live from washington, this is bbc news. israel's bombardment of norther gaza continues with staff at a key hospital warning it is impossible to evacuate patients. {iii it is impossible to evacuate patients-— patients. of course we are worried these _ patients. of course we are worried these rockets - patients. of course we are worried these rockets will| worried these rockets will destroy the hospital and will kill, with 14,000 destroy the hospital and will kill, with 1a,000 people inside the hospital, it's going to be a massacre.— the hospital, it's going to be a massacre. ten trucks of aid are allowed _ a massacre. ten trucks of aid are allowed into _ a massacre. ten trucks of aid are allowed into gaza - a massacre. ten trucks of aid are allowed into gaza but - a massacre. ten trucks of aid l are allowed into gaza but egypt says hundreds more are being held back. says hundreds more are being held back-— held back. i'm sorry, we don't have your _ held back. i'm sorry, we don't have your sheep. _ held back. i'm sorry, we don't have your sheep. the - held back. i'm sorry, we don't have your sheep. the world i have your sheep. the world remembers _ have your sheep. the world remembers the _ have your sheep. the world remembers the late - have your sheep. the world remembers the late actor. remembers the late actor matthew perry best known for playing chandler being in france. —— chandler in france. i am helena

france. —— chandler in france. iam helena humphries, we began in gaza with international aid agencies are expressing concern about what of an israeli evacuation order wakey hospital, they are warning evacuating the site is impossible as it is treating hundreds of people some of whom are chronically ill. ia,000 gazans are reported to be sheltering at a hospital in the north of gaza in both the world health organization and the international federation of the red cross and red crescent societies are sounding the alarm over the evacuation order, saying hospitals must be protected and there were unconfirmed reports of airstrikes 20 metres from the al quds hospital facility on sunday. these images show smoke billowing from what appears to be a strike nearby, this footage shows a staff and patients struggling to be because of smoke inside the hospitals. joe's damage to windows after what the palestine red crescent describes as a very intense bombardment around hospital

with one rocket falling only metres away from the hospital, the al quds hospital is in northern goals of the focus of the israeli operation against hamas. they have recommended inhabitants of the hospital evacuate to the house —— south. of course we are worried, these of course we are worried, these rockets were destroyed and the hospital and will kill with 14,000 hospital and will kill with ia,000 people inside the hospital it's going to be a massacre. we are afraid, we are horrified by the potential that this could really happen and we do not know what to do. we are calling upon the international community to put pressure on israel to rescind this order and to respect the medical mission of the palestine red cross and society.— cross and society. earlier israeli army _ cross and society. earlier israeli army sports - cross and society. earlier israeli army sports per i cross and society. earlier|

israeli army sports per -- israeli army sports per —— person gave a press conference to evacuate. we person gave a press conference to evacuate-— to evacuate. we will continue to evacuate. we will continue to assess _ to evacuate. we will continue to assess the _ to evacuate. we will continue to assess the situation - to evacuate. we will continue to assess the situation and i to assess the situation and expand in order to achieve the objectives of this war. the ground is extremely complex and we will do everything possible from the sea, air and from the ground in order to ensure that hamas troops will be —— that alistair troops will be saved 5°ppy alistair troops will be saved soppy we are calling on the northern gazans to evacuate temporarily to the south for your own safety and we are stressing that, we are calling upon you urgently to do so. just below the gaza brevity conditions will be so much better, there is water, food and medication there. we can take ou and medication there. we can take you live _ and medication there. we can take you live now _ and medication there. we can take you live now to - and medication there. we can take you live now to southern| take you live now to southern israel, looking into gaza, this

is the scene there now, it is very early hours of the morning, you can but we also know that israel's military says it bombing the ten trucks carrying relief supplies have been allowed into gaza from egypt but much the as run health ministry when hamas carried the our international editorjeremy. people are living in the ruins in gaza. the israelis insist that they hit hamas targets, who use civilians as human shields. america said it has sent israel another reminder that hamas

are legitimate military targets, and civilians are not. in gaza, the un fears civil order is breaking down. its food warehouses in the south were looted. the desperation comes from israel's siege, which the un says violates the laws of war because it's a collective punishment of civilians. thousands of people ransacked the warehouses. israel says there is no food shortage in gaza. he is saying, "we have no flour, no water, not even toilets. 0ur houses were destroyed, no—one cares about us. "we appeal to the people of the world, the big "powers are against us. "we need aid. "we wouldn't have done this if we weren't in need." translation: we need fresh water. we need food. we are starving. this is totally unfair. our children can't sleep. further north in gaza city, after

