lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem.me minister, benjamin netanyahu, has countered those he says are trying to pressure israel's military tactics in gaza. he said the only way to finish the job was to use crushing force against hamas. the remarks come as american officials are starting to voice disquiet about israel's methods. our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, sent this report from jerusalem. as israeli forces move south, another hospital in the eye of the storm. this was al nasser in khan younis this morning. four days after the cease fire ended, a desperate, constant procession of death, injury and grief. seven members of kassim sheba's family were killed as they slept. "why did this child deserve to die"? he asks. "what did he do"? nearby in dharambhala, a miraculous escape. two sisters, maria and lana, pulled alive from the rubble three days after being buried, along with dozens of members of their family. translation: | saw| a body on the ground. her head was covered with rocks. at first i thought it was my

paul adams, bbc news, jerusalem. let's ta ke let's take a look at the mentoring situation. shaina low, communication adviser for the norwegian refugee council, who is injerusalem now. we heard some very strong statements from the head of your organisation earlier. i read the quote out. "the pulverising of gaza now ranks amongst the worst assaults on any civilian population in our time and age. each day, we see more dead children a new depths of suffering for innocent people and during this hell." tell us more about what you're hearing from your colleagues on the ground. you're hearing from your colleagues on the ground-— on the ground. every day when we seak to on the ground. every day when we speak to our _ on the ground. every day when we speak to our colleagues, - on the ground. every day when we speak to our colleagues, they - on the ground. every day when we speak to our colleagues, they tell| speak to our colleagues, they tell us is the worst day of their life, and the next day turns out to actually be the worst day. the situation just keeps getting more and more desp

paul adams, bbc news, jerusalem.assessment of today's fighting the israelis are clearly focusing more and more on the city of khan younis, even though there is still fighting going on in and around gaza city. the chief of staff, israel's chief of staff has suggested that the israeli military is in the process of encircling khan younis and clearly this is causing panic. the scenes outside the hospital there are relentless. there is a steady stream of wounded people arriving there. and people are on the move. you know, the two things that the americans asked the israelis to make sure they did in this latest phase of the war were not to cause too much civilian hardship and not to because too many people to have to leave. ——and not to cause too many people to have to leave. this is early days still, it's only a few days since the fighting resumed, but for palestinians in that part of the gaza strip, it all looks awfully familiar. paul, can i ask you about the reports, they are unconfirmed reports, about the tunnels and t

chris mitchell, cn news, jerusalem.t technology, he tweets that israel must be annihilated, tweets, that israel must be destroyed, اقدامات پیشانه هست توسط سهیونیستا با یک ظرافت تبلیغاتی. سعی می کنن که این رو مطرح بکنن و خودشون رو به عنوان طلبکار نشون بدن اگر شما تاریخ زندگی یهودیان رو در ایران ببینین این خودش جواب همه سؤال رو میده یعنی یهودیان تاریخ بسیار بسیار طولانی در کنار مسلمان داشتن زندگی می کردن اینجا اما یک نکته ای که اینجا وجود داره اون سیاسیون که در اسرائیل زندگی می کنن اونها نماینده حضرت موسی نیستن نماینده دین یهود نیستند. که منجر به تخریب یه قومی خواهد بود پشت داستان نیست بیشتر به دنبال قوم یهود در این روایت به دنبال پیدا کردن و در حقیقت پیدایش یک ناجی دوباره است یهودیان همه جای دنیا در واقع دارن اتصالشون به ملیت ایرانی رو جشن می گیرن و چقدر عالی و خیلی اتفاق خودت و احتمالاً به همین دلیله که اصلاً اینقدر پررنگ شده و اینقدر حمله شده به این اشتراک ما با یهها داریم خیلی بیشتر از اون اختلافیه که الان داره رو تاکید میشه و ما می تونیم دوباره با. یک سیاست درست دوباره اون ها رو به دامان این حوزه تمدنی خودمون برگردون

