refugee camp in northern gaza. the hamas—run health ministry says at least 50 people were killed. israel says a senior hamas commander was killed. antony blinken will head to israel later this week. we will look at the broader us support for israel. israel's military has confirmed its jets carried out an attack on the jabalia refugee camp in gaza in order to kill a senior hamas commander. the overall number killed in the strike is unclear, with estimates from 25 to well over 100. the blast occurred in jabalia, to well over 100. the blast occurred injabalia, a camp in northern gaza, a densely built—up area, home to more than 100,000 people. it's an

area the israeli government told people to leave for their safety. images show creators and levelled buildings. the bbc can't verify most battlefield claims immediately but be idf say the target was a senior hamas battalion commander that the idf describes as pivotal to the idf describes as pivotal to the planning of the october the seven attacks. more now from our international editorjeremy bowen — and a warning, his report contains images some may find distressing. israel says the destruction came from air strikes that killed a senior hamas commander and some of his men. it said hamas was using these civilians as human shields in a cruel and brutal manner, and that the air strikes caused the collapse of underground hamas bunkers. 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 camp coversjust 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�*s looking for their beloved ones." the local hospital was overwhelmed with casualties. the surgical director sent the bbc this video. he said they'd done 15 to 20 amputations. patients, he said, arrived packed into ambulances with

the wounded alongside the dead. dr elron told me around 120 dead from this afternoon's attack are at the hospital. they ran out of space inside the building. hamas released these pictures of their men emerging from part of their extensive tunnel network. it's hard to work out with any precision what's happening in the ground war. both sides claim to have killed their enemies. hamas will try to use hit—and—run guerrilla tactics against a much more powerful army. israel released these pictures. it seems clear they're pressing forward. some reports say they're closer to gaza city

without entering it yet. moving through relatively open villages is much less of a military challenge than advancing into a 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 the controversy about killing palestinian civilians — unintentional casualties, israel says, in a just 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. us secretary of state antony blinken returns to israel on friday and will meet officials, and make other stocks in the region. it will be his second time in israel since the war began. let's look at some other diplomatic developments. the us senate confirmed jack lew as ambassador to israel, a post—empty since the summer. bolivia and colombia cut diplomatic ties with israel over its military operations. the outgoing un human rights commissioner said the un is failing to prevent genocide. in his final letter as an official, he was stepping down already having reached retirement age. we can speak to a seniorfellow at retirement age. we can speak to a senior fellow at the carnegie endowment for peace. he was

adviser to a number of secretaries of state. very good to see you. there has been condemnation of this strike. israel says a senior hamas commander was killed. hamas infrastructure was targeted. but it was a refugee camp as well. what do you make of israel's response here, its defence. israel's response here, its defence-— israel's response here, its defence. ., ., ~ ., , israel's response here, its defence. ., ., ~ , defence. the framework was set on october _ defence. the framework was set on october the _ defence. the framework was set on october the 7th _ defence. the framework was set on october the 7th place, - defence. the framework was set on october the 7th place, the i on october the 7th place, the people of israel, the psychology of israel, it took it to a completely different level. on october the 6th, israel was one country, on october the 8th, they were another. it's clear, it's painful, it's cruel. but it is israel's policy. to the degree the israelis are able to abide by international humanitarian law, distinction, proportionality, the avoidance

of civilian casualties, i think they will. i don't think this is an intentional effort to kill thousands of palestinians, but they are committed to eradicate hamas. the military arm. to undermine its sovereignty and capacity to govern. the key question, the sooner they are able to accomplish it militarily, all these gains will amount to nothing if the underlying reasons for gaza being the way it is, the absence of security and prosperity... if those things aren't addressed, and tethered frankly to a comprehensive effort to make significant progress towards ending... i know it seems... right | ending... i know it seems... right i suspect this is just a brutal, crueland right i suspect this is just a brutal, cruel and strain... the secretary is heading to israel

and other visits in the region. he wrote a piece speaking about the imperative of defending israel and also aiding civilians in gaza. do you think he will be putting more pressure on israel? i he will be putting more pressure on israel? i think he will be reminding _ pressure on israel? i think he will be reminding israel- pressure on israel? i think he will be reminding israel in - pressure on israel? i think he| will be reminding israel in the strongest terms possible, the question of humanitarian assistance in southern gaza, and perhaps the need for a humanitarian cause. remember, the humanitarian catastrophe is notjust the humanitarian catastrophe is not just displaced the humanitarian catastrophe is notjust displaced gazans in the south, it is the breakdown or social and economic order in and around gaza city. but the real question is clear. the administration made it clear on october the 10th when the president gave that incredibly emotional and powerful address. it is prepared to give israel the time, space and support to do what they think they need, in the wake of october the seven, against hamas. as the

