people? well, what the belgian authorities are saying at the moment is they have no evidence to say that there were any other people involved in this particular attack. >> however , they've not ruled >> however, they've not ruled out that there would be others who might have had knowledge of what he was planning. that may even provided some material assistance or more worrying that may well be planning something similar themselves. so all that has to be sort of gone into and bottomed out. and that's why we're seeing today raids and searches of property his in the brussels area linked to this man, his family and his friends. yeah. >> okay. mark thank you very much indeed for that. more, of course, as we get it, and particularly on the met and what they're saying about wembley as well. of course. thanks very much

well. of course. thanks very mu it is fast coming up to 130. >> it is fast coming up to 130. we'll be bringing you the latest from in london from press conference in london in the palestinian in which the palestinian ambassador been speaking , ambassador has been speaking, saying that this is not a war on hamas, but the people on palestine. first, though, let's get your latest headlines with erin . erin. >> it's 1:30. erin. >> it's1:30. i'm erin armstrong in the newsroom. a british teenager who's been missing since last weekend's attacks by hamas has been confirmed dead. 13 year old yahel on the right of your picture was killed when gunmen attacked her kibbutz on the 7th of october. yahel was killed along with her mother, leanne, while her elder sister, noa and their father, eli, are still missing. the prime minister has called for the immediate release of hostages. it's thought another nine britons are amongst some 200 people being held by hamas . people being held by hamas. meanwhile, the us president will visit israel tomorrow in a show of solidarity as fears grow for the war in gaza could engulf the

middle east. his visit was announced by the us secretary of state, antony blinken. after several days of diplomacy in the region. biden is expected to urge the prime minister benjamin netanyahu, to minimise civilian casualties and to establish a humanity aryan corridor out of gaza. he's also scheduled to meet arab leaders in an effort to stop the conflict from spreading . last night, iran spreading. last night, iran pledged to take pre—emptive action against israel in the coming hours. the action against israel in the coming hours . the return of coming hours. the return of islamist terrorism poses a threat to all european nations. that's according to the french president , that's according to the french president, emmanuel macron. his comments come a day after two swedish people were shot and killed in a terror attack in brussels , belgium. police say brussels, belgium. police say the suspect , who identified the suspect, who identified himself as a supporter of islamic state, was shot . he was islamic state, was shot. he was shot and killed this morning. it happened city centre happened in the city centre before belgium's euro 2020 qualifying 2024 qualifier against sweden . food supplies against sweden. food supplies have been brought back on board

the bibby stockholm barge ahead of the arrival of asylum seekers. later this week. 39 people were briefly accommodated on the barge, but it was then evacuate in august following the discovery of legionella disease in the water supply. the home office say the tests have all been completed though, and it plans to send asylum seekers back there this week . i'll be back there this week. i'll be back there this week. i'll be back with more at the top of the next hour. or you can get more now on our website, gbnews.com . now on our website, gbnews.com. >> for a valuable legacy, your family can own gold coins will always shine bright. roslyn gold proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . financial report. >> quick snapshot of the markets today. the pound will buy you $1.2174 and ,1.1516. the price of gold . is £1,582.30 per ounce of gold. is £1,582.30 per ounce and the ftse 100 is at 7665

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the setting up of a humanity corridor indicating that casualties included at least 1000 children with 50 families. >> he said completely wiped out . >> he said completely wiped out. >> he said completely wiped out. >> yeah, he was speaking as a medical staff in gaza, warned that thousands of people could die as hospitals run so dangerously low on just the basic supplies ahead of that expected israeli ground offensive. well, our reporter theo chikomba was at that press conference and we can hear from him now. theo give us give us the main lines then here. what exactly did he say ? exactly did he say? >> yes. well, the uk's palestinian ambassador was direct in his speech here during the press conference, which lasted just over an hour. and he was clear that he wanted to make that distinction that he's seen in the coverage in the last couple of weeks about the hamas group and palestinians . he's group and palestinians. he's saying civilians are the ones who are bearing the brunt of

this. as you mentioned, the number, a thousand children, he said, have died and that five every five minutes palestinians are getting killed . and he said are getting killed. and he said this is collective punishment. and he said there needs to be an urgent ceasefire when it comes to the ongoing situations. he himself says he's been in touch with the uk government every single day, working alongside our diplomats over the last couple of weeks. and indeed we did see the king of jordan in the uk this week meeting with with the prime minister . the uk this week meeting with with the prime minister. and we did hear many other things. he said he's hoping he's able to achieve by having some of those conversations which he's having every single day. we can bring some of what he said to you from this morning. >> infrastructure , schools, >> infrastructure, schools, medical centres, homes , markets medical centres, homes, markets and the prevention of the supply of . water food, fuel ,

of. water food, fuel, electricity and medicine from reaching gaza have already taken a terrible toll. officials numbers this morning find more than 2850 palestinians killed in gaza and the west bank. palestinians being targeted as they try to leave their homes towards the south of gaza. there are hundreds , hundreds if not are hundreds, hundreds if not thousands buried as we speak under rubble with as well as the details he was addressing that the bigger picture with this sort of sobering assessment, asked how high is the risk of escalation in the middle east, at nine out of ten, i gather he said he did indeed. >> and when it comes to that wider picture, he spoke about the potential impact of iran

getting involved . the us also getting involved. the us also getting involved. the us also getting involved. the us also getting involved as well. we know some of those convoys in in the mediterranean . this is an the mediterranean. this is an issue which he says he doesn't want to reach to that point at in terms of escalation . an and in terms of escalation. an and he said he's worried about the spread and if this will have an even further impact on the civilians as we've already seen in the last ten days or so. but this is a situation which he saysis this is a situation which he says is something it's not just from the last ten days. this is something that's affected palestinians for a very long time , decades, he said. and he's time, decades, he said. and he's hoping that there is a resolution with an immediate ceasefire in the near future . ceasefire in the near future. >> thank you very much for updating us, theo, that that news conference held in london by the ambassador a little earlier . earlier. >> now, scottish first minister humza yousaf is to pledge an extra £300 million for the nhs in scotland over the next three

years. cash that could apparently reduce waiting lists by 100,000 by 2026. well, he's expected to announce this funding in a keynote speech at the annual conference in aberdeen this afternoon. >> but also using the speech to insist that support for independence could be increased to a sustained majority. of course , snp support slipping in course, snp support slipping in the polls and well, a significant defeat, of course, at the rutherglen by—election. let's get more with our scotland reporter tony maguire, who's in aberdeen. tony it's his first conference in charge and, well, he's got a lot on his plate at. >> yeah, you could say that, couldn't you? i think if it wasn't everything going on here at the conference, he would still have a lot on his plate and certainly with those personal ties with with family overin personal ties with with family over in gaza just now. now this is, as you said, his inaugural conference. and in fact, delegates here haven't had anyone other than nicola

sturgeon for the last nine years. so this will have a very fresh feel for the delegates who come to the conference year after year and certainly it was at the conference last year where where nicola sturgeon told delegates less than 90s into her closing speech that that if the courts found in the favour of the snp last year, then we would be having a scottish independence referendum thursday . this thursday is in the day after tomorrow, but of course now we know that the courts fell on the side of westmin ster and really the independ ince question has been up in the for air the last 12 months or so , air the last 12 months or so, not to mention everything else going on with the snp at the start of this year. so back to the drawing board. humza yousaf and westminster leader steven flynn , who is an mp up in this flynn, who is an mp up in this neck of the woods in the north—east in aberdeenshire. he

