meanwhile, yolande, yoav gallant is going to washington - so far. meanwhile, yolande, yoav. the vice—president kamala harris said it would be a huge mistake to move into rafah with any type of military operations there. tell us more about what is expected from his visit? . , more about what is expected from his visit? ., , _, , more about what is expected from his visit? ., , . ., , ., more about what is expected from his visit? ., , , ., ., visit? yeah, this comes at a time when us israel— visit? yeah, this comes at a time when us israel relations - visit? yeah, this comes at a time when us israel relations are - visit? yeah, this comes at a time | when us israel relations are really strained. the defence minister will be asking for continued us military assistance to keep fighting the war in gaza and also prepare for any possible escalation with a powerful armed group hezbollah in lebanon. but he is going to come across different officials at this meeting and will meet criticism of the israel plans for a full—scale military offensive in rafah in the south of the gaza strip

the word is that the israeli defence minister yoav gallant came to the pentagon today to discuss moren't necessarily what austin wanted to press on. by all accounts he spoke about a moral imperative, a moral and strategic imperative, to take care of civilians, that if the israelis are going to make a move on rafah, they need to have a credible plan for the protection of civilians. the us feels it hasn't seen such a plan. not that the pentagon said it will hold up arms sales, but they are pressing the point that they want to see a credible plan for civilian protection in rafah and equally important more aid crossings opening up more aid going into gaza, and more crossing points for that aid being allowed by the israelis. it isn't at all clear that in this meeting they came to any resolution on any of this, caitriona. a russian court extended the detention of evan gershkovich, an american reporter for the wall street journal, by three months as he awaits trial. mr gershkovich was arrested on espionage charges nearly a year ago while on a reporting trip, making him the first western jour

the word is that the israeli defence minister yoav gallant came to the pentagon today to discuss with sales to israel. but that isn't necessarily what austin wanted to press on. by all accounts he spoke about a moral imperative, a moral and strategic imperative, to take care of civilians, that if the israelis are going to make a move on rafah, they need to have a credible plan for the protection of civilians. the us feels it hasn't seen such a plan. not that the pentagon said it will hold up arms sales, but they are pressing the point that they want to see a credible plan for civilian protection in rafah and equally important more aid crossings opening up more aid going into gaza, and more crossing points for that aid being allowed by the israelis. it isn't at all clear that in this meeting they came to any resolution on any of this, caitriona. given that oden issue as you mentioned of getting food aid into gaza basically into northern gaza where we have seen children and people of all ages starving to death, is there any indication that israel is minded to open up greater border acce

in looking ahead, the israeli defence minister yoav gallant is - defence minister yoav gallant is headings tension around that planned offensive in rafah in the south. yes, and israel's defence minister will be received by his american counterpart, separate to another israeli delegation that will also be in washington late in the week. to hear the americans telling them quite directly that they absolutely vehemently oppose an israeli military incursion into rafah in southern gaza because there are close to 1.5 million people but to be sheltering there, more than half the entire population of gaza. and there are real fears that an israeli invasion of rafah could spell terrible atrocities in such a densely populated area. the americans believe that there is an alternative route, choking off hamas by basically smashing tunnels and smuggling routes from egypt into gaza, but at the moment, the israeli government publicly is very determined to push on with rafah. i have to say that there is an alternative viewpoint, which is that benjamin netanyahu by repeatedly saying that he is determined to

the defence minister yoav gallant is said to have made progress on the plan during his visit to washingtonraeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has agreed to send officials to egypt and qatar in the coming days for a new round of talks on a possible ceasefire in gaza. in the past 2a hours, both the uk and the us military have airdropped food supplies into gaza. our bbc middle east correspondent lucy williamson, was on the us plane. aid drops into gaza are expensive, inefficient and increasingly controversial. these ready—prepared meals from the us army are being flown more than 1,000 miles from the us in qatar. there's plenty of food just a short drive from gaza's borders, but this american aid is being flown right across the middle east. 80 crates of food on board two c—i7 transport planes, dropped into a population the un says is on the brink of famine. it's not perfect. we know that there's upwards of 2 million people who need food on the ground who are hungry, innocent civilians who didn't ask for this conflict, and we're dropping meals in the tens of thousands, but at least it's s

