Clashes on Israel-Egypt border, Israeli minister rules out ceasefire, Gaza faces starvation

The latest developments from the Israel Hamas war.

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00:00 Israel says its army is ending its intensive ground operation phase in Gaza after gaining

00:11 control over the northern part of the territory. Defense Minister Yoav Galant added the military

00:16 will soon expand its control over the southern part of the strip as well. The briefing came

00:22 as Hamas issued unsubstantiated claims that two Israeli hostages had died in Israeli shelling.

00:28 Galant went on to justify Israel's strategy in Gaza.

00:32 "If the fire is put out, it will destroy the hostages' fate for many years in the

00:40 hands of Hamas. Without military pressure, no one will speak to us. Without military

00:47 pressure, we will not be able to reach any agreements. Only from a position of power

00:53 can the hostages be liberated."

00:56 Images released by an NGO show Beirut's refugee camp razed to the ground after Israeli forces

01:02 withdrew. The UN continues to complain that access to aid deliveries of medical supplies,

01:08 fuel, water and sanitation equipment to northern Gaza has been denied several times in a row

01:14 since late December.

01:16 While there have been some steps to increase the flow of humanitarian assistance into Gaza,

01:22 life-saving relief is not getting to people who have endured months of relentless assault

01:27 at anywhere near the scale needed.

01:31 Almost 85% of the population are reported to have fled their homes.

01:37 (whooshing)