they came together to form an idea that at the next general election a majority of scottish seats for the snp would therefore be enough to open negotiations with westminster about the possibilities of a new independence referendum . and if independence referendum. and if westminster fails to hear them, then the scottish election in 2026. well that would then be back to a de facto referee . adam back to a de facto referee. adam so it kind of still leaves more questions. how is this plan really any different? questions. how is this plan really any different ? and questions. how is this plan really any different? and also, what does it matter if conservatives and labour are both staunch in their opinions that they will not yield to allow another referendum for this generation and of course, yesterday there was a standing ovation for nicola sturgeon as she entered the arena and delegates were treated to a showreel of her best bits as perhaps a precursor for her entering the big brother house

next year , but unlikely if she's next year, but unlikely if she's got that book to write, of course. and then chris, chris hoy sorry, craig hoy, who is the scottish conservative chairman , scottish conservative chairman, you know, he's pointed out that nicola sturgeon's appearance yesterday is perhaps upstaged . yesterday is perhaps upstaged. the first minister for now as she came down that glass staircase yesterday and she spoke to the press. you know, she was asked about how humza yousaf is doing as first minister and this is what she had to say . the minister and this is what she had to say. the party is doing what the party needs to do is remember and remind people why we won so many elections in the past almost 20 years. now it's about being on the side of people who aspire for better lives for themselves and their kids. >> it's about standing up and providing a voice for people who are often marginalised. this is are often marginalised. this is a very different conference experience for me than the ones that i've been used to, but i've been watching from afar over the

course of yesterday, i think comes a you know, that i think comes a you know, that i think comes as doing a fantastic job as leader of the party and as first minister. >> and i don't think there is any doubt from what i've seen about who is in charge of this conference. well, certainly 315 today, humza yousaf will have his opportunity to step out from her shadow. and finally become humza yousaf first minister with his own ideas and not humza yousaf continuity candidate . yousaf continuity candidate. >> tony, thanks very much . we >> tony, thanks very much. we want to take viewers and listeners straight to the palace of versailles in france because it is being evacuated for a security scare. the second time in four days is that one of france's most visited tourist attractions has had to close. now, france is on heightened alert again about potential attacks after that fatal stabbing of a schoolteacher last week. president macron has said only today that all european states are vulnerable. there is a resurgence of islamist

terrorism. >> yeah, we're told it is a bomb alert and that the bomb squad are on their way or maybe already on site . but as we were already on site. but as we were saying, evacuation took place at the weekend. of course, after the weekend. of course, after the deadly knife attack on a teacher in northern france. so clearly heightened state of alert , indications that that alert, indications that that they are trying to assess the very , very well complicated very, very well complicated ground area of versailles bit by bit to establish that it is safe. but as we were seeing in those pictures, people have been moved out and are outside the main building. i think we can bnng main building. i think we can bring you more of those pictures as they're coming in. yeah, we'll bring those as soon as we can. but also, we have president macron, of course, who's been speaking elsewhere, saying that the whole of europe, as he said , the whole of europe, as he said, is vulnerable at the moment. european states are vulnerable following that attack in

brussels. more, of course, as we get it from paris . get it from paris. >> the prime minister has confirmed that at least six britons have died and another nine are missing following the assault by hamas on southern israel . 113 year old girl has israel. 113 year old girl has been killed and more remain missing after hamas terrorists attacked their kibbutz . this attacked their kibbutz. this comes as downing street has urged israel to allow water into gaza while refusing to say whether the tactic to shut off the supply is in line with international law. >> let's get more with our political editor, chris hope, who's at westminster for downing street for us. and, chris, it's a pretty pointed comment , we a pretty pointed comment, we understand from the prime minister's spokesman specifically on this humanitarian aspect water humanitarian aspect of the water suppues. supplies. >> that's right. no comment there. they're saying their supporting israel's right to defend itself , to try get defend itself, to try and get these hostages and people held by hamas in gaza released. but yes, nothing further on that. they're treading a very delicate line the uk

line here, aren't they? the uk government , in that in that line here, aren't they? the uk government, in that in that same meeting there, cabinet meeting there, the cabinet meeting there, the cabinet meeting started at 9:30 and meeting that started at 9:30 and ran the building ran till 11 in the building behind me , the pm rishi sunak behind me, the pm rishi sunak for the first time did talk about the issue of a adopted suspected abduction of british nationals in gaza. now that's the first time he's used that term . the idea of hostages is term. the idea of hostages is being around for a bit, but the first the uk government has first time the uk government has used wasn't used used that it wasn't used yesterday, for by the pm yesterday, for example by the pm when addressed mps in the when he addressed mps in the house now elsewhere house of commons. now elsewhere in today, had in westminster today, we've had visits here from israelis with families missing in gaza . we've families missing in gaza. we've had a visit from limacella bruder, reut maho and nurit, rita and shani segal. they met earlier with the with the labour leadership that sir keir starmer. david lammy, the shadow foreign secretary, angela raynen foreign secretary, angela rayner, the deputy leader, and lisa nandy , the shadow lisa nandy, the shadow development secretary, and earlier i caught up with what they had to say outside parliament, ten family members from kibbutz be'eri and two family members from kibbutz

nahel oz that were taken saturday morning. >> we have no recollection of anything. >> we don't have any news of their whereabouts or state that they're in. >> we don't know if they're dead or alive, if their wounded. we don't know if they're dry or fed, if they got their medicine on. we have of three children, eight years old, three year old, a 12 year old and a teenager , a 12 year old and a teenager, 17. she's supposed to celebrate her 18th birthday on the 24th of this month. and we don't know where they are. we don't know anything about them. she was texting to the family. her daughter was talking to her. her daughter was talking to her. her daughter said there were noises in the last half an hour. she was there. and then they contact disconnected . we couldn't text disconnected. we couldn't text her anymore . and there was her anymore. and there was nothing, nothing from her until monday morning when they allocated the mobile. but i was

my sister . we don't know if my sister. we don't know if she's we don't even know if she's we don't even know if she's alive. we don't know if she's alive. we don't know if she's you know, she's getting all neither taken care of . all neither taken care of. >> she's being fed. >> she's being fed. >> if she's warm . nothing, >> if she's warm. nothing, nothing. 830 in the morning on a saturday, october 7th. that was the last time that we heard from my cousin, a few hours later, the army regained control of the kibbutz and then they found their house covered with bullets, blood. and they were gone. >> such a torrid, torrid time for them . a british teenager has for them. a british teenager has been confirmed as among those murdered by hamas during its terrorist attack . yahel qarib, terrorist attack. yahel qarib, 13 years old, killed along with her mother, leanne, while her elder sister noya, who's 16, and her father, eli , are still missing. >> and indeed we had the announcement from turkey's foreign minister earlier today that they were in direct communication with hamas to try and secure the release of all the hostages, but no reaction. officially yet from hamas. we'll

update you as we get more on that. and just to tell you, of course, what downing street was saying humanitarian saying about the humanitarian aspect, rishi spokesman aspect, rishi sunak spokesman earlier a key earlier saying water was a key issue uk efforts to, quote, issue in uk efforts to, quote, relieve the unfolding humanitarian issues facing the palestinians talks ongoing with israel. he said as the uk was keen to see water restored and with fuel, food and medicine also being prevented from entering the territory. more, of course, as we get it, a memorial service has been held for the former conservative chancellor nigel lawson, who served in margaret thatcher's government. >> he died at his home in eastbourne in april. >> our business and economics editor liam halligan was at this thanksgiving service today. liam and i guess the emphasis is on the thanks, because clearly the assessment of his position in margaret thatcher's government is that he was , well in her is that he was, well in her terms, unassailable . all . good terms, unassailable. all. good to be with you, mark. >> and pip. saint margaret's

