the qatarj foreign ministry has confirmed it hostage taking killing. the qatarn mediation talks with hamas over a possible prisoner swap. how optimistic is that looking? sometimes that can work out, but i think at the moment with the emotions running so high in the declaration by the israeli government and the idf and the threat from hamas, i think, government and the idf and the threat from hamas, ithink, i'm not sure how much hope we can put in that. the assessment of the hostage situation there. these are live pictures from gaza where the bombardments continue. we will bring you all the latest, here on bbc news. this is bbc news. israel says it will use �*enormous force' against hamas. it orders tanks to the border, for what it calls a �*complete siege�* of the gaza strip. reports the death toll in israel has passed 900. 2,500 are injured. the us and uk confirm they have citizens among the dead and missing. gaza is under near constant bombardment with more than 2,400 targets hit today. the health ministry there says 560 people are dead. this is the low shot f

qatar's foreign ministry issued a statement saying israel is responsible for the ongoing escalation ofalled for restraint. press tv has conducted interviews with several residents of the besieg gaza strip following the resistance forces large-scale operation against israel. they have told us how they feel about the attack of such a scale. let's hear what they have to say. the palestinian resistance groups top of them them brigades have gone down in history for. heroic actions this morning, history will remember them as heroes who carried their weapons in the face of the israeli occupation for the sake of liberation, we breach the borders every time israel assassinates our leaders, the resistance retaliates, but today we started the fight for the sake of al-quds, today we defeated one of the world's powerful armies, this is the biggest achievement in the history of the arab world with distributed sweets, first time witnessing something like this, they restored palestinian dignity and raised palestinian expectations. the resistance dragged two israeli military jeeps into gaza. palestinia

qatar foreign ministry issues the statement saying israel is responsible for the ongoing escalation of the continued violence. saudi arabia, turkey, egypt, bahrain and russia have also called for restraint. press tv has conducted interviews with several residents of the bestige gaft following the resistance forces large-scale operation against israel. they have told us how they feel about the attack of such a scale. let's see what they have to say. all respect is for the palestinian resistance soldiers for what they have done. we are proud of them and their doings. it all for the sake of agos and our home country. this is the first time we have witnessed something like this in our generation since the beginning of the... finally we defeated them inside their stations, settlements and houses, we tolerate hunger, blocade and electricity shortage, but we will never go easy when it comes to desecrating the ala mosk and assaulting palestinian woman. alhamdulillah, for this, what happened, may allah bless the resistance with strength. to beat the israeli forces 7 ok saturday october 7th is a

the spokesperson of qatar's foreign ministry said that the contacts with hamas and the zionist regime continue for the release of all prisoners. reports indicate an increase in the exchange of fire on the borders of lebanon and occupied palestine. the planes of the zionist regime targeted the positions of hezbollah and the areas around the towns of aitshab and rab salamin in the southern borders of lebanon. lebanon's hezbollah announced it has targeted the military bases of the occupying regime in the north of the occupied territories with guided missiles. in this too, several zionist soldiers were killed. the people of our country held rallies in solidarity with the palestinian nation and condemning the crimes of the zionists. demonstrators condemned the recent crimes of the occupying regime in the bombing of al-momdanani hospital in gaza and the us support for this crime. remain in the heart of imam. we gathered together with our children to ask the united nations, if there is an organization of the nation and all the nations of the world, to stop this massacre of children as soon a

qatar's foreign ministry issued the statement saying israel is responsible for the ongoing escalation englas says operation alaxa flood is major push back for israel. let's take a listen. palestinians have tried every different method of opposing uh... the siege, the apartide, the ethnic cleansing, the the land theft uh from from you know the march of return to the boycot investment sanctions, to throwing rocks, to every different thing, and israel refuses to adhere to basic level of decency, basic level of of international law, uh, and uh, and it's it's unfortunately israelis need to learn that they are not, can't just operate in some bubble as if uh they can just met out you know thousands and thousands of palestinians in gaza being killed over the past 15 years uh israel getting to decide when they want to you know blow up kids ankles and blow up kids legs and and uh decide you how palestinian fishers uh what can go in and out of uh of the strip uh this is this is the reality and and clearly uh this is very important pushback from uh from the... resistance, but there's no doubt tha

