staff in a hospital in gaza city say it is impossible to evacuate despite claims by the palestinian red crescent that they have been told by israel to do so. israel says it has expanded attacks in the gaza strip, hitting a further 600 hamas targets and claiming to have killed dozens of fighters. i'm luxmy gopal in london. the other main headlines... around 60 people have been arrested after a large mob, some shouting anti—semitic slogans, stormed an airport in dagestan, in russia. and fresh tributes for matthew perry — for matthew perry, one of the stars of the hit tv show friends, who has died at the age of 5a. hello, i'm anna foster in southern israel.

we are here with the gaza skyline in the background and we have been hearing and seeing an intensifying bombardment from israeli forces since friday evening which has only grown in the last few days. the israel defence forces say that since that intensification started they have managed to attack, they say, more than 600 hamas targets. you can see these pictures now from the israel defence forces showing their troops now firmly inside gaza. they have infantry soldiers on the ground and artillery that has been moved in and artillery that has been moved in and stayed in over the weekend marking a significant step forward for the israeli military campaign, and what the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu called the second stage of what will be a long and difficult war. i can also show you these live pictures now, this is the skyline of gaza as you can see an can hear as i am speaking the sound of israeli artillery fire, we're

very close to an israeli artillery point just very close to an israeli artillery pointjust here so even as i am speaking to you we can hearjust like that the bangs and explosions in the background heading towards gaza and when you look at those live pictures as well, you can really see the damage that has been wrought on those buildings in gaza, that is the north of gaza, the area around the north—east of the gaza strip, where the israeli military operation has been particularly intensive over the last few days, and continues even now, it is continuing 2a hours through the night and through the day as well. we have also heard from the palestinian red present, they say that they have been told to evacuate al-quds hospital, one of the hospitals inside the gaza strip where patients are staying but also people who have been displaced from their homes, several thousand people, as many as 14,000, staying there, the palestinian red crescent have said that evacuating a building like that is impossible at the

moment. my colleague wyre davies has the latest. al-quds hospital in the heart of gaza city. around 14,000 internally displaced people who have fled from their homes to escape relentless israeli bombing are said to be sheltering in the grounds here. israel has accused hamas of deliberately basing itself near or even within public buildings like hospitals. and that's why it is targeting areas around the hospital. the shelling in recent days has been intense. israel has urged these people to leave, to flee south to what it says is relative safety. but with 400 patients inside the hospital, many of them in intensive care units, that is an impossible demand, say doctors and health officials. translation: we have received various warnings today, - the first was through a phone call from the palestinian red crescent which the israeli army called to demand the evacuation of all patients and workers as well as those residing in the hospital to the south of gaza.

they mentioned that this area is going to be a military zone, that there will be clashes and the area will be dangerous and that we have to evacuate quickly. desperate people take desperate actions, raiding un stores for flour and other basics. israel has repeatedly questioned the scale of the crisis in gaza, saying there is no shortage of food and that supplies of basics like water are adequate. but the reality on the ground tells a different story. around 30 trucks carrying basic aid was allowed into gaza yesterday through the border with egypt, an improvement, but nowhere near the hundreds of trucks that are needed each day, say aid agencies. israel in effect controls and restricts what gets into gaza, and that, say some, has dire consequences. the blockade on food and gasoline, that itself could be a war crime,

could be a crime against humanity, and even a genocide if the intention was to destroy the people in gaza. israel's priority is its military objective, to crush hamas as a fighting force, and that means pummelling hamas targets, sending in tanks and troops on the ground into gaza, where they remain. stage two of this offensive, the land incursion, is well under way. but there are other considerations for israel. the plight of more than 220 hostages held by hamas, israelis and internationals, is impossible for the government to ignore. the voices of the families calling for the government to focus on their return are increasingly loud. i'm just a granddaughter who's begging to get her grandma back home. and if i will stop believing, if i will stop hoping, then there is no reason to wake up in the morning, and i need to have this hope. so, even though i might

have a different opinion with the government or with the authorities, i have to believe that they are doing their best. israel wants the world to remember why it says the unprecedented assault on gaza has to happen. each day more victims from 7th october are buried, after 1400 people were killed inside israel by hamas gunmen who had breached the borderfence. never again, says israel, whatever the cost. wyre davies, bbc news, jerusalem. here in southern israel we are seeing exactly what wyre davies was talking about there, the continuing bombardment, i havejust been watching flares which have been used for the last half an hour or so by the israeli military over gaza and we are seeing again a lot this morning of these continuing columns of black smoke where artillery shells, you can hear them there, are

