israeli forces returned to al—shifa last week to displace hamas fighters, who they said had returned to the hospital hamas has denied that it has been using the al—shifa is a military base. speak to our military correspondent mark lowe and. it is difficult to get a handle on what is going on, but clearly, fighting is intensifying around this important hospital? intensifying around this important hosital? ., ., intensifying around this important hosital? . ., ., ., hospital? yeah, and once again, suggesting _ hospital? yeah, and once again, suggesting that _ hospital? yeah, and once again, suggesting that the _ hospital? yeah, and once again, suggesting that the israeli - hospital? yeah, and once again, l suggesting that the israeli military campaign in gaza is not going according to the initial plan, because the israeli military first entered al—shifa hospital, gaza's largest, in november. you might remember the scenes of intense fighting around it back then, which was followed by israel's claims and videos and photos that it was pumping out, suggesting that hamas had used al—shifa as a command cent

not the first time al—shifa hospital has been raided. it has happened before.had regrouped and once again operating within the hospital. hamas says that israel has violated international law by again targeting a hospital. people walk up there to the sound of heavy exchanges of gunfire in the early hours of this morning. this comes against a backdrop of talks resuming in the capital of qatar that you try and reach some kind of ceasefire deal between the two sides. we can speak now to a former defence attach a taxi for the qatari government. these talks have ebbed and flowed over the last few months. what is your assessment of where they are currently? it continues to unfortunately during the eighth day of ramadan, with optimism. statement from qatari foreign ministry last week was it hopeful, remains hopeful, that around three weeks from now there would be a ceasefire. however that is a long way and with everything developing in the al—shifa area everyone is watching what is happening, and probably going to happening, and probably going to happen around rafah. w

hospital. you targeting your earlier report about al—shifa now running as a hospital— report about al—shifa now has been _ a hospital again. it is, but it has been almost largely disabled after the attack soon after october the 7th, the attack soon after october the 7th. but — the attack soon after october the 7th, but they are now working again but when _ 7th, but they are now working again but when it— 7th, but they are now working again but when it was destroyed three months — but when it was destroyed three months ago, they not only destroyed the buildings, they destroyed all the buildings, they destroyed all the infrastructure, all the scanning units, _ the infrastructure, all the scanning units, the — the infrastructure, all the scanning units, the ct scanners, the mri scanners, — units, the ct scanners, the mri scanners, the oxygen tanks, the oxygen— scanners, the oxygen tanks, the oxygen supplies, the fuel supply. so it is almost— oxygen supplies, the fuel supply. so it is almost impossible for that to be rebuilt — it is almost impossible for that to be rebuilt in order to function as a

and you have the israeli operation going on at al—shifa hospital in gaza city, gaza's biggest medicalcent says that in one hospital the israeli troops have moved back, tanks have advance, it talked about how one of its medics have been killed in the past couple of days and a displaced person who was in the hospital grounds was shot and killed, and it says that the israeli military has ordered people, whether they are medics, patients or displaced people out of the hospital grounds, and has been using smoke bombs to drive them out. the israeli military has not commentated directly on that but it says that hamas has been using civilian infrastructure in that area, and that is what it is acting on. this has been a consistent claim from the israeli military that hamas uses civilian sites, particularly hospitals, and has fighters based there. hamas and medics have been denying that. in the al—shifa hospital, in the latest statements the israeli military spokesman was talking about how there were gunmen based in the emergency and maternity wards at al—shifa hospital who had been shooting, w

of shifa hospital following concrete intelligence that they of shifa hospital following concrete intelligence that demanded immediate action. after a fact—finding mission sparked by the death of a young woman, the un accuses iran of "crimes against humanity" in its treatment of women and girls. hello, i m annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. we begin in russia, where vladimir putin has vowed to strengthen the armed forces and prioritise the war in ukraine, after yet another landslide victory in an election that western leaders have criticised as neither free nor fair. exit polls give him 87.8% of the vote in the presidential election — which was tightly controlled by the kremlin, with no credible opposition candidate allowed to run. the electoral commission says turnout was 77%, which would be a post—soviet record. mr putin said the result demonstrated people's trust in russia's current path. translation: whoever might want to intimidate us, - whoever might want to suppress us, ourwill, our conscience, they have never been able to

