israel vows to �*completely destroy�* hamas after last week's attack — saying it'll conduct �*combined and co—ordinated�* strikes from the air, sea and land. israel�*s prime minister benjamin netanyahu visited troops near the gaza strip — telling them, �*the next stage is coming�*. the united nations warns clean drinking water is running out in the gaza strip — as hundreds of thousands of people leave their homes. we are saying 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. and the families of those taken hostage in the hamas attacks on israel call for more action to bring their loved ones home. we ask you, the media around the world, the people around the world, the leaders around the world, listen, act now. more on all those

stories coming up in a few moments but let�*s pause and have a look at the sport. each of the rugby word cup quarterfinals pits a northern hemisphere team against one from the south. and it�*s so far argentina who have started things off well for those from the southern hemisphere. now new zealand can join them in reaching the last four in france. the three time winners are playing world number one team ireland in paris. 13-10 is 13—10 is the latest score in favour of the all blacks. they have played just under half an hour at the stad to france. so the winner of that match will face argentina, who beat wales, coming from behind twice to make the last four. wales led 10—6 at half time and looked in control, but argentina fought back in the second half to lead

12—10 and then 19—17, before securing victory with a second try late on to win 26—17 and reach the semifinals for only the third time in their history. argentina are tough, they stayed in the fight and i�*ve got to give them credit, congratulations, they hang in there and they —— we weren�*t at our best today but we were up against a good side that took their chances. more than 100,000 fans turned out to see one of the biggest rivalries in world sport — india against pakistan at the cricket world cup. there weren�*t many pakistan fans in ahmedabad. and on the pitch it was also a one—sided affair. pakistan started well but a flurry of wickets meant they were bowled out for 191. india chased that total down with plenty to spare, their captain rohit sharma hitting 86 as his side won by seven wickets. india have won all three of their matches at the tournament so far and pakistan have still never beaten them at a 50 over world cup. well, the atmosphere in ahmedabad didn�*t delight everyone there. the pakistan coach mickey arthur claiming the absence of support

for his team with fans effectively banned from travelling from pakistan after failing to secure visas despite them having tickets for the match meant the occasion looked like it was organised not by the global governing body the icc but a home match put on by the indian cricket board. it seemed like a bilateral series. i didn�*t hear pakistan coming through the microphone too often tonight so yes that does play a role. bbc sport has been told qatari banker sheikh jassim is withdrawing his bid to buy manchester united. 0wners the glazer family have invited bids for more than a year now but no—one has met their valuation, believed to be in excess of $6 billion. british businessmanjim ratcliffe remains as the only bidder, with his offer reportedly now for a minority stake in the premier league club. there was no fairy—tale ending for the catalans dragons

and their star man sam tomkins as they were beaten in super league�*s grand final. they were beaten 10—2 at old trafford. catalans only finished behind wigan on point difference in the regular season. but this defeat means their wait to lift the trophy for the first time goes on, while wigan have theirfirst title in five years. and that�*s all the sport for now. we will talk to you a little later, hughes, thank you very much. the rafah crossing at the southern end of gaza is the sole crossing point that doesn�*t border israel. it runs between egypt and the gaza strip. it�*s currently closed but, as we�*ve been reporting, the us government today advised its citizens in gaza to move towards the rafah crossing to be ready for its possible reopening. among the foreign nationals who�*ve made their way there is a young british girl who�*s waiting there with her mother. they�*re hoping to leave gaza and she spoke about her fear of being killed in the bombing.

just a warning, some viewers may find her account distressing. hi, i�*m mariam and i came from britain and i came to visit gaza to just like have some fun and see my family. so, yeah, ijust went to gaza and i sat at home for a while, only for a couple of months now. and then i, i, like... saturday morning i woke up at 5am to find that there are a lot of bombs and people are dead. i�*m like really in fear and like every, every time ijust have to have the thought of me dying in a bomb in gaza, like, it�*s not a good thing. like, every place i go, i go run away and ijust find bombs and ifind dead people and, like, maybe one day i�*ll end up like them.

but it�*s a really scary thing for me. this further evidence of the human cost of this conflict. the israeli military has confirmed there are 126 hostages in gaza but there are fears that number could be as high as 150. a military spokesperson also said the bodies of some hostages have been found on the edges of the gaza strip. 0ur correspondent frankie mccamley has been speaking to families of some of those missing. posted online, this video of shiri and her baby, surrounded by militants. you can just about see nine—month—old kfir in her arms, believed to be one of the youngest taken hostage. and this is 84—year—old ditza heiman, one of the eldest, still missing. her niece debbie says her aunt was hiding in her safe room,

on the phone to her family, just before she was taken. when her phone was answered, this time, it was answered by a man speaking arabic, and he said, "hamas, hamas". they later heard from a neighbour of hers in the kibbutz that he�*d this heard her crying for help, and he�*d rushed out of his home and he�*d seen her surrounded by gunmen, being led away. the aftermath, following the reported abduction of 11 people from this home, burnt to the ground, now just a shell. and one of the assumptions was that they put the house on fire to force my family out of the shelter and then, at gunpoint, took them to the vehicles and to the borders. my sister, she's 38. her husband, he is also 38.

