begun in southern gaza. french prosecutors say a man accused of a deadly attack on tourists in central paris had pledged allegiance to the islamic state group. weather warnings for snow and ice are in place across large parts of the uk after heavy snowfall caused major disruption. we begin in gaza, where the israel defense forces have announced the beginning of a new ground operation in the south — just north of the city of khan younis.

israel has continued its renewed bombardment of gaza for a third day — having told more palestinians to leave areas in and around khan younis immediately. the hamas—run health ministry in gaza says more than 15 and a half thousand people have now been killed there since the start of the conflict between israel and hamas, which is considered a terrorist organisation by the uk government. these pictures were shot on sunday. children are among those being driven to the hospital — carried inside by family and friends. for many, the journey to the hospital was too late. a senior adviser to the israeli prime minister has insisted israel is doing all it can to minimise the number of civilian deaths in gaza after the us defence secretary, lloyd austin, said israel had a moral responsiblity to minimise casualties not linked to hamas. our international editor jeremy bowen reports on the situation in the west

bank and gaza. i should warn you — the report contains footage, from the very beginning, that is distressing. lost boys, brothers, looking for their father — "my dad's been killed. "i swear my dad's been killed." they're lost in the mighty vengeance promised by israel. then they found their father and brother were dead. the strike, filmed by a freelance journalist, destroyed the home of this family in northern gaza. these are the latest israeli army pictures. they're pushing forward into southern gaza. the american defence secretary says he's warned israel repeatedly that if its troops don't stop killing so many palestinians, they will drive civilians into the arms of hamas, turning a tactical victory into a strategic defeat.

in khan younis, civilian casualties are overwhelming the hospital. israel insists civilians are getting warnings and time to get to designated safe areas. a un official on the spot says that's not happening. everything's broken down, the war on children has resumed and with a ferocity, at least here in southern gaza, that has not been seen before, during this war. another narrative is so dangerous, this idea of "what happened in the north will not be allowed to happen in the south." well, i can bear witness to it happening. on the west bank, this village was mourning a man. local people said he was killed last night by armed israelis from a nearbyjewish settlement. palestinians said jewish settlers entered the village late on saturday afternoon, protected by the israeli army. settlers, they said, opened fire when local men rushed to stop them burning cars

and a house. it was dark by the time they found the body of ahmed. they prepared the father of six for burial. attacks byjewish settlers on palestinians are repeatedly condemned by the american, british and other allies of israel. around noon, after the funeral, the men of the village paid their respects to ahmed's family. settler violence against palestinians has risen sharply since hamas attacked on october 7th — it is rarely prosecuted. among the mourners was the dead man's eldest son. the settlers are violently opposed to a palestinian state alongside israel. and they have powerful allies in the the israeli government. "the lack of security has helped them act like this," say ahmed's brother.

"the army are protecting them, not stopping them, "but the future will be good as god promised us." this land is ours, this country is ours," he said. one things come out very strongly in the last couple of days of talking to palestinians in the west bank. something has changed since october seventh. the settlers are more aggressive, they're better armed and they're pushing harder. the increase in violence is a direct result of the gaza war, making international protests that the settlements are illegal even less important to those who believe god gave this land to the jews. you speak about the law, the law, ok, the international law. it does not exist here, because arabs, all the time, break the international law. what about these videos of young men — settlers — with guns, intimidating palestinians? we're not happy to carry weapons. ok, i don't like weapons.

but if we not carry weapons, the arabs destroy all the jewish people. after this war, the americans want an independent palestinian state alongside israel, to secure the future, but rising violence in the west bank shows that might be impossible. jeremy bowen, bbc news, live now to new york where we can speak to a spokesperson for the israeli prime minister's office, tal heinrich. thank you for your time here on news day. i'd like to begin by asking you what we're seeing as far as the military operations are concerned. been concentrated in south gaza. what are the idf s objectives for this phase of military operation?