i'm christel, cbn news, jerusalem.و کارکرد نجاتبخشی ایرانیان برای یهودیان هستش که یهودی تو هر کشور سرزمینی که زندگی می کردن وظیفه دینی خودشون که در حال وقتی که دارن از استفاده می کنن حقشناسی داشته باشن نمکشناس نباشن در خدمت اون جامعه باشند وقتی که حقیقت پشت داستان مشخص میشه معمولاً خیلی مثل روز روشن خواهد شد که هیچ افراد سیاسی و هیچ آرمانی که موجر به تخریب یه قومی خواهد بود پشت داستان نیست و بیشتر. به دنبال قوم یهود در این روایت به دنبال پیدا کردن و در حقیقت پیدایش یک ناجی دوباره است که یهودیان همه جای دنیا در واقع دارن اتصالشون به ملیت ایرانی رو جشن می گیرن و چقدر عالی و خیلی اتفاق خودسته ایست دلیله که اصلاً اینقدر پررنگ شده و اینقدر حمله شده به این اشتراکی که ما با یهودیا داریم خیلی بیشتر از اون اختلاف که الان داره روش تاکید میشه و ما میتونیم دوباره با یک سیاست درست دوباره اون ها رو به دامان این حوزه تقدنی خودمون برگردیم حالا من یهودی هم. این چند سال در طول تاریخ در کنار برادران مسلمون و سایر عوامی دیگه حتی میگم شامل اقلیت های دیگه هم میشه. از همه امکانات برقرار بودن خدا رو شکر الحمدلله این دوستی و مودت بسیار زیاد بو

believers around the world to join the next week and an. for israel's deliverance, i'mchell, cbn news, jerusalemحقیقت پشت داستان مشخص میشه معمولاً خیلی مثل الحمد لله خدا رو شکر ما اینجا نه این چند سال در طول تاریخ در کنار برادران مسلمونمون و سایر اقوامی دیگه حتی میگم شامل اقلیت های دیگه هم میشه از همه امکانات برقرار بودن خدا رو شکر الحمدلله این دوستی و مودت بسیار زیاد بوده و انشاالله بیشتر از این هم میشه باید این اتفاقات که یه مقدار شبیه موشتو اونیه یه مقدار شبیه تحریف هاییه که آشکارا منافعی درش هست برای دیگران اینا رو باید تشخیص بده پیشگیری کنیم ازش و به نظرم. is definitely not a matter of high concern for iranians and the jewish community living in the country. instead, what they seek to highlight is the commonalities between the two sides, which have been practiced by the people who have lived in this region, where the two have been living in peace and harmony. in other words, emphasis on the common ground and sticking to truth seem to be the only remedies for all the anguish and suffering humanity has endured. in its long history. في عمليه مباراهراتيون بعد ان تاكدت كما يكون i think it would

to join them this week and then ester fast for israel's deliverance. i'm chris mitchell, cbn news, jerusalemدرست دوباره اون ها رو به دامان این حوزه تمدنی خودمون برگردیم الان من یهودی هم تو همین جا دارم زندگی می کنم بین مردم هستم توی محیت زندگی تو همسایه ها یا توی دانشگاه سرباز جاهای دیگه توی بازار با همدیگه دارن زندگی می کنم خیلی وقتا اصلاً این اختلافا وجود نداره این حالا هم روحیه خود ایرانی بودن هست فرهنگ is absolute truth or simply based on fiction, it's definitely not a matter of high concern for iranians and the jew community living in the country. instead, what they seek to highlight is the commonalities between the two sides which been practiced by the people who have lived in this region where the two have been living in peace and harmony. in other words and emphasis on the common ground and sticking truths seem to be the only remedies for all the anguish and suffering humanity has endured in its long history. so it's attack, we know that wall street is. ic's big financial hub till palestine is free and showing that we have the power to shut it down and we're doing it together with th

believers around the world to join them this week an estether fast for is delivery. i'mchell, cbn news, jerusalemاحتمالاً به همین دلیله که اصلاً اینقدر پر رنگ شده و اینقدر حمله شده به این اشتراکی که ما با یهودیا داریم خیلی بیشتر از اون اختلافیه که الان داره روش تاکید میشه و ما می تونیم دوباره با یک سیاست درست دوباره اون ها رو به دامان این تمدنیا خودمون برگردیم الان من یهودیم تو همین جا دارم زندگی می کنم بین مردم هستم توی محیط زندگی تو همسایه ها یا توی دانشگاه توی سربازی جاهای دیگه توی بازار با همدیگه دارن زندگی می کنن و خیلی وقتا اصلاً این اختلافا وجود نداره این حالا هم روحیه خود ایرانی بودن هست فرهنگی که حالا بخش بر اساس. based on fiction is definitely not a matter of high concern for iranians and the jewish community living in the country. instead, what they seek to highlight is commonalities between the two sides, which have been practiced by people who have lived in this region where the two have been living in peace and harmony. in other words, emphasis on the common ground and sticking to truths seem to be the only remedies for all the anguish and suffering humanity has endured. in its long

