live from london. this is bbc news. benjamin netanyahu warns the gaza action has onlyjust begun — and israel will use �*enormous force�* against hamas. the israeli army tells hamas there is �*nowhere to hide�*. it says it�*s recovered the bodies of 1500 hamas fighters and secured the barrier with gaza. these are the latest pictures from gaza. our correspondent there is staggered at the scale of the destruction. the heaviest, i think, ever air strikes that i have ever seen in my life and in my 25 years of working as a journalist. access to food, water and electricity is being cut, and the crossing to egypt closed. the un says the gaza siege

is a violation of international law. more details emerge of the hamas attack on a music festival — where 260 people died. imagine yourself using a rocket that is meant to fire on houses or tanks fired on a group of 20 civilians. and this is gaza right now. we know the israeli air strikes are continuing over night. the air force saying 200 targets were hit. we will bring you the latest news from both sides of the border. hello, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. un agencies have warned that israel�*s siege of gaza is illegal under international law and adding another layer of suffering to people there. the un human rights chief also called on hamas to release

the hostages they�*ve seized — which include 50 soldiers. the israel—gaza war is now in its fourth day. this drone video shows the scale of destuction wreaked across the gaza strip. israel�*s army claims to have hit a further 200 hamas targets in overnight bombing. israel has ordered a total blockade of gaza, cutting off food, water, and supplies — as ngos call for the establishment of a humanitarian corridor. almost 200,000 people have been displaced in gaza. and half a million cannot access food rations. israel says it�*s now secured control of the barrier with gaza. and it has recovered 1500 hamas bodies, people who were behind saturday�*s attacks. rocket sirens continue to sound in southern israeli towns. hamas has threatened to start killing israeli hostages — of which there are thought to be more than 100 — if israel bombs more civilian houses without warning. about 900 people have died in israel since the attack

was launched on saturday. the gaza health ministry says 770 people have died there in the israeli air strikes. and there have been at least 18 killed and 100 injured in the west bank. let�*s ta ke let�*s take you back to the live pictures from gaza. israel air strikes have continued through the night in gaza, and israel says it has struck around 2,500 sites linked to hamas. there is some smoke on air the moment that we have throughout the day seen those strikes continuing. live now to sderot and our correspondent anna foster. she has been speaking to a 23—year—old in gaza.

we are taking things of that citizens donated, the students take part of all this stuff here and directing everything. we are going to the soldiers and civilian communities to bring them help and we are not bringing guns, we are bringing humanitarian help, stuff for babies and women, clothes, mattress, pillows, everything they most need to, everything they most need, we are bringing to them. so you have got things for babies because obviously children... almost half things for babies. food. baby food, formula. it is humanitarian help for babies. we are in a time of need and we are part of the people of israel and we will do everything we need to help. i am an immigrant here. i came to live in israel 10 years ago, from argentina and chile. thejewish community are helping

for everything we need. we need more help. we need a lot more help. we are doing the best we can. and you are also a reservist. for how much longer are you going to be doing this and when will you start actually doing some service, you said soon. i don�*t know when i will be draughted into the army. i think it could be tomorrow, tomorrow evening, until then i will do as much as i can for my people. i don�*t care. now we are in really dangerous place. i am ready to be here because i believe in our right to be here for our people to exist in peace with our neighbourhoods. we need help. we need to build a new middle east and live in peace. we can�*t continue with more wars. thejewish people have a right to live here, it is our land and we will continue to be here and we will continue working together with our neighbours for a better place to live all together. when we went inside we saw a lot of burnt things, burnt houses, flags of israel,

things that people bring to soldiers on the site. i saw destruction. why you burn libraries, books for kids, for which need? kids, books, no arms. we are here for the peace. i saw a lot of blood in the streets. you can see the blood, the dried blood. it is not so dry but it is there. it is really hard for me. i really love this country and these people and to see all the destruction, we want to live in peace, it is sad for us, we come from all over the world, my family were in the holocaust, we ran from poland, from auschwitz, from every place, we want only to live in peace. it is the only place we have in the world. we have no more place to be, only here. we are only a0 millionjews around the world and this is our home

and we will continue to take care of it and save it and work hard for it because we have no other place. we know our people and we will defend them and we want to say thanks to the army that is taking care of us. my friends are in the army. my brother is in the army, my friends are in the army, but of my students are in the army. everyone here is in the army because this is a country of the people and we defend our country, we love our country and we want to live in peace with our neighbourhoods. i don�*t believe they are terrorists, because they are not, not everyone in gaza is a terrorist. i don�*t want to see this any more. we want to live in peace. speaking today, an israel defence forces spokesperson claimed they had complete control

