white from london, this is bbc news. the israeli military says 1200 people are known to have died in attacks by hamas government on gather soil. attacks by hamas government on gather soil-— attacks by hamas government on cather soil. ~ , . , , gather soil. within very aggressive and very strong. — gather soil. within very aggressive and very strong, but _ gather soil. within very aggressive and very strong, but we _ gather soil. within very aggressive and very strong, but we keep - gather soil. within very aggressive and very strong, but we keep our. and very strong, but we keep our morals. entire neighbourhoods of gaza have been flattened by israel's latest air strikes. palestinian officials say more than 950 people have been killed. we have to leave the area, because it seems that israelis are warning the residents of that area that they should leave. they are going to target another building. they are going to target another buildinu. , . , they are going to target another buildin. , ., , ., ., ,, they are going to target another buildin.. , . , . . ,, ,, building. israel is amassing troops near gaza for _ building. israel is amassing troops near gaza for what _ building. israel is amassing troops near gaza for what is _ building. israel is amassing troops near gaza for what is not - building. israel is amassing troops near gaza for what is not to - building. israel is amassing troops near gaza for what is not to be - building. israel is amassing troops near gaza for what is not to be an | near gaza for what is not to be an imminent invasion. —— what is thought to be an imminent invasion.

we will have the latest on the escalating conflict. hello, and welcome to bbc news. we start in israel and gaza, where there has been another night of missile launchers and air raids across the border, while the prospect of an israeli ground invasion appears to be drawing closer. here are the latest developments for you. israel says that more than 1200 israelis are now known to have been killed since her mass —— since hamas launched attacks. more than 950 people have been killed by israel's embodiment of gaza. the only crossing from gaza into egypt at rafa has been hit by israeli air strikes. all sides of war crimes.

israel has accused hamas of torturing babies and hostages. it was said that israel was planning to starvation as a method of warfare. strikes against gaza have continued this morning. this was a blast a couple of hours ago. a huge blast, as you can see. this is the seen live in gaza, very hazy background, because the amount of smoke that has been released by missiles means it is very difficult to see in the distance. you can see black smoke pouring out of a broken window in a building in the foreground. well, a hamas spokesman says at least 30 people have been killed and hundreds wounded in air strikes overnight. factories and mosques among the targets that have been hit. we know there has been a total siege, a blockade by the israelis in gaza, and in the last few minute, pope has come out with the statement saying he is very worried by the total

siege imposed on palestinians in gaza. siren wails. the israeli city of ashkelon... explosion. ..has been hit by a stream of rockets overnight. many were intercepted mid—flight by air defences. they'd been fired from inside gaza, a few miles to the south. nearby, israeli forces have been seizing back control and moving into communities that hamas had attacked. this is kfar aza, where soldiers say they've uncovered atrocities — including the murder of mothers and their children. they have justjihad machine to kill everybody. without weapons, without nothing. just normal citizens that want to take their breakfast, and that's all. and they kill them. it's aggressive thing to see, it's very difficult to see it. but we must remember who is

the enemy, and what our mission. our mission is thejustice — we're in the right side and all the world needs to be behind us. israel says those who did this will pay the heaviest price. and this is their latest response. the bombardment of gaza continues, israeli strikes hitting palestinian communities. israel's military released this footage showing its operations. it says it's targeting hamas fighters. hundreds of civilians have been killed. the air strikes have caused huge damage to homes and shops. translation: i lost everything. my house, my shop has been destroyed completely. where do we go? we have become homeless. the israelis say hamas has brought this upon gaza. israel is accused of

breaking international law. supplies of food, power and water into gaza have been cut off. just to the north, across the wire, israeli troops are arriving in ever greater numbers, senior commanders warning the next stage of their response will build up to a ground operation into gaza. we started the defence from the air, later on we will go into the ground. it will only intensify. the resistance the israeli troops will encounter is likely to be fierce. hamas will be preparing to meet in advance. the prospect is of even more bloodshed in this part of the middle east. nick beake, bbc news, tel aviv. israel has called up three hundred thousand reservists to join its frontline troops.

tanks and other heavy military equipment are massing near gaza — some has also been deployed to the northern border with lebanon, where there have been exchanges of gunfire across the border. the un has called for the laws of war to be upheld — which would include the release of hostages, and the protection of civilians. live now to our chief international correspondent lyse doucet. took us through what you're seeing in terms of israeli preparations? ashkelon is the... just outside, you can see some troops in the distance, some hardware, some vehicles, and this is a closed military zone now. there's been a lot more activity in this area. more troops are racing backin this area. more troops are racing back in their vehicles, more artillery is going out. you have a sense that this edge of the gaza strip, it is about 3.5 miles behind

me, they seem to be on edge, there seems to be some preparations, although some of the attacks which my colleagues had reported on earlier, a line of tanks behind this tree line, a lot of those have moved away. all signs of what is widely known to be israeli preparations for a possible land incursion. we have no sense about how long that will take. they may not know, because this is an option that israel has avoided for so long. even prime minister benjamin netanyahu has avoided this for so long. we saw on the main road coming down from jerusalem, along long stretches of the road, the records are lined up, because people come, they get out of their cars, the go to the military recruiting centres, and they come down here to the front line. we also know, and if you canjust see down here to the front line. we also know, and if you can just see the sign there for a kibbutz even closer to gaza. there was an infiltration

