admitted he killed her at their surrey home. dawn sturgess died after spraying herself with a nerve agent hidden in a perfume bottle six years ago — a public inquiry aims to explore who was responsible and what lessons can learnt. also coming up on the world today... a nasa spacecraft that will hunt for signs of life on one ofjupiter�*s moons has blasted off from cape canaveral in florida. hello, welcome to the world today, an hour of international news from the bbc. the un human rights organisation says it is appalled by israel's continued attacks on northern gaza, where it says tens of thousands of people are effectively cut off with no access to food or other necessities. the hamas—run health ministry claims more than 60 people have dozens of people have been

killed by strikes in the last 24 killed by strikes in the last 2a hours. there were attacks on the al aqsa hospital compound and the nuseirat camp, where a number of children are reported dead. israel's military said it was "looking into the reports" about the attack. israel is not allowing internationaljournalists from media organisations, including the bbc, independent access to gaza. but we have a team of trusted freelance journalists filming for the bbc there. a warning — fergal keane's report is distressing from the very start. people are burning. the israeli strikes at the refugee tents on fire. helpless to stop the flames spreading. gas canisters exploding. a figure enveloped by the inferno. too distressing to show here, but all of it witnessed by the refugees. translation: it was i around 1am and we were sleeping in our tent. i have eight daughters.

we woke up to the fire over our heads. our daughters are all burned and our sons are injured. all my daughters are in a dire state. look at our situation and what has happened to us. israel says it targeted a hamas command centre next door to the hospital. door to the hospital. the eu's top diplomat said the eu's top diplomat said violations of international violations of international law, disregard for civilian law, disregard for civilian casualties wouldn't make israel safer. casualties wouldn't make israel safer. in gaza, no safety. in gaza, no safety. not in hospital not in hospital grounds or un schools. a grandmother mourning grounds or un schools. boys who were playing 18—month—old yamam. "i'm the one who raised "i'm the one who raised you, yamam," she says. you, yamam," she says. "i'm the one who raised you." "i'm the one who raised you." to the north, the children to the north, the children killed by a strike killed by a strike in the al—shati camp. in the al—shati camp.

among the wounded, among the wounded, boys who were playing marbles at the time. wael naim was grieving his 14—year—old son, rami. translation: he wasn't holding a weapon or anything else - unless children's toys have become a threat to them. that's something else. in this place, childhood vanishes fast. fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem. let's speak to sam rose, senior deputy director of operations at unrwa in gaza. welcome to you, thank you for being on the programme. can you describe the situation where you are at the moment? yeah, thanks for— you are at the moment? yeah, thanks for having _ you are at the moment? yeah, thanks for having me _ you are at the moment? yeah, thanks for having me on. - you are at the moment? yeah, thanks for having me on. i'm i you are at the moment? yeah, | thanks for having me on. i'm in central gaza, i've been here now for a number of weeks, and the look, the situation has gotten increasingly difficult everywhere across gaza. we have had some positives today. we

started the second round of the polio campaign in the central gaza, but even that campaign was upset by an attack,

i want to ask you about that. as you said, you're in central i want to ask you about that. co you |ted i want to ask you about that. co you said, you're in central as you said, you're in central gaza. do you have colleagues gaza. do you have colleagues there you are in touch with? there you are in touch with? the human rights office says the human rights office says civilians are trapped there. is civilians are trapped there. is that what your understanding of that what your understanding of the situation is?— the situation is?— the situation is? absolutely. the situation is? absolutely. we have staff _ we have staff _ the situation is? absolutely. we have staff up _ the situation is? absolutely. we have staff up there, - the situation is? absolutely. we have staff up there, we i the situation is? absolutely. - we have staff up there, we have the situation is? absolutely. we have staff up _ the situation is? absolutely. we have staff up there, - the situation is? absolutely. we have staff up there, we i the situation is? absolutely. - we have staff up there, we have facilities that we were facilities that we were continuing to run, we estimate continuing to run, we estimate there are about 400,000 people there are about 400,000 people north of the checkpoint, north of the checkpoint, encompassing gaza city but also encompassing gaza city but also confronted jabalia and up in the north, jabalia and up in the north, and it's the jabalia area right and it's the jabalia area right now that we are particularly now that we are particularly concerned about. evacuation concerned about. evacuation orders have been issued to all orders have been issued to all of these people, but issues to of these people, but issues to about 100,000 people inside about 100,000 people inside your ball you who are your ball you who are essentially encircled right now essentially encircled right now will even if they wanted to will even if they wanted to leave, there is absolutely no leave, there is absolutely no way they can get out, because way they can get out, because of the intensity of the of the intensity of the fighting, because of the wall fighting, because of the wall

of my apartment that they are of my apartment that they are confronted with windows that want to leave try and leave —— the wall of bombardment.

