the bbc confirms young children were among those killed yesterday in an air strike on vehicles leaving northern gaza on a designated route south. a un relief agency says nearly a million palestinians have been displaced in gaza over the past week — nearly half its population. hamas and israel continue to target each other with rocket fire. the israelis say a senior hamas commander has been killed in an air strike. the objective israel is to destroy the hamas capability to ever do this again. this is the scene live in gaza. israel contines to urge anyone left there to leave as soon as possible. diplomacy intensifies — the us secretary of state is in saudi arabia, which says it's suspended talks on normalising ties with israel.

hello. the bbc has confirmed that young children were among those killed in an air strike on a convoy of vehicles leaving northern gaza yesterday along a route designated by israel. our team at bbc verify analysed two videos of the strike on the vehicles heading towards southern gaza. both videos have been verified, these first images show a lorry carrying at least 30 civilians on the move, moments before it was hit. and these are still images taken from a subsequent video from the aftermath of the strike, too graphic to show in detail. the video shows men running to the lorry, trying to help those who've been hit. there are at least 12 visible dead bodies in the footage.

just some of the moving images and still images. verified by our team at the bbc. we will bring you more on that as we get it. the un relief agency, unrwa, says hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced in the past 12 hours alone. and nearly a million, almost half the territory's population, in the past week. israel says those still in the north should leave as soon as possible, and it's specified two roads it says are safe for people heading south. people were told on friday to relocate before an expected ground offensive. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has said his country's bombardment of gaza is "just the beginning". more rockets have been fired into israel, and israeli air strikes are continuing across gaza. military sources in israel say a senior hamas commander is among those killed.

israeli forces are continuing their build—up near the boundary with gaza. to the north, israeli troops killed several people they identified as "terrorists" who were trying to cross the border from lebanon. overnight, israel's military exchanged more cross—border fire with the iranian—backed lebanese group, hezbollah. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, is in saudi arabia on the latest stop of a tour of the middle east. jordan's foreign minister has accused israel of flagrant breaches of international law, and warned the displacement of civilians in gaza was pushing the whole region towards conflict. the latest information is that more than 2,200 people have been killed in gaza, with 9,000 wounded. at least 1,300 israelis were killed by hamas gunmen last weekend. from southern israel, nick beake sent this report. the reality of another night of israeli air strikes on gaza.

chaos in the rubble. a scramble for survivors. more casualties ferried to overrun hospitals, and yet more civilians killed, as israel insists more than a million people in the north of gaza move out. translation: this is| a genocide, not a war. it's genocide and it's an attempt to displace the people of the gaza strip, but this will not happen. israel says this is a legitimate response to the hamas�* atrocities exactly a week ago. the israeli military said this footage shows the elimination of hamas commanders who'd masterminded the mass killing. a few miles away, just a fragment of the build—up of israeli troops, amid anticipation of a full—scale land incursion into gaza. israel continues to fire on gaza with its artillery and its fighter jets. it insists it's targeting hamas and not civilians. today, the israelis have given a limited window for palestinians to move south.

they're being told they will be safe, but as we've seen over the past 2a hours, civilians have been killed trying to move away. this convoy of vehicles was hit in the north of gaza yesterday, attempting the journey to safety. the circumstances are still not clear. israel says a significant number of people have now followed their ultimatum to leave northern gaza. we have seen people listening to our warning, understanding that they are doing the clever thing, moving out of a dangerous area and that they are doing the right thing for their families and their own safety. america's top diplomat, who's in the middle east, stressed once again that civilian life must be protected. as israel pursues its legitimate right to defending its people, to try to ensure that this never happens again, it is vitally important that all of us look out for civilians, and we're working together to do

exactly that, in particular, working on establishing safe areas. hamas continues to attack israel. this, footage of unmanned so—called kamikaze drones. they, along with rockets, are still being fired to civilian areas in many parts of israel. the united nations has called for food, fuel and aid to be sent to gaza. for now, it's only bullets and bombs heading that way. joining me now from amman injordan is tamara alrafai. she is the spokeswoman from the united nations relief and works agency for palestine refugees. cute so much for being on the programme. what are your colleagues on the ground telling you? —— thank you so much. my

on the ground telling you? -- thank you so much-— you so much. my colleagues are tellin: you so much. my colleagues are telling me _ you so much. my colleagues are telling me a _ you so much. my colleagues are telling me a lot _ you so much. my colleagues are telling me a lot of _ you so much. my colleagues are telling me a lot of horror- you so much. my colleagues are| telling me a lot of horror stories. women and children with disabilities, older people, all of them not able to leave the north of gaza as instructed. as a reminder, we are talking about an area where i million people live and where they were asked to evacuate literally overnight. it isjust were asked to evacuate literally overnight. it is just not realistic to expect i overnight. it is just not realistic to expecti million people are able to expecti million people are able to leave and find shelter somewhere else. half of them might have left in the last 12 hours because of the warning, but they have left in extremely dire conditions, and they have now arrived in the south of gaza where there is no capacity to absorb them, not even in unrwa shelters. we are now hosting more than 500,000 people, half the population of north gaza, across our shelters on the strip. we are also not in a situation to be able to assist them, because of the lack of food and medicine and utensils and