we've been clear on what pertains in gaza. we said that we want to eliminate the hamas terrorist regime and we want to bring back all of our hostages home. this is a twofold mission and we're determined to complete both missions. this is the reason why we're operating for them as you know, we had a framework by which hamas released hostages but on day eight they failed to deliver another group that they could back up another group that they could back up and release. we said at the moment hamas stops releasing more hostages that's the moment the fighting were resumed. not only that they also broke the truce. they fired rockets at us for the up until now we're talking about more than 12,000 rockets fired towards israeli territory over the span of the past eight weeks. the past eight weeks. us defense secretary llyod austin has said that in this kind of a fight, the center of gravity is the civilian population. and if you drive them into the arms of the enemy,

you replace a tactical victory with a strategic defeat," what is the idf doing to avoid civilian casualties? every thing humanly possible. we don't want to see any civilians getting caught in the crossfire between us and hamas terrorists. for that and i can guarantee that the idf is doing our utmost effort to avoid civilian casualties, to safeguard the civilian population of gaza. we have published a map, we divided the gaza strip into particular zones and areas in neighbourhoods and these are coded zones and we tell the civilian population exactly when it where they need to evacuate to be safe. we want them to be safe. hamas are the ones committing double war... the target inside the civilian

population in gaza.- target inside the civilian population in gaza. target inside the civilian oulation in gaza. ., ., target inside the civilian houlationingaza. ., ., , population in gaza. you say that but from the ground _ population in gaza. you say that but from the ground the _ population in gaza. you say that but from the ground the pictures - population in gaza. you say that but from the ground the pictures seem l population in gaza. you say that but. from the ground the pictures seem to suggest otherwise as we've seen in the report also the human rights chief told the bbc that palestinians in the gaza strip shall be a push more and more towards a narrow corridor of what is already a narrow territory for that palestinians in the gaza strip shall be a push more and more towards a narrow corridor of what is already a narrow territory. where are they supposed to go? territory. where are they supposed to no? , to go? exactly where we tell them. here is one — to go? exactly where we tell them. here is one think _ to go? exactly where we tell them. here is one think that _ to go? exactly where we tell them. here is one think that once - to go? exactly where we tell them. here is one think that once you - to go? exactly where we tell them. | here is one think that once you keep in mind. all of the people on the israeli side and the palestinian side who had been killed, injured over the past eight weeks or so would have still been alive today if it wasn't for hamas and their blood he actions. one thing that really jumped out to me, you noted in the report, i think it's not accurate, i heard the word vengeance there and it's really important for me to convey this message because israel is not driven by any kind of

vengeance, rage, all these words are simply not in place. what we're seeking is accountability. i'm sure that if you know the history of the jewish people you understand that the concept of vengeance, it's not in our dna. that is exactly the epitome between us and the enemies that we're fighting against. they are driven by rage and a fraudulent vengeance for wars that they started throughout history. again, the jewish people have gone through some of the worst traumas ever existed on this planet. i'm talking about the holocaust, we never sought vengeance... iii holocaust, we never sought vengeance... ii i holocaust, we never sought vengeance. . ._ holocaust, we never sought vengeance... holocaust, we never sought venueance... _, vengeance... ifi may come in. i have to point — vengeance... if i may come in. i have to point out _ vengeance... if i may come in. i have to point out that _ vengeance... if i may come in. i have to point out that the - vengeance... if i may come in. i have to point out that the prime minister netanyahu has said in the past he talked about vengeance and the circumstance. h0??? past he talked about vengeance and the circumstance.— past he talked about vengeance and the circumstance. how do you respond to that? my — the circumstance. how do you respond to that? my prime _ the circumstance. how do you respond to that? my prime minister, _ the circumstance. how do you respond to that? my prime minister, in - the circumstance. how do you respond to that? my prime minister, in the - to that? my prime minister, in the very outset of the war quoted our national poet who wrote this line, let me say it... of vengeance for a

