one of m those hostaes, her one of those hostaes, her bed has been those hostages, her body has been recovered, 65 eurosjudith and we are told that her body was recovered at the structure near to the hospital. at the structure near to the hospital-— at the structure near to the hosital. ~ , a, ,, , hospital. were inside the gaza strip with the israeli _ hospital. were inside the gaza strip with the israeli army. _ hospital. were inside the gaza strip with the israeli army. at _ hospital. were inside the gaza strip with the israeli army. at al-shifa i with the israeli army. at al—shifa hospital, there is been intense fighting and it's the epicentre of this conflict.— fighting and it's the epicentre of this conflict. ., u, ., , ., this conflict. communication is down in gaza and — this conflict. communication is down in gaza and it _ this conflict. communication is down in gaza and it will _ this conflict. communication is down in gaza and it will be _ this conflict. communication is down in gaza and it will be down _ this conflict. communication is down in gaza and it will be down for - this conflict. communication is down in gaza and it will be down for a - in gaza and it will be down for a long _ in gaza and it will be down for a long time — in gaza and it will be down for a long time and it's because of the lack of— long time and it's because of the lack of fuel. sis long time and it's because of the lack of fuel-— lack of fuel. as of tomorrow morning. — lack of fuel. as of tomorrow morning. we _ lack of fuel. as of tomorrow morning, we are _ lack of fuel. as of tomorrow morning, we are not - lack of fuel. as of tomorrow morning, we are not able i lack of fuel. as of tomorrow morning, we are not able to lack of fuel. as of tomorrow - morning, we are not able to send our trucks _ morning, we are not able to send our trucks to— morning, we are not able to send our trucks to bring — morning, we are not able to send our trucks to bring in_ morning, we are not able to send our trucks to bring in the _ morning, we are not able to send our trucks to bring in the supplies - morning, we are not able to send our trucks to bring in the supplies that i trucks to bring in the supplies that have been— trucks to bring in the supplies that have been coming _ trucks to bring in the supplies that have been coming in— trucks to bring in the supplies that have been coming in for— trucks to bring in the supplies that have been coming in for more - trucks to bring in the supplies that| have been coming in for more than three _ have been coming in for more than three weeks— have been coming in for more than three weeks now— have been coming in for more than three weeks now by _ have been coming in for more than three weeks now by egypt. -

the agency supporting palestinian says that there will be no more without fuel. we will hear from a representative who says they cannot move the aid even if it were sent and from tomorrow, the operational end. the lifeline will be a three—day pause which could be negotiated and returned for the relief of small stitches. it is complicated by the israeli forces at the al—shifa hospital. found in the grounds of the hospital by israeli soldiers, will hearfrom grounds of the hospital by israeli soldiers, will hear from joe grounds of the hospital by israeli soldiers, will hearfrom joe biden was meeting the leaders of the country in san francisco. for a second consecutive day, the israeli military is continued in

operation inside because of possible his biggest hospital as he continues to search for hamas numbers and there is little information of what is happening in al—shifa because of the severe communication problems one phone contact with mr paris this afternoon, a spokesman for the hamas lead health ministries that the tanks now have controls of large hospitals that have taken out a hundred dead bodies that accumulated over the premises since friday. . patients in the displaced palestinians in the hospital, the staff of accused israel forces of blowing up the mainline, people are screaming from thirst. the army escorted the bbc into a small part of the hospital where a team has shown rifles, ammunition body armour that hamas is a been there, the idea is that they recovered laptops

containing photos and videos from the hostages. israeli military restrictions lucy williams was not speak to doctors or patients but this is a report on what she saw. we are inside the gaza strip with the israeli army. they are taking us to gaza city and the al—shifa hospital which, over the last few days of intense fighting, has emerged as the epicentre of this conflict. tonight, they are offering as a first glimpse of what they found inside. israel's intense bombardment of gaza has meant growing pressure over the humanitarian cost of their military operation. we are driving into gaza city now and it is clear what it took to take control of this area. whole neighbourhoods have been completely shattered. there are columns of tanks moving through the streets here. the area around shifa is still very tense. we are taken into the hospital in darkness using a light sensitive camera to film.

