♪ >> this is dw news from berlin area -- berlin. israel carried out its largest raid and preparation for the next stages of combat. the conflict dominating the e.u. summit in brussels. agreeing on humanitarian corridors and pauses to allow aid into gaza.

in the u.s., the search for a gunman accused of killing 18 people in the northeastern state of maine. i'm brent goff area to our bures watching on pbs and around the world, welcome. it happened under cover of darkness. last night israel tanks carried out the largest incursion since the hamas terror attacks. the raids were brief and targeted hamas positions in gaza in preparation for eventual ground invasion. this comes as the u.s. humanitarian coordinator for u.s. territories warns nowhere in gaza is safe and the hamas-run health ministry says is really strikes have killed more than 7000 palestinians. reporter: an uncle picks up his

nephew's body shrouded in white. another victim of gaza's worsening humanitarian crisis. >> this is one of my nephews. my brother's and children were murdered. my nephew was injured two weeks ago. because the crossings are closed for medical evacuations, he passed away. there is no medicine for efficient treatment, no fuel, but the doctors did their best. reporter: the situation in gaza has turned to one of abject misery with shortages and everything from water to food and medicine. gaza's hospitals have been particularly hard-hit. victims of israeli airstrikes pour in. they are targeting the terrorist group hamas. as the number of wounded

civilians rises the u.n. says nearly one third of hospitals have had to close due to damage or lack of fuel. fuel, needed to pump water and power hospitals, is in such short supply the u.n. warns it may have to halt humanitarian operations if more does not arrive soon. but israel says any fuel they allow in could be seized by hamas and reject u.n. claims that gaza does not have enough. >> we responded by referring them to where hamas, which governs the gaza strip, stores fuel. both diesel fuel and benzene and other types. it is all inside the gaza strip and there is enough for many days for hospitals and water pumps to run. only, the priorities are different. hamas prefers to have all the fuel for its war fighting

capabilities, leaving civilians without it. reporter: leaders around the world debating what can be done to help civilians who are the ones paying the heaviest price. brent: a journalist lives in gaza and told us more about israel's overnight raid. >> last night there were reports that israeli [indiscernible] in some areas in the east of the gaza strip, according to the news from officials. there is artillery shelling along the borders. brent: that was a journalist reporting from gaza. the israeli government says 224

people are held hostage in gaza. a spokesman says the number continues to change as authorities assess intelligence. relatives of those kept hostage by hamas government is keeping up pressure on the israeli government to prioritize their release. reporter: residents of a kibbutz demonstrate in tel aviv. theirs was one of many communities attacked on october 7 and they want return of their loved ones to be number one priority for israel. >> i want my brother back now. i want him safe. i want to make sure he is taken care of. i want to know his condition now. all the kidnapped people, now. >> we know nothing of what has

happened with them, those kidnapped from the kibbutz, 17. reporter: israel is still reeling from the scale of the attacks which saw more than 1000 israelis murdered by hamas and other militants. efforts on going to recover remains of people killed. hundreds of thousands of israeli reservists have answered the call to defend their homeland and civilians also responding to the call to arms. israeli reported 150,000 requests for gun licenses since the attacks. >> i am here to buy a gun. yes, october 7 was the trigger to make me understand it is the time to be armed now, in order to protect my family and surroundings if anyone tries to hurt us. reporter: israel says its border with gaza is secure now, but hamas and other groups are firing rockets into israel.

in tel aviv a press conference organized by relatives of the hostages is brought to an end by another barrage from gaza. brent: more from a journalist in jerusalem. >> the incursion we saw last night, that raid in israel, they said there would be more ahead of the ground invasion. we are going to see more airstrikes on the gaza strip. at the same time, we will see these raids. they are supposed to prepare ground troops, ease the troops going in. recently there have been alerts in the tel aviv area for firing

of rockets from the gaza strip. this was after a lull of four hours. israelis thought maybe they were going back to normal. there was a belief that bombings in gaza had succeeded in stopping this, but we have seen now more rockets launched at the tel aviv area. brent: we understand there have been protests in tel aviv today. families of the hostages held by hamas. they gathered to put pressure on the israeli government intervene more. what more can you tell us? guest: there is mounting pressure from these families. they have decided not to be silent. they are marching in the street, some camping close to where the operation rooms of the idf are.

