calls for a ceasefire are calls for israel to surrender to hamas. the prime minister says this is a time for war. plus, children caught up in conflict. how the humanitarian situation in gaza is affecting the youngest and most vulnerable. us kingdoms reschenthaler of the storming of an airport in douglaston. an angry crowd was seeking outjews. iam sumi i am sumi somaskanda. good to have us. it is really forces have us. it is really forces have cut off one of the main road running north to south as part of the expanded ground operations against hamas. witnesses have reported seeing tanks and bulldozers on the highway that connects gaza city to the rest of the territory. amid international course for a ceasefire in gaza, israeli

prayer minister bijman netanyahu says that would amount to a quote surrender to hamas. . ., , ., , hamas. victory over these enemies _ hamas. victory over these enemies begins _ hamas. victory over these enemies begins with - hamas. victory over these enemies begins with the l hamas. victory over these - enemies begins with the more clarity. it begins with knowing the difference between good and evil, between right and wrong, it means making a more distinction between the deliberate murder of innocent and unintentional casualties that accompany every legitimate war, even the mostjust war. netanyahu past my defence comes as aid groups want the humanitarian situation in gaza is dire stop certain that hospitals describe the situation is horrifying and the health ministry says more than 8000 people have been killed since israel's retaliatory bombing. israel says at least 239 people kidnapped as hostages by hamas are being held in gaza and i must release the video monday showing three hostages. this is a still image from the video. the mother one hostages says she will do her

best to bring her home, saying she is, quote, really anxious after seeing the video. but one hostage was freed. the israeli military says it rescued a private during an overnight collaboration and that she is, quote, doing well. it's the first and rescue of our hostage since the conflict began and furthermore our editorjeremy bowen is in southern israel. there's good news for one family at least. private ori megidish was rescued by the israeli army last night. she had been held in gaza since the 7th of october. they had a lot to celebrate. for the rest of the hostage families, the agony of waiting goes on. in the centre of tel aviv, the families of the hostages have set up a vigil opposite the ministry of defence. these are the faces of many of those who are missing.

there's a table set for a jewish sabbath dinner, empty places for those who are held in gaza. and along with the concern, more of the anger at the actions of hamas, which is powering the response of israel. annihilate hamas, so it won't happen again and again. from masada to the holocaust. never again. you cannot butcherjews, mano a mano, joyfully send messages to your parents, "i killed ten "israelis, i am using the phone of one of them." after the video was released by hamas on social media, the israeli government said it was hugging the families of the hostages. but some of those families blame the prime minister and his government for not listening to their warnings about border security. hostage videos are made under duress, but danielle aloni, in the centre, echoed

those criticisms. demanding a deal to free the hostages and free palestinians in israeli jails. translation: when i saw on the television, - we were shocked. in one aspect we felt relief, relief she was alive. and we see her. the images of the 7th of october torment israelis. the prime minister has not accepted any personal responsibility for the failure to protect the border. life is on hold here in israeli towns close to gaza. most have moved to place safer with no end in sight for the war. hamas took hostages in the first

place to gain leverage over israel. when the israelis launched the gran operation went talks to release the hostages were still going on, they said they would not grant hamas only kind of impunity for what they'd done. but now by making this video hamas has hit back with a calculated act of psychological warfare, directed at the prime minister. the israeli military has released images of tax advancing into gaza. somewhere out there are the rest of the hostages. israel has declared a clear objective to wipe hamas off the face of the earth, assuming its tanks and troops can do that. israel has not spelt out what comes next. israel continues to inflict pain and death on palestinian civilians. throughout all the wars in gaza, israel's assertions that it targets hamas is not

