israel's military drops leaflets telling palestinians to �*leave their homes' — ahead of an expected ground operation. in the next hour, the us secretary of defence austin is expected to hold a press conference with israeli defence minister yoav gallant. we will bring that to you when it happens. palestinian president abbas has told us secretary of state antony blinken "rejects the forced displacement" of palestinians in gaza. the un relief agency warns gaza is fast becoming a hell hole and is on the brink of collapse. these are the live pictures. and in other news — a teacher has been killed and several people injured in a knife attack in a school in northern france.

hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. there has been plenty of reaction to the announcement from israel for a million people to effectively move from the north of the gaza strip, down to the southern end. we were to use in pictures now from inside gaza in the last, these are live pictures right now, the scene looks relatively calm, very different picture at times overnight with air strikes continuing. we can show you some pictures from inside gaza. some of the latest images we have from the streets. the devastation. we will bring you those in a few moments. while we wait for those

pictures these are the pictures that i was just referring to. this gives you an idea of some of the destruction inside, some of the problem is therefore of asking people to move, a million people to move in these conditions. palestinian groups, united nation groups have been talking about the impossibility of a million people moving in the time frame, 2a hours. we have a response from the idf, an acknowledgement when they were asked, that 2a hours wouldn't be enough time for more than a million people to move out of northern gaza and midsouth. i want to bring you a statement from the un rwa. it is a pretty powerful statement. the united nations relief and works agency for palestine refugees. it is three or four sentences but i am

going to bring it to you. it says mike as gaza remains under heavy bombardment with israel tightening its grip over the over populates strip, it is left of the un and humanitarian is to protect civilians. we call from the israeli forces to move more than i civilians. we call from the israeli forces to move more thani million civilians living in northern gaza within 2a hours is horrendous. this will only lead to unprecedented levels of misery and further push people in gaza into abyss. that is the statement from that organisation we are seeing right now, the un rwa. let's show you a map now to give you an idea of exactly what is being asked for here. this is the gaza strip that you can see. the yellow areas they are are the tightly densely populated areas. the israeli defence forces are asking people in and around gaza city, around 1.1

million people to leave their homes and to move south in 2a hours. we have also had reaction to that request from mahmoud abbas. he is not in control in the gaza strip. hamas are in control there. but mahmoud abbas is saying he has rejected the calls to move, he called it forced displacement of palestinians. but he did add the need for humanitarian corridors to get aid in, potentially one presumes people out. let's cross to our correspondent lyse doucet now. she is in sderot, southern israel. we have had plenty of reaction coming out in the last hour to this request by the idf, for that many people, 1.1 million people to move south.

what have you been seeing and witnessing where you are? we have also seen reaction _ witnessing where you are? we have also seen reaction from _ witnessing where you are? we have also seen reaction from hamas - witnessing where you are? we have also seen reaction from hamas to i also seen reaction from hamas to that statement and to israel's nonstop bombardment. there have been many missile attacks here in sderot where we are now, it is less than a mile from the border, also in the city of ashkelon where we were earlier, the biggest city in southern israel, close to the gaza strip, a few hours ago when we were on a different section of the city, there was a hail of rockets and then in response there was the loud deafening blasts of israel's air defences system, the iron dome. so we had to race for cover and then come further into the city. the streets we can show you are flooded with israeli soldiers, as well as israeli volunteers who are going house to house urging people living

here to leave this community. we heard from them that people don't want to leave. either they are elderly, they want to stay here, they don't have resources to live anywhere else, so they are being urged as the danger seems to intensify here on this belt right along the gaza border, the officials here are saying it simply isn't safe for people to live here any more. earlier in ashkelon where we stopped on the way to sderot there was also a heavy bombardment, rockets being fired from gaza, the iron dome again in action. they hit some densely populated residential areas as well. todayis populated residential areas as well. today is friday, the muslim day of prayer. we were expecting more attacks today and we are also hearing that people are responding in different arab capitals to the calls from hamas to take to the streets, to have a day of protest. hamas says it is carrying this out because it says if you are going to