church is behind me. it's a beautiful church . sat right next beautiful church. sat right next door to westminster abbey, the house of commons, the house of lords is just to my right. we're in the heart of westminster . and in the heart of westminster. and this was really an apt place for this was really an apt place for this memorial to nigel lawson, who died aged 91. as you said earlier this year, he was an early entrant into margaret thatcher's cabinet in 1981. he was very much a sort of intellectual soulmate with the former prime minister. many people think that nigel lawson, who died as lord lawson of blaby in leicestershire , blabey, was in leicestershire, blabey, was his parliamentary constituency . his parliamentary constituency. he was the most influential chancellor of britain's post—war period. he and margaret thatcher famously fell out over for europe. i think his resignation really lit the touchpaper on the end of to end her premiership, along with another former chancellor, geoffrey howe . but a chancellor, geoffrey howe. but a huge gathering here, not just of the tory faithful of years gone by, but also lots of

journalists, people involved in pubuc journalists, people involved in public life. i've got the memorial paper here, a service of remembrance for the life and work of the right honourable, the lord lawson of blaby 1932 to 2023. one of the real giants of conservative politics who the memorial service was held here today. and many people were saying in the fringes after the speeches by the likes of prime minister rishi sunak, former chancellor lord norman lamont, the archbishop of canterbury, of course, justin welby. but many people were saying in the fringes of the memorial service and at the drinks aftennards, god, i wish nigel lawson was around now because we need some of his policies . of his policies. >> and in terms of the way ahead, of course, we've got some figures today in terms of the oil price , you know, the oil price, you know, the geopolitical situation is becoming well , pretty sort of becoming well, pretty sort of febrile , isn't it? febrile, isn't it? >> it certainly is . that's how

>> it certainly is. that's how i got to know nigel lawson as a young journalist back in the 90s. we often talked about oil markets. he followed commodity pnces markets. he followed commodity prices very, very closely. what he was known for really mark and pip was tax cutting. he took the corporation tax rate in the uk from 52. and i watering 52% in 1983 when he entered office all the way down to 30. and he took the way down to 30. and he took the top rate of tax famously from 60 to 40, leading to that famous sun headline after that budget. nice one, nigel and i know because i conducted the very last interview with him that he was looking at the geopolitical situation . it was geopolitical situation. it was after the start of the war in ukraine. it was just a couple of days before he died, actually , days before he died, actually, that i spoke to him in march 2023. he was mindful of the geopolitics . he was mindful also geopolitics. he was mindful also in his view of the need for the concert party to be a tax cutting party, a party of the

small state. nigel lawson really was the flagbearer for conservatives and others of that small state dispossessed nation. and i think many people here in westminster and across the country will be feeling his loss them at saint mary's there in westminster. >> thank you very much indeed for that marking. of course, one of the giants of british politics in the 20th century, brent crude , around about $90 brent crude, around about $90 a barrel. but of course, the fears it could head ever higher with those various announcements or warnings perhaps from iran that it might take direct action. >> please do stay with us here on the live desk. there's lots more to come. we'll be bringing you the latest from france, where palace of versailles , where the palace of versailles, one of france's most visited tourist attractions, well, that's been evacuated . and that's been evacuated. and because of a bomb threat, the second time in four days that the palace has had to close and president macron has said earlier that all european states

are vulnerable to terrorism and there is a resurgence of islamist terrorism . islamist terrorism. >> latest live, too, from gaza, more rocket fire, but diplomacy on the way. biden travelling there tomorrow. the latest coming up for

>> good afternoon. this is the live desk here on gb news coming up for you today , fresh up for you today, fresh explosions , more rocket fire

explosions, more rocket fire across gaza and israel in the last hour and aid arriving at the rafah border crossing in the south. >> but the humanitarian crisis is deepening as downing street says, turn the water back on this drone footage shows the devastation caused by the attacks in gaza. >> people desperately looking for survivors amongst the rubble . it comes as president biden prepares to fly to israel for crisis talks tomorrow . crisis talks tomorrow. >> we'll have the latest, too, from brussels after the terror alert put at its highest level after police shot dead a gunman who'd killed two swedish nationals in the . nationals in the. city on the palace of versailles in paris is evacuated due to a suspected bomb threat. >> according to reports . as >> according to reports. as president macron warns that all

european states are vulnerable. we'll bring you the very latest on that and more. first, let's get your headlines with . aaron get your headlines with. aaron >> very good afternoon to you. it's 2:00. i'm aaron armstrong in the newsroom. a british teenager who's been missing since last weekend's attacks by hamas been confirmed dead . hamas has been confirmed dead. 13 year old yahel on the right of the picture was killed when gunmen attacked her kibbutz on the 7th of october. yahel was killed along with her mother, leanne , while her elder sister leanne, while her elder sister noya and their father, eli, are still missing. the prime minister for the minister has called for the immediate release hostages. immediate release of hostages. it's another nine it's thought another nine britons among some 200 britons are among some 200 people being held hamas . the people being held by hamas. the israeli journalist yotam confino says outlook is bleak . says the outlook is bleak. >> they are in a horrendous situation, most likely kept underground and in tunnels by hamas . that's at least what hamas. that's at least what israel estimates . so this israel estimates. so this hostage situation is it's really just another humanitarian catastrophe that develops at the

same time as what, you know, the atrocities also we see in gaza not deliberately committed by israel . israel says it's not israel. israel says it's not targeting civilians , but we do targeting civilians, but we do see these ruins everywhere in gaza. so these two situations are just simply horrific and not solved yet . solved yet. >> no aid agencies are warning of a deepening humanitarian catastrophe in gaza amid fears the conflict will spread elsewhere in the middle east. palestinian authorities claim 80 people have been killed by israeli airstrikes in in south gaza, where the israeli military told civilians to take refuge . told civilians to take refuge. hundreds of thousands have gathered there near the rafah crossing, which remains closed. the un believes israel's siege of gaza and its evacuation order could be in breach of international law and has warned all hospitals there will run out of fuel within 24 hours. the world health organisation says at least 2800 people have been killed in gaza. the us president joe biden, is visiting israel tomorrow before attending a summit of arab leaders in jordan

in an effort to stop the conflict from spreading. it comes after iran pledged to take pre—emptive action against israel in the coming hours. pre—emptive action against israel in the coming hours . the israel in the coming hours. the return of islamist terrorism poses a threat to all european nafions. poses a threat to all european nations . that's according to the nations. that's according to the french president, emmanuel macron. his comments come a day after two swedish people were shot and killed in a terror attack in brussels, belgium. police say the suspect who identified himself as a member of islamic state, was shot and killed this morning . and swedish killed this morning. and swedish people were held inside the stadium last night. people were held inside the stadium last night . the attack stadium last night. the attack happenedin stadium last night. the attack happened in the city centre before belgium's euro 2024 qualifier against east sweden. belgium's prime minister alexander de croo says terrorists cannot be allowed to succeed . succeed. >> others, the willing attackers want to seed fear, distrust and division in our free society . division in our free society. >> we terrorists have to understand that they will never

succeed in this mission. they will never subdue our free society with their hate and violence they show above all, their powerlessness terrorism will never beat us. >> and coming shortly after that warning from president macron, the palace of versailles in france is evacuating its visitors this afternoon amid reports the bomb squad is on the way. it's after a teacher was killed in an islamist attack at a school last week. the country has been on high alert with the evacuation of the louvre and also the gardner station in paris . greta thunberg has been paris. greta thunberg has been arrested after protesting against oil and gas companies in central london. thunberg has this year been detained by police and removed from protests in sweden, nonnay and germany. video footage showed thunberg wearing a badge with the slogan oily money out, standing calmly as two police officers spoke to her. one then was seen holding her. one then was seen holding her arm . a man will appear in

