you mention mahmoud abbas, antony blinken — perilous.ud abbas, antony blinken is _ perilous. you mention mahmoud abbas, antony blinken is going _ perilous. you mention mahmoud abbas, antony blinken is going to _ perilous. you mention mahmoud abbas, antony blinken is going to go _ perilous. you mention mahmoud abbas, antony blinken is going to go and - antony blinken is going to go and speak to him tomorrow. what you get about how that conversation will run? �* ., , �* ~' about how that conversation will run? �* ., , �* ~ ., ., run? antony blinken will have two objectives. _ run? antony blinken will have two objectives, one, _ run? antony blinken will have two objectives, one, to _ run? antony blinken will have two objectives, one, to try _ run? antony blinken will have two objectives, one, to try and - run? antony blinken will have two objectives, one, to try and ensure that what is happening in gaza doesn't spread to the west bank. he will be urging mahmoud abbas to stay calm, so those reports you havejust been mentioning of palestinian

occupied west bank city of ramallah, with demonstrators opposed to palestinian authority president mahmoud abbasded by firing tear gas. mr abbas pulled out of talks planned between president biden and other arab leaders injordan after news of the attack on the hospital. and as we've been reporting, these talks have now been suspended. he's returned home to ramallah and declared three days of national mourning. live now to los angeles and dr benjamin radd, a research fellow at the ucla centre for middle east development. thank you for being on the programme. what is your reaction to what's been happening in the last 2a hours and of course reaction to that terrible blast at the hospital? thank you for having me. i don't think we've seen anything like it were a us president in a rush to engage in very crucial and critical diplomacy during the time of war had to rearrange and shift his schedule to accommodate something like this. it is truly unprecedented so now we are in a position where the us and its allies have to figure out what comes next. the incident involving the hospital, the trader killin

we handed gaza over to mahmoud abbas and we didn't want any more issues with gaza.s of thousands of rockets on israel. my own family in my home, just about ten minutes, ago had sirens about ten minutes ago, had sirens and we were down in the shelter. and it's all stemming from the very gaza that we handed over to the palestinians. so this thing of whining all day about israel is utter nonsense. there is an aggressor here. the aggressor is the palestinians and hamas. and we're going to hit back. what does hitting back look like? we've already seen the number of, we think, at least 200 people killed in gaza. it's not clear how many of those may be militants or not. we don't have clarification. we've seen israeli rockets target the leader of the hamas organisation's home. where does this end in terms of retaliation on gaza? it doesn't need to end soon. all israelis stand behind the government and are giving as much time as necessary to the idf to do the job. and i want to be very clear. a home, a school, a hospital that hosts terrorists is not a home. it's not a school

eome might say, mahmoud abbas. some redict that might say, mahmoud abbas.ge in leadership in the palestinian authority in the aftermath of what has happened now. what would that change of leadership look like? around the world we see ageing leaders, in israel as well somebody has been on the political scene for a long time. is there any succession planning, anybody who wants to move towards peace? u nfortu nately wants to move towards peace? unfortunately not. this has been a very contentious issue within the palestinian authority and more generally within palestine. there is no clear successor. again this is something that hamas will take advantage of politically. a lot of what is happening today can actually be to the political advantage of hamas. , ., ., ., ., hamas. there is a lot of not simmering _ hamas. there is a lot of not simmering anger— hamas. there is a lot of not simmering anger about - hamas. there is a lot of not - simmering anger about outbursts of anger, _ simmering anger about outbursts of anger, we _ simmering anger about outbursts of an

as _ mahmoud abbas to shortly. horrible thing to happen. as you _ mahmoud abbas to shortly.abbas to shortly. horrible thing to happen. as you said, it i thing to happen. as you said, it needs to be confirmed that it was an israeli airstrike. but the number of casualties as reporting are a norm is and could grow. it was a hospital, a place where there are people who are sick but also a place where people were sheltering, which is the neck they have been doing a hospitals thinking that would be a safe zone, they would not be hit that way. it is really one of the worst things that could've happened before president bidens trip and will obviously complicate mr blinken said efforts as well. because it is going to throw the spotlight on the humanitarian crisis and the civilian casualties and the operation in gaza against hamas in how civilians are being endangered because of it. that is something that the americans have been addressing more and more. they continue to say they support the israeli right and duty and so on to eliminate hamas, to strike a forceful blow against it but

just briefly, president - macron is also going to be meeting mahmoud abbas, that is a meeting presidentnage to have any end-— have any end. that was because president mahmoud _ have any end. that was because president mahmoud abbas - have any end. that was because - president mahmoud abbas boycotted the meeting that was due to take place in the capital ofjordan at a time when there was an explosion at the hospital in gaza and at that point mahmoud abbas really was not in the mood for a meeting. yes, i manuel macron has gone to where the palestinian authority has its headquarters and well mahmoud abbas is, trying to engage him and maybe discuss what the future might be for the palestinian authority, may be in gaza when all of this is over, all highly speculative. there is supposed to be a demonstration to coincide with the visit of president macron. many palestinians feel the international community as a whole is giving israel far too much a licence to kill palestinians in the gaza strip with the death toll down their continuing to sort was number is quite staggering, well over 5000, app

