the seech b washington and wyre davies. tie: speech by the washington and wyre davies. washington and wyre davies. tte: speech by the deputy leader washington and wyre davies. t'te: speech by the deputy leader of his black board was more to the population of lebanon, i do not think he believes the israelis would pay attention to the threats he made —— the leader of hezbollah. the lebanese are very frustrated and upset with the way they have been dragged into the conflict, this was a plea for him by unity, saying they were the defenders of the country against israel, warning them if they get defeated and destroyed like israel once, israel will be free to remake lebanon and the wider middle east as it wishes. he also promised to rebuild homes that were destroyed, that they would get that support. there was an interesting reference to gaza. he said the issues of palestine and lebanon could not be separated, which pits at the idea that —— puts to bed the idea that —— puts to bed the idea that —— puts to bed the idea that hezbollah might strike a separate deal. hezbollah cen

wyre davies, something to watch - davies, something to watch closely.as we continue our special coverage of this expanding and escalating regional war, as we've just been reporting the united states is considering upping its already considerable military support to israel, trying to protect its most strategic ally in the region against iran's threat of an attack, should israel respond. and israel is expected to respond. the security cabinet will meet again tonight. they are discussing the targets, what will be hit. there is a lot of discussion around what kind of targets would send the strongest message. we will follow the latest development is back back to you in london. thank you very much to lose to sette camara chief international correspondent live injerusalem. let's look at the dave rudnick avenues. —— bendaleavenues. king charles has lead tributes to scotland's former first minister, alex salmond, who's died suddenly, at the age of 69. the king said mr salmond's "devotion to scotland drove his decades of public service". the alba party founder an

wyre davies is following - davies is following developments from jerusalem.nflict on two fronts,. the north in lebanon after that hezbollah attack in the drone attack on israeli military yesterday in which four israeli military personnel were killed, israel has continued attacking various points in lebanon at the village of a christian village in northern lebanon, the israelis said they discovered large hezbollah tunnels, heavily equipped tunnels in the south of lebanon and of course, dozens of rockets are still being fired into israel by hezbollah from lebanon. no end in sight in the war theatre in southern lebanon between hezbollah and no and inside and no peace agreement either. for more on this i am joined by andrew thomas a lecturer in international relations at deakin university in melbourne. i want to get your thoughts on gaza but your reaction to what we have seen in lebanon on of late. what is your overriding thought when you see how the conflict is developing there? i think it's clear and emblematic of the connection between both gaza and lebanon on

our correspondent in jerusalem wyre davies explains some of the implications of yahya sinwar�*s death pressure from its international allies to use this as an opportunity to perhaps push for a break in the fighting and try to sit down again and ask for a cease—fire and with some hostages released. benjamin netanyahu's narrative was very much to the contrary and benjamin netanyahu sees this as a cute moment but a key moment for the war to continue and for israel to push on. in that vein, there continued to attack targets in leaders in berlin said there's a possibility of working towards a ceasefire in lebanon, but it will be harder in gaza. he said he has an understanding of how and when israel will respond to the missile attacks by iran, but declined to elaborate. uk prime minister, sir kier starmer, said he continued to support israel's right to self defence but warned there is "no military solution the answer is diplomacy". speaking directly to israel, he said "the world will not tolerate any more excuses on humanitarian assistance". our correspondent in jerusalem wyre davies explai

wyre davies, bbc news, jerusalem.he spokesman for the un's peacekeeeping body has been talking to the bbc about the incidents in southern lebanon. andrea tenenti talked to our correspondent hugo bachega. how do you react to what happened today? well, it is very concerning what happened today, what happened the day before or what happened three days ago, what happened in the last several days, several attacks against our peacekeepers. today, we had israeli forces entering inside one of our position in the middle of the night. they stay there for 45 minutes, damaging the entrance, and leaving shortly after, and then there was an explosion immediately one hour later outside a base, with smoke, and our peace keepers, 15, although they were wearing masks, they had irritation of the skin, gastrointestinal problems and they are now recovering. so the situation is serious, has been serious, as i said, since idf decided and informed us they would enter inside lebanese territory for this targeted incurions, and after that they