they have been| updating those figures since this last radon al—shifa hospital in gaza, the biggest hospitalay and 90 gunmen were killed and around 160 arrested in the latest raid. let me read you the statement from the israel defence forces. they said over the past day, our troops have eliminated terrorists were venting harm to civilians, patients, medical teams and medical equipment. israel has faced international pressure in the last few days since launching that operation again in al—shifa hospital. hamas accused israel of violating international law because, of course, hospitals are protected areas, particularly during times of war. but israel said it had received compelling information that hamas had regrouped and was once more using al—shifa hospital as a command and control centre. these raids happen every evening. in the latest ones, dozens of palestinians are reported to have been killed in northern and central gaza. palestinian media say many of the victims had been organising security for aid deliveries. we know gaza is in a state of civil breakdown and people have been trying to

further north, medics say ten people have been killed at al—shifa hospital in gaza city, and dozens ofrs and patients have been detained. a week of fighting is continuing at the territory's largest hospital where israel says it's captured 500 hamas and islamichhad members. idf spokesperson daniel hagari gave this briefing on the operation there. 170 terrorists were neutralised in or around the shifa hospital compound, while firing at ourforces. the idf apprehended hundreds of terror suspects with confirmed ties to hamas or islamichhad, making this one of the most successful operations since the start of the war. the un security council is also set to discuss a new draft gaza resolution later on monday. un secretary—general is injordan and had this to say on a potential ceasefire. i and had this to say on a potential ceasefire. , ., ceasefire. i see the growing consensus _ ceasefire. i see the growing consensus from _ ceasefire. i see the growing consensus from the - ceasefire. i see the growing - consensus from the international community to tell the israelis that a ceasefire is needed

tens of hamas terrorists have been detained in the shifa hospital.he spokesperson was talking about these images. they were released by the idf who say they showed troops coming under fire. it is a short clip and is not confirm the timing or sequence of events per it gaza health officials have repeatedly denied the accusation that hamas operate inside or underneath al-shifa or other hospitals. these pictures show the aftermath of the raid. the israeli military said there is no obligation for patients to leave and the hospital could continue functioning. but several staff inside the hospital told the bbc electricity had been cut and they had been instructed by the prohibiting them from properly treating patients. international medics who have worked in gaza say the medics need to be protected. >> i do not believe the idf have prevented any credible evidence since october 7 and indeed before them that these hospitals were being used as hamas command centers. i have been in shifa hospital many occasions and i've spoken to people who have worked there fo

shifa hospital is continuing. yes, israeli defence _ shifa hospital is continuing.raeli defence forces _ shifa hospital is continuing. use: israeli defence forces saying that they have killed 170 terrorists, in their words, at al shifa, and have detained close to 500 people who they describe as members of hamas and palestinian islamichhad, which is a movement of hamas. it bodes very badly for the israeli military offensive in gaza that there is still such heavy fighting in northern gaza, because the israeli defence forces stormed the hospital backin defence forces stormed the hospital back in november when they accused it of being a hamas command centre, something that has always been denied by hamas, and the fact that for months on they are having to go back into the area and there is an intense battle around the hospital suggests that israel's war strategy in gaza is not going according to plan. there has also been intense fighting around to other hospitals in the south of gaza, around khan younis, and the red crescent says one of its staff members has been killed

reach that area, israely forces have been... raping and executing women during their raid on al-shifa hospital in gaza city, that's according to a palestinian woman who was trapped in building near the hospital witnessing the tragedy unfolding there. jamila alhi says palestinian women were also starved, tortured and kidnapped. in another horrific detail, she added that israely forces pulled dead bodies from under the rubble to unleash their dogs on them. al-hi had been trapped in building near al-shifa hospital. for six days before being forced out by the israeli forces. she said troops also torched a building where palestinian civilians were taking shelter, burning to death entire families inside. it was. launched his raid and siege on al-shifa hospital a week ago, killing at least 170 people and abducting hundreds more. the hospital was gaza's biggest medical facility before the israeli onslot on the besieg strip. un chief antonio gutierez has renewed course for sease fire in gaza saying that the beseeged palestinian territory needs a flood of aid. looking at gaza. almost appears that the fo

it's been a hallmark of the israeli regime's conduct throughout its genocidal assault, now al-shifa hospital, where 30,000 palestinians are taking shelter, has been under attack and under siege for almost a week. now, some of the details of what's going on there, israeli forces have cut off water and electricity, uh, to the, medical facility, has the impunity of the israelis completely in line with the inaction of the international community reach this point where they can push the boundaries of monstrosity and act in complete contravention of all international conventions and rules of armed conflict. uh, unfortunately it has, mean it's war crime after war crime after war crime after war crime, uh, they boast about it israeli. soldiers boast about it online, and um, it looks like the us is going to be videoing another un resolution, uh, they they uh, i mean, the israel just keeps getting the support, gets new weapons and um, there seems to be almost no threshold, which they can um, surpassed, that's that leads to uh, serious uh, consequence. um, it's uh, it's almost uh, it's almost beyond be

