welcome to bbc news. israel says it has "shifted phases in the war". it hit 150 targets in gaza overnight, and released video it says shows its tanks entering the territory. translation: last night, the ground in gaza shook. | we attacked above the ground and below the ground. we attacked terror operatives of all ranks in every location. our correspondent on the ground, rushdi abualouf, says the bombardment in northern gaza is on an unprecedented scale. for the first time ever they have seen this scale of explosion, huge black, huge fire in the sky. this is the scene live in gaza, where the israeli army has reissued its call for civilians to move south.

israel's prime minister is meeting the families of israeli hostages held, who are worried about the intensifying attacks on gaza. and right now we are striking from the air every single day when we do not know where my cousin is, where we do not know where over 200 hostages are and we don't know if any of our bombs have killed them. here in london, pro—palestinian demonstrators turn out in force. we demonstrators turn out in force. will talk to our co| a we will talk to our correspondent in a moment. protests are also taking place in other capital cities, with calls for a ceasefire. fresh aid enters gaza, and the un tells the bbc they've managed to reestablish some contact with their teams on the ground. communications have been down for such a long while. we have been talking to the un who have been

using satellite phones to get some contact with their teens, but broadly the situation of communications blackout is still in place. that is the backdrop in gaza. our correspondent rushdi abualouf is in khan younis and has just managed to send us this update, using a satellite phone.— to send us this update, using a satellite phone. hundreds of israeli air strikes since _ satellite phone. hundreds of israeli air strikes since last _ satellite phone. hundreds of israeli air strikes since last night - satellite phone. hundreds of israeli air strikes since last night and - air strikes since last night and throughout the day across the gaza strip, in khan younis, about 20 air strikes today. the shelling was intensifying in the north. and east, and west of gaza, gaza strip. especially with the israelis are announcing a new stage of the operation, expanding the ground operation. we understand their tanks were as deep as two kilometres north, west gaza, close to the sea. people could see tanks in the area. communication is very, very

difficult in gaza since 2a hours, as israel cut all of the communication, mobile carriers, the two main mobile carrier is not functioning. internet lines not functioning anywhere. getting information is really hard and difficult. very few people with international sim cards and they can do roaming using israeli mobile services. people close to the border. they still can communicate between time to time. they post some social media. also some of the local radio station are still functioning. they were able to talk to their correspondent in the north, who described what happened last night as the biggest ever air strike that targeted this area. he said it was like an earthquake. we understand a hospital was struck with an air strike yesterday. the hospital was out of service for quite a long time, like a week ago, the hospital

was out of service because of evacuation. today the main building of the hospital was destroyed. also around the hospital in gaza city, there was a lot of air strikes, ten or 15 according to people around the hospital. they are cutting most of the roads towards that hospital. communication, as i said, is extremely difficult. we are unable to verify a lot of reports about the number of people dead and injured. as far as the health ministry was doing a press conference this afternoon, they said about 400 people were killed overnight. but they said hundreds of other are missing under the collapsed buildings in the north. the biggest refugee camp was also bombed heavily. i saw very strong footage of destruction inside the camp, with about 100,000 people living in this

camp. about half a million people still living in gaza city in the north, the area where israel asked people to leave to the south. more than a million people now in southern gaza and some of them were in this hospital in khan younis. the second largest hospital in khan younis, serving half of the population, and it's really struggling to cope with the number of casualties that arrived today. the hospital with severe shortage of fuel and all of the medical essential needs to save people's lives. they shot most of the department and they focus only on life saving missions in the hospital. tonight, more air strikes. more israeli aeroplanes flying over gaza city. people are expecting more heavy bombing tonight.—

heavy bombing tonight. rushdi abualouf, speaking _ heavy bombing tonight. rushdi abualouf, speaking on - heavy bombing tonight. rushdi abualouf, speaking on the - heavy bombing tonight. rushdi - abualouf, speaking on the ground, the latest dispatch from the south of gaza. so many hostages being held in gaza, 229, and so many saying they spent the night in great anxiety as the bombing intensified. the israeli prime minister has agreed to meet them, to listen to their concerns. that meeting currently happening as i speak. udi goren is the cousin of tal, who was among those kidnapped by hamas. he described to me how he felt watching the bombing overnight. 0vernight was probably the first time when i couldn't really, you know, hold it in. i've been trying, you know, on interviews, when i express myself online, on social media, to be very...