they are saying this is a window of opportunity and israel has to do the best to release these prisoners, those held captive. at the same time, we heard from a hamas spokesperson today that said 50 of those held captive in the gaza strip were killed by israeli bombings. we do not know if it is true or not, but the families feel everything has to be done and the window is closing. we know qatar has been involved. israeli officials have praised the role of qatar. even talks of closing down al jazeera, which is a threat we heard in recent days. today the government decided not to discuss this issue. al jazeera belonging to qatar.

it seems they want the window open for release of prisoners. brent: thank you. on thursday u.n. general assembly debated war in gaza after the un security council failed to adopt a resolution calling for a cease-fire wednesday. arguments were heated. here is that israeli and palestinian ambassadors. >> the past 16 years the international community and u.n. have been complicit to hamas terror buildup in gaza, complacent. the world has kept its head in the sand as hamas embedded missiles and rockets deep within and under the civilian population of gaza. it accepted an absurd reality that law-abiding democracy could live side-by-side with genocidal terrorists that fire missiles

indiscriminately at our civilians unprovoked. we have seen that nothing can change hamas' genocidal ideology. sadly, not the rehabilitation of gaza, not economic incentives, not any promise of a brighter future. the u.n. tried. many of you tried. but everyone failed. >> the answer to the killing of palestinian civilians is not the killing of israeli civilians. the answer to the killing of israeli civilians is not the killing of palestinian civilians. vengeance is a dead-end. the only path forward is justice. the only path forward is justice. justice for the palestinian people. do not distort the law. do not bend it.

do not break it. do not betray it to accommodate israel. uphold it and uphold it high. this is what we are here for as a united nations, to save future generations from the scorch of war. uphold it. for the sake of all nations, for the of these united nations. brent: from new york to brussels at a u.n. summit thursday leaders called for a pause in fighting between israel and hamas to get aid to civilians in gaza. a declaration issued at the summit calls for the establishment of humanitarian corridors and pauses rather than a cease-fire. the e.u. has been wrangling over the precise wording of the agreement for days. words are important. let's bring in jack from our

brussels euro. something of a breakthrough after that you struggled to find a united response to the israeli -hamas war. jack: they have got it over the line and will be pleased about that. the specific language we are seeing is, humanitarian core doors and --corridors and pauses to get fuel, medicine, water, supplies to the civilians in gaza. the battle was over what the wording would be. there was talk about a pause. that has come out to a plural, pauses. will it be a half hour pause? a call for multiple days? will israelis agreed to do such a thing? countries like germany and austria will be pleased that they took off the table the

suggestion that spain had said they would call for a cease-fire. for germans and austrians it was unacceptable because cease-fires need to be negotiated and that would amount to a call for israel to negotiate with hamas which the e.u. and israel denotes as a terrorist organization. what the e.u. is calling for is a form of pauses to allow humanitarian aid to get to the people of gaza. spain, ireland and others are worried about e.u. credibility if they want some language that calls for support of the civilian plate. brent: language matters, but at the end of the day, does this declaration carry any political weight? jack: that is the question. will a declaration like this from the e.u. change the minds of thei -- the israeli

government? they are fighting a terrorist organization. the e.u., u.s., most of the western world believes in israel's right to defend itself. will israel give up even a moment to allow aid corridors to take place? most analysts i have spoken to understand that pressure would only come from washington and the u.s., whether they agree to get on this call from the e.u. e.u. leaders will say they have done what they can to ensure the civilian population in gaza are able to access humanitarian aid. that is what they want from this document today. brent: the russian invasion of ukraine also on the agenda. i assume we are talking about tensions there as well? jack: yes, negotiations on the middle east issue have taken

five hours and now they take onto no less difficult discussions about financial support for ukraine. there is a $50 billion euro aid package on the table. ukraine desperately needs money. the baltic countries are insistent, in the neighborhood of russia, that the ukraine issue is not far sidelined by the middle east. that issues they have been negotiating around that. hungary and slovakia seemingly prepared to prevent that 50 billion euro aid package from going to ukraine. viktor orban was shaking hands with russian president putin. strong frustration and condemnation by his fellow e.u. leaders. brent: jack, thank you.