want to leave try and leave —— the wall (1 cramped iment. want to leave try and leave —— the wall (1 cramped of ent. want to leave try and leave —— the wall (1 cramped of the type incredibly cramped of the type of weaponry, the type of munitions that are being used in these attacks on schools, on a hospital not far from in these attacks on schools, on a hospital not farfrom here yesterday, means that it's inevitable that there will be civilian casualties whenever there is an attack. we call on all sides of the conflict to respect the integrity and the and viability of our schools and viability of our schools and hospitals. we are concerned of the well being, the suffering and the loss of tens upon tens of thousands of civilians inside gaza who can do absolute nothing about the situation that they find themselves in. 42,000 people killed now over the last 12 months, 30 children every single day for a year, a classroom full of children every day for a year. what could these children do about

their situation was not absolutely nothing of that which is why we need a cease—fire more urgently than ever. cease-fire more urgently than ever. .. cease-fire more urgently than ever. ., ~ ~ ever. sam rose, from unrwa in gaza, ever. sam rose, from unrwa in gaza. thank— ever. sam rose, from unrwa in gaza, thank you. _ let's turn to lebanon there. there's been a rare israeli attack on northern lebanon. clashes have continued between hezbollah and israeli forces in the south. elsewhere, a hezbollah drone attack killed four israeli soldiers at an israeli army base south of haifa on sunday night. it's one of the deadliest attacks against israel by hezbollah in over a year of fighting. 40 nations that contribute to the un peacekeeping force in lebanon have said over the weekend that they "strongly condemn recent attacks" on the peacekeepers and issued an appealfor the attacks to stop. and in the past hour, italy, britain, france and germany have also issued a statement, saying the attacks are contrary to international humanitarian law. at least five peacekeepers have been wounded in recent days as israel takes its fight against hezbollah into southern lebanon. the peacekeeping mission unifil has accused the israeli

military of "deliberately" firing on its positions. meanwhile, human rights organisation amnesty international criticised the israeli military�*s civilian evacuation warnings in southern beirut and south lebanon, stating that they were misleading and issued with insufficient notice sometimes less than 30 minutes before air strikes began. concerns have also been raised around the logistics of civilian evacuations, due to the large numbers involved. peter lerner is a spokesperson for the israel defense forces, and i started by asking him about the drone attack that killed four idf soldiers. last night's attack was just another symbol of exactly how hezbollah has been preparing, although they prepared to launch hundreds at one time, not two. it shows us they have those tools, the capabilities and they have the intention to attack israel. this is what they were planning and precisely why we are engaged against hezbollah for three

weeks, taking out their leadership, dealing a blow to their attacking protector we have revealed over the last two weeks across the border, across the border area, where they were planning an attack introduction to launch attacks into israel. so, yes, we are seeking them down, hunting them down and destroying those capabilities.— capabilities. that is the strategy. _ capabilities. that is the strategy, but _ capabilities. that is the strategy, but at - capabilities. that is the strategy, but at what i capabilities. that is the i strategy, but at what loss capabilities. that is the - strategy, but at what loss to human life? thousands killed, dozens of those being innocent civilians, women and children. 0ur assessment suggest there have been over 1000 hezbollah terrorists that have been taken out. i don't think, since the operations against hezbollah have begun, they have stopped releasing the names of their terrorists that have been killed, which is not some and they have done over the last year. over the last year, they were celebrating each and every one of the terrorists killed. amazingly, they have stopped making those announcements, solvency operations are conducted in a way which identifies the specific