qatar foreign ministry issued a statement saying israel is responsible for the ongoing escalation ofabia, turkey, egypt, bahrain and... russia have called for restraint, well that's it for this hour's bulletin, thank you for being with us, take care and bye-bye. news in brief for this hour, the head of the political bureau of the palestinian resistance movement, hamas, says, the operation alaxsa flood against israel will end with palestinians victory. ismail hanya said, this is in response to the israeli raids on the alaxa mask and the bloccade of gaza. fighting is underway between the israeli regime and palestinians as the guza-based resistance fighters launch a largescale. operation in the occupied territories. hamas launched the al-axa flood operation early on saturday, firing thousands of missiles towards israeli cities. israel also launched strikes on different parts of gaza.

qatar are ongoing right now despite the escalation on the ground in gaza. but efforts are becoming increasingly more difficult. cnn's becky anderson spoke to a spokesperson for qatar's ministry of foreign affairs earlier today. he's an adviser also to the qatari prime minister. here's part of that conversation. >> reporter: to be quite clear, the talks and mediation to effort the release of civilian hostages, possibly praviner e ex--- possibly a prisoner exchange at this point, have not collapsed, correct? >> no. i believe they are still going. they're still working on it. as i said, it's becoming more and more difficult with the current escalation, this escalation that is happening right now. one of the most terrible escalation that's have happened in the region in a really long time is making it more difficult. as i said, on the logistical side, they're just moving people, doing a land incursion and the increased bombardment. but also from a political side, of course, you know, mediation only works when you have this -- under this kind of conflict, this confrontation between both sides it becomes more difficult. it's still ongoing, and we can't give up. we can't give up on this, on a

we've also been hearing from representative from qatar's foreign ministry speaker to becky anderson explaining that the qataris and israelis were keeping a close eye also on hamas' willingness and that he believed there was still a great deal of room for him and negotiation happens. >> mediation only works when you have under this kind of conflict, this kind of comp pli education, it becomes more difficult. we can't give up. clearly, we can't give up on this. nobody can afford to give up on this and leave it to the military people to let decide what happens to the future. >> so encouraging words there from the qataris who have been spearheaded the efforts. the fate now of 229 very much in their hands since they are the ones leading those negotiations hoping that once it is those tunnels in which the hostages are being kept, jake, that are be so ferociously bombarded again by israel again tonight, that still negotiations continue and they could yield results. >> all right, melissa bell in cairo, egypt. thank you so much. as we learn of dire conditions of hospitals in gaza, some americans are am

we received a statement last night from a spokesman for qatar's foreign ministry, and their focus is on getting everyone out who is a civilian, doesn't matter what their nationality is. that's what the statement said. i will say we've been talking with american intelligence sources and people who are familiar with the negotiations that are taking place. some of the conversations aren't even taking place in the gulf, they're taking place in cairo. but the egyptians and the jordanians want to leverage the situation to insure that aid gets into gaza for palestinian civilian in exchange for taking, a, some of the pressure off the foreign nationals inside gaza, meting them out -- letting them out and, b, getting more hostages released. whether or not the israelis if will push forward with the ground operation and how that will complication -- complicate what's taking place on the ground. they are promoting a peace summit in egypt. we understand there are palestinian representatives and also top egyptian officials. but we don't expect major developments to come how of that summit as they a

and i was saying earlier, we have had a statement in the last hour from qatar's foreign ministry sayingone call on saturday. as you can see, families desperate to be reunited with their relatives. well, as we have been saying, 20 lorries carrying desperately needed aid have crossed into the gaza strip for the first time since the israel—gaza war broke out two weeks ago. earlier, i spoke to an nhs doctor based in birmingham in the uk who has 16 family members in gaza. it is very horrific news _ family members in gaza. it is very horrific news that _ family members in gaza. it is very horrific news that i _ family members in gaza. it is very horrific news that i hear _ family members in gaza. it is very horrific news that i hear from - family members in gaza. it is very horrific news that i hear from my i horrific news that i hear from my family back home. it has been absolutely disastrous. when we managed to speak to them, and we sometimes lose contact for many hours, they tried to show strength that they are ok. but i know, i can tell, i can read in between the lines, they are strugglin

