this is bbc news, the headlines: gaza's health ministry says more than 1,000 palestinians have been killed and more than 5,000 wounded. doctors are struggling to cope. 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. this is the scene live in gaza — we'll have the latest on the escalating conflict.

in other news, afghanistan has been struck by another large earthquake — as powerful as the one that hit on saturday. israel has said up to 150 people were taken captive when hamas launched its surprise attack on the 7th of october. hamas has said it has hidden them in "safe places and tunnels" within gaza, and threatened to kill hostages if civilian homes are bombed by israel without warning. the bbc has a team ofjournalists looking at what the situation is like now and who the hostages could be. frankie mccamley has this analysis. it's thought up to 150 people were taken hostage when hamas launched its attack. now we're trying to verify these numbers by using videos that have been posted online. now, this video is thought to show 30—year—old shiri. she's believed to have been taken hostage with her two young children.

and in this video, you canjust about see her young nine—month—old baby in her arms. now it's understood her husband as well, yarden, was taken hostage too, and the bbc, has managed to speak to sheri's cousin about the hostage situation. the baby's thrown up from the bed 6 am on saturday morning on holiday in israel. they were asleep in their beds.

by speaking to families and watching footage like this that have been posted online both journalists and the authorities are still trying to work out exactly who has been taken. and some of this footage really quite disturbing. now, one danish mother sent this footage to danish television, claiming that this is her eight year old daughter who's been held hostage and this her 15 —year—old. and she had this message for them and said. translation: i will do anything. we will do anything to get you back. do what your hostage takers tell you. be strong. you are heroes. the whole country is with you and everyone else who is being held hostage. everybody loves you. anotherfamily we're finding more information about is yanni's family. including 12 —year—old jill and 16—year—old awe. and their mother spoke to them just before they were taken. and she's spoken to the bbc. these barbarians took kids out of their houses

and out of their beds. just kidnapped them, keeping them hostage. this video posted online appears to show her children in the hands of militants. but as you can see, it is very blurry. and it's also important to say when videos like this emerge, when we can see people in the back of trucks, we don't know where they're being taken and we don't know what condition they're in following on from these videos. and i think the complexity of this situation has been highlighted in the case of of this situation a german tattoo artist. of this situation now, many, after seeing this video that appeared to show her body in the back of this truck going through the streets, reported that she had been killed. however, her mother has since spoken to german media and released this video to say she thinks her daughter is still alive. as we've been reporting the israeli military has ordered a massive reinforcement of troops. as well as its intense air raids there are indications they're planning a ground operation in gaza. the question is how far they will go? and how it will compare to israel's incursions in 2008 and 2014? the stated aim of the israeli defence force is to destroy hamas�* military capabilities. earlier this week, the israeli government announced that it

would be imposing a complete siege on gaza — cutting its supplies but sending troops into a densely packed, urban any invasion would target hamas military bases as well as command—and—control centres. airstrikes have already hit gaza city and khan yunis, among many other locations. but israel will also be watching its neighbours to the north. a worst—case scenario is that the conflict could draw in the powerful lebanese militant group, hezbollah. they claim to have fired two missiles at an israeli army post. in response israel is now shelling an area in southern lebanon. mark regev, is an adviser to israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu. here he is speaking to the bbc injerusalem — explaing what the israeli government is hoping to achieve by bombing gaza. —— explaining what the israeli government is hoping to achieve by bombing gaza. well, if we don't respond, you have to ask what happens. so hamas stays strong, and we have an attack like this in another month, in another two months, in another year. what's the point? and i'd remind you that people are watching. israel has friends,

but israel also has enemies, and hezbollah is watching from lebanon, and the iranians are watching from iran. and if israel does not respond with force, i'm afraid the lesson will be learned across this region that you can hit israel with impunity. that is not acceptable. the goal is to come out of this with a different reality in gaza. a quick fix that takes you back to square one gets you nothing. we want a serious change in the situation in gaza, and we want to result where there is not a terrorist organisation in gaza which has both the desire and the capability to inflict the sort of brutal damage that we've seen over the last four days. in other words, we will come out of this with a new reality, a more stable reality, where we see the israeli people safer, and the situation stabilised. the foreign secretary of the uk has no arrived in israel. he said in the