directly hitting targets inside gaza. we can speak live to wyre davies now, who is injerusalem. and you touched on it there, what the israel defence forces say they are doing inside gaza at the moment, what more details do we know about that military operation? yes. what more details do we know about that military operation?— that military operation? yes, there is obviously — that military operation? yes, there is obviously an _ that military operation? yes, there is obviously an expanded _ that military operation? yes, there is obviously an expanded military l is obviously an expanded military operation on the ground, only those tanks and soldiers now staying in gaza but they are engaging hamas fighters with apparent success, according to the israelis, and some footage has emerged this morning which purports to show an israeli tank at or very near a strategically important crossroads in central gaza. the tank is firing on a car but the significance of the tank is that this, theoretically, if there was more israeli armour along that road, it could potentially be the beginnings of trying to cut gaza in half, the south zone, where israelis have told palestinian citizens to

flee for their own safety, and if the tanks are coming through the middle of gaza and pushing further north, then they could be trying to somehow encircle hamas positions and strongholds in the north of gaza. the problem is, there are only two roads south from gaza city to those purported safe zones, and if those roads are either impossible or blocked off by israeli military armour, then you are going to have the possibility, the proper ability, of tens of thousands of palestinians also trapped in northern gaza, where this war, if it possibly moves to a more urban —based warfare, with israeli troops and tanks in gaza city itself. israeli troops and tanks in gaza ci itself. �* ., israeli troops and tanks in gaza ci itself. ., ., , israeli troops and tanks in gaza city itself-— israeli troops and tanks in gaza ci itself. �* ., ., , ., ., city itself. and what does that mean for the humanitarian _ city itself. and what does that mean for the humanitarian situation, - for the humanitarian situation, which you were describing, people becoming increasingly desperate? yeah, well, we know that there are about 1.3 million internally displaced people in gaza already,

people who have had two either homes or their districts because of the intensity of the shelling. at the al-quds hospital there are thought to be about 14,000 internally displaced people seeking shelter in the grounds of that hospital, another 400 or so residents either in intensive care or using medical facilities in the hospitalfrom which they cannot be moved and despite the is really warnings, the israelis are urging palestinians to move further south, a lot of the hospital managers and doctors are saying it is impossible and impractical to move people medically, but now also if there is that israeli military manoeuvre to the south, it will become strategically very difficult to move people from there, so you get the spectre of tens of thousands of people in gaza city in public places like these hospitals, unable to move. ~ , , ., ~ like these hospitals, unable to move. a , ., like these hospitals, unable to move. ~, , ., �*, move. wyre davies, thank you. let's also aet move. wyre davies, thank you. let's

also get the — move. wyre davies, thank you. let's also get the picture _ move. wyre davies, thank you. let's also get the picture from _ move. wyre davies, thank you. let's also get the picture from inside - also get the picture from inside gaza, where our correspondent rushdi abualouf is in the southern gaza city of khan yunis. israeli tanks control salah al—din road and cut the gaza into two pieces, so now the people in gaza city so now the people in gaza city and the north, they don't have access in and out of that area, so, gaza is divided from what it used to be called...road. it's the road which links gaza, the eastern border with israel, with the sea, so the tanks have moved, we are still not sure from where, from east or west, but we have tanks reach the middle, the salah al—din road is in the middle, it's the main road that links gaza from the very far north to the far south. so now in the middle tanks are controlling this road and it's closed. and it's been divided. so, this is about four kilometre advance, incursion, this is the biggest since 2008, when israel did reoccupy this corridor or this line, this road.

