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israel's prime minister says the war in gaza will be hard and take time, will be hard and take time, but his priority is to win against hamas. translation: it is our second war of independence- _ translation: it is our second war of independence. we _ translation: it is our second war of independence. we will _ translation: it is our second war of independence. we will fight - translation: it is our second war of independence. we will fight and - translation: it is our second war of independence. we will fight and we i independence. we will fight and we will not surrender. we will not withdraw. meanwhile, hamas's leader in gaza strip offers to release all hostages being held there in return for the release of of all hamas prisoners in israeli jails. here in london, thousandsjoin pro—palestinian demonstrations. similar protests take place around the world, calling for a ceasefire. hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. welcome to the programme.
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israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the war in gaza has entered a second phase, warning it will be long and difficult. speaking at a joint news conference with his defence minister, yoav gallant, and emergency war cabinet member benny gantz, mr netanyahu described the conflict as israel's second war of independence. he declared israel would win the war and make every effort to bring the hostages home. in his first comments since the war began on the seventh of october, hamas's leader in the gaza strip has offered to release all hostages being held in gaza in return for the release of all hamas prisoners in israeli jails. in a statement, yahya sinwar says, "we are ready for an immediate "exchange deal that includes the release "of all prisoners in the prisons of the zionist enemy "in exchange for the release of all "prisoners with the resistance." it comes 2a hours after israel stepped up its bombardment of gaza.
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you can see that in these pictures here. israel said the night—time attacks hit 150 targets and killed some key figures within hamas, which is designated a terror group by the uk, us and many other western nations. this evening, mr netanyahu confirmed israeli troops were inside gaza, in the north and in the south. here's a little more of what he had to say. translation: again, | met - with the hostages' families today. my heart broke. and i reiterated that at every stage up to now... and i promise that we are going to do our utmost to bring them back. if you think that you can accuse our soldiers of war crimes, that is hypocrisy.
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we are the most moral army of the world. we are preventing, as much as possible, any collateral damage. we don't want any innocent bystanders hurt. they are using these heinous crimes against humanity when they use their people as human shields. so many people around the world understand that israel is fighting on behalf of the entire humankind. our allies in the western world and in the arab world. that if we do not win, they will be next on the list of hamas.
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danny danon is a member of israel's knesset who sits on the israeli foreign affairs and defense committee. i got his reaction to hamas calling for a prisoner swap. it is not the first time that hamas is conducting psychological warfare. they are trying to confuse everybody. there were few serious negotiators in the last few days. we are trying to broker a deal between israel and hamas and it didn't go anywhere. they are playing games with the negotiators, and we realised they are not serious about it. i think that now, when we started to apply more pressure against hamas, and we are killing more terrorists, maybe that will create the atmosphere for serious negotiations. we are determined. we are determined to bring all hostages back to israel and to eliminate hamas. they are not going to escape from the atrocity they committed three weeks ago. can i ask you about that?
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we haven't forgotten the massacre. we haven't forgotten the raping. we haven't forgotten the 30 babies that they kidnapped. we will get them. we will kill them. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams, who's injerusalem, gave us his assesment of the israeli leader's news conference. it circled back endlessly, didn't it, to the subject of the hostages. that is what a lot of the questions were about. benjamin netanyahu, in his opening remarks, actually made only a rather brief reference to meeting the hostages' families. he said his heart broke talking to them, and that his military was doing everything in its power to bring them home. he, as you mentioned just now, said there was no contradiction between these two objectives of fighting hamas, trying to destroy hamas, and bringing the hostages home. but he did say immediately after that that bringing the hostages home was, in his words, our second objective.
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the first, obviously being to destroy hamas. his defence minister was also asked about this and he said, and i'm quoting here, "the more we hit out at them, "we know that they will be willing to reach some kind of agreement." so, i think the message there was this relentless pressure on hamas is going to continue, that the israeli government believes that that is the way to bring hamas to some kind of negotiation about the fate of the hostages. not, as some people, including representatives of the families themselves, are arguing not to suspend israel's military operations at the moment and to devote all israel's efforts to securing some kind of hostage release. we know that there are lots of intensive discussions going on, still involving the gulf state of qatar, who would very much like to try to orchestrate a hostage release. it is very hard, i have to say, it is very hard, particularly
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in light of the escalation that began about 2k hours ago to see those efforts bearing fruit. thank you to paul for that. israel's intensified bombing campaign of gaza started overnight and has gone on through the day. it says it's launched an �*expanded' ground operation too. our international editor jeremy bowen, sent this report from sderot in southern israel. heavy artillery is pounding gaza constantly. the israelis say they're making the earth shake. and, as residents of one of gaza city's refugee camps inspected what had happened in the night, that was how it felt. "it's like an earthquake," said al—ahmadi. "no—one's paying us attention. "it's an execution." many palestinians believe israel wants to force them out of gaza,
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and they interpret it as a threat, not a warning, when israel tells them again to move south from places like this. to the residents of northern gaza and gaza city, your window to act is closing. move south for your own safety. move south. this is not a mere precaution. it is an urgent plea for the safety of the civilians in gaza. in sderot, the israeli town closest to gaza, the streets where hamas killed civilians and soldiers three weeks ago today are deserted. the danger didn't stop zelah cohen and her son driving down here to bring a picnic to her daughters who are doing their military service. they sat down in a car park, not far from the border wire. the war, they said, was about survival. hamas had shown it wanted to force them out. you can hear the war. aren't you scared? i'm scared, but my daughter is here, so i go...