her arm. a man will appear in court today after murdering a 70 year old in hartlepool. terence carney was using a cash machine when he was attacked in the town centre on saturday morning. another man remains in hospital with non—life threatening injuries after being attacked at a property on wharton terrace. 44 year old ahmed khalid has been charged with murder and the attempted murder of another man , attempted murder of another man, a 77 year old woman has died after being hit by a bus in manchester city centre. the family of amina amika said she was well loved and her presence was well loved and her presence was hugely missed . it happened was hugely missed. it happened when the bus crashed into a shop on monday. a 64 year old man has been bailed on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after being arrested at the scene . yellow weather the scene. yellow weather warnings for wind and rain will be in place from tomorrow with the arrival of storm babette . the arrival of storm babette. it's expected to last until saturday. the met office is warning of potential flooding, power cuts and travel disruption in the weather warning will cover scotland. the eastern part

of northern ireland and the north and east of england . this north and east of england. this is gb news on tv, on digital radio and on your smart speaker too. that's it for the moment. now back to mark and . pip now back to mark and. pip >> welcome back. you are with the live desk. jordan will host a four party summit in amman with president joe biden and egyptian and palestinian leaders tomorrow. they'll be discussing the impact of the war in gaza on the impact of the war in gaza on the rest of the region. and hope to make progress towards a political resolution. >> well, in gaza itself, if people have been trying to remove debris in search for their families in the rubble of destroyed residence buildings, the latest estimate from the palestinian health authority is that 2778 have been killed, 9700 wounded, while the israelis say that 1400 of their people have also been killed. with the airstrikes have been continued.

israel, of course, has vowed to annihilate, as it said , hamas. annihilate, as it said, hamas. charlie peters has the latest for us from tel aviv . for us from tel aviv. >> every hour, more patience arrive from the frontline of israel war on hamas already strained by the casualties. the sheba medical centre is prepping for an imminent full scale invasion of gaza. this intensive care unit has had to draft in volunteers . is the feeling here volunteers. is the feeling here is that the government is not doing enough . doing enough. >> if the government doesn't really care about the people here. so we're here to support them. a lot of people are coming here and they're constantly want to of us are helping. to help. all of us are helping. we're like a giant community of helpers, army . helpers, like a giant army. >> war started, the >> when the war started, the sheba medical centre opened this brand intensive brand new intensive care facility . since then, it's been facility. since then, it's been in constant use . half of the in constant use. half of the patients are civilians , the rest patients are civilians, the rest are soldiers . for more patients are civilians, the rest are soldiers. for more than nine days, life has hung in the

balance for many of the civilians brought here enemy victims of the attack by hamas terrorists. on communities in southern israel . they are southern israel. they are traumatised , injured and traumatised, injured and suffering horrendous . burns this suffering horrendous. burns this family hid from hamas in their basement shelter, unable to find them. the terrorists set fire to their house. they survived . the their house. they survived. the youngest, a baby of just 18 youngest, a baby ofjust 18 months, has burns acrosst 30% of her body. my sister and my family with a lot of brave fight with them. >> with the hands they are is not good condition, but we are. we are one to say thank god about that . they get inside and about that. they get inside and they here now . they here now. >> but the director of the burns unit believes that the worst is yet to come . yet to come. >> i've been i've never seen such a slaughter. it's not even

you know, it's inhuman. >> i don't know how to say it. and it touches every one of us. i lost two of . i lost two of. my two of my friends kids already in battle . so it's hard. and, in battle. so it's hard. and, you know, when i have a minute out of here, we go to funerals . out of here, we go to funerals. >> as every israeli knows , the >> as every israeli knows, the mission to end hamas will not come without more pain and suffering. there will be more wounded and lives cut short in the worst violence israel has seen for 50 years. more civilians and soldiers will be sent to this hospital, a medical facility that is preparing for a long war. charlie peters gb news, israel . news, israel. >> well, more live now with

charlie in tel aviv. and charlie, a reminder there, of course, of the growing human cost of this and an indication with president biden arriving tomorrow for more diplomacy. it seems humanitarian questions top of the list . of the list. >> that's right. the humanitarian situation in the south of the gaza strip is leading the diplomacy in the region, particularly between the americans and the egyptians , as americans and the egyptians, as they seek to find an opportunity to open the rafah crossing , to to open the rafah crossing, to allow humanitarian humanity an aid in and allow foreign nationals gathering on that border. many of them told to head there by the israelis to exit from that battle zone . but exit from that battle zone. but there is also significant diplomacy to be done in the coming days in the north. in the last ten minutes, we've heard from the lebanese foreign minister who says that the situation there risks igniting and comes soon after. also and this comes soon after. also and this comes soon after. also an israeli minister said that they will hold lebanon responsible for what lebanese hezbollah does in the south of

the country. obviously, lebanon, a country that's been in crisis for several years, particularly after the beirut port explosion of august 2020, that generates a humanitarian crisis of its own and also a political impasse . and also a political impasse. it's a very divided country where lebanese hezbollah operates with great freedom, much greater freedom than hamas doesin much greater freedom than hamas does in the gaza strip. it has significantly more munitions and has a military budget expected to be within the hundreds of millions . and so that risk there millions. and so that risk there from the north is growing and there are more warnings from israeli ministers about the kind of reaction they might expect if the skirmish grows on the northern border. at the same time, the iranian foreign minister last night issued a warning about pre—emptive strikes and also issued further warnings this morning about. what might happen to the northern region. and indeed the rest of israel if yoav galant, the defence minister, continues to commit forces into the to commit his forces into the gaza strip. so very much an escalating situation there where

diplomacy will be deployed, not just to the humanitarian situation but also that growing second front in the north. >> and just on that humanitarian situation, charlie, people have been told palestinians for a few days now to head south from gaza city , heads south towards that city, heads south towards that rafah crossing . but we're rafah crossing. but we're getting more and more reports about israeli airstrikes in the south. and now families we can we can see on the map now exactly where that rafah crossing is. but now families have headed south. they're going back to north gaza city because of the bombings. and they're saying we're just not safe anywhere. we may as well go back home. yes >> and the israeli side are adamant that they are striking hamas military capable cities. they are releasing footage every morning of what they claim are targets s designated and occupied by hamas fighters or munitions or indeed banks that they use to funnel their funds in. but, of course, people on

the ground are saying something quite different. some 49 people killed in younis khan this morning, according to local officials there. and many people saying why should we flee south if there is going to be more bombing in the south. humanitarian safe zones are something us secretary of something that us secretary of state blinken called state antony blinken has called for it will urgently for and it will be urgently needed if the needed to establish if the israelis are to facilitate further travel south from that civilian population in the north. they need them to move if they are going to launch that ground invasion into gaza city. >> charlie, understand that >> charlie, we understand that israel's security israel's national security adviser, jackie hanegbi, is about to hold a news briefing to update reporters. it does follow this rather intriguing comment from the idf earlier that there might not necessarily be a ground offensive , as we ground offensive, as we understand it. how is that being interpreted there in tel aviv? presumably there might be some military action, but not something of shock and awe that we've seen traditionally . well we've seen traditionally. well yoav galant, the defence

minister in the last few hours, met with israeli air force officers and support staff and very much reaffirmed that it was their mission to give an address to every bomb and make sure that address is on hamas . address is on hamas. >> so it's clear that the air, sea and land operation on the gaza strip will continue. but as with all militaries, they are not revealing what their next phase but there have phase will be. but there have been significant hits from all senior members of the government about is about the mission. what is coming next, the next phase of this war and indeed preparing for the continuation of a lengthy engagement in the gaza strip. one one offhand comment by a colonel in the idf spokesman department that is being, i think, received more intensely away from tel aviv than it is here, where people are still anticipating that likely ground invasion. charlie in tel aviv, thank you very much indeed for updating us there. >> and of course, we will bring you anything from that national security briefing as it comes through. >> we're now going to talk to itai raviv, four of his family