past few days will continue to support israel. there was an emergency cobra meeting held by rishi sunak to discuss the situation on the foreign minister said he is on the foreign minister said he is on the foreign minister said he is on the ground in israel. we will keep you up—to—date with his movements and the discussions and meetings he is having throughout the day. with me is noam 0stfeld, who previously worked for the israel defence force intelligence wing and is now a middle east analyst at the risk assessment company sibylline. we know there are thousands massing of the border. how would a ground invasion take shape? we

of the border. how would a ground invasion take shape?— of the border. how would a ground invasion take shape? we always need to contextualise _ invasion take shape? we always need to contextualise it _ invasion take shape? we always need to contextualise it with _ invasion take shape? we always need to contextualise it with what - invasion take shape? we always need to contextualise it with what we - invasion take shape? we always need to contextualise it with what we saw i to contextualise it with what we saw in 2014. there was a lot of criticism for the grand entrance back then it was slow and allowed hamas to amass forces. in 2014 the air strikes were more aimed at hamas ammunition depots and know we see them, the targets are at the underground tunnels of hamas. haw

underground tunnels of hamas. how difficult is it — underground tunnels of hamas. how difficult is it fighting in a tunnel? you're like when you get to the tunnel at it's important to understand the very to find and very fortified and often cruelly let with sometimes no light at all. if you're lookin: sometimes no light at all. if you're looking for — sometimes no light at all. if you're looking for the _ sometimes no light at all. if you're looking for the option _ sometimes no light at all. if you're looking for the option of _ sometimes no light at all. if you're looking for the option of a - sometimes no light at all. if you're looking for the option of a ground l looking for the option of a ground operation we have talked about or so people thinking about maybe a commando force coming in and trying to rescue hostages. in general this is very hard to ring to frighten and very hard to get inside and very hostile and dense environment and to take out a living hostage alive in that regard. when we are looking at fighting i think the idea right now is part of the preparation likely to be really trying to find out how to

recognise those tunnels and find the moat and hope to fortify the tunnels for the inside and outside but inside is quite a challenge. above round inside is quite a challenge. above ground are _ inside is quite a challenge. above ground are we — inside is quite a challenge. above ground are we talking _ inside is quite a challenge. above ground are we talking about - inside is quite a challenge. above ground are we talking about a - inside is quite a challenge. above ground are we talking about a street by street and house by house invasion? it by street and house by house invasion? , ., by street and house by house invasion?— invasion? it is hard to say, honestly- _ invasion? it is hard to say, honestly- i _ invasion? it is hard to say, honestly. i believe - invasion? it is hard to say, honestly. i believe it - invasion? it is hard to say, honestly. i believe it will. invasion? it is hard to say, - honestly. i believe it will again be going for the targets known as hamas targets. i think idf spokesperson also says that for gaza citizens to evacuate some areas and we can look afterwards to see what is involving us. , ,, , ~ .,

afterwards to see what is involving us. , ,, ., ., us. the idf shirley know that when ou sa to us. the idf shirley know that when you say to like _ us. the idf shirley know that when you say to like it _ us. the idf shirley know that when you say to like it where _ us. the idf shirley know that when you say to like it where this - us. the idf shirley know that when you say to like it where this was i us. the idf shirley know that when you say to like it where this was to | you say to like it where this was to go? there are 2.2 million people, there is no pleased about it. the idea is again. — there is no pleased about it. the idea is again, is _ there is no pleased about it. tue: idea is again, is to there is no pleased about it. tte: idea is again, is to get further away from a certain area and then further ahead and we saw before after people in gaza two pass north to egypt and yesterday egypt close the border. tt to egypt and yesterday egypt close the border. . , ., ., , the border. if the incursion does come down _ the border. if the incursion does come down to — the border. if the incursion does come down to on _ the border. if the incursion does come down to on the _ the border. if the incursion does come down to on the ground - the border. if the incursion does i come down to on the ground street the border. if the incursion does - come down to on the ground street by street, the idea the bank —— the idf would have to prepare for the fact they are on hamas territory. ow; they are on hamas territory. any rand