patients and staff refused israel's order to evacuate al-quds hospital, the red cross red crescent said the lives of civilians and media should be respected. a only a few miles away, in sderot, the closest israeli town to gaza, a sense of grim determination has replaced the panic of the first few days after the hamas attacks. eyal hajbi, sderot�*s head of security, said his nephew and some of his team were killed by hamas. a visiting general, nimrod aloni, was greeted like a man back from the dead. 0n the 7th of october, hamas made the false claim that they had captured aloni and taken him into gaza. hajbi said they were all still trying to process the horror of what happened. the security chief took me on a tour of sderot�*s defences. hamas, he said, had hit them hard. the equation had to change, and if palestinian civilians

suffered, it was not israel's fault. translation: we allowed them to come and work in israel, and we thought this would help the ordinary people of gaza. we thought a good economy would bring some peace. but now we know that only security brings peace. after 20 rounds of war with hamas and islamichhad, this needs to be a story that ends here. 0ur eyes were closed, he said, and we lost everything. israel's dead are still being identified. hajbi says he can't face any more funerals. night and day, israel's ground war to destroy hamas gathers pace. it is reverberating around the region. the risks of a wider middle east war remain. jeremy bowen, bbc news in southern israel. as we heard in that report many in gaza are struggling to find

water, food and bathrooms as supplies run out. a special correspondent fergal keane has been speaking to some of those trapped inside gaza. a warning his report does contain distressing images. in the bombed districts of gaza... shouting and screaming ..it seems as if the world is broken. a trauma shared across generations. women cries "my daughter, my daughter," a voice calls out. children caught in an escalating war. the israelis say they're targeting hamas, the killers of their citizens. explosion in these densely packed areas,

civilian casualties are mounting. "i was about to do my afternoon prayers," he says, "and suddenly the missile fell on our house." men shout they've known war before, but nothing like this. who lives, who dies, a matter of chance. and their stories only reach us through the courage of a few. hello, mahmoud, how are you? hello. mahmoud bassam is one of the journalists inside gaza reporting the tragedy for the bbc. his images, a daily record of a people's agony. he said that as hard as things are and as much as he tried to deliver the message he's trying to deliver, sometimes from behind the camera he would stand and cry

and the only thing that he would do isjust being silent. more than 1.4 million people have fled their homes. such shelter as they can find is rudimentary. access to the basic essentials of life, severely restricted. translation: we've reached a state where we wish we'd i died under the rubble, just to find some rest. our life is torture. we wait in line for three hours to use the toilet. can a child like this wait for three hours for a turn to go to the toilet? can a child wait for bread? it's catastrophic. the questions accumulate. the war offers only pain in reply. fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem.

for more on the situation in gaza and israel's military operation i spoke to our correspondence paul adams in jerusalem. i want to start by touching on the situation at the al quds hospital because according to the palestinian red crescent they are saying they are being told to evacuate that hospital, not something israel has confirmed at this stage, are we any clear as to understanding situation there? i'm afraid we are not, when you put together the repeated warnings which the palestine red crescent says it has received to evacuate that hospital and the fact there was some kind of artillery or air strike nearby, causing windows to shatter and dust and smoke to shatter and dust and smoke to into the corridors of the hospital, you can understand

the sense of anxiety bordering on panic among the staff there also the thousands of people who have been sheltering in the hospital and in the hospital grounds. they believe the hospital is in imminent danger of being attacked by the hospital as saying with people in intensive care and babies and incubators they are simply incapable of leaving as they say they are being instructed to by the israelis. it's worth pointing out the wider context that for a couple of weeks the israelis have been urging not just hospitals but everyone to leave gaza city and move south. some have obeyed those instructions and others have stayed put. we instructions and others have stayed put-— instructions and others have sta ed ut.~ . ., , stayed put. we have also been seeinr stayed put. we have also been seeing more — stayed put. we have also been seeing more images _ stayed put. we have also been seeing more images of - stayed put. we have also been seeing more images of israelil seeing more images of israeli troops today on the ground in gaza, in what has been called phase two of this military operation. do we have a clearer sense of what phase two will entail? i sense of what phase two will entail? ~ �* , ., .,