..level minded, with the situation. last night was the first time that ijust couldn't help myself. everyone in this government, bringing us to this point... and not, at least on the outside, not doing everything they can to solve this situation. as far as i'm concerned, as far as we are concerned, as far as the hostage families are concerned, it's unfathomable that this is not israel's top priority, that there are ministers in the government that say we should sacrifice these people for going after hamas. there are people... i'm only referring to government officials. people can say whatever they want.

but referring to the fact that this is not israel's top priority, it's just unimaginable. imean, it's... go ahead. and you really think it's not the top priority? i was listening to the idf and the prime minister's spokesman today, both talking about targeting hamas but constantly saying the release of the hostages was their priority. by listening to you, you don't believe that? do i need to tell you that politicians don't always do what they say they would? 0bviously. i don't want to see them talk about this. i want to see them do something concrete about it. it's been published all overforeign media, not really in israel, that there is a qatari offer on the table and israel refuses to call a humanitarian ceasefire. is it true? can we trust qatar? can we trust hamas?

i don't know. but when israel strikes gaza from the air, and we just heard in detail how intricate the underground city in gaza is... and we know at least some of the hostages are kept over there. when they are shelling gaza from the air, with the definite intention of destroying these tunnels, how do they know they're not bombing my cousin? that they didn't kill my cousin last night? how do they know this? there's no way they know what's happening in the underground tunnels. there is absolutely no way. when they say they hit 150 underground tunnels, the potentialfor your cousin to be held within it, that must be excruciating to listen to, to endure. of course. of course. we haven't heard anything about the condition. i'm speaking about my cousin,

because that's who i really care about first and foremost, but there are over 100 people held there. babies, children, demented old people. how are they supposed to survive? israel has endured about 1,400 deaths so far, there are 200 more lives on the line as we speak, all the time. the only way to get them back safely and to get all of them, without saying that some of them are dispensable, is to stop the war and get humanitarian ceasefire and make sure they are back and if we do that and then hamas doesn't stick to their word or qatar don't stick to their word, i have nothing to say and we have to go after them as hard as we can, but right now we have the upper

hand, we are on the offensive, we're not on the defensive. we have the situation contained, and we can call the shots and right now we are striking from the air every single day when we do not know where my cousin is, we don't know where over 200 hostages are and we don't know if any of our bombs have killed them. really briefly, because i am nearly out of time, but you think they should not have started this ground incursion, they should have given more space for whatever negotiations were going on, is that what you are saying? absolutely. they keep saying this is going to be a long—term war, we have to take down hamas... if we are going to take down hamas, this is going to be a new regional status quo, this will not happen within a week, a month, six months, this is something that needs all the major powers in the area to be involved. that's why we could hold for now, stop the fighting, stop the war, get our hostages out at any cost, and then take care of hamas.

then, when we don't have a knife to our throats, then we can do whatever we need to keep ourselves safe, but right now we cannot afford ourselves, as a western democracy that holds human lives above all, we cannot uphold — we have to uphold the value of human lives as our priority. let's turn to the demonstrations we have seen around the world. we showed pictures from rome, turkey, which we will turn to in a little while, but also big demonstrations in london. thousands of people marched in support of the palestinians, urging an end to israel's attacks in gaza. the metropolitan police said large crowds started to form on saturday afternoon near golden jubilee bridge, embankment, whitehall, strand,

westminster and waterloo bridge. there are some of the aerial pictures. joining us now on the line is our correspondent chi chi izundu. in terms of the sizes of the crowd, where you are, give me a sense of what it's like with all of those people. what it's like with all of those --eole. ~ ,., what it's like with all of those ..eole, . ., what it's like with all of those --eole. ~ ., , people. well, some of the people have started _ people. well, some of the people have started to _ people. well, some of the people have started to disperse - people. well, some of the people have started to disperse out - people. well, some of the people have started to disperse out of. people. well, some of the people l have started to disperse out of the area. i am in have started to disperse out of the area. iam in parliament have started to disperse out of the area. i am in parliament square, outside big ben, and a number of people have started to make their way home. there were thousands earlier this afternoon. less than an hour ago, they were listening to some features from different mps, including the former labour leader jeremy corbyn, diane abbott the mp for stoke newington and hackney north. she was giving a speech. the secretary for the rmt union was also giving a speech. the crowds marched along central london, making their protests heard, they were calling largely for a ceasefire. also

