israel's bombardment has continued — this the aftermath of a deadly strike in deir el—balah in central

this is the aftermath of an air strike in deir el—balah in central gaza.n of gaza's 2.4 million population have been displaced — that's nearly all of the population. the world health organization says the decimation of gaza health�*s system is a tragedy. the health ministry says more 20,1100 have been killed since the war began in october. the israeli military says troops are entering new hamas strongholds in the south of the gaza strip, where most displaced palestinians are trapped. the israel defence forces have released a statement saying they have finished an operation to dismantle the hamas headquarters in northern gaza, adding that the bodies of five hostages were discovered. the deaths of the five people had been retold —— reported earlier. israel says 1a more soldiers have been killed in gaza since friday, taking the total during the ground assault to 153. speaking at a weekly cabinet meeting the prime minister said the war had come at a heavy price for israel. translation: the war has - taken its toll but we have no option but to keep fighting. 0u

al aqsa martyrs hospital in deir el—balah, one of the few still functioning, is overwhelmed.ope either. polls have closed in hong kong, after the first local elections in which pro—democracy candidates were banned from standing. the turnout was a record low 27.5%, down from a historic high of 71% in 2019. with no opposition candidates to vote for, the turnout is being seen as an indication of the level of support for china's tightening grip on hong kong. china denies this. one of the politicians unable to stand is ted hui. a former municipal councillor and member of the legislative council. he's in self—imposed exile in adeleide after being sentnced in absentia to three and a half years in prison. i asked him for his reaction to sunday's election. i think it's very obvious that if you people see the voter turnout, even though the final figure has not been released, but it's been reported from interim turnout, that it's been historic low. so i personally believe the turnout would be less than 30%. that is very low. so i think it's very, very obvious that people are angry. peop

gaza strip has continued, this is the aftermath of what local people say was an air strike in deir el—balah66 people have been killed in the past 2a hours, taking the total number killed since the war began on october 7 to more than 20,1100. the israeli military says troops are entering new hamas strongholds in the south of the gaza strip, as the idf expands its operations there. these pictures from the israeli military show their forces operating in southern gaza. spokesman daniel hagari said underground hamas infrastructure was being especially targeted. speaking at a weekly cabinet meeting, israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the war had come at a "very heavy price" for israel. the israeli military says 1a more soldiers have been killed in gaza since friday, taking the total during the ground assault to 153. mr netanyahu said his forces had "no choice" but to press ahead. translation: the war has - taken its toll but we have no option but to keep fighting. our troops have eliminated thousands of terrorists so far. we are fighting with full force until the end, until the victo

al aqsa martyrs hospital in deir el—balah, one of the few still functioning, is overwhelmed.e either. polls have closed in hong kong, after the first local elections in which pro—democracy candidates were banned from standing. there have been some reports of low voter numbers, and with no opposition candidates to vote for, the turnout is being seen as an indication of the level of support for china's tightening grip on hong kong. under new rules, pro—beijing committees decided who was allowed to stand and far fewer councillors are being directly elected. one of the politicians unable to stand is ted hui. a former municipal councillor and member of the legislative council. he joins me live from adelaide where he's in self—imposed exile after being sentnced in absentia to three and a half years in prison. great to have you on the programme. what do you make of the sunday election? i what do you make of the sunday election? ~ . , what do you make of the sunday election? ~ , , .,, ., , election? i think it is very obvious that few peeple — election? i think it is very obvious tha

palestinian media... show footage from the city of deir el-balah. hundreds of people gathered at the un agency building in the hope of receiving food or any humanitarian aid. a delegation from the russian federation headed by deputy prime minister victoria abramchenko arrived today to get acquainted with the belarusian experience in introducing forestry. meeting place: kopolsky experimental forestry enterprise. as the minister of forestry of belarus alexander kulik noted, our country is ready to supply. industries in the field of attention, a unified state automated information system and its integration with the russian register. wood accounting system one: from the stump to the consumer, make sure that there is transparency of the movement, so we are already doing this for us now, literally within maybe a month. well, we are planning before the new year so that they will be unloaded and our timber cargo will be tracked on the territory of the russian federation, and russian cargo on the territory of belarus. another area is scientific cooperation

al aqsa martyrs hospital in deir el—balah, one of the few still functioning, is overwhelmed.s are left. no hope either. jeremy bowen reporting. votes are being counted in hong kong after the first local elections in which pro—democracy candidates were banned from standing. the turnout was a record low 27 point 5%, down from a historic high of 71% in 2019. with no significant opposition candidates to vote for the turnout is being seen as an indication of the level of support for china's tightening grip on hong kong. under new rules pro— committees decided who is allowed to stand and far fewer counsellors are being directly elected. united states has called for beijing to halt what calls its dangerous and destabilising actions in the disputed south china sea after a filipino boat and chinese coastguard ship collided near a contested reef. both countries traded blame after the incident on sunday, the latest such confrontation on the area, the collision happened during a filipino resupply mission to a tiny garrison on a second thomas scholl in the spratly islands. china claims al