of barrier with gaza. translation: we have created an loan will of thanks, — translation: we have created an loan will of thanks, helicopters _ translation: we have created an loan will of thanks, helicopters and - will of thanks, helicopters and aircraft and policy is to shoot and kill anyone who approaches the fence on the border. the kill anyone who approaches the fence on the border-— on the border. the armed wing of hamas has _ on the border. the armed wing of hamas has threatened _ on the border. the armed wing of hamas has threatened to - on the border. the armed wing of hamas has threatened to start i hamas has threatened to start killing the hostages it is holding in gaza if israel bombs with the group says or civilian houses there without prior warning. israel has said it is only targeting hamas and warnings are being sent to the civilian population. many of the hostages were taken from this music festival which was attacked by three gunmen on saturday. as many as 260 people were killed there. this video appears to show members of hamas capturing people at gunpoint stop hamas claims 100 soldiers and civilians have been taken. the fate of those captives is not known but

hamas says israeli air strikes and we can see the appetite of them here have led to the deaths of some. let�*s hear from witness to a taconite music festival. this is an israeli soldier. we taconite music festival. this is an israeli soldier.— taconite music festival. this is an israeli soldier. we understood we were in a situation _ israeli soldier. we understood we were in a situation that _ israeli soldier. we understood we were in a situation that is - israeli soldier. we understood we were in a situation that is much i were in a situation that is much bigger than we thought. a situation that there are 2010 metres with guns in their category. we sorted people in their category. we sorted people in their category. we sorted people in the car. in this situation we understand we need to escape and do anything. there was a couple of guns i saw in my eyes. the first one was an ok kalashnikov, they were shooting an automatic. i didn�*t see the snipers but i heard them and 100%, i know how it is heard. rpg is, imagine yourself using a rocket

thatis is, imagine yourself using a rocket that is meant to fire on houses or tanks, fired on a group of 20 civilians. and machine guns. i saw machine guns on the vehicles. there was pro shooterfrom machine guns on the vehicles. there was pro shooter from the sky. those rockets came on as. and this is what i saw. it rockets came on as. and this is what i saw. ., , �* , rockets came on as. and this is what isaw. , ., rockets came on as. and this is what isaw. ,n ,, i saw. it wasn't “ust people at the festival taken — i saw. it wasn'tjust people at the festival taken by _ i saw. it wasn'tjust people at the festival taken by the _ i saw. it wasn'tjust people at the festival taken by the militants. i i saw. it wasn'tjust people at the festival taken by the militants. a| festival taken by the militants. a kibbutz close to the border was also attacked. the footage posted you can see on social media. it shows an 85—year—old who lives there are being taken into gaza. hugely distressing for many people to watch these images. let�*s bring you up—to—date with what has been happening in geneva. there has been condemnation of what has been called the siege of gaza from the un. we can take you to our correspondent image foulkes who was

there. they have said that there is siege is illegal under international law adding another layer of suffering to people who are living there. which part of the un did the statement come from? we there. which part of the un did the statement come from?— there. which part of the un did the statement come from? we had all the un agencies — statement come from? we had all the un agencies at — statement come from? we had all the un agencies at the _ statement come from? we had all the un agencies at the briefing _ statement come from? we had all the un agencies at the briefing this - un agencies at the briefing this morning. un human rights, unicef, the world health organisation, we also had a statement in from the international committee of the red cross, the guardian of the geneva conventions. they did warn that a siege denying water, food and fuel to the entire population is a violation of international law. what they said first though was that they were appalled by the violence this weekend. hostage taking, targeting and killing of civilians are also violations of international law. the main message from the un this morning is restraint. please. because the only thing an escalation of violence in this conflict can

lead to is more dreadful suffering from the women, children, people, people young and you have been reporting on. people young and you have been reporting tin-— people young and you have been reporting on. growing now urgent calls for a humanitarian _ reporting on. growing now urgent calls for a humanitarian corridor l calls for a humanitarian corridor into gaza. ~ ,, calls for a humanitarian corridor into gaza-— into gaza. more than 2 million --eole into gaza. more than 2 million peeple live — into gaza. more than 2 million peeple live in _ into gaza. more than 2 million people live in the _ into gaza. more than 2 million people live in the gaza - into gaza. more than 2 million people live in the gaza strip . into gaza. more than 2 million l people live in the gaza strip and half of them are under the age of 15. you heard in your earlier report there, the young israeli saying not all the people in gaza support hamas. they certainly don�*t. they cannot get out in any way at all. they are trying to shelter in un run schools because they hope they will not be targets. but if israel continues with this very heavy bombardment and even launches a ground assault. many people who just