bank, which is still controlled by fatah, from getting involved in this confrontation, because mahmoud abbas, as you remember , with hamas has very serious, very difficult contradictions, hamas came to power in the gaza strip, exterminating politicians and leaders, namely the party of mahmoud abbas, fatah. thank you very much, sergey master. russian television journalism, chief of our middle east bureau, sergei pashkov live from israel. i ask you to. a very important problem arises that is very dangerous in my opinion. after all, look at what blinken said, that this is equivalent to 15 terrorist attacks on the territory of the united states of america. until this time , the americans were at the very least creaking, but palestinian autonomy and even hamas subya were recognized. what does it mean to declare someone a terrorist? this means putting him outside the law of society, outside the law of international relations. and here we come to one of the unfortunately important problems for what is happening. in the first half of the 20th century , extensive international humanitarian law and th

[000:00:00;00] the more moderate wing to mahmoud abbas, he again, what mahmoud abbas says , he was silent, after when when habas attacked, everyone was silent, everyone was silent, no one said anything, no one condemned anyone, and the actions of hamas, the arab east did not condemn, they were waiting to see how it would end, and then let's say mahmoud abbas, the leader of the palestinian authority, he will be in 5 days, that is, when it happened... uh, it is clear what israel will do, and as far as israel, they just showed up there, i understand them, i understand them very, very good, if we had the opportunity to respond in the same way, in the same way that israel responds after the buchi, then we would have done the same , the same, so mahmoud abbas says that let's, let's stop the aggression, we must give electricity, we need to look for it, we need a humanitarian corridor and so on , that is... i, i do not see that anyone is looking for this way out, that is , a way out, those who say that it is necessary to look for a diplomatic way out, they see the way out , that israel will not d

he's due to meet the palestinian president mahmoud abbas later.nt of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, will also visit israel later today in what's been described as a show of solidarity with the victims of the hamas attacks. behind the politics, the people. in tel aviv, a vigil for those murdered. 0ne candle for each victim. each day, bringing news of another life lost. nickjohnson, bbc news. let's go live to tom bateman. so the statement from the united nations said they wanted this evacuation order withdrawn and could lead to devastating humanitarian consequences.— devastating humanitarian conseuuences. �* , , consequences. and it is impossible and the idea _ consequences. and it is impossible and the idea of— consequences. and it is impossible and the idea of evacuating - consequences. and it is impossible and the idea of evacuating 40,000 people from a packed city like gaza city from the areas north of that, trying to make a move south to the other part of the gaza strip would lead to chaos, so that is why i think the united nati

we have also had reaction to that request from mahmoud abbas.ot in control in the gaza strip. hamas are in control there. but mahmoud abbas is saying he has rejected the calls to move, he called it forced displacement of palestinians. but he did add the need for humanitarian corridors to get aid in, potentially one presumes people out. let's cross to our correspondent lyse doucet now. she is in sderot, southern israel. we have had plenty of reaction coming out in the last hour to this request by the idf, for that many people, 1.1 million people to move south. what have you been seeing and witnessing where you are? we have also seen reaction _ witnessing where you are? we have also seen reaction from _ witnessing where you are? we have also seen reaction from hamas - witnessing where you are? we have also seen reaction from hamas to i also seen reaction from hamas to that statement and to israel's nonstop bombardment. there have been many missile attacks here in sderot where we are now, it is less than a mile from the border, also in the city of

abbas. ., ~ , ., leadership of the president mahmoud abbas. ., ~ . ., ., abbas.hat and for that _ abbas. thank you so much for that and for that context _ abbas. thank you so much for that and for that context as _ abbas. thank you so much for that and for that context as we - abbas. thank you so much for that and for that context as we look - abbas. thank you so much for that and for that context as we look at| and for that context as we look at these live pictures coming to us from the west bank at the moment. we shall update you on what is happening in terms of the idf. we can take you to wyre davies who joins us from southern israel. what is the idea of telling you about this overnight raid into gaza? iquite this overnight raid into gaza? quite siunificant increase of idf activity over the last couple of days. they have confirmed they have been into gaza on these limited incursions twice now. though one last night was further down in the central gaza strip where the israeli army said they went in with ground forces and a couple of tanks, probably with air sup

richard: i hope that mahmoud abbas is not canceling the meeting.an opportunity for him to voice his views to president biden. palestinians never this an opportunity to miss an opportunity. this would be an opportunity for the head of the palestinian authority to say what he has to say to the president of the united states. again, we will see what the truth is here. yes, it is quite possible that u.s. relations in the region will be afraid. the u.s. wants to give support -- not unconditional support, but support to israel. at the same time it has all sorts of interests in the arab world. by the way, that is nothing new. this is a balancing act the u.s. has been sustaining for 75 years. right now things have grown more acute because of the crisis, but this is not fundamentally different than something we have dealt with over the decades. caitriona: reuters is reporting that the hamas leader has said the u.s. is responsible f the attack on the hospital because of, as he put it, the cover it giving to israel for what they described as the aggression. w