hygiene kits, and even clean drinking water. today we are saying that it's a matter of life or death for many gaza residents, because they will no longer have access to clean drinking water within days. you make many points, but let me take it in stages. you talk about the people who are simply unable to get out. how alarmed are you, given that israel has repeated the basic instruction to leave? it is that israel has repeated the basic instruction to leave?— instruction to leave? it is 'ust not imaginable * instruction to leave? it is 'ust not imaginable to h instruction to leave? it is 'ust not imaginable to think h instruction to leave? it is 'ust not imaginable to think an h instruction to leave? it isjust not imaginable to think an entire - imaginable to think an entire population of half the strip can leave. with that, the call is for a return to respecting international humanitarian law. under international law, civilians should be spared, they cannot be targeted, they cannot be bombed.

infrastructure including the un's shelters and schools cannot be targeted. so even if people choose to stay where they are, for various reasons, maybe they are unable to leave, maybe they do not want to leave, maybe they do not want to leave this place a second time... for all these reasons, we are calling on the israel defence forces to spare civilians and to spare the un and humanitarian infrastructure. in terms of the un labelled premises, tell me where you are. we had the original deadline on friday. -- un had the original deadline on friday. —— un labelled premises. have they been trying to get people out of their own premises and shelters, the un labelled? how that happened? mi; un labelled? how that happened? iii colleagues, the un labelled? how that happened? m1: colleagues, the international staff of unrwa, based on our headquarters in gaza city, moved to the south to our logistical base. we have been

very, very concerned and very worried about the rest of our colleagues. 0ur palestinian colleagues. 0ur palestinian colleagues from gaza. for a variety of reasons, they might have chosen not to leave. some of them did leave, some of them are in —— are in our shelters, leave, some of them are in —— are in ourshelters, but leave, some of them are in —— are in our shelters, but many have families in that community and don't want to leave. we in that community and don't want to leave. ~ ., in that community and don't want to leave. ~ . ., leave. we were hearing a little earlier in the _ leave. we were hearing a little earlier in the day from the - earlier in the day from the norwegian refugee council. the head was talking and saying he thought what was going on, this displacement of people, was a war crime. is that a phrase you would repeat, that you think is correct here? or incorrect? what we are seeing is an unprecedented situation in gaza. even though gaza has witnessed many,

many conflicts and the blockade that has completely suffocated it. what we are seeing is our colleagues, un people, unable to provide assistance for those in our own shelters in the north of gaza. my colleagues are speaking about a displacement that is reminiscent to the original displacement of palestinians in 1948. this is very, very big. to ask 1948. this is very, very big. to ask i million people to move within a few hours is really mind—boggling. we have to leave it there, but thanks forjoining us on bbc news. you are injordan, but thanks for talking to us and describing what your colleagues are saying to you. from there to the border between israel and lebanon. 0ur correspondent anna foster is there. take us through what has been happening there over the last few

hours. a happening there over the last few hours. x, ., , , happening there over the last few hours. a, ., , , ., hours. matthew, there has been a real increase _ hours. matthew, there has been a real increase in _ hours. matthew, there has been a real increase in activity _ hours. matthew, there has been a real increase in activity here - hours. matthew, there has been a real increase in activity here overl real increase in activity here over the last few days. and even in the last few hours. we have seen mortar shells fired across the border from lebanon into israel by the lebanese militant group hezbollah, around 30, say the israel defence forces. they have returned via back in the other direction. they say they have been targeting hezbollah infrastructure. in the early hours of this morning, we saw what they called an infiltration, individuals who had made it across the border near one of these communities, seemingly heading towards a kibbutz on the northern border. they were again targeted. in fact, the israel defence forces released a video where you could see a shell hitting those individuals. you could see the impact of the shell hitting those individuals who had crossed the border. this is not the first time in the last few days that this has

happened. it's happened really everyday for the last 4—5 days. that is why there is a lot of concern and tension on the northern border, because it could potentially open up a new front in this war, and it would make things considerably more devastating. i started the week down in the south of israel. i was very close to the gaza border, and seeing and hearing everything that was happening there. bear in mind how relatively small gaza is in geographical terms, relatively small gaza is in geographicalterms, only 26 relatively small gaza is in geographical terms, only 26 miles long, six miles wide. if you think of the border between israel and lebanon, how many hundreds of kilometres it is, and if you think about hezbollah with their extra firepower, deciding tojoin about hezbollah with their extra firepower, deciding to join this conflict in support of hamas, you really start to get a sense of why there is so much international diplomatic activity going on right now to calm things in the north of israel. ., ., israel. you were telling me earlier about what —

