but doctors there have told the bbc they will refuse to do so. meanwhile thousands of other palestinians continue to flee to the north of gaza — our correspondent says he and his family are living in a room with four other families. i, for example, with my family, i share a very small space, it is like two bedrooms, with about four or five families. meanwhile — the israeli prime minister, benyamin netanyahu, holds a first cabinet meeting for his new national emergency government. and the us secretary of state is to return to israel following talks in the region. hello, i'm christian fraser. people in the northern half of gaza

are continuing to flee the area ahead of an expected israeli incursion. thousands of troops are already massed on the border with gaza. air strikes have continued; the israelis say over a hundred military targets were hit overnight; among those killed are a senior commander involved in the attacks in israel last week. hamas has continued to fire rockets into israel, towards tel aviv and other areas in the south. the world health organization has again called on israeli to rescind its evacuation order; the decision they said to forcing hospital patients to relocate would be "a death sentence". a hospital in the southern city of rafah, by the border with egypt, says it's been told to evauate. a diplomatic push is continuing to try to prevent the violence from spreading. the us secretary of state, antony blinken has been in cairo , and is expected to return to israel for more talks tomorrow. it is still tense on the northern border with lebanon, with further exchanges of fire today. the israelis have set up a four mile buffer zone on the border.

the us is sending a second aircraft carrier to the eastern mediterranean. the uss eisenhower willjoin the gerald ford group that is already in the region as they seek to put pressure on iran and its proxy hezbollah. we start the hour with this report from nick beake. gaza is bleeding. its hospitals already full, deluged with more patients. these some of the youngest victims in this latest chapter of an ancient conflict that's now erupted so violently. israeli air strikes continue to kill civilians in gaza, bringing more searches amid the rubble, often in vain. translation: dozens - of families were massacred. we're beyond capacity. we're treating people in the corridors and on floors. this is a very dangerous situation. israel says this is self—defense to ensure its survival and that this aerial bombardment is a proportionate response

to the atrocities hamas committed a week ago from outside gaza. from outside gaza, a glimpse of the aftermath of the israeli raids. all day we heard militaryjets heading towards their targets. israel says its assault on gaza is onlyjust the beginning and that it will be followed by a major offensive by air, land and sea. united nations agencies say that gaza is being pushed into an abyss and that by forcing the evacuation of more than a million palestinians, it is, for the most vulnerable, a death sentence. israel reinforced its ultimatum that civilians in the north of gaza must move to the south. it said it opened another supposedly safe corridor for three hours today. it accused hamas of blocking routes and that no residents of gaza city.

translation: residents of gaza city, i call on you again. _ hamas is trying to prevent your evacuation. we will allow it. get out of gaza city and the surrounding areas for your own safety. many gazans who have tried to seek shelter at schools run by the united nations say getting out is impossible. they said leave towards the south, but there is no transportation. translation: they said leave towards the south, but there is no transportation. the children hug me _ and scream, save us, save us. gaza's border to the south i with egypt has been closed, so leaving that way has not been an option. _ gaza's border to the south with egypt has been closed, so leaving that way has not been an option. there are trucks full of aid waiting to go into gaza, but for now they're going nowhere. a population of more than two million trapped as israeli forces say they're on their way in. nick beake, bbc news in southern israel. our middle east correspondent tom bateman has been monitoring events for us from jerusalem — he outlined the preparations being made following a meeting

of the israeli war cabinet. it's hard to tell when if a piece of activity is connected if a piece of activity is connected to the potential start of a ground invasion, because we were seeing artillery fire, for example, even by the middle of last week. we've seen other activity with localised incursions actually over the last sort of three days where the israelis have tried to attack rocket launching squads. and in one of those, two or three days ago, they found, they said, information that could lead them to more information or knowledge about the hostages that being held in gaza. so there's a lot going on. it doesn't always mean that it is significant when it comes to the potential timing of this ground invasion. clearly, it is going to happen. we knew that from a very detailed statement from the israeli military last night that this huge operation of logistics to supply a front line when it begins has been amassing.

and what the israeli military are saying this morning now is that it is now a political decision about when it starts. so that would signify that they are ready, but waiting for the green light. i've been following some of the interviews this morning with british officials here, tom, and the numbers missing keep changing. i know the number of dead and missing in israel keeps changing. can you explain a bit of that to us a week on why the numbers fluctuate so much? are they are they still uncertain of who is in gaza city and who is dead and bodies not yet found? it is exactly that. i mean, it's been the task of identifying the remains as they found them. i mean, a lot of that area around the gaza strip was in utter chaos. and it wasn't until, in some of the places affected by the heaviest fighting, it wasn't until well into the week that the israeli forces

were fully gaining control. and even then you were getting sort of sporadic reports of potential gunmen on the loose or in hiding. so it was chaotic. and in terms of the number of fatalities, a large number of bodies have been taken to a military base where they had been going through this task of identifying remains. now that it's taken a long time and it's still going on. so in terms of them understanding who is who's missing but has died who is...who's missing but has died as opposed to who is being held in the gaza strip. you know, they haven't known. tom bfrom jerusalem. let me show you the live pictures that i can see here. this is the view from sderot towards gaza city. you will see that another dirty plume of smoke is

there on the horizon. we have seen a lot of activity in that open area. there is about a three mile open area between israel and the built—up areas in the strip. so, beyond that will be one of the original refugee camps. that was once one of the most populated areas in the world, the most densely populated areas, a large part of that was evacuated in recent days. if i shave the pictures from gaza city, you will see there are fresh explosion, as well, in the heart of the city in the last few minutes. again, similar pictures that we have seen throughout the course of the day. a lot of activity on going. let us go to ashkelon on the israel side. chief international correspondent lyse doucet — and in southern chief international correspondent

