the israeli army largest. the israeli army denies accusations of strikes on al—shifa, although they have admitted to fighting in the area. in this video you can see hospitals operating in darkness in the north, as doctors without borders says hospitals have come under relentless bombardment for the past 2a hours. a surgeon at al—shifa told the bbc power, water and food have run out into the hospital's intensive care unit had been hit. the idf says it will assist in the evacuation of babies from the paediatric department at the hospital on sunday. meanwhile, israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, says his forces have completed the encirclement of gaza city, an acknowledgement they were fighting on the outskirts of al—shifa hospital. israel has accused hamas of operating tunnels underneath the hospital, something hamas denies. for more on all this, i spoke with our diplomatic correspondence paul adams, who is injerusalem.

thanks forjoining us. these reports coming out of gaza paint a grim picture of the humanitarian situation there. what more can you tell us about how hospitals in gaza are coping? well, with great difficulty. they are all pretty much surrounded in gaza city, because the israelis argue these are places where hamas fighters have based themselves, and consequently there have been intense battles going on around us hospitals. the israelis say they are not targeting hospitals per se, and they are trying to get the civilian populations that are clustered around them to try to leave, and also starting to think about evacuating the hospitals themselves, so that israel can concentrate on dealing with hamas. there is a small development on that front this evening. the israelis said tomorrow they are going to evacuate babies from the shifa hospital to a safer location. we do not know the details, we have not had confirmation from the palestinian side, it is very difficult to get through to any of these

hospitals at the moment. that does suggest that the israelis recognise as they are camped out on the perimeter of some of these hospitals, the situation is becoming untenable inside and they need to address the very real humanitarian needs of the patients inside those hospitals before there is any prospect of dealing with hamas and any infrastructure they may or may not have inside. what about the progress of israel's military operations themselves? what is the latest you are hearing? it sounds like everything is being centred on northern gaza? it absolutely is, that is the absolute focus of israel's military effort. there are still airstrikes elsewhere, in the southern part of the gaza strip. the israelis say any time

we see a hamas target, we will go after them. what they want to do is deal with gaza city and the surrounding area first. that is a major undertaking. it is a very sizeable urban area, quite apart from the issue of hospitals and schools, where civilians are still camped out, fewer now than before, but there are still many civilians there. there is also the business of then taking on hamas in their own backyard, in their own backstreets, an organisation that according to the israelis has a network of tunnels and bunkers right under the city they can operate from. i think there is every expectation that the battle for gaza city could take quite some time yet. we are about five weeks in now to this conflict, international calls for a ceasefire seems to be growing. we have seen those mass protests on the streets of london, meetings with arab leaders as well, the president of france calling for a ceasefire as well. are these calls resonating where you are at all in israel?

not yet, no. the israeli government argues it has a very serious undertaking that it is pursuing. the destruction of hamas, both as a military and political force. the eradication of hamas from the gaza strip. that is something the israeli government has never tried before and clearly still has some way to go. i think everybody knows that at some point the key players in this, and by that i mean washington, will think, look, enough is enough. this dreadful mounting death toll, in excess of 11,000 people who have been killed now, at some point washington is going to say to israel, you have done enough, you have destroyed enough of hamas, the cost in lives and the sheer destruction of the infrastructure of the gaza strip is too great now. we need to stop this. but i think we're quite way from that stop i think the israelis believe, and i think they still have american backing for a desire to continue to degrade and destroy hamas for some time to come.

