—— according to garza's health ministry. i'm frankie mccamley in london. also in the programme: king charles will deliver his first king's speech since becoming monarch, as part of the state opening of parliament. welcome to bbc news, live from southern israel, about a mile or so from the gaza strip. it is a month since hamas announced that —— launch that surprise attack on israel, killing moo people and taking more than 240 hostage, killing 1400 people and taking more than 240 hostage, the deadliest attack on israel's history. the conflict continues, with no signs of any easing of the tensions.

earlier, the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said his country would be responsible for the territory's security once the fighting had ended. that would be for an indefinite period. it comes as the health ministry in gaza, run by hamas, which is designated a terrorist organisation by the uk, reported more than 10,000 people have been killed in the territory since the war began. 0ur middle east correspondent yolande knell reports. one month on from the darkest of days. here by the western wall, the holiest place wherejews can pray, a candle was lit for each of the estimated 1,400 lives lost. and outside, on the wall ofjerusalem's old city, the faces of some 240 still missing, being held hostage in gaza. israelis are still reeling from the horror of the 7th of october, the deadliest day in their country's 75—year history. a day when a party ground became

the scene of mass slaughter, when thousands of hamas fighters broke out of gaza and gunned down families. after he left his home to see what was happening, this man's wife and three children were snatched. it has been 31 days and that is too long to be without my kids and my wife and for them to be held captive in a foreign place, you know, underground, in a small room. i don't know what situation they are in health—wise, or they're being fed, taken care of. and forfour weeks, ordinary people in gaza have been paying a heavy price, with israel besieging the small coastal strip. and pounding it with air strikes, determined to eradicate hamas, which is in control here. the un calls it inhuman

collective suffering. the figures are staggering, with health officials in gaza now saying more than 10,000 have been killed, including over 4,100 children. some 1.5 million are homeless, including this woman. translation: the situation | is getting worse day after day. yesterday, they hit our relatives, 15 people, and we are displaced. there is no food, water. when my son goes to pick up water, he queues for 3—4 hours in the line. they struck bakeries. we don't have bread. as israeli ground forces advance inside gaza, the prime minister is resisting international calls for a ceasefire and has been giving the first clue about what might happen here after the war. i think israel, for an indefinite period, will have the overall security responsibility, because we have seen what happens when we don't have it.

when we don't have that security responsibility, what we have is an eruption of hamas terror on a scale that we couldn't imagine. but israel's actions are being watched around the region, with growing fears of this conflict spreading. last night, israel says it struck targets belonging to the powerful armed group hezbollah in lebanon. there, cross—borderfighting is already the worst in years. so much about the past month has been unprecedented, including the scale of suffering, and there is still no end in sight. yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. the catastrophic situation on the sand in gaza. meanwhile israel continues to wait with bated breath to see if there is any movement or news on the hostages who remain under hamas captivity more than 240 of them. i have been various

demonstrations to try to urge for a quick release and more efforts by the israeli government to push for their release. israel has observed nationwide a minute of silence and candle lighting for victims and missing one month after the horrific the october 7th attack. a minute to recall, to pause and to grieve. that was just a flavour of the minutes�*s silence held right across the country, those pictures from tel aviv, as one month on israel tried to recall its worst attack in its 75 year history and to grieve and try to wait for news of the hostages. there is still no news of their release and that is why israel at the moment is resisting any calls for a ceasefire. in an interview with american tv last night, benjamin netanyahu said he would consider humanitarian causes

and he sounded a bit less inflexible. he said as far as tactical causes, and i were here or there, we have had them before, we will check the circumstances to enable goods to come in all hostages to leave, so perhaps a glimmer of hope on the ground for potential humanitarian deliveries. but as you heard your land knell�*s report, he said that israel would have the security responsibility over gaza in the long term. well, earlier, we spoke to our middle east correspondent yolande knell and asked her about prime minister netanyahu's comments on the future security situation in gaza. this is a question that has been lingering in the background that we have had for the past month, what exactly is israel's endgame, it said it wants to dismantle hamas which has been governing in gaza since 2007 but what could possibly follow? in 2005 israel withdrew its security forces, pulled out settlers, a unilateral decision. what we are