this is the second time since 2008. when you ask palestinians even in this so—called safe area, they say no place is safe because in the last 20 days, every day a third of the israeli, almost a third of the israeli air strikes are targeting the south, and about 40% of those who were killed in the last couple of weeks were from the south. so, israel is not directing people to go to the safe area and not targeting this area. but we noticed since yesterday that there is less air strikes in this area, more aid coming from egypt so it seems that israel wants to focus the operation in the north and gaza city where now they have tanks from four different directions and they want people to flee here, and we understand that egypt

will allow more aid and medical supplies into this area. but we have to know that still over 600,000 people are still in that area that is now under the total cut from the entire gaza strip, where they live in gaza city and the north, in four different areas in the north. and that 7th october part of hamas attack into israel was from the sea, in that 7th october part of hamas attack into israel was from the sea, hamas was sending troops from the sea to israeli beach there. so, the activity on the beach and activity on the land from tanks and activity on the sky from aeroplanes, israel was fighting using the three methods all all the time. so, in the sea, israel is in full control of the sea, they have military ships there, that they shell the area. and we understand, still not verified but some people believe

that this incursion came from the sea, not from the east, not from the border. so, tanks were somehow deployed on the beach and then they came from the beach, advanced four kilometres into salah al—din road and now they are blocking the road. hamas was used land and sea and israel is using land, sea and ground. you might have noticed, in the background behind rushi was a tent, many, many people are now living in tents. in the areas where you can see the military activity going on right now people have been told to move to the south of the street, it has led to a worsening unitarian situation and a lack of aid and many people living in tents like that.

later on the un security council will be holding a session to discuss the worsening humanitarian crisis inside gaza. i spoke earlier to juliette touma. she's the director of communications at the un palestine refugee agency. people in gaza are overwhelmed with fear, anna, and this is due to a very tight siege that has been ongoing for three—plus weeks, and heavy bombardment. they are also traumatised and shocked and displaced and they live in uncertainty. so, tensions are very high. and this is due to everything that has been happening over the past three—plus weeks. do you know, because again i know it's been difficult while there has been a communications blackout over the weekend, to contact your staff, but what you have left in terms of supplies inside gaza? so, there's these trucks that have been coming in,

not on a regular basis and by far not enough. for example yesterday we've seen 33 trucks coming into gaza, which is already three times more than the average since those convoys have started, so that is good. however it is not good enough. and what is not good is that these trucks do not have fuel, and we need fuel for our own humanitarian operations in the gaza strip. we're hosting 650,000 people in over 150 shelters, we need to reach people in those shelters with much—needed assistance. juliette, people might wonder why these trucks can't simply pass through the rafah crossing in the volume that is needed, are you able to explain why it is so complicated to try and get that aid into gaza? well, unrwa referred to that whole operation as an operation which is geared to fail, and it is a very cumbersome

operation that shouldn't be as complicated. so, before the war started, 500 trucks came into the gaza strip every single day. now we're getting on average ten, 12...? it's a drop in the ocean, it's really a trickle, it won't make any difference, and they don't have fuel on them, so it's absolutely critical that a number of things happen, including making this process less complicated and adding fuel to these convoys, making them more regular, and making the whole inspection and process much, much less...long, if you wish — much shorter. israel is saying that one of the reasons that it won't allow fuel inside gaza is because it says that hamas already has stocks there and it's saying that hamas should share that with humanitarian organisations. what is the sense that your staff on the ground are giving you about that? well, unrwa is running out of fuel,

we are running out of fuel, this is why we've been calling for the past week for shipments of fuel into the gaza strip, because no fuel has come into the gaza strip since 7th october. this is already having serious impact on our operation. we need fuel for simple things, to start our cars, to go with those trucks to pick up the material from those convoys, to send wheat flour to those bakeries that continue to function. we need it for our medical facilities, we need it for water pumping. fuel is really, really important and without fuel we will not be able to continue operating, and we are already being challenged because of the situation on the ground and every day there is an additional challenge. juliette, i also want to take a moment to talk about your staff on the ground who are working very hard there, as are many other humanitarian workers but also you've lost many of your staff sadly as well, many have been killed

in this ongoing war? yes, thanks, anna. 59 colleagues were killed in gaza during this war, many of them were teachers, some were school principals, we had a doctor, a psychologist, we had support staff, which is really the backbone of our operation. we are the largest un actor, the largest humanitarian actor, in fact, in the gaza strip, and one of the oldest, we've been on the ground since the early 1950s working for the palestinian communities in the gaza strip. but we will never be the same without those colleagues that we have lost, and i am afraid that 59 is a number that we were able to confirm and verify but it could be much higher as we go through and as this war continues.