i'm chris mitchell, cbn news, jerusalem.لله بیشتر هم میشه باید این اتفاقات که یه مقدار شبیه موشتوونی یه مقدار شبیه تحریف هایی که آشکارا منافعی درش هست برای دیگران اینا رو باید تشخیص بدیم و پیشگیری کنیم ازش و به نظرم راه حلش اینه که whether the story recounted by the book of ester is absolute truth or simply a myth based on fiction is definitely not a matter of high concern for iranians and the jewish community living in the country. instead, what they seek to highlight, is the commonalities between the two sides, which have been practiced by the people who have lived in this region, where the two have been living in peace and harmony. in other words, emphasis on the common ground and sticking to truth seem to be the only remedies for all the anguish and suffering humanity has endured in long history. he will be a target to the israeli occupation. the israeli occupation does not want journalists to succeed in covering these violations. the hospital was targeted with phosphorus barms that resulted in huge fires. we were afraid

lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem.y of fighting since the start of its offensive in gaza. in the south, israeli forces have entered the city of khan younis. the united nations is warning of an "even more hellish scenario" in gaza with no safe places for people to go. this map shows the main districts of gaza. a huge flow of people were told to leave their homes more than a month ago since hamas, designated as a terrorist organistaion by the uk government, attacked israel. the un says nearly 1.9m people have been forced from their homes in this way since october the 7th. that's more than 85% of the population in gaza. this is the latest damage assessment map of the territory as shown here in red. the worst hit areas you can see in the north of the strip. our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, sent this report from jerusalem. as israeli forces move south, another hospital in the eye of the storm. this was al nasr in khan younis this morning. four days after the cease—fire ended, a desperate constant procession of deat

that's the latest here i'm jay gray, nbc news, jerusalem. >>> now a nbc news exclusive the chinese spy balloon that flew across the u.s. earlier this year used an american internet service provider to communicate while in the air that's according to two current and one former u.s. official familiar with that intelligence. the balloon used the connection to transmit and receive data from china the transmissions were primarily related to the balloon's navigation nbc news is not naming the provider to protect the identity of our sources >>> the justice department says it will sue texas if it goes forward with a new state law that lets police arrest migrants who cross the border illegally that's according to a letter sent to republican governor greg abbott and obtained by nbc news. the doj says the law is unconstitutional since immigration enforcement is the job of the federal government, not the individual states. texas has until wincednesday to comply, but the governor's office says the state it prepared to take the fight all the way to the u.s. supreme court. >>> the murder rate in amer

the jews who came to new amsterdam or new york called this area the new jerusalem and the rocky mountains in north america the new mount zion. in 1776, jews in 13 american states lived a relatively comfortable life for themselves. religious freedom, business and political freedom were among the rights of jewish immigrants in this region. entering the new century, the states parliament. the united states passed the law, based on this law, jews who had been living in american pensions for 7 years could become american citizens. in this period. the port cities of the united states became jewish settlements. newport, philadelphia, new york, charleston, savannah were areas where jewish merchants were engaged in commercial activities. historians consider one of the reasons for the acceptance and settlement of jews in the new america, their presence in the internal revolutions against england and independence america knows. when the jews saw the outbreak of war in america as a cause of damage to their business , they united with the supporters of american freedom to stand against england. this a

shaimaa khalil, bbc news, jerusalem. or the suffering of its people. shaimaa khalil, bbc news, jerusalem. the israeli military says it's withdrawing some reservist troops from gaza to give them a break, in preparation forfurther fighting into next year. the idf said five brigades had been released, but they'd be needed back in gaza soon, as the campaign to eradicate hamas would go on. here's idf spokesperson, rear admiral daniel hagari making those comments. these days we are also adjusting the plan of forces' deployment in gaza and in the array of the service. some of the reserve soldiers will return to theirfamilies and theirjobs this week. this will allow a significant relief for the economy, and will allow them to gather strength ahead of the coming activities in the new year. the fighting will continue, and we will need them. these adjustments are meant to ensure planning and preparation for the rest of the 2024. the idf must plan ahead with the understanding that will be required for and the continuation of the fig

i drove past the new jerusalem monastery and i think, but it was blown up, you know, yes, the germansretreated, they blew it up, and i note this for myself, i think it’s a strange thing, and today these 30 years have passed, the line of defense passed through the church, through the soviet past , on russophobia, on communists and certainly on the church, and today on the church in ukraine, and today from memory. and in this sense, i return to this, the pass that alexander mikhailovich gives me from the press conference of the past president, where he says: we need to equalize everyone who is fighting at the front, although there are volunteers, and i immediately noted for myself , we need to level up not only volunteers or non-volunteers mobilized, we need to level up all teachers in our country, this is a very important task, it can be more important than even the key rate, because a person receiving 40... thousand in buryat is a teacher or 150 here in moscow, these are different things, because i told you, i told you, in tajikistan there is a russian school that we built, russia, 60

