live from washington, this is bbc news. israel presses forward with its ground operations in gaza admitted community blackout there. thousands of pro—palestinian protesters march through london in cities across europe. plus the death toll of trustor motives plans to 33 as mexico cleans up in searches for those remain missing. we start with the latest in israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the ground operation in gossett centre the second of israel troops north and south in the morning, the war with hamas will be long and

difficult in speaking to joint news conference emergency war cabinet members, benjamin that now describes it as israel's second war for independence and they said that israel would win they said that israel would win the war and bring every effort to bring the hostages home and israel said it's to bring the hostages home and israel said its latest night—time attacks hit one edge of 50 targets and killed some key figures within hamas which is designated as a tour group by the us and many other western nations. it first comments since the war began, hamas in the gaza strip is offered to release the hostages being held in gaza in return for the freeing of all hamas prisoners and israeli jails in the statement they say that we are ready for immediate exchange including the release of all prisoners and the zionist enemy in exchange for the released prisoners of the

resistance. a member of israel foreign affairs and defence committee and he shared with the bbc is reaction to hamas calling for a prisoner swap. not the first time hamas is conducted psychological warfare and trying to confuse everybody. and we are trying to broker a deal between hamas and did not go anywhere. playing games as negotiators realised they were not serious about it and now, we started to apply more pressure against hamas and maybe that will create the atmosphere for a serious negotiation and we are determined to bring her hostages back to israel and to eliminate hamas. they're not going to escape.

jimmy bowen reports 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, and they interpret it as a threat, not a warning, when israel's army tells them again to move south, from places like this. as for the israeli people, pension prime minister as for the israeli people, prime minister benjamin netanyahu issued a solemn warning. translation: the war inside the gaza strip i will be difficult and long. and we are prepared for it.

this is our second war of independence. we will fight for the defence of the homeland. 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 zila 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... 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 a hill in sderot. israel will resist pressure for a ceasefire. and there's 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. i spoke to him a little earlier. a key address today from israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu saying this is the second phase of the war and what is that face look like with zero purity know what it looks like and israeli forces have been in the gaza strip and

some numbers and with armoured support and conducting operations in support and conducting operations— support and conducting o--eration . . ., operations in certain areas in the northern _ operations in certain areas in the northern part _ operations in certain areas in the northern part of - operations in certain areas in the northern part of the - operations in certain areas in the northern part of the gaza strip and distribute saying that they have killed more hamas commanders and are looking to establish a foothold in the northern gaza strip for which they are likely to expand their operations and perhaps they can see some dd style invasions and is likely to see more of these operations and were bigger in scope and longer in duration and i think that is the way this is evolving. reporting that the leader of hamas in the gaza strip will be releasing israeli hostages and amongst prisoners and what more can you tell us about that?

public statement and the head of hamas in gaza since this crisis began three weeks ago and he chose this moment to make that offer and shortly before that, after the press conference, the prime minister was asked would you be willing to release palestinian prisoners for the hostages and he did not rule it out. he said would be unwise to talk about publicly and we have no way of knowing at the moment with a such a deal is on the cards and there is a former israeli officials saying that it would be a good thing to do and be a goodidea be a good thing to do and be a good idea to release hundreds, president thousands of palestinian prisoners in return for the hostages and in the region, places like qatar were trying very hard to engineer a thing but we cannot see sign

any of it unfolding at the moment? 0h any of it unfolding at the moment? 0 _, ., , ., moment? 0h communications are done at the _ moment? 0h communications are done at the moment _ moment? 0h communications are done at the moment but - moment? 0h communications are done at the moment but we - moment? 0h communications are done at the moment but we are l done at the moment but we are receiving some voice messages from people inside the strip and what have they been telling you? and what have they been telling ou? , ., ., you? their reporting an incredibly _ you? their reporting an incredibly chaotic - you? their reporting an i incredibly chaotic situation and the messages that we are getting fragmented and voice recordings and you can hear the sounds of explosions in the background and families desperately trying to locate missing family members and ambulances the rest explosions and not know where they're going and they're expecting when they get there in life is incredibly difficult for the aid agencies that are on the ground in the un told us that we have about ten satellite phones and the key members are trained to co—ordinate their activities at a time for the un are looking after the interests

