three quarters of a million children are in ratho. they need to understand thatis in ratho. city of children. the idea that you could now have a military offensive where three quarters of a million children in the population density of twice that, but not in the high rises, on the ground, somehow, the horrors that i saw in december and that we are speaking of now, somehow they will be worse in the coming days if these parties cannot find a way for these parties cannot find a way for the people of gaza to get a ceasefire.— the people of gaza to get a ceasefire. . ~' , ., , . here in the uk, the chancellor has cut national insurance contributions and raised the threshold for claiming child benefit in his last spring budget before the general election. jeremy hunt says the measures have been paid for by putting up taxes on business—class flights, vaping and smoking, but the office for budget responsibility warns the government could find it hard to balance the books. here's the chancellor talking to the bbc this morning. what i did yesterday was show how we're growing the econo

and, also, a second event down in ratho when the israelis said they surgically hit members of islamicjihad jihad near the hospital hospital islamicjihad near the hospital hospital in rafah. palestinian sources say that civilians were killed in the attack which also damaged parts of the hospital so thatis damaged parts of the hospital so that is clearly ongoing fighting, ongoing military operations and a differing narrative from either side about what, who was responsible. yonahjeremy bob is a senior military correspondent forjerusalem post. thank you so much adjoining joining us on bbc news. i wanted to first ask you what you made that preliminary report from the idf saying it did not strike that can buy? saying it did not strike that can bu ? , ., , , saying it did not strike that can bu ? , ., _ �* saying it did not strike that can bu? ., buy? obviously, i wasn't there and i cannot tell — buy? obviously, i wasn't there and i cannot tell 10094. — buy? obviously, i wasn't there and i cannot tell 10096 and _ buy? obviously, i wasn't there and i cannot tell 10096 and we _ buy? obviously, i w