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the okay to another over a headline stories now into the middle east, where a run has accused israel of being behind a deadly or a strike. earlier on friday, on the northern syrian city of a level to run strongly condemned the incident, which resulted in the depths of some $38.00 people, including military personnel and the civilians. these attacks are a clear violation of international law, as well as a violation of serious sovereignty and territorial integrity. this is a serious threat to regional and international peace and security. the aggressive attacks on syria are a blatant and desperate attempt to continue and expand the crisis in the region is really airstrikes against the state of syria or a matter of great concern for a number of different reasons. but what's important to note here is that israel's attacks against syria are nothing new. over the course of the last few years, there had been hundreds of air strikes, targeting facilities from civilian infrastructure to military infrastructure, as well as the report of the talk. yeah, these are strategical areas. israel claim

have a cost, i'm speaking more for the uk, the us. that's pumped billions into the situation in in the middle east and of course israel itself that's lost tourism, people are out of work, people are afraid to go back to some of those settlement areas. uh, your analysis of that section? no, i agree with you, the tourism is is down, it it plays fairly large part of the their gdp, but but the the cost of war is is enormous, i mean one of the main costs is the debt that's that's that's rising, war. are usually financed by debt. america already has a national debt of something like 30 trillion plus. um, uk is approaching three trillion. people think, what is a trillion? it's a million million. if you if they if you paid back somebody a trillion a million a year, it would take million years to to to pay that back. and and it's just going up and up and up. the only people seem to benefit are arms manufacturers, uh, companies involved in in manufacturing for the war, and it... "people do get rich during the the war, but it's not ordinary tax payers like us who who get rich, we end up paying for it, indeed. now, in some more s

have a cost, i'm speaking more for the uk, the us that's pumped billions into the situation in in the middle east, and of course israel itself that's lost tourism, people are out of work, people are afraid to go back to some of those settlement areas, uh, your analysis of that section? no, i agree with you, the tourism is is down, it it plays a fairly large part of the their gdp, but but the the cost of war is is enormous. i mean, one of the main costs is the debt that's that's that's rising, wars are usually financed by debt. uh, america already has national debt of something like 30 trillion plus. um, uk is approaching three trillion. people think, what is a trillion? it's a million, million. you if you if they if you paid back somebody a trillion a million a year it would take a million years to to pay that back and and it's just going up and up and up the only people seem to benefit are you arms manufacturers uh companies involved in in manufacturing for the war and it people do get rich during the the war but it's not ordinary tax payers like us who who get rich we end up paying for it indeed now in some more sob

speaking ahead of a two—day trip to the middle east, the german chancellor urged israel to allow unlimited humanitarian aid intowe have a difficult situation. - it is necessary for aid to reach gaza on a larger scale. that will be a topic i also have to talk about. we are also concerned about the further advancement of military developments. in particular there is a danger that a large full—scale offensive in rafah will result in many terrible civilian casualties. which must be avoided at all costs. we will have to talk about the long—term perspective. the question of how a peaceful coexistence between a palestinian state and israel can succeed. our correspondent injerusalem, mark lowen, has been speaking to aid organisations in gaza about the situation there. unicef, the un children's charity, says that one in three children under the age of two are acutely malnourished, and that figure is double what it was injanuary, so there is an urgent need for aid. a slight glimmer of hope with this ship now flooding the 200 tonnes of aid, being allowed to off—load. it's unclear how the aid will be distributed inside gaz

speaking before a two—day trip to the middle east, german chancellor 0laf scholz urged israel to allow unlimited humanitarian aid intofficult situation. - it is necessary for aid to reach gaza on a larger scale. that is a topic i also have to talk about. we have concern about the further advancement of military developments. in particular, there is a danger that the large—scale offensive in rafah will result in many terrible civilian casualties which must be avoided at all costs. live now to gina abercrombie—winstanley, president of the middle east policy council and former us ambassador to malta. good to have you back with us again. gina, we've heard the ceasefire talks could begin again on sunday. israel has already called hamas�* proposal unrealistic. what are your thoughts on whether we could see a breakthrough here? iremain i remain confident that a breakthrough is possible stop we have to keep in mind that all of this is part of the negotiations, posturing is part of that, and you can the words of that, and you can the words of the israeli prime minister, of the israeli prime minister, of the israeli prime mini