wyre davies reports from jerusalem.t four un peacekeepers have been injured in recent days as a result of israeli fire against unifil positions along or near the blue line. ever since israeli troops crossed into lebanon tensions have been rising. there was international condemnation today, after two israeli tanks forced their way into a un base. israel later said it was because they came under hezbollah fire. the un has this far rejected israeli calls to leave, saying it has a vital job to do. but binyamin netanyahu sees different, appealing directly to the un secretary—general he demanded the withdrawal of un blue helmets from the danger zone. mr secretary—general, get the unifil forces out of harm's way. it should be done right now, immediately. israel is fighting hezbollah inside lebanon on the ground and from the air. israeli warplanes hit a market place in a southern city yesterday, and today a ioo—year—old mosque in a village near the border was destroyed. israels are also hitting targets deeper into lebanon, some

let's go live tojerusalem, where we're joined by our correspondent wyre davies.are we hearing from nuseirat and the refugee camp? the images coming in from central gaza are very distressing, showing a lot of dead people, many of them children. they are clearly either very badly wounded or killed, having been dragged out of the nuseirat refugee camp. that is a very densely populated area right in the north middle of the gaza strip. what is significant about the attack on this particular site todayisit attack on this particular site today is it is not in the area where israel has been undertaking a massive military offensive around northern gaza in the last few weeks. this is much more in the southwest and people may have been expected to be relatively safe. i use the word relatively because all of gaza is dangerous. the israelis have put out a statement today saying they attacked the nuseirat refugee camp because they said hamas were using it as a command and control centre and they were targeting terrorists from hamas and islamichhad there. but from these picture

wyre davies is following all of these developments from jerusalem.they're keeping a very close eye on what israel is doing in northern gaza because of the humanitarian situation. i think israel is probably going to have to rethink its military objectives injabalia, in northern gaza. israel can't simply go in there now, almost flatten parts of the area in pursuit of the remaining hamas units. it has to think about the impact on the 300,000 or so people who are living there. israel says it is encouraging people to leave, but many agencies, like msf, have said it's impossible for people to leave. some people are being shot at when they try to leave by troops apparently, and even when people get to so—called designated safe areas, they find themselves at threat. sadly, people have been killed in bombings and shellings in these so—called safe areas. this statement from the us secretary of defence lloyd austin announcing that overnight us military forces including multiple v2 bombers conducted multiple strikes on weapons storage facilities in areas of yeme

our correspondent emir is in beirut and wyre davies is in jerusalem.non, or of the day. one of the most significant air strike was that strike on the vicinity. it was on the rafik hariri hospital, which the latest tally is around 18 people killed, four of whom were children and around 60 people are heavily injured. the army says they weren't targeting hospital itself, but the hospital itself was nobody inside the hospital is heard. we've heard continuation of israeli strikes, significantly south of the country in the bekaa valley. one round of the israeli strikes in the south of the country killed around 13 people, which local media said they were all from the same family. first responders there reported two subsequent air strikes which endured around five people. —— injured. we really have the sense that there is no pause in these air strikes happening here in lebanon — notjust here in the capital, but in the rest of the country as well.— country as well. emir, thank ou. country as well. emir, thank you- let's — country as well. emir, thank you- let's

wyre davies is following all of these developments from jerusalem.t three days, there's been a significant and small increase in the amount of aid in northern gaza, perhaps as a response to the very strongly worded letter from the american secretary of state and the american secretary of state and the american defence secretary outlining the fact that israel's military offensive in gaza was having unacceptable humanitarian consequences. about 50 trucks have gonein consequences. about 50 trucks have gone in through the air is crossing in northern gaza. —— erez. it's way less than the 500 trucks are so a day that are needed. but israel says it is sending an aide, it accuses hamas and other groups sometimes of stealing that aid, but clearly not enough is getting in. the united nations is again said the situation in northern gaza is completely unlivable at the minute. we've heard more accusations and criticism from some of israel's closest allies. the americans have told israel they're keeping a very close eye on what israel is doing in northern gaza bec