entail? i think it's going to be a gradual, _ entail? i think it's going to be a gradual, incremental| be a gradual, incremental increasing presence on the ground inside the gaza strip. it's very limited at the moment it's basically a small patch on the far north—west corner of gaza are some other limited incursions further south but i think what the israelis are doing is gradually moving forward, they are not yet close to the heavily built up areas around gaza city but that is clearly the objective in their sites and as they are moving forward they are gathering intelligence, trying to look for clues about where hostages may be still being held and just probing the hamas defences because at some point the israelis are going to try and move into gaza city, to really take on hamas in the urban environment. they want as many people to live as possible before they do that and so i think for the time being still moving relatively cautiously, of course while others massive aerial bombardment continues day in, day out. i

aerial bombardment continues day in. day out-— day in, day out. i 'ust want to touch on h day in, day out. i 'ust want to touch on the i day in, day out. i just want to touch on the humanitarian i touch on the humanitarian situation, we have been hearing ten trucks carrying relief supplies have been allowed into gaza from egypt, we have been hearing reports of this rush forfood hearing reports of this rush for food among the dire conditions there, do we know if more much—needed aid will have a chance of getting in? more much-needed aid will have a chance of getting in?— a chance of getting in? there is a readout _ a chance of getting in? there is a readout from _ a chance of getting in? there is a readout from a _ is a readout from a conversation tonight thatjoe biden and the israeli prime minister have had in which american officials are saying thatjoe biden was very keen the amount of aid getting in through the egyptian border the rafa crossing should increase in the israelis had agreed to allow up to 100 trucks a day, that would be a sick applicant improvement on what is going on at the moment which is a pitifully small amount but it is still considerably less than the amount going and before this crisis erupted more than three weeks ago and given the increasingly dire humanitarian situation existing on the ground, it's going to take a

lot more than that to try and alleviate that, even as this war continues and is likely to continue for the foreseeable future. the humanitarian situation will remain precarious at best for the foreseeable future. diplomatic correspondence _ foreseeable future. diplomatic correspondence paul— foreseeable future. diplomatic correspondence paul adams, i correspondence paul adams, thank you, we appreciate it. this is bbc news. some other stories making news: in india, at least ten people have been killed when two passenger trains collided on sunday. at least 25 others were injured. it happened in the country's andhra pradesh state. one of the trains derailed when it was struck by an ongoing train. the preliminary investigation points to human error in the crash. the death toll from hurricane otis in the coastal resort of acapulco continues to climb. 43 people are now confirmed to have died in the category 5 storm. 36 people still missing there in mexico. members of the

armyjoining the clean—up—and—recovery operations. fuel and clean drinking water have been scarce, and residents have been queuing forfood. music plays a dazzling parade of dancing unicorns, colourful floats and marching bands filled the streets of key west in the us state of florida to kick off halloween celebrations. the event marks the start of the city's ten—day halloween festival. it began in 1979 to boost tourism during the low season. you're live with bbc news. returning now to our top story: the israel—gaza war. earlier, i spoke to the spokesperson for the international red cross to hear about the challenges for aid workers in gaza. thank you forjoining us. i'd like to talk about the situation at the al-quds hospital in gaza. what have you been hearing from the palestinian red crescent about

the situation there, about what is going on there right now? thanks for having me tonight. the situation is deeply concerning. what we discovered from our colleagues is that they were asked today to evacuate immediately the hospital. this actually is not the first time — it happened another couple of times during the last two weeks. but then i think that this time is much more concerning also following the developments since last friday with the shelling in gaza city. and of course, it's deeply concerning because the hospital is full of patients — we are talking about more than 500 patients, some of them are intensive care units, there are babies in incubators, people who need oxygen. and of course there is no means and no logistics to evacuate them. plus, more than 10,000 people through the hospital because

they thought the hospital was they thought the hospital was the safest place to stay. so we are deeply concerned and we are asking everyone to really respect hospitals and protect hospitals — civilians, doctors and nurses — this is notjust a moral obligation but a legal obligation under humanitarian law. , ., obligation under humanitarian law. , . �* obligation under humanitarian law. israel hasn't confirmed that evacuation _ law. israel hasn't confirmed that evacuation order - law. israel hasn't confirmed that evacuation order yet. l law. israel hasn't confirmed that evacuation order yet. i | that evacuation order yet. i just wonder — where are your colleagues there getting these evacuation orders from? are they able to say?— evacuation orders from? are they able to say? yeah - they told us they — they able to say? yeah - they told us they received - they able to say? yeah - they told us they received direct i told us they received direct phone calls, as it happened before. then they were ordered to evacuate. actually, this is also coming after i would say in the last two weeks or ten days, all the people in the north and people in gaza city were it asked to evacuate, to go south. the problem here is, in general in these evacuation orders, they're notjust for hospitals, but for civilians —