looking at seems to be a new israeli occupation, apparently according to what the israeli prime minister said in these comments. he spoke to the american network abc. this will go down extremely badly with the palestinian people. he did not flash out many details of what he meant, would that be a palestinian power are expected to do administration on the ground? when i had spoken in recent days to members of the palestinian authority, the body which governs in parts of the occupied west bank, a political rival of hamas, officials told me they cannot go into gaza on the back of israeli tanks, they would never be accepted by the people. fix, of israeli tanks, they would never be accepted by the people. a little bit more information _ be accepted by the people. a little bit more information from - be accepted by the people. a littlej bit more information from yolande be accepted by the people. a little i bit more information from yolande on what will happen the day after, when the guns full—time and, who or what could run gaza to rebuild and,

importantly for israel, to create security and stability that would be next door to israel and israel could live with. israel does notjust face the constant security threat within gaza but it is its northern border in lebanon were hezbollah, the militant group aligned with hamas, has been continuing the firing into northern israel and to 12 firing back into southern lebanon in recent days. late last night there were 16 rocket attacks that israel claims were from hamas's arms weighing in southern lebanon which hit northern israel, marking an escalation of cross—border fire. israel, marking an escalation of cross—borderfire. —— from hamas's arms wing. earlier, i spoke to tom fletcher, the former uk ambassador to lebanon. he gave us the latest on what's happening inside lebanon and the rest of the region. iam i am concerned, as are i am concerned, as are many i am concerned, as are many great friends in lebanon and israel and among the palestinians too. i don't think anyone inside lebanon or

northern israel wants an escalation. i would include hezbollah in that, i think the messages out of hezbollah at the end of last week including an hassan nasrallah's on friday were an indication that they realise the risks are incredibly significant at the risks of harm to the lebanese civilian population, the israeli civilian population, the israeli civilian population, the israeli civilian population, are too great. can you clarify about the presence of hamas in lebanon? whenever we speak about the threat to israel from lebanon and talk about hezbollah, you mentioned the speech by their leader, hassan nasrallah last week, but the fact israel has blamed hamas's military wing for these 16 rocket yesterday, how significant is the hamas presence in lebanon? hat significant is the hamas presence in lebanon? ., ., , ., lebanon? not huge, and there is a ve larae lebanon? not huge, and there is a very large palestinian _ lebanon? not huge, and there is a very large palestinian presence - lebanon? not huge, and there is a| very large palestinian presence and most of these palestinians are living very peacefully in the camps and beyond in southern lebanon and in beirut in northern lebanon too,

trying to get on with their lives, raise their kids, trying to deliver the sorts of lives for themselves that we would all want for our kids. the palestinian extremist groups like hamas are present around that border area but they tend to be fairly carefully controlled and overseen by hezbollah. it is significant that it blames them for these attacks rather than hezbollah and indicates it also recognises an escalation across the border is not in their interests either.— in their interests either. hassan nasrallah did _ in their interests either. hassan nasrallah did not _ in their interests either. hassan nasrallah did not indicate - in their interests either. hassan nasrallah did not indicate an . nasrallah did not indicate an escalation to all—out war in the speech last week. you have very overt displays of deterrence like that you and sending two aircraft carriers to the eastern mediterranean and now a nuclear submarine, what in your view should the international community be saying to the main actors in lebanon and do you get a sense that hezbollah is listening, the messages are being passed to them? i

hezbollah is listening, the messages are being passed to them?— are being passed to them? i think the international _ are being passed to them? i think the international community - are being passed to them? i think. the international community should be doing four things urgently right now. all violence against all civilians must stop, that must be the unequivocal message, i think we should be back in no kill time is a no kill zones in gaza, making it very clear we will not tolerate this situation continue in one month on from a tragic search of the on october seven. we have to get a 0ctober seven. we have to get a massive amount of—year—old and be more muscular and how we deliver that. we have to stop the escalation, i think antony blinken was quite successful, the main area he was successful during his visit, we have to get the message to israel that the great prizes normalisation on this approach of what they call mowing the lawn or biblical retaliation will not catch us back to the normalisation which is the real prize here, we have to keep on deterring iran and those two carrier groups off the coast of lebanon help with that. we have to get the

hostages out, and talking to people involve my understanding is the diplomatic track is getting on that much more than a military truck. and finally we had to get people back to a conversation about where this ends, a conversation about a two state solution. when i have worked for gordon brown in 2008 with israel and the saudis towards that wider agreement that ultimately is the way that this ends. it is very hard but we have to keep at it. fin that this ends. it is very hard but we have to keep at it.— that this ends. it is very hard but we have to keep at it. on that final oint we have to keep at it. on that final point about — we have to keep at it. on that final point about what _ we have to keep at it. on that final point about what comes _ we have to keep at it. on that final point about what comes next, - we have to keep at it. on that final| point about what comes next, what we have to keep at it. on that final- point about what comes next, what do you make of benjamin netanyahu saying israel should have indefinite security responsibility over gaza? the gazans would not accept israeli troops coming back in, they would see it as an occupation of some sort. it's such a realistic scenario