of 600,000 people sheltering their facilities, of 600,000 people sheltering theirfacilities, it's an their facilities, it's an incredibly theirfacilities, it's an incredibly difficult situation understand gunfire and utterly unsustainable unless more aid kits and at the list of some kind of paused to allow that a ticket where it is needed. paul adams, thank _ ticket where it is needed. paul adams, thank you _ ticket where it is needed. paul adams, thank you for - ticket where it is needed. paul adams, thank you for the reporting. communication with people inside gaza remains difficult with phone and internet connections down in a correspondent finally able to get through to us and you can see the dark gaza sky there is electricity there is cut and let us hear from electricity there is cut and let us hearfrom her correspondent.

let us hearfrom our correspondent. you know, communication is very, very difficult in gaza since 2a hours, as israel cut all of the communication. mobile carriers, the two main mobile carriers are not functioning. the internet lines are not functioning everywhere. and getting information is really hard and difficult. very few people who are still having international sim cards, and they can do roaming using israeli mobile services, people who are close to the border, they still can communicate. and, between time to time, they post on social media. also, some of the local radio stations are still functioning. and 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 that it was like an earthquake. we understand that the indonesia 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 we understand that the indonesia hospital was struck with an air strike yesterday. no fuel and it was evacuated. but today the main building of the hospital was destroyed. also around shifa hospital in gaza city, there was a lot of air strikes, 10—15 air

strikes, according to people around shifa 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 or injured. but, 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 others are missing under the collapsed building in the north. joined in the studio throughout barbara and senior fellow long—time pentagon correspondent for cnn and great—nephew you with us and seeing the report in southern gaza, describing that very

difficult humanitarian situation i just difficult humanitarian situation ijust wonder difficult humanitarian situation i just wonder what you make of the calls for civilians to move from northern gaza where rushdie is right now. it didn't seem to break this situation.— this situation. and everyone acknowledges _ this situation. and everyone acknowledges that - this situation. and everyone acknowledges that is, - this situation. and everyone acknowledges that is, how l this situation. and everyone l acknowledges that is, how are the people on the street and his family supposed to learn any updated information about what is the best and suggested thing they do and make their decisions about where they want to try and go whether they want to try and go whether they want to try and stay, they do not have information or communication, whether this posted to do? there's no answer to this, really and i think it's the eight agencies which need to know they have a good idea in most cases and where the population is in the people

who need help they need a very, precise intelligence on the ground behind all of the spartans of rubble, where the people and where the insured that no one is finding get and how do you get to them and how do you get food and water and how do you get the people to be aid stations and this is a very difficult situation.— difficult situation. one piece of news that _ difficult situation. one piece of news that we _ difficult situation. one piece of news that we got - difficult situation. one piece of news that we got coming | difficult situation. one piece i of news that we got coming out of news that we got coming out of gaza today and the gaza strip saying the group would free all hostages in return for hamas prisoners and israeli prisons, what do you read into that and with the maker that? benjamin netanyahu would have to make the decision as to whether not he would want to do that and dismantle hamas and then add all of these released prisoners back into the mix, that seems a little problematic. at the complication is getting these

hostages out, the israelis, the foreign nationals, the women, children, the elderly, all the men and this is a world priority now. so, it is like most hostage situations. what is the price a government is willing to pay to get people back. that is really the calculation.— back. that is really the calculation. ~ ., ., calculation. we heard from prime minister _ calculation. we heard from prime minister benjamin . prime minister benjamin netanyahu, ground operation second, getting those hostages out which would be difficult for those families to hear and with regards to that offer from hamas for the tells us anything about the role and all of this because qatar had been the middleman in speaking with hamas refer different things about how those conversations up about how those conversations up and progressing and what is your assessment?— up and progressing and what is your assessment? there'd been a bit of chatter _