middle east. the biden administration has warned israel against smashing into rafah, underlying its planned assaultn gaza's biggest city. jake sullivan said the u.s. would see no credible plan to protect civilians. >> the president is focused on the substance, the policy, his concern about civilians and about israel being able to sustain a campaign in a way that ultimately leads to an outcome in which the people of israel are secure. hamas is crushed. he believes there is a path to do that and that path does not lie where there are 1.3 million people in the absence of a critical -- credible plan to deal with the population. as things stand today, we have not seen what that plan is. tom: let's bring in paul wallace as we listen to the rhetoric becoming sharp -- sharpened in terms of their critique and approach to this conflict. i ask you this on a daily basis, but are we any closer to a cease-fire? >> it is a crucial question. i think the answer is, no. we are not any closer to a cease-fire. it does not look like hamas and israel are bridging the whitecaps that still exist between them. the bigger p

into full swing. >>> to the middle east, there are new signs of tension between president biden and israel's president benjamin netanyahu over the war in gaza. israeli prime minister is pushing against the president's comments last week when biden said netanyahu is hurting israel more than he is helping it. >> reporter: amidpointing humanitarian crisis in gaza, israel plans to invade rafah, a strong hold but also a refuge to more than 1 million palestinians. president biden was asked if that would be a red line. >> it is, but i am never going to leave israel. defense of israel is critical. there is no red line that i will cut off weapons. there are red lines and if they cross, cannot have 30,000 more palestinians dead. >> in response netanyahu vowed his military will go to rafah regardless. >> i have a red line. october 7 doesn't happen again. >> this week marks start of ramadan, islamic holy month, time of prayer and fasting but in recent years, violence as well over israeli restrictions on accessing muslim holy sites in jerusalem. an activist with the palestinian political party. >> i wish americans

into this matter. we go to the middle east now. israel'sgreed to send officials to egypt and qatar in the coming days for a new round of talks on a possible ceasefire in gaza. it comes a day after the un's top court, the international court ofjustice, ordered israel to allow the unimpeded flow of food aid into gaza, where sections of the palestinian population are said to be facing imminent starvation. injerusalem, there is an uneasy calm, as palestinians mark easter and ramadan — from there our international editorjeremy bowen now reports. injerusalem, where tension and worse are normal, there is always the consolation of religion. this ramadan, many of those ending a day of prayer at the aqsa mosque were palestinian israelis, around a fifth of israel's population. israel, citing security, restricts access to jerusalem for palestinians from the occupied west bank. just down the road, palestinian christians were deep in their celebration of easter, walking to the old city from the garden of gethsemane, where they believejesus prayed on the

arab emirates.speaking before a two—day trip to the middle east, german chancellor olaf scholz urged israel to allow unlimited humanitarian aid intoon. it is necessary for aid to reach gaza on the larger scale. that is a topic i also have to talk about. we have concern about the further enhancement of military developments. in particular there is a danger that the large—scale offensive in rafah will result in many terrible civilian casualties which must be avoided at all costs. our correspondent in jerusalem mark lowen has been speaking to aid organisations in gaza about the situation there. unicef now, the un children's charity, says that one in three children under the age of two are acutely malnourished and that that figure is double what it was in january so there is an it was injanuary so there is an urgent it was in january so there is an urgent need it was injanuary so there is an urgent need for aid. a slight glimmer of hope with this ship of loading the 200 tonnes of aid and being allowed tonnes of aid and being allowed to off load. it is unclear exactly how the aid will be distributed inside gaza itself, and it is much n

speaking before a two—day trip to the middle east, the german chancellor olaf scholz urged israel to allow unlimited humanitarian aid intoa difficult situation. - it is necessary for aid to reach gaza on the larger scale. that is a topic i also have to talk about. we have concern about the further enhancement of military developments. in particular, there is a danger that the large—scale offensive in rafah will result in many terrible civilian casualties, which must be avoided at all costs. with me is said shehata from bbc arabic. what's the latest on the humanitarian situation? it seems for the past few weeks we have been talking about talks, can we be optimistic about this fresh row expected to happen? i about this fresh row expected to happen?— to happen? i think something miaht to happen? i think something might happen _ to happen? i think something might happen this _ to happen? i think something might happen this time - to happen? i think something i might happen this time because there is more pressured, firstly, on benjamin netanyahu after many criticisms on him delaying and reaching a deal, putting peoples lives