civilians have been dismissed here by palestinians as lies. this war is no different. on the grounds of yeshiva hospital in gaza city and other palestinian couple, they mourn their dead children. israel claims there is a hamas bunker under the hospital. this looks as if it will be a long war. with cruelty, heaped on cruelty. jeremy bowen, bbc news, southern israel. freed american hostage has landed backin american hostage has landed back in the us after being held hostage with her mother by hamas for weeks. the israeli consulate general of the midwest released a statement saying, quote, iam relieved that natalie is back home in chicago. herfamily members chicago. her family members have chicago. herfamily members have been unjustly waiting for her return and today i am sharing their happiness. thus the situation is one reason why the situation is one reason why

the us has been calling for humanitarian cause infighting. elio spoke with the deputy consul general of israel in new york. great to have you back. thank you forjoining us. israeli prayer minister but you netanyahu said today there is no room for a ceasefire because that would amount to surrendering to hamas and we have seen that israeli forces say they are in the second phase of the gran operation in gaza. what would success and victory look like? i am not talking in these terms. i think the mission is clear, the mission is to eradicate hamas's capabilities and will to ever commit these atrocities again and of course bring back home safely the hostages. just to follow up on that, i understand you do not want to talk about in terms of what a victory might look like in military terms but we have spoken to many analyst who have said eradicating hamas militarily and politically is going to be really, really difficult. what would that perspective be

from israeli forces to say we have now eradicated hamas? of course it is going to be a long campaign. do not forget that we are targeting hamas terrorists which are around a few dozens of thousamds of terrorists within a population of 2.3 million in the gaza strip so it is difficult, complicated, and it will take time but we are strong and we will prevail. about the day after, we do not have any plans to stay in the gaza strip and we withdrew from the gaza strip in 2005 and since then there is no israeli presence, military or civilian, on the strip. so who would govern gaza? that is a question for the day after. for the time being we are focusing on our mission and our mission is to make sure that these atrocities are not

ever, never ever committed again against our people. we need to make sure our people are safe. don't forget, as we speak, it is notjust about the war in gaza, it is 200,000 israelis displaced in their own country, 7,000 or 8,000 missiles have been fired from the gaza strip to israel just in the last few weeks and this is a war and we will do everything to win it and to prevail. there are a lot of questions asked about civilians who are in the gaza strip at the moment and in the weeks since 7 october and the siege on gaza began, less than one normal day's worth of aid has been allowed to reach residents. the white house has said today it is confident that 100 trucks a day will be allowed into gaza to reach humanitarian assistance. do you think the israeli government is prepared to allow that many aid trucks in? it is in our interest

to prevent humanitarian crisis in the gaza strip. we allowed humanitarian aid to go in as long as it does not go to hamas and it is directed to the civilian population. the idea is acting according to international law and we set the bar very, very, very high about what we have to do but we care about the civilian population. i do not know any other country that would extend this kind of courtesies and inform its enemies where it is going... can ijustjump in and ask you about that, because the palestinian red crescent society said on sunday that israeli airstrikes caused major damage to the al-quds hospital, we have spoken to our correspondent in southern gaza in khan younis who said airstrikes have targetted there as well.

many people are asking, is israel actually following international law? definitely, definitely. don't forget that we are dealing here with a very barbaric enemy that is using its own people as human shields. they are putting their weapons within mosques, inside hospitals, in schools, and they know why they are doing this. we give announcements and windows of time for people to evacuate and they are preventing their own citizens to leave to safe areas and still we are doing everything to prevent collateral damage, including when there is imminent threat. and this is indeed very, very difficult. i do want to ask you one more question about the hostages. more than 200 are still held in gaza and families of the hostages told the prime minister on sunday that they would only accept and everyone for everyone deal and that would mean exchanging hostages for palestinians held in israeli prisons. is that an exchange the israeli government would be willing to do?

