new low, as the security council discusses calls for a humanitarian ceasefire. as air strikes continue, israel confirms its soldiers have carried out localised raids in gaza, looking for people kidnapped by hamas. this is the scene live in gaza, as an israeli deadline for palestinians to leave the north has passed. also to come, "god forbid": we hear how the hamas massacre was captured on an israeli mothers' whatsapp group. and as the middle east violence triggers protests in the uk, the terror watchdog warns of the language used at some pro—palestinian rallies. hello, i'm celia hatton.

we start with the latest on the israel—gaza war. the united nations security council has been discussing calls for a humanitarian ceasefire in gaza. its secretary general warned that the situation there has reached a "dangerous new low", as israel prepares for a ground offensive. it's a week ago today that hamas — a group designated as a terror organisation by many western governments — launched its attack on israel. during the night the israeli military continued, as you can see from these pictures, to hit targets from the air. the israel defence forces also released this video of air strikes on what it says are anti—tank missile launchers in gaza. the army also confirmed it has carried out localised raids inside gaza ahead of its expected ground offensive. officials say the raids were "to eliminate the threat "of terrorist cells and infrastructure". in other developments, the united nations estimates

than tens of thousands in gaza have fled after the israeli evacuation warning. the original deadline to move to an area south of wadi gaza has now passed. health officials in gaza say the death toll there has reached 1,900. the united nations security council has been meeting as the un chief called the situation in gaza "a dangerous new low". russia proposed a draft resolution calling for a ceasefire. this is the scene live in gaza, where it has just gone seven o'clock in the morning. and as we said, an israeli deadline for palestinians to leave the northern half of gaza ahead of an expected ground offensive has passed. the palestinian authority's representative at the un compared the current situation to the mass palestinian migration after the creation of the state of israel.

we should not allow, as humans and as defenders of international humanitarian law, and as the un and as security council, to allow, after 75 years of nakba, another nakba to be unfolding on our people by depopulating the gaza strip of its 2.3 million, and to throw them outside to egypt and to make it an egyptian problem. the israeli ambassador to the united nations has called on the un to support israel's order to evacuate gaza. prime minister benjamin netanyahu said israelis were "fighting for the homeland." translation: we are striking our enemies i with an unprecedented power. i emphasise it's just the beginning. our enemies havejust begun to pay the price. i can't divulge what comes next, but i can tell you it's just the beginning.

the un secretary general antonio guterres called for the release of all hostages, and said it's "impossible" for palestinians to fully comply with evacuation orders. the situation in gaza has reached a dangerous new low. the horrific terror attacks by hamas on israel that killed more than 1,200 people and injured thousands more last saturday were followed by intense bombardment of gaza that has already killed 1,800 people and injured thousands more. moving more than1 million people across a densely populated war zone to a place with no food, water or accommodation, when the entire territory is under siege, is extremely dangerous and in some cases simply not possible. 0ur un correspondent nada tawfik says that russia proposed a draft resolution at the security council calling for a humanitarian ceasefire. this was the second

time since saturday that the security council has met in closed consultations, and we had heard from the secretary general, from the palestinian ambassador to the un, calls for the security council to take up not only a call for a ceasefire but also to set up a humanitarian corridor. now, just as the meeting was getting under way, russia circulated to the 15 members of the security council a draft resolution which is pretty brief in nature — it's one page long. it calls for a humanitarian corridor. it also calls for the release of all hostages, and it calls for safe evacuation for civilians and the distribution of humanitarian assistance. the russian ambassador came out and spoke to the press afterwards and he said that moscow believes it is critical at this moment for the security council to act. he believes that this is an issue, that the root causes of this conflict should have been addressed by the council a long time ago.

