the united nations urges israel to rescind an order that more than a million palestinians must move to south gaza within 24—hours ahead of an expected ground offensive. israel says it has dropped 6,000 bombs on hamas targets in gaza over the past six days. we will be hearing from survivors of the attacks by hamas gunmen who rampaged throuthewish communities in southern israel on saturday. we hear them shooting people, shooting kids. and the people say, please no. this is the scene live in gaza as the conflict enters a seventh day.

hello. i'm sarah campbell. in the last few hours, the israeli military has said that more than a million palestinians must leave the northern gaza strip within the next 2a hours ahead of an expected ground operation. in response, un spokesman stephane dujarric said, "the united nations considers it impossible for such a movement to take place without devastating humanitarian consequences. the united nations strongly appeals for any such order, if confirmed, to be rescinded avoiding what could transform what is already a tragedy into a calamitous situation". that statement has sparked an angry reaction from israel. the country's ambassador to the united nations said israel is trying to minimise harm to gazans. he went on to say that for many years the un has turned a blind eye to the arming of hamas and the use of the civilian population and civilian infrastructure in the gaza strip as a hiding place for weapons

and murder. in the last hour, the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has been meeting the palestinian leader, mahmoud abbas, injordan. here is mr blinken arriving for that meeting. remember, mahmoud abbas is head of the palestinian authority which controls the palestinian west bank. he does not control gaza, which is in the hands of the hamas. mr blinken met the israeli prime minister on thursday. here are mr blinken and mr abbas meeting. we don't yet know the substance of what they talked about, but we will bring you any statements as soon as they are released. we have lloyd austin, the us

secretary of defence, and we are waiting to see him and the israel defence photo due to give a statement. that is the press conference being set up in tel aviv. it is a constantly developing story. israeli air power continues to strike the gaza strip. buildings flattened in the blink of an eye. entire neighbourhoods reduced to rubble. israel says it's dropped 6,000 bombs on hamas targets in gaza over the past six days. with every fallen building, stories of human suffering. we're told this girl has lost all her immediate family.

doctors say the entire health system here is close to breaking point. i think the whole medical sector and the health department maybe will collapse maybe in two or three days. i don't think that we can manage it. the hospital is full of patients. the israeli military has called for the entire population of northern gaza to relocate to the south within the next 2a hours. the un says this would involve the displacement of more than a million people and that such an undertaking would have devastating humanitarian consequences. israelis are still reeling from last saturday's attack by hamas. this video shows what remains of a kibbutz in southern israel. it was here where 75 year old david moshe was killed by gunmen. his wife, adina, was kidnapped. their granddaughter anat

describes that moment. they took us through the window. she's a 72—year—old woman. she's sick, she has heart issues. she watched her husband die right in front of her. and right after they got her on the motorcycle. and she had to hold the terrorist thatjust murdered her husband. they were together for over 50 years. us secretary of state antony blinken, seen here at an israeli donation centre, promised unending american support for israel following talks with prime minister benjamin netanyahu. he's due to meet the palestinian president mahmoud abbas later. the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, will also visit israel later today in what's been described as a show

of solidarity with the victims of the hamas attacks. behind the politics, the people. in tel aviv, a vigil for those murdered. 0ne candle for each victim. each day, bringing news of another life lost. nickjohnson, bbc news. 0ur correspondent tom bateman is injerusalem with the latest let's go live now tojohn donna stunned. a strong reaction from 0xfam, from the united nations about this potential orderfor 0xfam, from the united nations about this potential order for i 0xfam, from the united nations about this potential orderfori million gazans to move from the north to the south of gaza. it is gazans to move from the north to the south of gaza-—

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live pictures of gaza. we have heard from hamas that it is not 150 rockets towards the city of ashkelon and correspondence have said they have seen rockets arriving. just a reminder that this is an ongoing situation and is really so say that this movie —— this move in gaza is an effort to defend themselves. israel will say that hamas is continues to father's rockets from within civilian populations in gaza, saying it is using civilians as human shields. i saw those images of rockets going up in ashkelon. some of those rockets will have been intercepted by iron dome, but i've heard that some have landed in and around ashkelon. hamas has fired thousands of rockets already and it doesn't look at the moment like it is running out. i should also say we

have heard from hamas this morning that 13 hostages have been killed in israeli air strikes. they are saying to palestinians, stay put, don't move, so the civilians in gaza are trapped between the israelis on the one hand saying move, we are going to carry out this huge operation. we believe what the israelis have said in the way they have acted in the past, when they give these warnings they then moved in and they do flatten whole neighbourhoods, so the people in gaza are stuck between israel telling them to move and hamas telling them to stay put. you know gaza well. _ hamas telling them to stay put. you know gaza well. for those that don't come talk about there being almost two levels, civilians on top but intersected underneath by tunnels used by hamas. that seems to be