this is a very sensitive issue. i'm not going to talk the tactics here on the bbc or on tv. i will tell you one thing, we have seen today that one hostage was freed, which is very important and very good news and we see that the ground operation is already fruitful also in terms of operational, also in this front of freeing the hostages. the is the main goal of the war, of the mission and we will do everything to bring them home safely. thank you so much forjoining us today. thank you very much for having me. another very real concerns the fighting seeing it as relevant as i could spill over into the broader region. on israel's northern border with lebanon therapy in clashes with the iran fact has a limited group and israel defense

forces. ., �* , group and israel defense forces. . �* , , forces. what we're seeing is not only arise _ forces. what we're seeing is not only arise in _ forces. what we're seeing is not only arise in number - forces. what we're seeing is not only arise in number of l not only arise in number of those attacks but that they are striking positions deeper inside the territories of both israel and the benign and these attacks have raised concerns that are violent along the border could escalate and lebanon could be dragged into this conflict. and speaking of escalation, us officials are now saying that us forces in the area anthony iran have been targeted in 23 attacks in the last two weeks and these attacks continue. american officials have been very iranian backed forces for those attacks. iranian officials that are nothing to do with those attacks, though these groups have been acting unilaterally. 0f have been acting unilaterally. of course you run back alliance of groups across the region,

the so—called axis of resistance, including hezbollah here in lebanon but also groups in iraq, syria and yemen. finally here in has, announced it will make a speech on friday, breaking his silence who has been quiet since the israel and hamas wall broke up more than three weeks ago. around one across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at other stories now. us president joe biden has signed an executive order that requires developers of artificial intelligence to share their safety results with the us government. the white house because it, quote, the most significant actions overtaken by any government to advance the field of ai safety. it comes ahead of a two—day meeting in the uk to address ai safety concerns. the former president of the spanish football federation luis rubiales has been banned from the sport for three years. the world governing body fifa said he breached its disciplinary code when he kissed spanish player

jenni hermoso on the lips after her team won the world cup in august. she denied his claim that it was consensual. and the united auto workers and general motors agree to a tentative deal on monday after more than six weeks of more targeted strike. gm is the final automaker to reach a deal with the group. the tentative agreements must still be ratified by members at each of the automakers. you are watching bbc news. returning now to the israel—gaza war and a group say the humanitarian crisis inside gaza is deepening with the most vulnerable hit the hardest. the head of the un agency supporting palestinian refugees says 3200 children have been killed in gaza in just three weeks. unicef says more than 420 children are being killed or injured in gaza every day. our special

corresponded fergal keane brings us the story of one family in southern gaza. a warning, this story contains upsetting images. they were living here in rafah when the war came. the rescuers found them in the rubble... ..and rushed 18—month—old julia to el—najar hospital. it is hard to imagine consolation in this place — until this moment, when her sister learns littlejulia has survived. "my sister, my beloved," sasturi, aged five. "this is my sister," she tells the nurses.

the girls' physical wounds can be treated. but how is it possible to heal the trauma of being a child in such a war? their dad bilal has a minor head wound but consoles the girls' uncle, mohammed. for he and wife lena have lost their six—month—old daughter, selah. witnesses to the grief of adults, the baby's sister fatima, her brother suleiman and her cousins, the two sistersjulia and juri. "one hour ago i was playing with her," says mohammed.

go to any hospital in gaza, and the flow of casualties is relentless. those who can be treated, and those who join the growing list of the dead, many of them refugees who sought shelter in crowded buildings after being forced to flee their own homes. so when these air forces strike the building, at least 20 or 30 persons will be killed. the sisters will sleep in another crowded building tonight. there is no safety. fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem. for more on the humanitarian situation on the ground my colleague katrina perry spoke with the director of philanthropy at the un's palestinian relief and works agency in the us. thanks for