pause the displacement of house indians living in gaza, then we too are going to force the displacement of living in southern israel. —— displacement of palestinians. this 24 hour deadline _ displacement of palestinians. this 24 hour deadline for people to move from the north to the south of gaza, what does that imply to you about the readiness of israeli forces and the readiness of israeli forces and the intentions of them?— the intentions of them? israel is cominu the intentions of them? israel is coming under— the intentions of them? israel is coming under huge _ the intentions of them? israel is coming under huge pressure - the intentions of them? israel is coming under huge pressure on | the intentions of them? israel is . coming under huge pressure on two fronts, pressure from its own people that are reeling from the shock and alarm after what happened on saturday. the details are onlyjust emerging of the atrocities committed by hamas, when it broke through the borderfence, that by hamas, when it broke through the border fence, that was one praised as being impenetrable, seizing hostages, babies of holocaust

survivors, key blitzes and towns, the views have hardened here right from the military command to the prime minister's office of a swift and absolutely ferocious response. and every day is a day they don't want to waste. the target now is the underground tunnels in gaza that hamas relies on to keep its own fighters safe, to store its visions and military equipment and ammunition, before the expected ground invasion israel wants to destroy as much of the infrastructure including those tunnels until it weakens how miss degrades the ability to fight back, —— hamas. but you need to smash the buildings above it which are palestinian homes, high rise residential blocks. israel is in a hurry which is why it needs to come at once to be seen to be giving a warning, giving protection to gals

and civilians but it is doing it in such a way that makes it impossible for gazans comply with a order, and on top of that gazans, those who have the presence of mind, the internet connections, enough resources to actually look at the messages from israel and hamas, israel telling them to get out of their homes, i must make telling them to stay, they are just terrified and flipping through this nightmare. terrified and flipping through this niahtmare. . ~ terrified and flipping through this niahtmare. ., ~ i. ., terrified and flipping through this niahtmare. ., ~ ., ., nightmare. thank you for that. i 'ust want nightmare. thank you for that. i just want to _ nightmare. thank you for that. i just want to point _ nightmare. thank you for that. i just want to point out _ nightmare. thank you for that. i just want to point out we're - nightmare. thank you for that. i just want to point out we're the | just want to point out we're the pictures on screen of tel aviv, we are expecting a press c0 nfe re nce press conference relatively soon from the us secretary of defence lloyd austin and his israeli counterpart. we are keeping an eye of those pictures and we will trust them as soon as we get any kind of indication that they are about to speak. with me is menna hijazi,

who is a palestinian graduate living in the uk but is from gaza originally — herfamily still live there. thank you for coming in and talking to us. this is an extraordinary difficult time of course for you. tell me whereabouts roughly is your home in gaza and do you know what has happened? i home in gaza and do you know what has happened?— has happened? i believe i don't know, i has happened? i believe i don't know. i am _ has happened? i believe i don't know, i am trying _ has happened? i believe i don't know, i am trying to _ has happened? i believe i don't know, i am trying to follow - has happened? i believe i don't know, i am trying to follow the | has happened? i believe i don't - know, i am trying to follow the news every day with my colleagues who are mostly from palestine. we all watch the news and we see our homes are being demolished and we don't have contact with our families, we don't know how they are feeling, what is going on. we see the news they are leaving from one place to another, but there is no place that is considered as safe in gaza because they are bombing everywhere. i believe everyone who i know either

lost their home or know someone who died, or have a traumatic experience there already. my home is gone now and my family are homeless. i have no clue what is happening to them. i just wait to see that they are surviving and their names are not on the news that are being killed or anything, that is all that is going on with me here. it is anything, that is all that is going on with me here.— on with me here. it is almost unimaginable, _ on with me here. it is almost unimaginable, i— on with me here. it is almost unimaginable, i am - on with me here. it is almost unimaginable, i am so - on with me here. it is almost unimaginable, i am so sorryl on with me here. it is almost. unimaginable, i am so sorry you are going through that. part of the problem here with limited power and electricity, fuel, communication is really difficult.— really difficult. yes, definitely. it was already _ really difficult. yes, definitely. it was already the _ really difficult. yes, definitely. it was already the case - really difficult. yes, definitely. it was already the case in - really difficult. yes, definitely. | it was already the case in gaza. really difficult. yes, definitely. l it was already the case in gaza. i remember when i lived there last year, it was like living in an open air prison. but the difference is now the world is looking into this prison that is being are now bombed