they are on hamas territory. any grand entry _ they are on hamas territory. any grand entry to — they are on hamas territory. any grand entry to -- _ they are on hamas territory. 2'ny grand entry to —— entry on the ground to gaza would be very difficult and have lots of casualties on both sides. 0ne difficult and have lots of casualties on both sides. one or two days ago they could enter and i guess they are trying to find more intelligence and more ways of operating that. do intelligence and more ways of operating that.— intelligence and more ways of operating that. intelligence and more ways of oeratin: that. ~ ., operating that. do you think of the israeli operating that. do you think of the israeli public— operating that. do you think of the israeli public is _ operating that. do you think of the israeli public is prepared _ operating that. do you think of the israeli public is prepared to - operating that. do you think of the israeli public is prepared to accept| israeli public is prepared to accept there will be loss of life and many israeli soldiers will die and possibly many hostages may die? right now it is a difficult situation for everyone and a difficult thing to think about. i think the israeli government maybe didn't emphasise this enough because there will be a lot of cost you. but i think what hamas it, the

atrocities on the 7th of october, beheading babies and killing all people, —— old people. , that is a feeling that that cannot be negotiation too much with hamas and absorbs a powder keg is still sitting on and and then it exploded. —— a powder keg that israel was sitting on and then it exploded. i think there is a push to root it out. , . . , ., think there is a push to root it out. ,. ., ., ., out. there is criticism of some of the language _ out. there is criticism of some of the language being _ out. there is criticism of some of the language being used - out. there is criticism of some of the language being used in - out. there is criticism of some ofj the language being used in israel dehumanising palestinians and i want

to ask you about the mindset of some of the soldiers and support they have given a signal into gaza. 0ur international editor jeremy bowen has visited the village kfar aza — the site of a massacre committed by hamas near the border with gaza. how difficult was the fighting? you cannot imagine. have you ever had to do anything like this before as a soldier? not like this. what happens next? what do you do next? what does israel do next? i don't know. i'll do what they tell me to do.

i will do. i hope that we will go inside. into gaza? yeah. that's going to be tough fighting. yeah, we're ready for it. 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 laws of war 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 sure that we 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 morale and our value. we are israeli, we are jewish and you know, war is 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 the enemy, not civilians in their beds. it has been for years now that in israel there are very clear laws and very clear direct comments not to target civilians and i think also if you're talking about differences here, the targeting on the 7th of october was horrifying. it was targeting civilians. it is not a cleaner environment that

is the sad part here. i might —— it is the sad part here. i might —— it is not a clear environment. is the sad part here. i might -- it is not a clear environment.- is the sad part here. i might -- it is not a clear environment. what is the israeli government _ is not a clear environment. what is the israeli government trying - is not a clear environment. what is the israeli government trying to i the israeli government trying to achieve by cutting supplies of power and water because it has been said they are breaking international law, what is the justification militarily? iiit what is the 'ustification militarily?_ what is the 'ustification militarily? what is the 'ustification militaril ? ., ., ~ militarily? in that regard i think ma be militarily? in that regard i think maybe back _ militarily? in that regard i think maybe back then _ militarily? in that regard i think maybe back then there - militarily? in that regard i think maybe back then there was - militarily? in that regard i think - maybe back then there was thinking this would force people out through the border to egypt and know the border was closed i think maybe there will be reconsideration of this. ., , . , , this. how stretched is the idf because there _ this. how stretched is the idf because there is _ this. how stretched is the idf because there is also - this. how stretched is the idf because there is also an - this. how stretched is the idf - because there is also an operation happening in southern lebanon? they have called up hundreds and thousands of service but there is also the separate operation on the

border with lebanon. what also the separate operation on the border with lebanon.— also the separate operation on the border with lebanon. what is going on no in lebanon _ border with lebanon. what is going on no in lebanon is _ border with lebanon. what is going on no in lebanon is quite _ on no in lebanon is quite significant and i think israel was very well prepared for it that if something happened in one front in that regard there would be another one and when we see the idf coming into gaza i think we'll see more attacks from lebanon. hour into gaza i think we'll see more attacks from lebanon.- into gaza i think we'll see more attacks from lebanon. how did the idf fail so spectacularly _ attacks from lebanon. how did the idf fail so spectacularly on - idf fail so spectacularly on saturday? might i cannot answer back as i have not been there for a while. i can only do— as i have not been there for a while. i can only do analysis from the work of _ while. i can only do analysis from the work of others _ while. i can only do analysis from the work of others and _ while. i can only do analysis from the work of others and we - while. i can only do analysis from the work of others and we saw i while. i can only do analysis from - the work of others and we saw unrest on the fence quite a while before that happened in the think it was

the effect hamas was aiming for in order to gain more thesis for people from gaza. —— visas. and to gain intelligence and how security guards are operating and procedures and september was full of holidays in israel and it was a saturday and we saw the slow degrading of the capabilities of the systems and cameras of idf that might take some time to fix and in that time it took to fix hard this attack. thank you