el shifa hospital is not the only health facility on the israeli siege. according to the palestinian red cresent, israeli forces have laid siege to two two more hospitals in the seven city of hanones. meanwhile palestinians in the occupied west bank are all also suffering from growing israeli violence. in the latest such act israeli forces abducted over dozen palestinians across the west bank while scores of settlers rated the alaxa compound in occupied alquids. our correspondent in ramala monakandeal joined us earlier with more details. "the israeli forces storm palestinian areas a daily basis. this morning the israelies had arrested at least 15 palestinians from across the occupied west bank. the majority of those palestinians were detained in jenean and as well as al khalil in the village of aliban al garbi north ramallah and the majority of those had been arrested by the israeli forces were formal prisoners." even of those palestinian prisoners and former prisoners finished their sentences and they were released several years ago, however we have been

israel raids gaza's al—shifa hospital, saying hamas is hiding there.w. the idf is conducting a high precision operation in limited areas of shifa hospital following concrete intelligence that they of shifa hospital following concrete intelligence that demanded immediate action. after a fact—finding mission sparked by the death of a young woman, the un accuses iran of "crimes against humanity" in its treatment of women and girls. hello, i m annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. we begin in russia, where vladimir putin has vowed to strengthen the armed forces and prioritise the war in ukraine, after yet another landslide victory in an election that western leaders have criticised as neither free nor fair. exit polls give him 87.8% of the vote in the presidential election — which was tightly controlled by the kremlin, with no credible opposition candidate allowed to run.

the director of al-shifa hospital is still in prison. they broke both of his hands.hey tried to force him to admit -- that is the reality of the situation on the ground. it is horrifying. amy: dr. mustafa barghouti, thank you for being with us palestinian physician, activist, , and politician who serves as general secretary of the palestinian national initiative. speaking to us from his office in the occupied west bank in ramallah. next up, we talk about haiti as violence continues. we speak with the former u.s. special envoy for haiti ambassador dan foote who resigned in 2021 citing the biden administration's what he called inhumane treatment of haitian asylum seekers and u.s. meddling in haitian politics. back in 20 seconds. ♪ [music break] amy: "mtaktak" by shabjdeed and al nather. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. in haiti, at least 12 people a been killed as armed groups attacked an upscale area in the capital port-au-prince monday. amid the worst violence, haiti's power company announced four substations have b

they search the medical staff and put them outside the courtyard of al—shifa hospital.le nurses in the hospital so they could look after the injured patients inside. besides that, they took them all. there are no remaining journalists. they arrested all of them. it has been a the rannoch days without any water, food or electricity, and people are on top of each other in complete darkness —— been two days. there are thousands of displaced people. we were serving when we went outside, but when we arrived, some people we know give us something to eat and drink. we are starved and dehydrated and living in fear and terror. there are tanks and soldiers all around us and they were firing above and around us to frighten the elderly and the children. meanwhile, the us secretary of state has flown to the middle east to discuss a post—war plan to govern and secure gaza. anthony blinken is in the egyptian capital, cairo, where he's meeting senior ministers from six arab states and the palestinian authority. mr blinken told reporters washington has submitted a draft resolution to th

this was last november, showing tunnels under al—shifa hospital and condemnation for regi hospital. full —— rating. and again, all weary families forced to flee the area around our shifa. this young boy says, "we were sleeping when they started bombing. they shelled our homes and they were shooting. afterwards they let us out, they addressed the men and took them to the tanks." in gaza now, no escape from bombs orfrom hunger. before the gaza now, no escape from bombs or from hunger. before the eyes of the world, famine closing in. orla guerin, bbc news, jerusalem. meanwhile on the ground, the white house says israel has killed marwan issa, the third most senior hamas commander in gaza. it comes after us president joe biden held his first phone call in a month with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. speaking earlier, us national security advisorjake sullivan had a strong message to israel about its offensive in the northern city of rafah. our position is that hamas should not be allowed a safe haven in rafah or anywhere else but a major operation would lead to this worsen the