qatar. the local foreign ministry said: the constant violation of palestinian rights has led to open confrontationat the same time, both countries expressed concern about the situation in the region. the european union calls for an end to violence in the conflict zone. the head of diplomacy , josep barel, held talks with the head of israel's ministry of foreign affairs and the palestinian prime minister. and then brussels wrote in solidarity with israel, who has the right to defend himself in accordance with international law. washington reported full support for israel. the us senate is preparing a bill on diplomatic and military assistance to the jewish state. but in the meantime , the american media admit that the israeli missile defense system - the iron dome, which , by the way, was reportedly developed with the support of the united states, contrary to expectations, could not protect the country's population. and it showed its ineffectiveness. during a massive missile attack from the gas sector. western the press, in the context of the worsening palestinian-israeli conflict, recalls the stat

qatar. the local foreign ministry said: the constant violation of the rights of palestinians has led to openonfrontation. at the same time, both countries expressed concern about the situation in the region. washington reported full support for israel. the us senate is preparing a bill on diplomatic and military assistance to the jewish state. european union calls for an end to violence in the conflict zone. the head of eu diplomacy, jazap barel , held talks with the head of the israeli foreign ministry and the palestinian prime minister. and then he wrote: the european union stands in solidarity with israel, which has the right to defend itself in accordance with international law. the american media admits that the israeli missile defense system is an iron dome. it was developed with the support of the united states. expected to be unable to protect the population of the country, it showed its ineffectiveness in the event of a missile attack from the gas sector. improving quality rural life is the most important issue for the russian authorities. vladimir putin congratulated the farmers on

saturday to express thanks and support to qatar of prime minister for helping with talks to free hostages held by hamas. a spokesperson for the qatar ministry foreignaking to beckie anderson said he's still hopeful more hostages will be released. >> we were working around the clock the task force, responsible for this was work around the clock to make sure that we are able to reach a deal and we were hopeful that might happen. obviously, this escalation makes it considerably more difficult. but as you heard today. even during the escalation, prime minister netanyahu is mentioning talk of meditation on prisoner exchange deal. we have the hamas spokesperson minutes gazaing they are willing to conduct a prisoner exchange diesel. although the situation is becoming more from a logistical perspective and political perspective we're still hopeful efforts will be able to reach a situation where we have a release of more hostages. >> and you'll hear more of this interview in the next hour here on cnn. meanwhile, egypt's president said the country's diplomats are working to resolve the conflict in gaza, claiming some identified drones were brought down in eg

> we do know that qatar has a lot of influence over hamas financially and politically and other ways as well. we did briefly share with you, aaron, a statement from the foreign ministry, the qatar foreign minister spokesman issued a statement saying that the qatar government saying that israel is solely responsible for the ongoing escalation due to its continuous violations of the rights of the palestinian people. so a strong statement from the foreign minister in qatar, blaming israel for all of this. are you surprised? >> no. not from the qataris. they've improved relations with the israelis but they have been very supportive of islamists and i think they want to maintain their ties and contacts with hamas. they may well come in to play a role in the event, in the next days and weeks ahead, this thing can be defused, but right now, this is an israeli, this is -- the blood is up. and this is going to get worse, wolf, before it gets worse. >> yeah, i suspect you're right and i think it will escalate not only in gaza but elsewhere as well. aaron david miller, thank you very much. we will have much more coming up on all of the breaking news we're following, the develop

alsani, prime minister and minister referring to the current developments in palestine, the foreign ministry of qatarsidered the consultations between the two countries to be of great importance and said: "the continuation of this situation and israel's attacks against gaza and the palestinian people is worrisome." he described the issue of palestine as the issue of the entire islamic world and considered the position of the countries of the region towards supporting the palestinian nation to be united and coherent. the foreign minister of our country met and discussed with the political name of hamas during his trip to qatar. this is ismail haniyeh's first official meeting with the authorities of our country after the victory of al-aqsa storm operation. foreign minister of our country with his regional trip to iraq, lebanon, syria and qatar. consultations follow up to prevent the crimes of the zionist regime. dariush mehrjoy, cinema director and his wife in the garden. they were killed in their own villa in ferdit karaj city. this murder happened around 22:30 last night. last week, vahid mohammad, t