but what we are hearing from several members when they left the council — china, for example — says they are open to any efforts to try to de—escalate tensions. the uk ambassador to the un, dame barbara woodward, saying that the uk needs time to go over through consultations, kind of these serious discussions, before it can comment on russia's draft. but we have heard from one western diplomat who really doubted the seriousness of russia's proposal, because they say they did not consult with others and it does not mention hamas in the draft, which they say will make it unacceptable to certain western members and others on the council. nada tawfik. a group of international aid agencies including 0xfam international, medecins de monde, war child uk, the norweigan refugee council and save the children have issued a joint plea to avert what they called an "unprecedented

humanitarian crisis" amid "a looming israeli land incursion in gaza". live now to gabriella waaijman, who is global humanitarian director at save the children international. thank you forjoining us. can you tell us the latest about what you are hearing is going on inside gaza with what you are hearing is going on inside gaza with the movement of people inside there? . ~' there? thank you. the information _ there? thank you. the information coming . there? thank you. the| information coming out there? thank you. the i information coming out of there? thank you. the - information coming out of gaza is absolutely heartbreaking. people are on the move, thousands and thousands of people are on the move. but it is absolutely impossible for more than a million people to move with all their belongings on one little rd to what is not really an area of safety either in the south. what we are seeing is people who are on the streets overnight, children on

the streets overnight, people that are on the move are also not safe because it is still, as the secretary general mentioned, it is still a war zone. so bombs are still landing, so it is absolute mayhem, it is chaos and there is no place of safety. gabriella, as we have mentioned, save the children as part of a joint plea issued by a number ofaid part of a joint plea issued by a number of aid agencies, what is that calling for? we a number of aid agencies, what is that calling for?— is that calling for? we are callin: is that calling for? we are calling for _ is that calling for? we are calling for this _ is that calling for? we are calling for this order - is that calling for? we are calling for this order to i is that calling for? we arej calling for this order to be rescinded. it is not possible, is absolutely not possible to move more than a million people from one area, a very densely populated area, with... it is not possible to move those people from the north to the south. we are also calling for a ceasefire, the fighting has got to stop. and aid needs to be allowed in, and there is no

water in gaza, there is no more electricity in gaza, hospitals are running out of medical supplies. people are running out of food. most importantly people are running out of water, that is the most urgent thing at the moment, people that are wounded are not being able to be treated. so we are calling for a ceasefire and fade to be allowed in. to focus on the warning _ fade to be allowed in. to focus on the warning for— fade to be allowed in. to focus on the warning for a _ fade to be allowed in. to focus on the warning for a moment, | fade to be allowed in. to focus i on the warning for a moment, we should note that actually the deadline for the warning, we believe has actually passed now. israel says it issued a warning in order to protect civilians, that it is actually looking out for the well—being of those who are not directly involved in this conflict. what would you say to that? you have to understand _ would you say to that? you have to understand what _ would you say to that? you have to understand what the - would you say to that? you have to understand what the area, - to understand what the area, what gaza looks like. gaza is in essence a huge city, which is cordoned off, there isjust nowhere to go. so you have people that are elderly, you have people that are in hospital, you have children,

you have women giving birth as we speak. so even with a warning, it is not possible for people to move overnight, or with a very few hours of notice. in general, moving people forcibly, forcibly moving people without anywhere to go, with no assistance for them for where they are going to, you know... risks basically amounting to what is called forcible transfer which is a violation of international humanitarian law. so if people are being moved, they need to be moved to a place of safety, it needs to be voluntary and they need to be provided... gabriella waaijman, just very briefly, what is your outlook, what is your prognosis for

whether a humanitarian aid corridor will be established? we know diplomatic efforts are in the works right now. we are... in the works right now. we are- -- we _ in the works right now. we are... we are _ in the works right now. we are... we are not- in the works right now. - are... we are not party to those discussions, we are playing, we are hoping, we have rang every single diplomat in the world to try and ask them to please help us to make sure that aid can go into gaza and people who in gaza who want to leave, not forcibly but want to leave, not forcibly but want to leave, are given the right to leave. but right now all the borders are closed, and the borders are closed, and the border has actually been bombed. so aid agencies have put all support available outside of the borders, we have made logistical support available, relief items are being flown in, everything is put on standby for citizens... thank you very much, that was gabriela waaijman, humanitarian

