Israel

We are joined from Amman by Jordan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Ayman Safadi.

Concerns are growing over the fate of hundreds of patients who are still at the al-Shifa hospital in Gaza city, as doctors struggle to keep them alive with no power – they warn that dozens of premature babies could die. And as the north of Gaza remains under siege, thousands continue to flee south by…

We talk to Mark Regev, senior adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Israeli ambassador to the UK.

This isn’t the first time Israel has mounted a ground invasion of Gaza – troops also entered the territory in 2014.

While US secretary of state Antony Blinken is in the Middle-East, 14 Democratic senators released a joint statement calling on Biden for a short-term cessation of hostilities to let humanitarian aid in and to increase the focus on releasing the hostages. 

An airstrike hit a convoy of ambulances outside the Al Shifa hospital, the largest in Gaza, leaving several killed and others injured.

We spoke to Mark Regev, a spokesman for the Israeli Government and a former ambassador to the UK.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said there will be no temporary ceasefire with Hamas, proscribed as a terrorist group by the UK, until all Israeli hostages are released. 

We spoke to the Beirut based author and journalist Kim Ghattas and to the American commentator and former speechwriter to President George W Bush, David Frum. 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said there will be no temporary ceasefire with Hamas, proscribed as a terrorist group by the UK, until all Israeli hostages are released. 

The Hamas attacks on October 7th threaten to upend Israeli politics. Some of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s rightwing supporters blame him, while leftwing Israelis are questioning their belief in peace talks and an end to occupation. 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his troops are at the height of battle in Gaza and that they’ve passed the outskirts of their target, Gaza city.

Earlier We spoke to former Israeli foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and began by asking with much of the world appalled by the enormous loss of life in the Gaza strip, what is her response to those critical of Israel?

Earlier we spoke to Nebal Farsakh from the humanitarian organisation the Palestine Red Crescent society, who are operating in Gaza and helping to transport patients to the border. 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his troops are at the height of battle in Gaza and that they’ve passed the outskirts of their target, Gaza city.