blood of a small child is something that satan himself has not yet created. this is the guiding principle of the israeli people and the israeli, let me talk about vengeance hamas, our enemies are driven by rage and vengeance was that they've been raising generation after generation of palestinians based on this concept to glorified martyrs. to dream of aspiring #2 the river to the sea, the obliteration of the state of israel. this is rage, this is vengeance. we will have to leave _ rage, this is vengeance. we will have to leave it _ rage, this is vengeance. we will have to leave it there. - rage, this is vengeance. we will have to leave it there. tal - have to leave it there. tal heinrich, thank you very much for your views here on news day. we've been tracking we've the iranian—backed houthi movement in yemen says that it's attacked two

ships in the red sea. movements very closely. in a statement, the houthi movement said it attacked what it described as two israeli ships in the red sea — one with a missile and the other with a drone. but speaking in the last hour, the spokesman for the israeli defense forces, rear admiral daniel hagari, said the two ships have no connection to the state of israel. the announcement came shortly after the pentagon said it was aware and looking into reports that a warship — the uss carney and commercial vessels had been among those attacked in the red sea. little other detail has so far been provided. the houthis have attacked several ships which they claimed had links to israel since the war between israel and hamas erupted. switching focus to the other big story. switching focus to the other big story. anti—terror police in france say the man suspected of killing one person and injuring two others in a knife and hammer attack in central paris had pledged himself to the islamic state group. social media video shows armed police approaching a suspect in paris.

the french interior minister gerard demain said the attacker targeted tourists around key de grenelle, which is close to the eiffel tower. the man who was killed was german. authorities in berlin described his death as an "abominable crime". our reporter pierre antoinne denis has more from the newsroom. we know a bit more now about what exactly happened on saturday night. because of the details that have been told in this press conference that happened around 7pm in paris with the french prosecutor. he explained that the attacker, armand rajabpour—miyandoab attacked a group of three people of filipino origin before giving them two hammer blows and four stab wounds to one of them. one of the victims, the person who got stabbed, died from his injuries pretty much straightaway.

this is a man with dual nationality of filipino and german, aged 23. straight after that as he was pursued by police officers the attacker crossed the bridge and on his way he gave two blows to two passers—by. one man of british nationality. these two people are now in good health and back in their homes. as we've been mentioning, the motives of the attacker have been revealed in this press conference m as he has been called all day, has pledged allegiance to the islamic state. let's listen to what the french police prosecutor had to say today with regards to how the investigation is going and what we know so far. translation: our initial investigation is showing that the perpetrator had recorded a video for

his attack_ perpetrator had recorded a video for his attack on saturday evening. in this clip— his attack on saturday evening. in this clip and air bridge language she pledged allegiance to the islamic— she pledged allegiance to the islamic state the attacker was known to the _ islamic state the attacker was known to the french secret service as he was founded guilty of terror related offences_ was founded guilty of terror related offences in 2016. he was monitored closely— offences in 2016. he was monitored closely up _ offences in 2016. he was monitored closely up until april of this year for that— closely up until april of this year for that at— closely up until april of this year for that at the end of october his mother— for that at the end of october his mother had signalled him to the authorities saying she was worried for her_ authorities saying she was worried for her sort — authorities saying she was worried for her son-— for her son. this is very keen in these last— for her son. this is very keen in these last few _ for her son. this is very keen in these last few sentences - for her son. this is very keen in these last few sentences where for her son. this is very keen in . these last few sentences where we hear from the french these last few sentences where we hearfrom the french police, ultimately the perpetrator of this attack was known by the secret services, was in fact actually judged for terror related offences and actually served a jail term of several years. that is very key detail here in this developing story because that means that ultimately that this is the very first attack in france by individual that has been alreadyjudged by a french

criminal court in relation to terror offenses. and who served a time in prison, came out and acted again. that is a very important detail that is making the rounds in all french media that have been monitoring in the last few hours. everyone is saying the same thing, how is this possible that a secret service all across the country and have been monitoring the individual and have let him off the hook though he could act up again? many, many people that have been talking about this are saying that either the perpetrator and has managed to play a double card with the police and the last few months or there was a gap in the system for them and with eight months to go before the olympics a lot of doubts are being cast upon the french ability to ensure the security ahead of massive events like the olympics. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