their child, naveh, he is eight years old. and another child, yaheli, she is three years old. the age of my son. ten of herfamily members are still missing, as well as her uncle�*s carer. in order for our team to try and work out from those who are missing who may have been taken hostage, we�*ve been listening to the testimonies of dozens of families. some say they were on the phone to their loved ones just before they were taken. others have managed to track mobile phones before they were cut off. we�*ve also been sent videos from families that appear to show their relatives being put into the back of vans and trucks, before being driven off. as for where people have been taken after videos like this

emerge, it�*s unclear. we also don�*t know what condition they�*re in. and the complexity of this ever—changing situation has been highlighted again in the case of shani louk, a tattoo artist from germany. she was at the supernova music festival which was stormed by militants, who killed at least 260 people and kidnapped many others. news outlets were initially reporting that she had died after this footage emerged of her in the back of a pick—up truck, which we�*ve edited because it�*s too upsetting to show. but after, her mother released a video to german media to say she believes shani is in hospital and alive, which is the desperate hope for so many other families. but this is a war with no end in sight. frankie mccamley, bbc news. and in the past few hours, we�*ve heard from some of the families of israelis abducted by hamas. in a news conference,

they demanded the establishment of a humanitarian corridor for the transfer of medicines and humanitarian aid to those abducted. next you�*ll hear from adva. her sister tamar was taken from the supernova festival. she is 27 years old and is now missing. tamar sufferes from crohn�*s disease. it is an inflammatory bowel disease. she uses humera. it�*s a medication. i�*m sorry... it is a biologic medication and she needs it. she has a lot of exacerbation, and she is hospitalised a lot during the years. if she won�*t get her medical treatment, she can suffer from bowel obstruction, fistula, inflammation, abscess, she could die without her medication and without medical treatment.

and this is just my sister. there are so many others that need medications. sum of the families there speaking. just a couple of lines, we are getting a lot of international reaction from around the world to events in israel and gaza. just a line that the palestinian president mahmoud abbas, he has spoken to the american presidentjoe biden. in that conversation, he said he stressed that all attacks should be stopped and that they should respect humanitarian law. stopping all attacks, respecting humanitarian law, the key points of those conversations. he said he rejects the killing of killings on both

sides. slash the killings of civilians. he called for the release of those who had been detained, both the prisoners and the hostages. that is the latest line we have in terms of the conversations of some in the diplomacy that is going on to try to dial down some of the tensions in what appears to be a significant change in tone tonight. we know we have heard from the israeli prime minister within the last few hours issuing a statement on line talking about the stages of readiness. we are getting various statements from the israeli forces that they are preparing for a significant escalation in this offensive. they say the attacks will come by air and by land. but that, align coming from manage abbas, the palestinian president, saying he has spoken with the us president us spied on, rejecting the killing of civilians on both sides, and also referring to

the displacement of people from the north of gaza, remember that was an israeli request, for people to leave the area and move further south within gaza. mahmoud abbas telling president biden that he completely rejects the displacement of palestinians. so those are the latest lines, as we are getting them, as this war enters a significant new stage tonight. so, thatis significant new stage tonight. so, that is where we are right now. just looking at these as they come through to us. confirmation there relating to events from the palestinian president mahmud abbas, there has been very little from him over recent days but that is a significant line, as he talks there to the us presidentjoe biden. we know the secretary of state from the united states and of course has also been on a visit to the region, meeting with arab leaders and calling on them to influence a change in tone, to dial down some of

the rhetoric on both sides, to maybe try another ten escalation in this crisis but that is as we have it right now, we will bring you any further updates as we get them. where are we right now? it feels the town has changed somewhat. i have been speaking to ilan pappe, he is a professor and director of the european centre for palestine studies at the university of exeter. i spoke to him a little earlier and asked him what he thought israel could do next. we asked him what he thought israel could do next.— could do next. we are going to witness an _ could do next. we are going to witness an israeli _ could do next. we are going to witness an israeli land - could do next. we are going toj witness an israeli land invasion into the gaza strip which will end with disaster of course, consequences for the people living in gaza. the israeli call upon the million or so people in gaza to move either to the north or to the south, thatis either to the north or to the south, that is impractical, and it seems that is impractical, and it seems that quite a large number of civilians would be caught within the

zone into which the israeli military would enter. so, this is one thing to look at, an eminent israeli invasion. the next kind of possible development is that such an invasion might persuade hezbollah in the north to be more deeply involved in this conflict, and also would raise the tensions in the west bank, might even lead to a third uprising in the west, if indeed this invasion will take place. and with the dreaded consequences of human life. the question is will the international community continue to stand by and kind of license israel to this kind of policy in the name of revenge? as

an historian, ifind it difficult to find many cases in history where revenge is a policy with —— which is totally condoned by the international community, but there are no signs, no indication yet that the international community, especially the united states, are going to intervene and therefore we are unfortunately before another bloody and terrible chapter in the history of this confrontation. find i history of this confrontation. and i want to come _ history of this confrontation. and i want to come onto _ history of this confrontation. and i want to come onto that _ history of this confrontation. and i want to come onto that international response in just a few moments but let�*s talk first, you touched on the people that are unable or unwilling to leave the areas in the north of gaza as per that the request, that demand from the israeli military. talk to me about some of the concerns that people have about leaving their homes. and the big question about whether they will ever return. that in history has precedent. ever return. that in history has precedent-—

