the bbc talks to a family trapped for months in the crossfire. the actor lee sun—kyun from the oscar—winning film parasite is found dead in central seoul. police received a report of a note left at his home. hello. the israeli military has continued its bombing of the gaza strip overnight, while heavy combat continues on the ground. gaza's hamas—run health ministry says at least 241 people have been killed in the past 2a hours. in his first interview since the war began, the palestinian president, mahmoud abbas, described the conflict as a "grave crime" against his people. all this comes shortly after the head of the israeli army warned that dismantling hamas could take many more months. graham satchell reports. night after night, for weeks now, the families of those taken hostage

take to the streets of tel aviv. they're putting pressure on the israeli government to bring the hostages back alive and stop the fighting. they need to look at other options. the military pressure will continue. but we see they don't have any results. the head of the israeli army herzi halevi said the war could take many more months. "there are no magic solutions," he said. "there are no short cuts in dismantling a terrorist organisation, only determined and persistent fighting." in gaza itself, hospitals are overrun with the injured and the dead. the world health organization says almost all the hospitals in the gaza strip have now stopped functioning. there's blood everywhere in these hospitals at the moment. we're seeing almost only trauma cases come through the door and at a scale that's quite difficult to believe. it's a bloodbath, as we said before, it's carnage.

in his first interview since the war began in october, the palestinian president, mahmoud abbas, described the situation as a catastrophe and warned the west bank could implode at any time. gaza's hamas—run health ministry says 241 people have been killed in the last 2a hours, taking the total to more than 20,000. israel's campaign, which it says is to destroy the leadership of hamas, shows no sign of ending. graham satchell, bbc news. live now to jerusalem and our correspondent, yolande knell. from the very north of the gaza strip, we have had from the israeli military reports it has been taking action in the east of gaza city. we know also there was heavy

bombardment in an area where israel says it has operational control. air strikes targeted a hamas underground headquarters. south of the gaza strip in khan younis, that is where it is believed hamas leaders could be hiding in underground tunnels. the ground offensive continues. there has been strikes from artillery fire this morning. israel says it is expanding its ground offensive. it has issued evacuation orders for people to move away from essential town. there have been warnings from the un and other it is a worrying development, the expansion of the ground operation because there are already urban refugee camps which are currently housing lots of people who have been

displaced from other areas of gaza who fled their for their own safety. more deaths in the past 2a hours. can you explain to us the tensions in the west bank at the moment and what is happening there.— what is happening there. tensions have been running _ what is happening there. tensions have been running very _ what is happening there. tensions have been running very high - what is happening there. tensions have been running very high in - what is happening there. tensions| have been running very high in the west bank since the 7th of october. in the week since we have had the palestinian ministry of health saying some 300 palestinians have been killed by israeli forces and israeli settlers. just over night we saw there was an israeli raid on a refugee camp. that has killed six palestinians according to palestinians according to palestinian health officials. it shows how there is a constant fear of an expansion beyond gaza into the

west bank as well. we have had the israeli defence minister yesterday warning about a multi—front war, including the west bank. there are seven theatres in which israel has to kind of look around the region at the moment. it is operating in six of those without specifying where. also on the border with lebanon things have been extremely tense. lots of cross—border exchanges in the past few days. we have had the heathy is launching an attack on ships in the red sea. the israeli military shooting down drones launched by them. a lot is going on which gives a lot of concern to this crisis spreading beyond the boundaries here into the rest of the region. boundaries here into the rest of the reuion. . ~' ,, boundaries here into the rest of the reuion. ., ~ i. . live now tojerusalem, where i'm joined byjason lee — save the children s country director for the occupied palestinian territory. what are children going through in

gaza at the moment? the situation continues to _ gaza at the moment? the situation continues to deteriorate _ gaza at the moment? the situation continues to deteriorate every - gaza at the moment? the situation continues to deteriorate every day l continues to deteriorate every day for children. the increased military activity means a lot more children have been killed and injured and needs are lifelong injuries children will bear. aside from the physical injuries we are now in a situation where 1.9 million people, 85% injuries we are now in a situation where1.9 million people, 85% of the population, are displaced. that means they don't have access to food, water, the sanitation facilities and are being crammed into areas that cannot accommodate them all have infrastructure for them all have infrastructure for them to survive. this means children are subject to risk of starvation. 0ne are subject to risk of starvation. one out of four households are at risk of starving. also a public health emergency where diseases continue to spread in overcrowded shelters and overcrowded camps which have been set up in the south of gaza as well.