lyse doucet. the troops have been massing on the board of the past week. the artillery and armour. we have seen it racing past when we have gone down towards sderot towards the edge of the closed military zone. there is also the nonstop bombardment, almost a sense of those massacres by hamas on saturday morning, the israeli army keeps updating us on how many targets. it is sometimes hundreds and thousands of targets in an ad. a few days ago, we heard that they had carried out, with the current since units, a limited raid inside northern gaza. they said that they were looking for signs where they were looking for signs where the hostages could be, and that also, they had been able to track down some hamas cells. phase by phase, they are building up to what they have not said that the political order has been taken, but the military preparations are almost there. i have to say, we woke up this morning and there was rain. whenever there are that they

might... they have contemplated starting sooner, but the bad weather held them back a bit. whether it matters a lot in war —— weather matters a lot in war —— weather matters a lot in war —— weather matters a lot in war. you mentioned sderot, you should our viewers have seen. we have spent the last few days there. earlier in the week, the mayor was frustrated that some people were leaving, they said that they did not have the resources, they did not have the resources, they had nowhere to go. now, we understand that an official evacuation to a place today in that border town, around 30,000 people. most had gone, there were still some stragglers. ashkelon, today, is relatively quiet. yesterday, almost every hour, there was an air raid siren going into the night. so far today, relatively quiet. there have been rockets in tel aviv, too. the? been rockets in tel aviv, too. they have. been rockets in tel aviv, too. they have- there _ been rockets in tel aviv, too. they have. there is _ been rockets in tel aviv, too. they have. there is a _ been rockets in tel aviv, too. they have. there is a lot _ been rockets in tel aviv, too. they have. there is a lot of _ been rockets in tel aviv, too. they have. there is a lot of diplomacy on going. we have been watching pictures of the secretary of state

antony blinken heading around the middle east. riyadh and then onto cairo. there is news he is coming back to israel. in terms of our timing, you would presuppose that they would be a ground invasion while he was in the country. does that then suggest that perhaps tomorrow is not the day? well, i do not think that, _ tomorrow is not the day? well, i do not think that, even _ tomorrow is not the day? well, i do not think that, even though - tomorrow is not the day? well, i do not think that, even though the - not think that, even though the relationship is so strong, that the staunchest of allies. i think that the military has it because my own clock, whether or not antony blinken is here. it is interesting, christian, that he has come back. he will come back with a number of messages, i think. will come back with a number of messages, ithink. he will come back with a number of messages, i think. he spoke to king abdullah injordan. he was in qatar, where many of the hamas political leaders are based. he was in saudi arabia, where the saudi leadership, they are the custodian of the two holy shrines. and of course, before this happened, they seemed to be on a parfor the recognition of

this happened, they seemed to be on a par for the recognition of the jewish state. egypt always plays a role. it has a role to play in terms of the humanitarian side with all of the discussion of a possible buffer zone. i think that antony blinken is gathering all of those messages from the arab world, arab leaders, who are all watching so closely and with nervousness, and then, coming back to see what he hears from the israeli side, and whether or not there is some way that they can align. it is rather the jagged edges right now. we align. it is rather the 'agged edges ritht now. ~ . , ., ~ ., right now. we have been talking on the programme _ right now. we have been talking on the programme this _ right now. we have been talking on the programme this afternoon - right now. we have been talking on the programme this afternoon to i right now. we have been talking on. the programme this afternoon to our colleague and friend rushdi abualouf who has relocated his family to khan yunis —— khan younis. he is a man of enormous resources struggling to find a bottle of water in a shop. we have recently heard that israel is putting the water back in southern

gaza, that will be some relief, because, there were people who are trying to source water and agricultural places. there was no water in hospitals. to turn the water in hospitals. to turn the water back on in southern gaza, that is a step forward at least. that water back on in southern gaza, that is a step forward at least.— is a step forward at least. that is very interesting, _ is a step forward at least. that is very interesting, because - is a step forward at least. that is very interesting, because that i is a step forward at least. that is very interesting, because that is| very interesting, because that is another piece falling into place. when israel gave that evacuation order, telling more thani million palestinians that they had 24—hour is to basically get up and go at a time when going means on roads strewn with glass and rubble, when whole streets are cement and ash, and whether bombardment is continuing... we are hearing reports that when you get to the south, they wonder where they can say, where is safe. the fact that the water has gone on, that must have come under huge pressure. that may signal that the south has been prepared as a possible relatively safe area. although, the bombardment is

continuing there. it sounds as though they are trying to set up, trying to divide the strip, go through it piece by piece, rather than everyone on the run up with nowhere to go. so, i think that with every hour, we are seeing slowly this puzzle being put together, even though many pieces are missing, and a lot of them still do not fit. it is good to see you, lyse doucet, thank you forjoining us on the programme. in lebanon, our middle east correspondent hugo bachega is there. it has been very lively this morning, hugo. a buffer set up on the israeli side. lots of exchange of fire. what are you hearing from the lebanese authorities about what is happening?— is happening? yes, christian. this situation here _ is happening? yes, christian. this situation here has _ is happening? yes, christian. this situation here has been _ is happening? yes, christian. this situation here has been very - is happening? yes, christian. this. situation here has been very tense, i think that he could probably hear the sound of a march here of people with palestinian flags, and also, hezbollah flags. so, today, it has

