let's speak to our international editor, jeremy bowen. we editor, jeremy bowen. have two israeli hostageswe have two israeli hostages rescued and 67 palestinians killed, it will benjamin netanyahu see this latest offence a success? to benjamin netanyahu see this latest offence a success?— offence a success? to start with, the israelis _ offence a success? to start with, the israelis are _ offence a success? to start with, the israelis are saying _ offence a success? to start with, the israelis are saying this - offence a success? to start with, the israelis are saying this is - offence a success? to start with, the israelis are saying this is not| the israelis are saying this is not the israelis are saying this is not the big offensive people have been talking about. the issues, as i was saying, the issue is that they want to go down and as they would say, go after hamas in that area. but there are these roughly 1.5 million civilians who are also there. so this was a raid to get those hostages out and the army, the israeli army has been saying they have known about their whereabouts for s

jeremy bowen, thank ou and find a new leader. jeremy bowen, thank you very — and find a new leader. you the story of gaza's red crescent ambulance workers as they worked in the most difficult conditions in the early stages of the war in gaza — in a special report from bbc arabic. all day here tomorrow. nottinghamshire police will be investigated by the police watchdog following complaints by the families of the three people killed in last summer's attacks in the city. barnaby webber, grace o'malley—kumar and ian coates were stabbed to death in nottingham city centre. the independent office for police conduct says it will focus on the force's previous contact with their killer valdo calocane, and their handling of the investigation. here's our midlands correspondent navtej johal. ian coates, barnaby webber and grace o'malley—kumar, a school caretaker and two university students. their deaths shocked the country and united a city in grief. since then, theirfamilies' pain has increasingly been accompanied by frustration and anger at what they see as failings by the authorities in relat

jeremy bowen, thank— been a military solution. of wales has carried out his first public engagement since unexpectedly pulling out of a memorial service earlier this week, where he'd been due to give a reading. prince william visited a synagogue this morning, hearing about people's experiences of anti—semitism. our royal correspondent daniela relph was there. it was planned as a joint visit for the prince and princess of wales, but the prince was on his own as his wife continues her recovery from surgery. at a london synagogue, this group ofjewish students shared their experiences of anti—semitism. what personally do you feel when somebody does something like that? it's just constant and never ending and definitely dehumanizing. it was a powerful conversation for all involved. both catherine and i, you know, are extremely concerned about the rise of anti—semitism that you guys have talked about so eloquently this morning. and i'm just so sorry all of you here had to experience that. it has no place and it shouldn't happen. he then

jeremy bowen, bbc news, tel aviv.iations, the us senate has unveiled a long—awaited bipartisan deal that tackles security at the us—mexico border and sends billions of dollars in funding to ukraine, israel, and taiwan. the deal makes it more difficult to claim asylum and toughens border laws. the $118 billion agreement is considered the strongest border security package in decades. out of this funding, $20 billion would be for border control. $62 billion would go to support ukraine in its fight against russia. and $14 billion is for security aid for israel. presidentjoe biden has come out in support of the proposal. in a statement he said the deal would give him, "a new emergency authority to shut down the border "when it becomes overwhelmed. "it will make our asylum process fairer "and and more efficient while protecting the most "vulnerable." he is urging congress to pass it. we have also heard from senatorjames lankford, the lead republican negotiator for the deal. in a statement he said, "this is a once—in—a—gener

jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem. some israeli soldiers have been posting content online showing palestinian detainees, which legal experts say could be in breach of international law. bbc verify�*s merlyn thomas has more. since israel's military response to the october 7th attacks, our investigation has found several videos on social—media sites like tiktok and youtube all leading to the accounts of israeli soldiers. this isn't a beach party — it's the front line of israel's war with gaza. solders have been documenting their time in an active war zone, posting content on social media. some of those videos show palestinian detainees. we've identified several of the soldiers uploading these videos and the locations they were posted from in gaza. this is one of the videos we've analysed. it was uploaded onto youtube by an idf soldier, yossi gamzoo letova. detainees stripped to their underwear in a sports stadium in northern gaza, some kneeling and blindfolded. one of the soldiers in the video is a lieutenant colonel, wh

