welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm arunoday mukharji. let's get you the headlines the gaza health ministry says more than 15—hundred people have now been killed in israeli airstrikes. israel warns the siege of gaza will not end until its hostages are released, as power and clean water start to run out. and the us secretary of state meets survivors of saturday's attacks, saying hamas is intentionally putting civilians in harm's way. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. welcome to the programme. starting with the latest

from the gaza health ministry which says more than 15—hundred people have now been killed in israeli airstrikes since saturday. these are pictures of strikes hitting buildings in the territory earlier. thousands more have been injured. meanwhile, israel's top general has admitted that the armed forces failed to protect the state, and its citizens, when hamas launched its offensive. more than 13—hundred israelis died during the attacks, most of them civilians. in the next half hour, we'll hear from correspondents across the region. but first, our international editorjeremy bowen begins our coverage, travelling to kibbutz be�*eri in southern israel. more of gaza has been flattened by israeli bombing. israel insists its targets are all based on intelligence, to kill the men who massacred israelis and to continue

the job of breaking hamas. but hundreds of civilians of all ages have also been killed. and israel has been accused of answering the war crimes of hamas with ones of its own. anthony blinken, us secretary of state, flew in. he offered solidarity, more military aid and assurances for benjamin netanyahu, israel's prime minister that america has israel's back. we are here, we are not going anywhere. he compared hamas to the killers of islamic state and said, "the way israel fights them matters." the value that we place on human life and human dignity, that's what makes us who we are. and we count them among our greatest strength. that's why it's so important to take every possible precaution to avoid harming civilians. at this police station in tel aviv, israelis report relatives who have been missing since hamas attacked. yonatan�*s mother disappeared from kibbutz be�*eiri on the gaza border. his family believe that

if peace diplomacy worked, the americans last tried ten years ago, israelis and palestinians might have been spared this agony. yonatan is here to give a dna sample, but he's hoping his mother is alive as a hostage. vivian silver, his mother, is one of israel's best known campaigners for peace with the palestinians. she was holding meetings only a few days before the hamas attacks. what do you think your mother would be saying about everything that is happening right now? that this is the outcome. this is the outcome of war, of not striving for peace. we've been, you know, israelis have, let's say, living on our soil. and this is what happens. you know, it's very overwhelming, but it's not completely surprising.

we couldn't. .. it's not... ..sustainable to live in a state of war for so long. and now it bursts, it burst. vivian was making light of it at first last saturday, until she couldn't. "we may be witnessing a massacre. enough sense of humour, i'm just telling everybody, telling you i love you." and i write back, "i love you mum." she writes, "they're in the house now." i said i have no words, "i'm with you." she writes, "i feel you." and that was it, that's

the last message. their kibbutz was one of the first targets of hamas last saturday, as it's right on the border. they shot dead the people in this car, stormed in and set about killing israelis. by the time the army fought its way back into be�*iri, you can see the ferocity of the fight. it was too late to stop the massacre. the body bags of residents are still being brought out of the ruins. volunteers from an organisation that recoversjewish dead for a religious burial took us to the house where vivian silver lived, horrified by everything they've seen. it's not people. it cannot be people making something like that. it can't be! it doesn't go with people! there's not even a studio

in hollywood that could make a horror movie as bad as what we have seen here. i can't understand, somebody take kids... they didn'tjust kill them, they mutilated, they burned, they... ..severed. it's impossible to describe. the army didn't allow us much time in the street where vivian silver lived and brought up herfamily. she moved here long before hamas emerged, for space and country air. we hope to find out more about what happened to her. but if there were clues, they were consumed by fire. vivian's house and her neighbour's were gutted. we don't know if she's alive or dead. herfamily, like so many others, waits for news, good or bad.

herfamily, like many others, wait for news, good or bad. it's totally burned down. the remains of the house and destruction at the debates are evidence for most israelis that it is dangerously wrong for peace activists like vivian to argue that a century of attempted military solutions to the conflict have failed. the survivors have left the kibbutz. now it is a staging area as the army waits for the order to enter gaza. as the soldiers prepare, israel's government fails at this time, its forces will destroy hamas. as the soldiers prepare, israel's government vows at this time, its forces will destroy hamas. a said that some breaking news —— uk prime minister rishi sunak hasjust spoken with the israeli prime minister

benjamin netanyahu. a spokesperson said he reiterated that the uk stands side by side with israel in fighting terror and agreed that hamas can never again be able to perpetrate atrocities against the israeli people. mr sunak confirmed the uk had authorised the sending of a significant support package to the region, including raf surveillance aircraft, and navy ships to the eastern mediterranean.he also updated on his call with egypt's president sisi earlier thursday, including their discussion on the importance of opening the rafah crossing to allow for humanitarian access and provide a route for british and other nationals to leave gaza. gaza's only power station has now run out of fuel, and supplies of food, water and medicine are dwindling. there are now reports of heavy shelling in areas of gaza thought to be safe for families. jon donnison has more on the desperate situation. in gaza, whole neighbourhoods have been reduced to rubble. israel says these are precision strikes. for palestinians, it doesn't feel that way and they�* re defiant. "i will never leave this place," he says.

