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hello, i'm katya adler with bbc news now, live injerusalem. israel's bombing of gaza has continued, including in the south of the territory, where palestinians had been told to go for their safety. also, israel and the united states said aid would continue to be allowed into the territory. western leaders are stressing the need to protect civilians. these are the main developments in the conflict so far today. israel says it has attacked 320 more targets in air strikes in the past day. this blast in gaza was shot today
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from southern israel. as israel intensifies its air strikes before its widely expected ground strike, palestinian homes have been hit without warning. these pictures are from rafah where locals pulled victims from the rubble of a house that was hit overnight. and these images are from khan younis in southern gaza. israel had asked palestinian civilians to move south for their own safety as it said it was focusing its air strikes on hamas infrastructure. the israel defence forces released this video of air strikes over gaza. we can't independently verify when this was shot.
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gazais gaza is the south but to the north, israel has also launched fresh air strikes. this time at iran backed hezbollah inside lebanon. this is a video of it firing at hezbollah. 34 3a aid trucks has so far managed to get into gaza. the main un agency there says hundreds of trucks of aid are needed every day. the rafah crossing is currently the only route into gaza because it's the only one that doesn't border israel. this means that it is the only entry point for aid as it stands. here is our middle eastern correspondent yolande knell with the latest.
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a sleepless night in gaza. from afar, the flashes of successive israeli air strikes in gaza city as israel steps up its bombing campaign. and amid more and more destruction, and a mounting death toll, the un is warning of a catastrophic humanitarian situation. over the weekend, more than 30 lorry loads of aid were allowed into gaza from egypt, carrying food, water and medicines. it's just a fraction of what entered daily before israel put the hamas—controlled territory under siege. confirming the deliveries, the un's humanitarian chief martin griffiths called it a "glimmer of hope" but said further supplies were desperately needed. with more than a million displaced people, some now living in this un tent city, there are urgent needs. people inside gaza need their most basic necessities, such as food,
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water, fuel and access to health services. so there is still a far, far way to go. israel has signalled it will be sending its tanks and troops into gaza in the next stage of this war. after the deadliest attack in the country's history, it says it aims to crush hamas. translation: it will take one month, two months, three months— and at the end there will be no more hamas. before hamas makes contact with our tanks and our infantry, — they will know the shells from our airforce. and israel is also striking in lebanon, as along its northern border, the troops fight the powerful lebanese armed group, hezbollah, raising fears of a wider regional conflict. then, there are other complications in israel's military offensive in gaza. more than 200 hostages being held by hamas. some of theirfamilies have been meeting the president with a simple message, "bring them home." yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem.
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and yolande knelljoins me here injerusalem. we were talking a little bit earlier. we are hearing here about the hostages, about limited israeli forces entering the gaza strip to see if they can get more information about the whereabouts of the hostages. one soldier killed overnight but this is not the widely expected ground offensive, is it? not at this stage. we have had confirmation of this happening from the israeli military that they are having small groups coming into the gaza strip. it encountered one of these small armed forces overnight and that they were fighting that took place. the soldier that was killed close to tarmac. they went into gather intelligence about these groups. the next stage of this war
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is excited to be this ground offensive also to locate them whereabouts of these hostages. there are more than 220 of them, according to the israelis.— to the israelis. 222, they say. israeli authorities _ to the israelis. 222, they say. israeli authorities have - to the israelis. 222, they say. israeli authorities have also i to the israelis. 222, they say. i israeli authorities have also said that more than 330 israeli soldiers have been killed in this increase in facilities over the last two weeks. we have any more about this ground offensive was yellow only the comments we have had from the defence minister who said that it was coming soon. he also said that the overall time frame we are looking at here, it could be one, two or three months and at the moment, it is an aerial bombardment and the aim is to make it saferfor israeli forces in the next stage. they say they should move to the south of gaza, away from hamas