your assessment? there'd been a bit of chatter that _ your assessment? there'd been a bit of chatter that the _ your assessment? there'd been a bit of chatter that the qatar i bit of chatter that the qatar people were having some success in moving forward with some kind of agreement remotely possible and issues and may be, there was room for discussion. but moving in on the ground, and the campaign but there are now engaged in, i think it's going to see an immediate way had on that it still strikes me in the hostage release, we have 2029 multiple locations or its amounts, are you going to believe that they're going to release everybody all at once? senior fellow long—time seniorfellow long—time pentagon correspondent throughout the evening and for now, thank you so much and we've been discussing israel saying that 2029 hostages are

still being held by hamas inside of gaza and lucy williams reports on new concerns about their safety and it is real�*s leaders operations. —— israel's. there are those in israel watching the bombing of a people and seeing only one single face — their child, parent, spouse, sibling. in tel aviv, they've laid a place for each of them at a shabbat table. more than 200 hostages, held by hamas in gaza. theirfamilies today demanded to speak to israel's prime minister about his escalation of the war. jonathan was one of the hostages taken from the nova festival site. what would you say to prime minister netanyahu, if he comes here today? you've asked him to come here. what happens? we want him to come here, to look into my eyes and tell me, "you should trust me." to tell me, "listen, the kidnap

is in first priority." after that, he will get all the support of all the country to kill all the hamas. but now, first of all, our kidnapped. meeting representatives of the families tonight, mr netanyahu suggested the heavy bombing could help bring the hostages home. the families said they would consider releasing all israel's palestinian prisoners is a price worth paying to get their relatives back. 2a hours ago, hope was beginning to sprout here. four hostages have been released, negotiations were ongoing and there was talk of a deal to release many more. now, 2a hours later, the mood here is different. a member of the kibbutz, one of the founders... one of the freed hostages told

leo perry that she had seen his father, heim, alive and well in gaza. the first news of him, since he was taken captive from kibbutz nahal 0z. now, it puts me in a very delicate spot, because now i have something to lose. and that's the worst thing, because i know that hamas didn't kill my father yet, 0k? and i know that now the ball is in israel's court now. sirens. as benjamin netanyahu met families this evening, sirens cleared the memorial site. more rockets, sent from gaza, intercepted in the skies above tel aviv. israel says destroying hamas is about protecting its people. "protecting which people? " families here ask. bring their relatives home, they say. everything else can wait. lucy williamson, bbc news, tel aviv.

going for a cease—fire and take a look at paris now where pro—palestinian demonstrations went ahead despite a been there because of french courts that the march could reach could risk destroying public order. pictures from stockholm where thousands marched through the swedish capital and show their support for palestinians in london as well. thousands of people marching and calling for an end to israel's attacks in gaza and more from tom simons in london. stop bombing gaza!

a protest, the organisers said, of more than 300,000 people. at one point, it stretched a mile and a half through the streets of london. there have been many personal responses to this month's horrifying events in israel and gaza. here today, there was one central demand. what do we want? ceasefire! when do we want it? now! you know, when you kill- an innocent person with a bomb, ora gun, ora knife, it doesn't matter. who's doing it. it's the same terrorism. in the last week, the metropolitan police has been put under pressure by the home secretary, suella braverman, to take a tough line on any protesters who might say — or in the case of banners, write — anything which breaches terrorism laws. as far as we can tell, protesters have generally not done that today, and the policing has been light. 0rdinary people, from towns and cities across the uk, have had to prove that they are not here supporting terrorism, that they are here supporting human rights. but they are coming, despite that pressure, despite the outrageous statements from our government, they are coming in their hundreds of thousands and they are raising the flag

of palestine high and proudly. we want boycotts! there were shouts of, "from the river to the sea, palestine will be free," regarded byjewish groups and israel as a threat to its existence, and by the home secretary, suella braverman, as anti—semitic. supporters of palestine say it is a call for freedom from repression, and not a threat. no action was taken today by police, who were mainly holding back in side streets. the met said there had been two arrests, linked to an assault on a police officer, and racist remarks. here in cardiff and in glasgow, belfast and other cities. 0rganisers of the main demonstration say there are more to come. tom symonds, bbc news, central london. white neck developing political news here in the united states in 2024 republican candidate, the former vice president mike pence is withdrawing from the race. he announced this in las vegas saying he had no regrets.