0ur diplomatic correspondence paul adams reporting from jerusalem. thank you so much. according to doctors without borders, many hospital patients in gaza cannot walk and are unable to evacuate. a surgeon at al—shifa said "those who are staying in the hospital already decided they are dead. lucy williamson sent us this report from jerusalem, and a warning, there are some scenes you may find upsetting. gaza's main hospital is now the eye of this military storm. staff here say they've been under constant fire for the past 2a hours. the dead trapped here, along with the living. we would like to bury their bodies. we tried yesterday to make a big grave in shifa hospital, mass grave, but the israelis attacked all the caterpillar who arrived to shifa hospital.

we don't want to have any outbreaks due to these dead bodies who are outside the main refrigerator. 0ne doctor there said patients were so frightened, some left with serious injuries untreated. the hospital lost power yesterday. doctors without borders has accused the israeli military of signing the death warrant of civilians trapped in al—shifa. elsewhere, doctors report carrying out surgery by the light of mobile phones. they say the lack of electricity is threatening the lives of newborn babies and those in intensive care. some, they say, have already died. israel says its ground offensive has so far captured ii hamas bases. isreal says its enemy hides behind hospitals like al—shifa, but that it's not targeting the complex or civilians.

tonight, israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, said the operation was achieving its objectives. translation: idf forces have completed the encirclement of gaza city. they are operating in the heart of the city, they are on the outskirts of shifa hospital. they eliminated thousands of terrorists, including senior commanders and many murderers who were among those who lead this terrible massacre on the accursed saturday, october 7th. a few miles from gaza, soldiers reconnect with parents who themselves fought here in similar wars. some of the soldiers gathering for a weekend break here lost friends and comrades in the hamas attack. they are now under growing pressure from israel's public and politicians to finish their mission. israel's leaders are facing questions over the plan for gaza once the military operation ends. this family has sent three generations to fight in israel's army. the shabbat family picnic snatched on the roadside has become a tradition of its own. the father, yaron, said israelis didn't want to fight but that they and their neighbours

were like fire and water. the talk here in israel is often a call for peace backlit by the sounds of war. lucy williamson, bbc news, southern israel. the moral of the situation on the ground i spoke to a spokesperson from the international federation of the red cross and red crescent societies. ijust want i just want to start with these reports that the healthcare system in the gaza strip has essentially collapsed. can you walk us through the situation on the ground there right now? yes, thank you for having me. this situation is desperate. we have been saying this in the last weeks, but without a safe humanitarian space, without fuel for the hospitals, and without safety for the civilians and healthcare

civilians and healthca re workers, civilians and healthcare workers, this would be the result. and this is exactly what is happening now in these hours. so we have a healthcare system that is collapsed, you are saying. there are hospitals in the north of gaza that are not anymore working or are working, —— barely working, and i can tell you that in al quds hospital electricity is almost running out and there is just a bit of fuel that they are using for infants and incubators and intensive care units. but then of course this is not a fully functioning hospital and this will not last for long, so this situation is really catastrophic stop there have there have been clashes outside of hospitals in northern gaza, in terms of the safety of patients and healthcare workers, how safe are they? they are not. the reality is there is no safe place in gaza. this is al—shifa in the last week, in particular

in these days on the north of gaza it is even worse. what we are seeing is really heavy shelling and heavy fighting at hospitals, and i want to remind to everyone that hospitals must be protected every time, and what we are seeing now, what our red crescent colleagues are telling us in palestine, there is no way in or out from the hospital at al quds, and this is the sixth stay in a row where they are cut off from everything and everyone, and again, without humanitarian aid, without supplies, they will not be able to carry on their life—saving activities. the israeli military has repeatedly said hamas is operating tunnels underneath hospitals like al—shifa. what do you make of those claims? i do you make of those claims? i

can speak, the al quds hospital, i don't have this kind of information. but what i want to underline here is that anyone in hospitals must be considered in sanctuaries, and no doctor, no patient, no nurse should risk to die in a bombardment. of course, it is a legal and moral obligation to protect hospitals and also of course not to use hospitals for any military purpose.- any military purpose. israel has also — any military purpose. israel has also said _ any military purpose. israel has also said it _ any military purpose. israel has also said it has - any military purpose. israel has also said it has agreed | any military purpose. israel i has also said it has agreed to periodic humanitarian pauses of about four hours. is that enough, in your mind, to be able to provide medical care thatis able to provide medical care that is needed and to be able to ensure that the healthcare system in gaza is running? well, i mean, every effort to bring some pores to the fighting is of course welcome. we need to understand this operation and why it would work, and we need to organise a safe humanitarian is base where civilians can get much needed aid. the reality now, in this