calling on the prime minister rishi sunak and also the leader of the opposition keir starmer to call for a ceasefire as well. we opposition keir starmer to call for a ceasefire as well.— opposition keir starmer to call for a ceasefire as well. we are looking at the aerial _ a ceasefire as well. we are looking at the aerial pictures _ a ceasefire as well. we are looking at the aerial pictures snaking - at the aerial pictures snaking around so many different parts of central london. in terms of what the police are saying, what are they saying to you?— police are saying, what are they saying to you? there has been a heavy police _ saying to you? there has been a heavy police presence _ saying to you? there has been a heavy police presence today, - saying to you? there has been a i heavy police presence today, there has been very little trouble. virtually none. we have had a few flares going off and a few fireworks. the police on their twitter feed fireworks. the police on their twitterfeed have fireworks. the police on their twitter feed have said they are also writing a section 60aa in this area tonight, which gives police officers the power to search a person or any vehicle for weapons and dangerous instruments. and the power to give officers to require any item of clothing that people may be wearing

for the purpose of concealing their identity to be removed. those powers are in kensington and chelsea, and the city of westminster, until midnight tonight. as i said, mostly people are starting to disperse from the area, having already been part of the protests. the organisers were saying they planned to hold more protests next week.— saying they planned to hold more protests next week. thanks very much for the latest- — protests next week. thanks very much for the latest. the _ protests next week. thanks very much for the latest. the scenes _ protests next week. thanks very much for the latest. the scenes in _ protests next week. thanks very much for the latest. the scenes in london i for the latest. the scenes in london a little earlier. i want to take you back to what we saw earlier in istanbul in turkey. a huge turnout there. those crowds were addressed ijy there. those crowds were addressed by president erdogan. you remember, we were bringing you some of those comments. he was telling the rally that hamas is not a terrorist organisation, and israel is the occupier. and comments like that early in the week enraged israel, he

repeated them today. hamas are prescribed as a terrorist organisation in the us, uk and other european countries. an instant response from israel, their foreign minister saying they have called backed envoys to turkey and will reassess israeli turkish relations. a pretty prompt response there from israel to what we saw and heard in turkey. back to the humanitarian situation. the un secretary—general said he had been encouraged by what seems to be the growing consensus in the international community, supporting a humanitarian pause, and surprised ijy a humanitarian pause, and surprised by the unprecedented escalation of the bombardment. talking about the breakdown of communications as well. repeating what he said yesterday, this is a moment of truth, everyone must assume their responsibilities. history willjudge us.

jan egeland is the secretary—general of the norwegian refugee council — he told me earlier that he had lost contact with his team in gaza. to the best of my knowledge, we have no contact with our colleagues in gaza. we had a head count yesterday and the day before, not today. what we know is they are fleeing for their lives, notjust in the north, also in the south. there is no safe place in gaza. 0ne also in the south. there is no safe place in gaza. one of my female colleagues in gaza lost her only child to this bombing campaign. this was close to rafah, where they were asked to go by the israelis. the only sensible thing now is a ceasefire. too many children are already dead. a million children and there is no escape, this place is sealed off. israel has closed all borders. we cannot even get relief

to the people inside. i will borders. we cannot even get relief to the people inside.— borders. we cannot even get relief to the people inside. i will come to release in a — to the people inside. i will come to release in a moment, _ to the people inside. i will come to release in a moment, but- to the people inside. i will come to release in a moment, but in - to the people inside. i will come to release in a moment, but in the i to the people inside. i will come to l release in a moment, but in the last few minutes of the un has warned for the potential of thousands more civilians to die as the ground operation continues. —— to relief in a moment. from what you are saying, thatis a moment. from what you are saying, that is your fear too?— that is your fear too? absolutely, thousands more _ that is your fear too? absolutely, thousands more will— that is your fear too? absolutely, thousands more will die. - that is your fear too? absolutely, i thousands more will die. thousands have died. there is no doubt about it. thousands have died, there is no doubt about it. there are many, many hundreds, if not thousands, under the rubble. women, children. it's disproportionate. it's not a rational counterterror campaign. this is smashing a densely populated place with no escape. you cannot leave gaza. the only sensible thing is a ceasefire. and then, let's

discuss counterterrorism measures. there is no sign of a ceasefire. quite the opposite, as the pressure grows for some sort of humanitarian pause. but when you hear the israeli military re—issuing a warning for people to get out of the north, what is your gut instinct when you hear that? ma; is your gut instinct when you hear that? ' , is your gut instinct when you hear that? ~ , , a , is your gut instinct when you hear that? g , a , �* , is your gut instinct when you hear that? g , a , a , that? my gut instinct is it's very wron: to that? my gut instinct is it's very wrong to ask — that? my gut instinct is it's very wrong to ask 1 _ that? my gut instinct is it's very wrong to ask1 million _ that? my gut instinct is it's very wrong to ask1 million people i that? my gut instinct is it's very wrong to ask1 million people to that? my gut instinct is it's very i wrong to ask1 million people to go to where there is no safety, no housing, no accommodation, no sanitation, no water, no relief. and then basically say, we are coming in and we are shooting at anybody. it's your fault if we shoot you. that's the implication of this. it is against humanitarian law of armed conflict. it looks like forcible transfer, which would be a violation