while the middle east conflict has diverted the world's attention away from the war in ukraine, russia has been trying to seize the moment, stepping up its assault in eastern ukraine, concentrating forces on an eastern town. heavy fighting there over the past two weeks. kyiv says moscow is persisting. here is more on the situation in one of the most contested battles of this war. reporter: this is a ukrainian controlled city hours from donetsk. russian forces are going all out against ukrainian positions. it is here that fighting is most intense but ukraine has had time to prepare developing and reinforcing defenses since russian backed separatist took over in donetsk in 2014. russia is coming up against the

same problems ukrainians did in their summer offensive. >> the ukrainian army has well defended positions for troops and artillery and has been able to affect serious losses on russian forces and prevent them from advancing on avdiivkda. reporter: ukrainian forces can direct artillery sites from deep underground positions and oversee everything with the help of drones. when russian soldiers leave vehicles, ukrainians can drop grenades on them from above. russia has lost more than 2000 soldiers in avdiivka. >> if russians had been able to clear the ukrainian minefields we would have seen the armored vehicles making more progress. as it is, they are stuck in convoys on narrow roads where they become easy targets for ukrainian forces.

>> ukrainian military blogger's posted this video showing what they say is one of their drones destroying a russian flag on a drone overlooking a city. the message is clear, even russia's symbolic gains in avdiivka will be short-lived. this map was compiled from open-source source data and shows areas considered to be russian gains in yellow. at most analysts say russian forces have advanced and estimated 1.5 to 2 kilometers, but is far from controlling avdiivka. the fighting has shown that 20th-century minefields and defensive positions can still make things almost impossible for 21st century armies. come spring, they will likely look for a place to attack that look nothing like avdiivka. places where their enemy has not had a chance to dig in. brent: let's look at other

stories making headlines. russian lawmakers backed a massive increase in military spending as the government cost budget lands past their first reading in parliament. it means spending on the armed forces would rise 60%, almost 109 billion euros. moscow has spent tens of billions on its 20 month war in ukraine. the united auto workers union and u.s. car giant ford have reached a deal to and a strike that is almost six weeks old. the agreement includes a record pay increase still needs to be voted on by union members. workers are still striking at two other major carmakers. in the u.s. a massive search underway for a gunman suspected of killing 18 people and wounding 13 more. this latest mass shooting happened in maine in lewiston. president biden condemned the shooting calling it senseless

and tragic and repeated his appeal for a ban on assault weapons. reporter: racing to respond to yet another mass shooting. the next morning police issued on arrest warrant on eight counts of murder for the suspect. the suspect was captured on cctv footage holding a rifle. the incident sparked security concerns across the state. >> i am deeply saddened as are the people of this beautiful state. this city did not deserve this terrible assault on its citizens, its peace of mind by a sense of security. reporter: as the manhunt continues people in the area have been advised to stay indoors. one resident in a nearby town of lisbon shared that he and his son are lucky to be alive after

changing plans. >> wednesday night is practice for the children so normally we go. this time we decided to skip it on a whim i guess and turned out to be lifesaving. reporter: as an extensive search continues in maine, flags in washington, d.c. have been lowered to half mast in solidarity with victims of the shooting. brent: dw's washington chief told us more. >> we are learning throughout the day that the suspect earlier this year started making statements about hearing voices and that he wants to hurt fellow soldiers while he was serving at a military base. he spent a few weeks in a hospital, a mental hospital. after that he returned and this

is when the questions begin. were police aware that he had this mental problem? where they informed he has served more than two years in the u.s. army and is known to be a great shooter who possesses multiple weapons? these are questions which will be asked in the following days. he and his girlfriend apparently split up and the two places, the shootings took place at the bowling alley and bar, these were places both of them spent a lot of time together so it seems this has a private background. brent: people will wonder how a man with a history of mental problems is allowed to have a gun. reporter: the problem is, you only need to be 18 years old in the state of maine to buy a gun

