mohamed taha from bbc arabic. cue for _ statement. mohamed taha from bbc arabic.c news. vladimir putin is due to meet communist party leaders in vietnam today. the russian president arrived in hanoi on a flight from pyongyang, where he signed a defence agreement with the north korean leader kimjong—un. unlike north korea, vietnam is not suspected of supplying russia with weapons and munitions for its war in ukraine. the us has voiced concerns at the visit, saying that no country should give the russian president a platform against the backdrop of the war in ukraine. let's speak to our correspondent shaimaa khalil who is following the story from seoul. visiting north korea or north korea hosting vladimir putin is one thing. how risky is it though for vietnam to rule out the red carpet like this? i would not say it is risky. vietnam and russia have had a long and very established friendship. this has been happening for many decades. remember historically the soviet union has provided economic and military assistance to vietnam during their war with the french and th

with me is bbc arabic�*s mohamed taha. hello again. nice to see you.easefire agreement, what more can you tell us? , ., tell us? the parties did not disclose their _ tell us? the parties did not disclose their positions - disclose their positions clearly, so both parties did not say yes or did not say no to the american proposals or the israeli proposals that was conveyed by the american president. so, the israelis, the israeli prime minister did not come publicly to say he is accepting the proposals, however, the secretary of state said he accepted the proposals but benjamin netanyahu says war aims did not change from eliminating hamas which practically means no full withdrawal from gaza, practically means no full withdrawalfrom gaza, no withdrawal from gaza, no permanent withdrawalfrom gaza, no permanent ceasefire. 0n the other hand, hamas handed the response to the american proposals, listing some changes, one of these changes is israeli withdrawal from the borders between egypt and gaza, which allow the rougher crossing the border to be open to the

that is mohammed taha from bbc arabic, there. those who fought in the second world war a warning from president biden, to heed the lessons of the past. today, in an emotional speech at normandy in northern france he delivered a passionate defence of democracy. he spoke at the legendary pointe du hoc, where us army rangers scaled 100—foot cliffs to storm a nazi stronghold during the american assaults on d—day. it's the same place where republican president ronald reagan delivered an address in1981t — his words capturing the nation's attention, helping carry him to a second term. in a tacit dig at his presidential rival donald trump — mr biden flatly rejected isolationism. he said the rangers who fought eighty years ago, would no doubt want america to stand up to vladimir putin's agression in europe. iam here i am here to tell you that with them god and, the wind coming of this ocean will not fade. it will grow louder. as we gather here today it isn'tjust to honour those who showed remarkable bravery on that day, june six, 1944, bu

with me is bbc arabic�*s mohamed taha. thank you forjoining us once again on the programme.are hearing from gaza on the civilian impact of this rescue mission? the civilian impact is huge as we know from the israeli version that there are about 100 civilians dying in this operation. the palestinian version says 240 people died in this operation. the central of the camp is devastated because of the amount of shelling was securing the operation and the operation is really a sign that only a deal between the parties could secure the release of the other 120 hostages. if you can imagine that this operation would repeat tens of times to release all hostages that means a massive amount of loss of civilians. a massive amount of loss of civilians-_ civilians. overnight we saw anti-government _ civilians. overnight we saw - anti-government demonstrations anti—government demonstrations in tel aviv. can you talk us through what the protesters in israel want. on the day that witnessed the biggest israeli achievement in this war, which is releasing four hostages alive, we see a massive d

with me is mohamed taha from bbc arabic. lovely to see you again.oth israel and hamas to accept this deal. indeed. it looks like israel would want the hostages back and then have the possibility to continue the war... this is the formula benjamin netanyahu want... exchange the hostage with palestinian prisoners and then there will be negotiations to the next level of ceasefire, and he would expect that somehow the fighting would go back as what happened in november. this formula might be convincing for the israeli ministers and might be convincing for the people who really want the war to continue.— really want the war to continue. �*, ., , , continue. so it's all pretty tenuous _ continue. so it's all pretty tenuous still, _ continue. so it's all pretty tenuous still, really? - continue. so it's all pretty - tenuous still, really? hanging on these details. in the meantime, overnight air on these details. in the meantime, overnightairstrikes meantime, overnight air strikes in meantime, overnightairstrikes in various parts of gaza. indeed, we saw she

with me is mohamed taha from bbc arabic.e? they really is an offensive in the shejaiya quarter in the city of gaza. there are other offences also happening closer to rafah. we do not know exactly why this offence happened in this area in particular but we may suspect that there is a new operation to release hostages. at the same time the israeli forces continue shelling different parts of gaza, leaving around 40 parts of gaza, leaving around a0 dead the last 2a hours. also the tension between the israel and hezbollah in the northeast continue and the offensive in the west bank is also continuing. the war is leading slowly into the ninth month, with no sign from both parties to calm down or to engage positively in the ceasefire negotiations. i as you say, the ninth month and the un have warned about dire conditions being faced in gaza darkwa zero indeed, the people really paying the price of the fighting other civilians. around 2 million people in gaza are moving from place to place and they are saying, the un are saying, in

