thousands of people flee the north of gaza amid israeli evacuation orders as the humanitarian crisis in the territory deepens. and president biden speaks to the israeli and palestinian leaders as the us steps up efforts to contain the escalating conflict. hello. i'm carl nasman. israel's military says that its forces are ready for the next stage of the war and that it is planning an attack by land, air and sea. in a statement, a spokesperson said that the goal of the operation was to "completely destroy the governing and military capabilities of hamas." it comes a week after hamas, which is classed as a terrorist

organisation by many western governments, killed more than 1300 people in israel and took dozens hostage. we can show you these live pictures of gaza city right now where it is shortly after 2am in the morning. mac that is the situation right now. very dark. the shortages of fuel in the gaza strip. we will continue to monitor throughout the programme. in a drone strike, the israeli military said on saturday that it has killed a hamas commander who led part of the assault on israel. ali qadhi is the second hamas chief to have been killed in a day. meanwhile, on the ground in gaza, thousands of civilians are on the move. that's after israel warned over one million living in the north to move south beyond the wadi gaza river here — an order the world health organization has said is a "death sentence" for those already sick and injured. the authorities in gaza say more than 2200 people have already died in retaliatory israeli bombing,

including children while attempting to evacuate along a designated safe route. earlier on saturday, israel's prime minister visited an army post and asked troops whether they were ready for the next stage. our correspondent lucy williamson reports. 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.

women and children under five among the casualties. 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—prepared. they brought everything they needed to kill and kidnap — grenades, gaffer tape, 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. the united nations says nearly a million palestinians have fled their homes in the gaza strip in the week since israel launched its military response to the killings and

kidnappings by hamas. the entire enclave is being hit by israeli strikes from gaza city in the north to rafah in the south. the border crossing there with egypt has remained shut since the hamas attacks last weekend. crowds of palestinians and foreign nationals have been gathering at the crossing after news that an evacuation route may temporarily open. you may find some of the images in this report now from jon donnison distressing. outside the main hospital in rafah, ice cream trucks. the morgue is full. "some of the dead have been here for two days", this man tells us. "these freezers are meant forfood, not bodies." 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? at the border with egypt, hundreds of palestinians who are lucky enough to have foreign citizenship, are hoping to get out. among them, clutching her british passport, is maryiam. i'm really in fear and every time ijust have to have the thought of me dying in a bomb in gaza. it's not a good thing. every place i go, i run away and ijust find bombs and ifind dead people. and maybe one day i will end up like them. it's a really scary thing for me. but egypt says it won't open the crossing, even forforeign nationals, until israel agrees to allow aid in.

and hamas also controls this border and has a say on who is allowed out. 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. 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, �*do you want to live or not?�* "we just want to be secure", he goes on. "our dream is to live, that's all we want." jon donnison, bbc news. you sort the scenes there from gaza. our correspondent rushdi abu alouf is one of the very few journalists reporting from inside gaza. he's in khan younis in the south of the territory from where he sent us this update. iam back i am back bekier in the city of khan younis after taking the journey with thousands who are displaced and coming all the way into khan younis. it has been one week since israel launched the retaliation against hamas of following the

deadly attack across the border. the humanitarian situation here is really at the edge of catastrophic. city which already has 400,000 people has to accommodate more than i people has to accommodate more thani million people, feed them and accommodate them. again, one of the few journalists inside gaza. you are looking at live images of gaza city. it is around 3am on the ground there. we've just heard from the palestinian health ministry saying 300 people, mostly children and women, have been killed in gaza in the last 24 hours. some 800 more have been injured. tensions are high in southern israel as israeli troops build up their presence ahead of that likely counteroffensive. a short while ago, i spoke to our defence correspondent jonathan beale in ashkelon in southern israel. it is great to see you. can you give us the latest about what

you are hearing from the israeli military at this hour? you get the sense something big is about to happen soon. resort israel's prime minister visiting the troops and massing on the border with gaza and he spoke with president biden again tonight and then we had a statement from the israel defence force this evening which states that they are preparing for a wide range of offensive operations from air, land and sea and is the important bit with a significant emphasis on ground operations and it will have to be significant if israel is to achieve its goal of brushing, destroying hamas. you get the feeling something is going to happen soon. we don't know the timing is, if it is hours, days away but certainly this makes