jeremy bowen, bbc news, tel aviv.ent has declared himself the winner of a second term. though the official count is not in yet, a landslide victory is expected. president nayib bukele, who has jokingly referred to himself as the �*world's coolest dictator', has seen massive support across the country. his likely win would follow a nearly two—year long, brutal crackdown on gangs. some 75,000 people have been detained since the government declared a state of emergency to carry out the crackdown. international human rights organisations claim many of them have no discernible link to gang activities. for more, i spoke with our central america correspondent will grant who is in the capital, san salvador. tell us more about what you are seeing and hearing on election day. yeah, i think we are still waiting, obviously, on the official results but certainly nayib bukele has claimed he has upwards of 85% of the vote for his re—election bid, and that he will take a huge majority in the national assembly, which i stress we are w

jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem. washington — presidentjoe biden said the us would not approve of a military operation in rafah unless civilians were given proper consideration. mr biden also gave his sharpest criticism of israel since it launched its gaza offensive. i am of the view, as you know, that the conduct of the response in the gaza strip has been over the top. it's emerged that some israeli soldiers have been posting content online showing palestinian detainees — which legal experts say could be in breach of international law. bbc verify s merlyn thomas has more. since israel's military response to the october the 7th attacks, our investigation has found several videos on social media sites like tiktok and youtube all leading to the accounts of israeli soldiers. this is the front line of israel's war with gaza. solders have been documenting their time in an active war zone, posting content on social media. some of those videos show palestinian detainees. we've identified several of the soldiers uploading th

jeremy bowen, bbc news, tel aviv. us secretary of state antony blinken is heading for saudi arabia. then travel to egypt, qatar, israel and the occupied west bank. mr blinken will focus on efforts to agree a truce between israel and hamas that would allow aid into gaza strip and help secure the release of israeli hostages. meanwhile, mediators are awaiting the response of hamas — a group designated as terrorist by the us and the uk governments — to a proposalfor a "pause" in flighting in the gaza strip. during the negotiations, key players the us, israel, qatar and egypt use complex channels to reach agreement between the two sides. randa slim, is a senior fellow and director of the conflict resolution and track ii dialogues program at the middle east institute in washington. i spoke with her earlier. there have been a number of proposals until recently about how to start this pause in the fighting, and finally they have come together around one proposal. it is a framework proposal. it is a framework proposal based on what are the principles to underpin this agreement, and the pause

jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem.minister benjamin netanyahu remains adamanant the war can only end if hamas is eliminated, and that means eliminating four hamas battalions in rafah. earlier, my colleague sumi somoskanda spoke to former israeli defense forces spokesman liutenant colonel jonathan conricus about israel's strategy. it is an interesting move politically driven from the us perspective. those of the restrictions and limitations that existed before that the us has on providing military aid, so don't really think there is anything new of substance. of course, the declaration is of importance and is well abides by international law and israel has been providing tens of thousands of trucks going into gaza of humanitarian aid. added it would be difficult for israel to sign off on it. you said it came _ israel to sign off on it. you said it came about - israel to sign off on it. you said it came about because of political pressure. there are a lot of those of congress concerned about the israeli military operatio

jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem.rs have been posting content online showing palestinian detainees, which legal experts say could be in breach of international law. bbc verify�*s merlyn thomas has more. since israel's military response to the october 7 attacks, our investigation has found several videos on social media sites like tiktok and youtube all leading to the accounts of israeli soldiers. this isn't a beach party. this is the front line of israel's war with gaza. solders have been documenting their time in an active war zone, posting content on social media. some of those videos show palestinian detainees. we've identified several of the soldiers uploading these videos and the locations they were posted from in gaza. this is one of the videos we've analysed. it was uploaded onto youtube by an idf soldier. detainees stripped to their underwear in a sports stadium in northern gaza. some kneeling and blindfolded. one of the soldiers in the video is a lieutenant colonel, which we identified by the insignia on his

