i paul adams, is in jerusalem.adams, is injerusalem. wonder if you could jl with i wonder if you could just update us with what benjamin netanyahu has been seen through today. he with what benjamin netanyahu has been seen through today. he made a short statement _ been seen through today. he made a short statement a _ been seen through today. he made a short statement a short _ been seen through today. he made a short statement a short time - been seen through today. he made a short statement a short time ago, i short statement a short time ago, essentially welcoming the decision taken by the united states last night in the telling that un resolution. i don't think there was ever any doubt in israeli minds that the us would do this. the us, like israel, believes that this war cannot and until hamas has been militarily defeated. in the eyes of the israelis and the americans, to call for a cease—fire without that objective having been realised is simply going to sow the seeds for a future conflict. so mr benjamin net

paul adams, bbc news, jerusalem.e, i spoke to paul adams injeursalem, and asked him about the warning system in place for civilians in gaza. well, that's right. this has been a problem throughout the past two months. israel believes and says that it is giving as much notice as it possibly can to the civilian population to leave certain areas where the fighting is most concentrated. and they believe that these new maps with this detailed grid numbered grid should help that process, because they are saying to people in certain numbered areas, these are the areas you have to leave. the trouble is, people don't know where they should leave to. and it is also the case that even though israel may be concentrating on one particular set of areas, they are also hitting targets elsewhere outside of those demarcated areas. anything that the israelis regard as a high value target, where hamas might have some of its infrastructure or where a hamas commander might be living, those places are also in danger of being hit. so people

paul adams injerusalem, thank the who saying as well.e who saying as well. paul adams injerusalem, thank you for bringing us up on all of those different developments. just to say that hamas officials in gaza say that at least 16,248 officials in gaza say that at least 16,2118 people have been killed in the israeli retaliatory campaign including around 7000 children of course more on that story on the bbc news website where we are running a live page. in india, at least 13 people have been killed in chennai, one of its largest cities, as cyclone michaung barrels into the southern coast. entire villages have been subermerged — and transport has been impacted — authorities say nearly 400,000 people have been affected. the cyclone made made landfall near the beach town of bapatla in andhra pradesh with winds of up to 70 mph — it's now weakened. well as we were saying the city of chennai has faced majorflooding — in what's said to be the heaviest rainfall in 47 years. in some areas, water levels have begun to recede. bbc reporter saradha ven

but in past statements they pointed to actions they talked including, urging paul adams to turn himself in and eventually ex, communicating him to church as basically a minute the all them in on these committees that discussed paul adams knew about it. and they all admit that none of them reported it because they all claim that there was a privilege. the church has also insisted that paul confessed one time and that they believed there was a quote, single past incident of abuse. but the county thinks their actions suggest otherwise. in fact, it was such a problem that the bishop whose outgoing toes the incoming bishop. hey, you need to watch out with this family, basically, the, the adams problem that's the clergy penitent privilege has also prevented lawyers from getting important internal records and interviewing witnesses. the court recognized there is a privilege, the mormon church says it's their right to keep all of their paperwork quiet. all of their witnesses quiet, and they claim privilege on all their investigations of what happened. who does that clergy penitent privilege law

paul adams, bbc news, jerusalem. let's cross live to our reporter paul adams injeursalem.w those distressing images in your report there and we heard that people did get a warning but many saying it was not enough. this people did get a warning but many saying it was not enough.- saying it was not enough. this has been a problem _ saying it was not enough. this has been a problem throughout - saying it was not enough. this has been a problem throughout the i saying it was not enough. this has i been a problem throughout the past two months. israel believes and says that it two months. israel believes and says thatitis two months. israel believes and says that it is giving as much notice as it possibly can to the civilian population to leave for certain areas where the fighting is most concentrated. and they believe that these new maps with this detailed grid, numbertwo grid, should these new maps with this detailed grid, number two grid, should help that process because they are saying to people in certain numbered areas. these are the areas you have to be. these are the a