that's the latest here i'm jay gray, nbc news, jerusalem. >>> the justice department says it will sue texas if it goes forward with a new state law that lets police arrest migrants who cross the border illegally that's according to a letter sent to republican governor greg abbott and obtained by nbc news. the doj says the law is unconstitutional, since immigration enforcement is the job of the federal government, not the individual states. texas now has until wednesday to comply, but the governor's office says the state is, quote, prepared to take this fight all the way to the u.s. supreme court. >>> some hospitality workers in california are closing out the year with one last labor action. hotel employees in pasadena are planning to walk off the job on new year's eve the hospitality union says workers at the hilton and hyatt place have yet to reach an agreement on a labor deal. it comes the day before pasadena is expected to host massive new year's crowds for both the rose bowl and the tournament of roses parade >>> to the forecast now and some severe weather parts of southern califo

jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.k at some other stories making news. new figures show improvements in britain's health service compared to this time last year, but patients needing emergency care are still facing long waits in england. the waiting list for treatments fell slightly to 7.71 million from a record high of 7.78 million the previous month. the father, step—mother and uncle of ten—year—old sara sharif, who died at her home in woking in august, have pleaded not guilty to her murder. urfan sharif, beinash batool and faisal malik appeared at the old bailey by video link. they also pleaded not guilty to a second charge of causing or allowing the death of a child. the european central bank and the bank of england have both decided to keep interest rates on hold. in the uk, interest rates have been kept at 5.25% for the third time in a row. the bank of england governor suggested it was too early to say when rates could be cut. you're live with bbc news. let's head to australia now, where a state memorial for barr

as part of these siberian divisions that came then, and before that... well, i drove past the new jerusalemay for the monuments to lenin in ukraine in europe, and why, it would seem, the nazis are retreating, well, what did they get there with the new jerusalem monastery, this is precisely that same sodomy, you see, this is the spirit, this is the teacher, this is - look how everyone else is changing , just recently 2 weeks ago they said, ukraine, unfortunately, was defeated with this counter-offensive, and now 2 weeks later, well, the russians have achieved nothing, we just need to get together and continue to supply, supply, supply , and before that they said the same thing in turkey, yes, when we almost agreed to supply, to fight, why am i repeating this seemingly well-known truth, of which we are often experts here. they are dying, this senator said, russians and ukrainians, well it’s like he’s 10 thousand miles away, he ’s in america, and then he seemed to say this simple truth, but why should we rejoice? but what is it like for us russians to rejoice or for the death of russians or uk

lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. carl: that report from earlier this week.e in the czech republic said the gunman who killed 14 people at a university in prague thursday wounded another 25 killed himself after seeing police were encircling him from all directions. all those who died have been identified. the first to be publicly named was the head of the university's music department. police released body camera footage from receiving the first emergency call and officer stepping into the building was four minutes. our correspondent reports now from prague. >> hunting for a killer. this is the moment when armed police burst into a prague university to stop the gunman who was stalking the corridors and shooting students. an officer's body camera footage was released. images of the horrifying attack. in a classroom, they shout for stretchers to treat students with terrible injuries. others had barricaded themselves into lecture halls, hiding until they could be evacuated by police. >> they searched everyone. everyone had their hands up. we were taken outside t

lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem.a: the director of the cia bill burns is in poland meeting the head of israel's agency and members from the qata ri government in a push to free hostages from gaza. sources tell the bbc negotiations for the release of more have not yet started between hamas and israel. i spoke to a middle east director of the international community's organization who has been involved in negotiations in this region. thank you for joining us. what difference does the accidental killing of these three israeli hostages by the israeli defense forces make to any further hostage negotiations that may take place? guest: it is a tragic event that took place and families of hostages, those who came back and those were in gaza, took to the streets immediately following -- following the killing of those three young men . it is another notch up in raising the pressure of the public on the israeli government to make a deal with hamas and the result is what we saw today, the meeting of the head of the --, the head