al aqsa martyrs hospital in deir el—balah, one of the few still functioning, is overwhelmed.. no hope either. qatar's prime minister says that israel's continued bombardment of gaza is �*narrowing the window�* for a new truce. qatar, having played a key role in brokering the first humanitarian pause between the warring sides, says it will continue to push for a ceasefire. the un general assembly is likely to vote on a draft resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the conflict on tuesday. the move comes after the us vetoed a un security council demand for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in gaza friday. meanwhile, a senior hamas spokesman said that not a single hostage will leave gaza alive unless there are negotiations over the release of palestinian prisoners. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, spoke on abc news about the worsening humanitarian situation in gaza. we are trying to do everything we can to ensure civilians are protected, that humanitarian assistance gets into people who need it in gaza. we are deeply, deeply aware of the terrible

this is the aftermath of an air strike in deir el—balah in central gaza.llion population have been displaced — that's nearly all of the population. the world health organization says the decimation of the gaza health's system is a tragedy. israel says 1a more soldiers have been killed in gaza since friday, taking the total during the ground assault to 153. speaking at a weekly cabinet meeting, prime minister, benjamin netanyahu said the war had come at a heavy price for israel. translation: the war has - taken its toll but we have no option but to keep fighting. 0ur troops have eliminated thousands of terrorists so far. we are fighting with full force until the end, until the victory, until we fulfil our goals. those are the elimination of hamas, the return of our hostages and the promise that gaza will no longer pose a threat to the state of israel. mr netanyahu also dismissed reports that the us has convinced israel not to expand its military activity. had "urged the israeli prime minister, to halt a pre—emptive strike against hezbollah forces in lebanon

al aqsa martyrs hospital in deir el—balah, one of the few still functioning, is overwhelmed.left. no hope either. jotam confino is the foreign editor atjewish news, he joins us live from tel aviv. good to have you on the programme this morning. fix, good to have you on the programme this morning. a new week begins _ programme this morning. a new week begins and _ programme this morning. a new week begins and as _ programme this morning. a new week begins and as we - programme this morning. a new. week begins and as we mentioned the united nations is saying at a general assembly it will vote on the possibility of an immediate ceasefire. what are your expectations for this week? i your expectations for this week? , . , ~ week? i expect this week will continue to — week? i expect this week will continue to be _ week? i expect this week will continue to be bloodied - week? i expect this week will continue to be bloodied in - continue to be bloodied in gaza. we estimate, israel is estimate that there is at least 3- estimate that there is at least 3— four weeks of heavy and intense

israel's bombardment has continued — this the aftermath of a deadly strike in deir el—balah in central the israeli military says its forces have killed around 8,000 palestinian fighters in the war so far. the hamas—run health ministry in gaza says the total number of dead since october 7 is now more than 20—thousand 400. speaking at a weekly cabinet meeting, israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the war had come at a "very heavy price" for israel. the israeli military says 14 more soldiers have been killed in gaza since friday, bringing the total during the ground assault to 153. these are israel defence forces pictures from operations in khan younis. saturday was one of its deadliest days, but mr netanyahu said his forces had "no choice" but to press ahead. translation: the war has | taken its toll, but we have no option but keep fighting. 0ur troops have eliminated thousands of terrorists so far. we are fighting with full force until the end, until the victory, until we fulfil our goals. those are the elimination of hamas, the return of our hostages, and the promise that ga

israeli raids also killed and wounded palestinians at hospitals in deir el-balah, khan younis, and in gaza's southernmost city of rafah, where more than 1 million displaced palestinians are sheltering. abu mohamad klab was among those gathered at the morgue at rafah's abu youssef al-najjar hospital thursday. they had come to collect the bodies of loved ones killed by israeli strikes. >> they are looking at the images but no one is saying anything. the dead are all children, women, and elderly. they are not from the resistance. they are all civilians. you know the number of civilians, so why are you still silent? how long will you stay silent? enough. enough of this life. amy: the death toll from israel's assaults on gaza and the west bank since october has nearing 19,000. more than a third of those killed are children. an estimated 50,000 palestinians have been injured. on thursday, israel once again cut phone and internet service across most of gaza, further hampering relief efforts. the world food programme reports half of gaza's population of 2.3 million people is starving, while n