iam about i am about to talk to mark regev. do you have a message for him? we - i am about to talk to mark regev. do i you have a message for him? we must adhere to international _ you have a message for him? we must adhere to international humanitarian . adhere to international humanitarian law. forcibly pushing civilians around to areas that cannot accommodate them, do not have infrastructure to support life, is not protecting civilians all trying to reduce the death toll. it is the opposite. it is now time for moral leadership to go towards finding a resolution. the path to peace has never been achieved through violence all forceful to only through justice and equality. all forceful to only through 'ustice andequalitvfi all forceful to only through 'ustice and equality. very briefly. how are our and equality. very briefly. how are your teams — and equality. very briefly. how are your teams at _ and equality. very briefly. how are your teams at the _ and equality. very briefly. how are your teams at the moment? - and equality. very briefly. how are your teams at the moment? how l and equality. very briefly. how are l your teams at the moment? how are they coping with the stress and

trauma ofjust daily life and trying to help people inside gaza? like the majority of those in gaza now, they are displaced. living in shelters and with many members. i are displaced. living in shelters and with many members. i have lost team members _ and with many members. i have lost team members and _ and with many members. i have lost team members and their _ and with many members. i have lost team members and their entire - team members and their entire extended families. every day they look for food and water, wondering where we'll be there next air strikes. despite all of this glow we are trying to do whatever we can to distribute whatever supplies we can get into gaza. but it is not enough. humanitarians, we cannot keep the 2.3 million gazans alive. half of them are children. we need the ceasefire, we need access to goods and people into gaza and we need there to be free movement throughout all of gaza, especially for the hundreds of thousands of civilians

still trapped in the north.- still trapped in the north. thank ou ve still trapped in the north. thank you very much _ still trapped in the north. thank you very much for _ still trapped in the north. thank you very much forjoining - still trapped in the north. thank you very much forjoining us. i live now to tel aviv where we can speak to mark regev. he's a senior adviser to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. thank you forjoining us. thank you thank you for 'oining us. thank you for havin: thank you forjoining us. thank you for having me- _ thank you forjoining us. thank you for having me. can _ thank you forjoining us. thank you for having me. can i _ thank you forjoining us. thank you for having me. can i ask— thank you forjoining us. thank you for having me. can i ask about - thank you forjoining us. thank you for having me. can i ask about the | for having me. can i ask about the statement — for having me. can i ask about the statement from _ for having me. can i ask about the statement from your _ for having me. can i ask about the statement from your senior - for having me. can i ask about the statement from your senior armyl statement from your senior army chief, acknowledging the cost on both sides but saying the war will be months more? is it an acknowledgement from israel you are not even close to achieving your war aims, you are not winning? trio. not even close to achieving your war aims, you are not winning?- aims, you are not winning? no, it means the — aims, you are not winning? no, it means the campaign _ aims, you are not winning? no, it means the campaign against - aims, you are not winning? no, it l means the campaign against hamas does need to finish the job. we means the campaign against hamas does need to finish thejob. we had to see the military machine of hamas destroyed and the end of hamas rule in gaza. without that we are back to square one with hamas in power in gaza and another 0ctober square one with hamas in power in gaza and another october the 7th massacre and the continued