we can cross live tojerusalem and our correspondent there wyre davies.u, saying that this is appealing to the people in gaza that this is an opportunity for peace but also seen the war is not over, so where are we? it’s not over, so where are we? it's a hue not over, so where are we? it's a huge boost — not over, so where are we? it�*s a huge boost for benjamin netanyahu, he will believe it justifies his decision to continue the war, at times when other people, particularly the families of the hostages here in israel, were urging them to strike a cease—fire deal to allow the hostages to be released. netanyahu has always been belligerently tough in his view that the fight against hamas has to finish first, i know by killing the leader of hamas, yahya sinwar, it is huge for him. he said in a speech the night, it is the beginning of the day after hamas, but the war is not over, and asjeremy said in that piece, fighting is still continuing, particularly in northern gaza, more than 42,000 people, many of them civilians, have been killed in the course of this

earlier i spoke to our correspondents — wyre davies injerusalem and jonathan head in beirut.ng jonathan for his reaction to this attack on a christian village in lebanon. we don't know what the target was here. this is a very small village. fewer than only about 800 residents. it has had an influx of some displaced people from the south, and that may be the link to the possible target that israel was after. there was no warning. local residents have said they didn't hear anything like a missile. there was just this massive explosion. the videos that they posted on social media afterwards revealed a really appalling scene of destruction. you know, smashed up cars, great grey smoke and ash everywhere and bodies lying all over the village, injured people as well, and really dreadful damage. and its left to the lebanese to wonder why this village, this very small, notably christian village, it's quite an historic village up in the mountains there. but this is a campaign that israel is still waging to destroy all of hezbollah�*s capacity to fight back. and that attack on binyamina

our correspondent wyre davies is following developments from jerusalem.two fronts, the north in lebanon after that hezbollah attack and the drone attack on am israeli military base yesterday in which four israeli military personnel were killed, israel has continued attacking various points in lebanon at the christian village in northern lebanon, the israelis said they discovered large hezbollah tunnels, heavily equipped tunnels in the south of lebanon and of course, dozens of rockets are still being fired into israel by hezbollah from lebanon. so no end in sight in the war theatre in southern lebanon on between hezbollah and israel and no end in sight no imminent peace agreement either for gaza. i peace agreement either for gaza. . r' �* peace agreement either for gaza. ~ ., gaza. i asked andrew thomas from deakin _ gaza. i asked andrew thomas from deakin university- gaza. i asked andrew thomas from deakin university on - gaza. i asked andrew thomas from deakin university on his| from deakin university on his reflections for israeli stripes in lebanon on.

our correspondent wyre davies is injerusalem with more details on blinken�*s visit.is anthony blank and's 11th this is anthony blank and's iith visit to israel but this time expectations for any breakthrough even before meeting the israeli prime minister were really quite low. the two men, benjamin netanyahu and anti— blink and, met for 2.5 hours but to emphasise the low hopes of any progress their version of events discussed at the meeting are very different. first of all we got from the american side the view that israel should capitalise on the successful action to bring the hamas leader sinwar to justice and secure hostages release and end the conflict. mr lincoln's spokesman also spoke about the importance of getting more aid into gaza was some 400,000 people in the north in particular are suffering because of the humanitarian crisis. we know that antony blinken is very concerned at israel's enhance military activity in the north that it is having a detrimental humanitarian impact. and then we go to the israeli version of how the meeting went. netanyahu's spokes

aviv, demanding a ceasefire deal to bring the israeli hostages home. 0ur middle east correspondent wyre daviest this update. this has been a day of many developments in the middle east following the death of the hamas leader yahya sinwar. first of all, hamas themselves belatedly acknowledged that their leader had been killed in rafah, in southern gaza. hamas said his death, although tragic for them, would not change their course of action — they won't stop fighting in gaza, they say, until israel agrees to a full ceasefire. hamas also said that sinwar died a heroic death with his arms by his side. taking on the israelis. that version of events has been somewhat disputed by the idf themselves. they said they had come across sinwar after he was flushed out of a tunnel network, where they said he had spent most of the war surrounded by israeli hostages. indeed, the area where sinwar was killed was a spot very close to where six israeli hostages were found killed earlier in the summer, in august. so, some dispute there about how sinwar died, but he is dead and hamas might have to find a new leader