ever return. that in history has recedent. ~ ., precedent. indeed. ithink we have to remember— precedent. indeed. ithink we have to remember that _ precedent. indeed. ithink we have to remember that a _ precedent. indeed. ithink we have to remember that a very _ precedent. indeed. ithink we have to remember that a very large - precedent. indeed. i think we have - to remember that a very large number of these people are a second or third generation of the palestinian refugees from 19118 who were expelled in 1948 refugees from 19118 who were expelled in 19118 and could never return to their homes. so, as refugees, they understand very well that once they are being expelled or even if they leave voluntarily, the chances of coming back are very slim. the second concern is that egypt is not likely to open the rafah crossing, apart from maybe some humanitarian cases, so what we will have here is people locked within this enclave without any route of escape. and as we have already seen in the last few hours, contrary to what the israelis promised, the kind of carpet bombing that they are now beginning to launch, they have not turned the

escape routes into safe routes, they are also part of the area, or if you want, the killing fields of israel. so, the concern is that this kind of uprooting would be even worse than the one in 19118 because it includes bombing from the air and we just heard on the news the other problems of water, energy and so on. yes. heard on the news the other problems of water, energy and so on.— of water, energy and so on. yes, and i wanted to — of water, energy and so on. yes, and i wanted to talk, _ of water, energy and so on. yes, and i wanted to talk, as _ of water, energy and so on. yes, and i wanted to talk, as promised, - of water, energy and so on. yes, and i wanted to talk, as promised, about| i wanted to talk, as promised, about that international response, and you touched upon it there, about what signal at returns —— sends to israel when you hear words like unconditional support. and there are a lot of questions about what that means and how that is being interpreted by israel.- means and how that is being interpreted by israel. yes, one can understand — interpreted by israel. yes, one can understand an _ interpreted by israel. yes, one can understand an act _ interpreted by israel. yes, one can understand an act of _ interpreted by israel. yes, one can understand an act of solidarity - understand an act of solidarity after what happened on saturday, although palestinians would ask where was the solidarity when we were the victims of atrocities? but let�*s put that one aside. i think

there is a kind of a gap between the way israelis and israeli policymakers understand the idea of unconditional support and maybe some chief policymakers in the west understand it. the israeli understand it. the israeli understand that as a carte blanche for their genocidal policies in gaza, there is no doubt about it, they seem to think that what the world is doing now is stopping any criticism, any attempt to inhibit israel from launching this genocidal attack that has started already and will get worse in the coming days. there is of course an alternative. even an exchange of prisoners is not uncommon in such conflicts. israel holds thousands of political palestinian —— thousands of palestinian —— thousands of palestinian political prisoners and nothing immoral about exchanging them for the children and women in them for the children and women in the other, you know, people that

hamas has taken. if you just look at it from a humane point of view, and not from a cynical military point of view, this is solvable. it doesn�*t have to be that way but unfortunately, i think that the israelis to believe that the world will stand by and have a licence to kill, so to speak, without any fear of international condemnation of rebuke. . , of international condemnation of rebuke. ., , rebuke. that is the israeli historian _ rebuke. that is the israeli historian and _ rebuke. that is the israeli historian and writer- rebuke. that is the israeli historian and writer ilan l rebuke. that is the israeli - historian and writer ilan pappe talking to me little earlier. the united nations has warned that clean drinking water is running out in the gaza strip under israel�*s blockade with huge numbers of palestinians having fled their homes before the expected ground assault. it�*s now a week since the start of the war, and i�*ve been speaking to the bbc erd service middle east regional editor mike thomson for his thoughts on the past seven days. the prime minister is really talking things up, talking about hitting

hamas with unprecedented might, and this is only the beginning and saying to all the soldiers, are you ready for the next stage? really trying to hype up things there. and they have said it will be an attack on all fronts, —— from sea, air, and land so it is really going to be a question of when all this happens and everyone is bracing for themselves, the tanks have been moving all day pretty much around the south of gaza. and whatever happens is going to happen very soon. , . , happens is going to happen very soon. , ., , ., . ., soon. yes, and there is a certain significance. _ soon. yes, and there is a certain significance, here _ soon. yes, and there is a certain significance, here we _ soon. yes, and there is a certain significance, here we are - soon. yes, and there is a certain significance, here we are one . soon. yes, and there is a certain i significance, here we are one week on since those hamas attacks on israel last weekend. and perhaps of course it has taken time and we know we have been told time and time again that some of the military raid so farfrom the again that some of the military raid so far from the israeli side have been about trying to damage some of that hamas military infrastructure but also to gather intelligence. talk to me, though, and we have been talking about the hostages as well, they will be a lot of concern about a land grab —— land assault, given

that we expect there are some hostages there, too.— that we expect there are some hostages there, too. indeed, more than 100 hostages _ hostages there, too. indeed, more than 100 hostages there, - hostages there, too. indeed, more than 100 hostages there, and - hostages there, too. indeed, more than 100 hostages there, and bake worry is going to be already they must be suffering terribly, not only from the air strikes but as we know, feel and water, most notably, has been cut off by israel. so the deprivation that faces many of the civilians there will also of course be affecting the hostages. and this is one of the most crowded areas, urban areas on earth, so it is going to be very hard to find the hostages for the israeli soldiers, and also it looks like whatever battles happened there are going to be very bloody and very costly on both sides. �* ~' ., bloody and very costly on both sides. �* ~ ., ., ., sides. and we know that that evacuation — sides. and we know that that evacuation has _ sides. and we know that that evacuation has been - sides. and we know that that evacuation has been going i sides. and we know that that | evacuation has been going on sides. and we know that that - evacuation has been going on for some 2a hours now, people moving from the north of gaza moving further south, some people who cannot move, some people who are unwilling to move, and the