israel. you were telling me earlier about what people _ israel. you were telling me earlier about what people have _ israel. you were telling me earlier about what people have been - israel. you were telling me earlier l about what people have been saying to you, and so many people around you leaving. tell me a little more about any sort of build—up from the military. we have seen the build—up in the south. what is happening there in the north?— in the south. what is happening there in the north? there is a very larie there in the north? there is a very large military _ there in the north? there is a very large military build-up _ there in the north? there is a very large military build-up here, - large military build—up here, matthew. very large indeed. you see it in a couple of different ways. when you are driving along the winding roads at the border, and when you pass junctions or roadside points, where they have five or six military vehicles packed in together. you see that at very regular point driving along. and then you see some bigger concentrations of armoured vehicles and troops being moved into place as well. it was notable that in the hours after the attack last saturday, 300,000 israeli reservists were called up, told to come and report for duty. many of those have come here to this northern border.

in terms of people's reaction to that, we have been in various communities, kibbutzes where people are leaving. 0ne communities, kibbutzes where people are leaving. one person said the kibbutz he is based in is almost completely empty because people have left. they are really concerned that if there is an escalation on the northern border, they don't want to be anywhere near it. we are so very close to the border here, matthew. people who live in these areas, some of them old enough to remember the last war between lebanon and israel in 2006, they know how devastating it will be, and they are choosing to move south if they can, as far away as they can. move south if they can, as far away as they can-— the idf international spokesperson, lt col richard hecht, told me israel would find all the hamas leaders who orchestrated last week's attack. the commander who orchestrated this attack, we are slowly taking out

all his commanders and we will get to every single one of them. we will not forget what happened saturday. i know you are now focusing on gaza. this attack, this is a flag i brought today. we found it on one of the terrorist groups. it is an isilflag. they were carrying this. they brought it this morning. this is an unprecedented event, not something regular. we are talking about these gaza campaigns. this is something different. we took out last night one of their senior commanders, air defence commanders. we will slowly get to all of them. they are now hiding underground, like they do, hiding behind their people. sadly telling all the people we notified to leave south, they are telling them to stay. a very cynical isil—style enemy.

and again, we found that flag. no—one is doubting the barbarity of the attacks we saw last week. in terms of what is happening on the ground, let me try to clarify the current position. there's now a new six—hour window for people to leave. two roads, i gather, they are being instructed to actually use. tell me what you are saying currently about the instruction for people to leave. we are issuing... on twitter we have an arab spokesperson. we are also using leaflets and other means to talk to the community, asking them to leave on the two main roads south. one the coastal road, and one the main road through the strip. again, sadly, hamas is issuing orders for them to stay, and not to believe the idf.

the fact you've extended the deadline and you are talking about two roads, is that an acknowledgement about what the un and many, many others said — that instructing a million people or more to get out within 2a hours was simply impossible? it is an acknowledgement of that, is it? no, we have never stated the number, that came from the un. we at the idf, we said we understand it will take time. we notified the public. we know it will take time for them, it's a substantial number, but we don't want to hurt civilians. that's the difference between us and hamas. they targeted our civilians and we are notifying them to move civilians. you still expect hundreds of thousands of people to leave without cars, the injured who are in the hospitals, they have all got to get out within a telescoped period of time. and just to be absolutely clear, because you started this answer by saying you didn't say a time, how

long have those people got to get out, and are you expecting all of those people ijust mentioned, those in hospital and many others, to actually get out within whatever timeframe you're laying out? matthew, i am looking at the coverage, the pictures. hamas have a lot of cars. i see them moving around, doing a lot of stuff with their cars. they are responsible — i repeat, they are responsible. a million people... the roads are not the deadline, they are the access routes. we have not announced the deadline. we are watching the movements and we understand it will take time. again, we are encouraging the non—involved people to move. i'm joined now by kenneth katzman, a former middle east analyst for us congress, and now a senior fellow at the soufan centre. thank you for being on the programme. when i was talking to richard, he went on to talk about

the ultimate objective, which was to wipe out hamas. that has been said multiple times. benjamin netanyahu. how practical and possible do you think that is?— how practical and possible do you think that is? thank you for having me. well, it _ think that is? thank you for having me. well, it may _ think that is? thank you for having me. well, it may take _ think that is? thank you for having me. well, it may take time. - think that is? thank you for having me. well, it may take time. isis i think that is? thank you for having i me. well, it may take time. isis was essentially wiped out, al-qaeda was essentially wiped out, al-qaeda was essentially wiped out, al-qaeda was essentially wiped out. it is more difficult this time. hamas is in control of a discreet territory that has how many million people... it's obviously more difficult than chasing al-qaeda which didn't really control any population. isis did for a time. the israelis, the idf, will try to work around it. some civilians may not get out, but that