our middle east correspondent wyre davies has the latest.his is been a day of many developments in the middle east following the death of the hamas leader, yahya sinwar. first of all, hamas themselves blatantly acknowledged that their leader had been killed in rafah in southern gaza. hamas said, although tragic, his death would not change their course of action, they won't stop fighting in gaza they say until israel agrees to a full cease—fire. hamas also said that seymour died a heroic death with his arms by his side digging on the israelis —— one died. that has been somewhat disputed by the idf to themselves, who said they have come across sinwar after he was flushed it a tunnel network, where they said he had spent most of the war surrounded by. the area where sinwar was killed was of spot very close to where six israeli hostages were found killed in august. some dispute there about how sinwar died, but he is dead and hamas might have to find a new leader. they have not yet said who that person will be. more widely, this is now being seen

our correspondent wyre davies is injerusalem with more details on blinken�*s visit.iith visit to israel and that part of israel since the start of october the 7th, but expectations even before meeting the israeli's prime minister were low. the two men netanyahu and antony blinken met for two and half hours but to emphasise the low expectations for any hope of progress. their versions of events discussed at the meeting are very different. first of all, we got from the american side the view that israel needed to capitalise on the successful action to bring the hamas leader, yahya sinwar, to justice and to secure hostages, release and end the conflict. and mr blinken�*s spokesman also talked about the importance of getting more aid into gaza, where some 400,000 people, particularly in the north, are really suffering because of the humanitarian crisis up there. we know that antony blinken is very concerned that israel's enhanced military activity in the north is having a detrimental humanitarian impact. then we go on to the israeli version of how that meeting went. mr n

the bbc�*s wyre davies is following the story.l is fighting on at least two fronts further to the north in lebanon, and after that, has below report —— hezbollah. four israeli personnel were killed. israel has continued attacking various points in lebanon in the village of aitou, a christian village in the northeast. the israelis said they've discovered a large hezbollah tunnels in the south of lebanon and dozens of rockets are still being fired into israel by hezbollah. so, no end into israel by hezbollah. so, no end in sight in the world theatre between hezbollah and israel and no end in sight of a peace agreement in gaza. meanwhile, more than two weeks since iran's latest missile barrage in israel, it still remains unclear how israel will respond to that attack. but the washington post is reporting that israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu told the biden administration he is willing to strike military targets rather than oil or nuclear facilities. this all comes as israel continues its operation against hamas in gaza's nor

our correspondent in jerusalem wyre davies has more on the exchanges between blinken and netanyahu.hat is related to capitalise on the successful action to bring the hamas leader shall ars to justice and to secure that is released and end the conflict. mr blank and's spokesman also talked about the importance of getting more aid into gaza where some 400,000 people particularly in the north are really suffering because of the humanitarian crisis up there. we know antony blinken is very concerned that israel's enhanced activity in the north is having a detrimental humanitarian impact. then we go on to the israeli version of how the meeting went. mr netanyahu's spokesman talking about the iranians threat to israel, this very real threat that israel is concerned about iranians missiles coming down over israel couple of weeks ago, how that might be responded to by the israelis. israelis thanked the israelis. israelis thanked the americans for their support in providing enhanced sales events coverage. israelis also talked about the governing framework for gaza a day after the war ends. of

joining me now is wyre davies. we understand the israeli cabinet is going to meet tonight.he possible choreography? we know that israel is going to respond. they have promised a lethal response. iran, to paraphrase them, will not know what had hit —— will not know what had hit —— will not know what has hit it. the americans have asked that nuclear targets not be targeted. perhaps oil installations. we don't know what is going to be hit, even how it is going to be hit. you think of the operations against hezbollah, with the pagers and walkie—talkies in beirut, we simply don't know how israel will respond. but a response is expected. the danger is that quickly escalates into much bigger regional conflict. 0ne bigger regional conflict. one thing that has emerged in the israeli media this morning are reports that the united states is now considering the deployment of a high altitude missile defence system in israel. that would be significant because not only would it add to israel's already multilayered missile defence network, which has been very effective so far against gaza,