bbc news — bringing you different stories from across the uk. at national star college in cheltenham students living with conditions that affect their speech often use ac, augmentative and alternative communication devices to help them talk. 21—year—old shannon was hit by a car when she was 11, affecting her ability to speak. at college. in wales there aren't yet any voices for young people with welsh accents or that can speak in the welsh language. i am from wales and i would like a welsh voice, but the national centre for electronic assistive technology at rookwood hospital in cardiff is working to improve the diversity of voices that their young ac users can access. so we've got eight voices and they are broken down into north and south wales, young and old, child, male or female. and then each of those eight voices is bilingual.

for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. snow, ice and plummeting temperatures are causing problems across large parts of the uk. heavy snow in cumbria caused havoc on the roads, leaving hundreds of drivers trapped in their cars and more than 2.5 thousand people without electricity. police declared a major incident and are still advising people to avoid the county. yunis mulla has this report. severe weather left a blanket of snow. in some areas, as much as 30 centimetres fell. motorists were caught out and stranded. this is ambleside. kerry abandoned her trip home to kendal and slept at work. i stayed at my work because they have a flat upstairs, so a few of us just stayed

there for the night, which was also really helpful, because a lot of us couldn't get home. the snow was just unprecedented. we didn't expect this amount, so it has been chaos. antony harrison has lived here for 35 years, and opened us his house to give a friend a bed for the night. a friend who rang me at lunchtime yesterday said he couldn't get home, and said, "can i come round to your house for lunch?" so he came at 12 o'clock yesterday, and he left at 10 o'clock this morning. he stayed with us last night. there was lots of people stuck, and people putting people up, and just doing what we can to help. few have witnessed these scenes in recent years. this was the m6. motorists were stuck for hours. drivers were told to leave their cars and go to an emergency refuge. it is difficult for everyone to get out. i eventually got as far as elterwater, but i left the car at elterwater, and me and the dog, we ran into ambleside.

at the parish centre in ambleside there were more than 100 people, including children. lots of bedding, lots of the local people brought in food, clothes. shops provided food and clothing as well. and the people are just so grateful to have somewhere out of the weather, not sleeping in their cars. this was ant brett's view on the a595 on his way to a family wedding. he was stuck for 19 hours without food or water, or, he says, help from the emergency services. cumbria police declared this a major incident, and at one stage around 7,000 homes and businesses were without power. a met office yellow warning for ice is in place for much of northern england, midlands and north wales, and will be in force until tomorrow. with snow turning to ice, most major routes here in cumbria

are passable with care. but the advice to motorists is to stay indoors, and not go out unless it is necessary. but for many the cold weather has left its impact, and will be felt for a number of days. yunis mulla, bbc news, ambleside. at least forty—seven people have died in severe floods and landslides in tanzania, according to local authorities. eighty—five others — near the slopes of mount hanang in the country's north were reportedly injured. one—hundred houses are believed to have been destroyed, with trees and crops also washed away. tanzania's president samia hassan has ordered security forces to help with the rescue efforts. it s thirty years since nelson mandela was awarded the nobel peace prize alongside the last white president of south africa, fw de klerk. now nelson mandela's party — the african national congress could be facing its biggest electoral challenge since the end of apartheid. it's bedeviled by corruption scandals and accusations of poor public services. and in one key region of the country

infighting rooted in corruption has led to a surge in political murder. our special correspondent fergal keane, who covered the fall of apartheid, has this report. a violent conflict once spread out from these hills to threaten the future of south africa. it seemed nowhere was safe. as we interviewed this british peace monitor, a sniper intervened. in the end, apartheid was defeated. but we shall all live like the children of paradise. free elections happened. but 30 years later, a deadly new struggle is under way in the hills of kwazulu—natal. lombo thembinkosi, a councillor with the ruling anc, was one of over 20 local politicians murdered in the last year. "it was people from the anc fighting for a position," says mrs lombo. "that's why he was killed."