palestinians are expressing their anger and there had been calls on the palestinian president mahmoud abbasbbas was in amman in the jordanian capital where he met with jordanian king as well as with with you secretary of state and tomorrow it was supposed that abbas will be meeting with visiting us president joe biden where he was going to come to israel and meet the israeli prime minister israeli president and then there were reports that biden would return back to arman in order to hold a meeting with abbas the jordanian king and the egyptian president however after this mass sucker, the palestinian authority said that abbas cancelled or retreated, he said he will not be taking part in the meeting and he decided to return back to the occupied westbank. abbas also announced a three day of morning in the occupied west bank over the hospital massacre, saying in a per statement released by the official, by the official post website wafa news agency saying that three days of morning in gaza to morn of the of this man, the thousands of palestinians who had been killed as well as the president d

and mahmoud abbas.bout fears of this conflict spreading - mahmoud abbas. when we talk about fears of this conflict spreading of- fears of this conflict spreading of course we must mention iran, one of the main backers of hamas and also of hezbollah. what is their goal, what do they want to happen? their coal is to what do they want to happen? their goal is to have _ what do they want to happen? their goal is to have a _ what do they want to happen? their goal is to have a hot _ what do they want to happen? tue: " goal is to have a hot region. what do they want to happen? tte: " goal is to have a hot region. it's goal is to have a hot region. it�*s taken of course, a lot of pressure off them in terms of the nuclear programme which they are of course quite advanced in developing. it... it plays into what they want because it�*s trying to extend their influence within the region. they think this is the way they will do so. they are not totally happy that syria, in syria, that they really didn�*t get the fo

but president or mahmoud abbas and has a secure resume. . ._ secure resume...esume... but it is a snub isn't? a zoom is _ secure resume... but it is a snub isn't? a zoom is never— secure resume... but it is a snub isn't? a zoom is never the - secure resume... but it is a snub isn't? a zoom is never the same | secure resume... but it is a snub l isn't? a zoom is never the same as looking someone in the eye? it isn't? a zoom is never the same as looking someone in the eye? it was not their decision _ looking someone in the eye? it was not their decision to _ looking someone in the eye? it was not their decision to cancel - looking someone in the eye? it was not their decision to cancel it - looking someone in the eye? it was not their decision to cancel it was, l not their decision to cancel it was, to my understanding it was first mahmoud abbas saying he cannot go because of the attack and then... yes, they snubbed him. he was attempting to go there... the president _ attempting to go there... the president did _ attempting to go there... tue: president did not

is in moscow, mahmoud abbas is...t’s here is hamas, and yes, and hamas is coming, please check, arrived or is coming, but is coming, either he arrived today, or he is arriving today, no, that he is coming, maybe he... will visit moscow soon , it is significant that he will soon make it, and now, if, for example, mahmoud abbas comes out and says, we demand the restoration of legitimate palestinian power in the territory of gas and ask for international. the community will support us in this, let him say, well, what will they think, then we will discuss, international, he is from the middle east, he was born in safed, i have a different culture, he will not say until he receives assurance for this that he will give him a positive answer, that’s all, but how will we then know that he is asking this question if he doesn’t voice it, and why should we, in russia, as is customary, if you don’t say it, then you don’t need it. there will be a signal if he will at least informally voice this question, of course. but from the po

mahmoud abbas refused to participate in a meeting with us president joe biden and leaders of the middlesday in oman. russia and the united arab emirates requested an urgent open meeting of the un security council on the morning of october 18 in connection with the attack on a hospital in the gaza strip. the world health organization strongly condemned the attack on a hospital in the gaza strip and called for the protection of civilians and medical facilities. the head of the european council, charles michel michel, called the attack on a hospital in gaza a violation of international law. the first day of the third international cooperation forum ended in beijing one train one way. at the invitation of the leader of china's people's republic of china, vladimir putin became his main guest and it was their tet from tet meeting that would be the culmination. and the working visit of the president of russia about the first results of the forum and what remained behind the scenes of the official protocols, in a report by the author and host of the moscow kremlin putin program, pavel zarubin.