the bbc�*s wyre davies is following the story.ollah attack in the drone attack on israeli military yesterday in which four israeli military personnel were killed, israel has continued attacking various points in

our correspondent wyre davies is injerusalem with more details on blinken�*s visit.inken�*s iith visit to israel and to the wider region since the start of october the 7th, but expectations even before meeting the israeli's prime minister were low. the two men netanyahu and antony blinken met for two and half hours but to emphasise the low expectations for any hope of progress, their versions of events discussed at the meeting are very different. first of all, we got from the american side the view that israel needed to capitalise on the successful action to bring the hamas leader, yahya sinwar, to justice and to secure hostages�* release and end the conflict. and mr blinken�*s spokesman also talked about the importance of getting more aid into gaza, where some 400,000 people, particularly in the north, are really suffering because of the humanitarian crisis up there. we know that antony blinken is very concerned that israel's enhanced military activity in the north is having a detrimental humanitarian impact. then we go on to the israeli version of how that meeting

our correspondent in jerusalem is wyre davies.bout what is really officials have been saying about the death of yayha sinwar because they are trying to create a very clear narrative because that is very important in the region, isn't it? , ., ., ., it? first of all, we had confirmation - it? first of all, we had confirmation from - it? first of all, we had i confirmation from hamas it? first of all, we had - confirmation from hamas itself, there deputy leader did say that yayha sinwar had been killed but went on to describe the method of his killing and that israeli video according to hamas and the allies and iran, she was fighting with weapons in his hands and he died a martyr step fighting, heroically. that version was contradicted somewhat by the israelis said quite the opposite end according to their intelligence, he had spent most of his time underground in tunnels protected by a human shield of israeli hostages and is only when he was flushed out of these tunnels and running between various houses in the much bombed city in

our correspondent injerusalem, wyre davis, has more on the challenges faced by mr blinken in gettingto de—escalate. this is antony blinken�*s iith visit to israel and the wider region since the start of the gaza war, but this time expectations for any breakthrough even before meeting the israeli prime minister were really quite low. the two men — benjamin netanyahu and antony blinken — met for 2.5 hours, but as if to emphasise the low hopes of any progress, their version of events discussed at the meeting are very different. first of all, we got from the american side the view that israel needed to capitalise on the successful action to bring the hamas leader sinwar to justice and secure the hostages�* release and end the conflict. the spokesman also spoke about the importance of getting more aid into gaza was some 400,000 people in the north in particular are really suffering because of the humanitarian crisis up there. we know that antony blinken is very concerned at israel's enhance military activity in the north that it is having a detrimental humanitarian impact. then we go on t

our correspondent injerusalem, wyre davis, has more on the challenges faced by mr blinken in getting deescalate. but to emphasise the low hopes of any progress their version of events discussed at the meeting are very different. first of all we got from the american side the view that israel should capitalise on the successful action to bring the hamas leader sinwar to justice and secure hostages release and end the conflict. mr blinken�*s spokesman also spoke about the importance of getting more aid into gaza where some 400,000 people in the north in particular are suffering because of the humanitarian crisis. we know that antony blinken is very concerned at israel's enhanced military activity in the north is having a detrimental humanitarian impact. and then we go to the israeli version of how the meeting went. mr netanyahu's spokesman spoke about the iranian threat to israel, the very real threat that israel is concerned about. iranian missiles coming down over israel a couple of weeks ago and how that might be responded to by the israelis. and the israelis thanked the americans f