yesterday, we understand, by a number of hamas fighters. they were engaging. israel has been saying since yesterday that it believes it has largely reclaim control of the border. they also admit they cannot seal it. there is even a penetration into ashkelon last night by those paragliders that they used in those early hours of saturday, when this unprecedented assault first began. even now, with this really intense fortification along this southern border, close to the wire with gazza, they are still able to penetrate. you can see plumes of smoke consciously rising. gaza, constantly under bombardment. we are caettin constantly under bombardment. we are getting details — constantly under bombardment. we are getting details and _ constantly under bombardment. we are getting details and other _ constantly under bombardment. we are getting details and other israeli - getting details and other israeli villages and towns around the border

with gaza, and what happened in terms of the habits there. yes. with gaza, and what happened in terms of the habits there. yes, we have several _ terms of the habits there. yes, we have several days _ terms of the habits there. yes, we have several days on _ terms of the habits there. yes, we have several days on from - terms of the habits there. yes, we have several days on from this - have several days on from this extraordinary assault by hamas, land sea and air. so far is is saying it has recovered the bodies of 1500 hamas fighters, and that number grows by the day. 0nly hamas fighters, and that number grows by the day. only now either able to go into some of the kibbutz. we had a report yesterday from our international editor was taken there by the israeli army, confirming the shocking reports of what happened when hamas fighters stormed the kibbutz, pushed through the security around the kibbutz, and even yesterday there were still rotting corpses lying on the ground, both hamas fighters but also residents of that smoker boots. mopping up operations are continuing, and as they continue, outcomes as well the

stories that are really striking of anger and fear, but also result in the heart of so many israelis, rallying behind their forces who are now saying whatever it takes they will do in order to bring hamas to its knees. we've been reporting on the bbc, around the world, particularly in western countries, western leaders staunchly standing up western leaders staunchly standing up for israel's right to defend itself, but there are voices, including the eu foreign policy chief and the un's human rights chief and the un's human rights chief saying that israel has the right to defend itself, but there are also rules of war, raising questions about this blistering siege of gaza, a complete seizure, denying the residents of gaza food, fuel, electricity and water, targeting civilians in a time of war is a war crime, but right now in israel and the gaza strip, you feel

those rules are being shattered. lyse doucet, thank you very much indeed. it is the hallmark of some of the violence in gaza that youngsters have been victims. images of children being taken away at the centre of this. the absence of news is torture. this is a 30—year—old israeli mother in the hand of her captures. still in her arms, the hand of her captures. still in herarms, her the hand of her captures. still in her arms, her nine—month—old baby, and herfour—year—old. they were kidnapped from their kibbutz near the border with gaza. theirfather was also taken. i the border with gaza. their father

was also taken.— was also taken. i really hope they didn't separate _ was also taken. i really hope they didn't separate the _ was also taken. i really hope they didn't separate the kids _ was also taken. i really hope they didn't separate the kids from - was also taken. i really hope they didn't separate the kids from her. babies were torn out from their bed at 6am on saturday morning, on a holiday in israel. they were asleep in their beds. my feeling that my family is over there, and i don't know how they treat them, and i know that there's nine months, a baby that there's nine months, a baby that without food and diapers. these are pictures — that without food and diapers. these are pictures of _ that without food and diapers. these are pictures of more _ that without food and diapers. these are pictures of more children - that without food and diapers. these are pictures of more children held hostage, shared with danish television by their mother. there are eight and 15—year—old girls. she had this message for them. translation: i had this message for them. translation:— had this message for them. translation: ., ., , ., translation: i will do anything to net ou translation: i will do anything to get you back- _ translation: i will do anything to get you back- do — translation: i will do anything to get you back. do what _ translation: i will do anything to get you back. do what your - get you back. do what your hostage—takers tell you. be strong, you are heroes. the whole country is with you and anyone else who is being held hostage. everybody loves you. we being held hostage. everybody loves ou. ~ ., �* being held hostage. everybody loves ou. . ., �* 4' ., being held hostage. everybody loves ou. ~ ., ., ., you. we don't know all of the children taken _ you. we don't know all of the children taken hostage, - you. we don't know all of the children taken hostage, but l you. we don't know all of the - children taken hostage, but along with these two, we know of a 12—year—old and his sisters. as

israel air strikes flattened buildings in gaza, nobody knows what is happening to them. now the lives of palestinian children are also being taken and torn apart. around the world and across the uk, this bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky is making his first visit to nato headquarters since russia invaded ukraine. jens stoltenberg, nato's secretary general, said the alliance must prevent president putin from turning winter into a weapon of war. he also said $2.5 billion of contracts have been agreed to step up ammunitions production for ukraine. the australian journalist cheng lei has been released from detention in china, three years after she was detained on spying charges while working as a news anchor for the chinese foreign language state broadcaster cgtn. she was met by the australian

foreign minister at melbourne airport, and was later reunited with her two children. and us prosecutors have announced 23 new criminal charges against the new york republican congressman george santos. they relate to allegations that he stole the identities of donors to his campaign and used their credit cards for his personal gain. the charges, which build on a previous indictment, also accused him of lying to the federal election commission. you're live with bbc news. israel's pounding of gaza has continued overnight, with the israeli army saying they have hit more than 200 targets. live now to our gaza correspondent rushdi abualouf. what is at the last few hours and overnight? becoming a very serious escalation, we are getting reports

