0h oh god, my three kids are gone, i hope i can find one alive, i didn't say goodbye. with over 230 people being held hostage in gaza by hamas, we go back to the scene of an attack where one man had seven family members kidnapped. also tonight, chaos and dysfunction in downing street during the pandemic — the covid inquiry hears from one of borisjohnson�*s closest advisers, dominic cummings. he was somewhat dumbstruck that we were in this situation and of course there was no plan for lockdown so he was also perfectly reasonably saying, "how the hell do we lock down when there isn't a plan for lockdown?" a major u—turn as rail operators scrap plans to close the vast majority of ticket offices

in england after a public consultation. coming up in sport later on bbc news: bangladesh are the first side out of semifinal contention at the cricket world cup. they lost by seven wickets to pakistan, who have kept their hopes alive. good evening from jerusalem. footage is emerging tonight after a huge explosion at a refugee camp in northern gaza. the images show people at the jabalia camp trying to resuce others trapped under the rubble. hamas — designated as a terrorist organisation by the uk government — says it was an israeli air strike and at least 50 people have been killed, with hundreds injured. the israeli military has yet to comment. the camp, made up of high

rise buildings, was home to more than 100,000 people and is in an area that civilians had been told to leave. bbc verify have just located the exact position of the blast which you can see here — you can see how built—up it is. 0ur international editor jeremy bowen has the latest. his report is hard to watch and contains images which some may find it distressing from the start. the attack onjabalia camp looks to be one of the biggest single palestinian losses of life so far in this war. jabalia is in the far north of gaza, where israel been pushing forward. israel ordered civilians to leave this area. many did. many others did not. the un said some people even returned to their homes because conditions further south were so desperate. an unknown number of people

are buried under the rubble. they were pulling out children. he says, "oh god, my three children are gone, three kids. i hope i can find one of them alive. i didn't bid them farewell." jabalia covers just over half a square mile. 116,000 refugees were registered here with the un before the war. he says, "it's a massacre, 30 to a0 homes blown to pieces. bodies everywhere, everyone is looking for their beloved ones." dozens of bodies were taken to the nearest hospital. israel says it targets hamas and if civilians are killed, it is because they are being used as human shields. hamas released these pictures of

their man emerging from part of their man emerging from part of their extensive tunnel network. it is hard to work out with any precision what is happening in the ground war, both sides claiming to have killed their enemies, hamas will try to use hit and run guerilla tactics against the much more powerful army. tactics against the much more powerfularmy. israel tactics against the much more powerful army. israel released these pictures. it seems clear they are pressing forward. some reports say they are closer to gaza city without entering it yet. moving through relatively open villages is much less of a military challenge than advancing into the city. on their side of the gaza border, israel has plenty of force in reserve and it says a long fight ahead. we don't have much detail about what the israelis are doing inside gaza. they are working very hard to control the information battlefield which is a big part of modern war. they are

releasing some video and some generalised communiques about success but they are minimising access. jabalia will fuel controversy about killing palestinian civilians. unintentional casualties, israel says, in ajust war. america warned israel not to be blinded by rage. and palestinians believe israel is inflicting another catastrophe on them. jeremy bowen, bbc news, southern israel. more now on the conditions in gaza. in the last three weeks, we have brought you reports about the suffering of families — and particularly children — in gaza. today the united nations�* children's agency unicef said that gaza was becoming a graveyard for children and that it feared what it called "generational trauma" was being caused by the bombardment and siege of the territory by israel. israel says it is targeting hamas. our special correspondent

fergal keane, who is based injerusalem, has been working with freelance journalists in gaza and he has this report on the tragedy of one family. and many will find this upsetting. once he had a home. once he had a family. now he picks through the rubble for fragments of the past. khalil lost his four children and seven other members of his family. here he shows a bbc journalist pyjamas worn by his 18—month—old daughter, rosa. khalil gave us this slow motion

video of rosa dancing. the same blue pyjamas, but in a world that has gone forever. the family was trapped under this rubble in rafah. it's next to a hospital, where every day of this war the staff receive the wounded and the dead. and where this man works and was on duty on the night his family became casualties. translation: a massive bomb exploded that night and our neighbours _ started showing up at the hospital, so i asked where was the bombing. they told me it was around my house. i had to run to the house to check on the family. i tried calling, but no—one was answering. and, as you can see,

the whole house was bombed. the remnants of childhood. when khalil was the father of living children. my oldest child, ebrahim. this is my dad, may his soul rest in peace. this is amal, and this is kinan. this is masa, a cousin. this is lina, a cousin. they loved each other so much. khalil�*s sister is still buried under the rubble, his wife is in hospital badly wounded and his days are filled with longing. translation: i had a dream for each of my kids. - ebrahim was first in his school