that was? >> the director, of communications at unrwa. -- around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. mexico says it has managed to evacuate 12,500 tourists who had been stranded in the coastal city of acapulco after it was hit by hurricane 0tis on wednesday. video footage shows the trail of damage left by the storm, with boats washed ashore and lodged between buildings. in india, at least ten people have been killed when when two passenger trains collided on sunday. more than 25 others were injured. it happened in the country's andhra pradesh state. one of the trains derailed when it was struck by an oncoming train. a preliminary investigation points to human error in the crash. the funeral has taken place in iran

of the teenager who fell into a coma almost a month ago after an alleged encounter with the morality police. human rights groups say 16—year—old armita geravand was hurt in a confrontation with officers on the tehran metro, who accused her of not covering her hair in public. you're live with bbc news. we are here in southern israel on the border with gaza, continuing military action happening in the background as the israeli bombardment intensifies and this is one of the many communities here in southern israel that were attacked on 7th october. many towns, many key boxes, the music festival as well, and the families of those who have been killed and injured have been in the thoughts notjust of those in israel but around the world as well and we have heard in the last hour orso and we have heard in the last hour or so sad news about one of those women whose face has become instantly recognisable when people are talking about the 7th october attacks, and that is the 22—year—old

german woman shani louk, who was seen after being taken by hamas. well, her mother has now told the german news agency dpa that sadly milkarek is known to have been killed. ricarda louk was told by the israeli military that a dna sample was taken from a skull fragment and which proved to be that of shani. herfamily had been assuming which proved to be that of shani. her family had been assuming that she had been taken hostage by hamas but they have just received the news this morning, that she adds to that death toll of more than 1400 people who were killed in those hamas attacks on israel on 7th october. joining me now is ehud barak. he was the prime minister of israel from 1999 to 2001. thank you so much forjoining me live on bbc news. i know that you have been paying particularfocus to

what is happening, this military operation that is happening now, but also what might happen afterwards, israel have said that the intent here is to destroy hamas, what do you think will happen to gaza? look first of all we _ you think will happen to gaza? look first of all we are _ you think will happen to gaza? look first of all we are now— you think will happen to gaza? lorri. first of all we are now focused on achieving the objective, to destroy the military and governing capability of hamas in gaza strip, make sure that the barbarian massacre that happened, and this young german woman shani louk and almost 1800 others, will never, never happen again. now it cannot be completed from the air so we are now in ground forces inside gaza. assume that it will take several months probably before it is clean, i think from myjudgment that probably before it is clean, i think from my judgment that the probably before it is clean, i think from myjudgment that the best probably before it is clean, i think from my judgment that the best way here might be that a multinational

force led by egypt, saudi arabia, soldiers from jordan, bahrain, morocco, oman, whatever, they will take it from israel for a limited period, let's say six months, within which they can gradually bring it back into the hands of the palestinian authority. your viewers might forget it but the palestinian authority in ramallah, they are the original internationally recognised owner of the gaza strip. when the agreement was signed, we passed it to the palestinian authority. years later they were pushed out of power by the violent coup d'etat of hamas, and they could be brought back, if

there is a backing from the arab world, probably financing it with the qataris and back by the arab league and probably even un security council resolution. i think that is the ideal way to continue. i wanted to ask ou the ideal way to continue. i wanted to ask you as _ the ideal way to continue. i wanted to ask you as a _ the ideal way to continue. i wanted to ask you as a former— the ideal way to continue. i wanted to ask you as a former israeli - the ideal way to continue. i wanted| to ask you as a former israeli prime minister, somebody who knows what it is like to run this country, your former political ally benjamin netanyahu is doing thatjob now, i know that you differ politically nowadays, he was forced to apologise yesterday and delete a tweet in which he blamed the security forces for what happened. how do you assess his handling of this crisis in the light of that so far? to his handling of this crisis in the light of that so far?— his handling of this crisis in the light of that so far? to talk on the bbc on the _ light of that so far? to talk on the bbc on the tv _ light of that so far? to talk on the bbc on the tv and _ light of that so far? to talk on the bbc on the tv and criticise - light of that so far? to talk on the bbc on the tv and criticise prime | bbc on the tv and criticise prime minister who now leads the war cabinet and tell us what ever in the