and we can watch israeli artillery hitting the coast site of gaza. israeli tanks are located near the border, and they shall the western part of the city, about 25 shells landed within the palestinian only fishing harbour. it is on the western side of the city, so about six or seven kilometres of constant israeli artillery fire in this area. you could see a few people who went out to shop at a market here, and the all fleet home, because they're very bad memories of artillery file backin very bad memories of artillery file back in 2014 when israel started to use artillery fire close the city, it was followed by a very big incursion. studio: tell me a little bit about the blockade on the impact of that at the moment. we are hearing that

fuel could potentially run out as early as today for gaza?- early as today for gaza? yes, humanitarian _ early as today for gaza? yes, humanitarian crisis _ early as today for gaza? yes, humanitarian crisis in - early as today for gaza? yes, humanitarian crisis in gaza i early as today for gaza? yes, humanitarian crisis in gaza is| early as today for gaza? yes, i humanitarian crisis in gaza is on the edge, according to the health minister, who issued a warning statement this morning saying that the whole medical centre will be running out of fuel, and to do the essential medical treatment for about 5000 people, who already half of them are in hospital. the set in 24 hours the hospitals will be running out of fuel and running out of all of the essential medical supplies. it is the fifth day since gazais supplies. it is the fifth day since gaza is completely shot from everywhere. the latest shut was egypt, closing off the rafah crossing yesterday. they hit most of the companies that provide intranet for you will, so electricity, internet and some parts of the city

without water. there is no food or medicine or water that has been sent to gaza for the last five days. the humanitarian situation is really on the edge of crisis. i went to a supermarket yesterday, and you couldn't find anything on any shelf of the supermarket. people are really worried and they are moving to shelters within the un schools. already about 10% of the populations are displaced. 200,000 palestinians are displaced. 200,000 palestinians are sheltering in un schools, with the un unable to provide the essential services for them, because israel is not allowing the united nations to bring food. the united nations to bring food. the united nations is supporting before this crisis about 100,000 families. the given food every single month, and they have an arrangement of giving food to people. they said they are trying to distribute this. the local

authority here is trying to manage what is available. we understand that banks are not giving enough cash, only about 100 for each user. the fuel in the gas station is only giving people a very small amount of gas. even the bakeries are not giving people what they need, they only give a very small amount of bread for the people, so they are trying to manage what is available, but very soon, if gaza is not supplied what is needed, it is going to be a catastrophic situation. thank you very much, our correspondent in gaza for us. we will have more from gaza later in the programme. the israeli army says a first plane carrying us military aid has arrived at an airbase in the south of the country. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, is heading for israel later today, a trip which washington says is intended to send a message

of solidarity and support. in a speech on tuesday, president biden said he'd make sure israel had what it needs to defend itself against attacks by hamas. he described the assault as an "act of sheer evil". so in this moment, we must be crystal clear. we stand with israel. and we will make sure it has what it needs to take care of its citizens, defend itself, and respond to this attack. there's no justification for terrorism. there's no excuse. but — in a phone call with israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu, the white house says mr biden stressed the need to distinguish between terrorists and innocent civilians. 0ur north america correspondent shingai nyoka gave us this analysis of mr biden�*s approach. in his actual speech, if there are limits, he didn't spell them out

explicitly or publicly, anyway. his speech was incredibly emotional, where he referred to hamas as pure and unadulterated evil, and reiterated what he said all along that the united states stands with israel. he also said that israel has the right and a duty to defend itself against hamas, essentially giving them a blank sheet, a blank space to be able to do what they want, what they need to to be able to put hamas down. what we have been hearing, as you mentioned there, is that president biden has been speaking privately to prime minister benjamin netanyahu. he has urged restraint and concern about the fate of the civilians, and what he has said publicly in his address is that israel is like the us, and it respects the rules of war as well as

international law. there are concerns expressed by united nations as well as the european union that this will not happen, and the fate of 2 million palestinians are at risk, even as israel escalates its offensive. i don't really think many people here will expect to hear criticism from the us as israel escalates its offensive against hamas. some of the first reports of saturday's attack came from eyewitnesses at a music festival in re'im in southern israel, near the border with gaza. hamas gunmen arrived in force and killed at least 260 people there. the attackers then continued their rampage into the surrounding villages. 0ur middle east correspondent, lucy williamson, has been to the area around re'im, to hear the testimony of people who saw and heard the violence unfold. another warning, you may find some of her report, distressing. the road that led to an open—air party, now an open—air crime scene.

the path of hamas gunmen mapped by their weapons and their bodies. their target, a festival site where hundreds died. the ground zero of this multipronged attack. among the dead, the passengers of this car, gunned down as they fled. bodies and debris still line the route into this festival site. police have told us this vehicle was used by hamas militants. you can still see the ground here is covered with the remains of weapons, the uniforms they used. days on from this attack, families all across this area are still trying to trace exactly what happened to their loved ones. four members of one family listed among the hostages kidnapped by militants.