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infrastructure but overnight, there were air strikes over the south? that's right and out of mores 300 targets ahead overnight, we have also had 60 of those in the south of the gaza strip and crucially, that is where more than i million the gaza strip and crucially, that is where more thani million people living in the gaza strip in the north were told to evacuate to say thatis north were told to evacuate to say that is adding to the sense that there is no safety in the south, especially with humanitarian supplies not really getting in. people saying they don't feel like they have enough food, enough water. they would rather go back to their homes and we have had the un saying that it homes and we have had the un saying thatitis homes and we have had the un saying that it is seeing hundreds, perhaps thousands of those who had originally fled south, now go back north again. originally fled south, now go back north again-— originally fled south, now go back north aaain. , . ., ., ., .,, north again. israel has named hamas and sa s it north again. israel has named hamas and says it hides _ north again. israel has named hamas and says it hides among _ north again. israel has named hamas and says it hides among civilians. -
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and says it hides among civilians. it is inflaming passions and rage across the middle east, we talked earlier about israel's border with lebanon but closer to home in palestinian towns and cities in the west bank, protests, arrests and israel has had exchanges fired at palestinian.— israel has had exchanges fired at palestinian. . ., palestinian. indeed, what we have seen is that _ palestinian. indeed, what we have seen is that people _ palestinian. indeed, what we have seen is that people around - palestinian. indeed, what we have seen is that people around the - seen is that people around the region and particular other palestinians, are living this war in real time. they are glued to social media, they are seeing constantly the images of what is happening, the personal testimony from people in gaza, overnight there are horrible scenes from khan younis and we could see people buried in the makeshift graves. this is inflaming tensions that were already running high. we had been focusing on other parts of the region but the occupied west bank is just beyond the hills beyond us. tensions there are simmering and this is another big consideration. we have had more than 90 people
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killed by israeli security forces and also by israeli settlers in the past two weeks and it's getting relatively little attention and at the same time as israel is fighting in these other fronts, it could well face serious escalation in the west bank as well. face serious escalation in the west bank as well-— face serious escalation in the west bank as well. yolande knell, thank ou ve bank as well. yolande knell, thank you very much- _ bank as well. yolande knell, thank you very much. our— bank as well. yolande knell, thank you very much. our middle - bank as well. yolande knell, thank you very much. our middle east. you very much. our middle east correspondentjoining us there. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet updated me on israel's aerial bombardment of gaza. we hearfrom the israeli defence forces repeatedly now, this is the current phase of their military operation, that they will intensify, they will widen, deep in the air strikes. they say they are making progress in destroying hamas infrastructure, they are killing hamas political and military leaders. this morning, where we are, less
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than a mile from the gaza border, we have heard a lot of israeli artillery, heavy artillery, that has been the sound every morning since we have been here for nearly two weeks. this crisis started on october the 7th and almost nonstop israeli apartments since then. bombardment since then. we also hearing from the gaza strip, while israel says air strikes overnight targeted hamas infrastructure and cells, in gaza, the strikes hit the north, where israel had said people had to flee, it hit the centre but also the south, which is meant to be the place gazans flee to, for their safety and protection. the palestinian authority is saying that palestinian homes are being hit without warning. there are reports of strikes and we are seeing pictures of the result, the devastation of those strikes in southern gaza.
