they're simply not going to get 1.1 million people to evacuate in 2a hours. and he accepted that, to be honest. he said they realised that and that it was difficult. and he said that the israelis were doing everything they could to to make it easier. it's difficult to see what that could be. and as i say, you know, we're waiting to see what they do when that 2a hour period is up, which will be in the early hours of saturday morning. the world health organization says that that local health authorities in gaza have informed it that it's impossible to evacuate vulnerable hospital patients from northern gaza.

when it comes to the practical health situation, there are two hospitals functional in the north of gaza. those two hospitals, indonesian hospitals have combined 760. there is no where to move them. all of the south part of gaza are already full and, for some people, it is impossible from a medical perspective because they cannot be taken off the life—saving support that they use to survive. this is why the who has joined other agencies in a call to israel to resend to this order because, for many, it will notjust be possible to move. and other people who may have a problem going out who may be needing special care. and there are others with health risks. this is why we have joined the call from our colleagues that this order should be

rescinded. if it colleagues that this order should be rescinded. , ., ., rescinded. if it is not, and if --eole rescinded. if it is not, and if peeple do — rescinded. if it is not, and if people do have _ rescinded. if it is not, and if people do have to _ rescinded. if it is not, and if people do have to say, - rescinded. if it is not, and if people do have to say, willl rescinded. if it is not, and if i people do have to say, will the hospital staff therefore have to stay? what is the consensus? what will people actually do when the 24—hour deadline ticks pass? it is 24-hour deadline ticks pass? it is difficult to 24—hour deadline ticks pass? it 3 difficult to predict what will happen, but what we know is that, already, these hospitals are running out of fuel and supplies. so, the other issue is that the health workers did not have any rest. they are very resilient, but they did not have time to rest, and it is a huge burden on their mental health. doctors have to make choices and ambulances have to make choices who to treat and who to leave behind. the dead bodies are piling up because morgues are already full, patients are already in corridors. the situation is already so dire that we have been asking for

humanitarian corridors so that we can bring in supplies. what humanitarian corridors so that we can bring in supplies.— can bring in supplies. what does that mean? _ can bring in supplies. what does that mean? is _ can bring in supplies. what does that mean? is that _ can bring in supplies. what does that mean? is that basically - can bring in supplies. what does that mean? is that basically an i that mean? is that basically an opening up of the border with egypt and medical supplies coming in through and up through gaza? four hours, the who, _ through and up through gaza? four hours, the who, it _ through and up through gaza? iffrlf' hours, the who, it is whatever can happen, that has to be done on a political level, to have security guarantees. there are other un agencies dealing with that. as we are ready, we have medical supplies available, and we want those supplies to come to health workers inside gaza through whatever crossing. so, what is really important is that people are losing their lives, health workers are doing their best, but unfortunately, we are in a situation where, if there is no answer to this violence, there is no answer to this violence, there will be more lives lost. i'd you have any timescales here? how long supplies last? how long you can

keep operating? hospitals, seven out of eight hospitals in gaza are partially functional. they are functional thanks to the reserves of fuel that they have. that reserve is going to run out in a matter of days. it is already rationed. they already only use fuel for most important tasks. and again, we need to act and we need to raise this. that is what we are doing, to have the reason prevail and have those supplies coming in, otherwise, the toll will be higher than we have already seen.— toll will be higher than we have already seen. thank you to add a cuest for already seen. thank you to add a guest for that. _ already seen. thank you to add a guest for that. israeli _ already seen. thank you to add a guest for that. israeli troops - already seen. thank you to add a guest for that. israeli troops are | guest for that. israeli troops are preparing for a ground assault in the gaza strip. so far, tens of thousands of troops have been deployed to the gaza. israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu says that they will crush and destroy her mass which launched the attack on

israel on saturday. the us secretary of defence is in israel and is speaking alongside his israeli counterpart at a certain news conference in tel aviv, he condemned her mass or —— hamas which is condemned as a terror organisation. this is no time for false equivalence orfor this is no time for false equivalence or for excuses for the inexcusable. there is no excuse for terrorism. that is especially true is for hamas. those who want lasting peace and security for this region must condemn and isolate hamas. hamas do not speak of the palestinian people or their legitimate hopes of a dignity, security, and statehood, and peace alongside israel. the

former commander of central command, the deliberate cruelty of hamas reminds me of isis. i previously spoke to a guest about the ground invasion.— the ground invasion. today, following — the ground invasion. today, following the _ the ground invasion. today, following the israeli - the ground invasion. today, following the israeli call - the ground invasion. today, following the israeli call to i following the israeli call to evacuate the north of gaza and move this very large population to the south, which is going to take time, i am less sure. i think that the israeli government and military seems to think it will take a couple of weeks at the least. it is unclear to me whether they will go in and tell that is done. that is given they want to be able to operate on they want to be able to operate on the ground with as few civilians as possible. urban warfare is always extremely messy, destructive, harmful on civilians. and, the idf