among them his nephews, 12 and 16 years old. the boys phoned their mother as gunmen took them from a nearby house. and then they said they hear someone breaking into the door and walking in the house. about ten minutes later i heard people speaking in arabic outside the door. the door opened and i could hear my youngest say, "don't take me, i'm too young." that was the last i heard from them. those barbarians took kids out of their houses and out of their beds and just kidnapped them. they are keeping them hostage. theirfather and his girlfriend are also missing. this video appears to show them in the hands of militants. but the waiting is killing us. i can see my mum broken. that's the hardest part for me. i can be strong, i can lift up

all my family, but it's hard to see my mum breaking. as israel continues to pound targets in gaza, hamas has threatened to begin executing hostages in response. with every strike, some see the face of israel's military might. ranana sees the faces of her children. lucy williamson, bbc news, southern israel. let's ta ke let's take you back over the border to jazz are now, i'm sure you these life pictures. there is smoke billowing in the background, there have been israeli air strikes on gaza throughout the night and throughout the morning. there's also a total blockade of food, fuel and water in gaza, and you heard from our correspondent there that it looks like food, fuel and —— food

and fuel are running out for the people in gaza. some have been displaced and are being looked after ijy displaced and are being looked after by the united nations as best we can. we had a few other lines coming into us in the last few minutes, specifically we've been hearing about israeli shelling of south lebanon after a rocket strikes there. of course, the big fearfor israelis is that they will have to fight this war on two fronts. there have been a few incidents of rocket strikes from southern lebanon, and the israelis have retaliated with air strikes there. most of the attention is focused here on gaza, and the situation is very dangerous right now for people there right now. our correspondent explained to us that they have been warnings from the israeli military in the minutes before an air strike, but those air strikes are often hitting targets in the north, south, east and west of gaza. the death toll in gaza has reached 900, the death toll in

israel is over 1200. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. the weather will be feeling much more autumnal for most of us over the next few days. a warm weather front is clearing towards the south, so some colder air in the north. a brief spell of warm weather again to the south, but by the end of the week we are all in cooler, fresh conditions. mostly dry and fairly mild in the far south. this area of rain at times through the central swathe of uk and windy with sunshine and showers further north. she was quite frequent across the north—west of scotland. gale is developing up towards the northern aisles, but some sunshine for northern ireland. into the likes of northern cumbria as well. heavy rain sitting across wales in particular, where they could be some flooding

impacts. 2223 degrees possible in the south, but further north we are looking at temperatures between ten to 18. still some contrast in temperatures there. rain further south through the midlands and east anglia, and eventually will be a few spots of rain. we could be a touch of frost around for parts of northern england and northern ireland as well, but were still holding on to a mild night with a lot of lower cloud and drizzle in the south. that is how we start thursday, a real north — south split. furthersouth thursday, a real north — south split. further south across england and wales we have more cloud, and outbreaks of rain quite patchy through the day on thursday. it will be a damp day, low cloud, some murkiness, still quite breezy, but not as windy yesterday. really different feeling day in terms of temperature. ten to 17 degrees are top temperature tomorrow afternoon. looking towards the latter part of the week, this is into friday, we have a couple of weather fronts around, so we could well see some

spells of fairly heavy, persistent rain for parts of england and wales on friday. some showers million across parts of scotland, cooler air as well, but despite the rain in the south and the breezy conditions, i'll be quite mild. we have the flow of air coming i'll be quite mild. we have the flow ofair coming in i'll be quite mild. we have the flow of air coming in from the south. 20 degrees for the london area, but a different story about 10 degrees, but sunshine across the north and west. then it looks like most of the show was clear way, sir predominantly dry picture. look at those temperatures, they are much cooler than we have seen of late.

this is bbc news. the headlines. the israeli military says 1,200 people are now known to have died in the attacks by hamas gunmen on israeli soil. we will be very aggressive and very strong, but we keep our moral and our value. entire neighbourhoods of gaza have been flattened by israel's latest airstrikes. palestinian officials say more than 950 people have been killed. we have to leave the area because it seems that israelis are warning the residents of that area that they should leave. they are going to target another building. israel is massing troops near gaza in preparation for what's thought to be an imminent invasion. this is the scene live in gaza — we'll have the latest on the escalating conflict.

and in other news — all flights at london luton airport have been suspended until this afternoon after a fire caused the partial collapse of a multi—storey car park. more now on the israel—gaza war. israel's defence minister says its military is now moving towards a full—scale offensive against gaza, in response to the massacres of civilians by hamas gunmen. the military says it has been recovering the bodies of whole families, including children, following an attack by hamas in one israeli village. the israel defence forces say more than 1,200 israelis have been killed since saturday. palestinian health officials say at least 950 people in gaza have lost their lives. israel only took back full control of the territory — in southern israel — which had been over—run by hamas gunmen, on tuesday morning. the israeli military says more than one thousand five hundred hamas militants were killed — they are still recovering the bodies of hundreds of israeli civilians and servicemen and women who died.

our international editorjeremy bowen spoke to some of the israeli armed forces about what had happened. how what had happened. difficult was the fighting? i cannot how difficult was the fighting? i cannot imagine. have _ how difficult was the fighting? i cannot imagine. have you - how difficult was the fighting? i cannot imagine. have you ever| how difficult was the fighting? i i cannot imagine. have you ever had to do anything — cannot imagine. have you ever had to do anything like _ cannot imagine. have you ever had to do anything like this _ cannot imagine. have you ever had to do anything like this before _ cannot imagine. have you ever had to do anything like this before as - cannot imagine. have you ever had to do anything like this before as a i do anything like this before as a soldier? ., ~' do anything like this before as a soldier? ., ~ , do anything like this before as a soldier?_ what i do anything like this before as a i soldier?_ what happens soldier? not like this. what happens next? what you _ soldier? not like this. what happens next? what you do _ soldier? not like this. what happens next? what you do next? _ soldier? not like this. what happens next? what you do next? what i soldier? not like this. what happens next? what you do next? what doesj next? what you do next? what does israel next? i next? what you do next? what does israel next?— israel next? i don't know. iwill do what they tell _ israel next? i don't know. iwill do what they tell me _ israel next? i don't know. iwill do what they tell me to _ israel next? i don't know. iwill do what they tell me to do. _ israel next? i don't know. iwill do what they tell me to do. i - israel next? i don't know. iwill do what they tell me to do. i will- israel next? i don't know. iwill do what they tell me to do. i will do. | what they tell me to do. i will do. i hope that we will go inside. white light into gaza? bully xl yeah. that's going to be tough fighting. the murder of israeli citizens here was without doubt a war crime, but what about the palestinian citizens they were killing on the attacks on hamas. as you know, all armies have