humanitarian situation there deteriorating by the hour. yes. humanitarian situation there deteriorating by the hour. yes, and deafinu deteriorating by the hour. yes, and dealing with _ deteriorating by the hour. yes, and dealing with a _ deteriorating by the hour. yes, and dealing with a people _ deteriorating by the hour. yes, and dealing with a people who - deteriorating by the hour. yes, and dealing with a people who aren't i dealing with a people who aren�*t able to move, principally those who are injured as well as the elderly and infirm, but the biggest hospital there is saying it really is struggling, 95% of its medicines have run out and there is something like an estimated 40,000 people, apparently, just within the grounds are just outside the grounds of the hospital, waiting desperately. and those who have managed to get out safely, they are being faced from all accounts we are getting of the sort of flattened buildings, no water available for drinking, and many heading into areas with no shelter, mainly agricultural land, so their worries aren�*t over, certainly, not yet, sadly. we so their worries aren't over, certainly, not yet, sadly. we have been reporting — certainly, not yet, sadly. we have been reporting as _ certainly, not yet, sadly. we have been reporting as well— certainly, not yet, sadly. we have been reporting as well not - been reporting as well not particularly us authorities advising its citizens to try to cross at the rafah crossing, that is the crossing of course into egypt. but that remains closed and we are hearing

testimony there of people who have been turned away from that crossing. do you expect that they will be any movement at that border crossing? i strongly suspect secretary of state antony blinken has been negotiating on this one, and it looks like there is a very good chance that that crossing will be opened. the problem was before, apparently according to egypt, there was a lot of bombing happening on the gaza side and it wasn�*t safe, now that will hamas allow people, allow the foreign nationals, the americans to leave through that crossing? and as far as i can tell so far that issue has not been fully resolved. and i can tell so far that issue has not been fully resolved.— i can tell so far that issue has not been fully resolved. and so where we are riaht been fully resolved. and so where we are right now. — been fully resolved. and so where we are right now. of— been fully resolved. and so where we are right now, of course, _ been fully resolved. and so where we are right now, of course, it _ been fully resolved. and so where we are right now, of course, it is - been fully resolved. and so where we are right now, of course, it is very - are right now, of course, it is very nervous time on all sides for everyone in this, but we know, and just to reiterate those lines we have heard within the last hour or so, that combined and coordinated strike from air, sea and land, and

the military spokesman saying they are ready. there is also a lot of nervous diplomacy going on behind—the—scenes about not dragging other regional powers into this conflict, even though it seems we are perhaps on the eve of something pretty significant. are perhaps on the eve of something pretty significant-— pretty significant. indeed, that has been one of— pretty significant. indeed, that has been one of mr _ pretty significant. indeed, that has been one of mr blinken's _ pretty significant. indeed, that has been one of mr blinken's top - been one of mr blinken�*s top priorities, to avoid that happening. but we have seen several clashes happening, both overnight and indeed today, several people killed in exchanges between israel and hezbollah, in lebanon, the lebanese militia, that is a very serious threat because hezbollah is an extremely powerful militia group and a worry for israel and the us. that is mike thompson _ a worry for israel and the us. that is mike thompson from the bbc world service. headlines coming up for you very shortly, stay with us on bbc news. hello there. the weather for quite a few of us has been feeling a lot colder today.

the colder air has been travelling southwards across the country over recent days, but it�*s across southern england and wales that the cold air really arrived. and so for hereford, we went from 22 degrees yesterday to 13 or so this afternoon — a drop of nine degrees celsius. now, for many areas, we did have some pleasant spells of sunshine. a few showers around — those showers falling as snow over the tops of the scottish mountains. those wintry showers continuing to be driven in on those gusty north—westerly winds with the showers always most frequent across the north and western coasts and hills. now for northern scotland, the skies look quite different as those showers worked in some rough seas here in banff, thanks to those gusty onshore winds. and overnight, it will stay pretty windy for northern scotland, particularly in shetland, where gusts will continue to run into the 50s and 60s of miles an hourfor a time, driving in further showers. elsewhere have showers still around some of our coastal areas. but inland, it�*s a dry night with clear spells and temperatures getting down low enough to give a nip of frost in the countryside,

something gardeners might want to take note of. our lowest temperatures under these these sunny skies as we start the day down at minus two degrees. now, there will be lots of sunshine around for sunday, but showers probably merging together to give some longer spells of rain for northern scotland, showers for west scotland, one or two for northern ireland and a few for the northern isles, where it will still be quite windy, but not as windy as it was on saturday. temperatures across the board below average for the time of year. now from monday, i think there�*s probably going to be a few mist and fog patches to start the day. and although the weather is predominantly dry underneath an area of high pressure, around the periphery of that high, you might see a few showers coming up the thames estuary, one or two for the far north of scotland. i think the emphasis is on a dry and sunny day for many of you. it will stay cool though for october, temperatures 11 to 13 degrees. we start to see some further changes in the weather pattern towards the middle part of the week. after a fine day on tuesday, we�*ll start to see some rain moving up with this area of low pressure coming in off the bay of biscay.