that israel would have a military or security control over gaza, or would they need to be combined arab control over gaza, as has been mooted by the us? you control over gaza, as has been mooted by the us?— control over gaza, as has been mooted by the us? you can see why netan ahu mooted by the us? you can see why netanyahu is — mooted by the us? you can see why netanyahu is saying _ mooted by the us? you can see why netanyahu is saying that _ mooted by the us? you can see why netanyahu is saying that i _ mooted by the us? you can see why netanyahu is saying that i israel - netanyahu is saying that i israel rightly fears the continued threat from hamas, and one month and we are reminded of those grim moments that surprised us all. the key, as netanyahu knows, we need mud —— moderate palestinian leadership to replace hamas in gaza and reassert the control they were exercising in the control they were exercising in the west bank, that is the medium to long term solution to this massive crisis. the tragedy is that process that emerges of a moderate leadership has been prevented by those who do not want a two state solution, arana is high on that ledge, hamas and other militants but also deeply netanyahu is high on the list of people that have tried to

prevent the emergence of that sort of moderate palestinian leadership —— iran is high on that list, hamas and other militants but also bb netanyahu is high on the list. what netanyahu is high on the list. what is happening _ netanyahu is high on the list. what is happening now— netanyahu is high on the list. what is happening now is _ netanyahu is high on the list. what is happening now is an _ is happening now is an intensification of the offensive and we can see live pictures of the gaza strip being parentage, those views coming from southern israel about three kilometres away from gaza, you can see destroyed buildings in the distance, the impact of the military offensive, all through the morning we have been hearing the searching about scaling our chill a, we have seen plumes of smoke from very high to buy those pictures were shot. the defence forces very much closing in on gaza city, a spokesperson said we have counted, contained and we are

slowly closing in —— the israeli defence forces are very much closing in on gaza city. it civilian suffering intensifies, the un secretary—general says gaza is becoming a graveyard for children. we will continue to bring all the latest developments from gaza and southern israel, you can find latest the on the bbc news website for the latest developments, but for now, from the team in southern israel, back to london. thanks, mark, with the very latest in israel. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. bringing you different stories from across the uk. villagers who gathered to meet their mp and a pub car park in nottinghamshire have just found out about the latest proposal for a solar park. the scheme plans battery storage for the grit and a chain of what is called

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of political process, parliamentary procedure and a fair amount of pomp and pageantry. today is for two main reasons, it is the king's speech, given by the king in his role as monarch. 0f given by the king in his role as monarch. of course, he has attended before, but then either to the his mother, the late queen elizabeth, or as he did last year to deliver the speech on her behalf. today will be the first time in more than 70 years they will be a king speech, but todayis they will be a king speech, but today is also significant for the prime minister, providing it with the opportunity to highlight his government's and some rarities for the year ahead, with rishi sunak attempting to try to distance himself from his predecessors and set out his plan for a year in government. the conservatives try labour in the polls so we will hear some of the plans about how the government wants to win back voters. crucially this could be the last king's speech before the next

general election that is expected to take place next year. we do not know the dates but we know it has to take place before january 2025. lots of speculation about whether the election will be in the spring, maybe may, or the autumn, 0ctober. it does not give the government very much time. they will lay out their plans and priorities but not a lot of time. let me show you what we can expect, it is a glorious day in westminster, this is the scene at buckingham palace where the king and queen camilla will leave, they will make the journey from buckingham palace in the diamond jubilee stagecoach and make their way along whitehall to the sovereign's entrance at the palace of westminster. we also know too that the prime minister and mps will make their way to the house of commons before proceeding to the house of lords to hear the speech. this is

the scene in parliament square just outside the houses of parliament where the carriage will make its entrance into the palace of westminster, as you can see, a big police presence, lots of organisation and logistics making sure today goes off without a hitch. let me show you the view across london this morning, looking down whitehall, you can see the cenotaph, it will be the focus of commemorations next weekend for remembrance sunday and armistice day, that is the view across london and we will give you full coverage of the procession from buckingham palace to here in westminster this morning. all of that due to kick off at about 11 o'clock. let's speak to sir anthony hurt —— sir anthony seldon, a commentator and historian, hejoins us from seldon, a commentator and historian, he joins us from epsom. seldon, a commentator and historian, hejoins us from epsom. it is a significant day, we have been