autocratic extremist rule over the gaza strip. that is not good for israelis or palestinians.- gaza strip. that is not good for israelis or palestinians. what you sa to israelis or palestinians. what you say to many _ israelis or palestinians. what you say to many people _ israelis or palestinians. what you say to many people who - israelis or palestinians. what you say to many people who say - israelis or palestinians. what you say to many people who say it. israelis or palestinians. what you say to many people who say it is| israelis or palestinians. what you i say to many people who say it is not possible to entirely dismantle hamas and israel's actions are... you cannot kill an ideology. you cannot but ou cannot kill an ideology. you cannot but you can — cannot kill an ideology. you cannot but you can remove _ cannot kill an ideology. you cannot but you can remove them - cannot kill an ideology. you cannot but you can remove them from - cannot kill an ideology. you cannot. but you can remove them from power. isis is an ideology, a very dangerous ideology. they no longer control territory in syria and iraq. their military base was destroyed. we would do the same in gaza. we cannot destroy their ideology, that is not realistic. we can remove them from power and prevent them from having control over this territorial enclave. that will prevent future conflict in the region.— enclave. that will prevent future conflict in the region. what do you sa to conflict in the region. what do you say to jason _ conflict in the region. what do you say to jason nee _ conflict in the region. what do you say to jason nee where _ conflict in the region. what do you say to jason nee where he - conflict in the region. what do you say to jason nee where he said . conflict in the region. what do you i say to jason nee where he said moral leadership is needed now? it is time

for a ceasefire. israel needs to adhere to international humanitarian law. what israel is doing in terms of preventing aid, fuel and food into gaza is not doing an and increasing the suffering of people. it is not true. 0n increasing the suffering of people. it is not true. on day one of this war the israeli security cabinet past a decision. it said we place no limitations on food, water and medicine entering the gaza strip. we have opened up a crossing in southern israel for aid into gaza, augmenting aid coming in. tracks we have already inspected and authorised, which have entered the southern part of the gaza strip have been held up. our concern is hamas is deliberately augmenting, deliberately creating a problem with distribution of aid, so as to put pressure on the international community to put pressure on for a

ceasefire because that is their only lifeline. we are in the process of destroying hamas. they know the only way to save themselves in their regime of terror is to have pressure for a ceasefire. when people talk about lower leadership, we cannot accept terms of hamas. letting them survive is a recipe for more violence down the road. can survive is a recipe for more violence down the road. can i ask ou to violence down the road. can i ask you to listen _ violence down the road. can i ask you to listen to _ violence down the road. can i ask you to listen to a _ violence down the road. can i ask you to listen to a clip? _ translation: what's happening in the palestinian territories i is far beyond than a disaster and far more than a genocide. the palestinians have never seen anything like this. even during the nakba catastrophe in 19118, what's happening today is far worse. a huge crime is being committed against the palestinians over the past 79 days, notjust in gaza but also in the west bank and jerusalem.

unfortunately, whenever the international community, the un security council and general assembly try to stop the war, the us disrupts these attempts by using its veto and refusing to bring fighting to a halt. it's notjust marytrs and people wounded in gaza, everything has been wiped out — houses, mosques, institutions, schools, everything. you can't recognise gaza any more. cani can i pick up on the point about the west bank and ask about that for a minute or two? there have been 300 palestinians killed. hamas is not in control of the west bank. what is israel doing to try to rein in some of that violence? you israel doing to try to rein in some of that violence?— of that violence? you are 100% correct that _ of that violence? you are 10096 correct that hamas _ of that violence? you are 10096

correct that hamas does - of that violence? you are 10096 correct that hamas does not i of that violence? you are 10096 i correct that hamas does not control the west bank. it is an indisputable fact that hamas has sales across the west bank dangerous cells, terror cells that hamas has seat to activate, to produce the sort of violence we saw in october the 7th to attack and kill innocent israelis. we have been very proactive, going to it to arrest hamas activist and neutralise the threat before it emerges. to say there is no threat from hamas from there is no threat from hamas from the west bank is not reality. i am not aware of any murders from settler violence recently. our figures show a reduction in the sort of vigilante violence. we should not talk about the whole settler community. it is a very small number of extremists. i believe figures show this is actually going down. i am not aware many deaths recently as am not aware many deaths recently as a result of settler violence where