speaking before a two—day trip to the middle east, german chancellor 0laf scholz urged israel to allow unlimited humanitarian aid intouation. it is necessary for aid to reach gaza on the larger scale. that is a topic i also have to talk about. we have concern about the further enhancement of military developments. in particular there is a danger that the large—scale offensive in rafah will result in many terrible civilian casualties which must be avoided at all costs. police in haiti are trying to crack down on the gangs which have taken control of most of the capital, port—au—prince, and forced the prime minister to resign. the united nations has described the security situation as tense and volatile and warns that increasing numbers of children in haiti are going hungry as unrest continues. facilities have closed due to the ongoing violence, and haitians are now facing soaring prices for food and other essentials. translation: the prices of -roducts translation: the prices of products are _ translation: the prices of products are exorbitant. - translation: the prices of. products are exorbitant. when on the streets

speaking before a two—day trip to the middle east, german chancellor 0laf scholz urged israel to allow unlimited humanitarian aid into situation. it is necessary for aid to reach gaza on the larger scale. that is a topic i also have to talk about. we have concern about the further enhancement of military developments. in particular there is a danger that the large—scale offensive in rafah will result in many terrible civilian casualties which must be avoided at all costs. scholz also criticised israel's plans for an offensive in the southern gazan city of rafah, where more than a million displaced people are sheltering. it echoes the position of us presidentjoe biden. i spoke about that earlier with gina abercrombie—winstanley, president of the middle east policy council, and former us ambassador to malta. president biden has said the potential for that operation in rafah, will we know we have half of the palestinian population sheltering, he said it would be a red line. since then we have also heard from benjamin netanyahu appearing to green like that. where does that leave washington and president biden if that ope

what answer to that, israel maintains a military and technological superiority over any country in the middle east. it has 90 nuclear warheads. nobody is about to push israel into if they were, this would be a different conversation. the threats that israel does face from groups such as hamas or hezbollah and so on and so forth are not existential to israel and do not require this level of american unwavering and of's national support. arguably, the threats that they do face of this in the form of armed resistance from groups such as hamas, hezbollah, so on and so forth, is exacerbated by israel's and america's overly militarized approach. >> john hoppen, greatly appreciate you coming from dc to join us. looking forward to having many conversations with you moving forward. >> thank you. >>> next, eye-opening reporting about migrant women who base sexual violence and what to keep in mind when they enter a post-rural america. we have more. ( ♪♪ ) deliciously superior nutrition, too. for us, it's eggs any style. as long as they're the best. eggland's best. ( ♪♪ ) breathing claritin clear is like... is he? claritin clear? yeah. fast relief of your worst allergy sym

schultz is making a 2 day trip to the middle east, where he's due to whole tasks with the leaders of jordan and israel. his trip comes as international efforts to get aid into guns that are expanding. germany has joined an emergency air lift dropping food over the strip for the 1st time. a new maritime aid corridor between cypress and gaza is also taking shape. bond relief groups and the people of gaza say it's nowhere near enough. as the us air force pair shooting aid into gaza. they're dropping food supplied by jordan to help hundreds of thousands of people facing starvation. throughout the night, the situation is awful. we can eat or drink and eat is very scarce. so at the israel has imposed a long running blockade on garza and has been accused by 8 agencies of delaying the entry of trucks. israel says it is carrying out necessary security measures. we. busy to ensure no weapons are stuck in and while trucks wait for inspection, the price of food in the territory is skyrocketing. amid all the shortages, many can no longer afford to shop for groceries. everything is expensive in the market. the prices are very high. i've been checking the market for an ho

schultz is making a 2 day trip to the middle east, where he's due to whole tasks with the leaders of jordan and israel is trip. com, says international efforts to get 8 into gauze and are expanding. germany has joined an emergency air lift dropping food over the strip for the 1st time, a new maritime, a corridor between cyprus and guns is also taking shape, fund relief groups and the people of gaza say it's nowhere near enough. before shoals left germany, he repeated his call for us with cease fire, and he urged israel to do more to protect the civilian population. let's have a listen to what the chancellor said to. yeah, i'm, i'm just really is a to, to we have a difficult situation. is it's necessary for a to read to cause a on a larger scale. now that will be an issue that i also have to talk about the we're also concerned about the further progress of military development. it's in vic loan . it's presented to the particulars. there is a danger that a full scale offensive and rougher, hopefully will result in a great many civilian casualties for which must be avoided at all costs. meaning from getting that most and following the german chancellor scrip