secretary of state antony blinken meeting with mahmoud abbas. this is significant. yesterday, abbas was trying to distance the palestinian authority from actions of hamas and the massacre that took place 11 days ago. remember, these are two separate political parties. talking hamas, the group in control of the gaza strip with influence across the west bank, and a political party on the west bank that abbas belongs to, has a military wing themselves. this is important to discuss here. the israelis are concerned that what's happening in the southern part of their country following the attack could spill into the west bank. there were clashes. i they tried to communicate, saying they want to be separate. they understand damage done to the palestinian people as a whole following the massacre of civilians. any sort of deal cut in the region, abbas is part of the conversation. later in the week king hussein in jordan and other regional officials are meeting to discuss the next steps and what takes place here. but again, right now the middle east is bracing for this to spil

it was something he reiterated in his conversation with the palestinian authority president mahmoud abbaseed to roundly condemn hamas because many have not. he also more importantly really spoke about the need to try and de—escalate this conflict to ensure that other countries don't get involved in those countries he was referring to were iran and syria. what more do we know about the us citizens still in gaza, attempting to leave? the us have advised their citizens in gaza to leave as soon as possible. because of this escalating situation. we understand some of made their way to the border with egypt and this is at the rafah crossing there. the us has advised that there is around 500—600 dual national people. there was supposed to be an opening on saturday between the hours of ten and five o'clock, around five hours that they had to cross but this was closed and so many of them are still at the border trying and hoping that the opening will be available on sunday. tensions are high in southern israel is the presence of troops builds up there. a short while ago i spoke to our defence corr

thanks for being here. >> thanks, martha. >> martha: i'd like to get your reaction to mahmoud abbas cancellingting with president biden. president biden is leaving this evening for israel expected to sit down with the region's world leaders, this decision by abbas is based in this attack that has happened at the hospital which hamas claims was from the idf, from an idf missile. what is your take on it? >> it's obviously premature for abbas to be cancelling meetings with the president of the united states particularly given we don't know the facts. we don't know if it was a hamas rocket that went off course, whether it was an idf strike that was misaimed. nobody is intending to strike a hospital and killing innocent civilians. that's not what israel does. it may not be what hamas wants to do for its own people. i would note hamas is telling palestinians to stay in northern gaza at the very time that we know israel is about to make a ground incursion. that does suggest some amount of lack of respect for their own palestinian civilians lives on the part of hamas. as they showed for israeli lives

earlier, the palestinian president, mahmoud abbas, had already pulled out of the summit with mr bidenhe west bank to hold an emergency meeting of the palestinian authority's leadership. biden is currently on his way to the middle east, where he is still expected to meet with israel's prime minister on wednesday. while aboard air force one, john kirby of the us national security council expressed optimism they will be able to get aid into gaza. our north america editor sarah smith has more on the president's trip. i mean, this is an extraordinary trip, which was a very high stakes gamble even before the news came in of this hospital bombing. it's a visit with two purposes, really. and both of those twofold missions got considerably more difficult today. firstly, he wants to go there to demonstrate what he calls his ironclad commitment to israel and to its right to defend itself. now, that is a position that joe biden has had for well over 50 years now, but it is a position that is much, much more uncomfortable to defend tonight than it was even just this morning. the other thing he wan

he's due to meet the palestinian president mahmoud abbas later.resident of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, will also visit israel later today in what's been described as a show of solidarity with the victims of the hamas attacks. behind the politics, the people. in tel aviv, a vigil for those murdered. 0ne candle for each victim. each day, bringing news of another life lost. nickjohnson, bbc news. 0ur correspondent tom bateman is injerusalem with the latest let's go live now tojohn donna stunned. a strong reaction from 0xfam, from the united nations about this potential orderfor 0xfam, from the united nations about this potential order for i 0xfam, from the united nations about this potential orderfori million gazans to move from the north to the south of gaza. it is gazans to move from the north to the south of gaza-— south of gaza. it is impossible. we had been told _ south of gaza. it is impossible. we had been told that _ south of gaza. it is impossible. we had been told that gazans - south of gaza. it is impossible. we had been

with president mahmoud abbas, he spoke about the need to condemn hamas — it's something that he has reiteratedem have failed — falled short — fallen short to do. and he also — to both of the leaders — spoke about the need to ensure that this war is conducted according to international laws and that there's safe passage for palestinian civilians — and this has increasingly been his emphasis, even as he expresses this unwavering support for israel. he also emphasises the point that the israelis need to ensure that there is no indiscriminate attacks on palestinian civilians. 0ur north america correspondent shingai nyoka reporting there for us. thank you so much. other news now, and in a referendum, australians have overwhelmingly rejected a plan to give more rights to indigenous people, and to recognise them in the constitution. part of the plan was to create a body to advise the government on indigenous affairs, known as the voice. australia's prime minister says the result of the referendum would be hard to bear, but that it isn't the end of the road. from sydney, katy watson reports. it didn't

, mahmoud abbas is really in a very awkward position and now many are talking about what will happen this war is over, i think that the israeli cabinet is definitely not will survive, this is already clear, despite the results of the ground operation as a whole of this company, but the same thing will most likely happen on the western bank of the arordan river, because with his statements, when yes, on the one hand, mahmoud abbas condemns the violence with on the other hand, he calls not to react in any way to what is happening, this is his. meditates in the eyes of both the palestinian public and the arab public, in general the friday of rage is already beginning, jordanian troops are beginning to disperse protesters - against israel and the methods it is adopting - yes, in palestine, and perhaps these measures will begin to spread to the west bank , jordan is not vitally interested in destabilizing the situation and - again, all the measures that are being taken... lead to that bitterness and lack of perception of american and israeli politics are beginning in relation to the settl