you're working with us as a journalist here, and translating, but your own grandfather was killed in political violence recently. what do you feel when you hear what mrs lombo has to say? it hurts. it hurts a lot, because my grandpa was killed right at the gate in my house, about six, seven, eight bullets. 60% of people here live in poverty — billions that could have helped them stolen by corrupt politicians and officials, fuelling the infighting that's tarnished africa's oldest liberation movement. this memorial to nelson mandela in the hills of kwazulu—natal is a reminder of the long history of violence and repression in south africa. but when democracy came 30 years ago, millions hoped for a land where human life would have more value.

in the old colonial city hall of pietermaritzburg, capital of kwazulu—natal, we met up with the anc mayor. he blames much of the present decline on apartheid's legacy of inequality. with respect, mayor, you're the ones who've been in powerfor 30 years. we do have challenges, and some of those challenges are the corruption you're talking about. but we are saying the effect is undoing what has been done and created for over 300 years can not only take 30 years to repair. so as you can hear, i have lost my voice because of the absolutely incredible event that we have here at the durban exhibition centre. but with elections looming, a popular opposition leader is fighting corruption. chris pappas, white, zulu speaking and gay, was elected mayor of a socially conservative rural area with a black majority population. obviously, you know,

issues of racism and issues of identity do feature in our country strongly. but i think when it comes to just moving the needle forward, in terms of service delivery and progress, peoplejust want to get things done. the hope for a peace hangs in the balance, with fear, in a place all too familiar with mourning. fergal keane, bbc news, kwazulu—natal. that's all for now. a quick recap of israel in gaza. israel is continued its bombardment for third straight day. that's a big story continue to track and find updates on the bbc website. stay with bbc news. plenty of wintry scenes recorded by our weather watchers across the uk throughout

the weekend, such as here in derbyshire with the lying snow but further south across much of england and south wales. then it turned milder on sunday, with outbreaks of rain moving northwards. and for all of us, the current cold spell will be coming to an end. as we head through it this week, it will be turning milder, but the payback is it's also going to be wetter and windier. for much of the time now, we've seen this deep area of low pressure just roll its way northwards and eastwards strong, gusty winds towards channel coast through the night. still some heavy downpours of rain around snow over any elevation. this is how we're starting of monday morning. cold and frosty still towards the north, but milderfurther south, five to seven degrees celsius here. but let's just zoom in on the north of england and north wales where we could see some icy conditions, tricky travelling conditions, i think, particularly over the higher passes

of the pennines and across north wales with some of this rain turning to snow with any elevation. but most of this will be falling as rain, maybe wet snow to lower levels though at times with any intensity. and there's a brisk northerly wind blowing. we'll see some strong gusty winds, particularly across western wales and to the south west of england. it's going to feel cold in that wind, despite the fact that in theory temperatures will be higher than yesterday. largely dry for northern ireland and much of scotland away from the east with perhaps a few isolated showers around. so still feeling pretty raw with the briskness of the winds on monday. the same still true on tuesday, but our deep area of low pressure is gradually pushing its way further eastwards. it's very slow moving. there'll still be some patchy outbreaks of rain i think across much of northern england. again, with any elevation, this could be falling as snow. still some rain too, just feeding down from west wales towards the south west of england. but elsewhere i think it will tend to turn a bit drier, particularly away from east anglia as we head through the afternoon. largely dry for scotland, but still temperatures struggling to get above freezing over any lying snow but a drier, brighter day, particularly out towards the west. and it's going to be a very cold night on tuesday. again, a widespread frost with some patches of freezing fog developing.

then we've got another lowjust working its way in from the south west and this is going to drag with it some much milderfeeling air. with it some much so just look at those temperatures go up. by the time we get to thursday, we're back up into double figures across the board. but it will be wet and windy at times with perhaps some transient snow in the north. bye— bye.

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