we our diplomatic correspondence there, paul adams.take a look at pictures of the gaza strip now and take a look at that scene with the egyptian red crescent saying they are overcoming enormous logistical efforts to try to get aid into that area. tommaso della longa, the spokesperson for the international federation of red cross and red crescent societies, spoke to my colleague sumi somaskanda a little earlier. tomaso, the head of the un aid operation�*s martin griffiths said there is no longer a humanitarian operation in gaza that can be called by that name. do you agree with that assessment? well, i canjust echo his words. we've been saying this in the last weeks. of course, palestine red crescent colleagues are doing their utmost to support people in the whole gaza strip but the reality is the more the conflict goes on, the more the needs are growing and the less we are able to deliver because the capacity is very limited, access is a big issue, continuous flow of humanitarian aid is not there so, yeah, the humanitarian operation is

sumi: we can speak now to our diplomatic correspondent paul adams in jerusalem with more for us. ood 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, perhaps not surprisingly, that the reason the international community seems so reluctant is because t

paul adams injerusalem- _ as i mentioned there with paul adams, us vice president kamala harris is innce, and she is making the most of that trip to speak with leaders in the region about the fighting in gaza. she outlined the united states' suggested plan for what happens when the fighting eventually comes to an end. so, we all want this conflict to end as soon_ so, we all want this conflict to end as soon as — so, we all want this conflict to end as soon as possible. and to ensure israel's _ as soon as possible. and to ensure israel's security and ensure security— israel's security and ensure security for the palestinian people. we must _ security for the palestinian people. we must accelerate efforts to build and indoor— we must accelerate efforts to build and indoor peace, that begins with planning _ and indoor peace, that begins with planning for what happens but after the fighting ends —— build enduring peaca _ the fighting ends —— build enduring peace. shortly after october the 7th, president biden and i began discussions with our national security— discussions with our nationa

caitriona: paul adams jerusalem, thank you for that.tages have been released and they have been brought to the schneider children medical center in israel for checks treatment. earlier, i spoke to the ceo of the hospital about the care they have been providing. thank you very much for joining us on bbc news. once the hostages have been freed by hamas, they come to your medical center. you might talk us through just what happens first, how they are when they arrive. >> yeah, at schneider children's medical center, we received during the last week or so 26 of the hostages that were kept by hamas. mostly children, mothers, and even one grandmother. and i went all the way to the heliport of the hospital in order to get them through the whole process of getting off the helicopter, and getting into hospital. and actually, since the first minute, until the time they leave, i watched them. i look at them. i listen to them. and i see a very painful process that they are going through. and also very happy process that they are going through comin

joining us with the very latest is our correspondent, paul adams, who is standing by for us tonight inael. what can you tell us about israeli operations in southern gaza? paul: well, we are seeing signs that the israeli army is moving with tanks, other armored vehicles, and bulldozers close to the city -- the largest city in the southern gaza strip. it doesn't suggest they are beginning to set the scene for what is likely to be an invasion of that city. it is a place the israelis regard as full of hamas targets and we are likely to see after that also an assault on rafa further south. they have cut the road which suggests they will try and cut off the southern part of the gaza strip as they very much start to focus all of their efforts on conquering the south. >> it is worth noting that khan yunis and the south is where the israelis told the palestinians to flee to as they were striking northern gaza. what can you tell us about palestinians now clean this area -- now fleeing this area? paul: you are right. southern gaza is full of people who fled the north, probably about a million or

christian: paul adams in jerusalem. thank you very much.'s get quick thoughts from an expert on the region,xecutive director of the middle east policy cancel. . thank you for your patience while we were watching the secretary of state. exactly what israel plans is not clear. but it would seem quite obvious the path appears to lie in the south. do you think the u.s. administration has the leverage over israel to ensure what secretary blinken is setting out is followed? >> the united states certainly has the ability to have leverage over israel. they have yet to exercise that. that is why we are just now seeing very loud cries within u.s. domestic policy spaces for restrictions on u.s. aid to israel. as i'm sure you are aware, in the past, we have never placed restrictions on aid to israel. and therefore, we have tied our own hands and not been able to exercise leverage. christian: there is a broad spectrum of policy suggestions out there from senator chris murphy, to senator bernie sanders. murphy saying there should be a condition set that