according to the heavenly calendar that will exist in new jerusalem, translated people must die. >> whats it mean? >> whatever warren jeffs means by it, i don't want to wait and find out and see. >> if warren jeffs were to command people to be "translated," in other words, die so they could go to heaven -- the faithful flds may well do that. >> it's not unrealistic to believe his followers would follow him down the road of a mass suicide event. >> that's our concern is that something could happen along the lines of a heaven's gate. >> the mass suicide in california, 21 women, 18 men -- >> or a zonestown -- >> jim jones, the leader of afternoon american religious cult and his followers, have been found dead at their jungle camp in guyana, the result of a mass suicide/murder. >> and i hope i'm wrong, i really do. but that is what is written in the revelations. >> i want to make this very clear. if the law officials, fbi, whoever, doesn't stop warren, thousands will die. sorry. >> juju: jeffs calling for all children of former flds members to come back into the fold. >> i think those recent

jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem. >> we are going to speak now to jason lee, director for the occupieditory for save e children. thank you for coming on the program. i gather you have just been in rafah. can you tell us what you saw? >> conditions are getting worse, as throughout all of the gaza strip. with the increased military offensive, the population again is being forced to move south. these are people that already moved on the premise of being safe. rafa cannot accommodate the hundreds of thousands of civilians that again will be homeless. there is not enough shelter. there is no room to accommodate them. there is not enough infrastructure, access to food, water, sanitation, and critically, the health system is on the brink of collapse. >> sorry to jump in. is this a situation where getting more trucks of aid to the other side of the border to try and support people can help in a significant way or are there too many people in one space now? >> too many people in one space. infrastructure cannot support it. getting more trucks in is necessary but will not solve the problem. ther

jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem. lewis: jeremy there raising several questions. oing to dig into them now. a former u.s. assistant secretary of state for near eastern affairs, and the u.k.'s consul general in jerusalem in the mid-1990s, responsible for dealings with the palestinian authority after the oslo accords. thank you both very much for coming on the program. >> thank you. >> thank you. lewis: if we could start, david, with you, i will come on the relations and the role of the u.s. in a moment. picking up some of the broad themes of jeremy bowen's report, where things stand now, what do you think has to happen to move towards peace? >> well, i think first of all, hamas can't be in control of gaza. these are not going to be a potential peace partner. but certainly i think the israelis are going to have to accept ultimately that there will have to be a palestinian partner out there that they can do business with. that's not this palestinian authority under mahmoud abbas, a guy going into his 19th year of a four-year term. but ultimately it will be the plo, an

bbc news, jerusalem. >> israel says it has struck hezbollah militants in response to missiles fired overorder. these pictures released by the israel defense forces show them striking with they describe as hezbollah infrastructure in lebanon. israel says they hit a number of targets, including launch sites and a military compound. earlier i spoke to -- she is a team leader for the u.n. office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs. she told me about the latest situation. >> the humanitarian situation in rafah is a human catastrophe. we see the continued arrivals of people who have already fled 3, 4, 5 times. we estimate nearly 10,000 people a day have been arriving just into the united nations shelters and many more are arriving to places outside, setting up makeshift shelters on the beach, any spot of land that is still vacant. even now, literally on the roads , they were previously on roundabouts and footpaths. those have been congested with all the shelters of everyone who has sought refuge, we have people literally setting up shelters on the road. the situation in rafah is nothi

imtiaz tyab, cbs news, jerusalem. >>> to the weather now and heavy rains continue to fall in parts of california bringing a risk of flooding to the central and southern coast. the storm earlier swept through the san francisco bay and sacramento areas. it comes as millions get ready to travel for christmas. the heaviest rain is falling with half a foot possible in some areas of southern california. the national weather service says that there's a high risk of street flooding along with the possibility of mudslides on canyons and mountain roads. gusty winds are also expected. california's rain comes as people in the northeast clean up from storms that damaged homes, washed out roads, and downed trees. hundreds of thousands lost power, mostly in maine. at least five people were killed, though, and dozens had to be rescued. more than five inches of rain fell in several states across the northeast. wind gusts hit nearly 70 miles per hour along the new england shoreline. >>> coming up, dramatic new bodycam video. we'll show you how police officers responded to the deadly mass shooting at un

jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem. from new york, where that vote by the un security council has taken place in the last couple of hours. our correspondent nada tawfik is there. this was a rare bid by the secretary—general to get a ceasefire resolution. what's been the reaction to the us veto?— to the us veto? that's absolutely ri . ht to the us veto? that's absolutely right reeta. _ to the us veto? that's absolutely right reeta. a — to the us veto? that's absolutely right reeta, a rare _ to the us veto? that's absolutely right reeta, a rare pushed there | to the us veto? that's absolutely i right reeta, a rare pushed there for the secretary—general to get the security council to demand an immediate ceasefire by invoking article 99 of the un charter, a power granted to secretary—generals, but rarely used. it hasn't been used in decades but nevertheless what we saw here at the un was a quick reaction to the secretary—general�*s call, with 97 nation sponsoring a draft resolution calling for a ceasefire. but the united st