i have been in al—shifa hospital on many occasions.people i have known for many years who work there and i do not believe there is any evidence to suggest that. this morning, people have been told to evacuate the area around al—shifa to ensure their safety. moving isn't easy after more than five months of war. there still isn't anywhere near enough aid getting into gaza. the un has warned of a looming famine. when the leaders of israel and germany met yesterday, the need to help starving civilians in gaza was high on the agenda. much more humanitarian aid is needed, continuously and reliably. i shared my concerns with the prime minister that the provision of aid from israel into gaza and the conditions for distribution must be urgently and massively improved. talks on a humanitarian ceasefire in gaza are due to resume today. in qatar, mediators will again try to negotiate a deal that both israel and hamas can agree to, but against that backdrop, a military ground offensive in gaza's southern city of rafah is still looming. half the pop

further north, medics say ten people have been killed at al—shifa hospital in gaza city, and dozens ofve been detained. a week of fighting is continuing at the territory's largest hospital where israel says it's captured 500 hamas and islamichhad members. idf spokesperson daniel hagari gave this briefing on the operation there. 170 terrorists were neutralised in or around the shifa hospital compound, while firing at ourforces. the idf apprehended hundreds of terror suspects with confirmed ties to hamas or islamichhad, making this one of the most successful operations since the start of the war. the un security council is set to vote on a new draft resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire and the unconditional release of all hostages. the secretary general is injordan, speaking at a conference — he had this message on the aid that isn't being allowed into northern gaza. the decision not to allow convoys to go to northern gaza, where we have a dramatic starvation situation, is totally unacceptable. and those that took this decision must assume the responsibility facing history of the

least 18 people dead there, and according to media reports israely attacks on the vicinity of al-shifa hospital in gaza city has also led to number of casualties, now areas surrounding al-umal hospital and khan units were also shelled, regime forces have laid siege to several hospitals preventing medical supplies from getting into them. the uh israeli onslot on gaza that began early october has so far claimed more than 3 32,300 lives and injured nearly 75,00 others. palestinian fighters are putting up stiff resistance to israeli forces on the ground in gaza, at the same time they continue with retaliatory attacks on regime targets. military wing of hamas says is far to baraja, rockets in the occupied city of ashd. attack caused warning siren to go off and prompted israely settle. to flee. alcasan brigade says attack was in response to the massacre of gazons. resistance fighters continue targeting israelly positions despite regime's pledge to stop rocket fire from gaza once and for all. palestinians have also been battling with invading troops at different locations throughout gaza. the israely

the al-shifa hospital itself is serving the people in gaza city. red the biggest medical center in gaza. the israeli operation started at 2:00 yesterday morning. thousands of people are in the courtyard of the hospital as refugees, their homes were destroyed, they were told to leave. we saw videos of long convoys of people leaving the hospital. using their flash -- their mobiles' lights. leaving the suburb of gaza. >> the food program says famine in gaza is imminent and expected between now and may in the north of the strip. u.n. eight agencies have been warning about catastrophic levels of hunger in gaza for weeks. children in northern gaza are already dying from malnutrition. the report also says about half of gaza's population, some 1.1 one million people, are already facing catastrophic hunger. michael f. is the u.n. special rapporteur at the office of the high commissioner on human rights. i've been speaking to him about this situation in gaza. thank you for being with us on bbc news. the u.n. foreign policy chief has said starvation's being us

palestinian resistance movement had been arrested during the ongoing attack and siege of the al-shifa hospital in gaza. hamas says that the attack. intentionally attacking hospitals and when people are in the hospitals they're going to pull out anyone that is a military age male, which to them by definition is going to be anyone that looks remotely like teen all the way to maybe ev even the elderly, and they're going to accuse them of being hamas just because they fit that description. this then they turn around and tell the international community that this justifies their operations within hospitals. everyone knows that this is this is false that there they are. lying, but they are going to keep pedaling this lie in order to continue their their their war crimes against these hospitals, against the palestinian people. it's becoming clear that it's becoming clear at least to the international community, mean i've known about this for years, many people that are familiar with the palestinian issue have known about this for years that israel has always wanted to ethnically cleanse the gaza stri

shifa hospital was attacked and a must clearly disabled. been in contact with a close friend who is a senior surgeon at shifa to hear what is happening in the last 48 to 72 hours. the same thing is happening again. the hospital, which had been largely disabled, had been beginning to function again in recent weeks. lower level than originally capable of, but nevertheless, the staff heroically treating their patients with limited resources. but again, they have been forced to leave. i have heard horrific testimonies of the medical staff being stripped naked. some of them being abducted again. we are seeing the horrors we witnessed several weeks ago. shifa hospital, the largest hospital in gaza, the major trauma center, now again will be almost completely disabled. and there will be no health care services for those patients in gaza city and north gaza. nermeen: as you know, the u.n. has that none of gaza's 36 hospitals are at this point fully functional. you described your own time working inal-aqsa in january is possibly the worst experience