there have been deaths is hamas terrorism. three weeks ago there was a terrible shooting injerusalem where three people on their way to work were shot dead by hamas terrorists. that is the real tragedy. terrorists. that is the real tragedy-— terrorists. that is the real trared . ., tragedy. can i ask about your message _ tragedy. can i ask about your message today? _ tragedy. can i ask about your message today? your - tragedy. can i ask about your l message today? your thoughts tragedy. can i ask about your i message today? your thoughts will always be with the families of hostages. what is your message to them? irate hostages. what is your message to them? ~ ., ., , them? we are committed to bringing eve last them? we are committed to bringing every last hostage — them? we are committed to bringing every last hostage home. _ them? we are committed to bringing every last hostage home. we - them? we are committed to bringing every last hostage home. we feel- them? we are committed to bringing every last hostage home. we feel for the families. we all saw the violence hamas was capable of committing on october the 7th when they beheaded, raped, burned people alive, massacred young people at a music festival. unfortunately, from the first group of hostages we released we heard stories of psychological and physical abuse,

even the young children. of course we feel for the families of the hostages. we will do everything we can to bring those hostages home. we believe the best way to do that is to keep the pressure on hamas. hamas will not release people because they suddenly became humanitarians. they will only respond to pressure. the israeli defence forces are applying that pressure as we speak. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. travellers have been warned of delays and potentially hazardous conditions as the uk braces for storm gerrit. forcasters expect the storm to bring yellow winds and heavy rain to many parts of the uk, with wintry hazards likely to follow. the met office has chosen to name the storm as people return home from their christmas celebrations. the transport secretary has told the bbc that by 2026, there could be driverless cars on both the uk motorways and other roads. mark harper also said he expected to see the owners of those vehicles being able to travel without having to watch where they re going by the end of that year.

renowned australian chef bill granger — known as the "godfather" of avocado toast — has died at the age of 5a. a self—taught cook from melbourne — granger became a celebrated global restaurateur and food writer. he passed away in a london hospital on christmas day, with his wife and three daughters by his side. you're live with bbc news. ukraine says one person has died and four have been wounded in a russian attack on a train station filled with civilians in the southern city of kherson. ukraine's interior minister said around 140 people were waiting for a train to take them to safety when the shelling started. it comes after russia confirmed one of its warships has been damaged in an attack by ukraine on a black sea port in an airstrike

in russian—occupied crimea, early on tuesday morning. live now to our correspondent, james waterhouse, who's in kyiv. iimagine you i imagine you are hearing some pretty horrible stories from kherson. pretty horrible stories from kherson— pretty horrible stories from kherson. , , , ., kherson. daily shelling is part of life for the _ kherson. daily shelling is part of life for the people _ kherson. daily shelling is part of life for the people you _ kherson. daily shelling is part of life for the people you live i kherson. daily shelling is part of life for the people you live in i kherson. daily shelling is part ofj life for the people you live in the city which was liberated last autumn when russian forces retreated across the dnipro river. they launch artillery strikes across the city frequently. when you are there the level of risk is shocking. for those who remain, they choose to stay in their homes. what you often hear is it is better now than under russian occupation. what we are hearing is the number of casualties is relatively low compared to the numbers of people gathered at this railway station. authorities say

around 140 people were there. police have been credited with getting the majority of people out. a police officer has lost his life in esoteric and for other people have been treated for shrapnel wounds. we are told it was an evacuation train they were hoping to take north. this train line was established very quickly after the liberation of kherson last year. it is a city that ensures a very real danger on a daily basis. ensures a very real danger on a daily basis-— ensures a very real danger on a dail basis. ., ,, . ., daily basis. thank you so much for 'oinin: daily basis. thank you so much for joining us- — here in the uk, the conservative party are reportedly set to make pledges on housing and inheritance tax in the coming months as rishi sunak aims to boost his party's chances at the polls. meanwhile, labour has announced that they are reviewing new plans for their asylum policy. with me is our chief political correspondent, henry zeffman. henry, good to see you. take us