been the most intense day in terms of cross—border violence between is here in lebanon and israel. earlier today, there was the first civilian death in terms of an attack carried out by hezbollah in israel. a man in his 40s was killed. a community was hit in an attack by hezbollah. in the last hour or so, we had the idf the last hour or so, we had the idf the israeli military saying that they had retaliated after hezbollah carry out it another attack targeting positions in northern israel. and, we had an update from hezbollah saying that they had hit an israeli military barracks in the kibbutz in northern israel, causing a number of casualties. we had confirmation from the israeli military —— we have not had

confirmation from israeli military yet, but i think that it shows how tense the situation here is along the israeli— lebanese border. perhaps come as an indication of these tensions, we have had a number of different people reacting to what is happening here. moments ago, the israeli defence minister said that israeli defence minister said that israel was not interested in engaging, in waging a war against hezbollah. we also heard comments from the us national security adviser who said that the biden administration was holding a back channel conversation with iran, warning iran against escalating the situation here. iran, obviously, has hezbollah main support. we also heard comments from the iranians are foreign minister who was here in lebanon yesterday. he spoke to the hezbollah's leader, saying that if the united states is interested in preventing an escalation of the

conflict, it should tell israel to stop what he described as brutal attacks against civilians in gaza. i think that it shows how tense and difficult the situation has been along the israeli— lebanese border. i think that the fear here is that lebanon could end up, you know, becoming a part of this conflict. hugo bachega in southern lebanon, thank you very much for that. i am going to bring in dr eyal hulata, a former israel national security adviser who served with the government untiljanuary 2021 this year. he's currently a senior fellow at the foundation for defence of democracies based in washington. thank you for being on the programme. can you talk to us about the operations that we are watching on our screens south of sderot? what you think of the israeli military is trying to do? it seems to me that there is a repeated bombardment of

there is a repeated bombardment of the area, an area before the built—up area of gaza city. the area, an area before the built-up area of gaza city. first, israel is mounting _ built-up area of gaza city. first, israel is mounting a _ built-up area of gaza city. first, | israel is mounting a counterstrike against hamas. the government made it very clear what our goal is, to remove hamas from gaza. hamas los every illegitimacy to gaza nine days ago when they mounted the most deadly terrorist attack israel has had an it's in existence. this was the worst day forjewish people since the holocaust. many chose to do this, instead of taking care of their own people, they made that strategic choice. unfortunately, it was totally unnecessary, but that was totally unnecessary, but that was what they did. the purpose was very clear, they are preparing for attack at will end with the removal of hamas from the ability to rule gaza. i of hamas from the ability to rule gaza. , ., ., of hamas from the ability to rule gaza. , . ., , gaza. i understand that, but specifically _ gaza. i understand that, but specifically in _ gaza. i understand that, but specifically in regard - gaza. i understand that, but specifically in regard to - gaza. i understand that, but specifically in regard to the l specifically in regard to the pictures that we are looking at, what do you know, as former security adviser, what you know that there open ground between israel and the

built—up population crash mckellar macca mass brics has built over the years a vast network of tunnels underground. they keep everything underground. they keep everything underground. they keep everything underground. they used to have tunnels that would infiltrate into israel. we took care of that with the wall that goes underground with concrete. we cannot take care of everything. the military is operating right now in places where there is not heavily populated palestinians. we do not want to target palestinian citizens. we are operating where we can. the next stage we will mount when the population lives in northern gaza to the south where it is safe. we are providing what is necessary seven we can go off to be a key mass brics terrorists in the northern part of gaza with as little collateral damage as possible —— hamas terrorists in the northern part of government as little collateral damage as possible. i'd make the objective will be to occupy gaza

city, do you think that is inevitable? if you are trying to decapitate hamas, you have to be on the ground where they are. would you imagine that that would be the purpose of the incursion? the government _ purpose of the incursion? the government did _ purpose of the incursion? tie: government did not purpose of the incursion? tue: government did not say purpose of the incursion? tt9 government did not say that the purposeis government did not say that the purpose is to conquer gaza and to rioja may the gaza strip —— reoccupy the gaza strip. israel has intention to relieve hamas from the leadership of gaza. the best way to do this, by the way, is out all of the countries in the region understand the fact that hamas ruling gaza is not in their interest, it is not in the interest of the palestinian people. israel does not have to conquer the entire gaza strip. it does not want to conquer the entire gaza strip. they operate in meaningful and decisive ways, to eliminate mass——

hamas's leadership. aha, decisive ways, to eliminate mass-- hamas's leadership.— hamas's leadership. a word on the switchin: hamas's leadership. a word on the switching on _ hamas's leadership. a word on the switching on of— hamas's leadership. a word on the switching on of water _ hamas's leadership. a word on the switching on of water in _ hamas's leadership. a word on the switching on of water in the - hamas's leadership. a word on the switching on of water in the southl switching on of water in the south of gaza today. you may have heard lyse doucet speculating that that area will be at the refuge for the people in gaza. do you think that the intention is to ensure that they can get aid in there and support the people who have left the northern sections of gaza? the people who have left the northern sections of gaza?— people who have left the northern sections of gaza? the idf spokesman was very clear — sections of gaza? the idf spokesman was very clear when _ sections of gaza? the idf spokesman was very clear when he _ sections of gaza? the idf spokesman was very clear when he spoke - sections of gaza? the idf spokesman was very clear when he spoke about l was very clear when he spoke about that, saying: israel created those corridors so that the civilian population can leave the northern part, where hamas has put it's part, where hamas has put its infrastructure, where israel must strike, and moved to the south. humanitarian aid is an issue for israel and also the other countries, the egyptians should open a crossing. they should use it to allow people to move if they need, and to bring in supplies as needed as well. in fact, this should also be the crossing through which hamas would allow all of the hostages that they have taken from israel to move