director at save the children international, thank you. it is a week since the hamas attacks, when more than 1,300 people were killed in israel. more details are still emerging of the atrocities committed last saturday, injewish communities in southern israel. messages on an israeli mothers' whatsapp group in the be'eri kibbutz followed every terrifying moment as their community came under fire from gunmen who killed 100 people. alice cuddy reports. kibbutz be'eri in israel. a week ago this was a community of around 1000 men, women and children. living normal lives. mothers here shared a whatsapp group. last saturday as the hamas gunman came in, this. there whatsapp group's first message warning of the unfolding horror. some of the women and theirfamilies unfolding horror. some of the women and their families render their safe rooms, fortified areas in their homes. —— ranted

to their safe rooms. 0ne one woman writes: another says: this woman watched a stream of messages in silent terror as she tried to comfort her young children. it she tried to comfort her young children. . , she tried to comfort her young children. ., , ., , children. it was horrible. peole children. it was horrible. people were _ children. it was horrible. people were writing, - children. it was horrible. people were writing, we | children. it was horrible. - people were writing, we need help, they are burning my house, they are opening the handle of the safe room, they just threw a grenade in the house and this is how they make people go out because... in a separate _ people go out because... in a separate family _ people go out because... in a separate family chat, - people go out because... in a separate family chat, she got real—time updates as her mum and dad were killed. with bullets and grenades.

this woman was hiding with her daughters, aged five and eight, reading the messages. 0ne mother said her baby was dead. she is crying for help, her baby daughter is dead, and no—one came. and another one, she saw her mother getting killed. , ., ., killed. these women and their children survived _ killed. these women and their children survived the - killed. these women and their children survived the attack i children survived the attack and are now safe, but their homes and many of their neighbours' argon. some held hostage in gaza. alice cuddy, bbc news, jerusalem. we wa nt we want to show you some video we are getting fed live into the bbc news room at the moment. it is a scene that shows, if we can take those live pictures now, we can see in this image, this is a camera thatis in this image, this is a camera that is located in the israeli city of sderot but you are

actually looking at gaza city right now. it is a bit fuzzy but you can see smoke in the distance, obviously indicating the effects of recent airstrikes. itjust shows you how close those two locations are, sderot which is on the israeli side, and gaza city. as we have heard, the israel defence forces have been massing along the boundary, ahead of an expected ground offensive into gaza. on friday, israel carried out local raids in the gaza strip. military officials said the soldiers collected evidence that will aid them in locating the up to 150 people being held hostage. live now to dan halutz, who is the former chief of staff of the israel defence forces and commander of the israeli air force. thank you forjoining us. can you take us through there logic of carrying out local raids into gaza? what is the

objective there? and what are those — those small groups of soldiers on the look—out for? first of all, good morning. the objective of the entire campaign in gaza is to secure israel. secure the civilians of israel, after the brutal attack of the hamas, which is equal to isis. isis is very familiar to the western world, hamas less so. they massacre, they slaughter, they kill civilians. but can you take us through the strategy of what the israeli military is trying to achieve with the start of these local raids? why notjust send in the full ground offensive? the local raid _ full ground offensive? the local raid intends, - full ground offensive? tue:

local raid intends, first full ground offensive? tte: local raid intends, first of all, to help finding facts, regarding the hostages. and second, it's a kind of military profile of action that are not going to elaborate about. can ou going to elaborate about. can you describe _ going to elaborate about. can you describe what the israeli military will face when they head into gaza? what are the challenges, what are the primary threats?- challenges, what are the primary threats? they'll face a very brutal— primary threats? they'll face a very brutal enemy _ primary threats? they'll face a very brutal enemy and - primary threats? they'll face a very brutal enemy and they're | very brutal enemy and they're going to face a very decisive forces that are ready to fight until the end. we're not going to stop. we're going to fulfil the mission. and the mission is to destroy hamas. no one of them will escape, ever. even if you physically escape now, we'll catch you in the future. 0k. we'll catch you in the future. ok. so if that's the mission,