qatar's ministry of foreign affairs is leading the negotiations and reporting progress, president bidenel, but noted that israelis and palestinians deserve to live together in security. a ground invasion is sure to happen if israel wants to destroy hamas. the international community is putting pressure on israel to postpone the operation in order to free the hostages, but in his statement to the nation, the israeli prime minister made a completely different promise. our main goal is to save our country and achieve victory. we are about and this is just the beginning, at the same time we are preparing for the ground operation, but i will not tell you when and where it will begin and how long it will last. whether israeli ground incursions would fall under the concept of the right of self-defense. since these people are hunting hamas terrorists, yes it does. our job is to eliminate all of you who associate themselves with you, be it the houthi rebels, be it factions. or iran, and your bosses are sitting in iran, everyone who opposes the god of israel, decency and human life will be destro

you saw that both the americans retracted this rumor, qatar, the central bank, and one of the deputy ministers of the foreign ministry traveled to qatar, and this rumor appeared in the third decade of the 20th century. it is happening, and that is why the war of narratives happens, and sometimes this war of narratives makes the facts look the opposite, not from the public opinion . meeting with senior officials of foreign countries is trying to fight this war the narratives are actually based on the reality of the field for them to be analyzed and told to let me share my experience in the past one year. we were involved in the insurrection project last year. well, some of the ambassadors of european countries, germany, england, france, switzerland , i had meetings with them . they clearly say that we have force, the language of international relations today is power, and since power belongs to us, you must accept our standards. let me give you another example. let me tell you about the recent trip. one of the people who was sitting near me in the us foreign relations council was a lady who was iranian, that is, her p

qatar. the ministry of foreign affairs holds israel responsible for the current escalation due to ongoing violationsf the rights of the palestinian people, most recently the repeated attacks on the blessed alyasa mosque under the control of the israeli police. resist attempts to disrupt history. and religious status the president of turkey promised the mosque, while recep tayyip erdogan called for de-escalation. in light of the events taking place in israel, we call on all parties to exercise restraint and avoid actions that could lead to escalation of tension. traditionally , egypt took the mediation initiative. according to local media reports, cairo is conducting intensive negotiations with the conflicting parties and calling on them to exercise maximum restraint. the united nations also maintains contacts with them. un special coordinator for the middle east peace process strongly condemned the attacks by hamas, including addressing international organizations, the british newspaper times asked rhetorically why no one foresaw such a development of events. ekaterina shamaeva, lead. uzbekistan wil

qatar . last thursday, minister the ministry of foreign affairs began its periodic trip to the region and traveled to iraq, lebanon, syria and qatar. developments in palestine were the most important topics on the agenda of the president of our country's diplomatic trip to the region. fire crimes of the zionist regime in the regions. gaza is still burning. the number of palestinian martyrs has increased to 267. the fighters of the zionist regime targeted gaza city, al-jala street and neighborhoods such as al-nasr, sheikh rizwan and al-karamah in the early hours of this morning . the fighters of the zionist occupiers also heavily attacked parts of the northwest of gaza city they bombed. al-alam tv channel, quoting palestinian sources, announced that the israeli fighter jets hit the aid vehicles of the defense headquarters in the southwest of gaza city , killing seven palestinian citizens and wounding several others. the search for the missing under the rubble continues. al-manar tv channel reported on the attack of the occupying regime's soldiers on the city of beitleh. obeidiya in the east of the

regime's crime in the attack on al-mu'amdani hospital in gaza, the public members of the ministry of foreign affairs of qatarhe israeli regime's attack on hospitals in gaza was a massacre and condemned it. condemned the french news report from amman in jordan . zionists were sent to al-mohamedanani hospital. we are informing you that the ansar allah movement has written that the people of gaza cannot be allowed to be the target of genocide, and islamic countries and above all the axis of resistance must act . we see pictures from yemen. the pictures you are viewing are from shahreh, who went out to support their brothers and sisters in gaza, as well as in protest against this horrific incident that hit the patients and those who were staying at the al-ahli baptist hospital in gaza , and at least 500 martyrs died in this israeli shelling, according to our correspondent. still witnessing various gatherings around the world after we are bombing a hospital in gaza. now we are watching live pictures from yemen . the islamic jihad movement in palestine also announced after the bombing of al-mu'amedani hospital: is