and i dreamt of seeing him as a doctor one day. and now they are all gone. khalil, a father, always. public pressure is growing on israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, to secure the release of at least 239 hostages held by hamas in gaza. hamas has proposed freeing them in return for palestinian prisoners in israeli jails, but it's unclear whether talks are going on. with mr netanyahu battling to restore a sense of security in his country, our middle east correspondent lucy williamson has been talking to one man whose family was taken captive from kibbutz be'eri, and who says israel should do whatever it takes to free them. kibbutz be'eri, three miles from gaza, neverfelt like the front line of a conflict.

wow. look at this. it looks like one now. my god. no way. seven members of gilad's family were taken from this house. let's see the shelter. look at this. no way. it's the first time he's seen it since the attack. the front door, riddled with bullet holes. look at this. how they hate us. how. in the charred remains of the house, no sign of bodies. the door to the safe room held fast, but the steel shutters outside were blown open. the family gone. horror movies from the hamas attack here on the 7th of october were filmed in the street outside. gilad has watched them again and again for signs

of his son, daughter in law or grandchildren. explosions now the sounds of israel's bombardment of gaza land in the empty street. what's really difficult is just the scale of this destruction. taking it all in. walking around this house, looking for any scrap of normal life. it's really difficult to find. there's a few burnt out kitchen appliances here, but really, that's about it. and not only have the walls been shattered and knocked through, but there seems to be wanton violence peppered over this house, bullet holes on this wall, seemingly with no purpose. looking at this, what's striking is that people felt safe living here, so close to gaza. and what's been broken is not just the veneer of peace and their own family home,

but also the promise that was made to them by the israeli government to keep them safe. i think a lot of people will not return, even because the memories. do you think it was a fantasy, the feeling of safety here, an illusion? for 25 years, yes, it was illusion. i mean, this is what everybody thought about safety. and we are strong. there are those in israel who say getting the hostages out of gaza is worth paying any price, including releasing palestinian prisoners from israeli jails. 0thers point out that the man israel says planned this attack was himself released in a previous prisoner exchange. the question facing prime minister benjamin netanyahu is whether to gamble with israel's future security to get gilad's family home. lucy williamson, bbc news, be'eri.

as israel steps up its offensive, it says it's targeting the underground tunnels and bunkers in gaza controlled by hamas. 0ur security correspondent gordon corera takes a closer look now at hamas' underground network and why it's so important for israel to try to destroy it. massive air strikes targeting gaza's tunnels, pictures released by israel as it stepped up ground operations at the end of last week, all part of an attempt to damage hamas's key defence. so what do we know about them? back in 2015, the bbc was shown these tunnels in the south of gaza run by a group allied to hamas. back then they were being used to hide mortars which could be fired into israel. in the years since, the tunnel network has grown enormously, as we can see from this footage, released by hamas. you can see here the size of the tunnels, with reinforced concrete to protect them. they have lighting and electricity

and even what appears to be communications systems. images like this — issued by israeli forces but said to be from hamas footage — give a sense of the scale. for years, hamas used the tunnels to emerge out of gaza and to carry out attacks in israel. when israel built a fence around gaza, this even extended underground, with concrete barriers to block tunnels. but on october 7th, hamas did notjust tunnel out — it also blew holes in the fences. and now israel faces a major challenge, because the tunnels are notjust a way to get out, but also a hiding place. so how big is this network? no one knows for sure. this map, from israeli sources, shows why they call it the gaza metro. the best guess is there may be 300 miles of tunnels right under the civilian population. israel even claims underneath a hospital. that means destroying tunnels almost certainly means civilian casualties. so what does this mean for any invasion? tunnels pose a real challenge

for israeli forces. hamas can use them to retreat, hide weapons and stockpile supplies, plan operations and emerge behind attacking soldiers. those who have fought in tunnels say it is incredibly challenging. normal night vision goggles don't work, communication is almost impossible, you lose a sense of direction. israeli forces have been training to fight underground. specialist robots and ground penetrating senses may help. sponge bombs can expand to close up tunnels. but fighting hamas on its home terrain, where it has been preparing for years and laying traps, would be deeply challenging and israel may try to avoid it. another issue is the more than 200 hostages who may be held underground. one who was released described walking for miles in what she called a damp, humid spider's web of tunnels. the presence of hostages makes some tactics — like blowing up or flooding tunnels — more problematic. if israel really is determined to dismantle hamas, it will have to destroy its hiding place,

