ghazi hamad, middle east spokesperson, interviewed by hugo bachega who repeatedly asked him why civiliansar both in terms of the death of israeli civilians but also the large and rising numbers of hostages who have been taken. israel continues to intensify its military operations as we can report, there was a second night of incursions into the gaza strip, this time with helicopter gunships, and israel said all of its soldiers returned back to israel. israel also said that the attack targeted and killed one of the senior commanders involved in planning the october seven attacks. we expect to see the un general assembly later today discussing and possibly voting on a mission, a motion brought forward byjordan and other states calling for a ceasefire in this escalating war. there is no sign of a ceasefire yet, but we will keep an eye on all the latest developments, but now i will hand you back to london for the rest of the day's news. lyse, thank you. let's bring you a developing story in the united states. hundreds of armed police officers are searching for a gunman in the us state of main

against gaza, is pretends to victory that they have not achieved. speaking at s briefing in beirout, ghazi hamad pointed out. is failed to make any achievements on the ground invasion against gas. all the attempts of the israeli occupation forces to invade. or to enter the borders of gaza failed and our brigades, brigades highly prepared and they successful f against the attempts of the occupation forces to invade ghaza and they succeeded to call them damages and big losses in gaza strip, i think this is kind that israel force try to cover or try to give picture or image to the israel public that that they have made victory in gaza strip, that they have did something against our resistance, our against casame brigades, but i can speak loudly that they failed and failed and failed to do anything in gaza, the top official stress operation alax flood will culminate in victory for the resistance and the palestinian nation, he called arab and muslim states to cut all ties to the occupation regime. qahmad also condemned the humanity and catastrophe unfolding. gaza where nearly 900 palestinian families

assembly. resolution in order to all humanitarian relief into the beseb. the hammas spokesperson and ghazi hamadvement and aid piled up on the egyptian side be quickly sent and distributed to all areas and hospitals inside of ghaza. he said that hamas considered the decision of victory for the palestinian people. the un general assembly on friday overwelingly called for an imme humanitarian truce in the ghaza strip. the world body demanded aid access to the besieg territory and the protection of civilians. the resolution drafted by arab countries is not by. but carries political weight, the un human rights chief turk says that there is the potential for thousands of more civilians to die if israel presses ahead with this attacks. thousands have already died, many of them children, given the manner in which military operations have been conducted until now, in the context of the 56 year old occupation, i am raising. about the possibly catastrophic consequences of large-scale ground operations in gaza and potential for thousands more civilians to die. bombardment of the strip took the crist new le

ghazi hamad said the international community must put pressure on israel. the first moment, we announced _ through the spokesman of the military wing brigades. he said that we are ready to deal with the point of hostages and prisoners in a positive way, and we'll get him for shelter and protection and so on and so on and so on, but we need the good circumstances of this. in addition to that, i think that our brothers in qatar and egypt and different countries, we have good contact with them, and i think according and responding to their mediation, we agreed to release yesterday an american woman and her daughter. can you confirm, therefore, that qatar was involved in these negotiations to release these two hostages? i think we have contacts with different people who meet leaders of hamas. most of them, they talk about the hostages. but especially i think we have strong contact with our brothers in qatar and in addition to the egyptians, turkish, united nations. but i think that maybe the qataris, they play a big role. so they played a big role. you said tha