through what we are hearing from both the conservatives and from labour. ., . ., both the conservatives and from labour. ., ., ., ., labour. you are right to mention the olls. the labour. you are right to mention the polls- the really _ labour. you are right to mention the polls. the really important _ labour. you are right to mention the polls. the really important context l polls. the really important context is just that they were at the start of 2023, at the end of 2023, the conservatives are a long way behind in the opinion polls. there will be an election next year and they need to find a game changer. this morning in the newspapers you have speculation about different ways in which they will try to carve a dividing line with the labour party. one of them is on inheritance tax. claims the government might abolish inheritance tax altogether in the budget, which will take place in march was looked at that before the autumn statement a few weeks ago and ultimately concluded it was not worth the amount of money they had to raise elsewhere. perhaps the fiscal picture will change. the political imperative will be closer.

at the other end of the spectrum chat about first—time buyers, people who want to get on the housing ladder who cannot. michael gove has been talking about ways in which he wants to make it easier for people to get onto the housing ladder. the conservatives trying to appeal to different parts of the the public. what are they saying about their asylum policy?— asylum policy? perhaps there is nothin: asylum policy? perhaps there is nothing more — asylum policy? perhaps there is nothing more important - asylum policy? perhaps there is nothing more important than i nothing more important than immigration. legaland illegal immigration. legal and illegal immigration. legaland illegal immigration and asylum. he knew a lot about the rwanda policy. when the labour party criticise that, the conservative said, what do you do? what we have today is more detail on what they are considering, their own offshore processing. it doesn't mean sending people who have made it to the uk elsewhere to have claims processed but it might mean people who have never come to the uk but want to make an application to claim

asylum here can have claims processed in a british embassy or other british centre in seven key countries which hopefully mean people do not attempt the perilous crossing in the first place.- crossing in the first place. thank ou ve crossing in the first place. thank you very much- _ ten people have died and at least one person is missing after severe thunderstorms battered australia's eastern coast over the past two days. in victoria, a woman was killed when a campsite was inundated. tens of thousands of households in queensland are still without power, after winds of a—hundred kilometres an hour brought down trees and power lines. south korean police have confirmed that the actor lee sun—kyun has been found dead in a car near a park in the capital seoul. they are trying to establish whether the star of the oscar winning film parasite had taken his own life. lee was questioned recently by police about alleged illicit drug use and had been under investigation. live now to our asia correspondent, nick marsh. a huge sense of shock over this

death across south korea. he was such a prominent actor and figure, what are police saying? it such a prominent actor and figure, what are police saying?— what are police saying? it was confirmed _ what are police saying? it was confirmed this _ what are police saying? it was confirmed this morning - what are police saying? it was confirmed this morning the i what are police saying? it was i confirmed this morning the body of this man in that car in the park here in seoul was that of seoul, the actor. there were reports before that he had left his house and written some kind of memo, this apparent suicide note. i say apparently because the police as of now still haven't confirmed the cause of death. that is how it has been reported here in south korea in local media, it and apparent suicide. , ., ., suicide. tell us more about lee sun-kyuh- _ suicide. tell us more about lee sun-kyuh- many _ suicide. tell us more about lee sun-kyuh. many will— suicide. tell us more about lee sun-kyuh. many will know i suicide. tell us more about lee sun-kyuh. many will know him | suicide. tell us more about lee i sun-kyuh. many will know him from sun—kyuh. many will know him from parasite, an oscar—winning film. he had many other big roles in south korea as well.— had many other big roles in south korea as well. even before parasite he was a household _ korea as well. even before parasite he was a household name. - korea as well. even before parasite he was a household name. he i korea as well. even before parasite he was a household name. he was| korea as well. even before parasite l he was a household name. he was a leading man in rom com is stop he