military branch hamas was released in response to qatar's efforts and with humanitarian goals and handed over to the red cross. spokesperson of the ministry of foreign affairs of qatar said that the calls are continuing for the release of all the prisoners. the former prime minister of malaysia, mahathir mohammad, published a video and called the us president's words about al-mohammedani hospital in gaza ridiculous. he said: what is the reason not to consider this attack as the work of the zionist regime? peace be upon you and god's mercy and blessings. the president of the united states is completely ridiculous and nonsense regarding the bombing of a hospital in gaza, which he called the wrong firing of a palestinian rocket. why should you doubt? it was said that the al-ahli hospital explosion was caused by israeli airstrikes, while this murderous regime has been trying to erase the existence of palestine and gaza since last week. in the past 70 years, israel has sought to destroy the palestinians, and now suddenly they consider the palestinians responsible for the hospital explosion. biden's narrative is based on the feedback that netanyahu and th

okay, now usually you see him at the foreign ministry office making his weekly press conference, he's in qatar however, in doha with the iranian foreign minister, basically um we got cut off after the screen for us, he talked about humanitarian aid that that needs to obviously be something that needs to be implemented, he said the region is in a point of explosion, and that is something that is uh particularly of concern, the expansion of conflict zone, he said is a real possibility, but he sind his crimes are not tolerable, anger about the he express anger towards the us uh for its full-fledged support, said points need to be addressed to regional countries, some of the points that made earlier, there are facts of genocide and war crimes that are happening, us is impedment for a ceasefire establishment, he uses vedo power to stop the resolution uh and this is the point that is very interesting and yet don't have i didn't i didn't get a clear understanding of it regarding pris he said they obviously have contacts with resistance fronts and uh those other parties uh want and expect an gatar to

iran's foreign ministry spokesman described the israeli carnish as genocide, many other countries including qatar on israel to end the blockade and let aid get into gaza. here's more. iran, turkey, qatar, egypt and jordan and many other countries have condemmed the israeli air strike on al-ahli al arab hospital. iranian foreign ministry spokes person censured the attack as a brutal act of war crime and genocide. the zianist regime, by committing this heinous and atrocious crime once again revealed its savagery and inhumanity to the world and proved that it has no slightest adherence to the principles and rules of international law during times of war. iran has also highlighted the necessity of joint efforts by muslim countries to stop israeli war crimes and genocide against gaza strip. the constant policy of usurping the palestinian lands, continuation of settlement, construction, destruction of farmed land and residential houses, torturing women, children and men and controlling the water resources and electricity. they are nothing but crimes against humanity. islamic countries must coordinate e

government of the islamic republic of iran has announced to the public tomorrow that the ministry of foreign affairs of qatarhas declared the zionist regime's attack on a hospital in gaza a massacre and condemned it . jordan demonstrators in the capital of jordan have condemned the deadly attack of the zionist regime on this hospital and are trying to enter the embassy of the zionist regime listen, these are live images from jordan that you can see. the head of the palestinian authority also canceled the meeting with the president of the united states in response to the attack on the gaza hospital. to be held in a quadripartite manner in jordan, the head of the self-governing organization has announced that he will not go to this meeting, at the same time, in the west bank of the jordan river , the security forces of the self-governing organization have clashed with the demonstrators and those protesting the positions and actions of abbas. in europe, charles michel, the head council in response to a question about the attack on a hospital in gaza, the european union said that an attack on civilian infrastruc

in the near future he will also visit saudi arabia, egypt, qatar and the united arab emirates. russian foreign ministryondemned israeli strikes on syria, according to departments, israel's actions violate international law. the ministry emphasizes that the targets of the attacks were civilian infrastructure. as a result , civilians were put at risk. such a step could lead to armed escalation throughout the region. let me remind you that the israeli army launched several missiles at once towards syria. they damaged the airport runways in damascus. and aleppo. and right now there is a large-scale attack by the israeli army on the gaza strip. the israeli army reported transition to the phase of complete destruction of hamas. the coming hours could be decisive for both sides. tel arif has approved the evacuation of everyone living on the border with the gas strip. the morian birth will continue the theme. pitch darkness and only rockets from israel illuminate the sky with gases. there are fights in the streets. the number of victims of attacks is growing. there are already doctors. the healthcare sector is