but that will not be easy and it may be costly for israeli forces and the people of gaza. well, that is all from me and the team injerusalem. we'll have more at ten, but for now it's back to sophie in the studio. the official inquiry into the covid pandemic has been told a that the former prime minister, borisjohnson, suggested he believed the pandemic was "nature's way of dealing with old people" — that's what the government's former chief scientist, sir patrick vallance, wrote in his diary. one of the then prime minister's closest aides, dominic cummings, told the inquiry that the government had been dysfunctional, and the then director communications said the pandemic had been the wrong crisis for borisjohnson�*s skill set. here's our political editor chris mason. casually dressed, controversial and

not exactly shy when it comes to slagging off other people and institutions. how is your eyesight, mr cummings? you probably remember dominic cummings for driving 260 miles during lockdown and visiting barnard castle in county durham to test his eyesight. i castle in county durham to test his e esiuht. , . , castle in county durham to test his eesiuht. , . ,�* , eyesight. i swear by almighty god the evidence _ eyesight. i swear by almighty god the evidence i _ eyesight. i swear by almighty god the evidence i shall— eyesight. i swear by almighty god the evidence i shall give _ eyesight. i swear by almighty god the evidence i shall give shall- eyesight. i swear by almighty god the evidence i shall give shall be i the evidence i shall give shall be the evidence i shall give shall be the truth _ the evidence i shall give shall be the truth... he the evidence i shall give shall be the truth---_ the truth... he comes across in ublic is the truth... he comes across in public is mild-mannered. - the truth... he comes across in public is mild-mannered. it - the truth... he comes across in | public is mild-mannered. it was public is mild—mannered. it was rather less than that in his private rift and observations about people who worked alongside. you rift and observations about people who worked alongside.— who worked alongside. you called ministers useless... _ who worked alongside. you called ministers useless... morons... i ministers useless... morons... bleep... in e—mails and what's saps to your professional colleagues. mt; to your professional colleagues. my appalling languages oversee my own. myjudgment of a lot of senior people — myjudgment of a lot of senior people was widespread. and myjudgment of a lot of senior people was widespread. and listen to how dominic — people was widespread. and listen to how dominic cummings _ people was widespread. and listen to how dominic cummings described - people was widespread. and listen to how dominic cummings described a l how dominic cummings described a very seniorfemale how dominic cummings described a very senior female colleague. we cannot very senior female colleague. - cannot keep dealing with this horrific meltdown in the british

state while dodging stilettos from this bleep. was this the correct way to manage fellow professionals? aha, to manage fellow professionals? a thousand times worse than my bad language _ thousand times worse than my bad language is the underlying issue at stake. _ language is the underlying issue at stake, that we had a cabinet office system _ stake, that we had a cabinet office system that had completely melted. borisjohnson'sjudgment system that had completely melted. boris johnson's judgment caused anger today, he borisjohnson�*s judgment caused anger today, he was obsessed with all the people accepting their fate and letting the young get on with life and the economy going, wrote sir patrick vallance. it showed mr johnson was sociopathic, some of those representing the bereaved said. the overriding impression of what we are seeing here is one of dysfunction. claims of a shambles at the heart of government atjust the moment government was more important to more people than it had been for decades and decades. the other man

taking questions today was lee cain, boris johnson's taking questions today was lee cain, borisjohnson�*s man in charge of communications. he reckons his former bath dithered and wasn't suited to leadership in a pandemic. __ by suited to leadership in a pandemic. —— by his former boss. it suited to leadership in a pandemic. -- by his former boss.— -- by his former boss. it was the wron: -- by his former boss. it was the wrong crisis _ -- by his former boss. it was the wrong crisis for _ -- by his former boss. it was the wrong crisis for this _ -- by his former boss. it was the wrong crisis for this prime - wrong crisis for this prime minister's skill set. which is different, i think, from not potentially being up to the job of being prime minister. find potentially being up to the “0b of being prime minister.* potentially being up to the “0b of being prime minister. and what about wh it took being prime minister. and what about why it took ten _ being prime minister. and what about why it took ten days _ being prime minister. and what about why it took ten days from _ being prime minister. and what about why it took ten days from agreeing . why it took ten days from agreeing to a first lockdown to actually announcing it? i to a first lockdown to actually announcing it?— to a first lockdown to actually announcing it? i think it is longer than ou announcing it? i think it is longer than you would _ announcing it? i think it is longer than you would like _ announcing it? i think it is longer than you would like but - announcing it? i think it is longer than you would like but it's - than you would like but it's importantjust to emphasise the amount of things that had to be done and the amount of people had to take with us to deliver a nationwide lockdown. with us to deliver a nationwide lockdown-— with us to deliver a nationwide lockdown. _ ., lockdown. boris johnson has offered no comments _ lockdown. boris johnson has offered no comments what's _ lockdown. boris johnson has offered no comments what's been _ lockdown. boris johnson has offered no comments what's been said - lockdown. boris johnson has offered | no comments what's been said today. he and rishi sunak are expected to give evidence here before christmas. chris mason, bbc news. rail operators have scrapped plans to close hundreds of