had a squeaky—clean family man image. the last three months have really turned his life upside down, turned his life upside down because of these reports, like you pointed out earlier of drug use. it can carry pretty out earlier of drug use. |t can carry pretty substantial out earlier of drug use. it can carry pretty substantial penalties. he can serve jail time, even for using a small amount. allegations where he had gone to a hostess bar. on top of that even worse was the drug use. the police said they were investigating him for using marijuana, for petty mean. he was denied this. he said the substances he took he did not know where the drugs. it ended up with a marathon questioning session over the weekend. 19 hours between saturday and sunday he was questioned by

police. that is the last we know of the case before the sad news we found today. these are the live pictures from gaza. the hamas run health ministry is saying at least 241 people have been killed in the past 24 hours. hello. storm gerrit will continue to bring some travel disruption across the uk during the rest of today and into tonight. rain and gales quite widely, but across parts of central and northern scotland during daytime, there could be some fairly disruptive snowfall too. the winds themselves come in two features. one is this one here, which we'll come into tonight, especially across parts of england and wales. but the strong winds quite extensively on those weather fronts which, as they hit the cold air, could bring over 20 centimetres of snow on the hills,

being blown around by strong winds, so blizzard conditions, but could even see a covering to some lower levels at times in the north of scotland. that'll have an impact to the roads. more especially, the likes of the a9. rain quite extensively at the moment. it will turn a little bit drier in the west, before dropping. up to around 90 millimetres of rain in some western hills. a wetter afternoon compared with the morning in east anglia and the south—east, and widely windy. widespread gales, 60—70 miles an hour gusts in the south—west. even wilder, touching 80 miles an hour, in the far north of scotland. that will temper the way things feel. so even those temperatures, 7 to 13 degrees, well above where we should be for this stage in december. tonight, it remains pretty wild in the far north of scotland, particularly shetland, with blizzards here. winds pick up around irish sea coasts, with winds touching 60, 70 miles an hour again. and we'll see batches of showers work their way across the country, but with some clearer skies, too. and with some more clear skies around tonight compared with last night,

it will be a bit colder, especially across england and wales. a touch of frost in scotland. lighter winds here, though, for tomorrow morning. there'll still be some showers around. outbreaks of rain, though, will become more extensive in western scotland, with longer spells of hill snow too later in the day. most of us, though, a day of sunshine and showers. some longer drier spells for one or two of you. a bit more brightness around, but the showers could be heavy and thundery. temperatures still above where we should be. things turn cooler, though, into friday. northerly winds bring wintry showers more extensively to northern scotland once again. could turn wintry. this band of rain across northern england, northern ireland, as the cold air digs in. to the south of it, staying slightly milder, but it will be a bright and breezy day, with sunshine and showers. chilly night friday night, but into saturday, the next band of wet, windy weather pushes its way in. more snow across hills in the north. sunday, though, that should clear its way southwards and eastwards, so we finish 2023 a little bit clearer, before more rain arrives on new year's day. take care.

this is bbc news. the headlines: gaza's health ministry, run by hamas, reports 241 deaths within 24 hours, as israel warns the war 'will last many more months'. in his first interview on egyptian television since the war began, palestinian president mahmoud abbas condemned it. translation: what's happening in the palestinian territories i is far beyond a disaster

and far more than a genocide. the palestinians have never seen anything like this. russia confirms ukraine damaged one of its warships in the black sea. overnight, ukrainian forces say they destroyed 32 out of 46 drones launched by russia. eight months on since the war began in sudan, fighting in the country has caused one of the world's largest displacement of people. the bbc talks to a family trapped for months in the crossfire. the actor lee sun—kyun, from the oscar—winning film parasite, is found dead in a car in central seoul. police say they received a report of a note left at his home. now on bbc news, talking movies: martin scorsese special. # si e fatto tardi anche stasera

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