discussing quite how significant, the first king's speech in 70 years, talk us through quite how big a moment today will be. tt is talk us through quite how big a moment today will be.- moment today will be. it is the kin . 's moment today will be. it is the king's speech. _ moment today will be. it is the king's speech, isn't _ moment today will be. it is the king's speech, isn't it? - moment today will be. it is the king's speech, isn't it? many l moment today will be. it is the - king's speech, isn't it? many people listening to this and watching it will perhaps remember the famous film a few years ago of the king's speech when king charles�*s grandfather george vi had to have the ordeal of speaking with a stammer that he had, the way he was coached to do that. that is very much and everyone's mind when we hear the words the king's speech. king charles will be thinking, i'm sure, of the fact that he has to deliver this speech very well but without giving any suggestion at all of what he himself thinks. this day and hundreds of years of british history and the fact that parliament

triumphed over the king, the fact that the king as part of the ceremony is excluded initially from entering into the chamber of parliament and that emphasises the fact that the parliament democracy won the title but came to the civil war in the 17th century and parliament emerge triumphant, not the monarch. so it is a day full of history which we can see a lodge before our eyes that whole story and we can be hearing rishi sunak�*s perhaps the last outline programme for what he is going to be doing —— we can see at writ large lodge before our visuals. it is an incredibly important year for him leading up to the general election, who knows, probably in autumn 2024. you talk about the significance of

the delivery and delivering it in a neutral fashion, the delivery and delivering it in a neutralfashion, this picture is written for him, it is not of his design. —— at the speech is written for him. talk about the delivery and the thoughts that go into it. in some respects he is an actor reading a prepared script? in some respects he is an actor reading a prepared script?— a prepared script? in some ways, es. the a prepared script? in some ways, yes- the playwright _ a prepared script? in some ways, yes. the playwright is _ a prepared script? in some ways, yes. the playwright is the - a prepared script? in some ways, yes. the playwright is the prime l yes. the playwright is the prime minister and the team he has a mountain in downing street. and yet if he goes all kenneth branagh off on his own, ian mckellen, putting its own interpretation on to the words he is delivering, he will be in trouble. 0ne words he is delivering, he will be in trouble. one of the reservations about the king as we know that as prince of wales he had all kinds of strong opinions, but the monarch cannot do that, the monarch survives in britain out of sufferance. the sovereignty lies in parliament with the people, not with the monarch,

the people, not with the monarch, the sovereign is not the sovereign any more and i cannot for one moment imagine that he will, but should he start putting personal spin on the words he is going to be reading... (inaudible). you are back with us, your camera took a tumble but i hope you can still hear us.— took a tumble but i hope you can still hear us. that was a spin of my camera in — still hear us. that was a spin of my camera in the _ still hear us. that was a spin of my camera in the wind. _ still hear us. that was a spin of my camera in the wind. if— still hear us. that was a spin of my camera in the wind. if the - still hear us. that was a spin of myj camera in the wind. if the monarch tries to put his own interpretation on it, that would be trouble and he would therefore be falling over backwards to read it out in a deadpan way. a, backwards to read it out in a deadpan way-— backwards to read it out in a deadpan way. a little like your camera this — deadpan way. a little like your camera this morning. - deadpan way. a little like your camera this morning. talk - deadpan way. a little like your camera this morning. talk to l deadpan way. a little like your i camera this morning. talk to me about rishi sunak�*s role in this, preparing the speech, laying out his plans for government. it is an important day for him because he does not have much time to win back voters, he will lay out his plans

that he says will bring voters back to the conservative party but it is a significant day, he does not have much time and there is a lot of work to do? tt much time and there is a lot of work to do? , , :, :, much time and there is a lot of work todo? , , :, :, :_ to do? it is very hard for any prime minister, gordon _ to do? it is very hard for any prime minister, gordon brown _ to do? it is very hard for any prime minister, gordon brown in - to do? it is very hard for any prime minister, gordon brown in a - to do? it is very hard for any prime | minister, gordon brown in a similar position taking over after tony blair, it is hard to come in at the tail end of a long period of single party government. no party has won five general elections in a row ever in british history and that is what the conservatives have been asked to do, so he will try to make his mark make something distinctively tory, distinctively sunak, while at the same time very mindful of the impact of everything he says on voters, particularly floating voters. it will be necessarily a political speech, thinking very much of the impact of actually of every word he