with no accountability, nothing from the international community. i am speechless how this is all happening in this century. we are witnessing and seeing genocide on palestinian people in gaza. no one is helping. there is no access to aid and there is no prospect of any improvement in the situation and it is getting worse every day. we are just standing here feeling helpless, me and everyone i know from my colleagues, from palestine. wejust think how it is going to end? is it going to end with our people and my family is being in tents in the sahara, what is the future for them? can i ask you about this idea a million people moving from northern gaza, i think we can try and look at a map to explain what is being asked here, we can see israel and gaza

have there. the north around gaza city, that yellow area is really densely populated, over a million people being asked to move from their along those roads many of which are being bombed, what is your reaction? i which are being bombed, what is your reaction? ., ., . ., , reaction? i have no clue how they are moving _ reaction? i have no clue how they are moving them _ reaction? i have no clue how they are moving them from _ reaction? i have no clue how they are moving them from north - reaction? i have no clue how they are moving them from north to i reaction? i have no clue how they - are moving them from north to south, where it is already crowded and already not safe there. it is gambling with their lives from one place to another. i am just speechless. i have no words to say. it is a situation that is already beyond being described as something thatis beyond being described as something that is horrifying and is extremely inhumane, for most people there to live under these conditions. i can't

believe what they are going through. just telling them to go from the north to the south is like putting them under more fear. ifeel paralysed to do anything now, and just to think of them. i don't know what they are going through now. i am so sorry. thank you very much for coming in and talking to us. i really appreciate it. ijust want i just want to take you to these white pictures of gaza. this is the skyline of gaza right now. forgive me, these are not the pictures of gaza. these are the live pictures of gaza. these are the live pictures of gaza city. we are keeping across developments there. there are lines coming out, plenty of reaction

continuously to this request from the idf, the israeli defence forces for more than a million people to move from northern gaza to move from northern gaza some breaking news now from france. we have been getting continuous updates from arras, this is a separate story that we have been following here. an incident at school. we are being told that emmanuel macron is on his way. the teacher has been killed and two people have been seriously injured in a knife attack at a school in france. that is going from officials there was the plenty more on that story. this is bbc news. around the world and across the uk.

this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. an update from the diplomatic world. us secretary of state antony blinken has been meeting the palestinian leader map with the bus injordan. that has little influence in gaza which is crewed by the rival hamas group which ordered the attacks on israel. —— palestinian leader mahmoud abbas. this is what antony blinken said. we mahmoud abbas. this is what antony blinken said-— blinken said. we always look at every option — blinken said. we always look at every option and _ blinken said. we always look at every option and explore - blinken said. we always look at every option and explore every| blinken said. we always look at - every option and explore every part. here we have a number of things that we are actively engaged in including very active collaboration with israel. i also brought with me one of our top hostage experts who are staying behind working with the

families, and the government of israel to make sure we are absolutely in sync and again following every option. there are also countries that we were just talking about, relationships with and influence with, it leveraged on hamas. talking to them about using that leveraged to get the hostages home. live now to monica marks who is a professor of middle east politics at new york university in abu dhabi. thank you for coming on the programme. ijust want thank you for coming on the programme. i just want to get your reaction and thoughts to this diplomatic tour currently under way by antony blinken. what are the objectives in your mind? the objectives — objectives in your mind? the objectives will _ objectives in your mind? the objectives will be _ objectives in your mind? iie: objectives will be to objectives in your mind? "iie: objectives will be to try objectives in your mind? iie: objectives will be to try to objectives in your mind? i“ie: objectives will be to try to shore up objectives will be to try to shore up a coalition of support to fight hamas, but it seems like the most important objective, which is urging israel to de—escalate its current attacks on gaza, which amount to an