members have been abducted by hamas, including ending his nine year old cousin . good afternoon year old cousin. good afternoon to you. thank you so much for joining us this afternoon on gb news during this horrific time for you. just tell us, first of all, who your family members are and the hope that you are currently holding on to and what must be keeping you going here. >> thank you very much for having me . having me. >> so for family members, i've been abducted by hamas. they live in kibbutz near us. it's a small village right across the border of gaza. my uncle and aunt both are old, 78 year old people . avram, my uncle, he can people. avram, my uncle, he can barely walk . he uses a cane to barely walk. he uses a cane to walk. he needs to take medicine . walk. he needs to take medicine. they used to live there with their son. we who was murdered on saturday morning. and it's important to say murdered and

not killed because he was murdered . and his sister , along murdered. and his sister, along with her son and her nine year old son, came to visit for the weekend and they both have been abducted as well. ohad the grandson is almost nine years old, is going to celebrate, not celebrate his birthday next week . and we really want him to celebrate it at home. and the world needs to know that and the world needs to know that and the world needs to help and do everything in their power to release them because they're civilians . here. you're talking civilians. here. you're talking all the time about civilians in gaza, how they need humanitarian aid. and i agree with you completely . but we must not completely. but we must not forget that there are israeli civilians is inside of gaza in the hands of hamas, which is a terrorist organisation that is similar to isis and to al—qaeda and we've seen the horrors and what they are capable of. we

need to do everything in our power . everyone who sees that to power. everyone who sees that to press on, whoever our political leaders on the press to release the civilians when we talk about humanitarian aid, we must also talk about releasing civilian from a terror organisation . from a terror organisation. >> we learned it this morning, say that the turkish foreign minister had haqqani . hasan had minister had haqqani. hasan had beenin minister had haqqani. hasan had been in talks in beirut with ismail haniyeh, the hamas leader . more specifically on the release of what he said were foreigners, civilians and children being held hostage . is children being held hostage. is it your understanding that maybe it's going to take an outside agency like another international country to try and broker this ? broker this? >> yeah, i think that's the way things work. that's how we've seen it in the past when we had a soldier over there . but now a soldier over there. but now we're talking about civilians and of course, civilians with foreign nationality, obviously,

but also civilians without foreign nationality. why does it matter? there are civilians . if matter? there are civilians. if we talk about war crimes and crimes against humanity, you should never, never touch civilians . and it doesn't their civilians. and it doesn't their nationality doesn't matter as long as they're civilians . they long as they're civilians. they should not be in captivity . we should not be in captivity. we did you see the video that the terrorist group released of the young hostage . young hostage. >> could you bring yourself to watch it? and what on earth did you think? on the one hand, you obviously know that there are hostages that are alive . mhm. hostages that are alive. mhm. >> yeah. so how do you interpret brought myself see that i brought myself see that i brought myself see that i brought myself to watch it obviously it's a psychological warfare of hamas against israelis , against the west, israelis, against the west, against the world and they try to present themself as humanity and how they take care of people . but if they actually took care

of those in captive , they of those in captive, they wouldn't have shot them . this wouldn't have shot them. this girl, sorry, not girl. this woman who was talking shouldn't have have to be wounded to sorry to be with the bandages on if they hadn't infiltrated into israel and carried out a terror attack. she shooting with without stopping everyone and hitting her amongst thousand other people including kids babies elderly . we have to babies elderly. we have to remember that this is a terror organisation . everything they organisation. everything they do, we cannot trust them. we cannot believe them. i hope the woman in the video will return home safely . she seems terrified home safely. she seems terrified . it seems like somebody maybe is threatening her to say what she was saying . and also, she was saying. and also, according to new york times, saw that this video apparently was filmed a few days ago. so we don't even know her current situation , which is right now.

situation, which is right now. now we've got president biden arriving there tomorrow. >> he's to going tel aviv first, then he's going to amman. he'll meet leaders of israel, jordan, egypt and the palestinian leadership as well . humanitarian leadership as well. humanitarian aid seems to be a top of the list. would you say they've got to start thinking perhaps about these individuals, 199, that they should be at the top of the list? >> yes, of course . like i told >> yes, of course. like i told you before, when you talk about humanitarian aid, this is within humanitarian aid, this is within humanitarian aid, this is within humanitarian aid . i don't know humanitarian aid. i don't know if hamas is cooperating with the red cross or with any any other humanitarian organisation, with the un, with unicef. nobody knows . i've even heard unwra say knows. i've even heard unwra say that hamas has taken over some suppues that hamas has taken over some supplies that were meant to go to palestinian civilians. so if hamas does care about palestinian civilians, yeah , i palestinian civilians, yeah, i cannot be sure i'm quite sure they don't care about israelis civilians. and this is another

thing that we have to understand, that hamas doesn't care about palestinian rights . care about palestinian rights. they have nothing to do with wanting a solution for the israeli—palestinian crisis. conflict, a two state solution. they don't care about that. they don't care about palestinians. what do you want to see it? >> i is it to see the israeli military go in? do you think the time for any sort of backchannelling is over and they've just got to move ? they've just got to move? >> first of all, i'm not i'm not a politician and i'm not a military person. but in my opinion, we've seen this before. similar things. opinion, we've seen this before. similar things . the military, similar things. the military, the israeli army has gone into gaza and things have happened again and again over and over. i believe that the end goal should believe that the end goal should be some sort of agreement between the israelis and palestinians . and i'm talking palestinians. and i'm talking about whoever is ruling the west bank and not about hamas, because, again, hamas is a

terror organisation and we the whole world must know that. and yeah , sorry. yeah, sorry. >> yeah, it's a thank you for your time. i'm just going to update you and everyone else with what that turkish foreign minister has been saying from beirut. the latest we've got from him, it's news conference. no decisions have been made to hold certain meetings, summits to decide steps that are to decide on steps that are necessary be taken at this necessary to be taken at this point there be an point tomorrow, there will be an extraordinary the extraordinary meeting of the foreign the foreign ministers of the organisation islamic organisation for islamic cooperation jeddah on cooperation in jeddah on saturday. there will be a summit held on the leaders level in cairo upon egypt's invitation. so that's the latest we're getting from man who is getting from the man who is saying that clearly the hostages will the top of those will be at the top of those talks a little bit of talks. so maybe a little bit of hope for you all. itay raviv, thank you very much indeed for joining touch joining us. we'll stay in touch for having me. well, thank you and of course we'll keep you updated on those discussions going on in beirut. >> yeah, so , so courageous of >> yeah, so, so courageous of him to talk to us during this

time. okay let's just show you some live pictures from southern israel looking towards gaza , israel looking towards gaza, where fresh plumes of smoke have just been seen. they might not be very clear to you now, but they have just been seen in the last few minutes. yeah there's been more rocket fire today away from gaza into israel. >> and we also have seen what appear to be more aerial explosions with perhaps israeli airstrikes on various areas. rafah was hit towards the south earlier today, but we'll keep you updated on this very fluid situation. stay with us here on the live

sunday mornings from 930 on . gb news. >> welcome back to the live desk. some breaking news coming in from the reuters news agency who are quoting hamas actually about the position of their armed commander in gaza. they are saying that the israeli airstrike has killed a man , an airstrike has killed a man, an individual, a terrorist called eamonn novel, a senior hamas armed commander. >> no word yet as to where in gazait >> no word yet as to where in gaza it was , but that has just gaza it was, but that has just come in the last few moments. certainly the air strike. >> yeah, we saw air strikes on rafah to the south of gaza earlier and more rocket fire being returned into israel. so clearly , these air attacks on clearly, these air attacks on both sides have been continuing, but indications from hamas