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to remove hamas's ability to operate and threaten israel. that will take a considerable amount of force in an extremely complex and dangerous operation for the israeli military. in 2014 they had much more limited operations into gaza and more than 60 israeli soldiers were killed. hamas will be ready for this, expecting israeli ground incursion and they will make it as difficult as they can. and they will make it as difficult as they can-— and they will make it as difficult as the can. , ., ., ., ~' as they can. our viewers are looking at ictures as they can. our viewers are looking at pictures of— as they can. our viewers are looking at pictures of gaza _ as they can. our viewers are looking at pictures of gaza and _ as they can. our viewers are looking at pictures of gaza and we _ as they can. our viewers are looking at pictures of gaza and we are - at pictures of gaza and we are waiting for a press conference by the us secretary of state and a member of the israel defense forces. we have just had a note from a bbc colleague who has been an on the record briefing with a rear admiral from the israel defense forces. he was asked about this 1.1 million people, how that happens. he said in

response that we understand it will take 24 hours, we will try to help them do it in a safe way, but it is a war zone. we understand the problem and the sad reality is it is hamas's responsibility. an indication of the complexity of the situation and is there a safe way to move that number of people, that is the question people are asking. there isn't. it is not going to happen, it's impossible. it is not going to happen within 24 hours. i have heard representatives asked about what about all the people injured in hospital, how do you move someone in intensive care? we are here and there are 50,000 pregnant women in gaza at the minute. all the injured people, how would you move them? it is not possible and it is not going to happen. what will be interesting is what is israel going to do when that 24—hour period is

up, will it act or will it wait and say, well, we asked them to leave, they couldn't, we will hold fire. we will have to leave it there for the moment. looking at the pictures there on the screen. you can see leaflets, we have heard from correspondence on the ground that leaflets are being dropped into the gaza area people living on the ground, civilians in gaza to move to the south of the country. they are being told by hamas, the authority in gaza, not to move, to ignore those called to leave. there are lines coming in all the time about this and we will try to keep you cross them. unicef reporting that 447 children have been killed in gaza and there are reports that this number has already risen. the united nations rights officer said that we are calling all states, especially

those with any influence, to insist on the full respect of international law in the israel — hamas conflict. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet gave us an update on the military build up in southern israel well, we're just outside ashkelon. it's the southernmost city in southern israel. so we're not far from the gaza border, which is now a closed military zone, so we can only go so far. you can see behind us in the fields the armour that israel has been moving into this area ever since hamas carried out that unprecedented assault on saturday morning. since we've been standing here, there's been israeli military vehicles with troops racing past, heading to the front. yesterday, when we were on a different section of the road, there was a stream... there's more cars. the only traffic is military traffic. the civilians are either gone or they're taking shelter. yesterday we saw a stream of huge lorries, all of them white, all of them unmarked, heading to the front with provisions

for the soldiers. day by day, israel is putting the pieces into place on the military side to carry out what's certain to be, what is expected to be a ground invasion. and what we're seeing now, though, is the operations which have to take place before that, what the gazans say is nonstop bombardment night and day on the gaza strip. even from here, when we're in different positions, yesterday we could see the horizon of gaza city, and it is a plume of black smoke blacking out the sky which never leaves. we also hear the sound of israeli artillery going into gaza. and hamas is still, even under this bombardment, hamas still has the capacity to launch missiles here, so the iron dome, israel's air defence system is in action. we can hear it, with the loud blasts. you can see it in the sky when they make contact with the missiles. and so with every day this, it gathers pace. it seems certain that given

the preparations and the resources which went into hamas's assault on israel by land, sea and air, of a size and scale that hamas has never conducted before, that israel has never confronted before, that at the same time, they would have made the preparations for what they would know would be a ferocious israeli retaliation. and those are the underground network of tunnels. those are pre—positioning food and fuel for generators to keep going. those are finding places where, in this case, in this crisis, where they are hiding notjust theirfighters and their commanders, but also the hostages that they have taken. never has there been a hostage crisis on this scale.

ijust want i just want to point you towards, there is a lot of information to take in, but the bbc news website has constant reports, constant information and context which is really useful to read. paul adams, one of our correspondence, has just posted a piece talking about israel's accusations of hamas using civilians as cover for its military operations. the israeli side says that hamas puts palestinian civilians at risk by putting installations in the middle of civilian populations. useful information there is to make sense of what is going on. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other

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you're live with bbc news. the bbc has heard more accounts of atrocities committed by hamas gunmen who rampaged throuthewish communities in southern israel on saturday. one of the most shocking massacres took place in the village of kfar aza. 0ur correspondent nick beake went to meet one of the survivors, who says the crimes they witnessed justifies a full—scale israeli ground offensive into gaza. a warning that nick's report contains details some viewers may find upsetting. we hear them shooting people, shooting kids. and the people say, please no, please no. they are the survivors. 22—year—old neta and her boyfriend, santiago, escaped from hamas's massacre in their village. she was shot six times in the legs.