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jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem. a growing number of donors, politicians, business leaders and students are calling for the resignation of the university of pennsylvania president. the uproar follows a heated hearing on capitol hill where representative elise stefanik grilled her on weather calls for the genocide of jewish people violated the university's code of conduct. she said it was "context dependent." she later apologized in a video, but it fair old -- it failed to quell further criticism. >> this is unacceptable. i will give you one more opportunity for the world to see your answer. does calling for the genocide of jews violate penn's code of conduct when it comes to bullying and harassment, yes or no? >> it can be harassment. i was focused on our university's long-standing policies aligned with the u.s. constitution, which say that speech alone is not punishable. i was not focused on, but i should have been, the irrefutable fact that a call for genocide of jewish people is a call for some of the most terribl

lucy williamn, bbc news, jerusalem. we can speak now to our diplomatic correspondent paul adams in jerusalem with more for us. very good to see you. what is the israeli government saying about these reports? paul: israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu is not the most popular politician in this country. he has come under attack for all sorts of reasons since october 7. but this evening he said something i think all israelis will agree with. he said it in hebrew during a press conference, but he also broke into english. he said to the u.n., where the hell are you? israelis cannot fathom why, for weeks and weeks and weeks, the u.n. fail to recognize something which the israelis were telling them had happened. and we've seen mounting evidence in recent weeks of what does seem to amount to the systematic rape of israeli women during the events of october 7. and israelis are just incandescent with rage at the inability, they think, of the international community to recognize this and to condemn it. and they conclude, per

lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. thought that over 120 people are still being held hostage in gaza by hamas. in tel aviv on saturday, thousands of people attended a rally, calling on israel's government to secure their immediate release. a palestinian official says egypt has presented a new plan for a two—week truce with an exchange of israeli hostages and palestinian detainees. earlier this week, hamas said that it would not release any more hostages until the end of the war. a short while ago i spoke to mara kronenfeld. she's head of the un's palestinian aid agency in the us. thank you so much for being here and i'm sure you've been following but the un security council approving this week after days of debate a resolution into getting more aid into gaza and it stopped short though of calling for a ceasefire. what do you make of that resolution? in your mind, does it go farenough? we welcome the resolution. the truth is, as of this morning in gaza, we have not seen anything change. we are hopeful that full—throated

yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. yolande joins us from jerusalem.fference will growing calls for a ceasefire actually make? it is hard to say but really there is so much pressure right now, the us defence secretary in tel aviv for talks with israeli leaders. the us, israel's closest ally, is pressing for it to move from this high intensity operations in gaza to lower intensity fighting more targeted, going after hamas leaders. israel is present more time. the government spokesman said earlier to ask how mass is hiding behind civilian infrastructure —— to ask a mass —— said to us how mass is hiding behind civilian infrastructure. there is global pressure from other allies pushing for a ceasefire and we are seeing that in negotiations taking place at the un security council. add in israel pressure for a ceasefire deal linked to a new hostage release deal, particularly after we saw last week these three israeli hostages killed by israeli forces mistakenly in gaza even as they held up white flags. that is causing shock and consternation here. many thank

lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. ur correspodent nada tawfik. we were expecting the un security council vote in a few hours�* time, it�*s been postponed. the council vote in a few hours' time, it's been postponed.— council vote in a few hours' time, it's been postponed. the uae which brou:ht it's been postponed. the uae which brought forward _ it's been postponed. the uae which brought forward that _ it's been postponed. the uae which brought forward that resolution - it's been postponed. the uae which brought forward that resolution ask| brought forward that resolution ask for the vote to take place tomorrow. we heard that diplomats were close to an agreement and there is real efforts being made, negotiations continue, to avoid it us veto of this resolution about something that happened just ten days ago in the konsa. the key sticking points are very much over the language. it seems diplomats are on board for this resolution, doing things like setting up a un monitoring mechanism for aid, setting up a un monitoring m

yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. about gaza's deepening humanitarian crisis with lecturing fellow at duke university rachel george. welcome. you'll have seen today from the world health 0rganization talking about northern gaza and saying essentially there is no more functioning hospitals there. talk to us about what that means for anyone i suppose who is still in the area, civilians who have not managed to get out? absolutely and thank you, it is a really horrific situation. as you said, there are reports of no more functioning hospitals in northern gaza, the closure of al—ahli hospital and al—shifa hospital means there are simply no areas that the civilians, those who remain, are able to seek the care they need. the world health organization has said hospitals are becoming hospices and indeed the lack of fuel, power, medical supplies and health workers means that there really is no fair chance for getting medical care that people need in that area. israel did claim that some five hospital buildings were directly inv

lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. a short while ago, i spoke to mara kronenfeld. the un's palestinian aid agency in the us. thank you so much for being here and i'm sure you've been following but the un security council approving this week after days of debate a resolution into getting more aid into gaza and it stopped short though of calling for a ceasefire. what do you make of that resolution? in your mind, does it go farenough? we welcome the resolution. the truth is, as of this morning in gaza, we have not seen anything change. we are hopeful that full—throated humanitarian access will be granted, that we will actually see it in practice. unfortunately, there is simply not enough aid and assistance going in as we speak and even if that humanitarian access was greatly stepped up, there are just realities on the ground that are limiting unrwa — the organisation i work with — limiting unrwa's ability and other humanitarian actors to get to people in need. the problem is is that the israeli military is not letting humanitarian actors go north and the strip. most a

hugo bachega, bbc news, jerusalem. regev — senior adviser to the israeli prime minister, benjamin netenyahu gave deals of their current strategy as the conflict continues. so, our goal now that the military operation has resumed, is to pursue hamas vigorously. we will destroy hamas�*s military machine and we will end their control over the gaza strip. at the same time, we will in parallel make the maximum effort to do two things. one, to differentiate between the terrorists who are our bitter enemy and the civilian population who are not the target of our operation. we will do everything to safeguard that civilian population. and as well, we will facilitate the entrance into the gaza strip of humanitarian support for the civilians of gaza. so as we move in now to crush hamas, we will in parallel continue. to facilitate humanitarian support for the people of gaza. that is part of our credo. that is part of our strategic goal. once again, we will do everything we can to keep gazan civilians outside of the cross—fire betw

hugo bachega, bbc news, jerusalem.nt to show you again those live pictures from khan younis. this is outside al nasser hospital. reports indicate the city is seeing some of the heaviest bombardments of the war yet. israel's defence forces have said they are now looking to the south. these pictures showing some of the injured being transported for treatment. we talked about the advantages of rockets which sometimes come from gaza and to israel and we had the air raid sirens. let's now speak to gaza correspondent, rushdi abualouf, who is currently in istanbul. i want to ask about the ceasefire talks because you have a lot of different contacts and connections. we have heard those talks seemingly have broken down altogether and the israeli delegation have left doha and come back for in israeli delegation have left doha and come back fo— and come back for in the last 20 minutes i _ and come back for in the last 20 minutes i made _ and come back for in the last 20 minutes i made a _ and come back for in the last 20 minutes

jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem. hing" in an exclusive interview with bbc news. and, coming up, celebrating the life of the pogue�*s front man shane macgowan at his funeral. coming up in sport on bbc news, more on the rule changes that are coming to rugby league to make the sport safer, including lowering tackle height for all levels from 2025. vladimir putin has announced that he will stand for re—election as russian president when his term ends next year. the decision was widely—expected — and confirmed following an awards ceremony in moscow. the kremlin�*s official spokesman said that an "astonishing" number of people wanted mr putin to continue for what would be a fifth term in office. from moscow, our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. it had been his decision to invade ukraine. today, vladimir putin honoured russian soldiers who've been fighting in his war. there was pomp and patriotism, and more than a hint of kremlin choreography about what came next. president putin was surrounded by admirers. then... "in

lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. we will continue following that conflict.p, the us supreme court has refused to fast—track a decision on whether he can be tried for federal crimes or whether, on the contrary, he enjoys presidential immunity. the court's ruling means that mr trump's trial on charges that he tried to overturn the 2020 election, due this march, may well be delayed. the ex—president himself wants it postponed until after next november's presidential poll, in which he's running. live now to politico white house reporter daniel lippman. he'sjoining me from washington. thank you for being with us. you are up late for this but thank you for being with us. it is interesting when we come to these stories because there has been so much already spoken about on donald trump and these charges. could you put in context for us what this means? this means that his potential start date of the trial in march could be delayed which would be good news for him politically since he would like to push it as far as possible away because he is running for president