itself that one of their senior armed commanders of the al—quds brigades, as they call sometimes as i'm a novel, has been killed in that attack. more as we get it . but let's reflect on events it. but let's reflect on events elsewhere in europe with the police in brussels shooting dead, a man who'd killed two swedish nationals on monday evening, local media reporting that he's a 45 year old tunisian national, abdul salam, and was shot at a cafe this morning. >> brussels has been on its highest terror alert after yesterday's attack . and in yesterday's attack. and in response, prime minister alexander de cruz said terrorists must understand that they will never succeed in their intent . our they will never succeed in their intent. our home and they will never succeed in their intent . our home and security intent. our home and security editor mark white joins us. this has now to led the french president saying that all european states are vulnerable and there is a resurgence of islamist terrorism. >> he claims there's certainly a concern that there could well be quite a significant upsurge in

the terrorist threat as a direct result of what is playing out in israel, in gaza . and that's why israel, in gaza. and that's why not just france, but belgium, the uk and other countries will be reviewing their counter—terrorism preparations will be with vigour , looking will be with vigour, looking again at those key suspects who might pose a potential threat and we might well see here in the uk in the days ahead an increase in the terror threat level currently standing at substantial , which is the sort substantial, which is the sort of medium range range for the terror threat in dictator, meaning an attack is likely . if meaning an attack is likely. if it was to go up one notch, it would go to severe, meaning a terrorist attack is highly likely on the mat, indicating that will include more visible policing at wembley. >> this qualifier. >> for this next qualifier. >> for this next qualifier. >> yeah, of the >> yeah, regardless of the terror threat , they say directly terror threat, they say directly in response to what happened in brussels with the targeted , it brussels with the targeted, it seems of two football supporters

who were fatally shot from sweden who were there for that match between sweden and belgium , that the game against at the england and italy, which has been played at wembley tonight, thatis been played at wembley tonight, that is going to have increased security personnel, very overt , security personnel, very overt, increased security around the stadium and more covert increase in security as well . in security as well. >> do we have any idea what the motive was here and whether it is linked to this deepening crisis in israel and gaza? >> well, certainly belgium prosecutors believe that, yes, there may well be a link to the ongoing situation in israel and gaza. and in fact , this man, gaza. and in fact, this man, abdel salam masood , he made a abdel salam masood, he made a video martyrdom video just before he took part in or perpetrated this terrorist attack. he said that part of his

motivation in was revenge for the murder of a palestinian teenager in the united states in recent days, also saying that he is a supporter of the islamic state and an indication there that the threat from isis , that the threat from isis, although it's been severely degraded in recent years by western coalition countries in syria and iraq, that threat has not gone away. and they continue , if not to launch attacks on their own, certainly to influence and radicalise others to carry out attacks in countries like belgium, france, the uk and i guess that explains why they are raiding various addresses in brussels to try and establish whether there is a wider network. >> and we were reflecting earlier, mark, of course, when we dial back to the bataclan attack in paris, french police involved with belgium police in searching areas of brussels at that time where it was a situation where they fled across

the border to the suburbs. >> yeah, that horrific attack which resulted in 130 people died. many hundreds more were injured in those series of attacks , culminating in the attacks, culminating in the biggest loss of life at the bataclan theatre that was masterminded by a belgian national. in fact, half of the ten terrorists who took part were actually belgian nationals , were actually belgian nationals, or at least lived in belgium , in or at least lived in belgium, in belgium, and then travelled to france to carry out these attacks . and they have been attacks. and they have been grappling with an islamist problem in belgium for many years now. they have real concerns about and france suffers from a similar issue of the ghettoisation of any of these communities , which are these communities, which are breeding grounds for extremism. and they've had not just, of course, involvement in these terrible atrocities that took place at the bataclan and other

venues in france. but their own terrorist attacks in 2016 at the airport in brussels and the subway system in which 32 people died and numerous other terrorist incidents . terrorist incidents. >> mark, thank you for that. just being told, the eu parliament's been observing a minute silence in respect of those two swedish nationals who died or were killed. so that's just coming through more, of course, as we get it on that, as we will on the changing situation in gaza . but let's get situation in gaza. but let's get an update now on the latest news headunes an update now on the latest news headlines with . aaron headlines with. aaron >> it's 233. i'm aaron armstrong in the gb newsroom. a british teenager was amongst those murdered by hamas during its attack on israel . yahel sharabi attack on israel. yahel sharabi on the right, who was 13, disappeared along with her sister noya after militants attacked her kibbutz on the 17th of october and killed her

british born mother, leanne. her elder sister and their father , elder sister and their father, eli, are still missing. the prime minister, rishi sunak, has called for the immediate release of hostages. it's thought a further nine britons are amongst some 200 people currently being held by hamas . aid agencies are held by hamas. aid agencies are warning of a deepening humanitarian catastrophe in gaza amid fears the conflict will spread elsewhere in the middle east. palestinian authorities claim 80 people have been killed by israeli airstrikes in south gaza overnight. the area where israeli military have told civilians to take refuge. hundreds of thousands have gathered near the rafah crossing to egypt, which remains closed . to egypt, which remains closed. the un believes israel's siege of gaza and its evacuation order could be in breach of international law and it's warned that all hospitals there will run out of fuel within 24 hours. the world health organisation says at least 20,800 people have been killed in gaza . the return of islamist in gaza. the return of islamist terrorism poses a threat to all

european nations. that's according to french president emmanuel macron. his comments come a day after two swedish people were shot and killed in a terror attack in brussels, belgium. police say the suspect, who identified himself as a member of islamic state, was shot and killed this morning. it happenedin shot and killed this morning. it happened in the city centre before belgium's euro 2024 qualifier against sweden . greta qualifier against sweden. greta thunberg has been arrested after protesting against oil and gas companies in central london. the swedish climate campaigner was taking part in a fossil free london protest at a hotel on park lane , where oil executives park lane, where oil executives are meeting for the energy intelligence forum conference. thunberg has this year been detained by police and removed from protests in sweden , nonnay from protests in sweden, nonnay and germany . that's it for the and germany. that's it for the moment. i'll be back with more in just under half an hour's time or you can get more on our website at gbnews.com .

patrick christys on gb news. i'm gb news radio . well gb news radio. well come back to the live desk here on gb news. >> let's reflect that the prime minister told this morning's cabinet meeting in downing street that hamas was responsible for the murder and suspected abduction of british nationals. well, one of those who's been killed , 13 year old who's been killed, 13 year old girl yahel , pictured here on the

girl yahel, pictured here on the left of your screen, confirmed dead after those hamas terrorists attacked her kibbutz, kibbutz bury . terrorists attacked her kibbutz, kibbutz bury. her terrorists attacked her kibbutz, kibbutz bury . her mother, kibbutz bury. her mother, leanne, also seen there, killed. but sister noya on the right is still missing . officially still missing. officially responding to the unfolding humanity syrian crisis, downing street has urged israel to allow water into gaza, but has refused to say whether the decision to shut off the supply was in line with international law . let's with international law. let's get more now with the assistant professor of diplomacy and conflict resolution at the arab american university, abdullah erakat. thank you very much indeed for your time with president biden due to fly tonight to arrive in tel aviv tomorrow and then to go on to amman , these talks then with amman, these talks then with leaders from both jordan and egypt and palestinian leaders as well . well, is this , we think, well. well, is this, we think, to address the humanitarian aspect rather than try and find