israeli public arena... you know, it is clear that he basically lost the trust of the people on 7th october. he is not the only want to lose trust, the intelligence agency lost the trust of the people, even our operational supporters, the trust of the people, even our operationalsupporters, in the trust of the people, even our operational supporters, in spite of the heroic fighting of some defence squads or some small groups of soldiers that happened to be there or to be called there earlier, in spite of these heroic fighting, it is still a majorfailure spite of these heroic fighting, it is still a major failure on all levels in israel and because he is responsible, he lost the trust of the public, polls running now say that 80% of the public sees netanyahu as the main person responsible for this whole blunder. and some 70% of the public wants to

see him resigning. about half of them, less than half of them, want to see him resigning immediately and a little bit more than that wants to see him resigning at the end of the war. but the end of the war, usually, it can take no more than a few weeks or at least two months but if this will be developed into a long war, with the war cabinet predicts publicly they say it might take many months or a year, the energy will focus on demanding accountability from the man at the top. and you might be surprised to hear that in the hebrew language, there is no... i hear that in the hebrew language, there is no...— there is no... i hope barrett, i'm afraid we — there is no... i hope barrett, i'm afraid we have _ there is no... i hope barrett, i'm afraid we have run _ there is no... i hope barrett, i'm afraid we have run out _ there is no... i hope barrett, i'm afraid we have run out of - there is no... i hope barrett, i'm afraid we have run out of time, | afraid we have run out of time, thank you so much forjoining us on bbc news, really appreciate it, former prime minister of israel. we will keep you up—to—date with this developing story here on bbc news.

no end in sight to the turbulent conditions we have been experiencing for the last few weeks and this week we have got another named storm with us, storm ciaran, rattling in wednesday night into thursday, widespread heavy rainfall, and it all comes courtesy of this deepening area of low pressure, interacting with a very strong jet stream overhead, so the exact position could change, and it will dictate where the strongest of the winds will be. but at this stage it looks like it is southern parts of england and wales where we could see 50—60mph gusts inland, up to 90mph around coastal areas, even stronger over the open waters towards north—west france. and the rainfall totals totting up throughout the week, but especially for midweek onwards, the brightest colours, an indication that we could see over 100mm in northern ireland together with the risk of flooding.

today, sunshine and showers, some of the showers could be heavy, some flooding could be possible especially in northern ireland, cloudy here, southern scotland, northern england, to the north of that a bright day with some sunshine, isolated showers, to the south of that, a scattering of heavy, thundery showers in the afternoon with longer spells of thundery rain this evening in the south—east corner. tonight showers will be mainly focused towards the west of england, wales and especially eastern parts of northern ireland. dryer elsewhere and with clearer skies, northern half of scotland, cooler conditions, chance of some frost to take us into tuesday morning. tuesday, another sunny day with isolated showers in northern scotland. southern scotland, northern ireland, northern england, occasional rain. dryer further south but in the south—west we will see some longer spells of heavy, thundery rain coming into end the day. temperatures similar to today.

and here is that area of rain pushing in which will sweep across all parts tuesday night into wednesday. on wednesday some of the most relentless rain will be across scotland, piling in across eastern scotland. some snow on the mountains. south of that, the showers will be moving through quite smartly on the breeze, some of them heavy thundery ahead of those stormy conditions we expect to see on wednesday night and into thursday. you this is bbc news. your headlines... we are just about to continue our coverage — we are just about to continue our coverage following the covid inquiry _

inquiry. downing street inquiry. — downing street employees are giving evidence today. we will be hearing from politicians themselves later in the year, but at the moment it is their advisers that are facing the questions. we are going to cross to our correspondent ellie pryce who is following proceedings for us. so the inquiry for today, the proceedings for today about to open. just remind us who we are going to be hearing from today. us who we are going to be hearing from today-— us who we are going to be hearing from toda . ~ , ., ., ., from today. well, they are about to net under from today. well, they are about to get under way _ from today. well, they are about to get under way today, _ from today. well, they are about to get under way today, and _ from today. well, they are about to get under way today, and it - from today. well, they are about to get under way today, and it is - get under way today, and it is coming back with a bang this week. we will be hearing from martin reynolds this morning, the principal private secretary to boris johnson during that time, and he earned himself the rather unpopular nickname of party ma. he was the one who sent out the invitation to more than 100 downing st staff during

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