the israeli i defence minister yoav gallant of the war so far.ence minister yoav gallant is heading to washington, after the vice president kamala harris said it would be a huge mistake to move into rafah with any military operation. tell us what to expect from his visit. , _, , ., tell us what to expect from his visit. , , ., ., ,, visit. this comes at a time when us - israel relations _ visit. this comes at a time when us - israel relations are _ visit. this comes at a time when us - israel relations are restrained. . — israel relations are restrained. their defence minister will be asking for continued us military assistance to keep fighting the war in gaza and also to prepare, we understand, for any possible escalation with the powerful armed hezbollah in lebanon, but he is going to meet different american officials and criticism for applied military offensive in wrapper in the south of the gaza strip where you have about 1.5 million people displaced by the fighting crammed against the border with egypt, with deteriorating conditions in that

and >> us national security adviser jake sullivan is expected to meet israeli defense minister yoav gallant at the white house in the coming hours to discuss the urgent need for humanitarian aid to gaza and to look for alternatives to a planned ground offensive rafah that issue also to be discussed in later meetings at week, what do you expect will come out of that meeting >> it depends what we'll garland here if it's only words, condemnations advisers then israel might ignore it as it did ignore until now, most of the us advisors about increasing the returned a israel ignore it is all about taking measures if the american administration is devoted, like the vice president was quoted, just now if they are really devoted to take measures to put a real pressure on israel because their issuance stake is penetrating into raffa this should be prevented by all means because this is going to become a huge humanitarian catastrophe. and i can only hope that the americans will not only talk, but also tell israel did they will be a price for another catastrophe in gaza. >> so you again you mentioned t

it comes as the country's defence minister yoav gallant is set to travel to washington, with israel leadership under increasing pressure from the us to halt its planned assault on rafah in southern gaza. israeli forces continue to carry out ground and air attacks in northern and central gaza, including around al—shifa hospital. juliette touma is from unrwa. she says if aid from the organisation is blocked from entering gaza, famine will take hold. it is simply outrageous. the clock is ticking, and with this recent decision, the clock will be ticking even faster towards famine. there is more than a quarter of a million people who depend on unwra's food assistance in the north, and we haven't been able to reach them for the past two months. we are talking about the vast majority of the population that has been forced to flee their homes or their places of refuge, and unwra alone are hosting over a million people who live in the united nations unwra shelters. they lost everything, and they need everything, and they need the basics. and right now the most important commodity that people need is fo

yoav gallant issued the warning hours after airstrikes on hezbollah in both syria and lebanon.r of hezbollah�*s missiles unit. meanwhile: israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has agreed to send officials to egypt and qatar in the coming days for a new round of talks on a possible ceasefire in gaza. injerusalem, there is an uneasy calm, as palestinians

now, we also so no, on sunday that the israeli defense minister yoav gallant, will be heading to the united states on the invitation of the us defense secretary, lloyd austin. he'll also be meeting. we understand what the us secretary of state, and also with the national security advisor, jake sullivan, the topic we're being told is the hostages just in gaza, how to get those hostages out and also how to make sure more humanitarian aid can get into gaza, given the fact that the un is still warning of an imminent famine in parts of the gaza strip. there will be a separate israeli delegation that will go and the biden administration will try and convince them that there are alternatives this to this major ground offensive in rapper the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says they will be carrying out shortly. now also, there was so another tragedy in gaza city at the kuwait roundabout. this is an area where we know many desperate people are waiting for food it's an area where some of the aid convoys come through, which is why people are congregating. they're hoping to be able to

yoav gallant issued the warning hours after air strikes on hezbollah in both syria and lebanon.has agreed to send officials to egypt and qatar in the coming days for a new round of talks on a possible ceasefire in gaza. injerusalem, there is an uneasy calm, as palestinians