"i don't care what planes you send, i will never leave here." outside the main shifa hospital, the bodies are being lined up. the morgue is full. inside, we're told this young girl has lost her we are expecting if things are in the same manner and we're still receiving the same number of injured and casualties that we have seen in the last four, five days, i think the whole medical sector and the health department maybe will collapse maybe in two or three days. i don't think they can manage it. the hospital is full of patients. hospitals are also one of the few relatively safe places. in the grounds outside, the displaced are setting up makeshift camps. "we are sleeping here with the bombing above us," 15—year—old mohammed says. "i hope that the world will have mercy." some of those here have lived through half a dozen wars. "they slaughtered our children and destroyed our houses

over our heads and here we are in the streets," says this 65—year—old man. "dead bodies are stacked over each other, children and toddlers," he goes on. in the south of gaza, they're burying the dead wherever they can. and these funerals will not be the last. many more will grieve before this war is over. jon donnison, bbc news, injerusalem. our team at bbc verify has been taking a look at what we know about the damage in gaza. here's merlyn thomas. about the damage in gaza. we about the damage in gaza. have seen is really air strikes we have seen is really air strikes continue on gossip with force and this is one of those locations in the refugee camp and this is the aftermath. residents sifting through the rubble with their bare hands

searching for survivors and bodies. just on the coach from the gaza strip —— colts. according to the un. gaza is one of the most densely populated areas on earth with over 2.3 million peoplejust 41 km long script piece of land right now, scott closed borders and within that, there's at least refugee eight camps been trained to verify the extent of the damage of the extent of refugee camps and trying to find same before and after images by pinpointing and matching the exact streets is almost impossible because the destruction is so bad. the satellite image just a few days before the attack. and this is footage from the news agency. we do not know how many were killed by the palestinian ministry of health says that there was a large number. and for those who were injured,

because the hospitals are necessarily the safest place either. the ministry said seven hospitals were hit by israeli air strikes and we have been unable to verify that ourselves but we have been able to verify just one of those buildings and thatis just one of those buildings and that is this one here. hospital. before the attack. and this is what it looks like after. this is posted on formerly twitter by a charity worker. the israel defense forces on this particular hospital, recently said they have intelligence to show that they hide inside hospitals we have not been able to independently verify that. —— hamas. he notified gaza when an air strike strike is imminent. we cannot verify the events happening right across the territory but this is one of the ways they do that. sometimes they drop letters, these are the letters so that people know when the strike is imminent. a correspondent in gaza sent us this area and this

is what this letter says. in arabic. there is an attack coming and make sure you evacuate quickly and go to a shelter. israel has consistently said that they target military locations but is pictures continue to emerge from gaza of entire neighbourhoods reduced to rubble, it is causing widespread damage. the bbc has rare insight into what's happening in gaza because we have handful ofjournalists inside the territory. one of them is adnan elbursh, a bbc arabicjournalist. while reporting what has happened in his district, he came across friends and neighbours who had been killed. he sent us this report, and a warning it contains distressing images. my name is adnan elbursh, a reporter for bbc arabic

and a resident of gaza. here in shifa hospital, bodies lay everywhere. the injured scream for help. you can never forget these sounds. among the dead and wounded my cameraman, mahmoud, has seen his friend malik. malik has managed to survive, but his family have not. this is my local hospital. inside are my friends, my neighbours. this is my community. today has been one of the most difficult days in my career. i have seen things i can never unsee. this young girl's home was destroyed. her relatives have been killed and she needs help. my daughter is the same age. i want to give her a hug.

in the chaos, we try to understand what is going on. a mother sits next to the bodies of her family. we were sleeping and they bombarded our house like everyone else. we don't have any resistance fighters in our building. all the building is full of residents. 120 people lived there. the corridors of the hospital are filled with bodies. the morgue can no longer cope. the bodies of the dead have to be laid on the floor outside the hospital entrance. you never want to become the story, yet in my city, i feel helpless as the dead were given no dignity and the injured are left in pain.