very moment on the ground, is that a hospital like the one in gaza city of palestinian crescent is completely cut off, they cannot get any humanitarian aid, no humanitarian aid, no humanitarian aid, no humanitarian aid is allowed into the north, no fuel is arriving at this hospital, so our doctors will have this incredible situation where they have to decide to switch off incubators for these incubators and intensive care units, and of course this is not acceptable.- of course this is not acceptable. of course this is not accetable. . , ., , acceptable. there are plans under way. _ acceptable. there are plans under way, co-ordination i underway, co—ordination between the israeli military and hospital employees to actually evacuate babies from al—shifa hospital. how difficult of an operation might that be? ~ , , that be? well, it is very difficult. _ that be? well, it is very difficult. i _ that be? well, it is very difficult. i mean, - that be? well, it is very difficult. i mean, it- that be? well, it is very i difficult. i mean, it would that be? well, it is very - difficult. i mean, it would be very difficult in every year, i don't know, here in geneva, switzerland, it would be very difficult to do this kind of logistics operation, not without putting the light of the patient in danger, and of course in a situation where there is no logistics, no roads, no safety, it is even more challenging. i roads, no safety, it is even more challenging.- roads, no safety, it is even

more challenging. i 'ust want to ask you i more challenging. i 'ust want to ask you about _ more challenging. i just want - to ask you about communications there. how difficult has it been to stay in touch with your colleagues on the ground that i working in gaza?— working in gaza? thanks for this question. _ working in gaza? thanks for this question. actually, - working in gaza? thanks for this question. actually, we | working in gaza? thanks for. this question. actually, we are deeply concerned about our colleagues. i have to tell you that my colleagues in the mother in the west bank have started in the early morning trying to get in touch with colleagues in gaza city and the first question is, are you alive? did we miss someone? it is a very difficult situation and i can tell you that in the last few days, communication is happening every five or six or eight hours, because mobile phones and internet are barely working and we are relying even on uhf radio contacts, from the north of gaza to the south of gaza, and police in gaza are calling police in ramallah. it is very difficult to call and understand what is happening. thank you very much for talking to us.

as the war rages on, leaders from arab and muslim countries gathered for a summit aimed at showing a united response to the conflict. their final statement in riyadh rejected israeli claims that it is acting in self defence and demanded the un security council adopts a decisive and binding resolution to hold israel's "aggression". frank gardner was at that summit in riyadh and i spoke to him earlier. we appreciate you being here. what more can you tell us about what came out of this emergency summit? this summit was to be honest aimed not so much at israel but aimed at america. because the us is of course israel's biggest backer and i don't think anybody at this conference was under any illusions that israel would be listening but they know that the white house and the state department are. they were trying very hard to send a unified message.

that is not easy when you have 57 nations, leaders, prime ministers, sheikhs and sultans from right across the arab and islamic word, so they had to go with the lowest common denominator on what they could agree on. that was this, that they want an immediate ceasefire, notjust a humanitarian pause, they want the war to end, they condemned israel but they also reserved quite a lot of condemnation for the west generally, accusing it of double standards, of hypocrisy. saying, look, "you the west condemned russia for "the slaughter of civilians in ukraine but you have been "relatively muted when it comes to the much bigger slaughter "in terms of numbers of those killed in gaza." but the really interesting thing about summits like this is what people tell you on the sidelines. clearly beneath the surface there were disagreements. some countries wanted to push for a much harder line, they wanted to push for practical measures. countries like iran and syria and algeria.