rail ticket offices in england. it's a major u—turn after three quarters of a million people took part in the consultation on whether ticket offices were still needed. train companies had argued only 12% of tickets were now bought at station kiosks. the bbc has been told that rail bosses are furious, because the plans had originally been approved by the department for transport. our transport correspondent katy austin has the story. for people who had campaigned to save this ticket office in the west midlands, today's u—turn was welcome news. i think i was just so thrilled, ijust started to cry really. we want to know that there is someone at the ticket office to maybe help that elderly person who cannot use new technology, who doesn't have a smartphone. the rail industry had said staff would help passengers in other areas of the station and ticket buying habits had changed. there is also pressure to cut costs.

but there was a backlash from rail unions while disability groups voiced concerns. passenger watchdogs rejected the plans, despite operators making changes. the level of concern and the strength of concern really needs to be reflected on, built into any revised proposals in future in order to gain passenger confidence so they can get the help when they need it, they can get the right ticket at the right time. the transport secretary, mark harper, said the proposals were not good enough. train companies will now scrap them. we have to make sure we deliver value for money for the taxpayer but also create a rail industry and network that is fit for the smartphone era and the truth is, at the moment, it isn't, so we were right to look at these proposals. one senior rail source said train bosses were furious that they had had to come out and defend plans which had been approved by the department for transport, and they said the question now was where else the government would like them to look to save money. accessibility campaign groups expressed relief today but said lessons needed to be learned.

it is a time of change and challenges on the railway. ticket offices are staying open, for now at least. katy austin, bbc news. the labour leader sir keir starmer has been defending his decision not to demand an immediate ceasefire in gaza — despite calls to do so from within his own party. in a speech in london, he said such a move would embolden hamas, and insisted a humanitarian pause was the only credible approach to the conflict. our deputy political editor vicki young is in westminster. yes, sircare yes, sir care has come under pressure from some in his party to change his position on that. it is pretty obvious from the speech he is not going to do so. he wanted to concentrate on where his party does agree, peace process, to sedate solution, of course that may be, if it as it is a long way down the track. in the shorter term, his office they decided to tolerate the descent in his party rather than

sacking more than a dozen of his shadow ministers want a ceasefire straightaway. keeping your party on line is a very important part of leadership, but it's pretty obvious if you listen to him here that he's not going to discipline who defied him. it is for me to address collective responsibility, i recognise that that is my duty, it matters, and i take that duty extremely seriously, but i do it in the context of understanding what is driving people in the call for a ceasefire, which is, in myjudgment, not the call that we should be making as things stand, for the reasons i set out. as for reaction to all of that, some labour mps have falsely reassured by the speech today, i think sir keir was more critical of israel's actions than he has been before but of course is the situation in gaza continues, more of those images like the ones we tonight, it's good to be harderfor sir keir to keep his

party united around his policy. the number of companies going bust this year looks set to be the highest since the aftermath of the financial crisis in 2009. the government's latest official figures show that the construction, retail and hospitality sectors are among the hardest hit. with all the details, here's our business editor, simonjack. going, going, gone. wine merchant dean euden is packing up the last of his stock as he shuts down his business. rising costs and cash—strapped customers spelt the end. there wasn't the same spending power in the market, so i couldn't make ends meet. i couldn't pay my suppliers, pay myself and pay all the additional costs. so that's when i realised itjust wasn't a valid business any more. 2023 is shaping up to be a little shop of horrors. it's on track to register more company failures than any year since the worst of the financial crisis in 2009. round the corner from dean, betina's danish bakery battles on. but it's precarious.

there's been times i've gone, "please, just... "i hope the dishwasher don't break. "i hope the fridge don't break at this moment." that's how fragile it is. yeah. i absolutely love what we do. i'm really proud of what we do. and i will fight to the end to keep us going. but it's really not easy. only the very toughest will survive at the moment. wage bills, material costs, borrowing costs all higher, the same time as customers have faced a cost of living crisis. add that to covid—era loans that need paying back and a taxman less patient than in those years, it's little wonder there's been a surge in the number of companies either being forced or choosing to throw in the towel. the construction sector is under particular stress. that's no surprise to ceri lee. he's got enough work to survive, but says it's one of the toughest times he can remember. you sort of go into some jobs blind. you know, you wake up in the morning, things have gone up. you dare not go back to your customers. you go back to your customers, you mightjust lose the job.