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say staff were reported for they do, there would be more personalised help to go around. for more, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. as we heard earlier, us secretary of state antony blinken has visited israel, assuring the country of washington's unwavering support. this is his meeting with survivors of the music festival attack, which happened in southern israel on saturday. now, on tuesday, the first shipment of us weapons arrived in israel, after president biden pledged to �*have israel's back�* in its war with gaza. the us has also deployed uss gerald r ford carrier strike group to the eastern mediterranean. i have been speaking to bradley bowman, senior director at

the centre on military and political power, at the foundation for defence of democracies the two things that israel will most need from the us are precision guided munitions and those will help israel hit the terrorists more precisely by minimising civilian casualties and replenishment for israel's iron dome air defence system in the united states has already acted to send precision and munitions to israel and that is already an israeli hands and as of months ago, there are but reports that the interceptors have artie been provided to israel for the iron dome system with more to come. to israel for the iron dome system with more to come.— with more to come. to gerald ford's strike _ with more to come. to gerald ford's strike group _ with more to come. to gerald ford's strike group to - with more to come. to gerald ford's strike group to the - ford's strike group to the eastern mediterranean and apart from posturing and sending a message, what can this provide for israel given the circumstances? it for israel given the circumstances? , ., ., circumstances? it is a show of olitical circumstances? it is a show of political support _ circumstances? it is a show of political support and - circumstances? it is a show of political support and a - political support and a demonstration and suggestions that america is the muscle to back it up in it brings incredible strike capabilities

and intelligence collection capabilities, logistics capabilities, logistics capabilities in the real intended audience here is tehran and hezbolla, warning them not to open a northern front in israel. the goal is to provide the time in the space and the means to respond to the most significant attack on jewish people since the holocaust.— jewish people since the holocaust. ., ., , . , holocaust. how realistic is the possibility _ holocaust. how realistic is the possibility that _ holocaust. how realistic is the possibility that they _ holocaust. how realistic is the possibility that they could - possibility that they could actually play a role in these operations? i actually play a role in these operations?— actually play a role in these oerations? ., ., ~ ., operations? i do not think that is the intent _ operations? i do not think that is the intent right _ operations? i do not think that is the intent right now - operations? i do not think that is the intent right now and - is the intent right now and president biden's speech that he looked into a camera and said do not. he was talking to tehran and hezbolla, the hope is to deter a wider war with hezbolla who was the varsity tip the junior varsity and i think israel is going to want to handle gaza on their own but we have to wait and see. what we have to wait and see. what kind of role — we have to wait and see. what kind of role could _ we have to wait and see. what

kind of role could the - we have to wait and see. what kind of role could the us - we have to wait and see. what kind of role could the us playl kind of role could the us play in the ongoing hostage crisis? this is going to be incredibly difficult to get these hostages backin difficult to get these hostages back in their multiple locations and likely an underground area and hamas is threatening to assassinate them. the israeli army says it is preparing for a ground assault on hamas in the gaza strip but the newly formed unity government is yet to authorise them for such an operation. so far, tens of thousands of troops have been deployed to the border with gaza. but if there is a ground offensive, what will be the challenges ahead for the israeli army? our defence correspondent jonathan beale has this report. initially caught off—guard, but israel has long been preparing for the next phase of this war. their troops call it mini gaza — a multi—million dollar urban warfare centre to train for a potential ground assault. it even includes a labyrinth of tunnels. hamas is believed to have

built more than 1,000. the tightly packed streets of gaza favours the defender. buildings to hide in. intense israeli air strikes, which have already reduced many to rubble, form barriers to any invading force. even israel's overwhelming air power will not be able to destroy an army underground. hamas is very well prepared, they've prepared the underground booby—traps all around, but professionally i don't see how the goal which was written by the cabinet to destroy the military force of the hamas can be done without going with ground forces into the gaza strip. it wouldn't be the first time israel's defence force has entered gaza. but operations like this,

the most recent in 2014, were short and limited. veterans say this time it could prove more costly if israel is to achieve its objective of crushing hamas. that time the decision was to have containment, to deter them, to weaken them. it's not like today. today, we are facing on facing unprecedented threat to israel itself. if we tolerate what has been done this would be our dramatic mistake. more than 100 israeli hostages snatched by hamas, now held in gaza, will make any assault more difficult. the expectation is now for action. hundreds of thousands of reservists have dropped everything to join units camped near gaza's border and they're ready to fight.