like there israeli neighbours on the other sidejust want like there israeli neighbours on the other side just want peace will die. is the un able to do anything to protect their people in the gaza strip at the moment? i protect their people in the gaza strip at the moment?— protect their people in the gaza strip at the moment? i think that will be very _ strip at the moment? i think that will be very difficult _ strip at the moment? i think that will be very difficult as _ strip at the moment? i think that will be very difficult as well. - strip at the moment? i think that will be very difficult as well. you | will be very difficult as well. you mentioned there is a humanitarian corridor. the world health organisation would really like to 0rganisation would really like to get supplies and even some extra staff into the hospitals in gaza, but what i have been told this morning by the aid agencies is that access is extremely limited and restricted. this is not new when a war is being fought, that if the military have something they want to achieve, they will tell the humanitarians, you can come in once we have sorted our issues out. this may be what is going to happen, but all of the aid agencies are warning of a catastrophic loss of life if this continues.—

of a catastrophic loss of life if this continues. unicef calling for that humanitarian _ this continues. unicef calling for that humanitarian corridor- this continues. unicef calling for that humanitarian corridor in - this continues. unicef calling for| that humanitarian corridor in and out of gaza. if we can see the live pictures here of the gaza strip right now, air strikes are continuing there. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let�*s look at some other stories making news across the uk. the international monetary fund says the uk faces another five years of high interest rates to stem rising prices. the organisation expects the uk to have the highest inflation and slowest growth next year of any g7 economy including the us, france, germany, canada, italy and japan. the home office says it�*s begun notifying asylum seekers they will be sent back to a migrant barge off england�*s south coast, after the vessel completed all necessary tests. 39 men were moved on to the vessel in august, but they were removed when the legionella bacteria was found onboard. luton borough council says it has received an "alarming number" of calls to tackle bedbugs, with fears that outbreaks in paris could spread to the uk. the council issued guidance

on what people should do to prepare their homes for "treatment", but it warned there were not �*limitless resources�* to tackle the problem. you�*re live with bbc news. let�*s ta ke let�*s take you back to israel. we can go live to anna foster, who joins us now from the town of sderot. ~ ,, , ,, joins us now from the town of sderot. ~ ,, _, ,, , , sderot. we have come to this centre where peeple _ sderot. we have come to this centre where peeple are — sderot. we have come to this centre where people are gathering. - sderot. we have come to this centre where people are gathering. they i where people are gathering. they will be evacuations from here, something we have been talking about for the last few days, particularly this afternoon, people who live in this afternoon, people who live in this community who are over 60 years old, because what is happening at the moment, if you live in one of these southern israeli border communities, to actually have rockets fired across from gaza is something that happens quite regularly, there is a regular feature of this conflict but the

increase in that bar as we have seen since hamas launched that attack on saturday, people are hearing sirens regularly, already this morning as we have been in sderot the sirens went off and everybody had to get into the same areas and i think part of the promos thickly for the elderly members of the community, when you hear those warnings and because we are so close to the perimeter fence the amount of time between a missile and siren, it can between a missile and siren, it can be less than 10 seconds, so for the elderly it can be difficult to get into some sort of shelter and not much of them because i have those old enemies of the rain and it will put them on buses and probe we take them to hotels around the dead sea area. i want to see what is going on, when people come here they are being treated and registered inside, there are things like food, drinks that people can get and you can really see this sort of administration operation that has gathered pace here. you have the flights up over there, the people with laptops, ready to register everybody that is coming in. of

course there are securities here as you might expect, members of the army and police passing through, and this is something that is being replicated right around this area at the moment, a lot of people who can who have the means to have left already, there is a concern of course, really twofold, one is the ongoing exchange between gaza and israel. those rockets we were talking about that come in this direction and the israeli forces them the air strikes they are carrying out in gaza, more than 200 a say on different locations last night. there is alsojust a say on different locations last night. there is also just the ongoing security places here, the israeli defense forces saying any earlier this morning that they are as confident as i can beat that i have restored security but in this town of sderot about an hour ago i was at the police station where hamas militants came in the early hours of saturday morning. they killed six police officers that were based and in order to try and take that police station back it was being used as a base to fire