doesn't mean they will necessarily be harmed. there are ways to operate on the ground surgically, to go after militants, develop intelligence networks... pictures alread , intelligence networks... pictures already. when — intelligence networks... pictures already, when you _ intelligence networks... pictures already, when you look - intelligence networks... pictures already, when you look at - intelligence networks... pictures already, when you look at the i already, when you look at the pictures, you talk about surgical strikes, you have seen the casualty numbers, and that's just inside seven days, let alone any sort of ground offensive.— seven days, let alone any sort of ground offensive. well, no one said this is a casualty _ ground offensive. well, no one said this is a casualty free _ ground offensive. well, no one said this is a casualty free operation. - this is a casualty free operation. the context is the heinous attacks... i the context is the heinous attacks- - -_ the context is the heinous attacks... , 1 , ., the context is the heinous attacks... , 1 it, attacks... i question when you say suri ical, attacks... i question when you say surgical. just _ attacks... i question when you say surgical, just how _ attacks... i question when you say surgical, just how surgical - attacks... i question when you say surgical, just how surgical it - attacks... i question when you say surgical, just how surgical it can . surgical, just how surgical it can be, realistically.— be, realistically. well, it can minimize- — be, realistically. well, it can minimize. the _ be, realistically. well, it can minimize. the united - be, realistically. well, it can minimize. the united statesj minimize. the united states conducted on operations against the forerunners of isis in the towns of the western iraq and central iraq. it is possible. 0bviously the western iraq and central iraq. it is possible. obviously it's not going to be a to civilian casualty

free operation, we understand that, but there are ways to minimize the damage to civilians, there were ways to minimize it. damage to civilians, there were ways to minimize it-_ to minimize it. what is your assessment _ to minimize it. what is your assessment of _ to minimize it. what is your assessment of the - to minimize it. what is your assessment of the risks - to minimize it. what is your assessment of the risks for| to minimize it. what is your . assessment of the risks for the israeli military, going in? it is so tightly packed, that whole area, streets, booby—traps, tunnels. we know all of that from previous incursions. know all of that from previous incursions-— incursions. it's very similar to what the _ incursions. it's very similar to what the us _ incursions. it's very similar to what the us based _ incursions. it's very similar to what the us based in - incursions. it's very similar to what the us based in iraq - incursions. it's very similar to what the us based in iraq at i incursions. it's very similar to - what the us based in iraq at times. same playbook that the militants used, tunnels as you said, safe houses, hiding behind civilians, using horses, using their own knowledge of the turf, the terrain, the people in their neighbourhoods. —— using horses. the idf is going to take losses, they understand that, they accept it in the interest of taking hamas out of power in the gaza strip, which the us supports,

because that is the consequence of hamas's attack. aha, because that is the consequence of hamas's attack.— hamas's attack. a final question, because we _ hamas's attack. a final question, because we have _ hamas's attack. a final question, because we have explored - hamas's attack. a final question, because we have explored the i because we have explored the difficulties of that operation. if it were to be successful and hamas was wiped out, taken out of the equation, what happens the day after? what happens next? weill. equation, what happens the day after? what happens next? well, i think the most _ after? what happens next? well, i think the most natural— after? what happens next? well, i think the most natural assumption | think the most natural assumption would be some version of the palestinian authority on the west bank, the plo. they would go back. remember, they were in control until 2007, hamas kicked them out after the election of 2006. they are palestinian. they are not perfect and they have a reputation of corruption. they are old and they are not really doing what most palestinians want them to do, but they are palestinians and it could be possible to implant the palestinian authority there. yes,

sir. i, ., palestinian authority there. yes, sir. ., ~' , a, , palestinian authority there. yes, sir. i, ., , a palestinian authority there. yes, sir. ., ., , a sir. thank you very much. if you have been _ sir. thank you very much. if you have been watching _ sir. thank you very much. if you have been watching over- sir. thank you very much. if you have been watching over the - sir. thank you very much. if you l have been watching over the last sir. thank you very much. if you - have been watching over the last few hours... pro—palestinian protests have taken place across the uk, including in london and manchester. let's cross to our correspondent simonjones who's in whitehall. it's very noisy, lots of people, thousands of people have taken to the streets in this pro—palestinian march. if you look over there, you can see how the main road is packed with people. we are very close to downing street. that is where this march is culminating. as some of the protesters went past, they booed because they are not happy with the british government giving support to israel. in terms of the people here, lots of people draped in the