middle east. the trip follows warnings from eight agencies in gaza is worse than into don or afghanistan. paul, immense pressure now on the u.s.. more leverage on israel. what campbell he can reasonably expect to achieve this time? >> he is back in the middle east. he will be in cairo tomorrow to meet leaders in both places. when it comes to saudi arabia, no doubt he will want to speak to them about the postwar situation because he could perhaps see if the saudi arabia's are willing to help fund the reconstruction of the strip when fighting. there was a lot of talk about whether peacekeepers are sent into the territory to stabilize it. what is the most intense phase of fighting is over and there is a permanent cease-fire. in egypt he will rbc talk about getting into the strip. this is a huge concern for the international committee right now. as you mentioned, there is massive pressure being put on israel to do more to enable more humans hearing supplies to get into the gaza strip because of the dire situation there when it comes to food distribution. antiblack and has that this is the first time in history the whole territory is effectively facing clo

humanitarian ceasefire after a visit to egypt, saying israel should remove remaining obstacles from getting aid into the territory. our middle eastolande knell is following developments from jerusalem. the israeli military says that it's hit 65 targets in the gaza strip in the past 2a hours. still the main focus of its operations there remains the shifa hospital in gaza city. its troops returned there for a major raid last monday, and we are hearing from the israeli military that now something like 800 people have been arrested in that area, and it says that something like 480 members of hamas and islamichhad are among those who have been arrested, also 170 people it's calling terrorists have been killed. it's very difficult to contact palestinians in the area. communication are poor, but palestinians there, including displaced people, medics and patients, well, we've been hearing from some of them that conditions are desperate. it's very hard for them to get access to any medicine and food, and innocent people are among those being killed. five patients are said to have died. meanwhile, palestinian medics are saying that there i

arab emirates.speaking before a two—day trip to the middle east, german chancellor 0laf scholz urged israel to allow unlimited humanitarian aid intohat is a topic i also have to talk about. we are also concerned about the further advancement of military developments. in particular there is a danger that a large offensive in rafah will result in many terrible civilian casualties which must be avoided at all costs. princess diana's brother earl spencer has told the bbc that the press attention suffered by his sister was more dangerous than the scrutiny faced by catherine, the current princess of wales. in an interview for tomorrow's sunday with laura kuenssberg, earl spencer has also revealed details about the violent punishments that he and his sister endured when they were young. here's laura kuenssberg with more. i always believed the press would kill her in the end, but not even i could imagine that they would take such a direct hand in her death. charles spencer's fury at the way the press treated his sister, diana, made him famous. it is a point to remember... his anger at her funeral, raw, after years of intrusion and pain. .

speaking ahead of a two—day trip to the middle east, the german chancellor urged israel to allow unlimited humanitarian aid intoo reach gaza on a larger scale. that will be a topic i also have to talk about. we are also concerned about the further advancement of military developments. in particular there is a danger that a large full—scale offensive in rafah will result in many terrible civilian casualties. which must be avoided at all costs. we will have to talk about the long—term perspective. the question of how a peaceful coexistence between a palestinian state and israel can succeed. earlier today, gaza's health ministry updated the number of people who have been killed in the territory since israel launched its military action there in october, to 31,553 - with 63 people overnight. most of the people killed are women and children. mark lowen is in east jerusalem and joins us now. mark, you have been speaking to senior people at the world health organization about the situation in gaza, what have they told you? yes. gaza, what have they told you? yes, we have been _ gaza, what have they told you? yes, we h

middle east bear or chief model. if an option that has been looking into whether 6 months in israel can claim it's, a patient has been a success, is real calls. it's offensive. and guys, i'm a success, i'm on it's arguments, and relatively low. dest told them on the idea of less than $600.00 following soldiers. what's about tens of thousands of palestinian lodge lost, his real keeps ignoring them as well. this is the biggest concern for the rest of the world. idea if was too violent, even towards the civilians. when you have ministers in the isn't a government saying, oh the people of guys are nazis. if i'm a soldier, if i shoot everybody because they're not just all right. so this what our leadership told, the army, no innocent people who does israel believes gaskins should share responsibility as they elected him, us back in 2006. and it's roderick finance. as israel ironically codes the militant group, it is fine. 10 against this. the government is terrible because they think that, oh guys are even children. they said children altura, it's not on a genuine another. okay. they say they will go up to be terrorist. t