it seem something is imminent. we believe more than 100 hostages are being held by hamas potentially inside gaza. how does it seem that the hostages may affect or change any plans for an invasion by the israeli military?- the israeli military? well, i was speaking _ the israeli military? well, i was speaking to _ the israeli military? well, i was speaking to the - the israeli military? well, i was speaking to the sisterl the israeli military? well, i l was speaking to the sister of one of those who she believes — well, she is either dead, her sister, orshe well, she is either dead, her sister, or she has been taken hostage — and she said she hoped she had been taken hostage so that she had a chance of being returned and their hope, the families of those who have loved ones who have been taken back hamas, many of them would not want to see full—scale military operations launched by israel until it there was at least negotiations and a potential swap of palestinian prisoners by israel for the hostages being held in gaza, but, you know, you do not get the sense

that the hostage situation — and it is in the minds of israeli politicians, military commanders — is not going to derail their goal of destroying hamas and given the sort of language we are hearing from the idf about their preparations, you do not sense they are going to hold off for that long. they are going to hold off for that long-— that long. bbc defence correspondence - that long. bbc defence l correspondence jonathan that long. bbc defence - correspondence jonathan beale. israel's intelligence services have long been considered one of the world's most sophisticated. but hamas's attack caught israel completely by surprise and was the worst breach of the country's defences in about 50 years. new york times staff writer ronen bergman has been investigating how this could have happened and who was involved in the planning. bergman is also the author of rise and kill first: the secret history of israel's targeted assassinations. hejoined me earlier from tel aviv. thank you so much for taking the time to speak with us. we are one week on from the

attacks. talk us through what appears to be a massive failure of intelligence on the part of israel and according to your reporting what appears to have gone wrong?— reporting what appears to have gone wrong? there is nothing on the israeli side _ gone wrong? there is nothing on the israeli side that _ gone wrong? there is nothing on the israeli side that did - gone wrong? there is nothing on the israeli side that did not - the israeli side that did not go wrong. their were mistakes and failures on three different levels. intelligence that was supposed to supply reliable alerts enough time before the attack and just 50 years and one day after the previous major intelligence blunder was not able to supply, as it happened, was not able to supply any alert that this is coming. hundreds of hamas operatives, militants were working for at least a year, i believe even more than that, but looking at documents of

hamas, have initial plans that were drawn in november of 2022, so at least a year. they were in active preparation, drilling, planting, thinking, collecting intelligence, doing all sorts of drills and exercises and israel did not know anything. in order to mobilise 2000 people over the fence after major assault on the fence you have to have a lot of people in the know how loop and these kinds of forums which so many people consider to be may be the easiest to penetrate, israel did not know anything. this is a major intelligence achievement for her hamas and a major failure for israel. her hamas and a ma'or failure for smut her hamas and a ma'or failure for math for israel. let me popping cuickl for israel. let me popping quickly because _ for israel. let me popping quickly because you - for israel. let me popping - quickly because you mentioned that israel seems to not be prepared or not know that this attack which had been in the making was about to take place.

according to your reporting. why is that? why do you think israel seem to be caught flat—footed? not to put all the credit, the negative credit to israel, there is also, from their point of view, positive credit for us for planning secretly and executing this horrifying massacre —— credit for hamas. i think hamas has learned the lessons for hundreds of years with israel, with or without guidance or help. it was able to identify the channels that israel was monitoring just into 2018, hamas was able to uncover a group of alleged ngo activists working in gaza but were in fact is really commandos and their agents working undercover, and they were monitored, they were installing a massive bugging device to encrypted hamas

switchboard. hamas were able to get their equipment, withdrew underfire and they left get their equipment, withdrew under fire and they left the equipment, the classified equipment, the classified equipment that they were working with, so hamas was able to identify these channels and other channels that israel was looking at, using, apparently, other channels that israel did not know about and i think that israel was also caught in some kind of conception which apparently was also guided by hamas deception that relatively to hamas, this is a moderate time. ., ~' to hamas, this is a moderate time. ., ~ , , time. new york times staff writer ronen _ time. new york times staff writer ronen bergman. - to find out more about what an israeli ground operation could look like, i spoke to retired lieutenant general mark schwartz, who served as the us�*s security co—ordinator to israel and the palestinian authority. thank you so much forjoining us. israeli military as we've been hearing say the next stage