just clambering through a collapsed wall here in the perimeter of the hospital. we are told to keep all our lights off so it is quite hard to see. they have used armoured bulldozers to punch through here. we are still being told to keep our lights off. are we going this way? inside the hospital we are shepherded straight to the mri department by israeli special forces. we are not allowed to talk to any doctors here. they have described the situation as catastrophic. now in control of the hospital, israel is under pressure to prove hamas is there. kalashnikov rifles, which is the standard issue that hamas uses, located here. we have been searching for underground infrastructure, tunnels etc. we have not found one yet here but we are searching the entire perimeter and the immediate surroundings. they have been looking for evidence of this being a hamas base,

a place where hamas planned attacks. and they say that among the things they have uncovered are more than a dozen kalashnikovs, grenades, personal protective equipment, some of it with the hamas military brigade insignia on it. you can see some of them here, hidden under these bags of medical supplies. the army also showed us laptops they said contained recent files on the hostages and evidence that hamas had been at the hospital within weeks or days. it seems as if, at this point, neither the hostages nor hamas are here in any number. we will continue. hamas aren't here because they understood and saw that we were coming and i think that, had we taken them completely by surprise, we would have seen mountains of evidence of hamas abuse of the hospital. tonight, a hamas leader in lebanon denied the weapons found in al—shifa along to the group.

in al—shifa belong to the group. israel came to fight hamas in a place where civilians are fighting for their lives. the battle for shifa hospital is now the eye of israel's military offensive, and gaza's human crisis. lucy williamson, bbc news, gaza. we are going to talk about the situation that saudi arabia has raised the night about that operation in the hospital. they said that as far as they're concerned, this is a blatant violation of international humanitarian law. that is complicating negotiations in their reports of a deal in the offering in return for a longer humanitarian pause maybe three or five days, that he was being brokered by qatar.

it's would also have to increase the amount of... notjust the case of getting the eight income it is distributing it. he spoke tojuliet, the director of communications of the director of communications of the un agency for palestinian refugees she told me the humanitarian operations across gaza evident dating existentially collapsed and they will be suspended indefinitely until fuel is brought in. —— essentially. indefinitely until fuel is brought in. -- essentially.— in. -- essentially. that's it in tomorrow — in. -- essentially. that's it in tomorrow morning, - in. -- essentially. that's it in tomorrow morning, we - in. -- essentially. that's it in tomorrow morning, we are i in. -- essentially. that's it in i tomorrow morning, we are not in. -- essentially. that's it in - tomorrow morning, we are not able to send our trucks to bring in the supplies that been coming in for more than three weeks now by egypt and we were able to do this today but tomorrow, i am afraid that we

will not be able to do it. this was the last time we were able to communicate with their teams in boston and relay this message. the last bakery closed yesterday and if there's no bakeries, there is no aid, how long before people starve to death? ., , ., aid, how long before people starve to death? . , ., �* ., to death? that is that we've also been warned _ to death? that is that we've also been warned of _ to death? that is that we've also been warned of the _ to death? that is that we've also been warned of the siege - to death? that is that we've also been warned of the siege on - to death? that is that we've also - been warned of the siege on peoples lives we've been asking for fuel to avoid exactly where we are tonight and it seems our calls and fallen on deaf years and will not be able to deliver systems and back—up systems is already been 70% of the population and it is completely isolated tonight because of the fourth blackout in communications and medicalfacilities do not have

fuel. it isjust and medicalfacilities do not have fuel. it is just terrific. flan and medical facilities do not have fuel. it is just terrific.— fuel. it is “ust terrific. can we talk fuel. it isjust terrific. can we talk about — fuel. it isjust terrific. can we talk about the _ fuel. it isjust terrific. can we talk about the negotiation . fuel. it isjust terrific. can we | talk about the negotiation that fuel. it isjust terrific. can we - talk about the negotiation that is being reported today that in return for the hostages, there will be perhaps a three day five—day humanitarian pause? perhaps a three day five-day humanitarian pause?- perhaps a three day five-day humanitarian pause? would humanitarian pause? which you would ou be able humanitarian pause? which you would you be able to — humanitarian pause? which you would you be able to get _ humanitarian pause? which you would you be able to get things _ humanitarian pause? which you would you be able to get things up _ humanitarian pause? which you would you be able to get things up and - you be able to get things up and running at such a short time? yes. running at such a short time? yes, that is why — running at such a short time? yes, that is why we _ running at such a short time? yes, that is why we have _ running at such a short time? yes, that is why we have been - running at such a short time? yes that is why we have been asking for fuel in agency the size of ours, the largest humanitarian actor on the ground in gaza is forced to beg for fuel. it is quite unbelievable. if you get urgent shipments of fuel that are adequate and that we need to run the operation, of course, we will continue. it we stand right now, we are not able to pick it up in tomorrow if there's going to be a severe reduction in our ability to