the al-shifa hospital itself is serving the people in gaza city. red the biggest medical center in gaza. the israeli operation started at 2:00 yesterday morning. thousands of people are in the courtyard of the hospital as refugees, their homes were destroyed, they were told to leave. we saw videos of long convoys of people leaving the hospital. using their flash -- their mobiles' lights. leaving the suburb of gaza. >> the food program says famine in gaza is imminent and expected between now and may in the north of the strip. u.n. eight agencies have been warning about catastrophic levels of hunger in gaza for weeks. children in northern gaza are already dying from malnutrition. the report also says about half of gaza's population, some 1.1 one million people, are already facing catastrophic hunger. michael f. is the u.n. special rapporteur at the office of the high commissioner on human rights. i've been speaking to him about this situation in gaza. thank you for being with us on bbc news. the u.n. foreign policy chief has said starvation's being us

urgently, in the continuation of the siege of shifa hospital, today, media sources also reported the bombing of the surrounding areas and the martyrdom of 30 people they informed me. the reports tell about the elimination of the bombings in this area and the martyrdom of 21 people. 10 of the martyrs are children. at the same time as the warnings about the humanitarian situation in gaza escalated , the spokesperson of the united nations office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs criticized the action of the zionist regime in preventing the aid convoys from entering the northern areas of the gaza strip and said that when you prevent the passage of judicial convoys, you cannot claim make sure you adhere to international laws. heavy clashes between palestinian fighters and zionist forces continue around the shifa hospital complex in gaza. media by publishing images they reported that a tank and two bulldozers of the zionist regime were targeted by the yassin 105 rocket in beit hanoun . al-aqsa martyrs' battalions also announced that a skylar drone shot down the zionist regime in

local media is reporting palestinian journalist muhammad abu sakhil was shot and killed at al-shifa hospital. in related news, the palestine red crescent says israel recently released seven of its members who were detained on the raid on al amal hospital in february. the health workers, who included the director of ambulance and emergency services in gaza, spent 47 days in prison. eight other red crescent staffers are still being held. this comes as unrwa said 171 of its workers have now been killed in gaza. the death toll there since october 7 has now topped 32,500, including 14,000 children. in the occupied west bank, israeli forces killed at least four palestinians wednesday. three of them were killed in an overnight air raid. >> i started screaming and my nephew was with me. i was: for an ambulance or a car and calling on people to help us move vice from the ground. people came to help because the ambulance was late because the checkpoint was close. he carried hamza and he was still breathing but when we reach the ambulance, he died. amy: the palestinian health ministry says at least 450

this is after another is really read on the al—shifa hospital overnight. spital in gaza. it has been rated by the israeli military before. people reported hearing sounds of exchanges of fire. israel said they had what they called credible information that hamas had regrouped and once again using the hospital as a base and command and control centre to launch operations. the cd detained around 80 people in those reads. hamas accuse israel of violating humanitarian law by targeting a hospital. let us hear a bit more from the idf. following concrete intelligence that demanded immediate action, we know senior hamas terrorists have regrouped inside the al—shifa hospital and are using it to command attacks against israel. 0ur targeted mission isn'tjust an operational necessity, it is a global imperative. 0ur forces have undergone specified training to prepare them for the sensitive environment and complex scenarios they may encounter. 0ur war is against hamas, not against the people of gaza. we seek no harm to the civilians that hamas is hiding behind, which is w

today and this ongoing siege and so-called attempted evacuation on all shifa hospital. yes, actuallys another tough and bloody day for several palestinian civilians across all areas of gaz strip. let's begin from rafa city whereas the israeli war blanes carried outless strike several strikes against the residental buildings in the city. at least four bales. and children and woman were reportedly killed over those attacks particularly in the eastern parts of the city. in the meantime, the israeli artillery maintain shelling the eastern and the western parts of khanoni city intense israeli shiling actually reach those areas over the last night when it comes to the central area of gaza strip, the israeli war blians carried out relentlesss and the cruel israeli air strikes against al-amal town located in the northern bot. of ararat refugi camp, it includes several residental towers, the israely ecuvation forces flattened and leveled to the ground, several horizontal towers in that area, leaving thousands of the palestinian civilians homeless, when it comes to their balah city, the israel