any diplomatic accord ? any diplomatic accord? >> well , thank you. >> well, thank you. >> well, thank you. >> well, thank you. >> we are watching day 11 with 2 million palestinian civilians are facing collective punishment and war crimes. let's let's be clear. this is not a war against hamas. this is a war against 2.2 million palestinians who are living in an open air prison of 365km2, 50% are children. 1 million children are deprived of the basic basic needs or human rights. >> after 16 years of siege , they >> after 16 years of siege, they were left with no hope. >> so , and people in gaza >> so, and people in gaza endured four more wars besides this one, a reflection of 75 years of the israeli military occupation apartheid, extrajudicial killings, detentions, confiscations , detentions, confiscations, settler terrorism. >> all under a package of a military occupation. you know what? what we are witnessing today is an ethnic cleansing of the palestinian people for. >> let me let me just interrupt and let's reflect that president biden and the americans and others have indicated that the action that's being taken is against hamas and not the

palestinian people of gaza , palestinian people of gaza, where they can say and unfortunately, netanyahu had succeeded. >> you know , in branding this >> you know, in branding this his war crimes, the series of war crimes of forced displacements and evictions and collective punishment as a war against against hamas . against against hamas. >> why would netanyahu and sophisticated high tech israel wipe out 2 million palestinians? you know, this placed 1.1 million one. >> i'm sorry, i'm going to interrupt you. >> 2 million palestinians have not been wiped out. if you are going to make your case, please stick to the facts. they've not been out. i am i am been wiped out. i am i am sticking by the facts . sticking by the facts. >> the fact that he is bombing every residential area, hospitals, mosques, churches , hospitals, mosques, churches, and he's evicting hospitals and in—patients. he is . trying to do in—patients. he is. trying to do a second nakba in the 20. >> i'm afraid. i'm afraid i'm going to correct you again. as far as we are aware, hospitals have not been directly targeted as we are aware. clearly there is a severe a serious and

sustained bombardment going on. but as far as we are aware , but as far as we are aware, hospitals have not been targeted i >> listen. no we have evidence. >> listen. no we have evidence. >> the saint johns group hospital, the i the saint johns, the british hospital in jerusalem, it hasn't been destroyed totally, but there are significant damage. destroyed totally, but there are significant damage . please stick significant damage. please stick to the truth . you know many to the truth. you know many other hospitals and go follow the statements yesterday , many the statements yesterday, many doctors and many inpatients are suffering. no electricity, no water, no dialysis machines. those are under death, you know, and everybody is watching. we're talking about international law. yes. i would like to go back to diplomacy and international law. yes. we are clearly is violating . you to the international . thank you to the international humanitarian law . clearly. humanitarian law. clearly. >> i'm just going to interrupt you clearly, you again. clearly, those doctors that we have spoken to within gaza , they say it is within gaza, they say it is a desperate humanity , korean desperate humanity, korean position. and yes, they are supplying or running short of suppues supplying or running short of supplies and they are running short of power and fuel for their generators. but as far as

we are aware, they are not saying that the israelis have directly hospitals . directly bombed those hospitals. we have to make that plain. okay >> i am happy to share with you footage of the saint johns hospital in gaza and the other hospitals. also in gaza, where doctors actually a canadian palestinian doctor, his name is abu sitta, and he had been on air showing and putting testimonies for the doctors, their families who took refuge in the hospitals . listen. israel in the hospitals. listen. israel is not shy to say that they sent forced displacement orders and eviction orders to the hospitals and the doctors in gaza . what we and the doctors in gaza. what we need to remind the world that israel is not acting by the law or by the international law . or by the international law. it's violating every law. you know , article 49 in the fourth know, article 49 in the fourth geneva convention, article 146, article 56, they are violating every single article . every single article. >> can i just can i just jump in and ask you because it was only ten days ago . ten days ago. >> jalal, please just stop for

talking one second. i just want to ask you, it was only ten days ago that there was a terrorist atrocity . we all those families atrocity. we all those families in the kibbutz's, the people at the music festival, do you accept that that was a terrorist atrocity party committed by hamas ? hamas? >> it's amazing how the west bias had introduced palestinian bias. >> it's not about west bias of terrorism. >> it's asking you do you think it was a terrorist atrocity ? it was a terrorist atrocity? what do you call it? this is listen, you can call it whatever you want to call it. >> what do you call it? >> what do you call it? >> it's about the human life. nobody has the right to terminate. it's about human life. >> god, absolutely. it's about human lives. it's about human lives on both of this. lives on both sides of this. >> the fact. yes of course. >> so the fact. yes of course. >> so the fact. yes of course. >> what do you so what happened ten days ago? >> do you what do you >> what do you what do you describe as? do you accept describe that as? do you accept it that was a terrorist act? >> reflection. i just told you , >> reflection. i just told you, it's a reflection of 16 years of deadly blockade and years of deadly blockade and 75 years of israeli military occupation of every of military racist

every kind of military racist and apartheid regime against the palestinian people . again, palestinian people. again, article 49 of the fourth geneva convention, the palestinian civilians are entitled to protection and to assistance. israel is not letting the humanitarian assistance go into gaza. what am telling you that in face of the humanity, we should not allow we should not tolerate the fact that 2 million palestinian are now facing the war crime of genocide, while we are documenting it on screens. this is what the whole world should be saying no to should be saying enough. >> and we do. we do reflect. we do reflect that the united nafions do reflect that the united nations has raised this. yeah we do reflect that. the united nafions do reflect that. the united nations has raised this issue about the way that people are being forcibly moved into the south of gaza to and they are raising this as as international concern. can i can i just ask you because you are the daughter of saeb erekat, the palestinian politician , is that we do have politician, is that we do have these meetings tomorrow and into perhaps later into the weekend ,

perhaps later into the weekend, including palestinian officials. is there any hope that the palestinian authority, who are in the west bank at the moment can be brought into the equation in terms of gaza , if hamas are in terms of gaza, if hamas are removed , would that be a removed, would that be a solution ? solution? >> thank you very much. diplomacy and multilateral diplomacy had failed. the people here in palestine. my late father had dedicated all his life to negotiate diplomacy and dialogue . he life to negotiate diplomacy and dialogue. he promised his people dignity, freedom and statehood. sadly enough , he had to leave sadly enough, he had to leave this world without realising his dreams. what do you tell the palestinian people after 30 years of negotiation of a sugar coated peace process where on the ground we have a more intense military occupation with more racist policies, more settlements, more confiscations of land, more extrajudicial killings, we are living a mere and entrenched israeli military occupation. we need to deal with the root cause of what we are witnessing today. it's about ending the israeli occupation. okay would anybody dare to ask?

>> we are we are going to leave it there because the situation is, of course, that hamas was the administration in gaza. there was no israeli occupation as recognised by the international community. but thatis international community. but that is your view. but thank you very much indeed for joining that is your view. but thank you very much indeed forjoining us from the arab american university. thank you very much . university. thank you very much. just sure that we just to make sure that we understand what the position is of course, as accepted by the united states and the united nations, there is no occupation as such of gaza. it is being run at the moment by hamas as the authority there . authority there. >> let's talk to former national security advisor of israel and fellow at the jewish institute of national security of america . of national security of america. that's yaakov amir yaakov , let's that's yaakov amir yaakov, let's ask you, first of all, about president biden's trip tomorrow . president biden's trip tomorrow. what do you think his approach is going to be and what he is going to achieve here? >> i think the president biden visit is very important event.