now, the rain�*s likely to be quite heavy on wednesday as it spreads across england and wales. it crosses northern england thursday and pushes on into parts of scotland and northern ireland probably stays quite unsettled beyond that, with temperatures returning closer to average for the time of year.

live from london. this is bbc news. israel vows to "completely destroy"

hamas after last week�*s attack — saying it is getting prepared for a "comprehensive offensive" by land, sea and air. israel�*s prime minister benjamin netanyahu visited troops near the gaza strip — telling them, "the next stage is coming". the world health organization urges israel to reverse its evacuation orderfor hospitals in the north of gaza — with millions displaced, fears grow for deteriorating conditions on the ground. the bbc confirms young children were among those killed yesterday in an air strike on vehicles leaving northern gaza — along an israeli—designated route south. israel�*s military says its forces are deployed across the country and are ready for the next stage

of the war, which is expected to have significant ground operations. a spokesman said the coming phase could include, what he called, "combined and co—ordinated" strikes from the air, sea and land. the goal, he said, was to "completely destroy the governing and military capabilities of hamas". it�*s a week since hamas, classed as a terrorist organisation by many western governments, including the uk, killed more than 1,300 people in israel and took dozens hostage. israel has warned the one point one million civilians in gaza�*s north to move south beyond the wadi gaza. the military spokesperson said they should not return until israel said they could do so. the authorities in gaza say more than 2,200 people have already died in retaliatory israeli bombing. on saturday, israel�*s prime minister visited some of his troops and asked them if they are ready for the next stage. and this evening us presidentjoe biden has spoken

to the leaders of both israel and the palestinian authority. 0ur correspondent lucy williamson has the latest. every day, hamas sends rockets into israel, and waits for israel�*s response. after last weekend�*s attack, israel says these air strikes are just the beginning, and that people living in the north of gaza should leave now. gaza�*s salahadin road has become a lifeline for people flowing south, a humanitarian corridor labelled "safe". not always. a strike here yesterday killed at least 12 people. the bbc has verified the location and identified women and children under five among the dead. israel says it�*s investigating. israel�*s prime minister,

benjamin netanyahu, visited the troops gathered at gaza�*s borders today. "the next stage is coming", he told them. "are you ready?" the israeli army has been pounding gaza from here across the border and also from the air. israel says it doesn�*t deliberately target civilians, and that this is directed at the people who do. today, israel said it had killed the organiser of last weekend�*s attack. ali qadi was released from an israeli jail more than a decade ago in a prisoner exchange deal with hamas. israel says it was he who planned the attacks on communities like be�*eri. gunmen arrived there last saturday, caught on a security camera relaxed, unhurried and well—prepa red.

they brought everything they needed to kill and kidnap large numbers of people — grenades, gaffertape, plastic cable ties. three members of the gat family are still missing, among them, carmel and her sister—in—law. their family home, shattered. it looks like indiscriminate violence, but it wasn�*t. this was a targeted attack. some of the people who lived here are now thought to be just a few miles away inside gaza, a different world. be�*eri has lived for years with occasional rockets or infiltrations, but destruction like this signals a different kind of vulnerability, and the build—up of israeli forces here, a different kind of response. but what will that response mean for hostages inside gaza? i don�*t know the effort, i don�*t know the intelligence,

i don�*t know anything. they don�*t tell us anything. they don�*t tell us afterwards. nobody calls me to say there is negotiation for them. frankly, nobody really knows if they are taken or not. you�*re angry about that? i am very angry. there is not even a place for sad, to be sad for me. israel�*s soldiers are now massing at gaza�*s borders, their weapons pointing towards both hamas and their hostages. for the army that failed to protect its people at home, how much harder will it be to protect them there? lucy williamson, bbc news, southern israel. live to charles lister in washington dc. he is a senior fellow and the director of the syria and countering terrorism and extremism programmes at the middle east institute. thanks for being with us. first of all, our thanks for being with us. first of all, your assessment _ thanks for being with us. first of all, your assessment of - thanks for being with us. first of all, your assessment of where i thanks for being with us. first of| all, your assessment of where we are? we�*ve had statements from the

israeli military saying that their plan includes combined and coordinated strikes from the aircon sea and land. it feels that the war is moving in a significant direction. —— from the aircon dc it feels like the calm before the storm. i think everyone is waiting in anticipation of some form of israeli ground incursion. if we believe the public statements it will need to be significant in scale, probably sustained over a period of time as well. and frankly speaking the big question even beyond what�*s going to happen in gazais beyond what�*s going to happen in gaza is whether and if and when regional forces, gaza is whether and if and when regionalforces, loyal or gaza is whether and if and when regional forces, loyal or allied with hamas, may be involved, which would then be a much more painful and destructive situation. i think suffice it to say that everyone is waiting on tenterhooks tonight to see how things play out. yes. waiting on tenterhooks tonight to