middle east. welcome to the w, will vision certified resolution, prevent israel from from continuing its plans to go into gaza. the, this resolution is certainly not shameful, as these really rep described it, but it's also not very effective. it's going to change nothing on the ground. see on the reality is today was not my judge was not a good day either for the united states or as we had a un security council resolution that essentially cannot affect and advance with the president really watch, which is the fundamentally c, a d escalation in gaza association in his room was no way a military activities, free, not hostages, and surging humanitarian assistance. that's so desperately needed by 2300000 gospels where essentially besieged this resolution, which will accomplish none of that. and israel's response to this resolution, which was to politic. prime ministers already begun his re election campaign to criticize the united states and refused to send a delegation to discuss whether there are alternatives to ground campaign and raffle. that was also fundamentally counter productive. neither what the u

to the middle east for talks to broker a cease fire and increase deliveries to the territory which has been on the siege following the october 7th. how must tara tax nearly 6 months into israel's war with moss? the you in a saying that the looming family and gaza is no accident. it might be visible, might be the $400.00 is funding interface, which before never ever encountered hung. so this is clearly the money made clearly of what my mid artificially created. the hunger crisis commissioner general tried to go to guys a to assess the situation. but israel refused to let him in. he now feels that dealing with the hungry crisis, there comes down to committed support. basically, we were talking about 2034 to try to i believe the lounge as berea is the absence of political with a single number. if you'll have a party to go with you kind of dressing the advisory implied the world is putting pressure on israel to allow more 8. and the guys including pressure from one of its closest allies, the united states occasion to disjoint 100 percent of the population in gaza. is that severe levels of acute food and security? that's the 1st time an entire population has been so classified. we

back to the middle east for talks over a ceasefire and deliveries to the territory, which remains on just so huge in the wake of the october 7. how must hire a tax nearly 6 months into israel's war with them us. the you in this thing that the looming family and gaza is no accident. it might be visible for hunger is fretting interface, which before never ever encountered how yeah. so this is clearly a man made clearly of what my mood uh, deficiency created. the hung a crisis to the commissioner general tried to go to gaza to assess the situation. but israel refused to let him in. he now feels that dealing with the hungry crisis, there comes down to committed support. basically we were talking about 2034 to try and believe the allowances buria is the absence of political with us in for them. if you have a party to good with, you kind of dressing as well as the reading implied. the world is putting pressure on israel to allow more 8 into gaza, including pressure from one of its closest allies, the united states. that is showing a 100 percent of the population and gaza is that severe levels of acute food and security? that's the 1st time an entire population has been so classifi

the imagining outlook into the program, german johnson, the old f schultz, is making a 2 day trip to the middle east, where he's due to how talks with the latest of jordan and israel. before departing he repeated these cold for a swift safe spot, and he outlined that of arching agenda for his journey lead time of the city. yeah . how much really is a to to we have a difficult situation. it's necessary for a to reach cause a on a larger scale. now that will be an issue that i also have to talk about the we're also concerned about the further progress of military development. it's in vic loan . it's because on the particulars, there is a danger that a full scale offensive and rough uh, hopefully will result in a great many civilian casualties for which must be avoided at all costs. meaning for getting that most to have a salt speaking before he departed, not the deputies julius identity joined us earlier in the studio and gave us more details about what chancellor sholtes, he's hoping to achieve. his middle east trip. the german government has been in close contact with a lot of partners in the region because it wants to bring them on board and sort of have one kind

israel a ground invasion into rafah would be a mistake. let's discuss this with the special envoy to the middle east and the obama administration.ave you back. from your understanding, does the un security council resolution have an impact on what israel has to do? >> they won't have a legal impact. there won't be any sanctions unless there's a photo -- further vote at the u.n. it is a very important message we are sending to the israelis that we want to see a cease-fire. we are also sending that message to hamas. the u.s. has no other option's other than to achieve a cease-fire at this point. however, the kind of thing we would not have done, the objections of the israelis unless we were extremely frustrated with her behavior over the course of the past six months. sumi: i just wanted to jump in and ask, the white house is saying this is not a change in policy. do you think it is? frank: it's a relatively minor change in policy. there were some small wording differences between the resolution introduced on friday and the one today. the issue is we are feeling very much like the israelis are not listening to anything we say and

the middle east since the israel—gaza war began, he's in egypt's capital of cairo to shore up support for a ceasefire. america's top diplomat said israel needs to do more to allow humanitarian aid into the european union also added to calls for a ceasefire on thursday. take a listen to what mr blinken had to say: there's a clear consensus around a number of shared priorities. first, the need for an immediate and sustained ceasefire with the release of hostages. that would create space to surge more humanitarian assistance to relieve the suffering of many people and to build something more enduring.