and apparently he was not showing any signs of mental health issues. the question is, what can officials do when someone is diagnosed with health issues and how can they find out if they still possess weapons? these are questions no one has an answer for. brent: thank you. u.s. republicans elected mike johnson from louisiana to be the new speaker of the house of representatives. the vote ends weeks of political paralysis and republican infighting on capitol hill broke out when the former speaker kevin mccarthy was ousted. >> the 56th speaker of the house

of representatives, the honorable mike johnson. reporter: after 21 days of leaderless chaos the u.s. house of representatives finally has a new speaker. before this week, mike johnson was a lesser-known figure in u.s. politics, but his sudden elevation has thrust him into the national spotlight. >> to my colleagues, thank you for the trust in me to lead us in this historic and unprecedented moment we are in. the challenge before us is great, but the time for action is now and i will not let you down. reporter: his election ends paralysis in the house since the unprecedented ousting of his time tried to agree on a nominee for the speakership. that failed the first three. >> speaker elect mike johnson from the state of louisiana. reporter: a staunch trump, the

speaker is no stranger to controversial opinions, a vocal opponent of lgbtq rights, stringent antiabortionists and 2020 election denier, a victory for the trumpian section of the republican party and trump had warm words for the speaker. mr. trump: i want to congratulate mike johnson. he will be a great speaker of the house. have known him for a long time, he is a tremendous leader. comes from a wonderful place, louisiana. he will make us all proud. reporter: johnson faces a litany of pressing issues like reaching a deal to avoid government shut by november 17. despite the divided nature of politics in the u.s., many will be glad the deadlock has come to an end.

brent: you are watching dw news live it from berlin. a reminder of our top stories. the israeli carried over night raids to attack en masse positions in preparation for the next stage of combat is the country prepares to launch a full-scale invasion. e.u. leaders calling for the establishment of humanitarian corridors and pauses to allow urgently needed aid to reach people in gaza. after a short break, i will take you through the day. stick around.

mark: welcome to "lf -- "live from paris," world news and analysis from france 24. new figures raise questions over israel's tactic and the planned ground invasion. eu leaders called for corridors and pauses for gaza. -- gaza. -- gaza aid.

gaza's health ministry issues a 212-page document listing names of 270 eight palestinians killed in israeli bombardments. israel and palestine clashed at the united nations general assembly, the continuation of the row over the secretary-general's remark that the current war did not happen in a vacuum, implying israel's historic attitude toward palestinians has played a part. more on this situation. this is "live from paris."

thank you very much for being with us. thomas -- hamas says 50 have been killed as a result of israel's bombardment of the gaza strip, a claim the media has been unable to confirm. it appears consistent with observers' fears that hostages could be killed like palestinian civilians in the airstrikes by israel. >> we are hearing that qatar is involved in talks. they have said there could be a breakthrough. public praise went out to say how helpful they have been.

that's one thing we are hearing. we are hearing from iran to another patron of hamas. i have also been involved since october 7. they said hamas is ready to release civilians and perhaps israel should be ready to release 6000 palestinians it holds in return for them. we heard from hamas today saying that due to israeli airstrikes, 50 of the hostages had been killed. i have to say first of all, it is unverifiable. second, they had been saying this all along. hostages taken as a bargaining chip are also part of psychological warfare, as you can see. it is torment for the families.

i have to say, that includes french nationals and french israelis because 35 french nationals have died in this attack on october 7 and nine are believed to be being held hostage, so it is a torment for those people, but it is also a torment for israel generally and for all the people who are watching this story, so perhaps some israelis or hostages have been killed in the israeli airstrikes. perhaps not. we don't know, but it lets you know the level of psychological warfare and the huge part they play in this conflict so far. mark: our correspondent who joined us a little earlier from jerusalem. a delegation from hamas has visited moscow. the militant group is currently holding in gaza hamas member. meanwhile, it has emerged that

iran has positioned itself as a third party to try to resolve the hostage crisis. iran, of course, accused by israel and the west of bankrolling hamas and its october 7 atrocities. israeli troops briefly rated northern gaza overnight. they say they exchanged fire with hamas fighters and targeted antitank weapons in order to prepare the battlefield before and inspected ground invasion. >> the israeli army called it preparation for the next stages of combat. in footage released by israel's defense forces, tanks can be seen crossing into the gaza strip for another localized raid. the army says it struck a number of militants and infrastructure, including antitank missile launch posts before moving out again. israel has been conducting

