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00:00 At least 15 people were killed in a strike on the UN school housing thousands in Gaza,
00:06 marking the second attack on a school in just two days.
00:11 Thousands of people across the UK, France and Germany took part in pro-Palestinian protests
00:15 calling for an end to the Israel-Hamas war.
00:20 The EU`s top official arrives in Kiev for talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky as
00:24 Ukraine seeks membership of the EU.
00:30 At least 15 people were killed in the Israeli strike on the UN school housing thousands
00:35 of displaced civilians in the Gaza Strip.
00:38 Dozens more were wounded.
00:40 The attack comes just a day after a strike on another school converted into a makeshift
00:44 shelter killed at least 20 people.
00:48 This as two people were killed earlier in a strike by the gate of Nasser Hospital in
00:52 Gaza City, an attack the World Health Organization has called unacceptable.
00:58 According to Gaza`s health ministry, at least 231 people were killed in the past day, while
01:04 more than 9,400 Palestinians have been killed since October 7th, including 3,900 children.
01:10 On Saturday, Israel offered a three-hour window for trapped residents to flee south, although
01:15 it`s not clear how many fled.
01:17 About 1.5 million people in Gaza, or 70 percent of the population, have already been displaced,
01:23 according to the UN.
01:26 Meanwhile, Israel`s defense minister has said that at least 12 Hamas battalion commanders
01:31 have been killed in the IDF`s ground offensive in Gaza.
01:41 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Jordan on Saturday for a bid to build support
01:47 for planning a post-war future for Gaza.
01:50 He met with weary Arab leaders and officials angry and deeply suspicious of Israel as it
01:56 intensifies military operations in the Gaza Strip.
01:59 More than 9,400 people have died in the Palestinian enclave since the war began in October.
02:06 Among them were 72 UN staffers who have died in Israeli airstrikes.
02:14 Thousands are putting their lives on the line every single day to show up at work, to help
02:20 people.
02:21 I have extraordinary admiration for the courage that they are showing.
02:29 Calls for humanitarian pause has increased as the UN has reported the average Palestinian
02:33 in Gaza is surviving on two pieces of bread a day.
02:37 Only one of three water supply lines from Israel is operational.
02:47 Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched through central London on Saturday,
02:52 calling on Israel to stop its bombardment of Gaza.
02:55 The protest was held as Israeli troops tightened their encirclement of Gaza City.
02:59 The death toll for the Palestinian enclave has reached 9,448.
03:05 In Berlin, thousands more took part in a free Palestine protest calling for the end of the
03:09 war.
03:13 Another 60,000 pro-Palestinian protesters gathered in Paris, while some 40 other rallies
03:18 were announced across France.
03:21 Meanwhile, some families of the Israeli hostages taken by Hamas set up camp in Tel Aviv on Saturday,
03:28 calling for their return.
03:30 At least 242 hostages were taken from Israel into Gaza by Hamas militants on 7th October,
03:37 and more than 1,400 people in Israel have been killed.
03:45 European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrived in Kiev on Saturday morning
03:50 for talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky.
03:53 It comes just before the release of an EU report that will assess how Ukraine has gone
03:58 towards meeting the criteria for EU membership.
04:01 And it will play a critical role in determining whether the bloc agrees to start formal accession
04:06 talks with Kiev next month.
04:08 Von der Leyen also paid tribute to Ukraine's railway workers.
04:13 You have helped your compatriots to seek shelter in the European Union and come back home again.
04:21 You got the grain and the vital products out of Ukraine and into the world.
04:26 You keep the lifeline running.
04:30 And it is outstanding.
04:31 I can witness it because it is the sixth time that I've come to Kiev by train.
04:37 And I must say, this train is a legend.
04:41 At a special ceremony afterwards, employees of the state railway company were given awards
04:46 for evacuating people and organizing travel for dignitaries.
04:50 [ Applause ]