there is nothing mahmoud abbas says that makes any difference to an angry young man in the gaza striprt wards in gaza, it is good for hamas popularity, perhaps only in the short term, but it certainly boosts their credibility in gaza and the west bank. there were elections way back in 2006, 2007, mahmoud abbas was elected president, and they promised fresh elections ever since that have never materialised. his legitimacy is pretty difficult to say that it is strong will stop he is also quite an elderly leader now, and there has been much speculation for years about who might succeed him. 5m? speculation for years about who might succeed him.— speculation for years about who might succeed him. stay with us, because let's _ might succeed him. stay with us, because let's continue _ might succeed him. stay with us, because let's continue the - because let's continue the conversation about what is happening right now in gaza. also, perhaps in reaction from the west bank. a colleague from bbc arabic is with us. have you seen the pictures of the ii—storey building that has been brought down?

with president mahmoud abbas, he spoke about the need to condemn hamas — it's something that he has reiteratedalled short — fallen short to do. and he also — to both of the leaders — spoke about the need to ensure that this war is conducted according to international laws and that there's safe passage for palestinian civilians — and this has increasingly been his emphasis, even as he expresses this unwavering support for israel. he also emphasises the point that the israelis need to ensure that there is no indiscriminate attacks on palestinian civilians. 0ur north america correspondent shingai nyoka reporting there for us. thank you so much. and you can get all the latest from the situation in israel on our website — bbc.com/news — or the bbc news app. we have a live page that is constantly being updated with news and analysis from our teams on the ground in israel, gaza, and around the world. we will leave you with another live look at gaza city, the horizon there, very dark there, and is about a week now since hamas attacked israel and today israel's military saying its forces are ready for

with president mahmoud abbas, he spoke about the need to condemn hamas — it's something that he has reiteratedfailed — falled short — fallen short to do. and he also — to both of the leaders — spoke about the need to ensure that this war is conducted according to international laws and that there's safe passage for palestinian civilians — and this has increasingly been his emphasis, even as he expresses this unwavering support for israel. he also emphasises the point that the israelis need to ensure that there is no indiscriminate attacks on palestinian civilians. 0ur north america correspondent shingai nyoka reporting there for us. thank you so much. 0ther global powers are stepping up diplomatic efforts to contain the violence. russia is expecting a vote from the un security council after a draft resolution was circulated to members of the council during their closed door meeting on friday. the vote on monday could call for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire to secure the release of all hostages and safe evacuations of civilians in need. resolutions need at least 9 out of 15 votes and no ve

we return, we, the international community, return to the pragmatic, to more moderate. wings to mahmoud abbas abaas says he kept quiet after when khabas attacked everybody kept quiet everybody kept quiet no one said anything no one condemned no one yes hamas actions arab east did not condemn, they were waiting to see how it would end, and then, let 's say, mahmoud abbas, the leader of the palestinian authority, he will be in 5 days, that is, when it became clear what was going to do... israel and as far as israel, they just showed up there, i understand them, i understand them very, very well, if we had the opportunity to respond in the same way, in the same way that israel responds after the massacre, then we did the same thing, the same thing , mahmoud abbas says let's stop the aggression, we need to give electricity, we need to, we need to search, we need humanitarian corridors and so on, that is...

. ~ : : , the palestinian president mahmoud abbas. ~ : , the palestinian president mahmoud abbas. : .r me in the first five _ abbas. what has been striking for me in the first five days _ abbas. what has been striking for me in the first five days of _ abbas. what has been striking for me in the first five days of the _ in the first five days of the conflict although there have been one or two incidents on the border and some violence in the west bank, hamas, which has an interesting in widening the conflict and calling on his brother to get involved, it is a limited conflict. by the way they conduct the military operation, thousands of palestinian civilians killed, it is highly likely the west bank will become inflamed and first may will get militarily involved. in your role in the united nations, the united nations are due to hold an emergency meeting to address the situation in the gaza strip. clearly diplomatic efforts notjust from antony blinken and the us but the global community know very much focusing on this part of the world. yes, unfortunately i do not think the un security

you have seen protests outside demanding that mahmoud abbas step down. protests, as you mentioned, in amman, jordan, turkey. you will see calls from hamas and other groups for people to take to the streets, to voice their anguish and horror at this event, and all of this coming as president biden expected tomorrow to arrive in israel. obviously, he was supposed to also meet in amman, jordan, with leaders of the palestinian authority of egypt, of jordan. that meeting now has been canceled. i think this calls into question the specter of any possibility to try to resolve the logjam that had existed that was preventing the flow of aid through that rafah broward county in southern gaza strip on the border with egypt to prevent that and allow that aid to get back in. [ inaudible ] it took place in northern gaza city. they asked, the israelis asked people to evacuate, but there were strikes earlier today in the southern part of gaza. i spoke to one family from northern gaza who saw those strikes and said that they did not feel comfortable leaving their hoepgs,