targeted incursions into this trip since hamas' october 7 attack. they have yet to carry out a wider ground offensive promised by the prime minister. >> we are raining heavy fire down upon hamas. we have already killed thousands of terrorists, but that's only the beginning. at the same time, we are preparing for a ground incursion . we will not elaborate when, how, or with how many. >> benjamin netanyahu has vowed to crush the islamist group by intervening in the gaza strip, but with more than 200 people being held hostage, the international community is urging caution. the "wall street journal" reported that united states had even demanded israel delay is offensive, which joe biden denied wednesday. >> what i have indicated is that if it is possible to get these folks out safely, that is what we should do. it is their decision, but i did not demand it.

>> according to the "wall street journal," washington is hoping to first deploy air systems to the region before any ground offensive. this is aimed at protecting u.s. troops in places like iraq, jordan, saudi arabia, and syria. since the start of the conflict, american soldiers have already been attacked by iran-backed malicious -- militias in iraq and syria. mark: let us go to the united nations where there has been a particular conversation regarding the israel-hamas war, in continuation of the row yesterday, stemming from the controversy of the comments of the security general, who said the war did not happen in a vacuum. antonio guterres said he was misinterpreted and in no way excusing what hamas did october

7. the israeli prime minister immediately called on the secretary-general to resign. starting with that clash which we witnessed today between the ambassador of israel and palestine, tell us more about that. >> both the israeli and palestinian ambassadors gave very raw, emotional speeches in the general assembly hall today. they were really laying their trauma bear right there in front of the world. both talked about the civilian casualties in this war, and it was really heart-wrenching to listen to both of them. the palestinian ambassador appeared to be choking up, almost crying at times as he was speaking. he talked about the 3000 palestinian children who he said have now been killed in the israeli bombardment of the gaza strip. he told stories of some of the casualties, of a man who was hugging his mother, begging her to please come back.

"please come back," he said to her. "i'll take you anywhere you want to go." he also talked about the al jazeera journalist who lost his entire family, his wife and children under those bombs. he really pulled on heartstrings and asked why is it that some feel so much pain for the israelis and so little for the palestinians. that was his question. the israeli ambassador describe some of the horrors carried out by hamas and showed what i can only describe as a really gruesome video of a civilian basically being hacked to death by a blunt guardian instrument, being decapitated. it was absolutely horrifying to watch. we also heard from iran's foreign minister who warned the united states that if what he called the genocide on the palestinians in the gaza strip does not stop, then the united states will not be spared from this fire. that's what he had to say.

he also said that iran is ready to help on the humanitarian side of things and help with hostages. he said that hamas has told iran it is ready to release civilian hostages and added that all the world should push for the release of the 6000 palestinians in israeli prisons. >> there has been a series of failed resolutions on the war so far. can you tell us where we are up to right now? >> if people continue to die in this war, international world powers do not seem to be able to agree on any kind of security council resolution that would be binding to stop the war. they have failed to pass any security council resolution, despite four of them being tabled. all of them have failed, and now there is a fifth one in the pipeline from what we call the e

10, the elected members of the council, so the ones that don't have a veto, the non-permanent members. they are thought to be putting together this draft resolution in an attempt to make sure it passes. i have been told by diplomats that it calls for an immediate, durable, and sustained humanitarian truce leading to a cessation of hostilities. we still don't know when they are going to vote on it. it could be tomorrow but may quite likely be later than that. it seems as though it is really an absurd and tragic game of chess going on in the security council while all these people are dying. mark: thank you, as always, very much indeed for bringing us up to date. we always have more from jessica s things develop. a journalist discovered live on air that his family had been killed in an israeli airstrike.