obligations under ward to protect civilian life, even in war zones. are you doing this with this level of air strikes that are going on at the moment and any ground operation that might happen? i’m the moment and any ground operation that might happen?— that might happen? i'm sure that we fiuht for that might happen? i'm sure that we fight for our — that might happen? i'm sure that we fight for our own _ that might happen? i'm sure that we fight for our own value, _ that might happen? i'm sure that we fight for our own value, in _ that might happen? i'm sure that we fight for our own value, in our i fight for our own value, in our culture, in our life. you fight with value and you keep your value in the same time and i know that we will be very aggressive and very strong, but we keep our moral and our value. we are israeli, we arejewish and you know, war is a very difficult. lots of problems, people that stay in the battlefield suffer a lot, you can see what is happening here. but we come to kill enemy, not civilians. that is the israeli military forces talking tojeremy bowen. the israeli military has now sealed all israeli borders with gaza — and the rafah crossing, which leads from gaza into egypt,

has been hit by israeli air strikes. an egyptian human rights group said that has led to the crossing being closed — though that has not been confirmed by officials. israel has launched several thousand air strikes against gaza — saying it is targeting only hamas. these pictures show the destruction of entire districts. ghassan abu—sittah is a british—palestinian doctor based in london who has gone to help in gaza. he joins us live now. doctor, good to talk to you, thanks forjoining us on bbc news. just took me to the situation now where you are? bully xl i got here on monday and was initially came down for the first day. mas monday and was initially came down for the first day.— for the first day. was not able to net to for the first day. was not able to get to the _ for the first day. was not able to get to the hospital _ for the first day. was not able to get to the hospital because i for the first day. was not able to get to the hospital because of. for the first day. was not able to | get to the hospital because of the continuous bombing. managed to get to yesterday morning and since then, the hospitals completely overwhelmed. the compound of the hospital, gaza's largest hospital has become a refugee camp, thousands

of families are seeking refuge inside the compound at the hospital to try to escape the bombing and try to try to escape the bombing and try to find a safe place and the hospital itself, gaza's most largest trauma hospital, is at capacity. the beds are full with patients who have been injured and the continuous stream of injuries has not stopped. the area around the hospital is being continuously bombed and you can hear the shelling all the time and this morning, when i was in the operating room, the building shook from what looks like a new bombing area that had been targeted by the israelis. . ~ area that had been targeted by the israelis. ., ,, ., ., israelis. talk me through some of the stories. _ israelis. talk me through some of the stories, some _ israelis. talk me through some of the stories, some of _ israelis. talk me through some of the stories, some of the - israelis. talk me through some of the stories, some of the victims, | the stories, some of the victims, the stories, some of the victims, the people you have been seeing, children in particular who are coming through the doors of the hospital.

coming through the doors of the hos - ital. ~ coming through the doors of the hosital. ~ �* , ., , coming through the doors of the hosital. ~ �*, ., , ., , ., hospital. well, it's early hours of the morning. _ hospital. well, it's early hours of the morning. i— hospital. well, it's early hours of the morning, i had _ hospital. well, it's early hours of the morning, i had to _ hospital. well, it's early hours of the morning, i had to take i hospital. well, it's early hours of the morning, i had to take this i hospital. well, it's early hours of. the morning, i had to take this six or seven—year—old child, a beautiful young girl, to the operating room with horrific facial injuries. her mother, who is also a doctor at the hospital, had been killed and her father is injordan visiting. last night, my last patient that i took to the operating room, half of his face was missing. he was around ten or 11. face was missing. he was around ten or11. large face was missing. he was around ten or 11. large defect in his left axilla which needed reconstruction. his face needed reconstruction. it took us four hours just to get through the surgery. i have a 14—year—old girl with 70% burns. we have a lot of children with burn injuries. usually, all of gaza's wars, 30 to 40% of the wounded are

children and this war is no different. when you target homes in a place with children, you are going to get injured children and these kids are all being injured inside their homes. the kids are all being in'ured inside their homes.i kids are all being in'ured inside their homes. the israeli military sa the their homes. the israeli military say they are _ their homes. the israeli military say they are charging _ their homes. the israeli military say they are charging deleting . their homes. the israeli military| say they are charging deleting -- say they are charging deleting —— targeting hamas targets, what do you say to that? tiara targeting hamas targets, what do you sa to that? ., , ., , say to that? two days have been around the _ say to that? two days have been around the hospital, _ say to that? two days have been around the hospital, i've - say to that? two days have been around the hospital, i've not i say to that? two days have been l around the hospital, i've not seen any men of fighting age, all i've seen is women and children and elderly patients who are being taken out from underneath the rubble in their homes. my family home that i went to when i got into gaza, which went to when i got into gaza, which we had to evacuate within an hour of arriving, is in a residential area. that whole area is now pulverised, the house is badly damaged because of all of the masonry from the surrounding buildings that were targeted by the israelis. the israelis are doing what they did in 1982 in beirut when they besieged