heavy clashes between palestinian fighters and zionist soldiers around the shifa hospital complex in gaza the media continues to report that a tank and two bulldozers of the zionist regime were targeted by the yassin 105 rocket in beit hanoun . al-aqsa martyrs battalions also announced. a skylar drone was shot down by the zionist regime in the sky of beit hannon in the north of the gaza strip. the hezbollah movement is important once again. the most air base of the zionist regime in the north of occupied palestine has targeted branit barracks and two headquarters of the occupying forces in the zionist settlement. the media of the zionist regime also reported about a fire in a factory in the town of avi oim due to a missile attack they gave and the chief spokesperson of the european commission emphasized the binding nature of the un security council resolution regarding the establishment of a ceasefire in gaza. this reaction came a day after the spokesperson of the us state department claimed that the immediate ceasefire resolution in gaza is not valid. last night, the united states v

city of rafah, as well as khanyounes, but it is important the most frontal conflicts were around shifa hospital and khan younis city, where the medical staff were targeted in these attacks, and the zionist regime attacked khan yunus and actually this hospital in this city, and al-nasser al-nassar hospital was the target of attack here. placement and purpose. now nasser hospital and al-amal hospital in khanyounos are under siege and the siege of shefa hospital in gaza continues and nasser hospital reports that they assaulted the women in this hospital and stripped the women of their clothes. actually in this hospital and this is a reason for the reactions. they gather and attack them, and as a result of these attacks, around 500 people died in nabulsi and kuwait. they were martyred on the first day of the war. yes. thank you very much, mr. mohammad al-hamz , the reporter of the radio station in gaza, for being with us. a syrian civilian was killed in an israeli drone attack on a town in al-baqaa region in southern lebanon. al-labuna area, south of naghora town in southern lebanon , was also targ

israeli troops have launched another military operation on the biggest hospital in gaza, al shifa. 's full of patients and people who have been displaced by recent fighting, but israel claims hamas fighters were using the hospital here in gaza city as a command centre, and that 80 suspects have been arrested. the hamas—run health ministry in gaza says israel has committed a war crime. here's anna foster. gunfire rings out in a street near gaza's biggest hospital. inside it, medics are still working and patients are still being treated. for months, hundreds of displaced palestinians have used the compound for shelter. palestinians have used the compound forshelter. israel palestinians have used the compound for shelter. israel called its operation targeted mission, saying it used caution and care. hamas accused israel of acting against all international laws. the accused israel of acting against all international laws.— international laws. the idf is conducting high _ international laws. the idf is conducting high precision - conducting high precision operation in limited areas of al

tens of hamas terrorists have been detained in the sheaf a hospital. —— the shifa hospital.e was talking about these images. they were released by the idf, who say they show troops coming underfire. it's a short clip that doesn't confirm the time or sequence of events. gaza health officials have repeatedly denied the accusation that hamas fighters operate inside or underneath al shifa and other hospitals. these pictures show the aftermath of the raid. the israeli military said there was no obligation for medical staff or patients to leave and that the hospital could continue its important functions. but several medical staff inside the hospital told the bbc that the electricity had been cut and that they had been instructed by the israeli military not to move, prohibiting them from properly treating patients. international medics who've worked in gaza say the medics need to be protected. ido i do not believe the idf have provided any credible evidence since october the 7th, and indeed before then, that these hostels, hospitals were being used hamas command centres. i have be

from today's raid on this hospital, the al shifa hospital in gaza. and is this what is called a justified use of force, given that there are so many civilians, men, women, and children at that hospital wolff i can absolutely confirm that hamas does not wear uniforms when it is conducting its combat. they are wearing civilian clothes. they're conducting their operations intentionally from behind civilian the civilian population. i can confirm that we are targeting hamas operatives, the terrorists that are engaging, attacking, planning to conduct further attacks against israel and israeli forces on the ground. that is what i can confirm. we wouldn't be in this war if it wasn't for hamas. they have planned this war for the last 16 years intentionally weaponizing hospitals weaponizing un facilities opening schools and mosques. this can't be permitted. i would say, frankly, it can't be the new norm of terrorism that the world accepts. hamas have to leave the hospitals. they have to leave the people alone. they need to lay down their weapons and release our