bishop loudest and fast. indeed, during a counseling session and 2010 or 2011 jane's father and paul adams told us mormon bishop that he had sexually abused her and made videos of it. she was 5 years old at the time. seems like she made a deals. this is audio of an interview with that bishop john. here it was federal law enforcement. about 7 years after paul's confession, the bishop called the helpline setup by the mormon church to deal with cases of abuse. he spoke to a church lawyer who told him he could not report paul a this says view and so please can do nothing except for encourage him to turn it in. so. okay, so it's your understanding that and then your lead counselors saying you that when confronted with a situation like that in glenn, i mean we can call it what it is, you know, the sexual abuse of his children in his own hands whenever it. yeah. if there's kids, anyone else tells me, then i can. but if it comes from him, then i can't. okay. instead of reporting the abuse, the bishop brought paul's wife and for counseling. and then later handed the information over to the next bis

our correspondence paul adams reporting there. as fighting continues in gaza, tensions have also been rising in the west bank, a territory home to more than 3 million palestinians. there has been an increased presence of israel's military as well as jewish settlements there. those settlements are viewed as illegal under international law, though that is something that israel disputes. our international editor jeremy bowen brings us this report on gaza and the situation in the west bank. and a warning — it does contain images that you may find distressing. lost boys, brothers looking for their father — "my dad's been killed. i swear my dad's been killed." they're lost in the mighty vengeance promised by israel. then they found their father and brother were dead. the strike, filmed by a freelance journalist, destroyed the home of this family in northern gaza. these are the latest israeli army pictures. they're pushing forward into southern gaza. the american defence secretary says he's warned israel repeatedly that if its troops don

christian: paul adams in jerusalem, thank you very much.'s talk about the vote at the security council. i you and -- a u.s. special envoy for israeli-palestinian negotiations under the obama administration, welcome to the program. secretary of state antony blinken said there is a gap between the commitments israelis made to protect civilians and the numbers dying. if that is the case, why is the united states standing in the way of a cease-fire? >> in the minds of the united states and biden administration, there is two different questions. the first is should there be a cease-fire that allows hamas to stay in place, and we have been clear we impose that. at the same time we are pushing the israelis as hard as they can to get them to allow more humanitarian assistance in and prevent civilian casualties. that is where the united states is going to be under increasing pressure to mystically and internationally to put -- domestically and internationally to put measures in place to ensure that israel complies with human terrain law. christian:

thank you for your reporting, as ever, paul adams. a referendum over whether the coutnry should create its own state in the disputed region with neighbouring guyana. it's a move denouced by guyana as a step towards annexation, raising concerns in the region of a possible military conflict. voters will be expected to say whether they agree with creating a new state in thejungled region, and providing its population with venezeuelan citizenship. the region itself has long been the subject of a terriorital claim by venezuela — but the leftist government under nicholas maduro has taken heightened interest in it after oil deposits were discovered offshore in 2015 — which has boosted guyana's economy. although the vote isn't binding, the referendum is being seen as possible litmus test for maduro, ahead of next year's presidential election. turning now to the un climate summit in dubai, where leaders have made more promises to combat climate change. while the day prior focused on food production's contribution to global warming, the focus o

our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, sent this report from jerusalem.es 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 sister, katia. but then i looked again and i thought, it'sjenna, my cousin. death and displacement, two things israel's american allies have asked it to minimize, but people are fleeing, many of them, not for the first time. the war�*s destruction driving them on the front. washington wanted this phase of the war to be different. but for those caught up in it like this panic—stric

our first question coming in from paul adams from the bbc.ambassador regev, has israel abandoned the idea of al—mawasi as a single designated safe zone? the new maps are very detailed, but they do not actually specify any safe zones. what are the specific designated areas? thanks, paul. it remains a core area, a safer zone, an area which can be utilised. unfortunately, we've not seen a huge amount of people going there, and so we are adjusting our operational assessment of the situation on the ground. what you have noticed in the maps and as you rightly pointed out, it is very detailed, and specific areas that people need to move out specifically to go to safer areas, there won't be operations at that time. hamas has turned the civilian arena into a a fortified position, or fortified positions, and it creates a huge challenge for the military. but we are determined to distinguish between the civilians and the non—combatants and the terrorists. and that is why we are asking people to evacuate from specific locations and go to get to out of tha