by hamas, the whole evening was tormented by shooting, they demand the resignation of president mahmoud abbasom the radicals accuse of excessive loyalty to israel, it turned out that the palestinians who were not tough enough shot at other palestinians who called for terror against israelis. i’ll try to stay on the air, i see a burning street, i see people on the roof, this, this, this is being shot live. according to reuters, joe biden is lobbying for the allocation of $100 billion in one aid package to israel, ukraine, taiwan and the american states bordering mexico. apparently, only by mixing everything together can you try to convince the intractable congress, which still won’t elect the speaker of the house of representatives. against this background, the sudden proposal made on nbc went unnoticed. hamas return hostages. we are ready to free everyone civilians, including all foreigners. if the attacks stop, this could be done within an hour. but the attacks, from both sides, are only intensifying; scholz’s visit to tel aviv, for example, was remembered by these shots. german aircraft num

but the palestinian president, mahmoud abbas, has tonight cancelled after the gaza blast.avel to the middle east in the coming days. let's speak to our north america editor, sarah smith. president biden�*s aeroplane was already in the air when this explosion and this blast took place. how does that change the dynamic of the conversations he was going to have with regional leaders here? it has made the situation much more complex and joe biden is due to leave the white house any minute now and will be setting off very shortly heading for tel aviv. this is an extraordinary trip which was a very high—stakes gamble even before the news came in of this hospital bombing and it is a visit with two purposes, and both of those got a lot more difficult today. firstly, he wants to go there to demonstrate what he calls his ironclad commitment to israel and its right to defend itself and that is a position thatjoe biden has had for over 50 years now. but it is a position which is much more uncomfortable to defend tonight than it was even this morning. the other thing he wants to try to

i have a feeling such that it is past tense it's been a week, you see, so i'll tell you this, mahmoud abbastinian authority, until now, so that you understand, it's just that your tv viewers are still paying money every month to those murderers who are in our prisons, we have them in israeli prisons there are about 6,000 palestinians who are in prison for various crimes, we have several hundred people who are in prison for killing jews, i cannot tell you the exact number, but it is several hundred people for sure, some of them unfortunately were released as part of the deal in the eleventh year, when israel made a deal with shalit, this is a separate story, by the way, as part of this deal, the ichinuar was released, who today leads hamas and planned all these atrocities, but this is a separate story, this is for historians, yes, that's it - they pay the palestinian authority every month, that is, to the family of the terrorist who killed almost 3,000 dollars, that is, it is about 12, well, almost 12,000 shekels monthly, this is huge money for the palestinians, so that you understand, that

as you were reporting, the palestinian president, mahmoud abbas, cancelled his meeting withjoe bidenat the same time, israel are going to ask him for over $10 billion worth of emergency military aid. so he is arriving in a situation that was already complex and it is now considerably more volatile before he even touches down. and we can talk about all this now. daniel byman is a senior fellow at the center for strategic and international studies and has written extensively on the middle east. hejoins me now. we will get to president biden�*s trip in a moment. i first want to start with this horrific attack on the hospital, and further escalation in this conflict and get your thoughts on it. 50. escalation in this conflict and get your thoughts on it. so, as ou get your thoughts on it. so, as you said. _ get your thoughts on it. so, as you said. this _ get your thoughts on it. so, as you said, this is _ get your thoughts on it. so, as you said, this is one _ get your thoughts on it. so, as you said, this is one of - get your thoughts on it. so, as you said, this is one of the - you sa

then he was going to go to jordan to talk to king abdullah and mahmoud abbas. orward in gaza after hamas is gone? now mahmoud said that he will not go to that meeting. so that really is going to put a monkey wrench in to what president biden was attempting to do tomorrow and the day after. >> charles: john, could the meeting have covered refugees? from what i understand, abdullah, they've been firm about jordan and egypt not accepting any refugees. this -- it has all the ear marks of a major humanitarian crisis building up at some point. >> really is curious you hear from the arab nation against the plight of the palestinians and they're unwilling to accept any of them in to their countries. what is more about, is getting aid in to gaza to palestinians in south gaza and creating safe zones so that they will have a safe haven away from the fighting. which is why -- the loss of life in this hospital explosion is terrible. it also couldn't come at a worst time because it really is going to butt more and more pressure on israel to cede to a cease fire, more pressure

there is anger directed at israel but also at president mahmoud abbas and his palestinian authority,ve as weak and lacking legitimacy. mr abbas announced he was cancelling a meeting with president biden, scheduled for tomorrow injordan, and was flying home. chanting there were mass protests there this evening too, and clashes outside the israeli embassy in amman. translation: during | the foundation of israel, when it occupied this area, they are breaching international humanitarian law. geneva agreement is obvious in this regard. medical centres or hospitals should not be touched. in turkey also, thousands rallied against israel. as the war in gaza escalates, it is a dangerous moment for the wider region. jon donnison, bbc news. well more on the visit from the us presidentjoe biden. mr biden has left the us and is due to arrive in the region on wednesday. he is expected to meet the israeli prime minister. but the diplomatic trip will be particularly difficult to navigate, with the schedule now up in the air. mr biden was also due to travel to amman, jordan's capital, to meet other k