would prefer to operate in an extremely dense art built place like gaza city without civilians. —— up built. in response to your second question, the israeli objective is to destroy hamas. destroying a terrorist group which has occupied an urban area for 15 or 16 years, which has built 500 kilometres of tunnels beneath it, which is embedded in the social, economic, and politicalfabric of embedded in the social, economic, and political fabric of the territory, that is not easy. i suspect that if previous ground was in gaza to a couple of weeks, we will see an israeli military involvement going on for months. if it really is going to obliterate hamas as israeli officials have said, we could be in for a commitment of years, a much bigger proposition. fix, commitment of years, a much bigger proposition-— proposition. a proposition intentionally _ proposition. a proposition intentionally lasting - proposition. a proposition l intentionally lasting years? proposition. a proposition i intentionally lasting years? it entirely depends on the political leadership of the israelis. if the aim is to ensure that there is no

hamas left, that hamas cannot reassert itself after the army withdraws, there is no channel capability, no command centres, no rockets, no senior leadership, none of these things, then let's not pretend this as anything other than an enormous open ended campaign that i think will take a long time. this is not something that can be done in weeks. that is pretty sobering. what about the idea that, for two reasons, they may well be large numbers of civilians there? some people who cannot move, we've been talking about the logistics of that. and also, we have heard from people who simply say that they will not leave their homes. given that there will in all likelihood still be civilians in the area, does that change any of the calculations? israel will be aware that the greater the civilian casualties, the greater the civilian casualties, the

greater the civilian casualties, the greater the impact on their international reputation, including international reputation, including in europe and, particularly, in america. they need american political support. america. they need american politicalsupport. i america. they need american political support. i would say: although america has given israel it was my full backing, we had that clip from lloyd austin, it is worth cussing your mind back to the israeli operation in the west bank 20 years ago, when they went in with massive force under the george w bush administration which, although initially supported, and eventually told israel to hold those actions because of the cost to the palestinian people. setting aside the laws of war, the diplomatic constraint on israel are going to be pretty high. constraint on israel are going to be pretty high-— constraint on israel are going to be pretty high. thank you to our guest for that. i want _ pretty high. thank you to our guest for that. i want to _ pretty high. thank you to our guest for that. i want to take _ pretty high. thank you to our guest for that. i want to take you - pretty high. thank you to our guest for that. i want to take you to - for that. i want to take you to these pictures that we have been keeping a cross of the last couple of hours. these are live in the west bank. i should stress, this is not gaza, it is a separate location. you

can see people throwing stones with slingshots. we've seen people bring tyres into frame, presumably to burn. those fires burning there. there have been people on the streets. this is after writers have been reporting that a number of palestinians have been shot dead by israeli forces. we do not have the precise location for that or the precise location for that or the precise details. we are chasing more on that. that is coming from writers at the moment. and, to let you know, to keep across all of the day's developments, you can see other life page on the bbc website. this, for example, a map of gaza showing the population density. the red area is gaza city, where people have been asked, i.i gaza city, where people have been asked, 1.1 million people, to leave. these are live pictures of gaza. stay with us. iam i am lewis vaughanjones, this is bbc news.

hello there. good afternoon. plenty of rain around today, particularly across southern england and wales, along with still that milder air lingering on. further north, colder air, but also some sunshine. and we're all going to be coming into those chillier—feeling conditions as we head through the weekend. so feeling a lot more like autumn. temperatures dropping below the seasonal average this time. it will be windy, but there will be a lot of sunshine around as well. and this is the position of the weather front on friday. it's going to be pushing further southwards and eastwards as we head through the rest of the afternoon. that cold front sweeping away the milder air into this evening and overnight. behind the weather front, there's quite a lot of sunshine around, but also some showers just streaming down on that north—westerly wind. it's quite a brisk wind, certainly towards exposed coastal areas, and especially out towards the far north—east of scotland and the northern isles. quite windy conditions developing here later on. still, that milder air lingers on towards the south and the east. a lot chillier, 10 to ia degrees celsius for much of north—west england, northern ireland and scotland.

so some heavy downpours of rain through the evening rush hour for the south—east. the rain clears away. chillier overnight tonight with lots of clear skies around and temperatures dropping back to around three to seven degrees celsius. so noticeably colder into saturday morning. and then on saturday, with our weather fronts across europe, we've got the north—westerly winds still, some gales in association with this area of low pressure out towards the north—east of scotland. and of course, that colder—feeling air streaming down from the north. so feeling very different, a lot more like autumn. there will be a lot of sunshine around, but do watch out for some showers that will blow through northern ireland, perhaps north—west england and down through north—west wales. some of the showers could even turn out to be a bit wintry over the high ground, perhaps, at times. still strong winds for the northern isles, for aberdeenshire. elsewhere, a brisk nort—westerly and temperatures peaking between nine and 13 degrees celsius. so quite a drop there. on saturday night, again, plenty of clear skies.

the winds will lighten a little and many of us could see a touch of ground frost as we head into sunday morning. so the coldest night of the autumn so far. on sunday, there'll still be a lot of sunshine. some showers across the far north of scotland. the winds will be lighter, so it won't feel quite so chilly. but temperatures lower, ten or 11 degrees. bye— bye.

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this is bbc news. the united nations warns an israeli order for more than a million palestinians to leave northern gaza is impossible. the world health organization says the demand will lead to unimaginable suffering. the israeli military has dropped leaflets across the territory giving people 2a hours to get out. new images of the destruction in gaza — this is what remains of the financial district. israeli tanks mass at the border with gaza ahead of an expected ground operation. more harrowing accounts emerge from a massacre by hamas militants in an israeli kibbutz. they were shooting people... and

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