we start to hear gunshots for all they start. 0ne apartment, one apartment, one apartment. start to break the windows, break the doors and start to shoot you. sounds people screaming. the killers filmed themselves on the loose, murdering dozens in thejewish community of kfar aza. trapped in her home with no israeli army to be seen, neta realised the only person who could save her was her dad, who she hadn't spoken to in six years. hiding, staying silent, she managed to message him. "they are close," she wrote. "lock the doors," her dad replies. "please answer, please."

but the gunman found them. he started to shoot like we're nothing. i fell down on the ground and i felt santiago scream on me. "neta, please stand up. start to run. if you don't stand up, we're going to die. we're going to die." hiding under a pile of rubbish, she texted her dad again. "dad, they shot me. help!" "i'm coming," he replies. when she text me that they shot her and she didn't answer me, my heart stops and my brain starts to work. you know, i was mad. when shimon, a plainclothes policeman, arrived at the village, he came under attack. i took my gun and they start to shoot at me. i shoot at them. i don't know if i hit or not. and four people get from their houses over there and with the ak—47 start to shoot me. eventually, shimon found neta near their burnt—out home and took

them to safety, leaving behind many bodies. neta says israel must now respond in the strongest possible way. i don't want the hamas any more in my life. they need to destroy them one by one. they come to kill us. have you been thinking about what may happen to civilians in gaza if there is a big ground operation by the israeli military there? i speaking all what i say, it's for the jihad and the hamas. i don't... my country didn't want to hurt the civilians. i want them to be safe. i don't think they need to die, like i don't need to die. they like me. but civilians are being

killed in this war in ever—increasing numbers. nick beake, bbc news, tel aviv. so many distressing and upsetting images being brought to you from israel and cancer. —— and gaza. adnan elbursh, is a journalist who works for bbc arabic and this is what he witnessed on thursday. his story contains some upsetting scenes. 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. stay with us here on bbc news. we are waiting for a press conference that is due to be held in tel aviv with the us secretary of state for defence, lloyd austin, and also a representative from the israel defense forces.

hello. our first chill of the autumn heading our way this weekend. some of you are already feeling it across parts of scotland and northern ireland today. the blue colours on this chart show where temperatures are below normal, reds are where they are significantly above, including southern parts of england and wales today. but notice into the weekend how the blues deepen for all of us. all of us will notice those temperatures drop. the colder conditions are waiting to the west of this area of low pressure. it's that and especially these weather fronts that have produced heavy rain so far today across parts of england and wales. it's shifting southwards through this afternoon. there will be some sunshine at times in the far south before that rain arrives. one or two heavy showers in the east of the english channel. it's quite windy here, but scotland, northern ireland, northern england, north wales, sunny spells this afternoon, but a blustery wind pushing in a few showers, especially in the north and west of scotland. the winds in northern scotland gusting 50mph, 60mph, maybe a little bit more later. that adds to the chill here. just nine or ten degrees in lerwick and stornoway, 22 towards east anglia and the south—east, where we'll see the rain push through during the second half of the evening rush hour before clearing.

for the rest of the night, showers peppering northern and western coasts. those showers turning increasingly wintry across the north of scotland, but with some clear skies elsewhere. if you are sheltered from some strong winds, it will feel rather chilly. south—east scotland, north—east england maybe a bit of frost. the strongest winds are on the southern flank of this area of low pressure, to the north and north—east of scotland for saturday, but it will help to drive that colder air southwards to all the blue colours on the chart here. now, if we take took a look at saturday, we'll have frequent showers turning wintry across northern scotland. showers may be wintry in the west of england and wales on the tops of the highest hills, but most it's rain, maybe a little bit of hail. some of those showers pushing their way southwards and eastwards. but a good parts of southern and south—eastern scotland, eastern and southern england will stay dry on saturday. but, for all, seven to 13 celsius, it will feel colder, well down on what we've had for some through the week. with winds falling a bit lighter through saturday night into sunday, our first widespread rural frost on the grass for sunday morning, especially across the central

and northern parts of the uk, but lots of sunshine. a crisp day to get an autumn walk in. still breezy down some eastern coasts. a bit more cloudy in northern scotland. the wintry showers turning more back to rain. isolated showers in the west to begin with, but mainly dry through the afternoon, but chilly — highs ofjust nine to 12 celsius. take care.

this is bbc news — the headlines. israel's military orders all civilians to leave gaza city for their own safety, ahead of an expected ground operation. israel says it has dropped 6,000 bombs on hamas targets in gaza over the past six days. in the next hour, the us secretary of defense austin is expected to hold a press conference with israeli defence minister yoav gallant. meanwhile, us state secretary antony blinken has landed injordan to meet with palestinian president abbas. and this is the scene live in gaza as the conflict enters a seventh day.