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more than a million displaced people are taking shelter in rafah. washington has warned israel not to carry out a full—scale attack without a credible plan to protect civilians. 0ur correspondent injerusalem, wyre davies, has more. it's pretty clear now that israel's preparations for this much anticipated, much heralded assault on rafah in southern gaza are gathering pace. there's been an all day meeting of the israeli war cabinet. it is still israel's intentions to finish off hamas, notjust politically but also militarily. according to israeli sources, about 25% of hamas' fighting force remains, along with the leadership, and most of that is thought to be in rafah in southern gaza. alongside, though, of course, it must be remembered, about 130 hostages, those that were taken abducted into gaza on october the seventh. so there's also a million and a half gazans or thereabouts internal refugees thought to be in rafah. and that is why the international community, in particular the americans and british and other allies of israel, have urged israel n
more than a million displaced people are taking shelter in rafah. washington has warned israel not to carry out a full—scale attack without a credible plan to protect civilians. 0ur correspondent injerusalem, wyre davies, has more. it's pretty clear now that israel's preparations for this much anticipated, much heralded assault on rafah in southern gaza are gathering pace. there's been an all day meeting of the israeli war cabinet. it is still israel's intentions to finish off hamas, notjust...
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more than a million displaced people are taking shelter in rafah. washington has warned israel not to carry out a full—scale attack without a credible plan to protect civilians. 0ur correspondent in jerusalem, wyre davies, has more. it is pretty clear that israel's preparations for this much anticipated, much heralded assault on rafah in southern gaza are gathering apace. it is israel's intention notjust to finish off hamas politically but militarily. about 25% of hamas' fighting force remains, along with leadership, and most is thought to be in rafah in southern gaza. alongside, it must be remembered, but 130 hostages, those taken and abducted into gaza on october seven. so there is1 million one half gazans or thereabouts, internal refugees thought to be internal refugees thought to be in rafah. that is why the international community, particularly the americans, the british, and other allies, have emerged israel not to undertake this big full—scale military operation to get or to facilitate the movement of some of those internal refugees becau
more than a million displaced people are taking shelter in rafah. washington has warned israel not to carry out a full—scale attack without a credible plan to protect civilians. 0ur correspondent in jerusalem, wyre davies, has more. it is pretty clear that israel's preparations for this much anticipated, much heralded assault on rafah in southern gaza are gathering apace. it is israel's intention notjust to finish off hamas politically but militarily. about 25% of hamas' fighting force...
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translation: we will enter rafah because i we have no other choice. we will destroy the hamas battalions there, we will complete all the objectives of the war, including the repatriation of all our abductees. this is from frank gardner. a lot of things are about to happen in this part of the world over the coming days. antony blinken has arrived here and he's only spending less than a day in israel but he will be pushing for the ceasefire deal. i do not think it would be ceasefire deal. i do not think it would be too ceasefire deal. i do not think it would be too impressed ceasefire deal. i do not think it would be too impressed by the statements coming out of prime minister benjamin netanyahu today, talking about going into rafah whether or not there is a ceasefire deal, a true steel, because the us is opposed to israel going into rafah. you have also got the icc. this is a real threat being taken very seriously by prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his cabinet. this is different by the international criminal court that israel believes is about to
translation: we will enter rafah because i we have no other choice. we will destroy the hamas battalions there, we will complete all the objectives of the war, including the repatriation of all our abductees. this is from frank gardner. a lot of things are about to happen in this part of the world over the coming days. antony blinken has arrived here and he's only spending less than a day in israel but he will be pushing for the ceasefire deal. i do not think it would be ceasefire deal. i do...
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recent weeks have seen air strikes on the rafah area. a military assault on rafah would be an unbearable escalation, killing thousands more civilians, and forcing in this of thousands to flee. hundreds of thousands to flee. meanwhile the mother of an israeli american being held in gaza has told the bbc that israel and hamas must urgently agree a new ceasefire and hostage release deal. rachel goldberg polin�*s son hersch was seen in captivity in a new video released last week. anna foster reports from the site of the nova music festival in southern israel. 207 days ago this was a place of life. each of these images is nowjust a memory. among them, hersh goldberg—polin, taken hostage by hamas. i haven't slept more than four hours a night, and that's with drugs. that's with what our family doctor prescribed for us on the first day. on october 7th, hersh ran and hid in a concrete refuge by the roadside. this shelter is a few kilometres away from the festival site, so when people got here, they must have thought that they were safe, but t
recent weeks have seen air strikes on the rafah area. a military assault on rafah would be an unbearable escalation, killing thousands more civilians, and forcing in this of thousands to flee. hundreds of thousands to flee. meanwhile the mother of an israeli american being held in gaza has told the bbc that israel and hamas must urgently agree a new ceasefire and hostage release deal. rachel goldberg polin�*s son hersch was seen in captivity in a new video released last week. anna foster...