but its tanks and troops are ready and awaiting orders. israel has been massing its forces on the border here with gaza. if israel is to achieve its objective of destroying hamas, it will involve a land assault. but recent history shows invasions don't always go according to plan. from vietnam to iraq and afghanistan, even the world's most advanced militaries and get bogged down. jonathan beale, bbc news, southern israel. there have been distressing images coming out from both israel and gaza. impactful images and video showing the devastation in gaza. 0ur reporter simi jolaoso has collated some of them that tell the story so far. the gaza strip is experiencing a new humanitarian crisis is casualties and losses as a result of the israeli air

strikes mount. take a look at this video. this shows some of the rubble of buildings, peoples homes, their businesses destroyed. the infrastructure of many facilities and because of many facilities and because of continuing to take hits. you can see the devastation on the faces of people coming to terms with the fact that all their possessions are gone. the only place for survivors to go now our makeshift shelters converted hospitals and schools. this school is run by the united nations. these children have found shelter at the hospital in gaza city. and we are told safety, food and basic necessities are inadequate. sadly, as many survivors, there are dead. there are mounting civilian

casualties as you can see in this one clip in a line of body bags. while the more are brought by people wailing and shouting in anguish. find brought by people wailing and shouting in anguish.— shouting in anguish. and with the casualties, _ shouting in anguish. and with the casualties, of— shouting in anguish. and with the casualties, of course - shouting in anguish. and with | the casualties, of course come the casualties, of course come the funerals. it the casualties, of course come the funerals.— the funerals. it is nearly a week into _ the funerals. it is nearly a week into the _ the funerals. it is nearly a week into the fighting - the funerals. it is nearly aj week into the fighting and although israeli military have conducted tens of air strikes targeting hamas sites and headquarters, basically the civilians have been hit severely. reports the more than 30,000 gaza residents have been displaced and as much certainty as this number will rise. that's all for now — stay with bbc news.

hello. experiencing unseasonably warm weather but now, the transition to something called her is upon us and before that happens, a lot of rain to the early hours across many parts of england and wales. the colder weather is already reached scotland and northern ireland. corridor wins coming in from the north and so, clearly spells cold in the morning but across the both of england and wales, overcast and outbreaks of rain and heavy at times, this is the weather front and clears the way, the way, that cold weather was sweet and from the north. a mild morning in the south in the mid—teens and it's difficult to summarise the weather across england and wales because it would change quite a bit from heavy rain to sunny spells and thunderstorms, gusts of wind around 50 miles an hour in the south coast and 50 miles an hour in the south coast are really changing picture on friday across england and wales but scotland and northern ireland here come

and northern ireland here come a different story. scattered clouds and a few showers and windy cold wind and temperature is around 12 degrees there in edinburgh. 0nce is around 12 degrees there in edinburgh. once that clears away on friday night and decided to saturday, it opens up decided to saturday, it opens up the doors to those colder winds coming in from the north and nothing particularly unusualfor and nothing particularly unusual for the time of year. the winds are coming in from the north now for a change rather than from the south. and these are the temperatures on saturday 1a. so a degree maybe also around the average, colder than average i think in aberdeen around eight degrees celsius. and then saturday night into sunday, the winds will fall light in the centre of the country and with clear skies, that means cold weather, a touch of frost, i think even barely above freezing in rural spots in the south of the country. but with that and with an area of high pressure building over the uk, it's going to be fabulously sunny apart from some showers in the northwest of scotland,

but with that and with an area of high pressure building over the uk, it's going to be fabulously sunny apart from some showers in the northwest of scotland, but below average temperatures i think across the board, whether you're in the north or the south, it'll be around say ten, ten to 13 degrees. and that high pressure is with us monday and into tuesday. we're right in the middle of that high. that means light winds, perhaps a touch of frosts and murky, foggy mornings. but i think towards the end of the week, it looks as though things could turn a little more unsettled and once again, a little milder. that's it for me. bye bye.

the world trade organization warns of a real impact on global trade if the war in the middle east speads through the region. makers of personal computers see a rebound in sales after a two—year slump. but growing geopolitical uncertainties could stop their momentum. hello and welcome to asia business report. i'm arunoday mukharji. we begin with a warning from the head of the world trade organisation that the war in the middle east could have a "really big impact" on global trade flows if it speads througout the region. ngozi 0konjo—iweala is in marrakesh this week for an annual meetings of the international monetary fund and world bank. she told our business editor faisal islam the latest geopolitical tensions could drive up prices for all, especially poor countries.