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i go where she is. and you bring lunch? yes, to all the soldiers. you know, when you live side by side with people and you come to understand that you cannot trust them... so, what...? what do you do? what is the answer for that? what any other nation would have done? much more than we are doing right now, and i'm assuring you, much more than we will ever do. the new phase of israel's assault started last night with dozens of air strikes. israel believes overwhelming military strength can pacify gaza. but military power alone has never brought lasting quiet, let alone peace, in this conflict�*s long history. israel claimed one of its strikes killed a senior hamas commander. israeli tanks and soldiers moved forward into the north of the gaza strip. gaza's visible from
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a hill in sderot. israel will resist pressure for a ceasefire. and there is another factor. the more palestinians that israel kills, especially civilians, the greater the levels of anger and outrage elsewhere in the middle east among israel's friends as well as its enemies. now, that doesn't guarantee that the war would spread. but it does increase levels of anger and volatility in a part of the world that is already very fragile. israel's ground war has started. containing it here is now the biggest political and diplomatic challenge in the world. jeremy bowen, bbc news, in southern israel. demonstrations have taken place in cities right around the world, calling for a ceasefire and for aid to be allowed into gaza. this was paris earlier, where a demonstration went ahead despite a ban.
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a french court said the march could risk �*disturbing public order�*, given the rise in anti—semitic acts in france since the beginning of the war. this was stockholm, where thousands marched through the swedish capital to show their support for palestinians. and in london, thousands of people marched, urging an end to israel's attacks in gaza. the metropolitan police said large crowds gathered in central london near goldenjubilee bridge, embankment, whitehall, strand, westminster and waterloo bridge. i'm joined now by ambassador husam zomlot, head of the palestinian mission to the uk and strategic affairs advisor to the palestinian president. thank you very much for coming on the programme. thank you very much for coming on the programme-— thank you very much for coming on the programme. thank you for having me aaain. the programme. thank you for having me again- i — the programme. thank you for having me again. i believe _ the programme. thank you for having me again. i believe you _ the programme. thank you for having me again. i believe you are _ the programme. thank you for having me again. i believe you are on - the programme. thank you for having me again. i believe you are on thosel me again. i believe you are on those rotests me again. i believe you are on those protests in — me again. i believe you are on those protests in london. _ me again. i believe you are on those protests in london. what _ me again. i believe you are on those protests in london. what was - me again. i believe you are on those protests in london. what was the i protests in london. what was the message and what we're trying to achieve with that? it message and what we're trying to achieve with that?— achieve with that? it was in the messa . e achieve with that? it was in the message from _ achieve with that? it was in the message from us, _ achieve with that? it was in the message from us, from - achieve with that? it was in the
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message from us, from me, i achieve with that? it was in the message from us, from me, it| achieve with that? it was in the - message from us, from me, it was the message from us, from me, it was the message from us, from me, it was the message from the british people, and this is an opportunity to thank the tens of thousands, the hundreds of thousands who flooded the streets of london, manchester, glasgow, cardiff, everywhere today. this was a scene like never before of the british people who are renowned to side with right, not might, to always side with them and us. that is what the british people are famous for, and today, they have really delivered loud and clear verdict that they are pro, not palestine by the way, pro—international law, pro—humanity, pro—justice, pro—peace. forthat, we salute every one of them who came out, despite the intimidation and attempts to silence them, to say enough is enough, she's fire now and for the application of international law. that is really commendable. i law. that is really commendable. i spoke to a representative spokesperson for the israeli government. —— cease fire now. i put to him these protest taking place around the world and asked if it would factor into any
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decision—making on the israeli side, and he said frankly, no. what decision-making on the israeli side, and he said frankly, no.— and he said frankly, no. what is our and he said frankly, no. what is your reaction — and he said frankly, no. what is your reaction to _ and he said frankly, no. what is your reaction to that? _ and he said frankly, no. what is your reaction to that? it - and he said frankly, no. what is your reaction to that? it is - and he said frankly, no. what is your reaction to that? it is very | your reaction to that? it is very regrettable but he needs to learn the lesson of history. in fact, the anti—apartheid movement that ended apartheid in south africa emanated from london. it was the british people who started it, and that is what you have south africa house in trafalgar square standing there to remind everyone of the role of the people, particularly the british people, particularly the british people, so what happened today, what happened every saturday since the beginning of the assault on gaza is such an indicator that the british people, the people of the world, in europe, in the us, in africa, in asia, everywhere, are going to continue the pressure until israel quits its occupation, its colonisation, its procedure magda linette and its apartheid in palestine.— linette and its apartheid in palestine. ., , ., ., palestine. three has an update from ben'amin palestine. three has an update from benjamin knitting _ palestine. three has an update from benjamin knitting are _ palestine. three has an update from benjamin knitting are to _ palestine. three has an update from benjamin knitting are to netanyahul benjamin knitting are to netanyahu in the last couple of hours. ——