the palestinian or 40 president mahmoud abbas a. let's now speak to my job is wary a bottle. this is the director of golf study center at cottage university. good to have you with us again, my job. let's start with this latest development and on to me blinking, arriving in israel today. what do you make of the us response so far? module? well, the binding, administrate administration. give israel a free hand to in there was root, taught him us, or are they going to insist, as we heard biden say before he left a left out a washington on making sure that civilians are not targeted by the under station was the victim of miss information about the whole, the crisis. um, it was obvious uh, just a few minutes ago the white house has uh, announced that actually uh bite and uh he did not talk about seeing images of the could be hitting the kids. so basically thought trying to fix the, this information they were actually using and the last 24 hours on there this course. i mean we, we saw this on, by the speech to speeches. and also we know we watched this on think and speech is still

has called for "calm and stability" in the west bank, during a call with palestinian president mahmoud abbas. and, israel's allies have shown their support through displays like this. here's berlin's brandenburg gate lit up in white and blue to show support for israel. let's show you live pictures from gaza now. and we've seen renewed israeli's airstrikes overnight, as we head towards dawn in the region. israel has responded to hamas�* attack with devastating air strikes — including in the last few hours. have a look at this new video coming in to the bbc. explosions. the latest developments come as prime minister benjamin netanyahu says his security cabinet has approved plans to destroy the military and governmental capabilities of hamas and islamichhad. netanyahu has said israel is, quote, �*at war�* after the hamas raid early saturday morning. israel's government says hamas launched more than 2,000 rockets into the country, killing more than 250 people and wounding over 1100 others. officials in the gaza strip say over 230 people have been killed and over 1700 were injured in retaliatory

it has a nonmember observer status at the un since 2012, we talk about president mahmoud abbas, thatt it still is very much... on the whole issue of the peace process was to set up a viable palestinian state, that doesn't exist. the difficulty over that was the palestinians never believe that what they were being offered was anything close to what they had lost. the times were ill or close back in the early 2000, back in the late 1990s, the palestinians in the end rejected what they were offered because they believe that itjust didn't come near to the boundaries of what they believed they should be given. it wasn't that they rejected the idea of a two state solution, it wasn't they rejected that, they weren't satisfied with what they were being offered. palestine is a state, i mean, as an entity in the middle east, it is existed for a very long time, undera east, it is existed for a very long time, under a series of empires, the roman empire, from the 16th century to the first world war as a monday and britain up until 19117 when britain withdrew. and then of course, there was the de

there for 12-20 years in isolation on... is in a very dense environment, blinken will meet with mahmoud abbasomorrow, tomorrow he flies to jordan, today the president of palestine flew to oman, met with the leadership of jordan and tomorrow he will meet with blinken there, because it’s somehow not very good for americans to meet on the territory of palestine now; the americans positioned themselves as a clear side in this conflict, sending two aircraft to the shores of israel. groups promising to interfere if any third party, for example, the shiite group hezbollah in the north, begins to seriously shell israel, and hezbollah has very very powerful arsenals , very very large, i think that first of all, this positioning is now making president joe biden is vulnerable enough, he made bet in this war, made a bet in this game, bet on netanya, bet... can one behave in this situation, can mahmoud abbas seize control of the gas sector if the israelis clear it of hamas, all this really looks very theoretical, everything this is due to the start of a military operation, which israeli military politici

the president will instead speak to el sisi of egypt and to mahmoud abbas when he flies back aboard airorce one later. the key take away from what you saw moments ago is it's not just the president standing with israel but standing in israel as bibi netanyahu the prime minister of israel said here. in this moment that played out about a half hour ago is really the moment, the image i think that will reverberate around the world today, that embrace between the prime minister and the president. for netanyahu that alone makes the president's trip worth t to demonstrate the support of the united states at this time. we are told by multiple administration officials that the idea of this visit was first floated not long after the awful attack where more than 1,400 israelis, individuals, were killed on october 7th. the president visiting with members of his team on monday said he felt strongly it was important to stand in solidarity with israel and the israeli people in as it was described to us their hour of need. we will hear from the president with more formal remarks a little bit later tod

mahmoud abbas said israel has crossed all red lines. he said it is unacceptable to talk about anything other than stopping the israeli war on gaza. palestinian ambassador to the un also came down hard on israel for carrying out this carnage in gaza. in this outrageous, illegal crime committed by the israeli forces against our people in the ghaza strip. we condemned this uh action in the strongest possible terms, and we hold israel responsible for this massacre, this crime, and those responsible for this crime should face justice and should face accountability and should be, punishment rising to the level of this crime committed against our people to be faced. by them, we as an arab group, mansure was speaking a press conference held by the arab group at the united nations. here is un security council to live up to its responsibilities and urgently intervene to stop israel's war on gaza. meanwhile, condemnations continue poring in after this brutal israeli attack on the hospital and the gazaship left hundreds of palestinians dead, the ir