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as you say, more than a million palestinians have been displaced internally inside gaza, being told by gaza to move internally inside gaza, being told by israel to move towards that southern area of the country and pockets where they will be able to receive the aid that is trickling in. but we are hearing also of gazans saying, we are going to go back to our homes in central and northern gaza because we don't seem to be safe anywhere? we can only begin to imagine the desperation of gazan civilians. we even hear it from our own reporters, including rushdi, who has moved four times since this war erupted. he is now living in a tent, finding it hard to water. the united nations says the hospitals are running out of fuel, putting so many lives at risk. we are hearing a drone, we think, in the skies above us, a constant buzz in the air
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where we are broadcasting from. the united nations has been critical, saying the bombardment is continuing in the south and this was supposed to be a place where aid could be delivered, once more aid gets in, and where people could feel safe. but the situation there has been described as at breaking point. people are scrambling for water, scrambling to find food and also not finding any at all and meanwhile living with terrified children, not knowing when and where the next bombs were dropped. we just have some updated figures from the palestinian health ministry. they say that over these last two weeks of escalation in complex sense hamas' unprecedented attack inside israel and israel beginning these daily bombardment over gaza, the death toll in gaza is
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now over 5000. they say it's 5087. with 1000 over 1500 injured. now over 5000. they say it's 5087. with1000 over 1500 injured. we've had eu foreign ministers meeting in luxembourg today and on their list has been discussing the crisis here in the middle east. the eu's foreign affairs chief, josep borrell, has told reporters at an eu foreign affairs council in luxembourg that the aid currently being sent in to gaza is not enough. in cairo, the secretary general of the united nations made a dramatic call in order to allow humanitarian help to enter. the first aid 20 trucks were allowed to come, 20. yesterday, there were about 20 more. but in normal times, without war, 100 trucks enter
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into gaza every day, so it's clear that 20 is not enough. that's the eu foreign policy chief speaking at a meeting in luxembourg about the dire need for aid to reach the palestinian civilians in the gaza strip. our correspondent rushdi abu alouf, and his family, have been displaced four times in gaza in the past two weeks. they are currently sleeping in tents in the south of gaza nearby khan younis and this was his assessment when i spoke to him earlier of the situation on the ground and just a reminder that in israel's air strikes overnight over gaza, some of those were also near khan younis in the south, where israel had asked
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civilians in gaza to go for their own safety. the 35 trucks that were allowed in from egypt yesterday and overnight are just a drop in the ocean. they need some sort of sustainable aid because this place now is a refuge for more than a million people who had to flee their homes in the north and gaza city and they are living in khan younis, and some in the middle, but khan younis is the hub, it is the second largest city in the entire gaza strip. so the majority of those fled here into hospitals themselves, hundreds of people are taking the hospitals as refuge. they are sleeping on the ground, they are begging from journalists, they are begging just for food. i saw two little boys begging forfood, begging for water, which is not available. people are trying to secure anything just to keep the kids alive. they will either die in air strikes
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or they will die from hunger. this is a real challenge for the local authority here to manage what is very little resources available. in the hospital here, this is the largest medical centre after shifa and gaza city, this hospital is supposed to be serving over two thirds of the population and the hospital itself is struggling. they have very little fuel left. they managed to get a little shipment from a local factory nearby to keep the hospital running. they said we are managing day by day, we have a little fuel for one day. imagine if this hospital is stopped. according to the health ministry, about 20 hospitals and medical centres are out of service. if this is one of them, then we are talking about a catastrophe.
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that's the bbc correspondent who is reporting to us and living in southern gaza and reporting to us. that is all from me and the team in jerusalem and we had back to you, samantha, in london. will have any questions to answer about the impact the war may have. do send us your questions in and we will try and answer as many of them as we can. you get in touch using the hashtag or e—mail your questions to the e—mail.
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let's show the live scene at the rafah crossing, via which aid is travelling in from egypt into gaza. just under a0 or so trucks have been allowed in but aid agencies are saying this is not even touching the surface. we will have plenty more on the ongoing situation there. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. a man has been arrested in connection with a huge fire that caused the partial collapse of a multi—storey car park at luton airport this month. bedfordshire police said the 30—year—old was detained on suspicion of criminal damage as a "precautionary measure", and that investigations had so far suggested the fire was started accidentally. he's since been released on bail. a charity that helps victims of modern slavery says it's received a steep rise in the number of calls for help from foreign workers in the care sector.