. >> reporter: separate meetings between administration officials and israeli defense minister yoav gallant, a political rival of netanyahu, went forward as two situations continue at gaza hospitals. >> they rejected a proposal that calls for the release of up to 800 palestinian prisoners in exchange for 40 hostages and a six-week cease-fire, saying it wants a full withdrawal of israeli troops from gaza. >>> russian president vladimir putin says the gunman who killed at least 139 people at a concert hall near moscow were islamic extremists, but during a meeting yesterday with government officials, he repeated his accusation that ukraine could have played a role in friday's attack. ukraine denies that. over the weekend putin said the four attackers who were arrested were trying to escape to ukraine. i.s.i.s. has claimed responsibility for the attack. >>> still ahead this morning, a reshuffling at boeing as the ceo steps down amid a safety crisis at the aerospace company. >>> and later, shohei ohtani speaks out. what the baseball star had to say about a gambling scandal. ah mornings! cough? c

intensity of its operations in the north of the occupied territories in response to the threat of yoav gallant, the minister of war of the zionist regime, about increasing attacks on lebanese. located with my colleague on the border between lebanon and occupied palestine. we will go together. hello mr. azimzadeh. how many operations has hezbollah carried out in the last 24 hours and what weapons did they use? mrs. hosseini, dear viewers. hello, have a good time. lebanon's hezbollah has carried out 12 operations in the last 24 hours, and in its operations, from guided missiles, its own heavy warhead missiles, missiles. the suicide bomber himself used it. in one instance only hezbollah targeted the zionist military base mutallah twice. a gathering and vehicles of the zionist military at mutallah base with drones the suicide bomber targeted himself. almost two hours later, the fortifications of the mutallah military base were attacked by hezbollah with guided missiles. he himself targeted hizbollah this morning at 1:20 am local time, 2:50 am iran time , again using his own guided missiles. this m

us and israel had this point as well, but we know that the israeli defendant just want to stay yoav gallantn. he's meeting with jake sullivan and national security adviser. today this monday, he'll also meet with the at second defense, lloyd austin. what we're being told by both sides is that the topics of conversation will be how to push the hostage deals. hostage talks forward and also how to ensure that there is more humanitarian aid that is getting into gaza, given the fact that there are um and reports saying that farming is imminent in northern gaza, it will happen anytime between now and mid-may. there is a delegation, as you say, later in the week to talk specifically about rapper about this operation that israel is determined to carry out a major ground offensive. in rafah, where up to 1.5 million in palestinians are currently sheltering. the us has been clear on their feelings of this. they had said it would be a mistake. they want to talk to the israeli delegation and clearly also to, you have golan for defense minister about what the alternatives might be, how to convince them t

yoav gallant issued the warning hours after airstrikes on hezbollah in both syria and lebanon.he israeli military said they killed the deputy commander of hezbollah�*s missiles unit. meanwhile israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has agreed to send officials to egypt and qatar in the coming days for a new round of talks on a possible ceasefire in gaza. injerusalem, there is an uneasy calm as palestinians mark easter and ramadan. our international editor jeremy bowen reports. injerusalem, where tension and worse are normal, there is always the consolation of religion. this ramadan, many of those ending a day of prayer at the aqsa mosque were palestinian israelis, around a fifth of israel's population. israel, citing security, restricts access to jerusalem for palestinians from the occupied west bank. just down the road, palestinian christians were deep in their celebration of easter, walking to the old city from the garden of gethsemane, where they believejesus prayed on the night before he was crucified. but in this city, sacred for christians, jews and muslims, religio

is so interesting in terms of the timing, just after a visit by the israeli defense minister, yoav gallant is that really in recent days we have seen tensions deepening between israel and the us and that really reached the lowest moment on monday after you had the us abstention at the un security council when it came to a resolution being passed on a ceasefire in the gaza warfor the first time. israel was very angered about that and there have been these calls from senior democrats in the us and from other groups of society like arab—americans, suggesting that if military weapons supplies, transfers to israel are not going to be cut, then they should be limited or they should be conditioned by the biden administration. that doesn't seem to have happened. yeah, it's really interesting, isn't it? we've spoken over the last couple of weeks about the relations being strained and as you say, there widespread calls for this, the two to be linked, that the military aid should be linked to the humanitarian aid to gaza. but that doesn't seem to be the case. indeed. and the white house has been sayi