though, where do the hostages come into this? because of course that must complicate matters. .,, . , course that must complicate matters. ., , ., matters. the hostages are cominu matters. the hostages are coming into _ matters. the hostages are coming into the _ matters. the hostages are | coming into the operational plan and once again, i'm not in the details of the operation plan. but i believe as i know we'll take into account every element that is important to us and the hostages are the most important issue. when we know small kids, age of one year, two years, four years, are hostages in the hands of the hamas, we are taking it very seriously. hamas, we are taking it very seriously-— hamas, we are taking it very seriousl . ., ~ , ., ., ., seriously. thank you. i want to - before _ seriously. thank you. i want to - before we — seriously. thank you. i want to - before we finish _ seriously. thank you. i want to - before we finish off, - seriously. thank you. i want to - before we finish off, i - seriously. thank you. i want to - before we finish off, i want l — before we finish off, i want to ask you, israel has been repeatedly reminded of its

obligations under international law. if your experience, where does that fit in the plans, in the strategy? how do concerns about the need to live up to international law factor into plans for any military operation by the israelis? irate operation by the israelis? we are full operation by the israelis? - are fully compliant with international law. the question is who — who is making the translation of the international law? and who is making the interpretation of the international law? if someone is looking for proportion, yeah, we're acting in proportion. but the question is what is proportion? we are not going to count equal numbers in order to be proportional.— numbers in order to be proportional. numbers in order to be --roortional. . ., ~ proportional. dan halutz, thank ou ve proportional. dan halutz, thank you very much- _ proportional. dan halutz, thank you very much. i'm _ proportional. dan halutz, thank you very much. i'm afraid - proportional. dan halutz, thank you very much. i'm afraid we i you very much. i'm afraid we have to leave it there. we're tight on time. thank you for speaking to us, dan halutz, the former chief of staff of the israeli defence forces and

commander of the israeli air force, thank you. here in the uk police say there's been a massive increase in anti—semitic incidents following the violence in the middle east. prime minister rishi sunak has called the rise disgusting. the government's independent reviewer of terrorism legislation has expressed concern that speeches at pro—palestinian rallies in the uk might have glorified terrorism. ed thomas has more. from the rivers to the sea! bradford, wednesday night. free, free! bradford, wednesday night. free. free!— bradford, wednesday night. free, free! like many rallies across the — free, free! like many rallies across the uk _ free, free! like many rallies across the uk this _ free, free! like many rallies across the uk this week, i across the uk this week, support for palestinians. palestine will be free. when even jewish _ palestine will be free. when even jewish people - palestine will be free. when even jewish people in i palestine will be free. when even jewish people in the i palestine will be free. when | even jewish people in the uk evenjewish people in the uk watch — evenjewish people in the uk watch this march, they may think— watch this march, they may think this _ watch this march, they may think this is support for hamas. _ think this is support for hamas, what happened? what do you say— hamas, what happened? what do you say to — hamas, what happened? what do you say to them?— you say to them? we're not supporting _ you say to them? we're not supporting hamas, - you say to them? we're not supporting hamas, we're i supporting hamas, we're supporting hamas, we're supporting the palestinian people, that includes palestinian christians, that includes the jews that live palestinian christians, that includes thejews that live in palestine as well. but