joining us. firstly, my condolences to you, you have lost any members of your extended family, 61 of your colleagues in gaza, you have many close family members though. have you been able to make contact with them, you know how they are? hat make contact with them, you know how they are?- make contact with them, you know how they are? not yet. we haven't been _ know how they are? not yet. we haven't been able _ know how they are? not yet. we haven't been able to _ know how they are? not yet. we haven't been able to talk - know how they are? not yet. we haven't been able to talk about | haven't been able to talk about 2.3 days. i receive dave vos note from my mum about two days ago, she said she is alive, she is in distress, she is asking for more prayers. we always imagine things a thousand times worse than they are when we are not there. in this case we know it is very bad, we have seen it, we are traumatised from watching tv, news, imagine them living there and the little kids we have in ourfamily. if we can we pray for them, but right now everything is tested, including alfei. we right now everything is tested, including alfei.— including alfei. we are hearing re orts including alfei. we are hearing reports of _ including alfei. we are hearing reports of attacks _ including alfei. we are hearing reports of attacks in _ including alfei. we are hearing reports of attacks in the - reports of attacks in the vicinity is of several hospital, shiva and al-quds and gaza city among them. you have any updates you can bring us on

them and what the situation is? they read the news, my family is there, my apartment is next to the al-quds hospital, it has been bombed a few times around the corner. i've seen images and videos as recent as last night of tens of palestinians living outside the hospital because that may be the only time they could feel some rest because they think it is not going to be bombed and last night it wasjust going to be bombed and last night it was just the false sense of security and obviously they are depleted, —— depleted, overworked, it is a non—stop shift. and on top of that having to worry about their own families, their safety, and some of the very close ones and family members. still they continue to give. there are still eight health clinics that work and treat people, obviously that is not enough, we have 2200 clinics. only eight of them are functioning.

they are from those communities and it is difficult to continue their work and, frankly, what has been more challenging is to have hope, we see things have reallyjust have hope, we see things have really just gone have hope, we see things have reallyjust gone beyond a lot of military campaigns.- reallyjust gone beyond a lot of military campaigns. now, we heard last _ of military campaigns. now, we heard last week _ of military campaigns. now, we heard last week that _ of military campaigns. now, we heard last week that many - of military campaigns. now, we heard last week that many of i heard last week that many of your health clinics only had a day or two of fuel left to keep going. what is the latest position now?— position now? the fuel continues _ position now? the fuel continues to _ position now? the fuel continues to be - position now? the fuel continues to be a - position now? the fuel. continues to be a struggle position now? the fuel- continues to be a struggle for the team. the broke these logistics supply chain, we could not deliver as we wanted to, the hospitals are running fumes right now, the numbers we're looking every day there is one less hospital, so when we started, when this military campaign, war, conflict started there was a lot of hospitals, 22 hospitals also, now it is down to eight hospitals functioning. some of those hospitals don't have operating rooms. we worry about the safety of folks. you think about fuel, but energy, that is

how dialysis machines operating, our babies are in incubators, it is not bringing incubators, it is not bringing in fuel. in addition to that you keep thinking about the numbers of trucks they bring in and it is unfortunate because these are misleading. without these are misleading. without the fuel it doesn't matter how many food trucks you bring in, how is it going to be delivered? and that's just the house. we want fuel so we can run hospitals, get water out of the grounds with fuel, hospitals, health clinics, how do we get ambulances, you know, and on top of that we talk about communication, that is a big problem right now. we about communication, that is a big problem right now.- big problem right now. we will leave it there _ big problem right now. we will leave it there for _ big problem right now. we will leave it there for now. - big problem right now. we will leave it there for now. the - leave it there for now. the director of philanthropy, thank you for being with us. in director of philanthropy, thank you for being with us.— you for being with us. in 04 havin: you for being with us. in 04 having me- _ you for being with us. in 04 having me. the _ you for being with us. in 04 having me. the budget - having me. the budget administration - having me. the budget administration has - having me. the budget - administration has dismissed claims by russia that an anti— israel right as a dagestan airport was organised by the west. white house national security spokesperson john kirby scrub the comments by vladimir putin as classic russian rhetoric. sickly people

arrested after a large crowd shouted anti—semitic slogans installed in airport looking for israeli citizens. steve rosenberg has more. outside makhachkala airport, the mob was determined to break in. they brought with them palestinian flags and hatred ofjews. once inside, they ran riot through the terminal building, searching for passengers from israel, furious that a flight from tel aviv was expected here. tt had all the hallmarks of an anti—jewish pogrom. in the mainly muslim russian republic of dagestan. they cried in arabic, "god is greatest," and chanted anti—semitic slogans. as they pushed their way through the airport, there was no resistance. terrified staff could do little to stop this. back outside, disembarking passengers were told to reboard immediately for their own safety as the mob spilled onto the runway.