reach people in need because of the fuel that are adequate and that we need to run the operation, of course, we will continue. where we stand right now, we are not able to pick it up and tomorrow is going to be a severe reduction in our ability to reach people in need because of the fuelling communications blackout. but if we get fuel and this is what we hope that someone will hear us out and actually get the amount of fuel that we need for this humanitarian operation, then we will be able to continue and we will be able to save lives and provide assistance. if be able to save lives and provide assistance-— assistance. if you're able to diaperse — assistance. if you're able to diaperse the _ assistance. if you're able to disperse the eight - assistance. if you're able to disperse the eight that - assistance. if you're able to l disperse the eight that might commitment humanitarian pause, you are rely on some of the 30,000 staff that work within gaza and which should be able to make contact with them? which should be able to disperse them across the strip to get aid to where it is needed but shallow it's difficult for communications to do this and restoring the communications metric is going to be absolutely clinical. and will be absolutely clinical for

us to be able to deliver assistance for humanitarian agencies and we need to restore the communication network and have it as soon as possible. for us, to deliver assistance to people in need, we have many people taking shelter in our facilities and we need to reach them without fuel, we cannot reach them. at them without fuel, we cannot reach them. �* ., , them without fuel, we cannot reach them. . ., , ., them without fuel, we cannot reach them. . ., , them. at least one person was arrested when _ them. at least one person was arrested when demonstrators. them. at least one person was - arrested when demonstrators calling for a street —— cease—fire, officer suffered injuries after being punched and organises said hundred participants suffered injuries with us on the programme, a former us ambassador to egypt who served for many years under the us state department and you're very welcome to the programme and thank you for being with us. the

splits in the united states of what is happening in gaza starting to come to the fore, and we cannot get the aid to where it is needed in gaza from tomorrow onwards because we do not have the fuel. how difficult is making for the house, particularly in terms of its relationship to the region since the pillow is a terrible situation and from whatever vantage point you begin. the white house is in a tight corner and so is the government of israel and the population of gaza, where all a fix. find israel and the population of gaza, where all a fix.— where all a fix. and we are only a terrible fix _ where all a fix. and we are only a terrible fix and _ where all a fix. and we are only a terrible fix and will _ where all a fix. and we are only a terrible fix and will be _ where all a fix. and we are only a terrible fix and will be alleviated l terrible fix and will be alleviated openly with the notion of a pause and followed by the delivery of fuel and followed by the delivery of fuel and increased humanitarian aid. but

the stories that we are all listening to herjust terrific. it is no question about it and it compels everyone to double down and do that which is possible to bring alleviation to this critical situation.— alleviation to this critical situation. . ,, ., ., situation. talking about that situation. — situation. talking about that situation, it _ situation. talking about that situation, it seems - situation. talking about that situation, it seems like - situation. talking about that situation, it seems like the. situation. talking about that i situation, it seems like the bite administration strategy was to keep israelis close, support them, build a political capital so they could restrain them when the time was right. but i stopped paying off, the war cabinet is welcome the support and i was resisting the political pressure to pause. how problematic is that for the president?— is that for the president? you're talkin: is that for the president? you're talking about — is that for the president? you're talking about a _ is that for the president? you're talking about a negotiation - is that for the president? you're talking about a negotiation that| is that for the president? you're . talking about a negotiation that is ongoing between washington and jerusalem and i really cannot tell you what exactly is happening. but i know what american policy is. and thatis know what american policy is. and that is to bring a situation, this

current terrible situation and alleviate the suffering to get the son hostages out and bring humanitarian assistance and deposits the combat in order to enable this and then to move on to a different outcome. that is american policy and at any given moment, and our dialogue with the israelis or with any party, ijust don't know. the any party, i “ust don't know. the israeli any party, ijust don't know. the israeli president _ any party, ijust don't know. the israeli president said today that israeli president said today that israel cannot leave a vacuum in gaza after the were among the very difficult because to prevent hamas from re—emerging. if you pullback, will take over? president biden said yesterday that the occupation of gaza would be a mistake. what is your perspective you know the region so well, what from your perspective