your with everything in our country is facing, ijust could not sit this one out. but the bible tells us that there is a time for every purpose under heaven. travelling across the country, it is been clear to me that this is not my time. donald trump continues to dominate the race in the campaign in a struggle to find enough money to gain support in the polls and finally before we 90, the polls and finally before we go, story we are closely in the americas, thousands of members and mexico's armed forces are joining the clean—up and recovery efforts due to hurricane 0tis which at the town earlier this week as a category five storm.

the devastation is clear to see. acapulco has never recorded a category five hurricane, and this one has wreaked havoc along the coastline. the world meteorological organization has described the storm as one of the most rapidly intensifying tropical cyclones on record. only one other, patricia, in 2015 has exceeded it. the speed at which 0tis intensified took the government and weather forecasters by surprise. there was precious little time to issue warnings and prepare residents and tourists for its arrival. it's like a movie. it's like the apocalypse. it really is like the apocalypse. but i hope, i hope acapulco can recover as quickly as possible because it seems it seems like it seems like 90% of the buildings are being been damaged. there are reports supermarkets have been looted. the authorities say a security

force of 17,000 personnel has been deployed across the area to maintain order. furthermore, the mexican army and navy have established an air bridge, says the government, to accelerate the distribution of humanitarian aid. acapulco is home to 800,000 people. 200,000 homes have been damaged. many are destroyed. initial estimates suggest the cost may run to $15 billion. those repairs will have to wait. we are asking for food and water. we have no electricity. the electricity poles are down. we need food. that's what we are basically asking for. many locals are also struggling to communicate with friends and family, with cell networks out of action. but the immediate concern is to eat and drink. with supply chains under pressure, thousands of liters of water and food supplies are being distributed. it's a monumental challenge. david waddell,

bbc news political. you're watching bbc news. stay with us if you can. hello there. it's been a very wet night across parts of england and wales with heavy thundery rain spreading its way northwards. that rain becoming confined to the far north of england and scotland throughout sunday. elsewhere will see sunshine and showers and winds for many will be blustery, especially eastern scotland. so here it is, this troublesome area of low pressure which has brought the showers and longer spells of rain weather front. that heavy thundery rain across southern areas lying across scotland will see some heavy rain across the far north of england, south east scotland through sunday morning. some torrential downpours here could see some localised flooding, strong, gusty east northeasterly winds with huge waves crashing up onto north sea coast. there could see some coastal inundation as well. the rain clears away from northern ireland. scattered showers and bright spells here. england and wales, a blustery day to come with sunny spells, scattered showers, most of these showers across southern and western areas. those temperatures range from around ten to 14 or 15 degrees across the country from north to south sunday evening at overnight, it stays wet again across large

parts of scotland, particularly eastern scotland. with those strong and gusty winds continue, you could see further flooding issues there. northern ireland, the far south of scotland, england and wales will see a clearer night and lengthy clear spells, in fact, variable cloud, a few showers, particularly across southern and western coast, and temperatures generally seven to ten celsius. so monday, we start the new week off on an unsettled note. again, heavy system rain northern and eastern scotland with strong, gusty winds. southern scotland, northern ireland, england, wales, actually a better day, i think more sunshine around, but there will be further showers. southern and western areas. again, the odd heavy and thundery one in temperatures ten to 15 degrees now for under pressure charts on through the new week we see a brief spell of fine weather for tuesday and then an area of low pressure bring wet, windy weather on wednesday. and there's a potential of a very deep area of low pressure hurtling in thursday, which could bring some disruption chance of some gales or severe gales. so stay tuned. tuesday at this point doesn't look too bad. there will be further showers around, especially across southern and western areas, maybe some more

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this is bbc news, we will have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. the deadliest assault in israel's history. shouting and gunfire so many people are dead and are kidnapped and are hurt that i think israel will never be the same. loud explosion and the brutal response to hamas and its murderous attack. explosion israel is stunned by its security failure.