>> i think that the americans have different three goals. one is to make clear to the world that america stands with israel. it's important to signal it to the world and more important, to signal it to the iranians that might consider intervening in the in the war. the second reason of the of the visit is to show the sympathy of the american people to the american to the israeli people after the barbarian attack of hamas and knowing the father of the lady which spoke before, i'm sure that he would condemn it to totally. she was not ready to do it. um he was a tough negotiator , but he understood the difference between brutality and barbarian methods and the needs of the palestinians that does not serve the needs of the palestinians. >> and yaakov , for the >> and yaakov, for the americans, for the americans ,

americans, for the americans, it's very important to show the sympathy to the to the israeli people . people. >> but last and not least , the >> but last and not least, the americans understand that this war is not just about the needs of israel for securing dodi. yes, this is the main the main issue for the israelis. but the americans understand that this is , um, aggressive attempt by is, um, aggressive attempt by the coalition of iran, hezbollah and islamic jihad and, and hamas to show the world that the alliances which are emerging in the middle east between russia, america, israel, saudi arabia and other countries which are which want to have the status quo in the middle east and are against the aggressive ness of iran. they they will not succeed. yeah. and there was very important there was this growing accord. >> there was this growing accord with israel, which with with saudi arabia and israel that may have, as you say, frightened , if have, as you say, frightened, if we could use that phrase. but

can i please ask you the question i put to erekat as well, and that is the role of the palestinian authority currently, as we see more explosions in gaza city, currently the bank, currently in the west bank, because these because we know these palestinian officials will be meeting. president biden is that a term solution to move the a long term solution to move the palestinian authority back into gaza ? gaza? >>i gaza? >> i hope gaza? >> ihopein gaza? >> i hope in 2006, the palestinians in gaza elected hamas as their government. the majority of the parliament was elected by the people in gaza and they gave it the majority to hamas. hamas expelled the fatah members and shot in their knees , members and shot in their knees, pushed them from the roofs and hamas and the palestinian authority does not exist in the in the in gaza strip for israel. it will be a very good solution for the palestinians. it will be a very good solution. but for that, israel should finish the job of an eliminating hamas as a military organisation. only aftennards the palestinian authority can come in and take

responsibility for gaza strip . responsibility for gaza strip. >> okay, yaakov, thank you very much indeed for bringing us your side of the intractable position , of course, that many find themselves in on the political front. thank you very much indeed. >> thank you . >> thank you. >> thank you. >> now back here. downing street has urged israel to allow water into gaza , but has refused to into gaza, but has refused to say whether the decision to shut off supply was in line with off the supply was in line with international law . international law. >> well, christopher hope joins us now from downing street with christopher. you saying , christopher. as you were saying, number 10, trying to well, tread a very fine line on this . a very fine line on this. >> yeah, it's very hard, margaret, for britain, for number 10 to know what to do. they've got to support the right for israel to defend itself and also to get to rescue any hostages in in gaza. but equally, there's right to have equally, there's a right to have water, that's a real water, and that's a real problem. of course, the southern border remains into egypt problem. of course, the southern bthat'semains into egypt problem. of course, the southern bthat'semafurther into egypt problem. of course, the southern bthat'semafurther issue.o egypt problem. of course, the southern bthat'semafurther issue ongypt . that's the further issue of where people go. behind where do these people go. behind me in the cabinet meeting this morning, mr sunak, the pm, rishi rishi sunak, made very clear that the government now does believe that some british nationals have been abducted and

taken in in gaza. we taken hostage in in gaza. we don't know how many there are. we know there are six dead and we know there are ten missing. we asked them how many hostages there might be. they wouldn't say. now, earlier in westminster here, visit from here, we had a visit from israeli families with israeli families who met with the of the leaders of the the leader of the leaders of the labour party. that's sir keir starmer, the leader, and rayner, the deputy leader, david lammy, the deputy leader, david lammy, the shadow foreign secretary, and the and lisa nandy, the international development secretary. were limacella secretary. they were limacella broida reuter marr, nonnich raita and chana segal. broida reuter marr, nonnich raita and chana segal . and they raita and chana segal. and they met earlier. and here's what they had to say to us outside. >> we have ten family members from kibbutz be'eri and two family members from kibbutz nahel that taken nahel oz that were taken saturday morning. >> have recollection of >> we have no recollection of anything. we have any news anything. we don't have any news of their whereabouts or state that they're in. >> we don't know if they're dead or alive if they're wounded. >> we don't know if they're dry or fed, if they got their medicine.

>> we have three children, eight years old, three year old, a 12 years old, three year old, a 12 year old and a teenager , 17. year old and a teenager, 17. she's supposed to celebrate her 18th birthday on the 24th of this month. and we don't know where they are. we don't know anything about them. >> she was texting to the family. her daughter was talking to her daughter said that to her. her daughter said that there were noises in the last night, half an hour. she was there . and then they contact there. and then they contact disconnected or we couldn't text her anymore . and there was her anymore. and there was nothing nothing from her until monday morning when they allocated the mobile. but i was my sister . we don't know if my sister. we don't know if she's us. we don't even know if she's us. we don't even know if she's alive. we don't know if she's alive. we don't know if she's you know, she's getting all neither taken care of . all neither taken care of. >> she's being fed. >> she's being fed. >> if she's warm . nothing. >> if she's warm. nothing. nothing. 830 in the morning on a saturday, october 7th. that was the last time that we heard from

my cousin. a few hours later, the army regained control of the kibbutz. and then they found their house covered with bullets, blood. and they were gone. >> now , limor saleh broder, >> now, limor saleh broder, there she has a family of 12 people missing that. so that's a huge number of the 200. the israeli government say are missing. of course, the families think there are 300 missing. they told that to the labour party this morning. sadly, the uk government couldn't offer a minister to meet them. lord minister up to meet them. lord ahmed offered, but no ahmed was offered, but not no one me in downing one behind me in 10 downing street. hope that street. but the hope is that that mr sunak can meet that mr rishi sunak can meet families this families involved in this conflict as as conflict conflict as soon as tomorrow . tomorrow. >> chris downing street. >> chris in downing street. thank much indeed for thank you very much indeed for that. thank you very much indeed for that . let's thank you very much indeed for that. let's bring you the thank you very much indeed for that . let's bring you the latest that. let's bring you the latest pictures we've got looking towards gaza with reports that you can see more smoke in the left hand side of gaza city. but further south, residents reporting there have been more israeli air attacks the israeli air attacks on the cities of rafah and khan yunis in the area. course , that in the area. of course, that they people to move to

they had told people to move to keep safe. >> the us president, joe biden, in the next few hours is heading to israel and jordan, a world wind trip where he will be focusing on that expected israeli ground offensive and this growing humanitarian crisis. stay with

us good afternoon. >> it is 3:00. i'm nana akua .

>> it is 3:00. i'm nana akua. i'm in for patrick christys, but we've got a lot to cover. >> so on the menu, of course, it is the war that rages on. >> israel, hamas, the war continues. >> we'll bring you all of the up to date coverage with charlie peters, who's there live in israel. >> plus, we'll bring you those photos that we have from gaza and then humza yousaf mustn't say it, humza yousaf peace . say it, humza yousaf peace. >> of course, it's the snp independence conference just sort of rolls off the tongue. that thing. but it is their conference he'll be outlining inning plans for inning their plans for independence though independence. very sad though his are actually his his his family are actually his wife is they are from gaza so her family are out there so i was listening to a very interesting interview with her earlier on today. >> also though, on the menu today course, the gunmen today is, of course, the gunmen in brussels. >> he was finally tracked down, finally finally killed finally shot, finally killed after course, shot dead after he, of course, shot dead two citizens from sweden . and two citizens from sweden. and then finally, some good news at last, some good news. >> it looks like wages are on the rise , which means they're

the rise, which means they're rising faster than inflation.