minister of defence said several days ago, we will do what is right for us... we have also heard _ what is right for us... we have also heard us _ what is right for us... we have also heard us officials - what is right for us... we have also heard us officials have i also heard us officials have been pressuring israeli officials to give them some sort of insight into the plan for the day after this military operation, if hamas can be toppled. we saw secretary blinken say in the tenet that he thinks a revitalised palestinian authority could have governance and security responsibility for gaza. is that realistic?— responsibility for gaza. is that realistic? right now, the palestinian _ that realistic? right now, the palestinian authority - palestinian authority recklessly isn't able to do anything protecting palestinians in gaza. —— fecklessly. the palestinian authority right now in its current form couldn't punch its way out of a paper bag. mahmoud abbas is in the 18th year of a

four—year term. very little credibility with palestinians. in order to revive the palestinian authority, you need tremendous help from israel, you need credible elections, probably for a president and a new legislator. but above all, you need some sense, some hope, some way forward to end the israeli occupation and to work towards, i would argue, the least bad solution in this conflict. least bad solution in this conflict-— least bad solution in this conflict. ., ., ., , conflict. so one of the options ut out, conflict. so one of the options put out. from _ conflict. so one of the options put out, from the _ conflict. so one of the options put out, from the secretary i conflict. so one of the options put out, from the secretary of state, gaza's neighbours could govern it when hamas is out. president biden spoke with king abdullah ofjordan as well. i think the arab states could play a key role. 2.3 million people require, according to the peacekeeping law, a force of 10,000 peacekeepers.

the peacekeeping law, a force of10,000 peacekeepers. it's hard to imagine that arab gendarmerie, let alone military forces, would be deployed in order to create law and order, and perhaps even be forced into doing some counterinsurgency work, if in fact hamas is able to maintain some residual presence. ifind it hard to maintain some residual presence. i find it hard to believe that an arabic peacekeeping force would be put in a position where they are not necessarily protecting, but maintaining law and order against a proportion, a percentage of which is going to be extremely angry. —— against a population. be extremely angry. -- against a p°pulati°"-_ be extremely angry. -- against a population. thank you so much forjoining _ a population. thank you so much forjoining us- — a population. thank you so much forjoining us. the _ a population. thank you so much forjoining us. the war— a population. thank you so much forjoining us. the war in - a population. thank you so much forjoining us. the war in the - forjoining us. the war in the middle east has set off a funding debate in us congress. secretary of state lincoln and secretary of state lincoln and secretary of state lincoln and secretary of defence lloyd

austin made the case for more aid to israel and other national security issues. they pushed senators to agree with resident biden�*s request for a $106 billion package including $40.3 billion to support the israeli military and more than $9 billion for humanitarian relief for israel and gaza. the package also arcs for aid to ukraine, the indo—pacific and the southern border. but the newly are elected speaker wants to separate funding for israel and ukraine. secondary blink on and ukraine. secondary blink on and secretary austin went to capitol hill to persuade lawmakers to fund $106 billion in national security assistance. —— secretary blinken. that was designed to be split between israel, ukraine, the indo—pacific and border security. the argument is it should all be seen as one

thing, one pride as secretary blinken put it, linking the problems in the middle east with the problems in ukraine, by pointing to the fact hamas has visited moscow, and moscow has visited moscow, and moscow has been doing military deals with iran. that was the case they were making. they also argued for humanitarian aid for gaza, $9 billion of it. the secretary of state did acknowledge he couldn't absolutely be certain that all the aid would go to the people who need it, and some might not end up in the hands of hamas. the problem for the administration is there is divisions within the republican party on capitol hill. particularly in the house of representatives. the speaker mike johnson representatives. the speaker mikejohnson once israel mike johnson once israel separated mikejohnson once israel separated from ukraine funding, something the democrats are opposed to. the next few days will see some serious wrangling on capitol hill to try to find a way forward. all of this against a backdrop of a november 17th deadline when the federal purse, the federal