the city of deir el-balah came under air attack.me, the demonstrations are dying out soon. hamas, too little to save the hostages. the life of our colleague maxim sokolov, a famous journalist, writer and tv presenter, was suddenly cut short; he died just a day before the new year. he was... 64. sokolov was called the golden pen of russia in the mid-nineties and was recognized as the best newspaperman. his articles were published by major publications, and his television programs were broadcast on our airwaves. mikhail fedotov will continue. talented columnist, publicist, person of the highest culture of exceptional literary gift, with these words colleagues remember maxim sokolov, a journalist, columnist and writer, who in the nineties stood at the dawn of the formation of a new style of russian journalism, an easy living language instead of the bureaucracy of the soviet press, simply complicated from sports to world politics, his images were stunning , but what is it worth at least in the nineties, no matter how absurd... “our must

meanwhile the army israel attacked the city of deir el-balah.re killed. and this is footage from jenin on the west bank of the jordan river, where israeli troops stormed a refugee camp. they blocked the entrances and exits of heavy equipment and positioned themselves on the roofs of neighboring buildings. has formed a team and is preparing to take the oath, donald tusk is going to take the post of prime minister of poland. the sejm elected him to this post the day before, after he passed a vote of no confidence in mateus. the cabinet has actually already been formed, it is mainly his comrades on the civil platform, but there are representatives of other parties, from well-known figures radoslaw sekorski, who once served as minister of defense, now he will head the polish foreign ministry, tusk has already given a keynote speech, telling what the poles can expect from his tenure the head of government, focus, promises on the role of poland in the european union and regain lost positions, as well as force berlin and paris. to reckon with warsaw ag

al aqsa martyrs hospital in deir el—balah, one of the few still functioning, is overwhelmed.ft. no hope either. we will have the latest live from jeremy bowen shortly. aleema shivji, chief impact officer at 0xfam gb, says the situation what i'm really aware of is that something needs to be done. as we heard from your correspondent injerusalem, when people are not dying from the bombs, they are dying from starvation, dehydration, waterborne diseases. the situation in gaza is absolutely appalling. what are your staff telling you about the situation in gaza? our staff and our partners are telling us that people are starving, there is not enough aid getting through, and what little is getting through, it is almost impossible to distribute it safely under the bombs, and without fuel. one of our partners basically said to us, we are doing everything we can, but we are also running for our lives at the same time. the delivery of humanitarian assistance is incredibly difficult under the bombs and the only solution is for a ceasefire. you said people are starving — how long have they

this moment when i i am talking about you, everywhere we hear the sound of shootings, in el brij in deir al-balah, in the camp of deir al-balah, we also hear the sounds of shootings and heavy bombardment , which is actually a large number of displaced people taking refuge there and tens of thousands of displaced people are there. everything in the gaza strip is now being targeted especially in the city of khanones and in the city of gaza in the north of gaza and in the western axis of gaza , qassam pots announced a few minutes ago that its fighters are still fighting and defending in all axes of the conflict and war and against the advances of the regime. in the last 24 hours, 28 military and combat vehicles of the zionist regime were destroyed in whole or in part. in fact, 28 military vehicles and their tanks were destroyed and burned in the last 24 hours in the gaza strip, and now the spy planes of the zionist regime have been destroyed in 24 hours. the gaza strip is flying and we can hear them and also rockets from noor gaza the 5th day of the war of the zionist regime continues, whether the m

various areas of the gaza strip, including the jabalia camp in gaza city, the el brij camp, the nusirat camp, deir al-balahnyounis, were targeted by air and artillery attacks today. the zionist regime attacked a school in the north of the gaza strip. it was also bombarded as a refugee shelter. according to the palestinian ministry of health, the number of martyrs in the gaza strip has reached 2,024 and the number of wounded has reached more than 54,000. in addition to gaza, the southern regions of lebanon were also targeted by the zionist regime . but the details of the field developments in the food bar. we are hearing from my colleague mr. yunus shadlo, the reporter of the defense group of the sada and sima news agency. mr. shadlo, tell us what the situation of the battles and conflicts was like in the gaza strip today, in the name of allah, rahman , raheem. hello, well, since the beginning of its ground attack, the zionist regime has deployed more than 720 of its own armored vehicles in these areas in order to achieve its main goal of completely capturing gaza city and, according to its own claim, destr

palestinian media shows footage from the city deir el-balah. hundreds of people gathered at the un agency building in hopes of receiving food or any humanitarian aid. get acquainted with. with belarusian experience in introducing forestry, a delegation from the russian federation arrived today, headed by deputy prime minister victoria abramchenko. meeting place: kopolsky experimental forestry enterprise. as noted by the minister of forestry of belarus alexander kulik. our country is ready to supply.