includes the jews that live in palestine as well. but emotions are running _ palestine as well. but emotions are running high. _ palestine as well. but emotions are running high. are _ palestine as well. but emotions are running high. are you i are running high. are you horrified by what... $5 are running high. are you horrified by what... as they're fi . htin: horrified by what... as they're fighting back _ horrified by what... as they're fighting back for _ horrified by what... as they're fighting back for their - horrified by what... as they're fighting back for their land, i fighting back for their land, that's all i can say.- that's all i can say. they didn'tfight_ that's all i can say. they didn't fight back - that's all i can say. they didn't fight back for i that's all i can say. they l didn't fight back for land, they slaughtered young people at a music festival and stole children, kidnapped them, took them back to gaza. tia children, kidnapped them, took them back to gaza. no comment. when does _ them back to gaza. no comment. when does free _ them back to gaza. no comment. when does free speech _ them back to gaza. no comment. when does free speech cross i them back to gaza. no comment. when does free speech cross the | when does free speech cross the line? ~ ., ~ when does free speech cross the line? ~ . ~ . .. ., line? we take direct action. this is richard, _ line? we take direct action. this is richard, the - line? we take direct action. i this is richard, the co-founder this is richard, the co—founder of palestine action. he finishes this speech with these world's. , ., , , world's. this was 'ust the start fort world's. this was 'ust the start for you i world's. this was just the start for you here. - world's. this was just the start for you here. when | world's. this was just the i start for you here. when we hear the resistance, we must turn that flood into a tsunami over the whole world. the alaxa flood is the _ over the whole world. the alaxa flood is the hamas _ over the whole world. the alaxa flood is the hamas name - over the whole world. the alaxa flood is the hamas name for- over the whole world. the alaxa flood is the hamas name for its| flood is the hamas name for its operation in israel. and jonathan hall is the uk's

independent reviewer of terrorism. independent reviewer of terrorism-— independent reviewer of terrorism. ., , terrorism. when i hear people referrinu terrorism. when i hear people referring by — terrorism. when i hear people referring by name _ terrorism. when i hear people referring by name to - terrorism. when i hear people referring by name to a - terrorism. when i hear people referring by name to a hamas| referring by name to a hamas terrorist operation that we know involved acts of terrorism, and invite people to do something similar, i know that you're in the territory of encouraging terrorism. would ou encouraging terrorism. would you expect — encouraging terrorism. would you expect police _ encouraging terrorism. would you expect police to - encouraging terrorism. would you expect police to take i you expect police to take action? , you expect police to take action?- when i you expect police to take action?- when you i you expect police to take | action?- when you go you expect police to take action? yes. when you go home, ask yourself. _ action? yes. when you go home, ask yourself, what _ action? yes. when you go home, ask yourself, what can _ action? t'ezs when you go home, ask yourself, what can you sacrifice for palestine? we caught up with richard barnard in bradford. he claimed his speeches were to direct action against uk companies that help israel. these are real. you said the al—aqsa flood, we must turn that flood into a tsunami of the whole world. does that not worry you?— of the whole world. does that not worry you? what worries me, what worries _ not worry you? what worries me, what worries me... _ not worry you? what worries me, what worries me... using - not worry you? what worries me, what worries me... using the i what worries me... using the language _ what worries me. .. using the language of— what worries me... using the language of prescribed i language of prescribed terrorists in speeches like this. . . .

terrorists in speeches like this. . , , ., terrorists in speeches like this. . ,, ., , ., , this. happening over 75 years, what worries _ this. happening over 75 years, what worries me _ this. happening over 75 years, what worries me is _ this. happening over 75 years, what worries me is the - this. happening over 75 years, what worries me is the british | what worries me is the british complicity with that. the; complicity with that. as pressure _ complicity with that. as pressure builds across gaza and israel, and with more protests planned here, the hope will be for calm and peace. more on the israel gaza war to come, but first some of the day's other news. it's polling day in australia's first referendum for more than 20 years. voters are being asked whether indigenous people should be acknowledged in the country's constitution. the referendum proposes setting up a body provisionally known as the voice, to advise government and parliament on matters relating to aboriginal and torres strait islander people. people in new zealand are also voting in a general election. the governing centre—left labour government faces a big challenge from the conservative opposition national party. labour has been in power for six years, but changed its leader injanuary whenjacinda ardern resigned as prime minister, handing

