00:00At least three people, including a father and son, are believed to have been killed
00:04in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza's southern city of Qanunis.
00:13It struck a building next to a United Nations school where dozens of Palestinian families
00:18have been sheltering. Many of them have been displaced several times from other parts of
00:23the enclave due to Israel's continuous bombardment.
00:26There was a house next to us the Israeli forces wanted to strike. And as you can see,
00:34our classroom where we shelter is damaged. I don't know where we'll sleep. We have
00:3825 people in this classroom. Look how it's damaged, and our sleeping area. Where will
00:43we sleep? We don't know. We'll have to sleep in the yard.
00:47Meanwhile in Israel, thousands of anti-government protesters have again taken to the streets
00:52calling for an immediate deal to release hostages in Gaza. Many gathered outside the
00:57Prime Minister's private residence demanding early elections. Our correspondent Jonathan
01:02Regev is in Tel Aviv for us now. Jonathan, are these protests having any impact on the
01:07Netanyahu government?
01:12I think that the answer is no. The protests do not impact so much on the government because
01:18the government is there on a strong majority of 64 members in the coalition. And that 64
01:26member majority is still there regardless of the protests. Netanyahu has a very strong
01:32grip on his coalition. With all of the turmoils that we've seen in the year and a half of
01:38this government before and after the war, the grip that he has on that coalition is
01:44still standing. And therefore, as big as the protests may be, for the government to
01:51fall down, for this to happen, it has to happen through a motion in the Israeli parliament,
01:57the Knesset, to which at least 61 members will vote for it. The opposition has 56 members.
02:04So far we're not seeing any of the coalition members crossing the line voting with the
02:09opposition on any of these motions. Therefore, I think that the answer to your question is
02:14no and not a lot of effect for these protests, as big as they may be, on the government which
02:22continues along this path. If we look at the past week, the protesters, of course, one
02:29more layer that they added to their protests is the fact that relations with the United
02:35States are deteriorating. Israel strongly depends on the United States. And yet Netanyahu
02:40came out with this video of his saying that the U.S. is withholding some weapons shipments.
02:47And that, of course, was brought up by the protesters. Even that is not able for the
02:52moment to shake up the Netanyahu coalition.
02:55And regarding those tensions between the United States and Israel, what more do we know about
03:00the Secretary of State Antony Blinken's meeting with Israeli officials?
03:07We know that there is a great anger in the United States. The Americans are saying we
03:12simply don't know why Benjamin Netanyahu had to do this. Why did he have to come up with
03:16this video? And why did he have to do this at such a sensitive time? Israel does not
03:21only depend on the United States for the success of its campaign in Gaza, for anything regarding
03:28Gaza, in the United Nations Security Council, with the Americans vetoing again and again
03:33and again any anti-Israel motion. Now, as it seems, war in the north may be getting
03:40close, and Israel would strongly need American support, not only on the diplomatic level
03:47but on the battleground level as well. Coming out with such a video at this sensitive time
03:54saying the Americans we simply don't understand why it happened, especially due to the fact
03:58that there's nothing to it. The Americans are unaware of any shipments that are delayed
04:03to Israel and such a video at any time, and especially at this time, is simply a wrong
04:08thing to do. Great anger in Washington regarding this video.
04:12Jonathan Regev in Tel Aviv. Many thanks.
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