of the basic rules of humanitarian law. the civilians in northern gaza are old, they are women, they are children. often sick and wounded people. inaudible. you have been saying more or less the same thing now for almost three weeks. and it doesn't appear that anyone's listening. ida. weeks. and it doesn't appear that anyone's listening.— anyone's listening. no, but we'll keep doing _ anyone's listening. no, but we'll keep doing it- — anyone's listening. no, but we'll keep doing it- i— anyone's listening. no, but we'll keep doing it. i think— anyone's listening. no, but we'll keep doing it. i think the - anyone's listening. no, but we'll keep doing it. i think the world | keep doing it. i think the world public opinion will be able to impress upon israel, as the stronger party now. of course, also hamas has to release the hostages. they call them prisoners of war. they are civilians that need to be released without conditions. we need also an end to the rockets flying into israel. both sides have to come to their senses. there has to be a ceasefire now. and i hope the us,

the uk, germany, european union, france, let's name them, really, can turn their ally israel... ceasefire, stop this, too many children are dead. ., . ~' stop this, too many children are dead. ., ., ~ ., ., ., dead. you talked about aid at the start, are dead. you talked about aid at the start. are you _ dead. you talked about aid at the start, are you able _ dead. you talked about aid at the start, are you able to _ dead. you talked about aid at the start, are you able to operate - dead. you talked about aid at the start, are you able to operate atl start, are you able to operate at all at the moment, given what we have seen in the last few hours? 0r have seen in the last few hours? or have seen in the last few hours? or have you stopped? is there hope of getting more aid in today? what is the latest in terms of your operations? lip the latest in terms of your operations?— the latest in terms of your oerations? , , , operations? up untilyesterday, we could transfer _ operations? up untilyesterday, we could transfer some _ operations? up untilyesterday, we could transfer some very _ operations? up untilyesterday, we could transfer some very small - could transfer some very small amounts to people. we could operate in a few of the unrwa schools for children and so on. today, all of my colleagues are saving for their lives. at the moment, there is no relief for anybody, only misery, only suffering, only death. star;

only suffering, only death. stay with us. only suffering, only death. stay with us- in _ only suffering, only death. stay with us. in the _ only suffering, only death. stay with us. in the next— only suffering, only death. stay with us. in the next few - only suffering, only death. stay with us. in the next few minutes, i will talk tojeremy with us. in the next few minutes, i will talk to jeremy bowen, with us. in the next few minutes, i will talk tojeremy bowen, our international editor. and to david petraeus for his latest thoughts. now it's time for a look at today's sport. hello from the bbc sport centre. we start at the cricket world cup, where australia held off new zealand in a thrilling group game in dharamsala. the black caps won the toss and put australia into bat first — a century from travis head helped them to 388 all out. despite a century from rachin ravindra and a quickfire 50 from jimmy neesham, new zealand's hopes were ended when neesham was run out in the final over. australia winning by five runs, moving them to fourth in the group stage table. very important to get over the line. i'm not sure what the standings are at the minute, the way it looks. but yeah, rather be on the winning side

than the losing side, especially dropping a couple of games. to get the close one is very important at this stage of the tournament. 0bviously disappointing when it gets obviously disappointing when it gets that close, chasing such a big total. — that close, chasing such a big total. to _ that close, chasing such a big total, to come out a bit short. but that is— total, to come out a bit short. but that is the — total, to come out a bit short. but that is the beauty of cricket, the highs— that is the beauty of cricket, the highs and — that is the beauty of cricket, the highs and lows. it was an exciting game, _ highs and lows. it was an exciting game, it— highs and lows. it was an exciting game, it entertained the fans. we will move — game, it entertained the fans. we will move on and review, but still a lot of— will move on and review, but still a lot of cricket — will move on and review, but still a lot of cricket to play in this world cup _ the netherlands have beaten bangladesh in the other game. by by 87 runs. the netherlands get their second win of the tournament. the rugby world cup concludes later — new zealand and south africa are both aiming to make history by winning the trophy for a record fourth time. south africa are the defending

champions, but new zealand are the top—scoring team at this tournament. if you look at the two teams, all blacks have won the world cup three times. we have won the world cup three times, you know? so this game is actually bigger than just a world cup final. whoever wins, they are probably going to have bragging rights for the next eight years, you know, because the best team in the world, you have won it four times and then for us also who just want to make sure that we keep on making our people at home proud because the vibe and the message that we give at home is very special, so, yeah, a very special moment for everyone involved. chelsea's season just fails to get going — they suffered their fourth defeat in premier league earlier, losing 2—0 at home to brentford. despite dominating possession, chelsea failed to convert their chances, with second—half goals from ethan pinnock and bryan mbuemo securing brentford's third win of the season. it moves them up to tenth in the table, a point and a place above chelsea, as they continue their fine form at stamford bridge, having won all their premier league matches there.