it comes as the country's defence minister yoav gallant is set to travel to washington — with israelure from the us to halt its planned assault on rafah in southern gaza. israeli forces continue to carry out ground and air attacks in northern and central gaza — including around al—shifa hospital. juliette touma is from unrwa. she says if aid from the organisation is blocked from entering gaza — famine will take hold. it is simply outrageous. the clock is ticking, and with this recent decision, the clock will be ticking even faster towards famine. there is more than a quarter of a million people who depend on unwra's food assistance in the north, and we haven't been able to reach them for the past two months. we are talking about the vast majority of the population that has been forced to flee their homes or their places of refuge, and unwra alone are hosting over a million people who live in the united nations unwra shelters. they lost everything, and they need everything, and they need the basics. and right now the most important commodity that people need is food. i would also say

take yoav gallant, minister of defense. he said hamas loss control of the north of the strip. we were doing a gazan nakba of 2023. for the audience you don't know, the nakba was the expulsion of over 700 thousand palestinians and the massacre and also the destroying of 600 palestinian villages. he also says, i have ordered a complete siege on the gaza strip. 'there will be no electricity, no food, no fuel, everything is closed, we are fighting human animals and we are acting accordingly. isaac herzog, another evil person, the president, he says, there are no innocent civilians in gaza, he's blowing the lie, the the lines between a combatant and a non-compatent. what about benjamin netanyahu, the prime minister, he said, you must remember what amalek has done to you, says our bible, and this refers to 1 samuel 15:3 that says, now attack the amelicites and and totally destroy all that belongs to them, do not spare them, put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys. this is pure genocide, genocidal intent here, because he's blowing the th

we also know that israel's defence minister yoav gallant, who is due to make a trip to washington nextand military ally, the us. ~ ., diplomatic and military ally, the a federal appeals court has issued an order effectively blocking texas from one of the toughest immigration laws in the us. it comes hours after it came to effect temporarily after a us supreme court ruling. the law allows state officials to arrest and deport people suspected of illegally crossing into the us from mexico. stay with us on bbc news. there is plenty more to come. hello again. it has been a pretty cloudy and wet start to the day. through the course of the day, you will find some of us will hang on to the cloud and also some rain, but it will brighten up and will continue to do so through the afternoon on the north and west. it is also going to be mild. this is what we have got left of this morning's rain across parts of northern england, in towards the wash, the midlands, parts of wales and the south—west. to the north of that, brightening up with more sunshine developing. to the south, if we see more breaks

yoav gallant is going to be speaking to mr austin but also a second israeli team, heading to washingtoncomes after the visit of the us secretary of state, antony blinken, last week. and certainly it's a big ongoing effort by the us here to reach out to those in the israeli government it feels it can talk to. they include the defence minister who will also be, we understand, talking about us military help that's needed for the ongoing war in gaza. but there's pressure being exerted by washington to try to stop israel from going ahead with what it says it plans to do to have a major military offensive in rafah in the very south of the gaza strip. and certainly one of the close advisers of the israeli prime minister will be among those going to meet different officials in washington. washington has said it cannot support such an operation because you have such dire humanitarian consequences that could result real harm to civilians. you now have something like 1.5 million people out of the total, 2.3 million in the gaza strip, all crammed down on the border with egypt, most of them displace

the israeli defence minister, yoav gallant, has sought to cool tensions with washington on his visitks with his counterpart lloyd austin. but in some of his strongest comments so far, lloyd austin said the humanitarian catastrophe in gaza was intensifying, and civilian deaths were far too high. in gaza today, the number of civilian casualties is far too high and the amount of humanitarian aid is far too low. gaza is suffering a humanitarian catastrophe and the situation is getting even worse. we need immediate increases in assistance to avert famine. our work to open a temporary humanitarian corridor by sea will help. but the key is still expanding aid deliveries by land. the biden administration has also disputed israeli government's disputed israeli government claims that washington's refusal to use its security council veto had emboldened hamas. speaking at a news briefing, mathew miller, the spokesman for the us state department, said that israel was wrong. that statement, which i believe said that hamas...pulled out of the hostage talks or hamas rejected the most recent proposal