out into a safe haven. they have created this massive humanitarian disaster. it is in their hands to do this. the idf is being very careful in what and it is doing. it is being a surgical as possible, even though this is a war. this is not one of the campaigns that we had when i was in the national security adviser. one of the three day campaigns against islamicjihad, very against islamic jihad, very surgical. against islamicjihad, very surgical. very few civilians were held. we did that deliberately. that is israeli policy. the southern part of gaza should be the place where they can evacuate to, they can have whatever they need, so that we can conduct the war campaign where we should go. by the way, we have also evacuated the population. you showed footage of sderot, we have evacuated that area. it is unimaginable for the israeli population to evacuate at such a time, but we did it because we care about our civilians. we do not want them to be in war zones, to be human shields. by the

way, we did not get advance warning of hamas attacked our communities. we would have evacuated them if we needed to. and this is of course only a snip of what will happen if the war in the north start as well. hezbollah has much more firepower. if iran does that, if hezbollah joins them, the level of damage to other civilian population, and of course, to lebanon, will be a totally different story. dr eyal hulata, go — totally different story. dr eyal hulata, go to _ totally different story. dr eyal hulata, go to get _ totally different story. dr eyal hulata, go to get your- totally different story. dr eyal i hulata, go to get your thoughts totally different story. dr eyal - hulata, go to get your thoughts as often. thank you forjoining us. just a line on the decision to bring back the water in southern gaza: we are being told it was agreed, this decision, between prime and so netanyahu and the american president, joe biden. it was in their discussions when biden spoke to netanyahu earlier in the day. with me isjustin crump, military analyst and ceo of sibylline. it is interesting, we had on

somebody from one of the aid agencies earlier in the day and they were saying that the us would have to play the role of moral arbiter. it seems that president biden is reacting to some of the reports from southern gaza and the desperation that there is and is encouraging the israelis to put the water back on. that was a general secretary of the norwegian refugee camps making that point. and, ithink norwegian refugee camps making that point. and, i think that there might be some listeners who might not have... might have listened and put the pressure on him. biden is aware of the pressures on israel. the moral high ground in the conflict. there is a very strong focus on the humanitarian situation now in southern gather. i think it is great to see this first release. we talked all fair about the importance of having life support for these people. that is something that needed to be achieved. clearing the target area is very important for military operations, but it is no good in the situation of gaza, people have nowhere to go. it is encouraging to see this. i think

that it encouraging to see this. i think thatitis encouraging to see this. i think that it is right, egypt has a role to play, we will see what comes out of the negotiations in cairo, and whether that improves the lot of the palestinian people trapped at the moment in khan younis. irate palestinian people trapped at the moment in khan younis.- palestinian people trapped at the moment in khan younis. we will keep ou with moment in khan younis. we will keep you with but — moment in khan younis. we will keep you with but we _ moment in khan younis. we will keep you with but we are _ moment in khan younis. we will keep you with but we are going _ moment in khan younis. we will keep you with but we are going to - moment in khan younis. we will keep you with but we are going to go - moment in khan younis. we will keep you with but we are going to go for. you with but we are going to go for a short break. another line: we will show you some pictures from gaza city. let me show you. you can see the plume of black smoke which has just appeared on the skyline there in gaza city. why might that be? it is because we have heard that the wing of hamas has fired 20 rockets this afternoon towards israeli settlements and that is perhaps one of the reasons why the israeli army has been responding. we will take the short break and will come right back. stay with us. hello there. for the vast majority of the uk, we are looking at a fine and sunny afternoon.

mind you, it was a cold start to the day. in cumbria, shap, we had temperatures down at “4 earlier this morning but plenty of sunshine across the board now. on the satellite picture you can see that, really. the only exception is across parts of scotland where showers will continue to affect western areas and we have this weather front bringing a zone of more persistent rain just across the north of mainland scotland so it will be quite wet here through the course of the afternoon. there will be some showers for the northern isles where it will continue to be quite windy but not as windy as it was yesterday and temperatures across the board continuing to be below average for the time of year, about 11 or 12 celsius. it feels ok in the sunshine. overnight tonight, we will keep the clear spells for a good part of the night and that will allow temperatures again to dip down just below freezing in the countryside, whereas many towns and cities will see temperatures just a degree or two above freezing. tomorrow morning, there could be the odd patch of mist first thing but that should clear out of the way. there will be quite a bit of high cloud in the sky across western areas, making any sunshine rather hazy

in the west but i think for most parts of the uk it is looking like another fine and dry day with some sunny spells coming through pretty widely and temperatures about 11—13 , so similar what we have got this afternoon. onto tuesday's forecast, probably a few more mist and fog patches to start the day. most of the uk again having a dry day with sunshine but we will start to see a band of rain working into south—west england, perhaps reaching southern wales late in the day. that rain is tied in with an area of low pressure to our south and as we go through wednesday and thursday, that low pressure will bring wet and some windy weather northwards across the uk. it will also bring some pretty large rainfall totals. midweek, we could see around 20—a0 millimetres of rain, the wettest weather across england and wales then moving its way northwards into scotland and northern ireland by thursday. but the focus is on the heavy rain affecting england and wales on wednesday, the winds picking up across scotland, probably bringing quite a lot of cloud to eastern coastal areas, maybe a few patches of drizzle there and temperatures just coming up a few degrees,

a bit closer to average, 12—15. but then we have that heavy rain pushing northwards into northern ireland and scotland on thursday and another area of low pressure to end the week will bring rain pretty widely.