jeremy bowen, bbc news, in israel.the first time since the king was diagnosed with cancer. he thanked the well—wishers as he arrived at a charity gala dinner in central london. our royal correspondent daniela relph was there. returning to royal duty — tonight the prince of wales was at a fundraising dinner for the london air ambulance. and a first comment from prince william to the bbc during what is a challenging time for the royal family. your royal highness, how grateful are you for the public support you've received in recent weeks? i really appreciate all the messages, thank you. prince william is a former air ambulance pilot himself, so this evening's event had personal meaning to him. and there was a touch of top gun glamour, too. tom cruise, the star guest, and another experienced pilot in the room. the prince gave a speech to guests at the fundraiser, his first since his wife had surgery and news of his father's cancer diagnosis was made public. i'd like to take this opportunity to say thank you also for the k

our international editor jeremy bowen's report has some distressing images from the start.s already dead. around 1.2 million palestinian civilians have crammed into rafah. this man said thousands more would be killed, if the israelis moved their troops in. "the kids can't sleep," he said, "they are terrified and so are adults." hunger and illness are spreading in makeshift camps flooded with pools of sewage. the lines of plastic tents go on for miles. the aid operation is led by unrwa, the beleaguered un agency for palestinian refugees. it says an israeli offensive into rafah would have terrible consequences. such a military operation would add an additional apocalyptic layer in the gaza strip. apocalyptic? that is a very strong word. it is a strong word, but if you talk about already 5% of the population having been either killed or injured and then you conduct a military operation in this place, you can only add an additional disastrous layer of tragedy, and this needs absolutely to be avoided. unrwa has sacked a dozen employees israel says took part in the october 7 atta

jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem.tired coloneljoe buccino, who served as as spokesperson us central command and was deployed several times to the middle east. we have been hearing about that phone call between biden and netanyahu, calls from the president for protection of civilians in rafah if that offensive does go ahead. do you think netanyahu will heed that call and if he doesn't, what do you think we could potentially see between the relationship between the us and israel? i do not think he _ between the us and israel? i do not think he will— between the us and israel? i if not think he will heed the call, nothing has worked, none of the pressure has worked, none of biden because my purging has worked for secretary blink and's urging his work and i don't think it will amount to much, then the money will continue to flow, the aid will continue to flow and i think this town here in dc will continue to support israel. i do not think anything will change with regard to this situation. 50 will change with regard to th

the territory. 55 journalists signed the letter, including sky news's alex crawford, the bbc�*s jeremy bowenmanpour. for more on this i am joined by alex crawford whojoins us for more on this i am joined by alex crawford who joins us from iraq. she is sky news's special correspondent and, as we havejust is sky news's special correspondent and, as we have just been saying, is among the signatories of the letter. thank you forjoining us, especially while you are on deployment. just tell us what the rationale was behind this letter to begin with. the main thinking is that we are all terribly frustrated and that we are not really doing ourselves justice, we are not doing the storyjustice, and people aren't hearing particular information because foreign journalists aren't on the ground. this is despite multiple attempts to try to get access to access into gaza since october the 7th, from october seven onwards there have 0ctober seven onwards there have been groups of people, teams of people, media organisations all over the world trying to get access into gaza and we haven't been able to. that de

jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem.ore on this, i spoke to former pentagon official — and middle east advisor — jasmine el gamal. we have seen these warnings and circle frustrations and so—called frustrations from the american administration at the israeli prime ministerfor months now. they continue to get stronger and this is for sure the strongest wording that the president has used. but the president also has not brought to bear anything he might do if prime minister netanyahu refuses to heed his advice. if i were president netanyahu, i would say no—one has really stepped in to stop me for the last four months, why would they do so now? and that's where we are in this incredibly critical juncture in the war right now. you have 1.5 million palestinians, many of them displaced several times over from the north down south to khan younis, and now further south to rafah who literally have no place to go as the prime minister of israel is saying we now want to evacuate you and start further operations there. jasminr, washi