because that was the meeting we were talking about a little earlier with the palestinian president mahmoud abbasand that has happened but the sum of the first pictures of that meeting and of course emmanuel macron had earlier met with benjamin netanyahu. injerusalem. we had those comments earlier and he was the convoy in terms of the pictures and of course are worth underlining this is in the west bank, the palestinian authority rivals in the gaza strip. the french president continuing with his diplomaticjourney president continuing with his diplomatic journey to try to repeat the messages we've heard from so many of the western leaders over the last few days, starting withjoe biden then rishi sunak follows last few days, starting withjoe biden then rishi sunakfollows in the german chancellor and all very much saying the same things to the israeli prime minister and palestinians that met in a flurry of meetings so that the start of the meeting, if there is work from that meeting, if there is work from that meeting, details of it, we will return to it but those are the latest pictures coming into

mahmoud abbas announced a three day mourning period for the deaths at the hospital, then the white house released this statement. after consulting with king abdullah ojordan, and in light of the days of mourning announced by president mahmoud abbas of the palestinian authority, president biden will postpone his travel to jordan, and a planned meeting of these two leaders and president sisi of egypt. the presintent his deepest condolences r the innocent lives lost in the hospital explosion in gaza, and wished a speedy recovery to the wounde he looks fward to consulting in-person with these leaders soon. and agreed to remain regularly and directly engaged with each of them over the coming days. joining us now, from israel, is nbc news correspondent ellison barber. ellison, when president biden lands, we would be likely that the israelis will be able to show him a full explanation of what they believe happened at the hospital? >> that is what we expect to happen. there was a briefing a couple of hours ago with the spokesperson for israel's defense forces. he said that they have acquired evi

. maybe meet with mahmoud abbas.er some kind of diplomatic deal ? deal? >> your guess is as good as mine on this one. >> of course, the question is what kind of diplomatic deal can you reach with an organisation thatis you reach with an organisation that is clearly sworn to murder and kill and kidnap? the consensus was in israel and this is partly a big piece of why the defences were so low, really caught off guard on the border was that hamas was starting a gradual path of moderation that they wanted economic incentives and so israel was providing jobs. 10,000 gazans were coming into israel every day to work there were economic zones being set up on the border between israel and gaza. remind your viewers that israel unilaterally withdrew from gaza in 2005. every last settler and soldier . every last settler and soldier. and so the understanding was in israel. and apparently the deceptive psychological warfare, the messaging coming from hamas was they want normal see, they want quiet, they want stability , they want

he is going to meet mahmoud abbas. this is going to meet mahmoud abbas.conflict. i think that the president is positioning france as a key person in the region to prepare the ground. this is going to take time and also require coordination among western countries and the eu. as we speak, he is also trying to call in a coherent position for the country going forward. it position for the country going forward. , ., ., , ., forward. it is, although it is not auoin forward. it is, although it is not going very _ forward. it is, although it is not going very well. _ forward. it is, although it is not going very well, there - forward. it is, although it is not going very well, there is - going very well, there is disagreement among ve 27 countries about their exact position here. we did see france release a statement alongside united states, canada, italy, germany, and the uk. there are attempts at trying to work together in diplomatic terms. this also hit home france directly, france is home to the biggestjewish community in europe and the biggest muslim commu

blinken met earlier this morning california time with palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas. a reminder, abbas' party, part of the old plo, accepts israel. abbas is not hamas. that's worth reading up on, reminding ourselves the differences between, say, fatah and hezbollah and hamas and all the other kind of news worthy words to understand what's factual and what's not. case in point, there was a lot of inaccurate talk on social media that hamas was using the $6 billion in unfrozen iranian money. but that wasn't true. that money was never distributed. and now, apparently it won't be. america and qatar have cut off iran's access. iran does support hamas. though blinking tells our lester holt there's no evidence iran had any involvement in the attacks. >> iran's had a long relationship with hamas. hamas wouldn't be hamas without the support over many, many years from iran. when it comes to this specific attack, in this moment, we don't have direct evidence that iran was involved in the attack, either in planning it or carrying it out. but that could change. >> blinken involved i

it's a dramatic change, because, just hours earlier, palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas had met with secretary of state antony blinken in jordan tonight, the white house says the president is sending his deepest condolences for the innocent lives lost in the hospital explosion in gaza, and that he looks forward to consulting in person with the arab leaders soon lester >> gabe gutierrez at the white house, thank you. >>> the fate of the hostages held by hamas in gaza, including americans, is a top priority for the president, as everyone here is awaiting a potential ground offensive targeting hamas. tonight, while it launches new air strikes, the israeli military now says a ground offensive into gaza is not a certainty, as israel targets hamas for the massive terror attack that killed over 1,400 israelis >> the civilized world should unite behind israel in fighting and eradicating hamas. >> reporter: tonight president biden leaving for the mideast on a dangerous trip into a war zone to show support for israel, to try to nudge open a humanitarian corridor to get desperately nee