yoav gallant issued the warning hours after airstrikes on hezbollah in both syria and lebanon. meanwhile israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has agreed to send officials to egypt and qatar in the coming

it comes as a country's defence minister, yoav gallant, is due in washington with its ready leadershipnder increasing pressure from the us to halt its planned assault on rafah in southern gaza. we heard from a representative of unrwa and he said more food deliveries are desperately needed. we are talking about a dire situation where people are starving. my situation where people are starving. my sister visited a hospital today and she met with a kid who is on the brink of dying because of malnutrition. these are real people, these are our neighbours and unfortunately we see unrwa under siege and they are not able to deliver aid in gaza. it is tying our hands during these circumstances that are dire, unfathomable. what can we do? we are trying to help to fund raise but there are miles of aid outside of gaza waiting to be allowed in. forsome aid outside of gaza waiting to be allowed in. for some reason, aid outside of gaza waiting to be allowed in. forsome reason, due aid outside of gaza waiting to be allowed in. for some reason, due to the lack of political will, we are not getting that

the israeli defence minister, yoav gallant, has sought to cool tensions with washington on his visitring talks with his counterpart lloyd austin. but, in some of his strongest comments so far, lloyd austin said the humanitarian catastrophe in gaza was intensifying and civilian deaths were far too high. gaza's health ministry says at least 32,490 palestinians have been killed and more than 711,000 have been injured in israel's military offensive on gaza since oct the 7th. let's listen to what mr austin said. in gaza today, the number of civilian casualties is far too high and the amount of humanitarian aid is far too low. gaza is suffering a humanitarian catastrophe and the situation is getting even worse. we need immediate increases in assistance to avert famine. our work to open a temporary humanitarian corridor by sea will help. but the key is still expanding aid deliveries by land. meanwhile has been a x has launched dozens of rockets in a town israel. 0ur middle east correspondent, yolande knell, has more. after a lull in recent weeks, this week what we have seen is an intensific

. >> reporter: separate meetings between administration officials and israeli defense minister yoav gallantrward as scheduled today as israeli officials inside these two gaza hospitals continue overnight. as for the fate of hostages, the latest rounds of talks begin with no resolution as israel and hamas can still not agree how many would be swapped for the roughly 130 hostages still being held. norah. >> norah: ed o'keefe at the white house, thank you. russian leader vladimir putin tried again to pin friday's terror attack on ukraine offering no evidence of its involvement. nearly 140 people were killed and nearly 100 wounded when gunmen stormed a concert hall in moscow. cbs's deborah patta has details on the suspects and the isis group claiming responsibility for the attack. >> reporter: blindfolded, bruised, and beaten, that terror suspects were brought to court following a speedier rest after the friday night massacre when four gunmen stormed the city hall near moscow, a popular concert venue and methodically began shooting at the crowd before setting the place ablaze. social media vide

yoav gallant issued the warning hours after air strikes on hezbollah in both syria and lebanon. prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has agreed to send officials to egypt and qatar in the coming days for

so what we are watching here is minister of defence of israel, yoav gallant, speaking at this graduationaying, quoting the us ambassador to israel, saying that gaza talks have not broken down. gaps are narrowing, said the us ambassador to israel. so we are keeping across these lines coming out of israel does not stay with us, this is bbc news. —— stay with us, this is bbc news. —— stay with us. hello. this afternoon's whether looking hello. this afternoon's weather is looking dry for the bulk of the country. cloud will vary a lot though, from place to place. we have seen some mist and low cloud loiter across parts of the midlands, like here in shropshire. the best of the sunshine generally today is once again across western areas, although there are a few breaks in the cloud across the south, as well. sunny skies, then, across parts of highlands of scotland today. a lovely picture from the nairn area sent by weatherwatcher rothesay. thanks for that. there's a vanishingly small chance of catching a shower today across parts of england, and wales, for the vast majority of the country, just