is coming and we are hearing it could be some sort of invasion into gaza by land, sea and by air. in your mind, how prepared is the israeli military for this kind of mission? thank you for having _ this kind of mission? thank you for having me _ this kind of mission? thank you for having me this _ this kind of mission? thank you for having me this evening. - this kind of mission? thank you for having me this evening. i'm| for having me this evening. i'm confident that the israeli military, as it has stated publicly, they are increasing their level of readiness and are working the integration of over 350,000 now serviced into their tactical formations —— reservists. 0bviously receiving continuous supply to sustain their operations in gaza in preparation for the ground offensive and as you've reported and particularly your reported and particularly your report is on the ground there in gaza and down in southern israel, you've got the combat formations that are in their tactical assembly areas and doing final preparations and those final preparations are probably a few days away, not hours away. what is often

forgotten about is the logistical sustainment that is going to be necessary, for dealing with the really hard to assess the number of casualties that will be taking place both by the israeli military but also there will be casualties of the terrorists as well, you know, and more important in civilians that will caught in the crossfire of this assault, this ground assault, and obviously from the sea as well, onceit obviously from the sea as well, once it commences. interesting of course _ once it commences. interesting of course to _ once it commences. interesting of course to hear— once it commences. interesting of course to hear your - once it commences. interesting of course to hear your point - once it commences. interesting of course to hear your point of. of course to hear your point of view that this may not be imminent, but it could take a day or two longer. but in the meantime, what kind of defence is hamas capable of putting up because of course this invasion would be taking place on their own home turf? bud would be taking place on their own home turf?— would be taking place on their own home turf? and that point is very important. _ own home turf? and that point is very important. they - own home turf? and that point is very important. they are - own home turf? and that point is very important. they are on | is very important. they are on their home to rain, they have their home to rain, they have the ability to prepare both above the ground and as has

been reported anywhere from 150- 300 been reported anywhere from 150— 300 miles underground tunnels so they can move really with impunity until such time as they are fixed —— home terrain. underground is like, the intent to do the idf above ground but there is no more complex operation than fighting in this type of environment and they are arguing preparations to move the civilian populace out of northern gaza but really that's i would think clearly that's i would think clearly that's what they intend to initiate their ground assault but that said, you will establish a foothold but then the real hard work occurs where you don't have the ability to use your long direct fire weapons systems and it will be building to building, house to house, room to room fighting and with respect to individual readiness, one of the major challenges that the idf is going to face is that with the integration of all of these

reservists, and while there are very capable active duty forces available, they still have the majority of the idf is not recently conduct did the level of repetitions and full dress rehearsals for this kind of drowned —— ground combat, it's extremely difficult, and the united states witnessed that in iraq and throughout the iraq war, frankly.— war, frankly. marc short, a former us _ war, frankly. marc short, a former us security - war, frankly. marc short, a - former us security co-ordinator former us security co—ordinator former us security co—ordinator for israel and the palestinian authority, thank you for joining us —— mark schwarz. thank you. here in the us, the pentagon has ordered a second aircraft carrier group to the eastern mediterranean. according to us officials, the uss eisenhower is part of american efforts to deter hostile actions against israel or any efforts toward widening the war. meanwhile, in the last hour, president biden briefly addressed the situation in israel and gaza at the national human rights council dinner here in washington, dc.

gaza, innocent palestinian families who are vast majority have nothing to do with hamas are being used as human shields. yesterday, ispoke are being used as human shields. yesterday, i spoke for over an hour to shields. yesterday, i spoke for overan hourto a shields. yesterday, i spoke for over an hour to a family member of those americans who are still unaccounted for on a zoom call. they've endured an agony of not knowing what happened. joining me now is our north america correspondent, shingai nyoka. we heard there a bit from president biden's speech earlier. what more did he have to say? earlier. what more did he have to sa ? ., ,., earlier. what more did he have tosa ? ., ., ., to say? he also added hate doesnt to say? he also added hate doesn't go _ to say? he also added hate doesn't go away. _ to say? he also added hate doesn't go away. what - to say? he also added hate doesn't go away. what he l to say? he also added hate i doesn't go away. what he has donein doesn't go away. what he has done in the last week or so, ever since this attack on israel, is that almost every platform that he has been on, he has tried to weave in the narrative of the us support to israel into whatever the agenda was and today, he did exactly