he was working live when he learned his wife, son, and daughter were all killed. his family was south of the gaza mine, which was where israel told palestinians to evacuate to. >> throughout the day, al jazeera's gaza bureau chief was live on air reporting on the latest israeli strikes, only to learn that one of those strikes killed his own family. he lost his wife, his 15-year-old son, his seven-year-old daughter, and his grandson. other loved ones including another son and another granddaughter were injured. >> a big tragedy. especially perpetrated against women and children. no more, no less than the

calamity. large numbers of people's houses bombarded. however, this is a custom of the israeli occupation. >> the family had been sheltering after fleeing their home in northern gaza. the camp is south of the gaza line in the area israel has told palestinians to go for their own safety. while his colleagues were overcome with emotion as they reported live on the deaths of his family. >> take your time. take your time. >> they said the reporter was a pillar of journalism, and his voice would go on. in a statement, al jazeera said it strongly condemned what he called israel's indiscriminate targeting and killing of innocent civilians. journalists have not been spared from the casualties in gaza.

at least 24 reporters have been killed there since the beginning of the war, an unprecedented number. mark: men who has lost his family there in gaza, a journalist. we will be speaking to the member of the organization of journalism protection later in the program. eu leaders are calling for humanitarian corridors and humanitarian causes for gaza aid this thursday. they got together to debate ways to use their combined leverage to make sure more aid reaches palestinians in need. and how to help palestinians in danger, including some of those held hostage by hamas. the hardship of civilians forced

from their homes in gaza shown the harshest spotlight on those conditions. >> eu summit leaders have reaffirmed their support for israel and what they call israel's right to defend itself in right with international law. his it's worth noting that talks snagged for five hours on the question of how to frame humanitarian aid going into the gaza strip. in the end, eu leaders settled for a phrase that says humanitarian corridors and causes -- pauses in the plural because pause in the singular sounded to some member states too much like a cease-fire, and

they did not want anything that might undermine what they see as israel's critical right to defend itself, so nothing with the cease-fire or pause in it was really acceptable to those eu member states. that's what ultimately the compromise spoke of pauses in the plural to humanitarian corridors. pauses implies a small, maybe just a few minutes at a time or short moments in any given day when hostilities might stop to allow for humanitarian aid to come through into gaza. also worth noting that president zelenskyy addressed eu leaders on thursday by video. he said the sooner the security -- that security prevails in the middle east, the sooner security would be restored in europe. he clearly drew a link. he warned about a possible second front in the middle east, and he clearly sees that as a danger both for europe and for his country, ukraine.

mark: time to turn our i.t. business. brian quinn joins us. that's time to turn our i to business. >> markets seem to be holding steady, as expected, breaking a 15-month streak of consecutive interest rate raises. price pressure has indeed slowed across the euro zone with inflation dropping by half the past year. interest rates are at historic highs. the eu economy slowing significantly, raising fears of a bloc-wide recession. >> for the first time in 15 months, the european central bank made the decision not to raise interest rates at a meeting in athens on thursday. >> the incoming information has broadly confirmed our previous assessment of the medium inflation outlook. inflation is still expected to

stay too high for too long, and domestic price pressures remain strong. >> starting in july of last year, policymakers have raised rates at each of their last 10 meetings, going from 0.5% to 4.5% just last month as they sought to reign in soaring inflation, inflation driven in large part by surging energy prices in the wake of pressure's invasion of ukraine. high interest rates have helped bring the euro zone inflation rate down, but it remains at more than twice the target of the central bank. with industrial activity contracting and the labor market softening, it leads to fears of a bloc-wide recession. >> there are signs the labor market is weakening. fewer new jobs are being

created, including in services, consistent with the cooling economy gradually feeding through to employment. >> the slowing economy has led analysts to speculate that the ecb might soon begin cutting rates. christine lagarde called the speculation premature. >> the american economy meanwhile is charging ahead, notching its fastest curve in two years. gdp expanded by 4.9% from june to september, beating expectations of 4.5 percent. that's more than double the previous quarter's 2.1% and comes as a tight labor market and strong consumer spending continued to drive the world's number one economy. the numbers also come as the u.s. federal reserve is considering if it will maintain its own pause on rate hikes at its upcoming meeting. let's get a check on the day's trading action. wall street lost ground again as a big selloff in tech rolled on.

meta shares after the company's latest report warned of slowing revenue. amazon warned of potential slowdowns in holiday sales. the nest actually -- the nasdaq slipping deeper into correction territory. european indexes lost ground thursday as well admit some disappointing quarterly earnings reports on this side of the atlantic. stan -- shares nonstandard charter closed down as the bank one of to the chinese property sector. the dax and frankfurt closing down one point 1%. siemens energy shares lost more than 1% after the firm sought 15 billion euros in government guarantees and major problems.