beirut, they are taking gaza one neighbourhood at a time and just completely destroying that neighbourhood and the following day, moving to another one or two neighbourhoods and just taking its blocks at a time and maximising all of the damage. i've never seen rows upon rows of buildings just all destroyed methodically and systematically.— destroyed methodically and systematically. destroyed methodically and s stematicall . ~ ., ., , systematically. what are your needs now? what are _ systematically. what are your needs now? what are the _ systematically. what are your needs now? what are the urgent _ systematically. what are your needs now? what are the urgent needs i systematically. what are your needs now? what are the urgent needs of| now? what are the urgent needs of the hospital, or view yourself, of those working within those health centres in gaza? you those working within those health centres in gaza?— those working within those health centres in gaza? ., ~ ., ., ., centres in gaza? you know, we are on the 15th year — centres in gaza? you know, we are on the 15th year of _ centres in gaza? you know, we are on the 15th year of this _ centres in gaza? you know, we are on the 15th year of this medieval - centres in gaza? you know, we are on the 15th year of this medieval siege i the 15th year of this medieval siege against gaza and the health system was on its knees to begin with. with over 4500 wounded, the system is already depleted. we are already short of consumables, medication, equipment and unless there is a

humanitarian corridor, unless aid is brought in, the diesel that operates the generators that the hospital depends on is going to run out. and the consumables that you need for the consumables that you need for the day—to—day management of these kinds of complex and devastating wounds are going to run out. i don't understand how the world has decided to spend any concept of international humanitarian law, any concept of human rights law and allow this collective punishment of two point two 5 million people. hagar two point two 5 million people. how ou two point two 5 million people. how you yourself. _ two point two 5 million people. how you yourself, have _ two point two 5 million people. how you yourself, have you been working the clock? i you yourself, have you been working the clock? ., ., , the clock? i am tired and “ust overwhelmed i the clock? i am tired and “ust overwhelmed with i the clock? i am tired and “ust overwhelmed with the i the clock? i am tired and justl overwhelmed with the number the clock? i am tired and just i overwhelmed with the number and ferocity of the bombing and the types of injuries that are coming. i mean, itjust breaks your heart.

these kids have had their lives permanently altered by these injuries. these families are being destroyed. you know, you speak to members of staff in the hospital, they have either lost homes, loved ones, we have a colleague in the plastic surgery department who has lost his house, his wife and young kids are at his in—laws. another one of the young surgeons has lost his brother—in—law. he was killed in the building that was hit. so, it's just... the ferocity of it. the fact that we are only on day four, that's the shocking thing. i've been to gaza's previous wars and i've been to damascus and to yemen, the firepower that the israelis have available to them make the destruction on a scale that nobody else has seen before. haifa destruction on a scale that nobody else has seen before. how worried are ou else has seen before. how worried are you about _ else has seen before. how worried are you about a — else has seen before. how worried are you about a ground _ else has seen before. how worried are you about a ground assault i else has seen before. how worried are you about a ground assault by|

are you about a ground assault by the israeli defence forces? the israelis have _ the israeli defence forces? tie israelis have openly talked the israeli defence forces? tij: israelis have openly talked about the fact that there are no red lines and that they will carry out this punishment on the people in gaza regardless. and unless the international community stop this, we are looking at a continuation of this current massacre and an escalation on a scale that nobody has seen before. in 1982, the israelis invaded lebanon and besieged beirut and at the end of that siege, when they redrew, they allowed their allies to go into the palestinian camps and slaughter another 3500 people. the israelis seem to be in the same mindset. doctor, i really appreciate you taking the time to speak to us here on bbc news. thank you once again. thank you. on bbc news. thank you once again. thank ou. �* ., ., ., thank you. around the world and across the _ thank you. around the world and across the uk, _

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nice and i've tasted the honey and it tastes really nice. it's sweet. you're live with bbc news. with violence already having killed thousands on both sides, a number of countries have announced or launched operations to repatriate their nationals. among them is australia, which has organised two special flights — on friday and sunday — to bring back citizens from israel. the move was announced by the country's prime minister anthony albanese. my my government will assist with the departure of australians who want to leave israel. we understand that many australians are experiencing difficulties with delays and cancellations with commercial flights. for australians who do not already have plans to leave through commercial options, australian government —assisted departure flights will depart from friday.

ian parmeter research scholar at the centre for arab and islamic studies at australian national university in canberra — gave us his thoughts on the latest developments in the middle east: at this stage, a land invasion by large israeli forces in inevitable. it's clear that the prime minister benjamin netanyahu cannot allow the situation to return to the status quo whereby how hamas survives. it's evident that by the bombings where they think that hamas siege might be that the need is to decapitate hamas if they can. we don't know how successful they might be but there is another aspect that at the time of the invasion, i think is going to be over the next few days, benjamin netanyahu appears to be trying to put together a government of

national unity which would involve members of the opposition. joining the government over the period of this emergency. and i think his reason for doing that is that he knows that in order to send troops into gaza is going to be fraught with danger. there will inevitably be a lot of israeli lives lost. and he wants joint ownership of that. he wants to be to be sure that all political representatives in the parliament are agreeing and behind such a decision, so that if there are repercussions because of the numbers of israeli soldiers who are killed or harmed, it will be a joint responsibility. i have no doubt that israel and i'm sure with american help, will be using every intelligence resource within gaza at their disposal to try to pinpoint the locations of of these hostages. that, of course, is part