there has been an ongoing military operation at al—shifa hospital for several days now. led dozens of gunmen around the hospital, claims we have not yet been able to verify. as someone who has been in hospitals, what you make of these claims that hamas uses medical facilities as headquarters essentially come as places to shelter, and what you make the end of israel's response and these rates on places where people like surgeons are doing their duty and the medical work? so i can talk for my own experience, and that of close colleagues who have been on the ground there, and indeed the experience of the gazan and doctors who have known for many years so i trust implicitly. in the nearly 15 years i've been going to gaza, i have never, ever seen any evidence of hamas militants in the hospitals. al—shifa hospital is a great example. i haven't been there since october 7, since because when i was in gaza over christmas and new year, you couldn't get to it and it had been completely disabled. but i've been to al—shifa in many occasions, i was there as recently as may last year, i

israel raids gaza's al—shifa hospital, saying hamas is hiding there. — its chief says there is still time to halt the crisis. vladimir putin says he'll prioritise the war in ukraine during his fifth term as president. western leaders say the poll was neither free nor fair. these are the pictures live from moscow with crowd turning out in big numbers. we expect to hear from vladimir putin in the next while. rishi sunak dismisses reports of a new plot to oust him, saying he's concentrating on delivering his government's priorities. and the battle over deep—sea mining as the demand for permits increases — greenpeace says it damages pristine eco—systems. hello, i m matthew amroliwala. welcome to verified live, welcome to verified live. the israeli army says it has killed the head of operations in hamas's internal security force during a raid on gaza's

al—shifa hospital is a great example.there since october seven, since because 0ctober seven, since because when i was in gaza over christmas and new year, you couldn't get to it and it had been completely disabled. but i've been to al—shifa in many occasions, i was there as recently as may last year, i have been to every inch of the hospital, i have never had any restricted access to anywhere in the hospital, i have never seen any hamas militants. in the two weeks i was in al—aqsa hospital, i was all over the asked all the time and never saw it. so my answer is i can only speak about what i've witnessed, and what my close friends and colleagues have, but none of us, and i have never spoken to a single person who has witnessed military, any hamas members of the hospital. and the evidence that the israelis have provided to demonstrate that is not remotely credible. israel does insist hamas _ remotely credible. israel does insist hamas does _ remotely credible. israel does insist hamas does use - remotely credible. israel do

besieg gozo strip and you're watching press tv world news the israeli regie. has again hit al-shifa hospital complex in gaza, killing and wounding number of palestinians. the gaza health ministry says at least 31,726 palestinians have so far been killed since october the 7th. our correspond musabi has some details for us. the israeli accubition forces conducted a blights offensive against the ashfa medical complex over the last night where hundreds of the israeli tanks and israeli forces moved uh in a swift attack against the compound uh amid the heavy gunfire and the continuous bombardments, at least 40 consecutive israeli air strikes hit the compound the buildings, the yards and even the surrounding areas of the ashifa compound, knowing that thousands of the palestinian civilians are taking shilter in the hospital, in addition to the paramedics and the medical staff and the palestinian injuries who actually... uh uh are located there receiving the needed medical care uh the israeli accubition attack actually left thousands of the parecinan civilians killed and injuries in addition to the b

this comes as a head of the world health organization describes conditions inside besiege al shifa hospital in central gaza as utterly inhumane. tedros gabriel su says no basic medical supplies, no dressings for wounds, and no medicine is available at alsifa, according to the who chief, 50 healthwork. and 143 patients have been trapped in one building since the second day of the raid with extremely limited food and water and ongoing israeli strikes in the vicinity of the hospital are making it impossible for patients to receive care they need. hamah says over 100 people have been killed in the israeli raid on the al shifa hospital. the security council has rejected a us draft resolution which linked to cease fire in gaza to the release of captives by hamas 11 security council members back the resolution, however permanent members russia and china as well as rotating member algeria voted against while one country abstained. hamas welcomed the rejection of the us draft resolution. it said resolution will have given israel cover and legitimacy for what it called the war of extermination agains

measures against israel and launch a probe into the... regimes war crimes in gaza, including at all shifa hospital. first part, joseph burell reaffirmed eu support for sease fire and criticize israel's policy of starving the civilians of gaza. now six months into israel's genocidal war in gazan, regime forces continue pounding homes, refugee camps and aid convoys, resulting in deaths of more civilians in the besieg strip. we came running and found the houses, as you see, destroyed and flattened, and we began the process of bringing out the wounded, survivors and martyres. unfortunately, there is no safe place in the gaza strip. there are houses of displayed people and civilians who have nothing to do with anything. the rootless enemy has left no safe place in gaza. at least 107 civilians lost their lives due to israely. bombing and shelling over the past day, 32 were killed in israeli air strikes on residential buildings in the southern city of rafa, also a home was bombed in the central gaza city of diral balah leaving at least 18 people dead there, and according to media reports israely attacks