foreign nationals. that includes qatar because they negotiated one release. but i know the russian foreign affairs ministry said they were sper speaking to hamas. but the foreign nationals is what i wanted to ask you about. do you think that there is any chance that israeli hostages are released? is this something that the israeli government is trying to work on directly or not? >> well, we picked this war. we were not in a mood toward gaza. october 7th is an event imposed on us. butchering israelis. there are two goals for our return into gaza. the first and foremost is to eradicate the military threat of hamas. the second is to make sure all hostages come back home. we're talking about children. we're talking about women. we're talking about elderly, kids with special needs. this tells you exactly who we're dealing with. and we will do anything we can to get them home. >> obviously the one big thing, i'm not saying it makes sense. some would say the invasion could be delayed. with the number of hostages they have, that could become an indefinite reality. do you feel there's an acceptance that at some poi

as you said, qatar was very instrumental and its foreign ministry has released a statement this afternoonaying we will continue our dialogue with both the israelis and hamas and we hope these efforts will stages with the ultimate aim of de-escalating the current crisis and restoring peace. israeli officials saying they have no intention of stopping their campaign in gaza and they will continue to launch airstrikes and this expected ground invasion in the coming days even if that risks the lives of the other hostages. geoff: they are mother and daughter from illinois. >> judith was born in israel, natalie in the united states. they were visiting family on the border of gaza and israel in one of the communities that were overrun by hamas terrorists. gunmen got into their home and abducted them from a safe room. natalie is 18. the family released this photo of her and her dog. they live outside chicago. judith is an artist and she's really full of life. >> judith is an amazing woman. she walks into her room, she lights up the room. her eyes glow. she has so much happiness, she is such a shin

there's a hamas office in doha, so qatar has been working very hard on this. the foreign ministry there released a statement saying there had been days of continuous communication to get to this point with all parties and saying that the qataris would continue talks with hamas and with the israelis to try to get the rest of the hostages released, and hopefully that would help to de—escalate the situation. rabbi meir hecht in illinois knows bothjudith and natalie raanan personally. he spoke to me after the news of their release. judith prays every week in our congregation, for every sabbath, every holiday, and we miss her and she's been a part of our congregation in such an important way, and as a family friend, someone who would come to our home every sabbath, parade around the house with our baby and bring over gifts for the children. really, our hearts are filled with gratitude to almighty god for this miracle. and again, we continue to pray and ask everyone to pray for the release of the other 200—plus hostages in the hands of hamas terrorists. and what more can you tell us abo

there is a hamas office in doha, so qatar has been working very hard on this. the foreign ministryhere released a statement saying there had been days of continuous communication to get to this point with all parties, and saying that the qataris would continue talks with hamas and with the israelis to try to get the rest of the hostages released, and hopefully that would help to de—escalate the situation. hamas said that it was releasing these hostages for humanitarian reasons, but it also said that it was in talks with qatar and egypt to talk about releasing the rest of the civilian hostages if the security arrangements or if the security arrangements or if the security environment allowed — and reports suggest that they were saying that if the air strikes would stop, this could be a possibility. mr blinken was asked whether he saw this as a window of opportunity to follow up. he didn't really go there. he said that the us position was all hostages should be released immediately and unconditionally, and he said he would not take at face value anything that hamas said. michael alle

there is a hamas office in doha, so qatar has been working very hard on this. the foreign ministry there released a statement saying there had been days of continuous communication to get to this point with all parties, and saying that the qataris would continue talks with hamas and with the israelis to try to get the rest of the hostages released, and hopefully that would help to de—escalate the situation. michael allen served as special assistant to the president at the national security council and gave his assessment of the release of the hostages. so i think it might give israel some hope that the qatar negotiation channel with the leaders of hamas who are there in doha might bearfruit. they may — they may — give the hostage negotiations channel more time to work before going into gaza. we'lljust have to see whether this is an isolated incident where hamas decided it was in their interest for these two american hostages to be let go or whether it's a sign that they might be able to do more negotiations, perhaps hamas hostages for ones that israel has in prison for whatever cri