the police seemed powerless and under attack themselves but reinforcements arrived and eventually order was restored. the russian authorities blamed the violence on external forces. translation: the mass rights that occurred _ translation: the mass rights that occurred in _ translation: the mass rights that occurred in dagestan - translation: the mass rights that occurred in dagestan are i that occurred in dagestan are the result of a planned external provocation aimed at undermining harmony among russians. only a few days ago, president putin had met with russian religious leaders to tell them that inter—faith harmony was the basis of russian statehood. there were other anti—semitic protests in dagestan at the weekend. a crowd gathered outside a hotel where a jewish guest was believed to have checked in. they threw stones at the windows and a sign was put up on the door. it read, "entrance strictly forbidden to israeli citizens, to jews." steve rosenberg, bbc news. and you can find more on that story plus all the latest developments from the israel—gaza war on our website

or check out our bbc news app. and before we go, the cast of france has issued a statement of the passing of matthew perry who played chandler on the long—running tv show. speaking as one they wrote: that is all from the team here in washington. i'm sumi somaskanda. thanks for watching. stay with us on bbc news we will have more for you at the top of the hour. hello there. once again, the weather is going to make the headlines

over the next few days. we have another named storm following on from storm babet. this time it's ciaran, expected to arrive wednesday night into thursday. yes, damaging gusts of winds, but more importantly, widespread heavy rain falling on already saturated ground. that could cause some issues. before that, though, we've got an amber weather warning that remains in force until 9:00 this morning. we're likely to see this relentless feed of wet weather, with that easterly winds. so a further 70—100 millimetres of rainfall where we've already seen some flooding. so there could be some further issues this morning. we'll also see some wet weather as well spilling across parts of north west england, down through lincolnshire, east midlands, over into the london area. south of that slightly brighter skies for a time, but by the end of the afternoon, more wet weather starting to push into the south west where we had flooding at the weekend. scotland drier with some sunshine coming through, a few isolated showers, cooler here, 7—9 degrees elsewhere, 12—15 celsius. so that wet weather will arrive during the early hours of wednesday morning and pushing its way steadily north. and as it bumps into that cold air on the leading edge, there will be some snow for a time.

it will be a pretty wet affair on wednesday, and windy with it across scotland. elsewhere, it's a case of sunny spells and scattered showers. and temperatures, similar story, we're looking at around 7—15 degrees. let's take a look at storm ciaran, then. expected to intensify quite rapidly during the early hours of thursday morning. now, the position of this low still potentially subject to change, but basically circulating around that low we've got that weather front once again, feed of relentless rain across eastern scotland, northern ireland and southern coastal counties as well. and in addition to that, it's the strength of the winds that's a cause for concern. widespread gusts 50—60 miles an hour inland, on exposed channel coast, 80—90 mile an hour, maybe even stronger close to the channel isles. so we really do need to keep a close

eye on the weather story wednesday in to thursday. even once that storm has cleared through, it stays pretty unsettled with further outbreaks of rain into the weekend.

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. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. as the death toll from israel's military operation in gaza mounts, as the fate of the israeli hostages held by hamas becomes ever more uncertain, here's a bleak observation — this middle east crisis could get much more dangerous, much more costly very quickly. the key to a spread of the conflict lies on the israel—lebanon border. if that becomes a second front in a hot war, the entire region will then feel the heat. my guest is lebanon's foreign minister, abdallah bou habib. his government is on the front line, but is it powerless?