Israel-Hamas war: 'Fog of war has descended'

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00:00 I can tell you what little I know, which is that Israeli troops are still in Jabalia and

00:04 they are still fighting there.

00:07 And that what we heard yesterday, yesterday's air strike is in dispute.

00:11 Not that it happened.

00:13 Israel admits it was a missile strike.

00:15 They say that they were aiming for militants who are hiding in amongst the population.

00:22 And that perhaps is part of who was killed there, all of whom was killed there.

00:26 Were they all civilians?

00:27 We don't know that.

00:29 That's being very differently reported on the Palestinian side and on the Israeli side.

00:34 Israel says there was fierce hand-to-hand fighting.

00:37 It lost 13 troops.

00:38 What it says is that more than 50 militants were killed yesterday.

00:42 Today we have heard reports out of Gaza that there has been another Israeli missile strike

00:48 still in Jabalia.

00:49 I haven't seen confirmation or reference to that on the Israeli side of the line.

00:54 I will say this, both sides, there's a fog of war that's descended, Nadia, because both

01:00 sides are actually keeping their information.

01:03 They don't want to telegraph their punches.

01:04 They're keeping their information close to their chests.

01:07 Hamas telling people that not, not, please do not put anything, any, any photos, any

01:13 film, any information up on social media.

01:16 That's what it's telling Gazan civilians.

01:18 And the IDF really, the Israeli Defence Forces, dole out the information they're telling foreign

01:24 and Israeli media.

01:25 So that's what I can piece together for you.

01:28 I do just want to say one thing about the humanitarian situation.

01:31 We've heard from one hospital in the Gaza Strip that treats cancer patients, the Turkish

01:36 hospital it's called, saying it will have to close its doors due to the fact that it's

01:40 running out of electricity.

01:42 So the question of fuel, fuel being electricity in the Gaza Strip, meaning electricity in

01:47 the Gaza Strip, the question of fuel being allowed in, I think is going to be the next

01:52 humanitarian issue writ large.

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