the bbc and other other western media experienced, people experienced in the middle east like jeremy bowen and from the bbc are are really warning in no uncertain terms what the us is playing with here that that we are risking really ' regionwide war and uh and and the us is still still so it's officials are so out of touch with the rest of the world that they don't really seem to realize what they are playing with here all right appreciate that uh that's the end of uh this uh news review let me thank my guests independent journalist and author in miami. that's it for this news review. thank you for watching. now on the ground palestine resistance. vitaries have been fighting off the invasion gaza and inflicting heavy losses on the regime's military, spokesman for amasu's military wings says 43 is really armored vehicles were completely or partially destroyed across the strip in recent days abubaida said that the gasan brigades also killed 15 israeli forces at point blank range more israeli trops were killed or injured in other operations such as attacks by anti-personnel weapons and anti-

them or us". jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem.ting content online showing palestinian detainees, which legal experts say could be in breach of international law. bbc verify�*s merlyn thomas has more. since israel's military response to the october the 7th attacks, our investigation has found several videos on social media sites like tiktok and youtube all leading to the accounts of israeli soldiers. this is the front line of israel's war with gaza. solders have been documenting their time in an active warzone, posting content on social media. some of those videos show palestinian detainees. we've identified several of the soldiers uploading these videos and the locations they were posted from in gaza. this is one of the videos we've analysed. it was uploaded onto youtube by an idf soldier. detainees stripped to their underwear in a sports stadium in northern gaza. some kneeling and blindfolded. one of the soldiers in the video is a lieutenant colonel, which we identified by the insignia on his uniform, suggesting he is aware that

jeremy bowen, bbc news, in israel.says raids came as joseph burrell was polygamy zielinski says raids came asjoseph burrell was visiting kyiv. volodymyr zelensky ——. the worst missile attack that has been for two weeks here, more than 60 missiles and drones launched by russia across ukraine to apartment blocks here in kyiv. ukraine to apartment blocks here in k iv. , , ., ., kyiv. they were badly damaged. there was a fire until _ kyiv. they were badly damaged. there was a fire until very _ kyiv. they were badly damaged. there was a fire until very recently, - kyiv. they were badly damaged. there was a fire until very recently, big - was a fire until very recently, big orange flames pouring out of the windows and lots and lots of black smoke. four people were killed here in their homes, and this was early this morning here in kyiv. the air raids started just before six o'clock, lots of people were home, asleep, people in this block told me they were hiding in corridors or bathrooms hoping they would be a little safer th

jeremy prepared. with the latest, here isjeremy bowen.the southern end of gaza, this is the heavily guarded border fence with egypt. for palestinian refugees, there is no further to go. laila abu mustafa fled here with her two daughters. getting on for 1.5 million palestinian civilians have been forced into southern gaza, living in dreadful conditions. now, israel says it will attack this area, claiming it will find a safe haven for civilians in one of the most dangerous places for them on earth. "every day," laila says, "we've been on the run. i can't carry my daughters. we are not moving again." in israel, which feels a world away. a world away, the prime minister's allies are backing his demand for total victory. history isjudging us. and if we don't eliminate i mean, hamas, if hamas or a terrorist entity continues controlling a territory beside israel, whether in the north or in the south, then i mean, we haven't done our moraljob towards our population. at israel's parliament injerusalem, strains of war are showing. an mp who support

jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem.e opposition labour party's candidate in the forthcoming rochdale by—election has apologised for remarks he made about israel during a local meeting. in a secret recording obtained by the mail on sunday, azhar ali reportedly said that israel had allowed the deadly attack by hamas on 7th october. mr ali now says his claims were "deeply offensive, ignorant and false". the conservatives have called on labour to suspend their campaign for the by—election. here's our political correspondent helen catt. it was comments that azhar ali made about this attack on israeli civilians by hamas on the 7th of october last year that have caused the backlash. in a secret recording given to the mail on sunday, mr ali reportedly told a community meeting in rochdale that israel had allowed the massacre to happen that gave them the green light to do whatever they want. he has since issued a statement in which he said he apologised unreservedly to the jewish community for his comments which he said were deep