power to chris hipkins. jimjordan, a hardline conservative congressman from the american state of ohio, has become the latest republican to be nominated for the post of house speaker. it's not clear if he has the backing of a majority of party members needed to secure the position. sir michael caine has confirmed he has retired from acting, following the release of his latest film. the 90—year—old screen legend stars in the great escaper opposite glenda jackson, who completed the film months before her death in june. the former england cricketer turned tv presenter freddie flintoff has reached a financial agreement with the commercial wing of the bbc — bbc studios — after he was involved in a crash while filming top gear last december. the settlement is reported to be for nine million pounds.

0ur correspondent frances read has the details. bbc studios says it has reached an agreement with freddie flintoff, that supports his current rehabilitation. we have apologised to freddie and we'll continue to support him with his recovery. what could that agreement be? the sun reports it's some £9 million. neither freddie flintoff nor the bbc have confirmed that. we should mention that bbc studios is a commercial company, so whatever that figure is, it does not come from the bbc licence fee. as for the future of top gear, the bbc hasn't commented, although it previously said a decision would be made in due course. a remainder —— reminder of the main news: the un security council has been discussing calls for a humanitarian ceasefire in gaza. it warned the situation had reached a dangerous new low. bye—bye for now.

hello, there. a big change in the feel of the weather this weekend. it's been unseasonably mild and that mild weather has brought quite a bit of rain during the day. on friday, it brought half a month of rain to places like santon downham but already, the changes were with us further north, and that's all courtesy of the wind direction. now, that rain, having cleared away, has allowed this blast of north—westerly winds to sweep southwards. now, really tightly packed isobars mean we've got severe gales in some northern parts of scotland but it's the wind direction coming down from the arctic that will affect all parts this weekend and make it feel much colder — even colder because of the wind chill, which is bringing through wintry showers across the hills, notjust for scotland, perhaps the sperrin and antrim mountains and into cumbria eryri as well, snowdonia, so a much colder night. some frost to hit across north east england and the glens of scotland.

enough wind to prevent a widespread frost or, indeed, any mist and fog problems, really, but this weekend starts colder and windy. the wind should ease down a bit by sunday but it's certainly a feature of the weather as we go through the first part of saturday. those showers coming through thick and fast, adding to the chill feel, and they're around the irish sea coast first thing but they will migrate inland, so nowhere exempt from getting a shower but always more prevalent in the north and west. but there will be heavy rumbles of thunder and some hail, as well as the wintriness over the hills and only ten to 13 or 1a in the south — that's six to eight degrees below where they have been, particularly in the south this week. now, the showers and the winds ease a little bit during sunday but they keep pestering northern and western areas but there will be a more widespread ground frost — probably our coldest night of the autumn so far. in fact, this is the coldest blast of the autumn so far.

but it does mean, again, a good deal of sunshine first thing. mind you, at this time of year, there will be a few pockets of fog around which can take till mid—morning to clear to watch out for if you're travelling. showers or perhaps more cloud in the north and the west of scotland. temperatures, though, a little lower than saturday's but with lighter winds and a bit more sunshine, fewer showers. i should imagine not feeling quite as chilly. and then later into next week or at the early part of next week again, we've got the chilly nights, the frosty and foggy mornings but temperatures do pick up later

this is bbc news, the headlines: the un security council has been discussing calls for a humanitarian ceasefire in gaza at a meeting behind closed doors. the secretary general, antonio guterres, has warned that moving more than a million people across a warzone to a place with no food, water or accommodation would be extremely hazardous. as air strikes continue, israel has confirmed its soldiers have carried out localised raids in gaza as they look for people kidnapped by hamas. there have been renewed exchanges of fire between israel's military and hezbollah militants in southern lebanon. this is the scene live in gaza, as an israeli deadline for palestinians to leave the north has passed. the us secretary of state antony blinken is in saudi arabia, on his fifth stop on a tour of six arab countries.