>> in the provided sector, the cost are enormous. interest rates have exploded. it has gotten very expensive. the company can no longer go it alone without state support. that's why i expect a state to -- a state who wants to fight climate change to help siemens. >> the prosecution has rested its case in the currency fraud trial of former cryptocurrency founder sam bankman-fried. the judge sent the jury home so that he could hear bankman-fried's testimony before deciding what jurors will be allowed to consider. the disgraced entrepreneur has reportedly told the judge the ftx legal counsel were involved in a number of decisions in a run up to the company's

collapse. spf -- sbf, as he is known, has had several former colleagues testify against him. if convicted, he could potentially face life in prison. a bit harsh. who among us has not misplaced the odd $8 billion here and there? no harm, no foul. mark: brian quinn. that's all i can say. brian quinn with business. time now for truth or fake. in this edition, a "new york times" investigation sheds light on evidence of the gaza hospital blast. >> that's right. the blast that hit a hospital in gaza as israel and palestine continue pointing fingers at each other as the majority of

evidence remains inconclusive. there has never been such a lack of evidence for a weapon site ever, but "the new york times" just posted an investigation where they examine key evidence in the blast, bringing new evidence into the investigation. they do not answer in any way who is responsible. the article's main focus is this al jazeera live footage that was widely cited as a central piece to this investigation. apparently it is not so central after all. let's take a quick look at this video where, just as a reminder to our viewers, this was live footage recorded from al jazeera at 6:00 p.m. local time. it's -- it suggests to show an outgoing projectile that seems to be intercepted midair and detonated and explodes. you can see why there a much

larger explosion that is widely cited as being linked, but that apparently has nothing to do with the gaza hospital blast. >> what specific evidence in the "new york times" site in the investigation -- what specific evidence does the "new york times" cite? >> in this tweet, they say check your footage, the al jazeera footage, before they accuse israel. they say a rocket and that israel misfired and exploded, and what we see was a hospital hit in gaza, so this is the assertion contested by the "new york times" in their investigation. they say according to their evidence, the missile that we see in the al jazeera video that we see here that detonates actually came from israel, not from gaza, so how did they come to this conclusion?

they actually gathered a lot of footage from cctv cameras from tel aviv, from channel 12. right before the blast, where they point out a sequence of events one by one. first, you can see palestinian rocket fire from northwest and southwest of the hospital. if we fast-forward the video a little bit, you can see other explosions that take place southeast of the hospital. then what matters to this investigation, this projectile launched in this investigation -- this is the projectile launched in this footage that later explodes and detonates in gaza air. then we see another explosion northeast of the hospital, and finally in this video, you see the explosion at the hospital, so what do all these images suggest? they suggest that overall, the minutes before the hospital blast, there were a series of

missiles fired by both sides, by israel and by gaza, one of which is the one from the al jazeera footage, the one that the "new york times" asserts is from israel, not gaza. they also assert that is it unrelated to the hospital blast. mark: how did the "new york times" conclude the footage is from the hospital? >> they put a map together in this investigation that the "new york times" claims is the approximate spot of the al jazeera footage. they conclude that the missile in the video was never even near the hospital and, hence, could not be what caused the explosion since it actually detonated close to the israeli-gaza border in this area right here that is at least 3.2 kilometers away from the hospital, hence

contesting the theory that what we see in this al jazeera footage is a missile from gaza, and they conclude that this is an israeli missile that exploded three kilometers away from the hospital, and hence, an investigation that should not be taken out of context to say that israel is responsible for the hospital blast since the investigation does not address in any way who is responsible. mark: thank you very much indeed. thanks for watching wherever you are in the world. stay with us. more to come "live from paris." ♪ >> follow our international journalists on france 24. douglas herbert, angela diffley, robert parsons, philip terrell, and armen georgian.

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