of the danger of of going in by land and also part of the danger of air bombardments, that you do put the hostages at risk. some breaking news this hour. bbc have been speaking to officials of the uk source and they are saying to us that they believe 17 britons are dead or missing in israel. that's the very latest line we are getting. 17 uk nationals are dead or missing. among them, there are children. to give you some context, there are, according to uk government sources, 60,000 britons living in israel at the moment. there is no evacuation plan for uk nationals right now, but we do know that the government is currently trying to assist as many families as possible with relatives and loved ones in israel. just to reiterate, 17 britons are dead or missing. to give you some context in terms of the names that we know

about already, we know of nothing no young, the 20—year—old idf soldier who attended north london'sj fs jewish school before moving to israel and working within the military. his funeral was attended with the family's permission by one of our correspondence not too long ago. we also have heard news of bernard cowan, he is another person who grew up in glasgow before settling in israel with his wife and his three children, he and his family have confirmed is also killed in that hamas attack. those are just too much of the 17 uk nationals we know are either dead or injured in israel. i want to cross live now to get a bit more and that story with daniel sandford, our home affairs correspondent who was in the newsroom. just bring us a bit more detail on what we are hearing from uk officials. detail on what we are hearing from uk officials-— uk officials. obviously it's taken a few da s uk officials. obviously it's taken a few days to _ uk officials. obviously it's taken a few days to get — uk officials. obviously it's taken a few days to get to _ uk officials. obviously it's taken a few days to get to a _ uk officials. obviously it's taken a few days to get to a position i uk officials. obviously it's taken a | few days to get to a position where there's any real clarity about how

many people with a british passport are either dead or missing. we previously got to a situation where officials were prepared to say it was in double figures, but it does look like there's quite a bit more clarity now for days on and they've got some confidence about the figures. the figure that is being used at the moment, talking to people who have been involved in creation of the figures, is 17 british nationals but that includes children. that is 17 british nationals, including children, who are either dead, confirmed dead, in the attack, or who are missing so therefore may have been taken hostages or otherwise unaccounted for. so, that is not yet a figure thatis for. so, that is not yet a figure that is being put out formally by the foreign and commonwealth and development office so that is still got to get the stage where it gets official sign off but it looks like there is a lot of clarity around that figure now and it looks like a

17 british nationals are either dead or missing in the attack on saturday. or missing in the attack on saturday-— or missing in the attack on saturda . ,, ., �* , saturday. daniel, i know it's difficult to — saturday. daniel, i know it's difficult to get _ saturday. daniel, i know it's difficult to get details i saturday. daniel, i know it's difficult to get details at i saturday. daniel, i know it's| difficult to get details at this moment but i have been hearing that there are 60,000 uk nationals in israel at the moment but there is no evacuation plan, is there, from the uk government as yet?— uk government as yet? there isn't and that's because _ uk government as yet? there isn't and that's because it's _ uk government as yet? there isn't and that's because it's not - uk government as yet? there isn't and that's because it's not yet i and that's because it's not yet clear which way the situation is going to go in israel. 0bviously going to go in israel. obviously there have been some issues in the reduction of flights as well but at this stage, there isn't a mass evacuation plant and frankly i'm not sure that many of the people there would want to leave because many of the people who are british passport holders who live in israel are dual nationals or long—term residents of israel so they are people who have quite a large stake in israel and aren't people who are necessarily there just on holiday or on business. the numbers of people, there will be people like that in israel, but they won't be large numbers. there will obviously be people visiting relatives but a lot

of those people will be people who have some degree of long—term part term residency in israel so it be a big decision for them to leave the country and that certainly isn't the plant moment. it's an incredibly fluid situation, nobody quite knows what the next steps are going to be in this conflict. it certainly isn't a plan at this mode to do a mass evacuation of british nationals. of the 17 people dead or missing, we obviously know about the funerals of some of them but some of those names still haven't been made public either because that's been dealt with in a private man or the funerals haven't taken place or because there are people who are literally missing, they could be hostages, they could be people whose body hasn't been found or they could be people who by some stroke of luck actually then turn up alive. but certainly, 17 is the figure being worked on at the moment. daniel sandford, thank _ worked on at the moment. daniel sandford, thank you _ worked on at the moment. daniel sandford, thank you very - worked on at the moment. daniel sandford, thank you very much i sandford, thank you very much indeed. danielacross sandford, thank you very much indeed. daniel across that story in the newsroom. as always, you can

follow what is happening in gaza on the bbc�*s website and you can get the bbc�*s website and you can get the very latest on what's happening both in gaza and in southern israel where the idf is gathering forces. london luton airport has suspended all flights until 12pm local time on wednesday, after fire broke out at a car park. part of the building collapsed — and the airport has asked passengers on departing flights to stay away — and check with their airline before turning up. greg mckenzie reports. oh, my god! huge flames and smoke billowing from the terminal 2 car park. many hundreds of people who were inside the airport awaiting to board flights were told to leave immediately. there was this massive gout of flame that shot across the car park like a flame—thrower. er... so... and then cars were just exploding. so every few minutes, you just got another one — another explosion, another

explosion. ten fire engines attended the blaze, which was still burning into the early hours. a member of the public and six firefighters suffered from smoke inhalation as the car park fire spread. in an overnight statement, the airport confirmed the partial collapse of the car park, and told passengers that all flights would be suspended until midday. some confusion here this morning — many passengers trapped on the runway for hours, many of them onlyjust now being allowed to get off that plane and away from the airport. we were just told, more or less, "leave" — they weren't too sure if we did leave, would we get out? my car's in the car park and we literally are just stranded here on this roundabout. i want to get home. got work in the morning! like everyone else.