illegal, under human international humanitarian law, and practically impossible mission right now, constituting forced displacement which we know is a key tactic of ethnic cleansing. it seems that is not an item on antony blinken�*s agender. that is a real problem. it is a real problem for israel in the longer term because israel has challenges of military capacity and economic capacity that are going to be very difficult to 16th this assault on gaza and the forced displacement of 1.2 million of its residents, that is what israel is hoping for. we are not hearing messages of de—escalation. the approach from the west, including from the united states, it seems to be very lopsided and ultimately it is not what a good loving friend of israel would do, because the strategy of israel seems to be based a lot more on revenge in the wake of saturday's atrocities, a lot of

people in israel are hurting and peeling immense grief but revenge doesn't constitute a strategy and for israel's allies need reminding of that. , . . , for israel's allies need reminding of that. , . ., , , for israel's allies need reminding ofthat. , . , , , of that. israel has been pretty clear about — of that. israel has been pretty clear about its _ of that. israel has been pretty clear about its strategy, - of that. israel has been pretty| clear about its strategy, which of that. israel has been pretty i clear about its strategy, which it wants to remove hamas, take out to and that is why it is taking this military action. but and that is why it is taking this military action.— and that is why it is taking this milita action. �* ~ ., , military action. but certainly there are and it is _ military action. but certainly there are and it is understandable - military action. but certainly there are and it is understandable given | are and it is understandable given the horrible atrocities israelis experienced on saturday which brought back for a lot of israelis memories of programmes and the holocaust, but we need to think very clearly in this emotional complicated moment and to be very clear about how possible that goal is. hamas is deeply embedded in the gaza population. they are hiding in places where israeli drones can't easily surveilled like basements for example, tunnels. and what we might see play out here is a battle of algeria's scenario where we have a

blockading and occupying force trying to root out a deeply embedded movement that uses terror attacks asymmetrically. scholars of terrorism called its a terrorism trap. terrorist movements know the violence begets violence, but it is a great recruiting strategy to try to bait your overlord into overreacting. hamas knows this very well and at the moment israel is not just falling into the terrorism trap, it is plunging into it, diving into it head unfortunately. thank ou for into it head unfortunately. thank you for that- _ into it head unfortunately. thank you for that. that _ into it head unfortunately. thank you for that. that was _ into it head unfortunately. thank you for that. that was monica . into it head unfortunately. thank - you for that. that was monica marks. just want to update you on what has been happening in france. a teacher has been killed and two people have been seriously injured in a knife attack at the school in france. the interior minister has said the attack happened in the gambetta high school in arras around 11am local time. the

attacker has been arrested and is now in custody. we are awaiting any further details from that. a teacher has been killed. two people seriously injured in a knife attack at the school in france. 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. our 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. and 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. one 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. they 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 them 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. we will take you live to a press conference taking place in israel. a joint press conference between the us and israeli defence ministers. let's take a listen. fin us and israeli defence ministers. let's take a listen.— let's take a listen. on israeli security. _ let's take a listen. on israeli security. on _ let's take a listen. on israeli security, on our— let's take a listen. on israeli security, on our most - let's take a listen. on israeli l security, on our most sensitive interests. i briefed the secretary on strategic developments in our region and the chief of staff together with the idf leadership, shared our operations. defence cooperation and us support in the pentagon, in the white house, in the congress, and show freedom of

operation and enforce our capabilities. in fact, today we will receive the second aircraft carrying essential munition to the idf. us deployment of assets on land, air and sea, sends a strong message to both our partners and enemies in the region. on behalf of israel's defence establishment and on behalf of our citizens, mr secretary, thank you very much. let me remind you all, ouraudience, who is you very much. let me remind you all, our audience, who is the enemy. our neighbours as hamas, the isis of

gaza. an organisation enjoying the iranian payroll. i cannot let the world forget the brutal attacks hamas terrorists conduct against israeli children, israeli women, israeli children, israeli women, israeli elderly and entire families. murder, rape, kidnapping, this is what we face in this war. this is a war.

we will keep fighting and we will win this war. we will prevail. with your permission i will say a few words in hebrew. he speaks in hebrew. he speaks in hebrew.

he speaks in hebrew.