joining me now is our correspondents wyre davies injerusalem and jonathan head in beirut.e of this attack in this village in the north of lebanon?— this village in the north of lebanon? ~ . ., ~ ., lebanon? what we make of it, israelwill— lebanon? what we make of it, israel will launch _ lebanon? what we make of it, israel will launch air _ lebanon? what we make of it, israel will launch air strikes - israel will launch air strikes where ever it sees fit, where ever it thinks there is a legitimate target, and we do not know what the target was, this is a very small village, fewer than 800 residents, it has had an influx of some displaced people from the south and that might be the link, the possible target israel was after, there was no warning, local residents said they did not hear anything, there was just a massive explosion. videos posted on social media revealed an appalling scene of destruction, smashed up cars, and bodies lying all over the village, injured people, and dreadful damage. it is left to the lebanese to wonder why this very small notably christian villag

our correspondent wyre davies is following developments from jerusalem. been some very distressing videos and images emerging today from the gaza strip showing clearly civilian victims including victims are children of the latest air strikes. they said it attacked the camp because it was going after operatives using this area which used to be a school as a command and control centre. israelalso as a command and control centre. israel also saying it did everything it could to mitigate risk to civilian casualties but clearly looking at those images, many, many civilians appear to have been killed in that latest israeli air strike. killed in that latest israeli airstrike. furtherto killed in that latest israeli air strike. further to the north, israel is intensifying its blockade around parts of northern gaza where hundreds of thousands of civilians are said to be trapped. aid agencies and the un say the humanitarian crisis there is dire, there is talk and images of people as they are being evacuated from they are being evacuated from the area are being stop

our middle east correspondent wyre davies sent this update. of many developments in the middle east following the death of the hamas leader, yahya sinwar.

the bbc�*s wyre davies is following the story.l is fighting a conflict on two fronts, the north in lebanon after that hezbollah attack in the drone attack on israeli military yesterday in which four israeli military personnel were killed, israel has continued attacking various points in lebanon at the village of a christian village in northern lebanon, the israelis said they discovered large hezbollah tunnels, heavily equipped tunnels in the south of lebanon and of course, dozens of rockets are still being fired into israel by hezbollah from lebanon. sono inside in the war theatre in southern lebanon between hezbollah and no and inside and no peace agreement either. it has been two weeks since iran is unprecedented ms selvaraj in israel and it still remains unclear how israel will respond to that attack. the washington post that benjamin netanyahu told the biden administration that he is willing to strike military targets rather than oil or nuclear facilities. targets rather than oil or nuclearfacilities. i asked lieutenant about

wyre davies reports.at used to be his home, 29—year—old ahmed built the modest single—storey building for his family of six and his parents seven years ago. but he always feared the city authorities would come after him because he never had a permit to build. even though the land is his and the family has lived here for generations. translation: | decided _ to demolish my house after i was hit by penalties for demolition by the police and the israeli court. i couldn't pay the fines and risk losing things like health insurance and my child insurance, so i was forced to demolish my house. of course, we appealed to the court, but they refused. like many in the same situation, ahmed actually demolished the house himself. the jerusalem city authorities would have charged him thousands if they'd carried out the order. it made thejob, perhaps even more painful, tearing down his family's labours and their future with his own hands. almost all attempts by palestinian families here in eastjerusalem to apply for pla

wyre davies in _ on israel at the moment. wyre davies in jerusalem, _ on israel at the moment.u. davies injerusalem, thank you. thank you tojonathan hed and tom bateman in washington. let's continue. let's speak to yossi kuperwasser, who is a former director general of the israel ministry of strategic affairs. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. a year plus into the gaza war, now in lebanon. do you think you are winning?- war, now in lebanon. do you think you are winning? yes, i think you are winning? yes, i think we _ think you are winning? yes, i think we are _ think you are winning? yes, i think we are winning. - think you are winning? yes, i think we are winning. we - think we are winning. we started this war any very low situation, we were surprised, brutally attacked, and paid a heavy price, and this was part of a plan that the iranians had to build a ring of fire around us that would bring us to our knees. the tables have turned and now and a wyre davies is suffering, hezbollah is suffering, hezbollah is suffering in the north because theyjoin suffering in the north bec