locations was the when we are instructing a building, a specific building to affect what, it is because there is something strategic in that building, it could be a command centre, could be intelligence, it could be strategic missiles, surface to surface missiles public referral —— like word fired earlier today. -- like word fired earlier toda . �* , , ., ., ., today. amnesty international sa s today. amnesty international says innocent _ today. amnesty international says innocent people - today. amnesty international says innocent people are - today. amnesty international says innocent people are not| says innocent people are not being given enough time to evacuate and they don't know any safe areas to go to. do you accept there have been failings with the warnings to protect civilian life? i with the warnings to protect civilian life?— civilian life? i would argue that when _ civilian life? i would argue that when the _ civilian life? i would argue that when the idea - civilian life? i would argue that when the idea is - that when the idea is conducting, making an announcement to a specific building, it's because they were something specific in that building that needs to be addressed... it building that needs to be addressed. . ._ addressed... it is not to specific _ addressed... it is not to specific buildings - addressed... it is not to specific buildings that l addressed... it is not to i specific buildings that are being hit, is it? amnesty are saying in some cases, whole towns have been wiped out, with many, many buildings absolutely floored. i many, many buildings absolutely floored. ~ ., floored. i think we need to distinction _ floored. i think we need to distinction what _ floored. i think we need to distinction what is - floored. i think we need to i distinction what is happening in the south of lebanon, across

the border, or every second house there has weapons, capabilities, and the strikes, we are doing evacuation plans to get people out of the way. what is the policy when it comes to the united nations peacekeeping mission known as unifil? in the past few minutes, we have heard from several countries, italy, britain, france and germany, saying that they believe the actions of the idf are contrary to international humanitarian law and must stop at once. have unifil been targeted by the idf? £371 unifil been targeted by the idf? . ., , ., unifil been targeted by the idf? , ., . ., idf? of course not. we have oen idf? of course not. we have open channels _ idf? of course not. we have open channels with - idf? of course not. we have open channels with unifil. i open channels with unifil. there have been some incidents where peacekeepers have been affected by the battle of what we need to keep in mind, it is a war zone happening between hezbollah the idf. we suggested to unifil that on a temporary situation, they should evacuate from the five km area across

the border, where we are conducting our extensive operations.— conducting our extensive operations. conducting our extensive oerations. , . , operations. they have said they are not going — operations. they have said they are not going anywhere. - operations. they have said they are not going anywhere. primel are not going anywhere. prime minister netanyahu... it are not going anywhere. prime minister netanyahu. . .- minister netanyahu. .. it won't sto us minister netanyahu. .. it won't step us from _ minister netanyahu. .. it won't stop us from hiding _ minister netanyahu. .. it won't| stop us from hiding hezbollah. prime minister netanyahu claims unifil's prime minister netanyahu claims unifil�*s presence makes them hostages of hezbollah. what does he mean by that? but we have seen _ does he mean by that? but we have seen the _ does he mean by that? but we have seen the last _ does he mean by that? but we have seen the last couple - does he mean by that? but we have seen the last couple of i have seen the last couple of days, the bbc has seen some of it as well, the attack infrastructure, the positions are astonishing, the understanding this is being built literally under the noses of the un, is also frightening. let me ask you about northern gaza. in the past few hours, the un human rights office has said israeli military appears to be cutting off northern gaza from the rest of gaza and they say they're tens of thousands of civilians who are trapped there without food or supplies. is the idea of trying to cut off northern gaza and he tens off northern gaza and he tens of thousands of people who are trapped there from the rest of

the strip? this trapped there from the rest of the stri? �* , . trapped there from the rest of the stri? a ., .,, trapped there from the rest of the strip?— the strip? as far as i know, there are — the strip? as far as i know, there are still _ the strip? as far as i know, there are still routes - the strip? as far as i know, there are still routes to - there are still routes to affect weight from northern gaza. we released date interception of a communication between an idf officer and people in gaza st thomas are venting them physically from evacuating. i can say the world food programme this afternoon brought in truckloads of medical supplies, sorry, food supplies, and other items into northern gaza, and this is part of the ongoing operation. what hamas was planing on the 7th of october, just last week on the 0ctober, just last week on the anniversary of the massacre of last year, was to conduct another launch, to launch another launch, to launch another attack against israel from northern gaza specifically, from the areas of javaw leah, so we are currently in the effort dismantling and preventing them from regrouping and it is happening in northern gaza —— the areas ofjavaw we will continue to operate where we need to in order to

protect israeli lives. [30 where we need to in order to protect israeli lives.- protect israeli lives. do you acce -t protect israeli lives. do you accept there _ protect israeli lives. do you accept there are _ protect israeli lives. do you accept there are hundreds i protect israeli lives. do you i accept there are hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians trapped there with erie few, if any route to get out and who are in fear of their lives if they do try 1541 00:15:10,354 --> 00:15:10