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

our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, sent this report from jerusalem.eli 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 death, injury and grief. seven members of this man's family were killed as they slept. nearby, a miraculous escape. two sisters, maria and lana, pulled alive from the rubble three three days after being buried, along with dozens of members members of their family. translation: i saw translation: | saw| a body on the ground, her head was covered with rocks. at first, i thought it was my sister, katya, but then i looked again, and i thought, "it'sjenna, my cousin". death and displacement — two things israel's american allies have asked it to minimise. but people are fleeing, many of them not for the first time. the war�*s destruction driving them on. explosions. washington wanted this phase of the war to be different. but for those caught up in it, like this panic—stricken ambulance crew, it looks and feels

i discussed that with our diplomatic correspondent paul adams correspondent paul adams who's injerusalemwith the leaflets that we know israel has been air dropping over the gaza strip as its renewed its bombardment. do people receiving them understand where to 90, receiving them understand where to go, where safe areas are?— go, where safe areas are? leaflets in aeneral go, where safe areas are? leaflets in general have _ go, where safe areas are? leaflets in general have caused _ go, where safe areas are? leaflets in general have caused confusion l go, where safe areas are? leaflets i in general have caused confusion and uncertainty in the past. what we are seeing at the moment is a slightly new iteration of this policy with this a detailed map of the gaza strip broken down into numbered grid squares. the idea of being now that, not that israel will direct people towards a safe areas, but they will direct people away from unsafe areas. they have areas of shaded, the maps dropped, on where israel is planning to conduct military operation and is urging people to leave those areas. a diffe

paul adams is here now. the war in gaza, we didn't really learn anything new though, did we? hat didn't really learn anything new though, did we?— though, did we? not really. he believes that _ though, did we? not really. he believes that the _ though, did we? not really. he believes that the only - though, did we? not really. he believes that the only reason . though, did we? not really. he - believes that the only reason more than 100 israeli hostages were released was because of relentless military pressure. that is a message that has been delivered from the prime minister on down for several weeks now. and they really believe thatis weeks now. and they really believe that is why people have been set free. the negotiations to keep that exchange of hostages and prisoners broke down. israel accusing hamas of reneging on a promise to release all female prisoners and so that is why we have seen this return to military action, which the israeli government is arguing, will be the start of building up pressure a

paul adams will be with us tonight.lord bethell test and trace minister during the pandemic on what he thinks the inquiry is delivering. good evening. in a video call with g7 leaders last night, president volodymyr zelensky warned that moscow was counting on a collapse of western support for ukraine. "russia believes america and europe will show weakness", he said, and will not maintain their support at the proper level. he has legitimate cause for concern. last night, the us senate blocked a bill that included financial aid for ukraine, increasing the likelihood that congress will fail to approve more funding before the year end. the bill would provide about $50 billion in new security assistance, but it will not pass, say republicans, unless it comes with substantial immigration reform. here's our analysis editor ros atkins. commitments of aid to ukraine are at their lowest since the war began. ukraine has been relying on western support since russia invaded in february 2022, and new data shows an 87% fall in new comm

live now to our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams. live injerusalem. live in jerusalem.ve injerusalem. talk us in the military developments today. the? military developments today. they are seeinu military developments today. they are seeing the _ military developments today. tie: are seeing the israelis pushing their forces further into the southern gaza strip. we know that they have been operating there for a couple of days now. it is not entirely clear what the strategy is, but i would imagine that they are going to try and cut the southern gaza strip into. which would leave the gaza strip in three separate sections while they focus their efforts on the two major cities in the southern gaza strip, khan younis and rafah. we have seen israelis attempting to persuade people to leave the areas where they are focusing their activities using their new system of maps with a rather detailed breakdowns of specific numbered areas. it is not clear at the moment whether that is making life easier or merely sowing confusion, but it is certainly something that the people of the gaz

paul adams is injerusalem. hello there to you.atest developments, please. us up-to-date with the latest developments, please.- us up-to-date with the latest developments, please. well, we are seeinr , developments, please. well, we are seeing. you — developments, please. well, we are seeing. you know. — developments, please. well, we are seeing, you know, continued - developments, please. well, we are seeing, you know, continued heavyl seeing, you know, continued heavy fighting in the same three areas that we have been talking about for several days now, that is around the largest city in the south in khan younis, the refugee camps and also in an area of gaza city. these are all areas that is regarded by israel as hamas strongholds and all areas where the israeli military seems determined to make progress. i've been speaking to someone who is thinking about leaving his home in central —— khan younis. they have not yet penetrated into the heart of the city but it is certainly present in significant numbers on the outskirts to the n