shaima khalil, bbc news, jerusalem. has warned the situation in the occupied west bank is rapidly deteriorating and has called for the end to unlawful killings of palestinians. let's focus now on the un's new report on what's happening in the occupied—west bank. it's released a report which says about 4,785 palestinians have been detained in the occupied west bank since 7th october. the un report also found cases of physical and psychological abuse and torture. nearly 300 palestinians were killed due to israeli military operations in the occupied west bank and eastjerusalem. it details a sharp increase in air strikes and incursions by israeli security forces on densely—populated areas including refugee camps. violent incidents from armed settlers have also increased, including sexual assault, beatings and humiliation. for more, i spoke with ajith sunghay, head of office for the un high commissionerfor human rights in the occupied palestinian territory. this report basically cast a spotlight on the human rights violation

lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. let's go back tojohn sudworth in washington. resolution, as you says, has little immediate practical impact, what does happen next?— immediate practical impact, what does happen next? well, as so often in diplomacy. — does happen next? well, as so often in diplomacy, reeta, _ does happen next? well, as so often in diplomacy, reeta, points- does happen next? well, as so often in diplomacy, reeta, points of high l in diplomacy, reeta, points of high principle have surrendered to realpolitik. there is no call for an immediate ceasefire, the un has failed in its efforts to wrestle control of aid flows into gaza away from israel. so, you know, you might well ask that question, what is the point then of this resolution of broad principle? ithink point then of this resolution of broad principle? i think in the end for those who say that this has achieved something, the important thing is notjust the agreement itself but the fact that it now has the backing of really the only outside power that has clout in this conflict, the staunch al

shaimaa khalil, bbc news, jerusalem. let's get some of the day's other news now. after a fuel tanker crashed and exploded in central liberia. officials say it burst into flame soon after people rushed to the site to scoop fuel from the tanker after it overturned on a road about 130 kilometres from the capital, monrovia. the cause of the crash is unclear. the venezuelan president has ordered the armed forces to hold military exercises. it's in response to a british decision to send a warship to support neighbouring guyana. in a tv address, nicolas maduro said 5600 soldiers would take part. earlier this month, venezuela resurrected an old claim to an oil—rich region which for decades has been part of guyana and its colonial predecessor, british guiana. cher has reportedly filed for a conservatorship of her son elijah blue allman due to his alleged substance abuse and mental health issues. court documents seen by us media reportedly claim mr allman, seen here with the star in 2002, is "substantially unable to manage his financial resources". three men have died after

hugo bachega, bbc news, jerusalem. diplomatic correspondent paul adams in jerusalem about the fallout from the vetoe of the resolution at un security council. i mean, obviously, israel is relieved that it was not isolated. that its steadfast ally, the united states, has bought it some more time. i think that is probably how it will have seen that because this does come at a time when us officials are starting to sound increasingly impatient with israel's actions in southern gaza, but obviously not impatient enough to make an expression of that at the united nations. as for the palestinians, as you can imagine they were deeply disappointed by the way the vote went. mahmoud abbas, the palestinian president, said this this decision will haunt the united states for years to come and he regretted an opportunity had not been taken to prevent this crisis from escalating into what he called a religious war that threatens the entire world. clearly, the terms under which the un secretary—general called this vote were very much wi

shaimaa khalil, bbc news, jerusalem.orrespondent sally nabil on what the us has been saying about those attacks on iranian—backed targets in iraq. they say that it comes in response to strikes that have targeted us military bases in iraq before. since the beginning of the war in gaza, militant groups in iraq believed to be sponsored by iran have launched dozens of drone attacks targeting us military bases whether in iraq or in syria. just yesterday, on christmas day, three us servicemen were injured. we believe that one of them is in a critical condition, according to a statement issued by the us secretary of defense. they were injured as a result of a drone attack carried out by one of the militant groups operating in iraq and believed to be supported by iran. and so the us strike came in response to that, and the statement issued by the secretary of defense said said that these strikes were proportionate and precise and that that us will do whatever it takes to protect its own nationals, whether inside or outside the c

jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem.are coming to light on what the released israeli hostages faced during their time being held by hamas. a doctor treating them says they have proof of severe sexual abuse and drugging of children, women and men that came back from captivity. there are people that came back and told us that they were given psychiatric medications and other drugs to children in large dose, and over time, and they came back here drugged with those drugs. it took us time to realise why the kids didn't fall asleep. there is no reason to give healthy children such medications, and i'm sure that that was purposely made in order to torture them and to hurt them. for more, i spoke tojoe english, an emergency communication specialist at unicef. what more does unicef know about the treatment of children, those who were held hostage and are still being held hostage? yes, thank you. it is good to be with you. horrific reports. i don't think anyone can hear those kind of stories and fail to be absolutely horrified. s