that. he wove the issue of rights into the broader discussions about his fight against islamophobia, against anti—semitism and also against homophobia. and what was interesting i think was the fact that at the beginning of his address, there was a heckler who shouted, "let gaza live stop a ceasefire now." he did not hear that but some of the people on the floor did but doing what he has done over the past couple of days, which is what —— bringing up the topic of israel and gaza at almost every form and try to shore up domestic support. it every form and try to shore up domestic support.— every form and try to shore up domestic support. it has been a bus da domestic support. it has been a busy day for _ domestic support. it has been a busy day for president - domestic support. it has been a busy day for president biden. . domestic support. it has been a busy day for president biden. a| busy day for president biden. a couple of different phone calls today, speaking with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and palestinian neta nyahu and palestinian authority leader makmoud netanyahu and palestinian authority leader makmoud abbas. what more do we know about

those prior conversations? the? those prior conversations? they were important _ those prior conversations? tie: were important conversations and to key conversations with two parties on either side of the conflict. the white house said his conversation with his israeli counterpart was to reiterate that unwavering support, this is you spoke about earlier as the pentagon announced that a second us carrier is on its way to the eastern mediterranean with president mike mortar bus, he spoke about the need to —— mahmoud abbas, he spoke about the need to help civilians and many people have failed to do that and also spoke about the need to ensure the war is conducted according to international law and that there is safe passage for a listing in civilians and this has increasingly been his emphasis, even as he expresses

this unwavering support for israel, he also emphasises the point that the israelis need to ensure that there is no indiscriminate attacks on palestinian civilians. shingai nyoka. thank you so much. and you can get all the latest from the situation in israel on our website — bbc.com/news — or the bbc news app. we have a live page that is constantly being updated with news and analysis from our teams on the ground in israel, gaza, and around the world. we believe you now with some live pictures. this is the situation in gaza ——we will leave you. this is the situation in gaza at the moment. stay with us on bbc news.

hello. sunday will be getting off to a cold start in most places and it promises to be a rather chilly day but it won't be as windy as it was on saturday and there won't be as many showers. high pressure building its way in from the west. notice the isobars quite tightly packed across northern and eastern parts of scotland — still quite windy here — and a weak frontal system bringing cloud and some showery rain into the north of scotland. something wintry for a time up over the higher ground, although much of that will turn back to rain. southern scotland, northern ireland, england and wales having a fine day after what will be a cold and, in places, frosty start. long spells of sunshine. just a few showers around the coasts. still quite blustery in the north—east of scotland but lighter winds elsewhere. temperatures — 7 degrees in lerwick, 14 for st helier. elsewhere, generally 10—13 degrees. now, sunday night will be another cold one. light winds in most places. some mist and fog patches could well develop. a little bit breezy in the south and in the north. just the odd shower in the north of scotland and also, perhaps,

in the south—east of england. but in between, temperatures dropping close to or even below freezing with our area of high pressure still with us, but low pressure trying to squeeze in from the south and also from the north. so, it is northern and southern parts that will turn a little bit windy as we go through the day on monday. in between, light winds, early mist and fog clearing, some good spells of sunshine but brisk winds in the north of scotland. maybe the odd shower here. also maybe the odd shower in southern england, where it will also turn quite windy. that strong wind also affecting the channel islands. temperatures generally 11, 12 or 13 degrees in most places. now, on tuesday, i think the winds will ease a little bit in the north but, conversely, they'll pick up across the south. turning breezy across more of england and wales and some showery rain, perhaps, across the channel islands, the south—west of england but notice temperatures rising a little bit — up to around 15 or 16. degrees. a sign of things to come. it is going to turn much more unsettled through midweek.

weather systems pushing up from the south. some potentially quite heavy bursts of rain but with southerly winds, temperatures climbing easily to around 16 degrees. it could get a little warmer than that in some places but we will see some outbreaks of quite heavy rain.

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