Hello and welcome to NewsHour from the BBC World Service coming to you live from London. I'm Sean Lay.

A ceasefire came into force in Gaza on Sunday, temporary perhaps, but for now it is holding.

Two days later, the Israeli Defence Forces, the IDF, were in operation again, this time in the

occupied West Bank. Today, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the UN

Secretary General Antonio Guterres said Israeli calls to formally annex part or all of the

occupied West Bank and Gaza were mistaken. He said there was a realistic alternative which could benefit both Palestinians and Israelis.

The next phase is leading to a situation of permanent ceasefire in Gaza

and a situation in which a transition can be established in Gaza,

allowing for the reunification of the occupied Palestinian

territories and allowing for a serious negotiation of a political solution based on the two states.

This is the win-win situation. But there is another possibility. And the other possibilities for Israel feeling emboldened by the military successes that it has had

to think that this is the moment to do the annexation of the West Bank

and to keep the Gaza in a kind of limbo situation with an unclear form of governments.

It is clear for me that Israel is not fundamentally interested in Gaza.

It's fundamentally interesting in the West Bank.

Antenna Guterres, the UN Secretary General.

The Palestinian Health Ministry says 10 Palestinians have been killed and nearly 40 injured

in the occupied West Bank city of Jinin in what is described as a major assault.

The IDF says it's acting to suppress armed groups, including Hamas, operating in Janin,

which is home to a refugee camp of approximately 10,000 people,

about one-fifth of the city's population. Our Middle East correspondent Lucy Williamson sent this report

from Janine. Tonight, on the outskirts of Janine, a fresh battle between Israeli forces and

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