it's a coincidence that we managed to win here three times. but what i would say is it's very interested that we can do that. being brentford. with the players and the budget chelsea have. i would say that first half, chelsea were good. you can see the potential of the squad. that's why i think they have a great future ahead of them. three other games in the premier league today — arsenal are 4—0 up against sheffield united. eddie nketiah with a hat—trick and fabio vieira with the fourth, as they look to close the gap to leaders tottenham. bounemouth 2—1 burnley. and newcastle are away at wolves — kick—off in the next hour. the first el classico of the season is approaching full—time. barcelona against real madrid in la liga.

it's currently 1—1. ilkay gundogan giving the hosts the lead before jude bellingham equalised. in the bundesliga, bayern munich have gone top after thumping darmstadt 8—0, harry kane scoring a hat—trick in that win. and in serie a, juventus could go top of the table with victory over verona, that kicks off later. and that's all the sport for now. before we take a break, coming up in the next few minutes, we will talk to our international editorjeremy bowen on all the latest developments of the last 24 hours. we also have david petraeus waiting to talk to us, a former us general with experience in afghanistan and iraq. those interviews coming up. the pictures from tel aviv now, the hostage families there, hamas's armed wing said they were about to reach agreement over hostages but israel stalled on that. one of the line just breaking.

israel stalled on that. one of the linejust breaking. back israel stalled on that. one of the line just breaking. back with israel stalled on that. one of the linejust breaking. back with more in a moment. hello. if you can see any blue sky overhead right now, do bear in mind it may not last, because rain continues to feature in our forecast for the rest of the weekend. and for some, quite a lot of rain. on our earlier satellite image, you can see clumps of shower clouds circulating around an area of low pressure. and then this stripe of bright white cloud pushing its way in from the south, bringing a band of heavy, thundery rain, squally gusty winds. could be a lot of rain in a short space of time across southern counties of england, up into parts of wales. it will be quite blustery here, particularly through the english channel. also windy up towards the north and the east of scotland. some outbreaks of rain here. quite a few showers across parts of northern ireland. still some spells of sunshine and temperatures, if anything, a touch above the average for the time of year — 11—16 celsius. tonight, this band of heavy rain drives its way northwards, there will be plenty of showers elsewhere. northern ireland looks like turning

quite wet for a time. some clear spells too, it stays quite blustery, in fact the wind really pick up across north—eastern scotland and low pressure remains firmly in charge through tomorrow. showers circulating around below and this weather front becoming very slow—moving across parts of scotland. so through tomorrow, across england and wales, northern ireland too, we will see some sunny spells, quite a few showers, some really heavy, thundery ones again down towards the south—east of england, but for scotland, for eastern parts of scotland particularly, we are expecting heavy and persistent rain. some places could see in excess of 100mm of rain, especially up over higher ground, so that could well give rise to some further flooding. combined with very strong winds, gusting up to 50—60mph, those winds actually could bring big waves and some coastal flooding along that east coast. temperatures again generally between 10—15, maybe up to 16. things turn just a little bit quieter, but it's only a subtle difference,

into the start of the new week. and then later in the week, we're keeping a very close eye on developments. don't take the details too literally at this stage, but we could see a very deep area of low pressure developing. that could bring some stormy conditions in places. but whichever way you slice it, as we move out of october into the start of november, it remains very unsettled.

live from london. this is bbc news. israel says it has "shifted phases in the war." it hit 150 targets in gaza overnight, and released video it says shows its tanks entering the territory. translation: last night, the ground in gaza shook. | we attacked above the ground and below the ground. we attacked terror operatives of all ranks in every location. the un secretary general criticises what he calls the "unprecedented escalation of bombardment in gaza." our correspondent says the attacks left gazans unable to communicate with the outside world. israeli cut all the communication, the internet lines are not functioning and getting information is really hard and difficult. israel's prime minister is meeting the families, of israeli hostages, worried about the intensifying

attacks on gaza. and right now we are striking from the air every single day