what gaza look like in the aftermath of the war? , , . ., of the war? this is the central next ruestion, of the war? this is the central next question. not _ of the war? this is the central next question, not the _ of the war? this is the central next question, not the final _ of the war? this is the central next question, not the final one, - of the war? this is the central next question, not the final one, takes. question, not the final one, takes over if there is an end to open hostilities and all i can tell you is at this stage, there are no easy answers in the israelis should not stay and and hamas should not be in a position to manage the territory, no un agency is the strength to do that in the palestinian authorities are too weak to take on the coalition and the governments are going to put themselves in harms way without a political context to step into the gaza nightmare and so, we do not know the answer to your question, it is profoundly important and at this stage, with combat still in an intense phase, it is hard to

answer that. in an intense phase, it is hard to answer that-— in an intense phase, it is hard to answer that. . , ., ., , answer that. pleasure to have been with ou. answer that. pleasure to have been with you- you're — answer that. pleasure to have been with you. you're watching - answer that. pleasure to have been with you. you're watching bbc - answer that. pleasure to have been i with you. you're watching bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. in a world first — british regulators have approved a gene therapy that aims to cure two blood disorders — sickle cell disease and beta thalassemia. it's the first treatment to be licensed that uses a tool known as crispr, which can be used to correct faults in the dna of cells — allowing them to produce haemoglobin. the energy regulator — 0fgem — is launching a public consultation on standing charges. the fees are added to most gas and electricity bills at a daily rate — and can't be reduced no matter how much you cutback on your usage. people have until the nineteenth of january to submit their views. bbc analysis shows two—thirds of nhs maternity units in england don't consistently meet safety standards — as assessed by the health regulator.

the care quality commission says maternity has the worst safety ratings of all the hospital services it inspects. the government said maternity care is of the �*utmost importance' we can't independently verify the numbers provided by the hamas—run health ministry, but we know that children in gaza are dying at an unprecedented scale and rate. the palestinians say more than four and a half thousand children have died, injust under six weeks. many others have been orphaned or injured. you don't need to be an expert to know what severe mental trauma all this leaves behind. or how it will inevitably drive, this endless circle of violence in the years ahead. but there is one british charity that has been funding a clinic in gaza to try to rehabilitate some of these children. the man who runs it — trained in bristol here in the uk — is mohammed el—sharif. his clinic and his patients

are in northern gaza and some weeks ago he ignored an israeli order to evacuate. 0ur reporter ru abbass has been keeping in contact with him. here is his story: he told us he had been distracting his children with colouring and drawing activities to help them cope. but the picture outside was a harsh reality.

he told us he decided to stay back with nine other family he told us he decided to stay back with nine otherfamily members because the road to the south was too dangerous and people were being killed along the way. he lives dangerously close to the indonesian hospital, which is been struck multiple times by israeli forces —— al—shifa hospital. a network of hamas tunnels and a launch pad for the rocket attacks. the infrastructure around mohammed's home that soon turned to rubble and is the day progressed, he said he was afraid to go outside, to search forfood was afraid to go outside, to search for food and water and when he was afraid to go outside, to search forfood and water and when he did, i only saw was suffering.

all he saw was suffering. meanwhile, reports of the increase in the death toll terrified him. israel maintains that it wants residents to evacuate the areas of targets. but whenever the electricity and internet were cut off, mohammed feared being isolated from the outside world.

but one night, he eventually dared to head outside and sentenced this video on the 11th of november. that was the last time we heard from mohammed. a reporter put that together in there with me in the studio, tell us about your relationship with mohammed and why you haven't been able to get in contact with him. share able to get in contact with him. are coal is to able to get in contact with him. fife: goal is to speak able to get in contact with him. fif'e: goal is to speak with able to get in contact with him. fife: goal is to speak with people and gaza to get a clear picture of what is on the ground and it's been challenging speaking with him given the limitations of communications and fuel, electricity that we have been reporting about and one thing

that really came through was so emotionally crippled he felt by not being able to treat and provide for his family and as mentioned in the report you just saw, not only was he responsible for his three children but more family members, ten of them in totality and he felt a huge responsibility and no parent would want to watch their children starve and is completely crippled by the decision he had made, debilitated by it because he took the decision not to go south because everyone was telling him it was too dangerous. ultimately, that is the decision he taken and as the decision he felt was best for his family but i haven't seven that, i spoken to other people is that he is very protective of his children at and wants to see his children and future and wants his sons to be educated and wants his sons to be educated