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and matt, what do you think about then the potential for a full—scale offensive of rafah? do you think that this could come just in time, this potential ceasefire? i think it could. it's clear the biden administration and its partners have been holding a pretty hard red line against a full—scale invasion of rafah, where close to 2 million palestinian refugees have gathered as they've been driven out of their homes in the south and the middle of the gaza strip. and they understand that a large—scale israeli incursion into rafah would be even more catastrophic, potentially spilling over into neighbouring egypt, which which turns it very quickly into a much bigger regional problem. the biden administration's approach has been trying to keep it keep this war contained to gaza. i don't think that's a defensible approach, but it has been their approach. and that partly explains why they've been so, so working so hard to prevent the rafah invasion. and are you optimistic then that this could move the needle then in terms of stopping the violence, at least in the short—term?
and matt, what do you think about then the potential for a full—scale offensive of rafah? do you think that this could come just in time, this potential ceasefire? i think it could. it's clear the biden administration and its partners have been holding a pretty hard red line against a full—scale invasion of rafah, where close to 2 million palestinian refugees have gathered as they've been driven out of their homes in the south and the middle of the gaza strip. and they understand that a...
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is moving ahead and planning for what is expected to be a pretty full—scale military incursion into rafah, the city in southern gaza, where israel says the remnants, significant remnants of hamas fighters and leadership are still based. israel says it has destroyed about 19 hamas military battalions, meaning there are about 4—5 battalions, hundreds of heavily armed men, remaining in southern gaza, with the hamas leadership. israel has of course had to respond to these criticisms and appeals from allies, including the us in recent weeks, not to undertake this full—scale military invasions. principally because of the humanitarian consequences. there are thought to be about i consequences. there are thought to be abouti million people in and around rafah in southern gaza, people in dire circumstances, and the americans and british and others including aid agencies are really worried about the growing humanitarian crisis. some evidence that tents and other shelters are being built in preparation for the invasion to move some people away from rafah, buti million people is a lot to move in
is moving ahead and planning for what is expected to be a pretty full—scale military incursion into rafah, the city in southern gaza, where israel says the remnants, significant remnants of hamas fighters and leadership are still based. israel says it has destroyed about 19 hamas military battalions, meaning there are about 4—5 battalions, hundreds of heavily armed men, remaining in southern gaza, with the hamas leadership. israel has of course had to respond to these criticisms and appeals...
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the statement concludes that �*the leaders discussed rafah — and the president reiterated his clear position�* — although it didn't give details of what that is. in the last few hours it's also been announced that us secretary of state, antony blinken will visitjordan and israel after a stop at world economic forum summit in riyadh. our north america correspondent will vernon is in washington with more details on the biden—netanyahu phone call. well, i think the most significant thing about this phone call was the timing. the language in the readout provided by the white house doesn't tell us anything hugely new. but this is a crucial moment for the middle east. as you mentioned, the us secretary of state, antony blinken, he's departed on another diplomatic tour of the region. he'll be meeting qatari and egyptian officials, other regional players too. and he's going to be discussing a us—led cease fire plan that could entail a six week cessation of hostilities in gaza, as well as the release of dozens of hostages still held by hamas in gaza and the release also potentially of hundred
the statement concludes that �*the leaders discussed rafah — and the president reiterated his clear position�* — although it didn't give details of what that is. in the last few hours it's also been announced that us secretary of state, antony blinken will visitjordan and israel after a stop at world economic forum summit in riyadh. our north america correspondent will vernon is in washington with more details on the biden—netanyahu phone call. well, i think the most significant thing...
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diplomatic efforts to broker a ceasefire have intensified, as have idf preparations for a big push into rafah where more than a million displaced palestinians are sheltering. no matter what happens next, there is still no sign of a plan for what happens when the fighting, the death, and the destruction do finally end. my guest is ami ayalon, former chief of israel's shin bet security agency, now a fierce critic of the netanyahu government. is israel fighting an unwinnable war? ami ayalon, in northern israel, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for inviting me. it's great to have you on the show, mr ayalon. you have a long, distinguished career at the top of the israeli security forces. 0bviously that ended some time ago.
diplomatic efforts to broker a ceasefire have intensified, as have idf preparations for a big push into rafah where more than a million displaced palestinians are sheltering. no matter what happens next, there is still no sign of a plan for what happens when the fighting, the death, and the destruction do finally end. my guest is ami ayalon, former chief of israel's shin bet security agency, now a fierce critic of the netanyahu government. is israel fighting an unwinnable war? ami ayalon, in...