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unseen uk says many reported paying large sums of money to the people who'd brought them to the uk and that in some cases their passports had been taken. the royal mint is paying tribute to the film the snowman. the design retells raymond briggs' classic children's book aboutjames, a young boy who builds a snowman that comes to life. it is the first of the royal mint�*s 50p christmas coins to feature the official coinage portrait of king charles. first published in 1978, the snowman has sold more than 5.5 million copies around the world. you're live with bbc news. thousands of people took part in a largely peaceful pro—palestinian protest in london for the second consecutive weekend. the met police estimated up to 100,000 people had joined the march, which ended in a rally near downing street. more than 1,000 officers were involved in policing the demonstration, and 10
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people were arrested. home secretary suella braverman is to urge scotland yard chief sir mark rowley to use the "full force of the law" after video emerged of a pro—palestinian protester chanting "jihad" at a demonstration by the hizb ut—tahrir fundamentalist group, which was separate to the main pro—palestine rally. she will hold talks today with the metropolitan police commissioner after officers said no offences were identified in the footage. the met has pointed out that "jihad" has "a number of meanings." live now to westminister and minister for london, paul scully. good to see you. i won't ask you a bit more about this. we understand that suella braverman is to talk to the chief met chief. she says the police should crack down on anyone breaking the law. there are various interpretations about what it means.
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what is your view on whether a chance to get or not is hatred? jihad means struggle. in this context here, are not talking about a religious dissertation. we are talking about what is happening on the straight and how it is affecting people. the police, where i know there is a question around glorifying acts of terrorism, there are chinks in the wall. dame sarah khan was on radio four this morning talking about how that is. the police do no need to be doing anything they can to make sure that violence sounding language does not inflame the situation further. there were also some _ inflame the situation further. there were also some protesters, - inflame the situation further. there were also some protesters, the - were also some protesters, the absolute minority must be stressed, had on the march charging a slogan that some used to call the
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palestinian control of all land between the jordan palestinian control of all land between thejordan river, the home secretary have repeated, from the river to the sea, palestine will be free. it may amount to racially aggravated offence. the mets has said the chance alone does not constitute a crime, what is your view on that specific chart? people out on the streets _ view on that specific chart? people out on the streets on _ view on that specific chart? people out on the streets on saturday - view on that specific chart? people out on the streets on saturday are | out on the streets on saturday are rightfully concerned about the situation in gaza, innocent people and what is happening to them in gaza. i do encourage people as well to make sure that they are calling out the terrorist incidents in rows that it might israel by hamas. they don't represent ordinary palestinians. i think there are a
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lot of people in the protest as well who don't necessarily understand the final detail. they are sometimes chancing, not realising the absolute distress they are causing and the ramifications of what that phrase actually means, the destruction of israel which is effectively a call for genocide.— israel which is effectively a call for uenocide. . ., , , israel which is effectively a call for uenocide. _, , , ., , for genocide. the community 'ust has criticised the — for genocide. the community 'ust has criticised the met. * for genocide. the community 'ust has criticised the met. the t for genocide. the communityjust has criticised the met. the downing - criticised the met. the downing street has said there are no plans to give police more powers. do you agree without? we do need to look at the legislation but there is plenty for the match to be getting on well. if you look at the other protests that the met have policed in recent years, the black live matter —— black live matter protests, they have arrested people simply for raising an english flag and using certain phrases that the police might not like, they have to be robust on this occasion so it