see how things play out. yes, and a lot of diplomacy _ see how things play out. yes, and a lot of diplomacy is _ see how things play out. yes, and a lot of diplomacy is going _ see how things play out. yes, and a lot of diplomacy is going on - lot of diplomacy is going on behind—the—scenes or as we�*ve seen quite publicly to try and reduce tensions on both sides, to prevent this conflict escalating beyond the borders of israel and gaza. give us your assessment of how successful at the moment some of those efforts have been? to the moment some of those efforts have been?— the moment some of those efforts have been? ., , ., , ~ �*, have been? to be honest i think it's hard to say- — have been? to be honest i think it's hard to say. sat _ have been? to be honest i think it's hard to say. sat in _ have been? to be honest i think it's hard to say. sat in washington, - have been? to be honest i think it's hard to say. sat in washington, dc, j hard to say. sat in washington, dc, the biden administration�*s primary focus i guess is split in two parts. 0ne, they�*ve tried to deter iran�*s regional allies, hezbollah in lebanon, syrian proxies next door in syria, tried to deter them from joining an already but realistically they were never going to join joining an already but realistically they were never going tojoin in joining an already but realistically they were never going to join in the conflict until things got especially serious in gaza. the second part of the biden administration intervention so far has been to try and secure some passageway out what us nationals, dual citizens to get

out of gaza. by public reporting it doesn�*t sound like we are that close to that position yet. but you know, i think again, the key thing here is in terms of assessing whether or not the regional forces will intervene, they won�*t until things get especially serious for hamas. for iran and hezbollah and others in the region, hamas has been the key front line actor in their battle against israel. hamas have been involved in many significant conflict with israel without others intervening. things will come to a crunch if it seems like the existence of hamas is to attend and we are some way off from there. that�*s why most of what we seen from the regional actors is posturing, testing red lines, a rocket here, a mortar there, nothing particularly serious. they will be watching seriously on their front lines to assess whether they feel

the need is there to intervene aggressively. the need is there to intervene aggressively-— the need is there to intervene aggressively. yes and questions toni . ht aggressively. yes and questions tonight too _ aggressively. yes and questions tonight too about _ aggressively. yes and questions tonight too about the _ aggressively. yes and questions i tonight too about the unconditional support offered by governments around the world. within the hour we�*ve had a statement from downing street in the uk, the prime minister saying it will do everything, the country will do everything to support israel into restoring the security and similar messages from the us. how will that be interpreted in israel? does that embolden israel in israel? does that embolden israel in its efforts? does that change the balance of power?— balance of power? well, i think in terms of balance _ balance of power? well, i think in terms of balance of— balance of power? well, i think in terms of balance of power, - balance of power? well, i think in terms of balance of power, it - balance of power? well, i think in terms of balance of power, it has| terms of balance of power, it has always been most advantageous to israel and i think israel�*s own military capabilities speak for themselves in that regard. i think public statements by the us and european allies in particular, indicating their unconditional support for israel, probably do embolden assessments made on the

israeli side about how aggressive they can be and can continue to be without coming under serious scrutiny from their own allies in terms of their behaviour. there no doubting as well that the public and the media and to an extent some of the media and to an extent some of the government statements have begun to qualify some of their support for israel and encourage israel to remember that it is still having to abide by the fundamental laws of war. we�*ve seen an enormous amount of palestinian casualties in gaza over the last six or seven days in an unprecedented israeli air campaign, and i think there will be privately a lot of concern from israeli allies aboutjust how much civilians will suffer from the ground incursion. there�*s absolutely no question that a ground incursion will become an bloody and very

destructive affair for all concerned, including civilians. i guess the question is whether we�*ll ever get to a point where israel�*s allies and the international community begin to shift some of their language and policy around how that continues to play out. again, we are in very early days. a terrorist attack we saw a week ago is still driving the main responses that we�*ve seen from the international community. that we've seen from the international community. good to have our international community. good to have your assessment, _ international community. good to have your assessment, thank - international community. good to have your assessment, thank you j international community. good to i have your assessment, thank you for being with us. the united nations says nearly a million palestinians — that�*s nearly half the population — have left their homes in the gaza strip in the week since israel launched its military response to the wave of killings by hamas. the entire enclave is being hit by israeli missiles — from gaza city in the north to rafah in the south, at the border with egypt. you may find some of

the images injon donnison�*s report now distressing. outside the main hospital in rafah, ice cream trucks. the morgue is full. "some of the dead have been here for two days", says this man. "these freezers are meant for food, not bodies", he goes on. and this is right in the south of gaza, where people are now being told to go. hundreds of thousands are now heading in this direction. the question is, where do they go? the nearby united nations school is packed with those seeking shelter. but it was already at full capacity before this latest evacuation order. "as palestinians, what did we do for this to happen to us?", hanan asks.

she tells us she ran out of the house barefoot with nothing when israel bombed her neighbourhood, and came straight to the school. at noon today, many were praying, one would think for better times. "i don�*t want to live here", says mahmood, a father of four. he says there�*s not enough food or clothing, he just wants to go home. many of those here are children, still smiling despite it all. around half gaza�*s population is under 18, and some are old beyond their years. ramez is just 15. this is his fifth war. "i can barely stand it", he says. "and look around you at all these kids. ask them, o you want to live or not? we just want to be secure", he goes on. "0ur dream is to live, that�*s all we want." jon donnison, bbc news.