palestinian flag. lots of people holding banners saying free palestine. just behind me, a stage where speeches are taking place. that is why so many people are congregating here. this has been a huge policing operation as well. around 1000 officers have been lining the route. they are making it clear they will not tolerate any form of hate speech. the police have been very clear to say that anyone with a hamas flag would be arrested. anyone making pro hamas comments would be arrested. they say there is not an issue with anyone having palestinian flags as long as it's not accompanied by any form of violent or threatening behaviour. i have to say, it's been very noisy and packed, but it seems to have passed off pretty peacefully. we haven't had any details from the met saying there have been any arrests. they are taking a softly softly

approach, watching events. thousands takini to approach, watching events. thousands taking to the — approach, watching events. thousands taking to the streets. _ approach, watching events. thousands taking to the streets. simon _ approach, watching events. thousands taking to the streets. simon in - taking to the streets. simon in whitehall, thanks very much. live pictures from gaza. we continue to watch and monitor events on the ground, as the israeli operations continue. we have seen rockets being fired out. more of the main developments on bbc news in a moment, don't go away. hello there. colder air has been pushingway its southwards across the uk over recent hours. it's been cold enough actually today to see a bit of snow on the tops of the scottish mountains. nothing unusual about that for october but this month has been very warm, so we haven't seen anything like that so far. the biggest drop in temperatures between yesterday and today was across southern england and wales — 12 celsius in hereford today compared to 22 degrees yesterday so a drop of 10 degrees as these cooler north—westerly winds continue to spread in.

those north—westerly winds are bringing plenty of showers to northern and western areas and they will continue through the rest of today, again with some snowfall over the tops of scottish mountains, and it will continue to be very windy for the northern isles, gusts of 55—65 mph and gusts more in the 40s across the north of mainland scotland. temperatures for many still in double figures but these temperatures are actually just a few degrees below average for this time of year. 0vernight tonight, showers will continue to affect areas near the coast, clear skies inland allowing quite a widespread frost to develop in rural areas with the lowest temperatures down to around minus two celsius, something that gardeners might want to take note of. it will be much, much colder overnight. on to sunday, overall, a similar kind of day, probably rather than showers in northern and western scotland, we'll have a spell of more prolonged rain for a time and away from that, plenty of sunshine across inland

areas and again, temperatures continuing to be below average for the time of year, looking at highs of around 11 or 12 degrees pretty widely. similar weather conditions on monday although we will probably start off with some more mist and fog patches first thing they could take a while to clear out, but then sunshine for most, a few showers in northern scotland and similar temperatures overall, 11—13, still below average for october. but we then see further changes in the weather pattern deeper into next week as low pressure moves from the bay of biscay, and ultimately this will return temperatures back to normal, it will turn a bit windier, and we will see some rain coming up from the south which could end up being quite heavy for a time but temperatures moving back closer to average for the time of year. that's your latest weather. bye bye.

this is bbc news, the headlines. the bbc confirms young children were among those killed yesterday in an air strike on vehicles leaving northern gaza — on an israeli—designated route south. a un relief agency says nearly a million palestinians have been displaced in gaza over the last week — nearly half its population. hamas and israel continue to target each other with rocket fire.

the israelis say a senior hamas commander has been killed in an air strike. the basic objective of israel is to destroy the capability of hamas to ever do this again. this is the scene live in gaza city — israel contines to urge anyone left there to leave as soon as possible. diplomacy intensifies — the us secretary of state is in saudi arabia, which says it's suspended talks on normalising ties with israel. information just informationjust coming information just coming in from the reuters news agency, benjamin netanyahu has visited israeli infantrymen on the border with gaza, it is apparently an official video. in it he is seen asking, are you ready for the next stage? that is

interesting, the israeli prime minister being out there to see infantrymen, soldiers, the infa ntrymen, soldiers, the reservists infantrymen, soldiers, the reservists they are, on the edge of gazza. there is video apparently of him asking some of those people, are you ready for the next stage. —— on the edge of gaza. we have seen the build—up of tanks and hardware, we know that 300,000 reservists have been called up. we will try and find that video, the reuters reporter has been talking to soldiers on the gaza. a reminder of our main headline this hour. the bbc has confirmed that young children were among those killed in an air strike on a convoy of vehicles leaving northern gaza yesterday — along a route designated by israel. our team at bbc verify analysed two

videos of the strike on the vehicles heading towards southern gaza. both videos have been verified , these first images show a lorry carrying at least 30 civilians, on the move, moments before it was hit. and these are still images taken from a subsequent video from the aftermath of the strike, too graphic to show in detail. the video shows men running to the lorry, trying to help those who've been hit. there are at least 12 visible dead bodies in the video. live now to yasmine ahmed, uk director of human rights watch. turning to what i have just been reporting, those videos are verified