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hugo bachega, bbc news, jerusalem. 0ur diplomatic correspondent paul adams is injerusalem. with the fallout from the diplomacy that we saw in new york at the un. what is the reaction been? ~ .,, ., , , york at the un. what is the reaction been? ~ ., ,, ,. york at the un. what is the reaction been? , been? well, obviously israel is relieved that _ been? well, obviously israel is relieved that it _ been? well, obviously israel is relieved that it was _ been? well, obviously israel is relieved that it was not - been? well, obviously israel is i 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 becomes this comes at a time when un 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 decision

live now tojerusalem and our diplomatic correspondent paul adams.

paul adams, our diplomatic correspondent injerusalem., israel has stepped up its bombardment of gaza, with blocks of flats in the southern city of khan younis among the targets hit. unicef spokespersonjames elder is in khan younis. he told me the dropping of leaflets telling palestinians to go to safe areas is �*almost cynical�*. it is very intense, it has gone all night with hundreds and hundreds of rounds. i am night with hundreds and hundreds of rounds. iam no night with hundreds and hundreds of rounds. i am no military expert, but bumps, the hospitals were saturated before this. they have no more capacity, literally blood in the corridors, mothers yet again holding babies who look like they have been killed. again, children with limbs missing, they have been amputated. it is a war zone, around 1000 children here have suffered amputations. despite what we have heard, you could not possibly have the same intensity, voracity of attacks where civilians are everywhere in the south, we have seen for seven weeks in the north. it is absolute

anchor: let's go to jerusalem to speak to our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams.rk assessment from the u.n. release chief. it is not a humanitarian operation by name any longer. what should the response be? reporter: listen to the language he used. he talked about the comparison between the south and the north, he was very deliberately echoing the words of the u.s. secretary, antony blinken who when he was here a week ago says military -- israeli military operations in the south must not be the same as what is in the north. we want to see fewer civilian casualties and fewer people driven from their homes and on the move. the u.n. is saying in effect, this is a repeat of what we saw in the north and unless something is done to address it, we will see a worse disaster. the south is where everyone is. including 1.7 million displaced gazans. what is israel doing? when you listen to israeli officials, they are acutely conscious of the need to be seen as trying to facilitate a better operation. they are talking about reopening the crossing point as a point where trucks

our diplomatic correspondent paul adams is in jerusalem for us tonight.talk about operations on the ground first of all? have seen a variety of maps today. what new information are the idf giving to palestinians on the ground? >> they are basically saying that if you are living in an area just to the east and north of khan younis, one of the largest cities in the southern part of the gaza strip, you need to move west and get out of the way. that map you are seeing on your screen, that read dotted line is the street that runs throughout the gaza strip from north to south. that area is a stretch of road that the israelis are saying, palestinians should not get anywhere near. at the bottom of that dotted line is the city of khan younis. the yellow orange line says this is the alternative route you can take if you want to head to the south. what all of this suggests to me is the israelis are going to try to cut across north of khan younis toward the sea to cut the southern part of the gaza strip off from the rest. we saw a similar tactic to the north when the

earlier, i spoke to our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, for the situation. to see you once again, paul. today we have a fresh warning from un that half of all people in the gaza strip are starving — a serious warning there from the un. what more can you tell us about that ever worsening humanitarian situation inside the strip? it is hard for us to verify that particular claim. you are right, it is an extraordinarily drastic claim indeed coming from un. it's in keeping with other comments we are hearing with increasing urgency, save the children put out a statement today saying they have identified more than 7,000 children under the age of five whose malnutrition is so acute now that they require urgent medical treatment to avoid dying. we have heard desperate accounts of the lack of sanitation in these encampments of tents and other makeshift shelters that are springing up all across the far southern reaches of the gaza strip. with so many people hemmed into these small areas, lacking basic supplies, lacking sanitation, realfears about the spread of disease.