and learn english and one person even called and made a. it's to understand where he is and obviously, since the conflict began, he reached out to them and said we have to do something about the children and he dedicated his entire life to helping traumatised children and rehabilitate them. abs, life to helping traumatised children and rehabilitate them. b. lat life to helping traumatised children and rehabilitate them.— and rehabilitate them. a lot of eo - le and rehabilitate them. a lot of people cannot _ and rehabilitate them. a lot of people cannot charge - and rehabilitate them. a lot of people cannot charge the - and rehabilitate them. a lot of| people cannot charge the funds and rehabilitate them. a lot of. people cannot charge the funds of the minute but the charity that supports mohammed is an international trained him and others around the world and how to deliver this therapy to children were suffering the severest forms of ptsd and executive chair is stella and she is with us tonight and thank you for being with us and because the event contact with this man for several days, we want to know what's happened to him, have you been able to make contact with them —— haven't

had. to make contact with them -- haven't had. , �* ., , ., had. only thing i've heard is from one of his — had. only thing i've heard is from one of his colleagues _ had. only thing i've heard is from one of his colleagues who - had. only thing i've heard is from one of his colleagues who sent a | one of his colleagues who sent a text from him to say that he is alive. fundamentally, he is out of contact there is no internet and really, we are really worried about mohammed because he is very good at keeping in touch with the number of people very regularly. so, we are hoping that he and his families are safe. : ,:, hoping that he and his families are safe. ~ ,., ., �* , hoping that he and his families are safe. ~ ,., ., �*, ., safe. about the training he's had no use utilising — safe. about the training he's had no use utilising it _ safe. about the training he's had no use utilising it in _ safe. about the training he's had no use utilising it in gaza. _ safe. about the training he's had no use utilising it in gaza. a _ safe. about the training he's had no use utilising it in gaza. a very - use utilising it in gaza. a very uniuue use utilising it in gaza. a very unique treatment _ use utilising it in gaza. a very unique treatment which - use utilising it in gaza. a very unique treatment which was . use utilising it in gaza. a very - unique treatment which was designed with children, for children who suffer the severest forms of ptsd and we have used it in trained people of the world and mohammed really took us signboard was very excited by it and to give back to gaza when he returned and we

supported him and two other charities that national medical education trust and powerful international and he, with our help, set up child a clinic which established a really good reputation over the last three years and gaza using this technique with over 300 children supporting very many more the education and social support. igrate the education and social support. we will keep a check on mohammed and the days they had but stella, thank you very much for this. he runs a clinic in gaza and rehabilitation of children with ptsd. we will take a short break and on the other side of that break, we'll talk about the asian pacific summit that is going on in san francisco.

hello. some of us did get to see a bit of sunshine today. the best of that was in the north of scotland. further south, the weather was dominated by a storm that pushed across france. this storm was named storm frederico by the french weather service. it brought strong winds and heavy rain for france, but it only really dealt us a glancing blow, swinging away south—eastwards now. we have got this band of showery rain pushing its way eastwards. behind that, a mix of clear spells and showers. if the skies stay clear across northern scotland for long enough, we could see another very cold night, maybe down as low as minus three or minus four celsius. actually, quite a chilly night for many of us. into tomorrow, though, this ridge of high pressure will give something of a break between weather systems. more in the way of dry weather. we will start off with this band of cloud and some showery rain clinging to eastern coasts of scotland and england. a few showers out towards the west. there could be some fog patches too for northern ireland and scotland, they should tend to clear. then we're looking at a lot of dry weather, spells of sunshine. six degrees in aberdeen, 13 in plymouth, turning milder in the south—west corner as this

band of rain approaches. that is our next weather system. that will be pushing its way northwards and eastwards as we move through friday evening, so turning wet across many western areas through the evening. that rain then sweeps eastwards into the first part of saturday in association with this frontal system, all driven, of course, by a big area of low pressure in the atlantic. the wind circulating around that low. we have a south—westerly wind with this for saturday, so some very mild air in place. this is how saturday it looks. outbreaks of heavy rain to start off across parts of south wales, southern england and then lingering across some eastern coasts of england and scotland as we go through the day. behind that, sunny spells and heavy thundery, blustery showers. these are the wind gusts we're expecting. we could well see gales around some coasts in northern and north—eastern scotland. temperatures, though, 15, 16 degrees in the south, even scotland, ten, 11, 12 degrees, so milder for just about all of us. low pressure still with us into the second half of the weekend. we mayjust see this little frontal system here causing the showers to clump together into a longer spell of rain in central

and southern scotland, northern ireland, northern england. but, broadly speaking, sunday is a sunshine and showers day. still quite blustery, particularly in the west and the south—west, and still mild, with double digit temperatures for just about all of us.

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