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benjamin netanyahu. what is your reaction to the entering phase two? everyone is hurt and shocked. israeli people, palestinian people, thejewish israeli people, palestinian people, the jewish people israeli people, palestinian people, thejewish people worldwide and people of the world. what we need it now was a statesman, a wise man, a father who comes out and tells everyone that we will deal with this. we will actually see the hard truth. instead, what we got was a politician who was defensive, hysteric, and in fact, trying to save himself, not his own people. it is obvious that that is not the message we needed. it is just of revenge. i think the message we need is that the israeli people need to learn the hard truth that it needs to end its control over an entire nation that doesn't want its control. israel has to end its occupation and this is the moment that we tell the israeli people that the message is not what you want to hear, the message is what you should
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hear, the message is what you should hear, and benjamin netanyahu didn't do that. his message tojewish people all over, you spoke about them although earlier, many thousands of them were jewish people, christians, muslims and dues, and the biggest demonstrations in america are done by thejewish people. what are the fundamental values of the jewish faith? it is this, justice, truth and peace. these are the three words. they needed eight netanyahu, a leader to tell them we are going to stick by our values in the moment, and we, the palestinians needed to hear they're not fighting ourfamilies, they're not fighting ourfamilies, they are not fighting are civilians. was like they were very clear to say they were not fighting civilians, they were not fighting civilians, they are fighting hamas and targeting hamas, they are targeting the terrorist network in there. in the terrorist network in there. in their words. they are targeting the underground tunnels, and he was saying that palestinian lives will be better off, will improve if hamas was gone. i be better off, will improve if hamas was one. ., , i. was gone. i would believe your reporters. _ was gone. i would believe your reporters. the _ was gone. i would believe your reporters, the bbc— was gone. i would believe your reporters, the bbc reporters, l was gone. i would believe your i reporters, the bbc reporters, not netanyahu. targeting ourfamilies,
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netanyahu. targeting our families, neighbourhood, netanyahu. targeting ourfamilies, neighbourhood, killing 8000 a week than 3000 children, is targeting hamas? bombing hospitals is targeting hamas? bobbing churches and mosques is targeting hamas? bombing our rescue teams, medical teams is targeting hamas�*s? now i just heard, before i got into this interview, that they are sending a message to the palestinian people in gaza. how will they receive at? how will they know?— will they know? there have been re eated will they know? there have been repeated messages _ will they know? there have been repeated messages to _ will they know? there have been repeated messages to move - will they know? there have been | repeated messages to move from will they know? there have been - repeated messages to move from the north to the south for days and days. that has been clear. i north to the south for days and days. that has been clear. i making it clear, israel _ days. that has been clear. i making it clear, israel is _ days. that has been clear. i making it clear, israel is not _ days. that has been clear. i making it clear, israel is not fighting - it clear, israel is not fighting hamas, it is biting our people, not only in gaza, but fighting our people as i speak in gaza and the west bank. —— injerusalem and the west bank. —— injerusalem and the west bank. —— injerusalem and the west bank. today, we have seen horrific scenes or programmes, of
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illegal settler ministers, armed by the ministry of defence, to kill palestinian civilians in the west bank. —— in pogroms. and also, is ready civilians are also being targeted and pushed away, so therefore, this is a war against the palestinian people, and this war has been for 75 years, not recently. that is ready minister saying that hamas use civilians as human shields. do they?— shields. do they? killing the victims and _ shields. do they? killing the victims and blaming - shields. do they? killing the victims and blaming the - shields. do they? killing the i victims and blaming the victims for killing themselves like hamas rockets on the hospital. —— the israeli minister. blending the victims were killing themselves, and we know that doesn't work, and the victims are using children for human shields. —— blaming the victims. for the sake of israeli propaganda, let's assume that, let's imagine a psychopath in london takes ten children into a hospital and takes