the bbc�*s redoubtable jeremy bowen is injerusalem. it's become clear in the last four months of fighting that, first of all, hamas is...is notjust people with guns, it's also an idea. it's hard to kill an idea, but it's turning out it's also quite hard to kill people with guns. i've been speaking to well—informed western sources, put it that way, who tell me that they think that israel has maybe destroyed a third of that tunnel network under gaza, which is so important to hamas, and also maybe killed about a third of theirfighters. so that suggests that they are, even though israel has gone through gaza, except for rafah, smashed so much, killed so many people, but they still have not got the victory that they want. and can they get that if they really smash rafah? the idea is that they bear down on hamas by moving down through the gaza strip, and they've moved down through a lot of it, but, at the bottom, there's rafah, and maybe that's where those elusive hamas leaders are. now, the problem is that there's also around 1.4, 1.5 milli

there've been funerals today in baghdad after 17 people were killed. our international editor jeremy bowensiders whether there is any chance of a cessation of the conflict at the heart of all this — between israel and hamas in gaza. rafjets took off from the british base in cyprus for the long flight to hit houthi targets in yemen. other western allies also affected by houthi attacks on shipping decided not to join the american air strikes. britain said these raids do not escalate a widening war in the middle east. others in the middle east and beyond say that they do. in yemen, the houthis re—enacted the hamas attacks on israel that started the war. they get their weapons from iran. the latest air strikes, like america's in iraq and syria, are aimed at forcing iran to rein in its proxies and allies. in yemen, the houthis celebrating hamas hostagetaking have said that their attacks. when the war in gaza does. in gaza, most people do not get the chance to queue for food. aid workers told me that even the 45 day ceasefire currently being talked about might not be long enough to tackle gaza's

jeremy bowen, thanks so much for joining us from jerusalem. thank you.omplicated jigsaw. you were in cabinet when there were some targeted strikes against isis, what will people in the british government be thinking about and considering?— considering? they will be getting the defence _ considering? they will be getting the defence intelligence - considering? they will be getting the defence intelligence reportsl considering? they will be getting l the defence intelligence reports to find out exactly what the assessment is of the impact of the strikes. i think beyond that, you are left with your next range of objectives and actions. and comparing that against the risks of inaction. and i think it is often forgotten that any of these routes you might take forward, militarily, have risks. there are also risks to not responding to the sorts of attacks we have seen recently. sorts of attacks we have seen recentl . ,, . . sorts of attacks we have seen recentl. ,, . ., , . ., . recently. such a difficult balancing act, and recently. such a difficult balancing

jeremy bowen, bbc news, in israel. get an understanding of what "total victory" looks like for israel. we spoke to a spokesperson for israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu. we believe that these two goals that we have the find for, the operation in gaza, after hamas dragged us into this war, following the october seven massacre, which is the release of the hostages and also the elimination of hamas. they're not contradictory. they go hand—in—hand. we believe that the military pressure, the heavy military pressure that we're exerting on the ground in gazais we're exerting on the ground in gaza is what created the conditions, for example, back in november, to reach a diplomatic framework by which we saw the release of some of the hostages. now, we want our stolen people back. there are 136 hostages in gaza. we believe that about 100 of them are still alive, and we want all of them back. we will continue to hit hamas terrorists on the ground in gaza very, very hard, as we continue to pursue the diplomatic avenue. agai