the israeli defence minister yoav gallant was already in washington to discuss israel's planned offensivem the white house this afternoon — outside, not within the gates. translation: we have no moral right to stop the war _ in gaza until we return all the hostages home. if we do not reach a clear and decisive decision in gaza, it may bring us closer to war in the north. there are reports from israel that the netenyahu government has agreed to a us proposal on a prisoner—hostage exchange. the plan has been sent to hamas for approval. it would mean the release of around 700 palestinian prisoners in exchange for the release of a0 israeli hostages held in gaza. among the palestinian prisoners around 100 that are serving life sentences for killing israelis. the israelis say today's resolution puts that proposal at risk. but the vice president kamala harris said on sunday a prisoner swap and a humanitarian pause must take priority over and above israel's ambitions in rafah. we have been clear in multiple conversations and in every way that any major military operation in rafah would be a huge

the israeli defence minister yoav gallant who was already in washington gave this response from outsideation: we have no moral right to stop the war _ in gaza until we returni all the hostages home. if we do not reach a clear- and decisive decision in gaza, it may bring us closer to war in the north. _ with us tonight, the french ambassador to the un security council, nicholas de riviere who voted in favour of the resolution. thank you very much for being with us. words lasting in reference to the ceasefire can be interpreted in different ways. permanent is a more precise word. why was that not included in draft?— precise word. why was that not included in draft? well, i think the ado tion included in draft? well, i think the adaption of _ included in draft? well, i think the adoption of this _ included in draft? well, i think the adoption of this resolution - included in draft? well, i think the adoption of this resolution is - included in draft? well, i think the adoption of this resolution is good | adoption of this resolution is good news. we have a call for a ceasefire now, we had

were meetings today between the us defence secretary, lloyd austin, and his israeli counterpart, yoav gallantthe number of civilian casualties is too high — and their opposition to an expanded assault within rafah. the israeli government maintains the biden adminstration has emboldened hamas by allowing the security council resolution to pass. since last night, the group has returned to its earlier, maximalist demands — a permanenent ceasefire and a full withdrawal of israeli troops before any negotiation over hostages. the demands set out in the resolution is seemingly being ignored by both side. 0vernight rafah was bombed again by israeli warplanes while fierce gun battles raged around the hospitals in the cities of khan younis and gaza city. yolande knell reports from jerusalem. no sign of a ceasefire here. these homes hit by israeli air strikes on rafah in the very south of gaza overnight. and at the local hospital, this lady lists her losses. 16 members of herfamily, many small children. "i don't have anyone left," she says. and there's despair at the world's reaction. "what can the secu

amy: israeli defense minister yoav gallant is in washington , d.c., for meetings with defense secretary lloyd austin and others. axios is reporting gallant is coming with a "long list of u.s. weapons israel wants to receive in an expedited manner." protests continued around the world this weekend. in ireland, tens of thousands of marched in dublin to demand a ceasefire and freedom for palestinians. in chile, members of the palestinian community, which is believed to be the largest palestinian community outside of the arab world, gathered with allies to call on president gabriel boric to break off all diplomatic relations with israel. >> we stand with the oppressed and against the oppressors to say no more crimes against humanity. so we protest. no more relations with the criminal state of israel. amy: here in new york, hundreds of activists gathered outside the metropolitan museum of art to demand the prestigious museum and its board members cut ties with companies that benefit from israel's assault on gaza and commit to helping "preserve palestinian cultural heritage sites being destro

defense secretary lloyd austin met with the israeli defense minister yoav gallant on tuesday. austin said the civilian death toll in gaza has been "far too high" but he vowed the u.s. would keep arming israel. a new report by the arms control group sipri found 69% of all arms imported by israel comes from the united states. the group said u.s. weapons, particularly warplanes, have played a major role in israel's attacks on gaza and lebanon. meanwhile, at the state department, spokesperson matt miller said the biden administration has not found israel's actions in gaza to be in violation of u.s. or international law. >> we have not found them to be in violation of international humanitarian law either when it comes to the conduct of the war or or the provision of humanitarian assistance. amy: president biden and vice president kamala harris spoke in raleigh, north carolina tuesday. a group of pro-palestinian activists interrupted the president while he talked about his record on health care. pres. biden: a patient with a heart disease, diabetes, or child with asthma could not g