how to evacuate and how to go to a safe situation. and there's no real safe place to stay in gaza, and no place where you can find shelter, food and water. so it's really complicated.— food and water. so it's really complicated. absolutely. we've seen that level _ complicated. absolutely. we've seen that level of _ complicated. absolutely. we've seen that level of destruction . seen that level of destruction there in gaza as well. many neighbourhoods now reduced to rubble. is there any kind of help for people to try and evacuate, especially when people may be critically ill? as you've just said, how do you move from the north to the south if you're unwell, if you've been receiving treatment?— you've been receiving treatment? ., , �* treatment? you simply can't. you simply — treatment? you simply can't. you simply can't. _ treatment? you simply can't. you simply can't. again, i treatment? you simply can't. you simply can't. again, the l you simply can't. again, the problem is infrastructure — roads are bombarded. fuel — even — it's running out. and then to evacuate people with illness, people in intensive

care, you super—high—level logistics to do that. so mainly in this exit moment, asking to evacuate people from intensive care unit seems like — yeah, knowing that you will not be able to do it. and then — i mean, let me add that this is really an impossible dilemma. no doctors, no nurses, should everface no doctors, no nurses, should ever face this no doctors, no nurses, should everface this in no doctors, no nurses, should ever face this in their lives. because here, our people in al-quds hospital need to decide to leave, leaving patients behind but probably find some safety, orto behind but probably find some safety, or to stay with the patients. of course, this is not acceptable.— patients. of course, this is not acceptable. == patients and not acceptable. -- patients and lose not acceptable. —— patients and lose their lives. of course, this is not acceptable. there are high doubts for hamas commanders. is that something that red cross is concerned about specifically with reference to increased risk to civilian life — that people may be sheltering there? i

civilian life - that people may be sheltering there?- civilian life - that people may be sheltering there? i want to make it clear _ be sheltering there? i want to make it clear - _ be sheltering there? i want to make it clear - the _ be sheltering there? i want to make it clear - the issue - be sheltering there? i want to make it clear - the issue here i make it clear — the issue here is that, of course, hospitals must be protected. and on the other side, must be protected. and on the otherside, no—one must be protected. and on the other side, no—one should use hospitalfor military other side, no—one should use hospital for military purposes. this is under international humanitarian law. it's crystal clear. i'm not aware of any such activity in our hospital. anyways, if you think about hundreds of injured or doctors or nurses — none of them deserve to be in danger. again, the call to all the parties is to respect hospitals, respect civilians and, of course, not to use any civilian infrastructure or any hospital for military purpose. tommaso, international _ for military purpose. tommaso, international spokesperson i for military purpose. tommaso, international spokesperson for i international spokesperson for the international red cross and red crescent societies, thank you very much for being with us. . ~' you very much for being with us. . ~ , ., us. thank you. as israel - us. thank you. | as israel carries us. thank you. i as israel carries out us. thank you. _ as israel carries out what it is calling phase two of its ground operation in gaza, concern is growing for the hostages taken by hamas and the

civilians stuck inside the strip. in spain, thousands marched through the heart of madrid in support of the palestinian people and against the israeli offensive in gaza. similarly, in sydney, protesters took to the streets urging the international community to do more to protect palestinian civilians. and just outside of the un headquarters in geneva, an empty table of 230 seats with photos of the hostages that have been held by hamas since the 7th of october. organisers are calling for their immediate release and a ceasefire. israel has urged russia to protect all its citizens and alljews after a large mob stormed a dagestan airport, some shouting anti—semitic slogans. it happened in makatchkala where a mob was waiting for a flight from tel aviv. footage shows an angry crowd running through the

airport. there are reports about 20 people were injured in that incident, including one who may have been a passenger on the plane. around the world, people are paying tribute to the actor matthew perry, who's died at the age of 54. fans laid flowers at his southern california home. they gathered outside the building in new york city that was featured on the tv show friends. of course, thatis the tv show friends. of course, that is the sitcom that saw him rocket to fame playing the role of chandler bing. matthew perry was found dead on saturday at his home in los angeles. our entertainment correspondent reports. each of friends�* six stars brought unique characteristics to the show. matthew perry's chandler — he was the funny one. someone at work ate my sandwich. laughter. well, what did the police say? i'm sorry, we don't have your sheep. no, homo habilis was erect. australopithecus was never fully erect. well, maybe he was nervous.