0ur correspondent, rushdi abualouf, has moved from the north of gaza to khan younis in the south. he spoke to us a short while ago. i had to take the journey from gaza to the southern city of khan yunis, after the israeli army asked all the people living in gaza city, where i used to live, and in the north, to go south. i�*m in khan yunis since yesterday and i�*ve seen the eyewitness, i�*m in khan yunis since yesterday and the scene i�*ve witnessed, it�*s really tragic. people are sleeping in the public spaces. hundreds of thousands of people are deployed to the schools. i�*m in the main hospital in khan yunis. also hundreds of people are taking the hospital as a refugee. suddenly this city has to accommodate and feed 500,000 people displaced from their northern and middle area, gaza city. as the hamas officially say 400,000

people took this journey yesterday and today from khan yunis along salah al—din road, then to khan yunis. more than a million people and this city and people, the local authority are struggling to find accommodation for the people, to find essential need. water is running out. in the hospital here, medicine is running out. they are trying to manage very little fuel, doctors told me, are left to run the generators and very small amount of life—saving kits that they have, since israel is closing all the border. egypt until now said we can�*t guarantee that if you send the aid in that israel will allow it. khan yunis is the second largest city with about 4000 people already living there and suddenly this small

city had to accommodate another 600,000 people. they were struggling even before. the city was struggling because it�*s part of the israeli blockade imposed from last saturday. after one week, without water, without electricity and without internet, this city was already exhausted by their own people and now they have to take care of about 600,000 people, over a million people. some of them sleep in the courtyard of the local hospital. i did ask someone who told me that back in 2014, his house was destroyed and he somehow managed to rebuild it and he said this time, my house was destroyed again and i had to take the hospital as a shelter.

the bbc has confirmed that young children were among those killed in an air strike on a convoy of vehicles leaving northern gaza on friday — along a route designated by israel. the palestinian health ministry says 70 people died — the israeli military says it�*s investigating what happened. 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, moving south. and these are still images taken from a subsequent video from the aftermath of the strike. they are too graphic to show in detail. the video shows men running to a lorry, part of the same convoy, trying to help those who�*ve been hit. there are at least 12 visible dead

bodies in the video. paul brown from the bbc verify team — has been investigating the authenticity of the gaza convoy pictures. very graphic imagery, very disturbing but it is important to help us understand what is going on and to communicate it to our audience. being able to verify this footage in active conflict areas helps us understand these major developments and weed out disinformation of which there is been an absolute flood over the last week. we tend to use satellite imagery and other online resources to try and get a sense of where and when an incident took place based on the footage that we are looking at. in this particular incidence, we thought there was likely to be this salah al—din road which is a major road running north to south, through gaza and was one ofjust two evacuation routes for civilians leaving the north and heading down to the south, presumably to safety. it�*s a 45 kilometre road, so we scanned the route, starting from the north

where they would have left from and tried to match details that we saw from this satellite imagery with those we saw in the video. in this case the layout of several buildings, some road markings and a sign helped us to pin down the location and we even used online tools to analyse the angle of the sun, the length of the shadows, to get an idea of when this incident took place or at least when the footage was shot and it looked around 5:30pm yesterday local time. yeah and that�*s the key thing, isn�*t it? it�*s about a painstaking process to match so many different elements to getting a clearer picture and you�*re able to say with some confidence that is exactly what it shows. you touched on it paul at the beginning, this is a war being played out on social media too and there�*s a lot of disinformation out there. people can be overwhelmed with videos, with statements and pictures and it�*s about breaking through some of the disinformation and working out exactly

what�*s going on and that�*s what your team are doing. exactly, that�*s what we�*re here for. increasingly there�*s footage that comes out that will be misattributed, it will be old footage that�*s being presented as new footage. it clouds the whole picture of what�*s going on and that doesn�*t help anyone when it comes to real—world consequences, particularly dangerous in situations like this when people are fleeing their homes, trying to find safety. if they�*re not well informed and the people they are speaking to aren�*t well—informed, this can be dangerous. that�*s the point, isn�*t it? this isn�*t just about telling the rest of the world going on. it�*s also a valuable source for the people caught up in the conflict. also interesting too the way that all players in this conflict are using social media to get their message out. just tonight, we know the israeli prime minister putting his statement out, talking to the troops on the border

and saying we are ready for the next stage and we can see that video here. using social media as a direct way to address people. yeah. the narratives, counterclaims, all of that is played out on social media on various channels. it�*s quite confusing at times, trying to figure out what�*s going on and that�*s why we dedicate ourselves to this work and have a whole team working on this around—the—clock. we�*ve been flat out on this particular conflict for the last seven days, trying to figure out what�*s been happening and where it�*s happening. the chaos of last saturday, when the attacks began, we were quickly able to ascertain where the breaches in the border fence had taken place, where attacks on civilians were taking place and that really helps us to build a picture of what�*s going on in real time, almost. to really give an understanding of the scale of this kind of attack. yeah and people will be fascinated by how you are able to do thatjob given that, you know, a lot of the footage may

be grainy or rushed, especially when you reference the events of last saturday. you know, it�*s not always very clear what�*s going on or indeed the footage itself isn�*t always very clear and you can�*t always hear the people talking for example in the videos. what�*s the hardest bit to get right? that�*s a good question. the hardest would be, exactly as you say, when we are dealing with grainy footage where the details are unclear and we are dealing with regions where there isn�*t clear satellite image, we often use street view, these online tools that allow you to take to street level. in gaza we don�*t have that. that�*s not available online so we have to base it on what we are seeing from the satellite imagery which makes it a lot trickier and more time—consuming but it�*s really important we do this.