iran's foreign minister held consultations with the leader of the hamas movement in qatar. the chinese foreign ministrye thanks to the work of the presidential commissioner for children’s rights, maria lova belova. the russian aerospace forces board arrived at the chikalovskaya airfield near moscow that night. 23 boys and 11 girls aged from 4 to 16 years returned home. before departure, our military gave them gift sets, soft toys, and sweets, and russian doctors accompanied the children along the entire route. after the medical examination they will be placed under the care of their relatives. well, now about the situation in the special operation zone in the kupinsky direction, russian heavy flamethrower systems struck ukrainian armed forces’ shelters. an accumulation of manpower and equipment was destroyed near sinkovka. gun, shot! and in the kherson direction , the fighters of the dnepr group distinguished themselves, with the help of towed howitzer guns up to 20, and our artillery units. the enemy's defenses on the right bank of the river were eliminated, drones were helping to identify the target

there is a hamas office in doha, so qatar has been working very hard on this. the foreign ministry released a statement saying there had been days of continuous communication to get to this point with all parties, and saying that the qataris would continue talks with hamas and with the israelis to try to get the rest of the hostages released, and hopefully that would help to de—escalate the situation. they said they would release more if the security environment allowed. reports said if the airstrikes was not this could be a possibility. antony blinken was asked if this was a window of opportunity to follow—up and he didn't really go there. he said the us position was all hostages should be released immediately and unconditionally and he said he would not take advantage value anything that hamas said. i spoke to gina abercrombie—winstanley, president of the middle east policy council, and suzanne maloney, vice president and director of the foreign policy program at the brookings institution, to get their thoughts on the hostage situtation. good evening to you both. very good to hav

eric: i'm eric shawn thank you for joining us a rating foreign ministry meeting with the head of hamas in qatar that suppose s opposite ally since the terrorist group has not only killed israelis but also americans. yet qatar will not touch them. foreclose that office. as you know iran is a big financial backer of hamas and tehran say it will intervene if the israeli operation in gaza continues. those in gaza are trying to get out. defense forces telling repeatedly more than 1.1 million civilians there to evacuate south as the israeli ambassador to the united states says hamas continues to use innocent people as their ponds. >> operations are ongoing. part of those operations are our call to evacuate from the north of the gaza strip. it is a measure in order to safeguard human life. >> we are doing everything possible so that civilians will not be hurt. they are in the war zone. they have become human shields. hamas made them into human shields. we are having them leave the northern part of gaza's and they will not be hurt. eric: team fox news coverage of the war in israel alexandria hoff at th

more details about why these eight indian nationals in qatar were given the death penalty regarding this case. what we know is the indian foreign ministryn, all of them former navy officers, and we are not sure about what the case was and what the charges were, but we can report that from indian media reports saying that this is in connection with espionage charges. beyond that, we don't have any more information, but what the indian median reports are that these people are working for a golf based private company and that company was liaising with the qatari nationalforces. he was once called the "king of crypto" — and now 31—year—old sam bankman—fried has testified before a judge in new york, in a trial where he and his associates are accused of stealing billions of dollars. the entrepreneur who founded the crypto currency exchange ftx, faces charges that include fraud and money laundering. from new york our north america business correspondent erin delmore reports. sam bankman—fried was once the poster boy for cryptocurrency, amassing billions by aged 30, hobnobbing with the celebrities he paid to market his companies. it's a safe an

. # qatar, that's supposed to be neutral and i want to read you a piece, the ministry of foreign affairs hold israel responsible for the ongoing violations of the rights of the palestinian people. so that's a notable statement coming from qatar but obviously they are working with the u.s. to prevent the funds from getting into iranian hands and iran, saudi arabia and qatar amade statements pitting blame at israel for the attack. you have to ask why the administration so far does not want to talk about plans to refreeze the money. there's some consideration that perhaps it would make future negotiations to get hostages home. it would complicate those negotiations but of course, that would have already existed the minute we made these funds available. we don't yet have clear answers to those questions on why they don't want to just come out and say that we don't intend to let iran get this money, bill. >> bill: might be the first question of the briefing. we'll stand by for that when it begins. thank you, jac jackie. now to sandra on the touch screen. >> sandra: bill, i want to bring our v