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them hostage. the british authorities would go and bombard that hospital, seriously? i mean, really? the british army bombarded belfast or dublin? what is this logic that palestinian groups take their own people hostage is? this is racism. this is sickness, and it must end, and it must never be repeated by the international media. thank you for your time. you repeated by the international media. thank you for your time.— thank you for your time. you are very much _ thank you for your time. you are very much welcome. _ thank you for your time. you are very much welcome. i _ thank you for your time. you are very much welcome. i would i thank you for your time. you are very much welcome. i would justj thank you for your time. you are i very much welcome. i would just take very much welcome. i would 'ust take ou back very much welcome. i would 'ust take you back to — very much welcome. i would 'ust take you back to ou— very much welcome. i would 'ust take you back to our live i very much welcome. i would 'ust take you back to our live pictures i very much welcome. i would just take you back to our live pictures we i very much welcome. i would just take you back to our live pictures we are i you back to our live pictures we are to be from guys at this evening. we have been monitoring for the last few hours now the pictures from southern israel over gaza, and you can see the black and you can see the blackness clearly, because of the blackness clearly, because of the hour. it is a couple hours ahead, but also because fuel, electricity, power in such short supply in gaza. —— you can see the blackness. buildings not lit up as they were a few weeks ago, but there
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have been sporadic flashes of orange as we have seen explosions over gaza, over the last couple of hours. we are dipping across those pictures for you. we are dipping across those pictures foryou. —— we are dipping across those pictures for you. —— we are keeping across those pictures. we will take a quick pause in our coverage and have a look at the sports. hello from the bbc sport centre. the rugby world cup final is under way in paris, with the defending champions south africa leading new zealand 12—6. it didn't start well for the all blacks, who had a player sin—binned in the opening minutes. the springboks didn't take advantage with any tries in the first half but handre pollard kicked four penalities for them. and new zealand finished with ia men after captain sam kane was shown a red card. so it's going to be tough for them to pull this back in the second half. springbok captain siya kolisi is also in the sin bin after picking up a yellow after the restart. anything could happen. there are 51
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minutes on the clock and 12 points to six. 0nto football and the first el classico of the season went the way of real madrid, who came from a goal down to beat rivals barcelona, thanks to england'sjude bellingham, who scored twice, his second — in injury time. bellingham now has 13 goals in 13 games. the result means real are now top of la liga, four points ahead of barca. elsewhere, harry kane scored a hat—trick, including an incredible goal from his own half to help bayern munich thrash darmstadt and go top of the german bundesliga. juventus are also hoping to go top of the table tonight, they're playing verona in turin. it's currently 0—0. in the premier league, wolves twice came from behind to draw 2—2 at home to newcastle. in an entertaining game at molyneux, callum wilson scored both times for newcastle in the first half, but each goal was cancelled out by a determined wolves side who's unbeaten run is now five matches. if i'm honest, i thought we were the better side. i thought in the second half,
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we were on top of them, looked threatening. 0ur point�*s a good result against newcastle, but the way the game went, and their goals, and the energy and the positivity we had, it feels like it could maybe have been three. in the other games, arsenal are up to second after thrashing of bottom side sheffield united 5—0. eddie nketitah scoring a hat—trick. bournemouth had their first win of the season, beating fellow strugglers burnley. and chelsea lost at home to brentford. it's the manchester derby tomorrow with city and united both coming off the back of midweek wins in europe. united manager erik ten hag is now well—used to the fixture and is in no doubt as to the magnitude of the occasion. it is a match above all the other derbies, it is so huge. it is manchester, internal,
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but i think it is also about raw football and all the eyes will be on this game, global—wide. 0nto a cracking game at the cricket world cup where australia and new zealand went the distance in dharamsala. australia were put into bat first and excelled, with a century from travis head as they made 388 all out. a big total to chase but new zealand had a good go, with a century from rachin ravindra and a quickfire 50 from jimmy neesham leaving them needing 12 off the final five balls. in the end, neesham was run out five runs short of the target and australia had their victory. both sides are well placed to reach the semi—finals. very important to get over the line. we are not really sure, i am not sure, where the standing sits at the moment. but i'd rather be on the winning side than the losing side. especially with dropping a couple of