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of a similar magnitude to hit the region in the last five days. according to local health officials, more than 100 people have been injured, and remember, this is an area that is still recovering from a deadly quake on saturday. more than 1,000 people are reported dead, and dozens and dozens of buildings have been reduced to rubble. according to aid organisations, they are lacking blankets, food and basic supplies. many people were already sleeping under the open air, either for fear of aftershocks or because their homes were destroyed. the bbc spoke to one eyewitness who said that she had never felt so scared for her life, never felt so close to death, that as she was running from the building she was sleeping in, she didn't want to turn around and look behind herforfear that the home would be crumbling and she would see people being buried alive. as aid agencies continue to try to reach displaced groups, doctors are struggling to keep up with the demands inside hospitals. reports say that medical supplies, including oxygen, were running low at gaza's overwhelmed

al—shifa hospital. ghassan abu—sittah is a british—palestinian doctor based in london who has gone to help in gaza. he told the bbc what it's been like since he arrived. i got here on monday and was, initially came ——pinned down for the first day. was not able to get to the hospital because of the continuous bombing. managed to get here yesterday morning and since then, the hospital's 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 of the hospital to try to escape the bombing and try to find a safe place, and the hospital itself, gaza's 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 we 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 nearby area that had been targeted by the israelis. 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 herfather 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. 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. shrapnel 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 hospitals are being run by generators it is running out of

fuel. you can go to the bbc website. the foreign secretary has arrived in israel to offer his support. hello. for some of us over the last few days, it has felt as if summer has been trying to cling on deep into 0ctober. but autumn is going to be arriving over the next few days. in fact, already feeling quite autumnal in the northern half of the uk. here some sunshine, but some rather cool air working its way in from the north—west. conversely, south—westerly winds bringing warm and muggy air down towards the south, and the dividing line between those air masses is this weather front bringing some outbreaks of rain across parts of wales, the midlands, into east anglia and lincolnshire. particularly heavy rain i think across parts of west wales with the risk of some flooding and some disruption. to the south of that, often quite murky but warm and humid. further north, something cooler and fresher. 12 degrees, for example, in aberdeen and glasgow,

some sunshine, scattering of showers, the wind slowly easing a little bit in the north of scotland. now, overnight, ourweatherfront moves a little bit further southwards and then tends to stall across southern counties of england, parts of wales and the midlands, very mild here, 16 degrees in plymouth overnight. compare that with two or three degrees for many spots further north. but here we will see some sunshine to take us into tomorrow morning. a scattering of showers, particularly in the northwest of scotland. this band of cloud never really clearing the south of england or south wales. we could see some pockets of rain and drizzle at times. some warmth trying to cling on here, but for most a cooler feel. 17 degrees there for london, 13 for belfast, 12 degrees in glasgow. but instead of clearing through, that weather front actually tries to push northwards again during thursday night into friday, looking very wet for parts of england and wales. at the same time, this cold front pushes its way into scotland and northern ireland. so quite a complex look to the weather chart on friday,

but we will see some outbreaks of rain, particularly across england and wales. but across scotland and northern ireland we see sunny spells and some showers. some of those showers could start to turn wintry over the very highest ground as some colder air starts to dig its way in. and that's the story for the weekend. we finally lose all of these weather fronts, all of us get into this cold north—westerly wind. if anything, temperatures by day will be a touch below the average for the time of year. and at night we've got the chance for quite a widespread grass frost. bye for now.

the death toll rises on both sides of this conflict with 1200 dead in israel and now more than 1,000 people have been killed in airstrikes just a few miles away in gaza. areas of gaza city have been decimated, as israel masses troops along the border. 0vernight, the israeli air force carried out 200 strikes in gaza — we speak to a hospital doctor there treating people caught in the conflict. we have a lot of children with burn injuries, shrapnel injuries. usually in all of gaza's wars, 30, 40% of the wounded are children, and this war is no different.