so sometimes you've just got to take it and swallow it. the massive part of it is people's interest rates. if people are spending more money on their their mortgages, they're less likely to spend more money on building works. 0n the brighter side, inflation has fallen, prices are rising less quickly. but keeping your head above water is a challenge many thousands of firms will fail this year. simonjack, bbc news, cardiff. american bully xl dogs have now been added to the banned list of breeds in england and wales. it will be a criminal offence to own one without an exemption from february. it follows a number of attacks involving the breed. the uk's chief vet has previously said there won't be a cull — but owners will have to adhere to strict conditions. the king and queen are on a state visit to kenya — their first trip to a commonwealth country since charles became monarch. king charles has spoken of the apparent and unjustifiable act of violence committed against canyons during the independence struggle.

the king addressed the wrongdoings of britain's colonial era. the king told a state banquet in nairobi of his greatest sorrow and regret and that there was no excuse. saudi arabia is set to host the men's 2034 world cup after australia decided not to bid for the event. no other country has shown interest in hosting the world cup and the deadline is today. our sports editor dan roanjoins us now. how controversial will this be? well, if you thought the idea of a winter world cup in qatar was controversial, this could surpass even that. and yet on the other hand there is no real surprise, not when you look at the billions that saudi arabia has been investing in sport recently. the sense is that all that has been gearing up to this moment. but i think it will come as a shock to people because of the extreme temperatures, slightly the traditional summer slot will have to be moved again as it was in qatar with all the disruption that would

entail. there is concern over the way that fifa appear to have paved the way for the saudis' bid by accelerating and restricting the bidding process rules. then of course because of saudi arabia's notorious human rights record, its discriminatory law, there are acquisitions of sports washing by campaigners. the saudi authorities deny all that, they say this is about growing the game, diversifying their economy, boosting tourism, inspiring the people, they say some of the criticism is hypocrite —— make up a critical will save money has been put before morals. what is certain is that this once again reinforces the shift in power towards the middle east when it comes to sport.— towards the middle east when it comes to sport. dan, thank you. but our comes to sport. dan, thank you. itut our main _ comes to sport. dan, thank you. but our main story _ comes to sport. dan, thank you. but our main story now - comes to sport. dan, thank you. but our main story now and - comes to sport. dan, thank you. but our main story now and back comes to sport. dan, thank you. i but our main story now and back to jerusalem for the latest on that huge explosion at a refugee camp in gaza today. paul adams is there. what more can you tell us? aha, what more can you tell us? a couple

of thins what more can you tell us? a couple of things to — what more can you tell us? a couple of things to update _ what more can you tell us? a couple of things to update you _ what more can you tell us? a couple of things to update you on. - what more can you tell us? a couple of things to update you on. one, - what more can you tell us? a couple of things to update you on. one, thej of things to update you on. one, the israeli military has put out a statement tonight explaining what they had done injebali, they said they had done injebali, they said they carried out an air strike against a hammers commander which killed him and around 50 of his men and it also says in a statement that underground terror infrastructure embedded beneath the buildings used by the terrorists also collapsed after the strike. i think it is clear that the very large crater we saw was the result of one of those munitions. the other thing we hear tonight is that hamas say they are about to release and other foreign hostages they were holding. indie about to release and other foreign hostages they were holding. we will course bring — hostages they were holding. we will course bring you _ hostages they were holding. we will course bring you the _ hostages they were holding. we will course bring you the very _ hostages they were holding. we will course bring you the very latest - course bring you the very latest tonight on the bbc news at ten. let's get the latest weather.

october has ended with yet more heavy rain, indeed some flooding across many parts of northern ireland and as we head into the start of november, there is more rain in the forecast but also for some the chance for some strong and damaging winds. thanks to storm ciaran which will make its arrival during tomorrow night and on into thursday, as i will show you. fortunately, some rain in the forecast, a band of heavy rain pushing northwards across england, wales, northern ireland into southern scotland. temperatures overnight briefly turning quite cold across the highlands, milderfurther south by the end of the night. wendy close to the south coast tomorrow morning as this band of showers works its way east. this band of heavy rain making progress north across scotland, briefly some style of the high ground in the north. northern ireland tending to brighten up northern ireland tending to brighten up during the day. they will turn windy as the day wears on up towards the north of the uk. temperatures 6 to 14 the north of the uk. temperatures 6 to 1a but it has as we head west

night into thursday that we have a