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games at the start will be needed to make a win, and it's very important at this stage of the tournament. and in the other game of the day, the netherlands beat bangladesh in kolkata, their second victory of the tournament. after posting a target of 230, they bowled bangladesh out for 142 to win by 87 runs. wiht a game to spare, beating them 14—1; in a feisty second match in huddersfield, to win the series 2—0. england said they were inspired after tonga had made complaints about the pitch and officiating. it is still 12 points to six in the rugby world cup final. that is all the sports were now. elsewhere, former us vice president, mike pence, has withdrawn from the 2024 presidential race. 0ur north america correspondent, david willis, gave me more details. he made this announcement, lewis, half way through a speech to donors in las vegas, and by all accounts, it took a lot of people, including the event's planners themselves, by surprise. members of mike pence's team were even caught unawares
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by this announcement. but mike pence making the declaration that, as he put it, now is not his time, and since he entered the presidential race back injune, he has been struggling to attract the sort of support, particularly the financial support that he needs, and that one needs in a presidential race here in the united states. it is just a couple of weeks away before the next republican presidential debate, and mike pence, by all accounts, had been struggling to get the financial support he needed to qualify for that. so in many ways, despite the incredible name recognition that he enjoyed going into this race, it is perhaps, lewis, little surprise to hear that mike pence has now dropped out of that very crowded field. and david, where does this leave the race then? well, it leaves mike pence's
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former boss donald trump with a considerable lead over rivals such as ron desantis, the florida governor, nikki haley, the former us ambassador to the united nations. it's such a great lead, in fact, despite all donald trump's legal problems, that he has been refusing to take part in the republican presidential debates, claiming that really there is nothing to gain by doing so. thank you to david chatting to be a bit earlier. ijust thank you to david chatting to be a bit earlier. i just want to take you back to those live pictures we are monitoring. the shots of the guys are. we have been hearing and seeing bombardments continuing this evening, as the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, describes this as phase two of the war. intensification of air strikes last night, and the expanded ground
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operation. i am a lewis vaughan jones. this is bbc news. hello. it's been another day of big storm clouds giving some really heavy downpours across many parts of the uk. this was the scene in dorset for one of our weather watchers, thanks to this stripe of cloud here, this band of really heavy rain pushing its way northwards. you can see some shower clouds elsewhere, all circulating around the centre of an area of low pressure anchored to the west of our shores. so as we head through the night, we will see showers or longer spells of rain drifting across many parts of the country, some clear spells in between, staying blustery in the south and the winds actually picking up even further in the north east of scotland. temperature wise, generally, 7—10 degrees, so low pressure still with us for sunday. around that low, we will see plenty of showers and this band of persistent rain, this weather front,
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which is going to become slow moving across some eastern parts of scotland. so really wet here to start the day. heavy rain, too, for northern ireland and northern england, that tending to clear to sunshine and showers. wales, the midlands, east anglia and the south of england, sunshine and showers, some really heavy thundery ones again in the southeast corner. but it's this persistent rain across eastern scotland that could bring further flooding. we may see 100 millimetres over higher ground falling on already sodden ground and these very strong northeasterly winds bringing big waves crashing into the coastline. coastal flooding continues to be a risk. also quite windy, quite blustery down towards the south of england and the channel islands. and temperatures north to south, generally between eight and 15 degrees. now, as we head into monday, the winds will tend to ease a little bit. still some showers around, though, particularly around western parts. and more persistent rain could push back into the south east of england. and we keep some rain going in the north east of scotland. those temperatures again in that range between eight and 15 degrees. now, the weather turns a little bit quieter into tuesday. we could see some mist and fog patches developing this brief gap between the weather systems. but later in the week, particularly as we move
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from wednesday into thursday, we could see a really deep area of low pressure developing the potential for some stormy weather. we'll keep a close eye on that and we will keep you up to date. in the shorter term, don't forget tonight, the clocks go back an hour. that's all from me. bye for now.
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this is bbc news. the headlines: israel says it's now in the second phase of the war. prime minister benjamin netanyahu warns the battle will be long and difficult. translation: it is our second war of independence. - we will fight and we will not surrender, we will not withdraw. the un secretary—general criticises what he calls the �*unprecedented escalation of bombardment in gaza�*. 0ur correspondent says a hospital was hit — in the most intense attack yet. a week ago, the hospital was out of service because of no fuel, and it was evacuated. but today, the main building of the hospital was destroyed. now on bbc news, global news podcast — the conflict special.

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