our international editor jeremy bowen considers whether there is any chance of a cessation of the conflictheart of all this — between israel and hamas in gaza. just between israel and hamas in gaza. took of british for just took of british base in cyprus for the long flight to hit the houthis targets in yemen. other western allies affected by the houthis' on shipping decided not to join the race. britain said these rays do not escalate the widening ward in the middle east. others, in the middle east and say that they do. in yemen, the houthis re—enacted the hamas attacks on israel that started the war. they get their weapons from iran. the latest air strikes, like america's in iraq and syria, are aimed at forcing iran to rain in its proxies and allies. in yemen, the houthis celebrating hamas hostagetaking have said out their attacks. when the war in gaza does. in gaza, most people do not get the chance to queue for food. aid workers told me that even the 45 day ceasefire currently being talked about might not be long enough to tackle gaza's huge humanitarian crisis. but, allsides tackle ga

our international editor, jeremy bowen, is injerusalem.his the start of the assault on rafah? no, it is not. this is one raid, as you have been hearing, that they had been planning for some time. and it was really... a successful raid because they got there people out. but a full on assault on rafah would take first the incursions of tanks, many more air strikes, the presence of israeli soldiers there for not just days, but for weeks on end. so all that is still to come if, indeed, the or did is finally given for it to happen. the israelis say first of all what they need is a plan —— the or did is. made by the army, perhaps, to get those 1.5 million civilians there to a safe place. but all the un people and all the people going in and out of gaza that will tell you there are no safe places there in the gaza strip. jeremy, thank you, and apologies for the technical issues on the line. and in the last few minutes, we've just heard that the foreign office has announced sanctions on four extremist israeli settlers who it says have committed hu

jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem.e east advisor — jasmine el gamal. you just heard from our editor saying presidentjoe biden has warned prime minister netanyahu not to proceed with this offensive until there is a plan to protect the palestinians there. but if you are benjamin netanyahu, why listen to him? . �* , benjamin netanyahu, why listen to him? ., �*, , benjamin netanyahu, why listen to him? ., �*, my him? that's exactly the right ruestion him? that's exactly the right question to _ him? that's exactly the right question to ask. _ him? that's exactly the right question to ask. we - him? that's exactly the right question to ask. we have - him? that's exactly the right i question to ask. we have seen him? that's exactly the right - question to ask. we have seen these warnings and circle frustrations from the american administration at the israeli prime ministerfor months now. they continue to get stronger and this is for sure the strongest wording that the president has used. but the president also has not brought

jeremy bowen, bbc news, in israel.srael's position in these talks, my colleague caitriona perry spoke to tal heinrich, spokesperson for israeli prime minister netanyahu. when the prime minister says today that there is no other solution other than total re—, does that mean a complete rejection now of these talks aimed at agreeing some sort of truce to get the israeli hostages home?- truce to get the israeli hostages home? truce to get the israeli hostaaes home? ., ., ., hostages home? 0h, not at all. we believe _ hostages home? 0h, not at all. we believe that _ hostages home? 0h, not at all. we believe that these _ hostages home? 0h, not at all. we believe that these two - hostages home? 0h, not at all. | we believe that these two goals that we have defined for the operation in gaza after we were dragged into this war following the seventh of october mexico, which is a release of hostages and also the elimination of hamas, they are not contradictory. they go hand—in—hand. we believe that the military pressure, heavy mi

we heard jeremy bowen, our international editor, earlier described the situation is desperate.sraeli military said it rescued two of the hostages abducted by hamas, following strikes this morning where at least 67 palestinians were killed. you can follow updates on our website, and we will also have the latest throughout our programme. there are hopes that two new drugs aimed at slowing the progress of alzheimer's could pave the way for the development of future treatments for the disease. the medicines are expected to be licensed within months, but charities are warning that the nhs in the uk isn't ready for them, meaning many patients could lose out. 0ur medical editor fergus walsh reports. dawn is 62 and about to get her first dose of a new alzheimer's drug, donanemab, which is currently only available to people taking part in clinical trials. we've started, have we? we've started! all right? yay! dawn's memory problems were identified early. she has only mild cognitive impairment. i feel so grateful that i noticed, and that i investigated further, and that i know, because k