in the past 3 days, the zionist army raided shifa hospital, 350 palestinians, including a number of henapped doctors and nurses. the zionists claim that the commanders of hamas have taken refuge in this hospital and manage operations from there , but so far they have not been able to provide any evidence or evidence for their claim. provide at the same time, on the 16th day of the attack on gaza, the israeli fighter jets targeted al brij nasirat camps in the center of the gaza strip, which resulted in the martyrdom of 37 palestinians . god be hasbi allah and naim al-wakil fi al-hamed from me. the length of the antenna. as a result of the interruption of the electricity generators and the failure of the oxygen machines at the al-aqsa martyrs hospital in deir al-balah, two palestinian babies were martyred. arrived. two palestinians were martyred due to the lack of oxygen when the electricity generators were cut off at the al-aqsad martyrs hospital in deir al-balah in the center of the gaza strip. the operation of the electric motors of al-aqsa martyrs hospital in deir al-bala stopped an

washington's support for tel aviv, meanwile the world health organizations warned attacks against shifa hospital have made it impossible for the un agencies to distribute aid. it's also expressed concerns about reports of medical staff being detained. ashifa, the largest hospital in gaza has been under direct is really attacks, raids and air strikes since monday. argaza correspondent says situation of patients at alashifa as well as palestinian sheltering in the medical facility is catastrophic. israel aggression is still persistent against the shif medical complex and even the surrounding areas of gaza strip as you know that today is the fourth consecutive day of this brolal aggression uh as a result the israel incubation forces kidnapped. hands of the b senior civilians from inside the ashifa medical complex, including paramedics and journalists and even civilians of those evacuees who were taken shelter of inside the hospital, actually according to the latest news from the ashifa medical complex that at least three palestinian patients passed away uh over the lack of the needed medical care a

leave him, some operations were delayed, there are no medical equipment or medicine in the... al shifa hospital, there's nothing. the seventh day the doctor came to me and told me that i should go out and that the israeli forces want to enter the hospital and that i was putting my life and the life of my son in danger. they told me to go out and take him with me. i went out and i put him in his chair and then they started shooting so i carried him on my shoulders and there was people and patients behind me. once we got out, they started shooting at us again telling us that this is not a safe area and we should go right. then they started shooting again saying that this is not safe area as well, we were in the middle of the thing and we didn't know what to do. we then came to camal one hospital and they did what's necessary directly. he had a blockage in his intestines and today he died. his father knows nothing about him, he only knows that he's sick, he's not around, he didn't get the chance to say goodbye. on easter day, pope francis has renewed calls for immediate. fire in the gaza strip a m

we know that senior hamas terrorists have regrouped inside the shifa hospital and are using it to commandfore. this was last november, showing tunnels under al—shifa and facing widespread condemnation for raiding a hospital. now it is back again for a fourth time — hardly a sign of victory. and again, war—weary families forced to flee the area around al—shifa. this young boy says, "we were sleeping when they started bombing. "they shelled our home and there was shooting. "afterwards they let us out. "they addressed the men and took them to the tanks." in gaza now, no escape from bombs orfrom hunger. before the eyes of the world, famine closing in. orla guerin, bbc news, jerusalem. for more on the humanitarian situation in gaza, i spoke to bushra khalidi, oxfam's lead policy advisor injerusalem. the situation in gaza appears to grow ever more dire and if the global body responsible for declaring famine reported that 1.1 million people were already starving and the rest of the people that could be in famine byjuly. what is the biggest challenge to getting eight in right now? i challenge to

called for urgent global measures to stop ongoing israeli massacre of palestinians at gaza's al shifa hospitalncluding medical personnel and immobile patients. the euromaid said international community must intervene immediately to put an end to these atrocities that have been ongoing now for three days. it also called for international committee to be set up to probe israel's war crimes against humanity in gaza. the world health organization says, " it's documented of 410 israeli attacks on gaza's healthcare sector since regime's genocidal war started back early october. now according to the world body's latest figures, regime's attacks on the sector have left 685 people dead and 902 injured. israel strikes have also damaged 99 healthcare facilities and 104 ambulances throughout gaza. it added 2-5ths of israeli attacks took place in gaza city. a quarter in northern gaza and another quarter in the southern city of khan unis emphasizing that healthcare sector should not be a target in armed conflicts, the world health organization urged the israeli regime to respect international law which call