indiscriminately on soldiers, civilians, they had to try and destroy it with hamas militants inside to try and actually regain control that area. gloves are taken to get itjust gives you a sense of how people here are feeling, of how they are exhausted and they are nervous and frightened and they really don�*t know what is going to happen next here. the really don't know what is going to happen next here.— happen next here. the egg are exhausted _ happen next here. the egg are exhausted and _ happen next here. the egg are exhausted and frightened - happen next here. the egg are exhausted and frightened and | happen next here. the egg are - exhausted and frightened and through this huge collective trauma together and then of course there are this ongoing worry and concern about israelis who have been taken hostage. people who are affected directly by that, what are they being told by the authorities? that is --eole being told by the authorities? that is peeple right _ being told by the authorities? trust is people right to these communities, people from sderot, ashkelon, a lot of people who you speak to will say that maybe they know somebody or know somebody that know somebody or know somebody that know somebody or know somebody that know somebody because these are close—knit communities that we are talking about here. there is some frustration i think in some

quarters, people feeling they are not getting enough information from the authorities. getting from the authorities point of view to the question of what can i tell people because these hostages have been taken inside gaza, high possibility they are being kept in different locations because around the gaza strip and bloody authorities need to reassure people about is going on, they probably don�*t need to have a great deal and frighten themselves and there is this pressure, to try and there is this pressure, to try and rescue these hostages, possibly the only way to do that, probably i would say the only way to do that would say the only way to do that would be to lodge some sort of ground offensive into gaza but that brings all sorts of problems of its own, whether or not hostages will survive in a situation. think of all palestinian civilians who live in that very tightly packed area as well. while a ground offensive is being talked about and while there are certainly signs that it may be being prepared for, i think there is a lot of thought and consideration going on both on the israeli government and the highest levels of

the israeli military about if they do decide to go down that route, how they do it by minimising as far as possible numbers of civilian casualties. white he mentioned the government, and as we are talking to you we are seeing the ongoing artillery strikes in gaza, those are live pictures we have at the moment. do you get the sense that everyone right now is behind benjamin netanyahu and the action that is being taken?— being taken? that is a good question- — being taken? that is a good question. israeli— being taken? that is a good question. israeli society - being taken? that is a good j question. israeli society has being taken? that is a good - question. israeli society has been split in recent time in the last three weeks and months, there has been a real political split in israeli society because benjamin netanyahu�*s government is the most right—wing nationalist government israel has ever had and some of the changes they are talking about bringing in have led to protests. a heavy blow summaries of tel aviv, different communities, smaller scale interest as well for months now.

every week thousands of people turning up in streets. it has created a huge fissure in israeli society that what has happened now in the face of these attacks on saturday morning is that we are seeing politicians coming together. we are seeing politicians from across the spectrum saying they will put israel first. they will work together to do whatever needs to be done to ensure the security of the country and to send a message to hamas, a very strong message as benjamin netanyahu has promised. in terms of israelis here in the streets they are of course as you said, you put it so elegantly, they are supporting each other, getting through this together. maybe at some point in the future those political divisions will start to reopen. the biggest problem at the moment is that people are frustrated with benjamin netanyahu�*s government because they think that from a security perspective this should have been predicted. the israeli intelligence services are some of the most well—equipped and sophisticated in the world. they have the us is probably their main,

biggest defence partner at people say they should have been predicted and it should have been prevented. good to see you and stay safe. gaza is a narrow strip of land on the mediterranean sea coast, wedged between israel and egypt. it is about 41 kilometres long and about six to 12 kilometres wide — and is home to about two million people. that makes it one of the world�*s most densely populated territories. half of the palestinians in gaza are aged under 19. hamas has controlled gaza since elections in 2006 — but there have been no elections since then. israel has maintained a land, air and sea blockade of the territory since 2007. the international committee of the red cross considers the blockade illegal, which israel denies. let�*s go live to our reporter

in gaza, rushdi abualouf, who has described the bombing there as the worst he has seen. you have lived in gaza many years. can you explain to us about the blockade, not what is happening today, but more historically the blockade that has been in place and how it affected people even before this weekend?— this weekend? gaza has been struggling _ this weekend? gaza has been struggling for _ this weekend? gaza has been struggling for the _ this weekend? gaza has been struggling for the last - this weekend? gaza has been struggling for the last 17 - this weekend? gaza has been l struggling for the last 17 years, especially back in 2007, when hamas militants group who won the election the year before, took over gaza after fighting with the international packed group, so they captured this territory. they ran this territory since then. israel and egypt, many international community, many of the world consider hamas as a terrorist