by the bbc, i know that you will not know of this incident in detail, but how concerned are you, given that israel is instructing people to move south, and a strike apparently on vehicles doing just that? 0bviously, vehicles doing just that? obviously, we are along with other humanitarian organisations extremely concerned and are calling on the israeli government to immediately withdraw its order of evacuation. what we do know as it is impossible, as the un has said, to evacuate. as you said, in your reporting, we have seen bombings of people who are looking to evacuate, we note there are hospitals, thousands of people, babies in incubators, people on life support in hospitals in northern gaza, who cannot leave, let alone elderly, the disabled. there are

bombs falling all over gaza, north and south of gaza. it is not safe for people to be moving. it is impossible for people to be moving. we are calling immediately for the israeli government to be complying with international humanitarian rule, and infact with international humanitarian rule, and in fact protecting civilians. it is not acceptable stop what we know on the ground in gaza, people we are speaking to every moment, there is distraction, chaos on the ground. civilians are terrified. 0ne on the ground. civilians are terrified. one of our members of staff, theirfamily is on terrified. one of our members of staff, their family is on the ground, they have said, minute by minute, they have no idea if their family will be annihilated. we are seeing pictures as you speak, showing some of the casualties arriving at hospital. you talked about the importance of protecting civilians. we had to the idf on the programme earlier, they are

insisting the reason they have given this evacuation order is to protect people. what do you make of the justification of the move itself? there is no way to physically protect people in gaza right now, for people to be moving in gaza. it is an area completely controlled by israel. we should put it in context, an area which is 11% of the area of cambridgeshire, with 2.7 times the amount of population. it is currently being formed. 0ver amount of population. it is currently being formed. over 6000 bombs since saturday that have been launched, and they are ongoing. israel completely controls the land, sea and air borders of gaza, other than the crossing with egypt, which is currently closed, because israel bombed it. it is impossible for people to leave. people need to understand that israel has for the

last 16 years placated people unlawfully into gaza, and has now completely suffocated it by imposing a complete blockade on food, water, humanitarian goods, and anything else. it is be on the fallacy for the israeli government to beat now saying that they are providing warnings and a way for people to go. we are to the goal? they are paid into a tiny area with bombs dropping on their head as we speak stop briefly, if i could, because you will have heard what benjamin netanyahu has said, we have had world leaders, joe biden, rishi sunak, many others, saying israel has the basic right defend itself stop i read out that last line with the prime minister visiting infantrymen on the periphery with gaza saying, are you ready for the

next stage? how fearful are you with what might happen in the next stage? there is no question that israel has a right to self—defence, but there is out of no question it should comply with international humanitarian law, and international more generally. i want to see it now and very clearly that the international community is now on notice like it has never been before, and history will turn its time, and we'll see how leaders have responded. we are very afraid that what we are looking to now is a humanitarian catastrophe, on the scale that we have never seen in gaza before. that has a lot because we have seen constant bombarding and wars in relation to gaza. we are fearful. it is imperative that the un, humanitarian agencies, we need world, global leaders to be reiterating, yes, a right to self—defence, but being very clear

that they cannot attack civilians. thank you, we have to leave it there. earlier, i spoke to gershon baskin, middle east director for international communities 0rganization. in 2011, he negotiated the release of gilad shalit, an israeli soldier held by hamas for more than five years, and he gave his view on what's going to happen in the coming days and weeks. there is a resolve from the military, the government and the people to do the job, to get the job done. as i said, for 18 years we have heard a slogan after each round of battle between israel and gaza that the government is going to bring down gaza. and it was always a slogan. i always knew it was a slogan. hamas always knew it was a slogan. and now it seems that it is genuine, it is real. the massive bombing campaign that has demolished so much, flattened so much of gaza already, making more than half a million

people homeless there, is just the first stage of the preparation for the ground operation that will ensue in the coming days, weeks. the palestinian hamas attack on israel was the single largest attack against the state of israel since its founding in 191t8. there were more casualties at the hands of terrorists than ever before, and as your listening audience has already heard, the devastation and the brutality was taken out of the handbook of isis, not out of the hamas handbook. this was completely unexpected and devastating. i want to say that the extent of the brutality was unexpected, the explosion was not unexpected. and any israeli politician or military leader or people of responsibility who could not predict an explosion of gaza, and in fact eventually the west bank, they simply don't know where they are living.