middle east to, israel. so he needs to refocus on supporting israel, making sure that they are able to defeat hamas rather than speaking words that just play right into mean, you've got democrats, you've heard them all, some of them are now threatening to withhold weapons and and ammunition from israel. you've got the bidens talking about building this pier off the mediterranean coast of gaza which would put american military troops and construction people in harm's way. as a you can well imagine. we know that hamas takes a lot of this humanitarian aid, uses it for themselves, sells it on the black market. so palestinian arab as can't possibly afford it. i mean, it just seems like everyone's ganging up against israel. as i recall, it was a -- hamas who had this hideous, horrible attack and killed 1200 people on october 7th. whatever happened to that thought? >> well, exactly, larry. and let's not forget as an american people there were well over 30 americans that were killed by hamas on october 7th. they have held 8 americans in those tunnels, 3 of them as we know right now are decease ised, and it's a very unfortunate situation. we need to demand th

into gaza. mr guterres's visit comes as israel faces mounting international pressure to allow more goods into the territory, as fears mount of imminent famine. our middle eastnear the rafah crossing. he sent us this update on the aid trying to get into gaza. this is the egyptian side of the rafah crossing with gaza, and one of the main entry points for humanitarian assistance into the territory. and here, hundreds of trucks are waiting to be allowed to enter gaza. now, western officials, aid groups have been criticising israeli authorities for this inspection process. they say that it is extremely slow and they say some of the strokes have been turned away because they have been carrying some items that have been banned by the israeli authorities, such as medical equipment and sleeping bags. some of these trucks have been here for weeks waiting for these inspections. and the un says more than 1,500 trucks are here in egypt. and obviously, the humanitarian situation in gaza is worsening. today, antonio guterres is back here, the un chief is again calling for a humanitarian ceasefire in gaza and for israeli authorities to do more to allow more humanitarian ai

speaking ahead of a two—day trip to the middle east, the german chancellor, 0laf scholz, urged israel to allow unlimited humanitarian aid into: we have a difficult situation- it _ translation: we have a difficult situation. it is _ translation: we have a difficult situation. it is necessary - translation: we have a difficult situation. it is necessary for - translation: we have a difficult situation. it is necessary for aid i situation. it is necessary for aid to reach gaza on a larger scale. i have —— but there will be a topic i also have to talk about. we are also concerned about the further advancement of military deployments. in particular there is a danger that a large full—scale offensive in rafah will result in many terrible civilian casualties. which must be avoided at all costs. we will have to talk about the long—term perspective. the question of how the peaceful coexistence between a palestinian state in israel can succeed. earlier today, gaza's health ministry updated the number of people who have been killed in the territory since israel launched its military action there in october to 31,553. most of the dead a

in cairo on his latest middle east tour for talks to shipboard -- to shore up support on a cease-fire. the top diplomat says israel needs to do more to allow humanitarian aid into he said the entire population faces significant levels of food insecurity. the ua and also called for a cease-fire on thursday. the u.n. has issued a draft resolution to the security council for the first time calling for an immediate cease-fire tied to the release of hostages. the security council is expected to vote on the u.s. draft resolution on friday. we will take a listen to what mr. blinken had to say. >> there is clear consensus around a number of shared priorities. first, the need for an immediate, sustained cease-fire with the release of hostages. that would create space to surge more humanitarian assistance, to relieve the suffering of many people, and to build something more enduring. negotiators continue to work, the gaps are narrowing, and we continue to push for an agreement. it is still difficult work to get there, but i continue to believe it is possible. anchor: our correspondent in jerusalem gave us his analysis. reporter: the wheels of diplomacstill very much in m