let's get more detail on benjamin neahyahu's comments. 0ur diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, told he's been saying today. he made a short statement a short time ago essentially welcoming the decision taken by the united states last night in vetoing that un resolution. i don't think there was ever any doubt in israeli mind that the us would do this. the us, like israel, believes that this war cannot end until hamas has been militarily defeated. in the eyes of the israelis and the americans, to call for a ceasefire without that objective having been realised we are simply going to sow the seeds for a future conflict. mr netanyahu, at the end of thejewish sabbath, wanted to say thank you to the principal ally for having his back once again. it was the uae that brought the resolution to the security council. how fine a balance or tight rope are the arab nations having to walk on this? because there have been reports that it has widened the gap between many arab leaders and their people, the conflict, in general. there is certainly a great deal of strong feeling reverberating around th

our diplomatic editor paul adams has more on the latest on the ground.o israeli ground forces, including tanks, other armoured vehicles and bulldozers, have been operating close to the city of khan younis in the southern gaza strip, the largest city in the southern gaza strip for the last couple of days. and it seems likely that an assault on the city may be coming fairly soon. but we are hearing that there are very, very heavy air strikes in parts of khan younis. some of those parts are areas that the israelis have told palestinians to evacuate. the un is saying though areas that everyone population of 350,000 so there is a fear being voiced by the un that we may see large numbers of palestinians on the move once again, some of them for the second, third, fourth, fifth time. last week when the us secretary of state antony blinken was he, one of the things he asked the israeli to make sure they did not do was displace large numbers of civilians once again as they did from gaza city. international pressure on israel is building. the un chief says he is "e

news agency, put the number of dead at 50 — it blamed an israeli air strike. 0ur corrsepondent paul adamsisraeli ground forces, including tanks, other armored vehicles and bulldozers, have been operating close to the city of khan yunis in the southern gaza strip, the largest city in the southern gaza strip for the last couple of days. and it seems likely that an assault on the city may be coming fairly soon. the israelis have also told palestinians not to use the main road north out of khan yunis. it seems as though it's possible they will try and cut that road and cut off the southern part of the gaza strip from the rest as they concentrate their efforts on khan younis and the other big city in the south rafah. the reports we're hearing from khan younis suggest that the air strikes are really intensifying. they hit the whole of the gaza strip is now without connectivity. there are no phone lines, no internet. so it's very difficult to get an exact picture of what's going on. but we are hearing that there are very, very heavy air strikes in parts of khan younis. some of those parts are ar

earlier, i spoke to our diplomatic correspondent paul adams for the latest reaction to this.iously dismay among arab countries and relief and thanks from here in israel. this is not a surprise. we would have been very surprising if the united states has supported a ceasefire resolution at this point because the us, lake israel, did not believe that the job of defeating hamas has yet been achieved and the us, like israel, was to make sure that does happen. it was never likely they are going to do anything other than every the ceasefire resolution. certainly that has not stopped arab leaders and arab ministers, many of whom are friends of the united states, some of whom have relations with israel from seeing that this was simply not good enough, it is a missed opportunity for the us to use its undoubted leverage over israel to stop what they regard, what many in the region regards, as a catastrophe that is beyond explanation and beyond justification. i do is beyond explanation and beyond justification. beyond 'ustification. i do want to ask beyond justification. i do want to as

live now tojerusalem and our diplomatic correspondent paul adams.significant moment at the un today. i it's a significant moment at the un toda . ., , , , ., today. i would slightly question that because _ today. i would slightly question that because there _ today. i would slightly question that because there isn't - today. i would slightly question that because there isn't going l today. i would slightly question | that because there isn't going to today. i would slightly question - that because there isn't going to be a resolution passed calling for a ceasefire. the americans don't agree with that principle and i would imagine they will veto it. i haven't seen the wording of the resolution but they share israel's ambition which is to destroy hamas as a military organisation and defeat it politically in gaza. they also agree with israel that the job politically in gaza. they also agree with israel that thejob is not politically in gaza. they also agree with israel that the job is not yet done. we are concerned about the way israel is going about t