there was talk of trying to push the us bases out of the middle east. that did not go anywhere. there was talk about denying overflights to israel. that did not go anywhere. there was talk about breaking off the abraham accords brokered by the trump administration that saw the uae bahrain and morocco make peace with israel. the hardliners didn't really get the punitive measures they wanted. they did get to send a strong message that they are saying it is unacceptable what israel is doing in gaza. this was a unified message, the head of the arab league said he hoped the west would listen to that message. how likely is that? i think it will have some impact. certainly with the state department which will be acutely aware that isabel's actions in gaza have gone far further than they expected and are dragging down america's name to some extent in this part of the world.

one of the ministers, and i won't say which one it is because he spoke to me in confidence or at least without attribution, but let's just say he was from a western ally, he said, we are acutely aware of the rising death toll and all the incredible suffering that is going on in the gaza strip amongst palestinians and to a lesser extent, in the west bank, there is a fear of radicalisation, that the youth in this part of the world — a very young population — that they are becoming increasingly radicalised and starting to listen to extremist voices and that of course is the stepping stone to terrorism which can, as we know, reach right into the united states and europe. there was no mention in this joint statement of hamas or of the attacks by hamas on october 7. why do you think that is? that is one thing that was conspicuously absent in this. there are countries represented

here at the summit who don't like hamas, countries like the united arab emirates which did condemn hamas's murderous raid into israel. the egyptians don't like them, plenty of countries see hamas as a revolutionary threat and particularly as it is backed by iran, which is not popular on this side of the gulf. but that said, because of the very high death toll in gaza, because of the appalling scenes that are playing out in arab living rooms right across this region, leaders thought better of actually voicing any criticism of it, but it was very noticeable that it was very absent, any talk of hamas having brought this upon the people of gaza. i think hamas was surprised at how successful their awful raid was, that it killed and kidnapped as many people as it did. i think they expected to meet

a lot more resistance from the israel defense forces than they did. they couldn't believe how easy it was to cross through that barrier and carry out the murders that they did. the bbc�*s security correspondent frank gardner joining us from riyadh in saudi arabia. concerns are growing that the conflict could expand along israel's northern border drawing the lebanese terror group hezbollah. if chief said the group has bolstered its operations, targets and weapons. his speech on saturday prompted a warning from the israel defence minister cautioning hezbollah not to intensify its attacks because israel can do in beirut what it is doing in gaza. benjamin netanyahu had strong words for militants in the north. translation: militants in the north. tuna/mom- militants in the north. translation: we are also reared translation: we are also prepared on _ translation: we are also prepared on the _ translation: we are also prepared on the northern i

translation: we are also i prepared on the northern front and we are working that very strongly, from the air and on the ground. and i want hezbollah, do not make that mistake and start a war because it will be the mistake of your life. the moment you start a war, this will decide of the destiny of lebanon on. working and fighting on additional front against terror, against the prophecy, against its terrorists, in syria, the red sea, lebanon, wherever needed. police in the uk estimate some 300,000 protesters marched through central london, calling for a ceasefire in gaza. the metropolitan police have said they suspect three individuals of committing anti—semitic hate crimes during this protest. overall, 126 people have been arrested. the vast majority were county protesters from assorted right—wing groups who police blame for violence in which nine officers

were injured. mark easton has more. despite, or perhaps because, government ministers were encouraging people to stay away, this afternoon's pro—palestinian march brought more than 300,000 people onto the streets of central london — easily the largest protest since the current israel—gaza conflict began. it's 11:00. "it's11:00," says one demonstrator, as groups marked the armistice with a two—minute silence. quite a number of protesters were wearing poppies. it's an important day to remember those who died, but amongst them were 10,000 palestinians whojoined the british army. the atmosphere as the rally began was relaxed and good—natured, but from early in the day, police have been concerned about what they categorised as a right—wing counter protest. there were scuffles a short distance from the cenotaph. 300,000 to a00,000, maybe more. the met commissioner, sir mark rowley, paid a visit to his command team as riot