our correspondent in jerusalem is wyre davies. what is the latest that you are hearing?t is the latest that you are hearin: ? . .,, what is the latest that you are hearin: ? . ., _, . hearing? increasing confidence of evidence _ hearing? increasing confidence of evidence and _ hearing? increasing confidence of evidence and is _ hearing? increasing confidence of evidence and is really - of evidence and is really circles both military and media that yahya sinwar, the 61—year—old leader of hamas, the architect of those cross—border attacks on the october the 7th last year, has been killed in what appears to been killed in what appears to be a firefight with israeli soldiers, presumably in southern gaza. pictures began to emerge earlier this afternoon, very graphic pictures showing someone who resembled yahya sinwar with resembled ya hya sinwar with clearly resembled yahya sinwar with clearly fatal injuries there's been growing speculation if not official confirmation yet that he is indeed the leader of hamas. a public holiday in israel, the government press office in the pr

our correspondent in jerusalem is wyre davies. just give us the latest you are hearing. just give us the latest you are hearinu. , . .,, hearing. there is increasing evidence — hearing. there is increasing evidence and _ hearing. there is increasing evidence and confidence - hearing. there is increasing evidence and confidence in| evidence and confidence in israel that yahya sinwar has indeed been killed in this military operation in southern gaza. absolute forensic proof has not either being gathered or revealed in the media, but across the israeli media and some military sources say they are increasingly confident they have got the man who was the most wanted person in gaza, israel's number one target, yahya sinwar, the 61—year—old accused of organising and directing the october the 7th attacks last year when thousands of armed troops streamed across the board and killed 1200 people in israel and took 250 hostages back into gaza and since then yahya sinwar has been a marked man and it is thought he was hiding and it is thought he was hiding and moving in southern gaza, but no one h

our correspondent in jerusalem is wyre davies. more about this security meeting that is going on and what they are actually considering. i’m on and what they are actually considering.— on and what they are actually considering. i'm not sure much will come _ considering. i'm not sure much will come out _ considering. i'm not sure much will come out of _ considering. i'm not sure much will come out of it. _ considering. i'm not sure much will come out of it. the - considering. i'm not sure much will come out of it. the rumour is that israel is coming under some pressure from its international allies to use this as an opportunity to perhaps push for a break in the fighting and try and sit down again, perhaps for a ceasefire, this might end up with some hostages being released. mr netanyahu's narrative last neta nyahu's narrative last night netanyahu's narrative last night was very much to the contrary and he obviously sees yahya sinwar�*s dev as a key moment, but he says a key moment, but he says a key moment for the war to continue

let's go live to jerusalem, where we're joined by our middle east correspondent wyre davies.s in the region with five priorities. which of those anything he can make monistic progress on? it is a good question. this is his 11th visit here since the war iith visit here since the war began perhaps, but expectations from this trip are as low as they have ever been, despite those five areas he has to talk about. mr blinken was ko signatory to a letter to his israeli counterpart over a week signatory to a letter to his region with five priorities. which of those anything he can make monistic progress on? it is a good question. this is his 11th visit here since the war iith visit here since the war began perhaps, but expectations from this trip are as low as they have ever been, despite those five areas he has to talk about. mr blinken was ko signatory to a letter to his israeli counterpart over a week ago in which he demanded israel rethink its military operation in northern gaza regarding the humanitarian situation there. or the united states may be put in a legal position where

we're joined by our correspondents, wyre davies injerusalem, jonathan head in beirut, gaza correspondentistanbul and tom bateman in washington. tom, tell us more about this letter. grave concern amongst the us administration about what is happening in gaza. yes. what is happening in gaza. yes, this has emerged _ what is happening in gaza. yes, this has emerged in _ what is happening in gaza. yes, this has emerged in the - what is happening in gaza. 1&1: this has emerged in the last hour or so. what we have now confirmed are the contents of a letter that was reported by the journalist, written from the us secretary of state antony blinken to the israeli government, along with lloyd austin, the us defence secretary, both signed the letter. what it amounts to is a warning to the israelis that if they do not rapidly improve the humanitarian situation in gaza that they will face or risk having some us military assistance cut off. the language in this letter is very strong. as far as i can see this amounts to the strongest known written warning that the americans have given to the israelis eve