has. i think it is tough, i think he has. i think it is tough, i think he has restored credibility to the prime minister and the prime minister's office after the tumultuous years of borisjohnson and liz truss, he will be mindful of that event also.— that event also. anthony, we are 'ust that event also. anthony, we are just looking _ that event also. anthony, we are just looking at — that event also. anthony, we are just looking at beautiful - that event also. anthony, we are just looking at beautiful pictures| just looking at beautiful pictures right across london, the sun is out, the flags are there, that is the view of westminster on a day of pump and peregrine —— pageantry. continuing coverage on bbc news. there we go, more pomp and pageantry just catching the back of the carriage as it makes its way into buckingham palace to collect the king and queen camilla, they will make that shortjourney king and queen camilla, they will make that short journey from the king and queen camilla, they will make that shortjourney from the at buckingham palace along whitehall, down there to the palace of westminster. lots of logistics, organisation going in to today to

make sure it passes off without a hitch. the timescale and the planning to the minutes, expected to be down just after quarter past 11, a heavy police presence and lots of people lining that route to watch the procession down here to westminster. what happens when he arrives at the palace of westminster? he will make its way, along with the queen, through the sovereign's entrance, the jaw reserved exclusively for the monarch. 0nce reserved exclusively for the monarch. once inside, he will wear the robes of state and make its way to the house of lords where he will be on the throne, mps from the commons will enter the house of lords, it is a packed chamber, they will traditionally listen in silence before returning to the house of commons where we will hear from both the prime minister and the leader of the prime minister and the leader of the opposition and mps will debate the opposition and mps will debate the contents of that speech

extensively well into the night. let's talk about some of that politics with our political correspondent damien grammatical has. a significant day, and for the prime minister really important. perhaps his last chance to lay out his plans for government to the electorate?— his plans for government to the electorate? : : :, , :, electorate? almost certainly, i do not think we _ electorate? almost certainly, i do not think we will _ electorate? almost certainly, i do not think we will get _ electorate? almost certainly, i do not think we will get another - electorate? almost certainly, i do. not think we will get another king's speech before an election which could be as early as spring next year, it could be in autumn next year. rishi sunak, the conservatives have been trailing labour by a considerable margin. mr sunak has been there for a year and has not been there for a year and has not been able to shift that trial. its audience is notjust the public but its own tory mps who will be listening to this to see what he is offering heading to an election. i think amongst many there is a sense of resignation perhaps, uncertainty,

not sure mr sunak has been able to shift things beyond a yes he might have improved the image of the party and stabilise things but has he later any fuses that will enthuse people, has he gone beyond a managerial sense of being competent? you need to show more of that. thank you to our political correspondent damian grammaticas. there is continued coverage of the state 0pening continued coverage of the state opening of parliament throughout the day on bbc news. that is the scene across westminster this morning. the sun is out. the stage carriage looking set to be pretty glorious procession from buckingham palace. there we go. it is due to make its way out of there in the next half an hour or so, making its way down there, as the camera moves across the front of buckingham palace. the carriage making its way down whitehall,

bringing it here to the palace of westminster. a day of pomp and pageantry. and there is a lot at stake today. we can't underestimate the as far as it is the first king's speech in more than 70 years. the king has been here before of course, but either to accompany his mother or to give the speech on her behalf. now this special programme with this morning, from the palace of westminster, we bring you a unique blend of pageantry and politics, as king charles iii gives his first king's speech as monnet from this historic throne. it is the state 0pening historic throne. it is the state opening of parliament 2023. —— as monarch.

well, a very good morning. what a day ahead. welcome to the wonderful surroundings here in the house of lords and in just under an hour, surroundings here in the house of lords and injust under an hour, his majesty the king accompanied by the queen, will arrive at the palace of westminster. such an honourfor me to be here this morning and what a day it will be. so fascinating, so important. forthe day it will be. so fascinating, so important. for the first time in some years, we will see the return to the full pageantry and pomp for which this event is so globally celebrated. there are going to be carriages, horses and military guards of honour, all the royal regalia, a spellbinding mix of symbolism and spectacle. all are rooted in our past. so enjoy the splendour of the occasion, but the future is all important today as we look at the cold hard