mohamed taha from bbc arabic gave us his analysis.the other cities in the west bank never stopped since this war started on the 7th of october. the israeli forces used to do incursions in all cities to try to hunt militants and wanted in these cities. in this particular incident, the israeli forces were trying to fight with a number of militants injenin. amongst them, this person, a suspect of being a member of hamas. when this person got wounded and his family tried to call an ambulance, the israeli forces strapped him on a bonnet of a car, as we saw, and drove him away. he ended up in a hospital, being treated but we saw the image that we saw on the tv. the situation in the west bank is escalating all the time. there are 528 people died in the west bank since the 7th of october. 133 are children and the situation in the west bank is not better than the situation of gaza. and gaza, as the right—wing ministers in the israeli government are inviting the israeli forces and israeli army to do a full invasion to the west bank, exactly as

with me is mohamed taha from bbc arabic.ments of the israeli governing coalition. no surprise, this was their stated position that they would not accept a deal of this type. what has the reaction been in the round? does it look likely that this plan will be adopted by either side?— by either side? unlikely. i think the _ by either side? unlikely. i think the american - think the american administration put themselves again in an embarrassing situation. president biden announced that this israeli proposal for a ceasefire, announced that this israeli proposalfor a ceasefire, but apparently the first not to accept the proposal is the israeli government and prime minister benjamin netanyahu. and hamas also, they are requiring some clarifications on that deal. so it might take some time to go back to israel and report a new ceasefire, as you did in november.- and report a new ceasefire, as you did in november. some of the key elements _ you did in november. some of the key elements of— you did in november. some of the key element

with me is mohamed taha, from bbc arabic. let's start with that refugee camp, what's been going on?inning of this war eight months ago. so the areas in the north and the south saw fighting on and off, but this area saw continuous fighting. over the last hour, we saw more than ten israeli soldiers injured and tens of civilians died from the shelling. this area is very close to the area where 1.5 area is very close to the area where1.5 million people are staying there, where they moved from rafah to khan younis, making this area very dangerous for them. making this area very dangerous forthem. in making this area very dangerous for them. , ., ., for them. in in terms of that fiuuhtin for them. in in terms of that fighting in — for them. in in terms of that fighting in the _ for them. in in terms of that fighting in the north, - for them. in in terms of thatj fighting in the north, there's wildfires, bushfires, all sorts going on. take us to that situation.— going on. take us to that situation. ., ,., ., situation. indeed, also that exchange — situation. indeed, also that exchange of—

with me now is mohamed taha from bbc arabic. we have had proposals before. one and what's new? it what is in this one and what's new? , . , . what is in this one and what's new? ,. h, , new? it is an israeli proposal, it does not — new? it is an israeli proposal, it does not include _ new? it is an israeli proposal, it does not include a - new? it is an israeli proposal, i it does not include a permanent ceasefire. it does not include a full withdrawal from the israeli forces from gaza, which are the main two demands of hamas. 50 are the main two demands of hamas. . are the main two demands of hamas, ., , are the main two demands of hamas. ., , ., ., ,�* hamas. so what is hamas' resnonse _ hamas. so what is hamas' resnonse so _ hamas. so what is hamas' response so far? - hamas. so what is hamas' response so far? they - hamas. so what is hamas' response so far? they are | response so far? they are responding _ response so far? they are responding positively - response so far? they are responding positively to i response so far? they are l responding positivel

with me is mohammed taha from bbc arabic america's questioning of the attack is unusual and underlinesatest us intervention. it’s the significance of the latest us intervention.— us intervention. it's really important _ us intervention. it's really important the _ us intervention. it's really important the us - us intervention. it's really important the us want - important the us want clarification about the attack on the school that left 35 people dead and a lot of them are children and this is new, of course and we saw previously israeli attacks on school in the north or khan younis or on schools and other hospitals in the south down the attack that made it out of service and we saw the attack on the aid cues in gaza and we saw the attack on the world central kitchen aid workers and all of these attacks, most of them, israel will say they are targeting hamas members and it's interesting to see the us asking for names.- interesting to see the us asking for names. that is the context. _ asking for names. that is the context, with _ asking for names. that is the context, with unwra - as

with me is mohamed taha from bbc arabic. good morning., the us is trying to get _ us is trying to get international momentum to these proposals. they are trying, by doing this, to make hamas and israel accept the proposals, as it an international effort, not only by biden. it looks like benjamin netanyahu and biden agreed on these proposals, away from the right—wing ministers in israel. benjamin netanyahu's trying by these proposals to achieve by proposals what he couldn't achieve by war, which is returning back the hostages, and eliminating hamas by removing them from power using international and regional forces. but the question is, would hamas really accept these proposals, that does not include permanent ceasefire? that means what happened in november could happen again, which is exchange hostages and then return back to war. part ofthe then return back to war. part of the peace _ then return back to war. part of the peace plan _ then return back to war. part of the peace plan is - then return back to war. part of the peace plan is t

with me is bbc arabic�*s mohamed taha.l, two weeks ago. there he is, he was meant to be answering questions about another topic and got slightly frustrated with the support when asked about this, is it because he is frustrated by the lack of progress on this deal? indeed, this deal is not going anywhere, because hamas submitted a reply for the proposal, saying that there should be, from the beginning of starting their proposals, guarantees of a permanent ceasefire, a full withdrawal of israeli forces from gaza. israeli forces from gaza. israel will never, and the right—wing israeli government would never commit to that. israel wants a permanent presence in gaza that would guarantee them hunting hamas members at any moment, as exactly they do in the west bank, and hamas would never ever hand any hostages, knowing that after they would hand the hostages, the israeli forces would hunt them themselves. apparently this is not an option for them. if apparently this is not an option for them.- apparently this is not an option for