no people, 2.5 million people would agree to live under the conditions the people of gaza have lived under all of these years. 17,000 of them working in israel is hardly an excuse to think that they would agree to live in that situation. a month ago, i wrote in my weekly column that the situation is bad, is going to get worse. this was inevitable. and i'm notjustifying in any way what hamas has done. i think hamas has set the palestinian cause back 75 years. you make so many points in that answer, and i want to talk about the hostage situation in a moment. but before i do, i know that you told our producer that you are having conversations with palestinians inside gaza over the last few hours. i wonder, what have they been saying, the people you have been talking to? well, i have been talking to two people in hamas, in gaza,

but most of the people i'm talking to are friends and colleagues and acquaintances, people on my social media in gaza. i spent all morning contacting more than 100 people. basically, telling them i can't imagine what it is like living under the bombing that they are living with, i hope that they are safe and alive, i would be happy to hear back from them if they are alive and what their situation is, there is no consoling words that i can say. what i did say is that i understand that there are talks, for some kind of exchange that are ongoing. and hopefully that will involve some kind of ceasefire as well. i have got responses back from about a dozen people. with the exception of one person, every one of them has lost their house already. they are scattered all around the gaza strip, trying to find some place to stay. some of them have other relatives and family who have houses that are still standing. it is a devastating situation. but i did this not only because these people are my friends and contacts and colleagues for years, but because there is going to be a day after. and in that day after,

we are going to have to reach out and find the humanity of each other. we are going to have what i have been loosely calling — and i don't know if it is an appropriate term — the belfast moment. the moment when we wake up from all of the death and destruction and say enough. and it's going to come from the people and not from our governments. and that is what i am trying to maintain from now, from day one. but in terms of the here and now, i am sorry to cut across you, for the hostage situation, is your assessment that what is trying to get under way and make progress on is some sort of negotiations, some sort of prisoner swap? or is it more likely that the objective is some sort of military effort to try to free them? which do you think is more likely here? i think that there is a small window of opportunity. reuters reported that the qataris are negotiating with both sides officially, a dealfor women and children, elders

and sick people. that is a limited deal. in israeli prisons, there are 43 women and 190 prisoners in prison and administrative detention. to the best of my knowledge, all of them are from the west bank and not from gaza. to the best of my knowledge, and i don't know if this is 100% but i'm pretty sure, there are no murderers of israelis amongst the women and the minors in prison. if hamas is agreeable to a deal like that for the women and children, elders and sick people, i am pretty sure that the families of the hostages can apply enough pressure on the israeli military cabinet to agree to a deal that might include a ceasefire for 21a or 48 hours as well.

some of the first victims of last saturday's hamas attacks were young people at the supernova festival, held in the desert in southern israel. more than 260 bodies were recovered from the festival site, according to the rescue agency zaka. sharon was a photographer working at the festival and saw the attack unfold. iam sure i am sure it is difficult to talk about what you witness last week, apologies if any of my questions make you relive it, but i know that you want to tell your story. start byjust you want to tell your story. start by just telling as you want to tell your story. start byjust telling as an our viewers what actually happened when people their first came under attack. first of all, my name is sharon, i am 22 years old, i am a photographer, an artist, have been

four years part of the festival community since i was 11a. for the past year i was trying to get into the trans community in the country, my dream as photographer and artist, i worked hard to get into the supernova festival, and the day that i got to the festival, i got there with two friends from facebook, they gave me a lift to the festival, all night i was taking photographs of beautiful people with beautiful music, so many colourful humans, people that i know from high school, people that i know from high school, people from youth groups, people that were in the army with me or with my friends, all the faces were familiar because i have been in the community for so long.

as the sun started to rise at i remember that i went back a few steps from the main stage and i tried to take a shoot of a sun rise above the main stage. then the music stopped. i at the sky and i see that everything is lit up like fireworks. —— | everything is lit up like fireworks. —— i look up at the sky. bombs and rockets above our heads. people are screaming and crying in terror, not knowing what is going to happen next. i went to the backstage to take my belongings and go and find my friends to go back home with. i remember that i begged them to stay, that we will hide underneath the cart from the bombs, and they said, no, let us go. i got into the car,

we started to driving. as we were driving black smoke, black smoke covered all the area. we heard bombs getting closer and closer, we heard gunshots, but we did not understand what was going on. i know that you told our producer that there was initial moments when you head, you got into the car, started driving, you said to our producer, you know now that if you had stayed one or two minutes more that you also would have been killed. the second that we got on the road the shooting started on the left side of the road. we turned right. they turned left. all the people that went less got slaughtered. as we were driving right, we drove and we were driving right, we drove and we saw shelters on the side of the roads with so many people inside of

them. and again, i asked the driver to stop, to get into the shelter, because that is the thing that makes the most sense in that situation. instead of getting into the shelter, my driver decided to keep on going and just drive home, and about two minutes after that we heard booms as strong as hale could imagine, behind as, because the terrorists got to the shelters and bonding with brain needs. —— hell could imagine. the things that happened in this music festival were beyond despicable. i have friends that did not come home yet. i have friends that have seen thing

so terrible. i can see how upsetting, how raw, it still feels nearly seven days on from this. i know you took so many photographs at the time of that festival. have you started to look at them? can you look at them? in the first two days the government reached out to the photographers from the festival and asked us for the photos, to recognise bodies. i tried the best that i could to go back, i went to the photos, i could not, after 100 faces ijust could not, after 100 faces ijust could not any more. i gave the camera to a friend and them to upload the photos. the answer is no. but we went past the incident, i cannot look at the photos, i do not know who is alive and who is dead.