this is bbc news, the headlines: israel continues its bombardment of the gaza strip, with fighter planes and drones striking targets

across the territory. hospitals in gaza have been told to evacuate — but doctors have told the bbc they will refuse to do so. meanwhile thousands of other palestinians continue to flee from the north of gaza — the un estimates nearly a million palestinians there have now been displaced. meanwhile — the israeli prime minister benyamin netanyahu holds a first cabinet meeting for his new national emergency government. and the us secretary of state is to return to israel following talks in the region. 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 director of a hospital in khan younis has told us he's expecting to run out of power completely on monday. the entire enclave has been hit by israeli strikes — from gaza city in the north to rafah

in the south. we have been getting a lot of pictures in from across gaza. we wanted to show you some from gaza's biggest hospital, al shifa. we should warn you that you may find some of these images distressing. the hospital has continued to receive a steady flow of injured gazans. on sunday, the palestinian health ministry said 300 people, mostly children and women, had been killed in 2a hours, with more than 800 injured, including — as you can see — a number of young children, including this little boy. about 40% of the population in gaza is under 15. screaming outside the hospital a freelance cameraman witnessed distressed locals, many waiting, or looking

for loved ones. the local medical centres and morgues have been overwhelmed with no room for the dead, body bags are lined up on the streets. local people help to carry them onto the road, as distraught loved ones wait. these pictures show you some of the explosions filmed today from inside northern gaza city. this is in the northern part of the strip. israel has been continuing to bomb from the air — and says that it's killed senior militants in some of its latest strikes, including one responsible for leading a unit that carried out a commando unit he was in charge of, he was killed in khan younis. this is what the aftermath of an air strike looks like from the ground. locals and members of the civil defence force were looking

the survivors in the rubble. our correspondent rushdi aboualouf is in khan younis in the southern part of gaza — where he's evacuated with his own family. i spoke to him a little earlier about conditions there — and the impact on the area of having thousands of evacuees move in. we now have to accommodate i million people, overi million people according to the local records. the residence is a00000 and they have now received about 600,000 refugees, 400,000 from gaza and northern gaza according to the local authority. the place which experienced israeli ground operation back in 2014, where a lot of people there were killed

and many houses were destroyed. the people here not only struggling to cope with the number of injuries and the shortage of medical and official medical kits, they are overwhelmed by the number of people there are at the hospital. everywhere in public spaces, in the streets, in the schools, people are sleeping on the ground. it is a catastrophe situation. here, a city the overnight has to feed and accommodate over double its original population. the city itself, it was suffering even before because it's part of the entire picture where israel close the border and not allowing any fuel or any food or water into gaza. there is a severe

shortage of water. here in the hospital, they only give every person 300 millilitres of water for the whole day. we are talking about the whole day. we are talking about the patient�*s. in the street, i have been trying to find water in many of the shops. most of them are running out, they don't have water. it's essential. this is a serious issue here in gaza. doctors are struggling not to give the people medicine but to give them water. i am always keen to remind our audience because we worked together before in gaza but that you report it but you also live the story. while you're reporting for us you are thinking of your family and trying to source water and food. what have you been out to take from your home? how much money do you have on food and water for the coming days? th have on food and water for the coming days?— have on food and water for the comini da s? :, , , , coming days? in a very simple way i want to say — coming days? in a very simple way i want to say what _ coming days? in a very simple way i

want to say what happened. - coming days? in a very simple way i want to say what happened. four i want to say what happened. four o'clock in the morning the day before yesterday, we received warning from the israeli army saying that you have to leave your area and head south. suddenly we have to deal with evacuation. evacuation which we were prepared for but not this far and not this quick. i left behind a lot of water in my house a lot of food that is stored there because i thought we would be stuck in the house not this place. i managed to take some that could last for a couple of days. i tried here to find any essential food or water, couple of days. i tried here to find any essentialfood or water, when couple of days. i tried here to find any essential food or water, when we talk about 1 any essential food or water, when we talk about1 million people, all of them are looking for the same thing. it's not available and it's not coming. it's extremely, extremely difficult. people sharing very small accommodation, 50 families sharing

one space. i live with three or four families in the same flat that is too small. me and my three children and my wife, it's too small. me and my three children and my wife, its two metres to accommodate me. i am lucky to find it because other people are sleeping on the street. so i was lucky enough to find a family that are willing to accommodate me. this is a very serious situation. for me being a reporter, and always in the back of your head is your family. £311" your head is your family. our correspond — your head is your family. our correspond in _ your head is your family. our correspond in cannes eunice, some relief that the water has been turned on. this is live pictures that i can show you from gaza city. you will see that there is a black cloud just on the far horizon there, bombardments continuing in gaza. justin is with me and helping me

steer our way through the events this afternoon. one other line that we should give to people is that the egyptians have signalled to the americans that they are going to allow foreign people in gaza out, people who are deal citizens who have western passports, that sort of thing. that doesn't mean that the palestinians are being able to get out. do you think there is a scenario where the pressure brings to such an extent once the land encouragement comes that the egyptians will have to start taking the palestinians? the egyptians will have to start taking the palestinians?— egyptians will have to start taking the palestinians? the egyptians are worried about _ the palestinians? the egyptians are worried about the _ the palestinians? the egyptians are worried about the palestinian - worried about the palestinian exodus, they face charges from crossings of the border before and egypt was my own security situation has been a bit challenging and of course, in the country itself there is antipathy towards muslim brotherhood after what happened with the government linked to hamas. egypt is being very careful about what it wants to happen at that