money runs out if congress doesn't act. an additional note, president biden had said he would veto any legislation some house republicans that provides funds to israel while cutting money for ukraine. this is bbc news. inaudible. a stake trip to kenya. he addressed crowds during a state banquet in the east african country, his first visit to a common legislation since he became the king.— became the king. today, mr president. _ became the king. today, mr president, you _ became the king. today, mr president, you and - became the king. today, mr president, you and i - became the king. today, mr president, you and i stood l became the king. today, mr| president, you and i stood by the mighty tree which marks the spot where almost 60 years ago, the kenyan flag was first raised. it seemed to me that the tree is thriving, strong and deeply rooted, just as this great republic and her people continue to thrive. the monarch

acknowledged _ continue to thrive. the monarch acknowledged the, _ continue to thrive. the monarch acknowledged the, quote, - acknowledged the, quote, painful aspects of the uk and can your�*s shared history but stopped short of a full apology for one of the british empire's bloodiest insurgencies. what than 10,000 kenyans were killed and others tortured during the struggle for independence. in 2013, the uk compensated more than 5000 people in a deal worth $24 million. you are watching bbc news. the general authority for crossings and borders in gaza confirmed they will open the rafah border crossing on wednesday morning to allow 81 severely wounded palestinians to cross. it remains the only open crossing point into gaza after the others were shot following the hamas attack. as thousands of civilians went south, hundreds more are getting caught in the crossfire each day. aid groups are raising alarm at the number of children affected. i spoke with the head of humanitarian

policy and advocacy at save the children international about this. israel's military has confirmed it carried out the air strike on the jabalia refugee camp in gaza. the idf say the strike was aimed at a hamas militant commander and they were able to kill him. at they were able to kill him. at the same time, what does your organisation know about civilians on the ground, and children who have been impacted?— children who have been impacted? children who have been imacted? , ., ., ., impacted? the situation in gaza over the last — impacted? the situation in gaza over the last few _ impacted? the situation in gaza over the last few weeks - impacted? the situation in gaza over the last few weeks has - over the last few weeks has been truly shocking. what's worse is that we know it can always get worse. we are hearing from jabalia camp it's truly horrifying, dozens... inaudible. earlier this week, save the children reported that the total number of children killed in gaza over the last three weeks is higher than the annual

number of children that have been killed in conflict zones all over the world since 2019. so the numbers we are seeing are truly unprecedented. we know that one child is killed every ten minutes in gaza. children make up nearly half of the total number killed. most of the people who have been killed in the last few weeks have been killed in their own homes. so this is truly horrifying. homes. so this is truly horrifying-— homes. so this is truly horri inc. ~ . ., , horrifying. what has made this conflict in _ horrifying. what has made this conflict in particular _ horrifying. what has made this conflict in particular so - conflict in particular so deadly for children? figs conflict in particular so deadly for children? as i mentioned, _ deadly for children? as i mentioned, most - deadly for children? as i mentioned, most of- deadly for children? as i mentioned, most of the | deadly for children? " i mentioned, most of the attacks have taken place in homes. but also gaza is a very densely populated area, so we are seeing the use of explosive weapons in residential areas. this really disproportionately impacts children. children's bodies are not like the bodies

of adults, they are more fragile. so we are seeing more children being killed every single day. it's truly horrifying. in addition to the number of children killed, we know around 1000 children are feared to be missing or under the rubble. you will have seen many images, which are very hard to watch, of people pulling out bloodied children from under the rubble with their own hands, with their bare hands. inaudible. with their bare hands... if you look at the — with their bare hands... if you look at the children _ with their bare hands... if you look at the children living - with their bare hands... if you look at the children living in i look at the children living in gaza right now, in terms of aid, what do they need most at the moment? in aid, what do they need most at the moment?— aid, what do they need most at the moment? in addition to the number of _ the moment? in addition to the number of children _ the moment? in addition to the number of children killed, - number of children killed, around 6000 children are injured. they are not able to get the medical treatment they need. they don't have access to