when you look at the situation now, we have all the signal suggesting there is going to be a massive response in terms of a ground incursion, what are your thoughts in terms ofjust broadly what incursion, what are your thoughts in terms of just broadly what the response should be? i think, my own opinion does not matter, i think that the people that are in charge are taking the best decisions they can right now. and i stand by israel. and i hope that all the people that have a bit of humanity stand by israel, because we need help right now. and we have went through so much in all our lifetimes. my parents came to the country after so much anti—semitism in their countries, trying to find shelter in israel, and now this is

happening. i want peace. i want people to feel safe in their homes. i want people to feel safe in their countries. and ijust hope safety will reach is all. does it feel like that? we are one week on. you have had time to reflect in terms of what actually happened. what are your thoughts when you look back and try to imagine to look forward as well? when i look back i see freedom fighters, i see people with lives, with bright light that shines through all of as. when i look

forward, i see beauty and icy peace. and we will achieve it. i hope that all the countries will achieve peace, and that is all i have to say about that. shannon, i know it must be very difficult to relive just some of those moments that you went through, we are grateful that you did. thank you and good luck. —— sharon, i know it must be very difficult. thank you.

politicians, diplomats talking about the last week, and that so much has changed. in the days since those attacks by hamas which killed over 1300. israel has responded and they have launched those attacks on gaza. it is calmer now, for six or seven days relentless soldiers, casualty numbers and gaza increase. 2200 the latest estimate from gaza health officials. but they are talking about 9000 who have been injured. as israel prepares for the next stage of their response, tanks that have assembled on the ground, we have

seen an increase in hardware, and the scale, and those reports of benjamin netanyahu, who has apparently visited soldiers on the edge of gaza, he has shown an artificial video asking people, are you ready for the next stage, all the indications point to a ground incursion. all the warnings about potential loss of life of those in gaza, and of course israeli military israel, because so much risk tied up with any ground incursion, all of those, some of the that lie ahead as we see the live pictures from equity. we take a short break. when we come back you have the latest from our correspondence in the region. you are watching bbc news.

hello there. colder air has been pushingway its southwards across the uk over recent hours. it's been cold enough actually today to see a bit of snow on the tops of the scottish mountains. nothing unusual about that for october but this month has been very warm, so we haven't seen anything like that so far. the biggest drop in temperatures between yesterday and today was across southern england and wales — 12 celsius in hereford today compared to 22 degrees yesterday so a drop of 10 degrees as these cooler north—westerly winds continue to spread in. those north—westerly winds are bringing plenty of showers to northern and western areas and they will continue through the rest of today, again with some snowfall over the tops of scottish mountains, and it will continue to be very windy for the northern isles, gusts of 55—65 mph and gusts more in the 40s across the north of mainland scotland. temperatures for many still in double figures but these temperatures are actually just a few degrees below average for this time of year.

0vernight tonight, showers will continue to affect areas near the coast, clear skies inland allowing quite a widespread frost to develop in rural areas with the lowest temperatures down to around minus two celsius, something that gardeners might want to take note of. it will be much, much colder overnight. on to sunday, overall, a similar kind of day, probably rather than showers in northern and western scotland, we'll have a spell of more prolonged rain for a time, and away from that, plenty of sunshine across inland areas and again, temperatures continuing to be below average for the time of year, looking at highs of around 11 or 12 degrees pretty widely. similar weather conditions on monday although we will probably start off with some more mist and fog patches first thing that could take a while to clear out, but then sunshine for most, a few showers in northern scotland and similar temperatures overall, 11—13, still below average for october.

but we then see further changes in the weather pattern deeper into next week as low pressure moves from the bay of biscay, and ultimately this will return temperatures back to normal, it will turn a bit windier, and we will see some rain coming up from the south which could end up being quite heavy for a time but temperatures moving back closer to average for the time of year. that's your latest weather. bye bye.

live from london. this is bbc news. the bbc confirms young children

were among those killed yesterday in an air strike on vehicles leaving northern gaza on an israeli—designated route south. a un relief agency says nearly a million palestinians have been displaced in gaza over the past week — nearly half its population. we are saying that it is a matter of life or death for many gaza residents, because they will no longer have access to clean drinking water within days. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu visits israeli troops on the border of the gaza strip and tells them, "the next stage is coming". hamas and israel continue to target each other with rocket fire. the israelis say a senior hamas commander has been killed in an air strike. we will dismantle and destroy hamas's capability all the way up to

their kingpin and leader, who