access to the airport is currently restricted, and people are being advised to check with their airlines before travelling to luton this morning. there's been another large earthquake in western afghanistan — just days after a 6.3—magnitude quake in the same region killed more than 1,000 people. lets cross live to newsroom, brings up—to—date. lets cross live to newsroom, brings up-to-date-— lets cross live to newsroom, brings u-to-date. , .,, ., , , up-to-date. this has happened three da s after up-to-date. this has happened three days after a — up-to-date. this has happened three days after a very _ up-to-date. this has happened three days after a very destructive - days after a very destructive earthquake in the western province of herat near the border with iran. this latest wave of earthquake, the residents and also the local authorities saying it's been three orfour authorities saying it's been three or four earthquakes that have happened in the north of herat in

two districts, two districts that were affected already by the previous earthquake. the latest figure the taliban authorities have given about the casualties, 153 people have been injured or at least have been brought to the central hospital in herat and one person killed. the magnitude, the strength of the earthquake has been the same like the one on saturday, 6.3 and a lot of houses again have been demolished and destroyed. it rather seems that the number of casualties comparing to the previous ones is lower, mostly because of the fear that people were keeping away from their homes for the last three or four days since the last earthquake. people were staying outside, even sleeping outside their homes at night but a lot of houses have been

destroyed. still we will have to wait and see what will emerge with regards to the destruction and the casualty figures because in the previous earthquake, initially it was announced that 15 to 20 people were killed on the first day but it later emerged that around more than 1000 were killed and around 3000 people were injured. still not very precise about the figures because these areas are remote areas and the local government, the taliban government, still do not have the capacity to tackle this sort of magnitude. capacity to tackle this sort of magnitude-— capacity to tackle this sort of maanitude. . ~' ,, , . magnitude. thank you very much indeed. let's _ magnitude. thank you very much indeed. let'sjust _ magnitude. thank you very much indeed. let'sjust update - magnitude. thank you very much indeed. let'sjust update you i magnitude. thank you very much indeed. let'sjust update you on| indeed. let's just update you on that latest story coming into us, we are hearing now from an official uk source that the number of uk

nationals in israel who are feared dead or missing has now reached 17. that includes a number of children, previous estimates were of around ten. so so far, the death toll in israel has reached ten or 1200 while we are seeing live pictures of the devastation and destruction in gaza city. we will leave you with those pictures. i'm back at the top of the hour, stay with us on bbc news. hello. the weather will be feeling much more autumnal for many of us over the next couple of days. we've had that warm air mass with us. but if we look at what's happening with the air mass, it is going to be clearing towards the south, so gradually over the next few days, some colder air into the north. a brief spell of warmer weather

again towards the south. but by the end of the week, we are all in the cooler, fresher conditions. three bands of weather today, mostly dry, fairly mild in the far south. this area of rain at times through the central swathe of the uk, and windy with sunshine and showers further north. so the showers quite frequent across the north west of scotland, gales developing up towards the northern isles, but some sunshine for northern ireland into the likes of northumberland and cumbria as well. there's that heavy rain sitting across wales in particular. there could be some flooding impacts. now to the south of the area of rain, 22, 23 degrees possible once again, whereas further north we're looking at temperatures between about 10 to 18. so still some contrast in temperature out there. the weather front will bring its rain a bit further south into the evening hours through the midlands, east anglia. and eventually there'll be a few spots of rain into southern england through this evening and tonight too. but under the clearer skies further north, could be a touch of frost around the parts of northern england, perhaps northern ireland as well. but we're still holding onto a mild night with a lot of low cloud and drizzle in the south. that's how we start thursday, a real north—south split. sunshine for scotland, northern ireland, northern england, too, further south across england and wales we've got more cloud and outbreaks of rain.

they're going to be quite light and patchy i think through the day on thursday, but it will be a bit of a damp day, some low clouds and murkiness still quite breezy in the north, but not as windy as today. and a really different feeling day in terms of temperature, 10 to 17 degrees, our top temperature tomorrow afternoon. looking towards the latter part of the week, this is into friday, we've got a couple of weather fronts around, so we could well see some spells of fairly heavy, persistent rain, particularly for parts of england and wales, i think, on friday. some showers moving in across parts of scotland in that cooler air as well. but despite the rain in the south and the breezy conditions, it's going to be quite mild. we've got the flow of air coming in from the southwest. so again, 20 degrees or so towards the london area, but a different story, about ten degrees cooler than that, but more sunshine across the northwest. then into the weekend, it looks like most of the showers clear away. so a predominantly dry picture, but look at those temperatures. they are much cooler than we've seen of late. bye— bye.

live from london, this is bbc news. entire neighbourhoods of gaza have been flattened by israel's latest air—strikes. palestinian officials say more than 950 people have been killed. i had to take this six or seven—year—old child, a beautiful young girl to the operating room, with horrific facial injuries. her mother, who is also a doctor at the hospital had been killed. while in israel, the military says 1,200 people are now known to have died in the attacks by hamas gunmen on israeli soil. we will be very aggressive and very strong, but we keep our morals and values.