this was a mass attack, well—planned, well—equipped. and we failed. we failed to protect our people. siren in gaza, a growing humanitarian crisis. we are talking about a very disaster situation. if the fuel is out, the hospital will turn to mortuary. loud explosions. the loss of life is fuelling anger on both sides. this attack on the 7th of october is a proper before—and—after moment. it opens a new chapter in the palestinian—israeli conflict. with israel on the verge of a ground invasion of gaza, could this crisis engulf the whole middle east? explosion. you could hear, tack—tack—tack—tack.

pack—a—packa, tack—tack—tack. thinking, ok, that's unusual. and i could hear it getting closer. just after sunrise on october 7th, hamas gunmen entered be'eri kibbutz in southern israel. he whistles quietly thomas hand had just woken up. so i thought, ok, i'll go in to my bomb shelter and actually close the door. on our telephone, we've got loads of messages back and forward from the kibbutz, from members saying, "they're in my house. "send the army. where's the army?" a few kilometres away, in another kibbutz, kfar aza,

shaylee atary was at home with her husband yahav and baby daughter shayha. there was bombing in really early, early morning. and yahav told me, "honey, relax. 0k, keep calm." and i said, "honey, i think i'm going to "die. and he said, "we're not going to be killed today." men shouting yahav tried to stop the attackers getting into their home. while shaylee made a run for it. iran through the house with no shoes, no phone, nothing, with the child on my hands. and i thought they were on the front house. so i thought we will be...shot. so i, i tried to run very fast. yoni asher was at home near tel aviv when the attack started. early that morning, he got a call from his wife, doron. she told me that there are alarms and they are also hearing explosive, and they went into the safe room.

they heard the gunshots from outside. his wife and daughters, raz and aviv, were i70km away in another kibbutz, called nir oz, celebrating a jewish festival with family. and the conversation got disconnected and... ..later on, i tried to, i tried to reach her and her mother and couldn't get them. this is the home of yoni's mother—in—law, where his wife and children were staying. there's a real sense of, smell of death here, and there's a huge amount of blood still on the floor,

children's shoes. it's smashed up. it looks like a big struggle went on here. a lot of broken glass. some were burned and some after the terrorists left, they ran away. you can... i won't describe it because it's too... too painful. yeah. how many people do you think died here? i think around 90 people. hamas launched simultaneous attacks on more than 20 israeli communities that day. this was a mass attack, well—planned, well—equipped. you can definitely see that they invested a lot of money, and in training. and we failed. we failed...to protect our people. the hamas gunmen came from gaza.

first elected in 2006, hamas then seized power in a bloody battle with palestinian rivals. rocket attacks and raids on israel led the uk government to declare them a terrorist group. the military wing of hamas believes in armed resistance as the way to liberation and that it's the only way. with the aim in mind, or at least the ambition that all of historic palestine will be restored and liberated. when israel was created after the second world war, hundreds of thousands of palestinians fled or were forced from their homes. many went to gaza. the borders are under israeli control and it's considered occupied territory by the united nations. israel imposed siege on gaza for the last 16 years, depriving people from regular electricity, from

regular clean water. israel conducted five wars on them, during which time much of the infrastructure have been destroyed. hamas has on numerous occasions attacked the state of israel with rocket attacks, with missile strikes. but it has never achieved, what it has never done, is an attack on the scale that we saw on the 7th of october. israel is at war. it was forced upon us in the most brutal and savage way. but though israel didn't start this war, israel will finish it. israel launched operation swords of iron. loud explosion said were hamas targets. in one of the world's most densely populated areas, civilians also felt the full force of the bombing.

israel is not conducting a war on hamas. israel is conducting a war on the palestinian people, on the 2.3 million people who are stuck there in gaza. as the first bombs were dropping on gaza, thomas was still trapped in his home. did you wonder yourself, where was the army? oh, god, yeah. yeah, every hour, every, every minute. normally, we have a really quick response to these things. they were nowhere, they were absolutely nowhere. thomas's eight—year—old daughter emily was at a sleepover with friends nearby. but hamas gunmen were roaming from house to house and he couldn't get to her. and then i stopped thinking about time. actually, time it becomes irrelevant.