crossing, blaming israel for military action near by saying it unsafe to use. but there is huge pressure certainly within the international environment around dual nationals and others to get them to be allowed to cross, it's great topic of conversation toward security personnel trying to get them out and it's a lot of diplomatic pressure around that. i think that is being tied to allowing aid into cannes eunice. water without power isn't necessarily brilliant, so that might come next but at least we are starting to see some movement to improving the humanitarian situation, age being allowed in might be the trade for letting dual nationals out and again egyptjust letting dual nationals out and again egypt just trying to letting dual nationals out and again egyptjust trying to control that slow in getting very worried that they might get over around and they are certainly not ready to receive 2 million palestinians coming out of

gaza who need a life support and everything else in the desert there. they could eventually allow more food, and actually, they could start moving the worst cases from the hospital. so i think there is room gradually for better support across that border, i think that is the key international focus point right now. indeed. america's top diplomat, antony blinken, is continuing his tour of the middle east. the us secretary of state is now in egypt where he has been meeting with president abdel fattah al—sisi. as you can see that from the pictures. mr blinken has been discussing whether humanitarian aid could be sent into gaza through the rafah border crossing with egypt. aid has arrived nearby in sinai but egypt says it won't open the crossing without guarantees that it can be transferred safely. live now to cairo where we can talk to bbc arabic�*s adbelbassir hassan. thank you forjoining us. i notice that the americans had just recently handed over around £250 million in

aid to the egyptians. this is military aid that they have supplied routinely to egypt. some of that has been suspended because of the humanitarian situation in egypt. but that has now resumed. does that give the americans some leveraged over the americans some leveraged over the decisions that the egyptian government are taking? yes. the decisions that the egyptian government are taking? yes. as far as the meeting _ government are taking? yes. as far as the meeting between _ government are taking? yes. as far as the meeting between the - government are taking? yes. as far. as the meeting between the president and the secretary of state antony blinken today, it has just ended minutes ago. the reports from the meeting tells us that the president has asked the us secretary of state to try and work hard in order to avoid the situation and bring peace to the region as soon as they can they have warned against the force spoiling over the region saying the absence of a solution for the

palestinian issue might cause more angen palestinian issue might cause more anger. before we saw help from the united states to try and ease the situation for the palestinians in gaza and try and create corridors for humanity humanitarian assistance as soon as possible in order to prevent more cases in the region. now egypt is concerned with trying to avoid more splitting and putting an end to the ongoing comfort. that's a priority for the egyptians. what sort of pressure is on el—sisi internally? the public in egypt is hugely supportive at the palestinian cause. there is an election just three months away. does he feel the pressure internally to do something for the palestinians? the pressure internally to do something for the palestinians?— for the palestinians? the main concern of _ for the palestinians? the main concern of egypt _ for the palestinians? the main concern of egypt nowadays - for the palestinians? the main concern of egypt nowadays it'sj for the palestinians? the main - concern of egypt nowadays it's the problem has been raised over the last few days by calls from the

israeli side to displace the palestinians in gaza. this has been a rising concern in egypt, a high—level officials including the president himself has warned against this. today, the egyptian national council met in what could be called an emergency meeting and made it clear that egypt will work for the sake of its national security, it does reject any plans to move the palestinians in gaza into the north, because this will link the palestinian cause as per the statement issued after the meeting today. however, egypt has also called for an international conference to try to meet as soon to get the key players related to the issue to meet as soon as they can.

but what concerns egypt at the moment is trying to get the aid that has reached or landed in the airport to gaza. it's almost less than an hour from the crossing point but so far that crossing is not opened because of the latest israeli strikes and there were reports that should have been opened yesterday for a passport holders, us passport holders but it hasn't because i think a report says that egypt rejected the aid to move from egypt's... rejected the age to move from egypt to gaza which egypt has stipulated to open for this evening the foreign nationals from gaza to egypt. so far we haven't heard anything about this and we are waiting to see if this was discussed

during blinken's meeting with egyptian officials but nothing is clear so far.— egyptian officials but nothing is clear so far. , :, ,, , :, clear so far. interesting. thank you very much — clear so far. interesting. thank you very much indeed _ clear so far. interesting. thank you very much indeed for— clear so far. interesting. thank you very much indeed for us. _ clear so far. interesting. thank you very much indeed for us. justin - clear so far. interesting. thank you very much indeed for us. justin is l very much indeed for us. justin is still with me. there is a few interesting things to pick out of that. first of all, you aren't getting any aid into gaza until we getting any aid into gaza until we get some assurances of what the plan is, that is the first thing. and they don't want palestinians streaming in, they are saying that's because president el—sisi wants palestinians to still have their rights in gaza. but that is only part of the story.— part of the story. well, yes, i think egypt — part of the story. well, yes, i think egypt are _ part of the story. well, yes, i think egypt are worried - part of the story. well, yes, i think egypt are worried about part of the story. well, yes, i - think egypt are worried about the security risk as well as the refugee crisis itself. i don't think any country would welcome necessarily having to take on 2 million refugees overnight. turkey certainly struggled with that in syria. egypt is not entirely set up to that of course. and the threat that hamas brings with it in that regard.