jeremy bowen, bbc news, in israel.inister under pressure from some on the right of his party over tax cuts and immigration. our political correspondent alex forsyth has been to dudley in the west midlands, where the party's been campaigning, to consider what impact reform uk could have on a general election this year — and how much it could split the tory vote. reform uk. have you heard of us? oh, no. do you want to? on a drizzly day in dudley, activists from reform uk are trying to get people to engage. this party has been around for a few years, but it's struggled to get traction. recently, though, it's been creeping up in the polls. i'm voting for you, mate. thank you very much. - it's trying to tap in to disillusionment with the political mainstream. i wouldn't say i'm a conservative because i'm not. and i wouldn't say i support labour because i don't support labour. so it's the other option. i think we do need another option. i am going to vote| for them this year. i think the reform needs a chance. the party says

the bbc international editor jeremy bowen, sky's alex crawford, cnn christiane amanpour, are among 55ing for better protection for the palestinians, already reporting in the territory. it coincides with another letter written by 2 dozen us lawmakers, addressed to the secretary of state antony blinken, that makes similar demands. with me is bbc news presenter anna foster. of course she is just come back from the middle east. over 90 journalists, palestinianjournalists killed in gaza and no way of getting in either through the israeli side or the egyptian site. that is unprecedented. no access to a conflict on the size. it is conflict on the size. it is difficult _ conflict on the size. it is difficult and _ conflict on the size. it is difficult and you - conflict on the size. it is - difficult and you sometimes conflict on the size. it 3 difficult and you sometimes wonder when people are watching the reporting that we are doing, do they think that we have decided it is too dangerous to go in, do they think that there are considerations, decisions being made behind the scenes. the simpl

the more than 50 otherjournalist, and they are the top, most well—known journalist in britain, jeremy bowentom bradby on itn. all the key war correspondents on itn, channel 4, matt frei, krishnan guru murthy, there are a list of the top, most senior journalists, who have been respected and proved their credentials the world over for many years, who have all become very worried about the lack of access into gaza and what that means on telling and unfolding events and telling it accurately. there are some very serious allegations against israel, allegations of war crimes, allegations of genocide, which was presented before the international court ofjustice. until we get proper, independent, impartial, foreign journalists on the ground there, it is going to be very difficult to disprove, or prove, those allegations. alex crawford from sky news speaking from iraq. the high court in belfast has ruled that to give suspects immunity from prosecution or in breach of the european convention on human rights. the government said the legislation, which applied to all former members of the security forc

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jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem.n — presidentjoe biden said the us would not approve of a military operation in rafah unless civilians were given proper consideration. mr biden also gave his sharpest criticism of israel since it launched its gaza offensive. iamof i am of the veal, as you know, that the conduct of the response in the gaza strip has been over the top. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu remains adamanant the war can only end if hamas is eliminated, and that means eliminateing four hamas battalions in rafah. i spoke to former israeli defence forces spokesman liutenant coloneljonathan conricus about israel's strategy. i want to start with that national security memorandum. it would mean that within 45 days, israel would have to sign off saying that it is using us weapons in accordance with international law and also that it is not blocking the entry of any us aid. will israel be able to do so? it's an interesting move. i think politically driven from the us perspective. i think that those are the

our international editor jeremy bowen is injerusalem. tely 1.4 million people sheltering there. about five times the usual population. they included, it appears, two of the israeli hostages. the israelis say they had known about this for quite some time and been planning this operation. a special forces and been planning this operation. a specialforces unit took and been planning this operation. a special forces unit took the two men out and took them away in a helicopter under cover of what clearly was a mass of bombardment. —— massive. dozens were killed. one figure via the palestinian red crescent is around 60 palestinians dead, but quite likely more than that because of people under the rubble. yesterday the israeli prime minister spoke tojoe biden in washington. by long distance phone. and biden said, do not do military operations in rafah until you can safeguard the people. yes. operations in rafah untilyou can safeguard the people.— operations in rafah untilyou can safeguard the people. yes, and we know that rafah _ safeguard the p