supremely talented at delivering sometimes self—aware one—liners. i'm chandler, i makejokes when i'm uncomfortable. i'm not great at the advice. can i interest you in a sarcastic comment? but during his time on the comedy hit, he was struggling with addiction. between the end of one season and the start of the next, losing more than 20 kilos — something he often spoke candidly about. it became a very public issue which, in hindsight, was quite good. i mean, i'm happy that it was because it ultimately helped me in the long run. because i had to go through those struggles publicly, i get to help a lot more people. in the early hours of this morning, us media reported that the actor had been found dead in his hot tub. the los angeles police department confirmed to the bbc that a man in his 50s was unresponsive in a water emergency at perry's home. oh, we go way back before

monica made an honest man out of him... among those paying tribute have been maggie wheeler, who played janice, a previous girlfriend of chandler's. she said: i got her machine. her answering machine? no, interestingly enough, her leaf—blower picked up. laughter with roles spanning tv and film, matthew perry's career was more thanjust friends, but chandler bing is the role that will define him for millions. you're watching bbc news. of course, we will continue to follow the latest from israel and gaza. we can take a live look once again from southern israel towards the gaza border, where it is the early hours of the morning there. you're watching bbc news. thanks for your company.

hello there. it's going to stay very unsettled across the uk as we head through this week with low pressure still very much in charge. so, long spells of rain, heavy, thundery downpours. the winds are likely to pick up at times. and we'll also see, on wednesday night into thursday, our third named storm of the season, storm ciaran, named by the met office on sunday. and those rainfall totals are really going to start to stack up again as we head through the next five days — you can see all the blues on our rainfall accumulation chart here. more wet weather for flood—stricken areas, such as eastern parts of scotland, too. now, low pressure is centred out towards the west of ireland, just sending bands of showers swirling around. it should be a largely dry start to the day across scotland but it is quite a chilly one and it's still quite breezy for many, particularly towards the channel coast. but the winds are certainly lightening as we head throughout the day. now, the heaviest of the showers on monday will tend to be across northern ireland. we could start to see some localised flooding, maybe, as those rainfall totals stack up. also, some more heavy showers across western wales, the southwest of england

towards channel coast, too, just drifting further northwards and eastwards. further east, largely dry. and for scotland, the lion's share of the sunshine north of the central belt. but here, the air is going to feel chillier. now, on tuesday, again, scotland, still a welcome respite from all of that rain. it should stay largely dry and sunny. a few isolated showers in the north. elsewhere, out towards the west, we will see some showers, some brighter spells and a warm front starts to creep into southwest wales and south—west england by the end of the day on tuesday. temperatures again 9—15 degrees celsius. now, that warm front will track further northwards and eastwards as we head through tuesday night and into wednesday, bringing with it widespread heavy rain and some strong, gusty winds as well. and some of that rain in the chillier air across the highlands will be turning to snow. just take a look at that easterly wind piling all of that rain onshore into aberdeenshire yet again. it's windy out towards the west here. further south, we're expecting some showers. temperatures again 9—15 degrees. but of more concern than the weather on wednesday is going to be the weather on thursday. now, this is storm ciaran. it's a very deep area

of low pressure. you can see the tight squeeze on the isobars here. gusts of wind towards channel coasts on wednesday night and into thursday could get as high as perhaps 80—90 miles an hour, even inland 50—60 mile an hour gusts. there'll also be widespread heavy rain along with those damaging winds, so do keep an eye on the forecast. bye—bye for now.

voiceover: this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. hello and thanks for joining me for unspun world. the expected invasion of gaza has been held up by the hope that more israeli hostages will be released. living conditions inside gaza itself are unthinkably dreadful, and hezbollah, on israel's northern border, may yet decide to attack israel. there are half a million troops now. the border between lebanon and israel is extremely important as well. so there is a very, very big

military deployment there. ukraine's efforts to resist the russian invasion have