multiple things, i think it's interesting that blinken is going back to israel next. it sounds like you'll be taking that message back and saying, we have got to coordinate. egypt will open the crossing, let people with your passport out as long as you can guarantee the safety of the aid. israel didn't want to let in the aid originally because this trip is under siege. they said they are willing to give up on that, i suspect power may come back and at least limited areas, essentially creating a safe zone but that might make people laugh to hear that. and maybe allow this aidan. i can see israel gradually making concessions so that in order to be had to carry out its operation in gaza city. thane out its operation in gaza city. none of this has any _ out its operation in gaza city. none of this has any assurance _ out its operation in gaza city. none of this has any assurance to - of this has any assurance to palestinians. we are talking about, what is it, 26 miles along the strip, now we are talking about two and a half million people in one of the most densely populated cities in the most densely populated cities in the world being crammed into 16

square miles with limited water, limited power, limited aid in no way out. a, ' :, , :,, :, out. movingl million people from the eastern _ out. movingl million people from the eastern side _ out. movingl million people from the eastern side to _ out. movingl million people from the eastern side to the _ out. movingl million people from the eastern side to the western . the eastern side to the western side, putting everyone in that half and then, as you say, limited power, water and food. water is the most pressing. you can get by without food for much longer than you can get by without water, let alone in the middle east. so i think there is pressure that that decision being made. t pressure that that decision being made. ~' , :, :, pressure that that decision being made. ~' i. :, pressure that that decision being made. ~' :, :, made. i think if you are looking at that that that's _ made. i think if you are looking at that that that's a _ made. i think if you are looking at that that that's a completely - that that that's a completely untenable situation, at some point the fear is that people just force their way through the border, over on the border and suddenly there are thousands of people without any resources in the security threat that that comes with it. trio. resources in the security threat that that comes with it. no, it's not to be that that comes with it. no, it's got to be controlled. _ that that comes with it. no, it's got to be controlled. i - that that comes with it. no, it's got to be controlled. i think - that that comes with it. no, it's got to be controlled. i think at l got to be controlled. i think at some point, there will have to be movement, there's been a week for that to be control, they aid agencies are well aware of the

situation in gaza and the un has got i'd —— eyes on it. in egypt doesn't want to say that the crossing is open and provoke that stream of people. they know it might happen at some point. then what will egypt do? will they be bottling up palestinians as well and then sharing the situation? they got to be prepared for what might happen and the best thing therefore to do is try and release the picture and then let a limited amount of aid floating to stabilise the situation. it's going to rely egypt, israel, external partners all coordinating to deliver a situation that mitigates the very worst of this humanitarian crisis that we are seeing. israel is obviously focused on achieving its war aims at this point, to annihilate hamas, as we say, that is going to be a huge undertaking. once you done that in law north, hamas is still present within the population, this on fire

may well continue from the safe area. hamas is always hidden behind people, that has always been there operation and they have martyred people with this operation. so for her hamas there is no desire to ameliorate the situation of people in gaza because this is their strategy, this is what hamas wants. we spoke with the former national security of israeli and i put to him that there were reports this morning that there were reports this morning that there were reports this morning that the intention is to occupy gaza city. and he said, no, no, that is not coming from the government, that is not the case? can they really decapitate hamas and get to the tunnels and do what they can to dismantle the operation without occupying dies the city? thea;r dismantle the operation without occupying dies the city? they can temporarily _ occupying dies the city? they can temporarily do — occupying dies the city? they can temporarily do it. _ occupying dies the city? they can temporarily do it. this _ occupying dies the city? they can temporarily do it. this is - occupying dies the city? they can temporarily do it. this is the - occupying dies the city? they can temporarily do it. this is the last| temporarily do it. this is the last in question, you can clear the area of civilians to the best of your ability, target the tunnels, target the infrastructure, clear all the way through gaza city inch by inch with your soldiers, you could

capture and kill every hamas person you find, and recover some of your hostages, that is great. when you leave, there is rubble destroyed, who is rebuilding that? if you let people back, hamas is still present. this is always the problem. it is quite easy to get into these situations, we saw for example with afghanistan and even in iraq, the key is interfering and then withdrawing. i think israel doesn't want to, that is why they haven't gone into the gaza strip very often over a long period of time because they know what an undertaking is. but at some point at the end of this, someone is going to occupy that grant. i think that is huge? and maybe that is up to the international community to rebuild gaza in a lasting matter. but i think it will be virtually impossible for israel to enter gaza at the moment. the impossible for israel to enter gaza at the moment.— at the moment. we had about the situation near _ at the moment. we had about the situation near the _ at the moment. we had about the situation near the border - at the moment. we had about the situation near the border in - at the moment. we had about the| situation near the border in rafah, let me play an interview i did.

earlier we spoke to drjamal hams, a medical director of the kuwaiti hospital in south gaza. he told us the hospital, in rafah, received a phone call from the israeli military saying it needed to be evacuated within two hours. he says hospital is "purely civil" and is the only medical facility open in the area treating civilians injured by israeli strikes. among the patients are 60 children. and it's a fairly desperate situation, as you can imagine. let's take a listen. shortly before one hour, we have received a telephone call from the military forces asking us to evacuate the hospital. we have asked them why to evacuate it? we were told that we are... "that you are presenting services to the military forces". absolutely not. this is a civilian hospital. this has been established since 16 years, and it was established to and will present service to civilain people, to women, to children, to all people, to all patients, all injured people who are exposed to explosions and to

attacks by the israeli forces. and this is the only private hospital which is presenting these emergency services to these injured and harmed people. and if we evacuate the hospital, there will be no way for any injured people to get the needed urgent services, so we have decided not to evacuate the hospital, whatever the result is, because if we leave it and it is destroyed, these poor people living in rafah — they are very poor and they cannot go to any other hospital. you might be asking why the hospital near the rafah border is being asked to evacuate, that is because perhaps because it is near the wall. i was