in lebanon, a journalist from the reuters news agency has been killed, in what eye witnesses say was an israeli attack, near alma al—shaab, close to the israeli border. the funeral for issam abdallah was held in al khiyam. the reuters videographer is the first civilian to have died in lebanon. mr abdallah was covering clashes between israeli forces and the iran—backed lebanese group, his brother. two otherjournalists were also injured in the incident. tens of thousands of people gathered for pro—palestinian demonstrations across the uk amid growing international concern over the situation in israel and gaza. marchers filled the streets of central london on saturday as thousands also gathered in manchester, liverpool, edinburgh and other parts of the uk. in london more than 1,000 police officers were deployed as crowds marched from the bbc�*s broadcasting house to downing street. the met police said seven people had been arrested,

including one for criminal damage and two for public order offences. this is what some of those taking part had to say we have the right to support the freedom of press people and the prices here don�*t have the right to deny us that freedom of speaking out and supporting palestinians. and we�*re going to do it. i�*m and supporting palestinians. and we're going to do it.— and supporting palestinians. and we're going to do it. i'm hoping the government — we're going to do it. i'm hoping the government will— we're going to do it. i'm hoping the government will once _ we're going to do it. i'm hoping the government will once listen - we're going to do it. i'm hoping the government will once listen to i we're going to do it. i'm hoping the government will once listen to the l government will once listen to the people. _ government will once listen to the people. to — government will once listen to the people, to the thousands that are coming _ people, to the thousands that are coming out, to the people filling out petitions committed the people expressing their disagreement and this march is a reflection of london and the _ this march is a reflection of london and the uk — this march is a reflection of london and the uk. it is a mixture of people. — and the uk. it is a mixture of people, different colours and races and cultures and religions, no religion — and cultures and religions, no religion. it's about humanity. a lot of different threads to the conflict. you can get more news and analysis of the ongoing situation in israel and gaza in a special edition of the global news podcast.

and the conflict featuring lyse doucet and jeremy bowen which is now available on bbc sounds. you can also watch a bbc news special — "a week of war", on bbc iplayer. here are some pictures filmed by our bbc cameraman lee durant which show iron dome missiles streak across the sky over ashkalon on their way to intercept rockets from gaza. it�*s designed to destroy short—range rockets and artillery shells that could reach israeli populated areas. it isa it is a scene we are getting used to seeing right now. the skies of gaza remain dark tonight, there is no power.

hello there. the weather for quite a few of us has been feeling a lot colder today. the colder air has been travelling southwards across the country over recent days, but it�*s across southern england and wales that the cold air really arrived. and so for hereford, we went from 22 degrees yesterday to 13 or so this afternoon — a drop of nine degrees celsius. now, for many areas, we did have some pleasant spells of sunshine. a few showers around — those showers falling as snow over the tops of the scottish mountains. those wintry showers continuing to be driven in on those gusty north—westerly winds with the showers always most frequent across the north and western coasts and hills. now for northern scotland, the skies look quite different as those showers worked in some rough seas here in banff, thanks to those gusty onshore winds. and overnight, it will stay pretty windy for northern scotland, particularly in shetland, where gusts will continue to run into the 50s and 60s of miles an hourfor a time, driving in further showers. elsewhere have showers still around some of our coastal areas.

but inland, it�*s a dry night with clear spells and temperatures getting down low enough to give a nip of frost in the countryside, something gardeners might want to take note of. our lowest temperatures under these these sunny skies as we start the day down at minus two degrees. now, there will be lots of sunshine around for sunday, but showers probably merging together to give some longer spells of rain for northern scotland, showers for west scotland, one or two for northern ireland and a few for the northern isles, where it will still be quite windy, but not as windy as it was on saturday. temperatures across the board below average for the time of year. now from monday, i think there�*s probably going to be a few mist and fog patches to start the day. and although the weather is predominantly dry underneath an area of high pressure, around the periphery of that high, you might see a few showers coming up the thames estuary, one or two for the far north of scotland. i think the emphasis is on a dry and sunny day for many of you. it will stay cool though for october, temperatures

11 to 13 degrees. we start to see some further changes in the weather pattern towards the middle part of the week. after a fine day on tuesday, we�*ll start to see some rain moving up with this area of low pressure coming in off the bay of biscay. now, the rain�*s likely to be quite heavy on wednesday as it spreads across england and wales. it crosses northern england thursday and pushes on into parts of scotland and northern ireland probably stays quite unsettled beyond that, with temperatures returning closer to average for the time of year.

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destroy hamas after last week�*s attack, saying its forces are preparing to expand their operations on the ground. in a statement, the idf said it was "gearing up for a comprehensive offensive by land, airand sea. earlier, the israeli military said it killed a hamas commander who led part of the assault on israel last saturday that left 1,300 israelis dead. on saturday, israel�*s prime minister benjamin netanyahu visited troops near the gaza strip, telling them, "the next stage is coming." the un humanitarian chief, martin griffiths, has said the situation in gaza is fast becoming untenable. the un says nearly a million palestinians there have now been displaced, due to air strikes and israel is warning that people should leave the north of gaza. now on bbc news, a special edition of our global news podcast

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