blinken's last stop in the middle east tomorrow, when he is in israel to discuss israel's plans for that operation, as the biden administration says it does not want to see israel go into rafah in a large-scale way. they believe that would cause far too many civilian casualties, frances. >> josh, thank you >>> in haiti, 15 americans have been evacuated by helicopter into the neighbor dominican republic the state department hopes to evacuate 30 u.s. citizens a day. haiti, especially the capital, are being terrorized by gangs that threaten to turn the country into civil war around 1600 are still believed to be stuck in haiti >>> here in the u.s., a briefing left lawmakers concerned about national security. some senators left the briefing saying this information needs to be declassified for the american public >> my reaction to this briefing is that tiktok is a gun aimed at americans' heads the chinese communists are weaponizing information. >> if that passed the house, it would force the chinese parent company to divest. but it could take months for the senate to take up the issue because they want to write their own bill >>> much of the country is in for a rainy end to

he wrapped up another tulip -- tour of the middle east hoping to iron out details of a possible cease-fire agreement between israel and hamas. >>> 170 days intohe war fighting rages on inside the gaza strip. and questions little about the potential of an australian offensive into the southernmost city. that's on the biting ministration is urging israeli officials to avoid. and made ongoing negotiations to pause the conflicts. >> there is a lot of work to be done in hard work to be done but we are determined to try and get it done. >> reporter: would know and insights this flows into the enclave making its northern gaza over the weekends. united nations warrants this part of this trip is on the verge of famine. i must continue to receive more international supports. >>> with a focus on israel's southern front there is real concerns about a broader conflict in the north. the lebanese militant group launch new attacks against israel over the weekend. shannon? >> thank you very much tray. joining us tom cotton, welcome back to fox news sunday. >> thank you stana katic good to be on with you. >> shannon: bilani to talk about based on the top of th

banking on or hoping israel would not do major combat operations during that month in fear of additional escalation in other parts of the middle east and religious extremism bubbling over intoal violence in the area. sadly that plan appears the appaears to be working, according to indications i have. hamas never wanted to release hostages. a real hostage deal was not in the works. they were playing for time in order to get close to ramadan and i think they were hoping hamas wiggle way out of the fighting and claim victory by existing and having some long—term unofficial ceasefire. i hope that does not happen. i hope israel stays true to its mission, that is to defend israeli civilians and get the hostages home and defeat the threat and menace of hamas from gaza. jonathan conricus, former spokesperson for the israeli defence forces, thank you for your time. thank you for having me. has been under the mass kidnapping in nigeria. the food injust over a week. kidnapping in nigeria. the food in just over a week. armed kidnapping in nigeria. the food injust over a week. armed men 15 students from the school in the early hours of saturday. four women also taken. already a major se

approach to the middle east and to the israel palestine issue, but let me take moment to um let our viewers know - they have just joined us, this is gaza under attack, a deep dive into the news surrounding the ongoing us led, israeli genocidal war on gaza, the blockaded coastal enclave, um, you mentioned george gallaway rick, the pro-palestinian politician george galloway has caused a panic in british politics with his landslade win, landslide win in the by-elections held in rotschdale, greater manchester, which accorded him a mandate to speak about god. in the house of commons of the british parliament. gallaway told us, it's time small parties challenged big ones. a genocide is not a small thing, and the international court of justice has already sent israel for trial uh, having concluded that there were was a plausible case for genocide uh being committed in the gaza strip. that's not a small thing, that doesn't happen every day, but the local politicians here. in the council and the national politicians across the consensus of the front benches want to pretend that it isn't happening, want to disguise that they are deeply involved in it, they're giving cover to

or hoping that israel would not do major combat operations during that month, in fear of additional escalation in other parts of the middle east and religious extremism bubbling over intohe area. and sadly, that plan appears to be have been working. according to all the information and indications that i have, hamas never wanted to release israeli hostages and a real hostage deal wasn't in the works. they were playing for time in order to get close to ramadan and then to try to derail israel from continuing fighting, and they think that they are hoping hamas, that they will be able to wiggle their way out of the fighting here come out of the war and claim victory by existing and having some long—term unofficial cease—fire. i don't think it's going to have, i hope it's not going to happen and i hope that israel stays true to its mission which is to defend israeli civilians, to get the hostages home and to defeat the threat and the menace of hamas from gaza. former spokesperson for the israeli defence forces, thank you very much for your time. thank you for having me. the crisis in haiti where the country's most vulnerable people are suffering amid a surge of deadly gang