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chapter the iranian foreign ministry held consultations with the leaders of hezbollah and islamic jihad, and met with representatives of hamas in qatared telyaviv through the un that if the genocide in gaza continues, the situation could get out of control with far-reaching consequences. this is a quote. this means that if the israel defense forces launch an invasion of the gaza strip, pro-iranian forces in the region could open a second front. this is unlikely. news of the week from lebanon. it is clear that a new war in the middle east did not burst out of nowhere. it began with a brutal terrorist attack on israeli territory last saturday. but we also need to understand the prehistory of the tragedy. it's not accidental either. hamas does. the goal is nothing less than the destruction of the state of israel itself, this is the idea and intransigence at the forefront, from the hamas charter, a program document. israel will only exist until it is destroyed by islam, just as islam destroyed others before it. there is no solution to the palestinian issue except through jihad. initiatives and proposals for an international conference ar

the head of the iranian foreign ministry held consultations with the leaders of hezbollah and islamic jihad and met with representatives of hamas in qatargiran warned tel arif, through the un, that if the genocide in gaza continues, the situation could get out of control with far-reaching consequences. this is a quote. this means that if the defense army israel will launch an invasion of the gaza strip. pro-iranian forces in the region may open a second one. this warning is unlikely to stop tel aviv, but anti-israel forces in the region are also determined. evgeny poddubny, ruben mirobov, african bureau, vesti. it has become much more difficult for kiev to receive financial assistance from partner countries, and the reason for this is great fatigue and the weakness of the allies. the head of the ukrainian ministry of finance, sergei marchenko, stated this in an interview with reuters. now zelsky’s office is putting in twice as much efforts to persuade to ally. assistance, the reason is in geopolitical changes , as well as in the internal political context in different countries, the ukrainian minister believes, in addition, as the agenc

qatar has also slammed what is called a massacre of palestinians in israeli bombardment of defenseless. hospital is unprecedented in its scale, that is sentiment that's been echowed by many world leaders and governments, many foreign ministriesho. egypt has denounced in the strongest terms this is really error strike on of gaza hospital that's killed hundreds of palestinians saying that the international committee must urgently interven to stop such violations and that's according to foreign ministry statement released uh just moments ago. there have been very few regional countries that have kept quiet about this massacre at this gaza hospital the al-ahli arabi hospital iranian president has called it a war crime we're hearing the word genocide at war crime by minyo. if you're joining us, you see iranians holding mass rallies in a many cities throughout the country condemning recent massacre 500 civilians plus at the um al arabi hospital al-ahli arabi hospital in this. pardon if you're joining us um just uh developing story that we're following here on press tv, these are multiple cities throughout iran, people have poured out this um very late time of the evening, 2 am local time. condemning in the strongest terms, this uh

the spokesman for iran's foreign ministry told media that there is need for immediate seas far in palestine. the point on the which is immediately on the agenda of iran and qatar is the is... the a term is is establishment of seasefire and the termination of criminal attacks by thesigns regime against gaza and that the attacks must come to a halt as soon as possible and also the tyrannical siege must be terminated and a crossing point must be established for the transfer of humanitarian aid. this is point agreed upon by the two countries. spokesman said hamos is ready for her talks on the release of non-military captives, but israels failed to stop its bombardments to allow this to happen. cannani said the explosion of the situation is to no one's benefit. he warned us not to sacrifice its interests for israel. a us congressional hearing has been repeatedly interrupted by pro-palestinian protesters. denouncing washington's support for israeli genocide in gaza, this brutal that israel is doing on the people of god, 3,500 kids dead, come on, i'm an army colnel, i'm a former diplomat, i resigned on that war in iraq that you talked about, that was terrible thing a

express his thanks and support to qatar's prime minister for helping with talks free hostages currently held by hamas. a spokesperson for the qatarry ministry of foreignairs told becky anderson that he remains hopeful more hostages will be released. >> to let me be quite clear. the talks, the mediation to effort the release of civilian hostages, possibly a prisoner exchange at this point, have not collapsed, correct? >> no. i believe they are still going. they're still working on it. and it's become ing more and mo difficult with the current escalation. this escalation that's happening right now, one of the most terrible escalation that has happened in the region, is making it certainly more difficult. on the logistical side of it, just moving people during a landing incursion and the increased bombardment, but from a political side, of course, mediation only works when you have calming periods, under this kind of conflict, this kind of confrontation between both sides, becomes more difficult. but it's still ongoing and we can give up. we can't give up on this, on all sides. nobody can afford to give up on this. >> what can you provide us in terms of