clean water. there is no electricity. 0ver clean water. there is no electricity. over the last couple of weeks, we have seen aid trickle in, but the only thing in these trucks are food, water and limited medical supply is. what we need now is fuel to come in. hospitals can't operate without fuel. water pumping stations can't resume pumping clean water without fuel. so we are hearing that children are dying out of severe dehydration, because they don't have access to clean water. this is one of the most important thing is we need to see coming in at this moment. how does the trauma of witnessing the violence on the ground effect of these children in the short—term? ground effect of these children in the short-term?— in the short-term? children in gaza have _ in the short-term? children in gaza have seen, _ in the short-term? children in gaza have seen, have - in the short-term? children in l gaza have seen, have witnessed and experienced several escalations of violence in the last ten years. if you are ten years old in gaza, you have experienced at least three escalations of violence. a

severe blockade. so these experiences remain with children in gaza. we conducted research into the mental health of children in gaza prior to the escalation, in 2021, and we found most children suffer from anxiety, nightmares, bedwetting. heartbreakingly, we found most children aren't able to dream or hope for the future. this will remain with them for a very, very long time. what we need right now is an immediate ceasefire. to ensure the preservation of human life. i'm calling on world leaders to immediately call for a ceasefire and allow aid to come in, allow people to grieve and mourn their loved ones, this is what we need right now. ones, this is what we need right "ow-— ones, this is what we need riaht now. . , , ., right now. one last question, how is your — right now. one last question, how is your organisation - right now. one last question, how is your organisation or i how is your organisation or others like unicef, been able

to find out anything about the plight of children held captive in gaza right now? we haven't been able _ in gaza right now? we haven't been able to _ in gaza right now? we haven't been able to get _ in gaza right now? we haven't been able to get in _ in gaza right now? we haven't been able to get in touch... i been able to get in touch... what we know from families and media reports is that we've heard children have been held captive. we has called for their immediate release. and we have called for the immediate release of all civilian hostages. no child should be a target. it's really important that we reiterate that civilians must be protected. including children.— civilians must be protected. including children. thank you so much for— including children. thank you so much for your _ including children. thank you so much for your time - including children. thank you so much for your time today. j including children. thank you - so much for your time today. we have been talking about the impact of the war on children. let's take a moment for the parents who have lost kids in the conflict. fergal keane spoke to a palestinian father who lost his four children in a strike in gaza, and a warning,

you may find this report distressing. 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

a neighbourhood in rafah. it's next to el—najar hospital, where every day of this war the staff receive the wounded and the dead. and where khalil works and was on duty on the night his family became casualties. translation: a massivej 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.

translation: 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. fergal keane,

bbc news, jerusalem. you can find the latest from the israel bleep wore on our website, as well as other news and headlines from around the world. —— from the israel gaza war. that is all, we are back in 30 minutes with an update on your headlines. thank you for watching and stay with us on bbc news. hello. after what was a very wet october for many places, the beginning of november promises more rain, particularly through wednesday

night into thursday thanks to storm ciaran — this storm named by the met office. it will bring widespread heavy rain, but in the south of the uk and the channel islands, there is the threat of damaging winds. on our earlier satellite image, you can see that storm just beginning to develop, this hook appearing in the cloud. that's an area of low pressure that is deepening, and will continue to deepen as it pushes in our direction. in the short term, this frontal system pushing its way north—eastwards through wednesday. that's going to bring some outbreaks of pretty heavy rain, some squally, gusty winds across the south—east corner first thing as this band of showers works its way eastwards. a band of heavy rain pushing out of northern ireland and northern england and then up across scotland, briefly some snow over high ground in northern scotland, then turning back to rain, windy in the north and in the west of scotland. sunshine and showers developing for northern ireland, england and wales. temperatures of 7—14 degrees in most places. and then, as we head into the evening and overnight, this is where storm ciaran

starts to make its move. very heavy rain swinging its way across the south of the uk and some really strong winds. see the isobars here on our pressure chart really squeezing together. there are met office amber warnings that have been issued for parts of south—west wales, more especially south—west england, and then along the english channel coast and up into parts of east anglia. inland gusts of around 70mph. coastal parts likely to see gusts of 70—80mph. and not covered by met office weather warnings, but the channel islands could see the worst of the weather — gusts here could well touch 90mph. with those strong winds, some very heavy rain across many parts of england, wales, southern and eastern scotland, perhaps fringing into northern ireland as we go through the day on thursday, and temperature—wise, 10, 11, 12 degrees. so that rain could cause some issues with flooding, those strong winds bring the risk of damage and disruption. and our area of low pressure will still be with us as we move on into friday,

weakening as it goes, so the winds should ease just a little. but it does remain very unsettled with more rain as we head into the weekend.

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