squads in the field worked to keep the two protest groups apart. here in the met police's operations centre, officers are monitoring every aspect of the protest and they've got fixed cameras and also, they've got evidence gatherers, officers on the ground, who are taking pictures they can beam back live from the scene so the commanders here can decide where to deploy and when to arrest. we watched as the senior commanders instructed their teams in the field to arrest some of the counter—protesters. from what we can see, they came intent on confrontation, intent on violence and intent on causing trouble. we've made a number of arrests within the counter protests, including for possession of a knife, possession of a baton, possession of class a drugs and assault on an emergency worker. siren wails as police were rounding up the far right demonstrators, the mayor of london, sadiq khan, claimed the home secretary suella braverman�*s criticism of the met had emboldened the far right groups:

police have arrested a much smaller number of pro—palestinian demonstrators for a range of offences, including public order and hate crimes. chant: shame on you! the housing secretary, michael gove, had to be bundled out of victoria station in a police van after being surrounded by pro—palestinian protesters. others let off fireworks, but scotland yard said today's operation had been a success, protecting people's right to protest and the sanctity of armistice day. mark easton, bbc news, central london. both pro—palestinian and pro— israeli protests around the

world. these are live images in sydney, australia, a pro—palestinian demonstration taking place there and you can see many palestinian flags. those are live images of sydney australia. pro—palestinian protests taking place down under. here in washington, the deadline to avoid is it less than a week away. house speaker had a plan to see funding expire at different times. the plan is facing criticism from the party's right wing. a small rebellion could sink mrjohnson�*s proposal. presidentjoe biden late wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier. he and the vice president thank the members of the armed services. in london two minutes silence

was observed. the annual armistice day commemorations mark the end of world war i. stay with us on bbc news. hello there. we're starting our sunday morning off on a cold and frosty note across much of the north and east of the uk, with some lingering dense mist and fog patches around. but a big change taking place across more southern and western areas. we've got a weather front spreading northwards, that's going to bring outbreaks of rain and we'll see the rain and cloud spill northwards through the course of the day. i think it's much of northern scotland which will tend to stay dry with some sunshine all day. now some of the rain will be fairly heavy in places, particularly in towards northern ireland. the breeze picking up as well, but cold, frosty and foggy with some sunshine across northern and eastern areas. there could be just a few showers peppering northeastern coasts of scotland in towards the northern hours, but most places will see the sunshine, areas that don't have mist and fog, mind you. but northern ireland into wales, the midlands, southern and western parts

of england will start cloudy and wet and it looks pretty damp here for the remembrance sunday services. now that area of cloud and rain will continue to move its way northwards. we'll see a little bit of brightness pushing into the southwest and south wales later on, but even here we'll have a few hefty showers. temperature—wise turning milder in the southwest but cold across northern and eastern areas. and like i mentioned, it's northern and eastern scotland which will hold on to the sunshine. through sunday night, that weather front eventually pushes northwards. so with cloudier skies across scotland, northern england, it will be less cold, but it turns much wetter and windier across england, wales and northern ireland towards the end of the night. and very mild here, 12 to 1a degrees, but less cold across the north and i don't think we should see any frost problems. this renewed area of low pressure could cause some issues. we've already got a yellow rain warning in force for northern ireland.

the rain will be heavy and persistent and we could see gales, even severe gales, around the irish sea coast as we move through the course of monday. that rain pushes its way northwards into scotland through the afternoon. it brightens up for northern ireland and certainly for england and wales later on, could see one or two showers around, but it will be the temperatures you'll notice on monday, much milder, 12 to 15 degrees, even 8 to 11 degrees across scotland. it does remain fairly unsettled, though, as we move through the new week with areas of low pressure bringing more unwelcome rainfall, but the signs of it perhaps turning a little bit drier and brighter for many areas by the end of the week.

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