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doesn't get more inflame. i want ask you about a video circulating on social media, of a cheap driver leading a chart of free palestine. you have commented on it saying that staff should focus on their dayjob. what would you like to see being done if anything? i what would you like to see being done if anything?— what would you like to see being done if anything? i think that you driver should _ done if anything? i think that you driver should be _ done if anything? i think that you driver should be disciplined. - done if anything? i think that you driver should be disciplined. just| driver should be disciplined. just from what he said, it was absently inappropriate, in the middle of a metal tube, effectively. if you are a jewish person on that tube, you are not be able to leave, you would have felt so distressed and uncomfortable. should he be sacked? i'm not sure necessarily automatically sacked, but he needs to be used as an example and school. i want ask you about reports on the sunday times suggesting that a fugitive is the thing —— is living in london and has for decades. are you investigating? i in london and has for decades. are you investigating?— in london and has for decades. are you investigating? i don't know, but we clearly need _ you investigating? i don't know, but we clearly need to _ you investigating? i don't know, but we clearly need to investigate - you investigating? i don't know, but
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we clearly need to investigate that. l we clearly need to investigate that. hamas doesn't represent ordinary palestinian civilians, it is causing terrorist acts in israel. it needs to be called out, he needs to be removed if that is the case. [30 to be called out, he needs to be removed if that is the case. do stay with us on bbc— removed if that is the case. do stay with us on bbc news. _ removed if that is the case. do stay with us on bbc news. plenty - removed if that is the case. do stay with us on bbc news. plenty more| with us on bbc news. plenty more coming live from the middle east. good afternoon. most of us started off our working week on a cooler but quieter note welcome news. but there was some rain around and some of it fairly persistent out towards the southwest. with this weather front, we could also see more rain moving into the southeast of england later on in the day. but that front out to the west, well, it broughtjust shy of two inches of rain injust six hours. the isles of scilly, it was a miserable start to monday morning here. elsewhere, a few scattered showers
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moving their way up through wales. but it's a relatively quiet day for many and in fact we've got sunshine across northern england and for the bulk of scotland. as we go through the day, clouding over a little across england and wales, particularly down to the southeast where there's a risk of some rain arriving here to close out play. temperatures generally around 11 to 16 degrees, a smidge above where they should be really still for this time of year. as we go through the evening and overnight, we'll see some rain, some of it heavy, pushing its way in areas where we don't need it across east anglia, lincolnshire, parts of the east midlands and into yorkshire as well. and at the same time that's going to bejoined by another weather front moving in from the southwest. with the cloud and rain around, those temperatures will hold up into double digits, but there's more wet weather to come as we go through to tuesday. so if we look at that in a little more detail, it's this weather front that's just pushing in off the north sea and it might bring outbreaks of rain fairly showery, but nevertheless, we do not need any more rain in these areas. and that's going to be persistently there throughout the day. to the north of that, we keep some sunshine and a drier story in scotland.
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to the south, there'll be a few scattered showers. and again, those temperatures between 11 and 16 degrees. wednesday will start off on a relatively quiet note with a ridge of high pressure. it's not going to last as the next frontal system is likely to nudge in from the west as we go through the day. so it'll be a quiet start, a few showers pushing in off the north sea. some sunshine for some of us across england and wales before outbreaks of rain arrive by the end of the day on wednesday. a little bit cooler, 10 to 1a degrees on the whole. but that weather front will bring some wet and windy weather potentially thundery to begin with as it moves its way steadily north and east. don't expect any change to the weather story as we move to the weekend and into next week. it stays pretty autumnal.
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this is bbc news, the headlines. the most important thing is to call for humanitarian support to go into gaza. and following the heavy rain from storm babet, the uk environment agency warns that
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flooding could continue for days. environment agency is warning flooding could continue for several days after heavy rain from storm babet. there are still 108 flood warnings in force across england. we have the latest. residents from more than 500 homes in this nottinghamshire town have been evacuated due to flooding caused by storm babet. retford county council told people they were at risk from high water levels. for many, this leisure centre is home for now. we've taken everything back apart from the 3—piece suite and turned the water and electric off. that's all you can do. its the water and electric off. that's all you can do— the water and electric off. that's
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all you can do. its not normally the idle that all you can do. its not normally the idle that is — all you can do. its not normally the idle that is affected _ all you can do. its not normally the idle that is affected and _ all you can do. its not normally the idle that is affected and residents i idle that is affected and residents aren't—

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