you're tense... ..you're scared, you're shaking sometimes, stiff with fear the other times. hours after the attack began, yoni still couldn't get hold of his wife. he turned on location tracking for her phone. we tracked it. it appears to had a route from the community near oz, to khan yunis, which is inside gaza — it's a few, several kilometres, and that's what the location showed us. chanting and shouting. israel says hamas took 222 hostages into gaza. that afternoon, yoni saw a video posted online. i saw my wife. some of the hamas men puts a cover on her head and as the camera moved to the right i saw

my older girl raz, i identified her for sure. purple dress, long golden hair. men shout afterfleeing her home, shaylee and her baby found refuge with a neighbour. when the army eventually regained control, there was no news of her husband, yahav. they didn't find his body. and i hope that he's kidnapped like a lot of our families with children that are over there because it's the best option. like, why didn't i told him, "you fool, come with me. "don't be a hero now." i should... this is what i thought after. like, why didn't i fight with him and tell him, "let's leave them alone. let's run away."

after 12 hours, thomas was finally rescued. two days later, he discovered what hamas had done to his daughter. someone from the kibbutz rang me up and said, "i need to talk to you." i thought, "here we go." "here we go." and i was relieved. the weirdest thing fora parent... ..to hearthat their child is dead... ..and you're relieved. i just... i knew she wasn't in gaza. i knew she wasn't terrified out of her life. going to be... ..in any more pain or stress. it was just all over for her.

more than 100 bodies were discovered in be'eri. and looking at this scale of destruction, it's, it's not hard to see why. hamas burnt, mutilated and murdered in a coordinated and targeted attack that day. i spoke to a hamas representative, osama hamdan, who's based in lebanon. hamas killed many israeli civilians, including women and children, in the most brutal way. how can this ever be justified? well, how do you justify the killing of palestinians in gaza? but before that, before that... women and children. how do you justify killing the palestinians for the last 75 years? but the fact is that we've seen the pictures. i've been to the places. many israeli civilians were killed in the most brutal manner by hamas.

you can't deny that. excuse itie, excuse itie. i don't, i don't buy that from you. i don't buy that from the israeli side. six days after the hamas attack, israel dropped leaflets on northern gaza, telling palestinians to move south. hamas told them to stay put. israel's completely sealed its borders with gaza. it's impossible for me to go. so palestinians are filming what's happening there, for us. incoming missile roars explosion. attacks over and over again and again. explosion. it's very close from us.

child: papa. roshdi al—sarraj lives with his wife, shorouq... baba. ..and baby daughter dania in gaza city. explosion. his father's the mayor and roshdi is a documentary film—maker. they just attack again i and again, over and over. huge air strike around the lower area now. . they hope it will be safe. he's decided to stay and record his personal experience. there's just been an air strike metres from his home. chaotic shouting.

children are among the casualties. there's a number of victims. injured and killed people. another victim alive. an old woman. i don't know if she will live. shouting. a lot of people inside... ..are alive, still alive. man wails. roshdi doesn't know how many of his neighbours were killed. israel says in the first six days of the conflict, it's dropped 6,000 bombs on gaza. we are going to attack hamas. hamas's infrastructure is embedded in the north. their... their arms depots, their underground tunnel networks, their communications, their command and control. we don't want to see civilian casualties and we don't target civilians. we target hamas's

military machine. but if you want me to tell panorama that there won't be civilian casualties in war, that's irrational. that's impossible. it's very serious. it's absolutely serious. the situation in gaza is absolutely serious. they're striking back at palestinian population, not at hamas only. and that's not the way you do things. not every palestinian in gaza is hamas or supporting hamas. siren. this is al—shifa hospital in gaza city. in the grounds, a makeshift camp for people whose homes have been destroyed.

in the grounds, a makeshift camp for people whose homes have been destroyed. radwan mekdad is here with his extended family. his mother's 90 years old. yoni is still waiting for news of his wife and daughters being held in gaza.