always surprised just how organised the tunnel is, in fact there is a tunnelling committee and people who work for hamas build tunnels and they are very, very good at it and they are very, very good at it and they have got better over the years. there is tax rates for things that come under the wall, a money raiser for hamas as well. as we look at these pictures of gaza city tonight as the sun is going down, that is what they are trying to reach with these bunker buster bombs, these deep reaching missiles that can penetrate 30 metres belief mac beneath the surface. it's an phenomenally complicated operation that the israelis have to manage. absolutely. the smuggling efforts they put less effort into these previous incursions, there was a line in the gaza zoo that had been brought through the tunnels. you can imagine bringing a lion through smuggling tunnels. if you look online, there are videos about the scale of the operation, particularly the building of the missiles and they have underground factories to

build those, often through water pipes, for short ones they dig up water pipes and turn those for the frame for the missile. of course, they are stocked with food and water, hamas would have known this was going to happen, they would have stocked food and water and supplies in that tunnel network, its claim there is 500 kilometres of tunnels. absolutely huge. 50 there is 500 kilometres of tunnels. absolutely huge.— absolutely huge. so this will be a war underground. _ absolutely huge. so this will be a war underground. they _ absolutely huge. so this will be a war underground. they are - absolutely huge. so this will be a war underground. they are using | war underground. they are using those tunnels _ war underground. they are using those tunnels to _ war underground. they are using those tunnels to move around, l war underground. they are using i those tunnels to move around, prop up those tunnels to move around, prop up the positions, the exit points, they are not in the middle of the street, they are in buildings. that is why the buildings get targeted. they know the areas that israel will not target, israeli forces are not going to target the hospital. so this stockpile things under those locations. 50 this stockpile things under those locations. , :, , this stockpile things under those locations. , , , , locations. so stop buying things under hospitals. _ locations. so stop buying things under hospitals. that's - locations. so stop buying things under hospitals. that's the i under hospitals. that's the advantage _ under hospitals. that's the advantage they _ under hospitals. that's the advantage they have, i under hospitals. that's the advantage they have, that| under hospitals. that's the i advantage they have, that sort of

organisation. tide advantage they have, that sort of organisation-— organisation. we were heard that there were _ organisation. we were heard that there were 20 — organisation. we were heard that there were 20 rockets _ organisation. we were heard that there were 20 rockets launched l organisation. we were heard that l there were 20 rockets launched by hamas towards israel. they're saying that they fired these rockets from lebanon, from his territory in the north towards northern israel. that extraordinary, isn't it? that the danger of pulling his brother —— hezbollah into the fighting. danger of pulling his brother -- hezbollah into the fighting. lebanon has become increasingly _ hezbollah into the fighting. lebanon has become increasingly important i hezbollah into the fighting. lebanon | has become increasingly important to the group for liaising. they do have operations there that are much more on a scale than gaza, you have to question, hezbollah must know what they are doing. question, hezbollah must know what they are doing-— they are doing. more to come. stay with us. hello there. for the vast majority of the uk, we are looking at a fine and sunny afternoon.

mind you, it was a cold start to the day. in cumbria, shap, we had temperatures down at —4 earlier this morning but plenty of sunshine across the board now. on the satellite picture you can see that, really. the only exception is across parts of scotland where showers will continue to affect western areas and we have this weather front bringing a zone of more persistent rain just across the north of mainland scotland so it will be quite wet here through the course of the afternoon. there will be some showers for the northern isles where it will continue to be quite windy but not as windy as it was yesterday and temperatures across the board continuing to be below average for the time of year, about 11 or 12 celsius. it feels ok in the sunshine. overnight tonight, we will keep the clear spells for a good part of the night and that will allow temperatures again to dip down just below freezing in the countryside, whereas many towns and cities will see temperatures just a degree or two above freezing. tomorrow morning, there could be the odd patch of mist first thing but that should clear out of the way. there will be quite a bit of high cloud in the sky across western areas, making any sunshine rather hazy

in the west but i think for most parts of the uk it is looking like another fine and dry day with some sunny spells coming through pretty widely and temperatures about 11—13 , so similar what we have got this afternoon. onto tuesday's forecast, probably a few more mist and fog patches to start the day. most of the uk again having a dry day with sunshine but we will start to see a band of rain working into south—west england, perhaps reaching southern wales late in the day. that rain is tied in with an area of low pressure to our south and as we go through wednesday and thursday, that low pressure will bring wet and some windy weather northwards across the uk. it will also bring some pretty large rainfall totals. midweek, we could see around 20—40 millimetres of rain, the wettest weather across england and wales then moving its way northwards into scotland and northern ireland by thursday. but the focus is on the heavy rain affecting england and wales on wednesday, the winds picking up across scotland, probably bringing quite a lot of cloud to eastern coastal areas, maybe a few patches of drizzle there and temperatures

just coming up a few degrees, a bit closer to average, 12—15. but then we have that heavy rain pushing northwards into northern ireland and scotland on thursday and another area of low pressure to end the week will bring rain pretty widely.

live from london. this is bbc news.

the white house say israel has turned the water supply to southern gaza back on. the white house says the move follows a conversation pick between president biden and the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. israel continues its bombardment of the gaza strip, with fighter planes and drones striking targets across the territory. hospitals in gaza have been told to evacuate — but doctors have told the bbc they will refuse to do so. meanwhile thousands of other palestinians continue to flee from the north of gaza — our correspondent says he and his family are living in a room with four other families. i. i, for example, with my family, i share a very small space, it is two bedrooms, with four or five families. meanwhile — the israeli prime minister benyamin netanyahu holds a first cabinet meeting for his new national emergency government. and the us secretary of state is to return to israel following talks in the region.

hello, i'm christian fraser.