organisation. they imposed blockade on gaza. what blockade means, access in and out of gaza, move in and out of gaza was severely restricted. goods coming from israel was limited to 400 trucks a day. people who are always living on the edge of everything, fishing zones was limited, movement was limited. unemployment was 60% throughout the last seven years. many people left gaza. hundreds, maybe thousands of youths to escape from gaza to egypt and into turkey, rees, europe, so many people also applied for visas to leave gaza. so the situation was really bad before. this is why also hamas many times said, the hamas commander on the first day of this, they said we launch this attack because we have been trying to tell

the israelis through egypt and through mediation that gaza is really suffering and we need to put an end to the suffering. of course they also said because of the attacks in the west bank, but gaza was part of this plan. they want to improve the situation in gaza and many times hamas leaders i have met in the last 17 years said we want the situation to be changed. we want the situation to be changed. we want the 2.2 million people who live in this tiny piece of land, we want just some, the people to live as normal. we are talking about gaza before this, used to live in a severe shortage of electricity, eight hours on, eight hours off situation. 95% of the gaza water is contaminated and not drinkable so people have to drinking water even before this crisis. what about this? since saturday morning until now, no

food is coming. electricity is shut for 80% of the people. internet is down for 90% of the people following the last night air strikes. access in and out of gaza is completely blocked. this morning egypt closed the border between gaza and egypt and that was the last chance for anyone to leave or come in. titer? anyone to leave or come in. very briefl , anyone to leave or come in. very briefly. what _ anyone to leave or come in. very briefly, what is _ anyone to leave or come in. very briefly, what is the _ anyone to leave or come in. very briefly, what is the sheer - anyone to leave or come in. very briefly, what is the sheer volume of artillery fire and bombs falling on gaza, what has it been like? yes. gaza, what has it been like? yes, --eole gaza, what has it been like? yes, peeple always _ gaza, what has it been like? yes, people always remember - gaza, what has it been like? lei: people always remember artillery fire means gun invasion. back in 2014 the israelis started with air strikes for a couple of days, then when they started to use artillery along the border, people remember this very well, that israel then moved into gaza with thanks. this is what people most fear. a possible

ground operation.— what people most fear. a possible ground operation. please stay safe. we are thinking _ ground operation. please stay safe. we are thinking of— ground operation. please stay safe. we are thinking of you. _ ground operation. please stay safe. we are thinking of you. thank- ground operation. please stay safe. we are thinking of you. thank you | we are thinking of you. thank you for bringing us that. more from the middle east here on bbc news. hello again. although some of us will have a dry, sunny and warm day, for others, we�*ve got weather fronts coming in from the northwest, introducing rain, exacerbating the flooding risk, particularly so where the ground is already saturated. and the met office has a yellow weather warning out for western scotland for this rain. we�*ve showery rain moving out of northern ireland into northern england and north wales. but south of that, a lot of dry and sunny weather away from the coasts. the irish sea coast and the english channel coast prone to hang onto some mist and murk through the day. top temperatures up to 24 or 25 somewhere in south east england. as we head through the evening, and overnight, this band of rain moves south as a weakening feature. but as it crosses england and also wales it�*s going to rejuvenate. some patchy fog ahead of it, blustery showers behind it.

and under clear skies we�*re looking at a chilly night in sheltered glens with temperatures falling away to four or six but mild across england, wales and northern ireland. through tomorrow, our band of rain slowly sinks southwards. won�*t get into the far south till after dark. 0n the other side of it, we�*re looking at sunshine, blustery showers. still windy across the far north of scotland, but fresher conditions will be following behind that weather front. so temperatures 10 to about 17 degrees for most of us. it�*s the south that�*s still clinging on to the warmer conditions at this stage. so wednesday into thursday, our front lingers in the south as a weak feature, but then it will develop a wave in it, so it will rejuvenate later in the day. so to start with, across southern england it will be cloudy, there�*ll be some drizzle around. it�*s later heavier rain will come in. pushing north of that, a lot of dry weather. there�*ll be some sunshine around, some outbreaks of rain and windy conditions across the far north of scotland. temperature—wise, we�*re looking at ten in the north to perhaps 20, maybe 22 in the far south east.

then for friday, what we�*ve got are weather fronts which are going to be pushing northwards once again from the south, and southwards from the north. so basically what that means is it�*s going to be wet at times, especially across england and wales. but this could change, the position could change and the timing. it may clear away a bit faster than this chart shows. and there will still be blustery showers across northern scotland in between some sunshine feeling cooler. that leads us into a cooler weekend.