how are you doing? i'm going to the fight of my life. and i will not give up on my baby girls. i will not leave them. he's doing a series of media interviews, hoping for his family's release. the only feeling that i don't have in my heart is hate. even for hamas? i don't... i can't hate anyone right now. i can't explain to you why. i can't feel hate in my heart right now. children are children. children are innocents. no child deserve... ..any harm.

the failure to prevent the hamas attack has shocked and angered israelis. this was organised, obviously, months... ..in the planning. we've invested millions in the security framework there in the south and we've said, "no, they can't cross the border," and they did. hamas destroyed surveillance posts and overran army positions. around 300 israeli soldiers have been killed. gunfire. i think across our national security establishment, there was a feeling that we had successfully deterred hamas and that hamas was becoming

a more rational actor. it's clear that it was an intelligence failure. that's a fact. they took us by surprise. sameh murad's a cameraman living and working in gaza city. sameh�*sjust said goodbye to his wife dinah, daughters miyar and mirna, and his brother. they're on a truck heading south when sameh gets news of an explosion.

sameh believes the truck was hit by an israeli missile. israel says it hasn't attacked civilian convoys. sameh was still filming at the al—shifa hospital as casualties from the truck blast came in. dinah was taken to intensive care, but doctors couldn't save her. these are the last messages she sent to her husband.

then another ambulance arrives. sameh�*s daughters are alive. another hospital, this one in the south. israel told palestinians it would be safer here. when israel completely sealed the border, medical supplies, water and fuel weren't allowed in. israel says the blockade won't be lifted until hamas frees the hostages.

in the last few days, a small amount of humanitarian aid has been allowed in — 34 trucks so far. the un says gaza needs hundreds more. there have been protests against the air strikes in the west bank and east jerusalem, israel's palestinian neighbours, and more widely across the region. this attack is a proper sort of before—and—after moment. it opens a new chapter in the palestinian—israeli

conflict, and it could well open a new chapter in the middle east and middle east geopolitics in general too. there are concerns about what iran might do. it's long supported hamas. iran has assumed the mantle of being the leader of regional resistance against the state of israel. the regime in iran has made this opposition to israel a cornerstone of its ideology. 0n israel's northern border, iran also supports hezbollah in lebanon. hezbollah is well—armed and has also been designated a terrorist group by the uk government. since the hamas attack, there have been daily exchanges of fire between israel and hezbollah, fuelling fears

of a wider conflict. we're watching closely. they could escalate. the iranians might be interested in encouraging them to do so. we don't want it, but we're prepared. our troops are there and we will hit back, and hit back hard. israel says more than 1,400 people were killed in the hamas attacks. health officials in gaza say more than 5,000 palestinians have been killed. around 200 hostages remain captive in gaza. yoni is still waiting for news of his family. for thomas, there's guilt about not being able to protect his daughter, emily. should i have realised earlier? i couldn't have realised earlier. i knew something

was unusual, but... ..i missed my window of opportunity... ..to go and get her. and i'll regret that for the rest of my life. woman sings. shaylee's burying her husband yahav. she found out, four days after the attacks, he'd been killed by hamas. she sobs. i think israel will neverforget this. i feel so many people are dead and are kidnapped and are hurt that i think israel will never

be the same. israel's intensifying its air strikes in its mission to destroy hamas. in gaza city, it's becoming even more dangerous. give me hug! roshdi recorded this video last wednesday. baba? clatter burst of gunfire. hey, baba. baba. nearby explosion nearby

explosion loud explosion frantic chatter baby cries. yesterday, there was another air strike close by. roshdi's wife and daughter survived. roshdi al—sarraj was killed. tens of thousands of israeli troops are massed on gaza's border. this is one of the most dangerous moments in this decades—old conflict. what happens next will affect the lives of millions.

white megalith from washington, this is bbc news. israel presses forward with its ground operation in gaza making communications and palestinian protesters march through london in cities across europe and mexico, 39 people are now confirmed dead as hurricane otis leaves behind a trail of destruction. israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the ground operation in gazais says the ground operation in gaza is into the second phase warning that the war with hamas will be long and difficult. in a joint news conference this defence minister on emergency work cabinet minister, benjamin netanyahu described the

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