...we we will be live in tbilisi. voters in the republic of ireland head to the polls this week. we speak to them about one of the key issues in this election — immigration. hello, i'm lucy hocking. in georgia, the parliament has convened for the first time since last month's election. those demonstrators in tbilisi, many of whom spent the night camped on the streets, said the victory of the georgian dream party was fraudulent. these are pictures from throughout the night as the opposition gathered. we canjoin our correspondence into pc.

the first session of the new parliament is still ongoing. the green party was sworn in today. in the first session of the parliament, the president has to convene and open. unlike foreign ambassadors not being present like in previous times, this does not stop the government from forming the parliament. all opposition parties have refused to take up

their seats in parliament. outside parliament for about two hours protesters were banging the metal fence two hours protesters were banging the metalfence behind the main entrance to the parliament. they were banging the metal fence parliament. they were banging the metalfence in protest against what is happening. now it looks like the weather is not on the side of the protesters. there is a bit of a dry patch here. the question is whether or not the georgian opposition is running out of steam and whether the georgian dream party inside parliament will follow up on its promise to ban the georgian opposition. it is still uncertain what is going to happen, but georgia's political crisis is still there. . ~ political crisis is still

there. . heavy rainfall and dire winter weather is taking a toll on gaza's population, many of whom have been displaced by the war. heavy rain has flooded hundreds of poorly constructed tents across the enclave. some have been completely swept away and there are problems with sewage also. aid groups have called for replacement shelters. a hospital director of one ofjust two medical facilities still partially working in northern gaza has been seriously injured in an israeli drone strike, along with his two daughters and several staff. dr hossam abu safiya heads the kamal adwan hospital in northern gaza. the blast left him with extensive shrapnel in his upper thigh and damaged blood vessels. he says israeli military are targeting the hospital's oxygen facilities and diesel storage with drones. israel does not allow foreign journalists free access to gaza, so a freelancer for the bbc has interviewed dr safiya.

it is clear through this targeting that they want to take us away from providing humanitarian services, which are meant to have humanitarian laws to protect the health system and the staff at this health system. we now have more than 20 injured. every person in this room is an engine injured person who was working inside the hospital. we are unfortunately being targeted on a daily basis. we were supposed to be speaking to dr hossam abu safiya now in the programme, but there's no answer. we will keep trying

and we will bring you that live interview when we can. joining me now from gaza city is louise wateridge, a spokeswoman for united nations relief agency. good to see you. i know the weather has been appalling with rain and freezing temperatures. just when you think you can get any worse, it does. every day it does. ~ _, . ~ any worse, it does. every day it does. ~ . ~ ., it does. we might come back to ou it does. we might come back to you louise _ it does. we might come back to you louise because _ it does. we might come back to you louise because there - it does. we might come back to you louise because there are i you louise because there are all sorts of communication problems and gas are at the moment. we had problems trying to get through to those in the hospital as well. let's speak to our middle east

correspondent yolande knell. the weather is miserable in gaza. how is that affecting people in gaza, particularly those in tents? we people in gaza, particularly those in tents?— people in gaza, particularly those in tents? we have seen --eole those in tents? we have seen peeple battling _ those in tents? we have seen people battling with - those in tents? we have seen people battling with the - those in tents? we have seen | people battling with the winds, trying to stop their makeshift shelters from blowing away. many people have resorted to camping out right next to the beach where there have been some strong winds. this is making a dire humanitarian situation even worse. it is the start of the wintry weather. even here injerusalem we had several days of unsettled, very rainy weather and the first serious reigns marking the start of winter and that has got everybody much more worried about what happens next in gaza. we have been hearing from the un over the past month that the un over the past month that the risk of famine is most acute in the northern part of

the gaza strip. i have also been highlighting how criminal looting, these armed and violent gangs have become increasingly a problem in the southern part of gas are where most of the population is now displaced too, so there you are also having the situation where there is mass hunger, mass food shortages. there is mass hunger, mass food shortages-_ shortages. one of the few hospitals _ shortages. one of the few hospitals partially - shortages. one of the few- hospitals partially operational in the north of gaza is only partially operational. doctor sofia had agreed to speak with us and he has been injured. he says the idf has targeted the hospital. what has the israeli response been to that? the director of _ response been to that? the director of the _ response been to that? tue director of the hospital response been to that? tte director of the hospital has been suggested that the hospital has been intentionally targeted with the idea of trying to force staff there to

leave. he says that is not something that is going to happen. the action at this hospital, which has been rated by the straight —— israeli military since it began a new military since it began a new military operation in the north of gaza at the start of last month, it is also where medics have been injured in the past week by israeli drone attacks. last week as well we had many people killed in a residential area very close by. that is where the israeli military said it was targeting how mass operatives. —— hamas operatives. —— hamas operatives. they said that when they saw the hospital they find there are dozens of what they called terrorists hiding inside, some of them even posing as hospital staff. they said they had further intelligence over time that the hospital has been used as a

hideout. they accused hamas of embedding itself in the civilian population, but of course hamas denies doing such a thing. course hamas denies doing such a thin. ., ~ ,, course hamas denies doing such athina. . ~ ,, course hamas denies doing such athina. ., ~' . ., a thing. thank you so much for “oininu a thing. thank you so much for joining us _ a thing. thank you so much for joining us from _ a thing. thank you so much for joining us from jerusalem. - a thing. thank you so much for joining us from jerusalem. we | joining us from jerusalem. we will try tojoin louise joining us from jerusalem. we will try to join louise water rich from the un shortly. we are trying to reconnect with her. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

we are going to nitrite take you —— to take you back to gaza now where there has been terrible weather. joining me now from gaza city is louise wateridge, a spokeswoman for united nations relief agency. he started by saying people

couldn't imagine it could get any worse, but now has. tell us what like life is like for people. tt what like life is like for people-— people. it is utterly miserable. - people. it is utterly miserable. the - people. it is utterly miserable. the last people. it is utterly - miserable. the last few days people. it is utterly _ miserable. the last few days i have been with people sheltering in these conditions. they don't have homes, they don't have shelter, they are living in rubble. at best they had plastic sheeting to try to protect them from wind and rain, but realistically most people are sheltering under blankets, curtains, bed sheets. it is really appalling. a father yesterday was telling me that rats come in at night for him and his family are sleeping and they have water on the floor. children are crying because they don't have cold weather gear, they don't have culture warm jumpers. it is truly, truly miserable. there is a particular— truly, truly miserable. there is a particular concern - truly, truly miserable. there is a particular concern i - is a particular concern i understand about sewage, as

well. fist understand about sewage, as well. �* ., ., well. at the moment there are 500.000 _ well. at the moment there are 500,000 people _ well. at the moment there are 500,000 people at _ well. at the moment there are 500,000 people at risk - well. at the moment there are 500,000 people at risk of - 500,000 people at risk of flooding and this isn'tjust from rainwater. because everything has been decimated, everything has been decimated, everything about society has been decimated including sewage and water systems, people will be flooded by sewage soon as the water continues. there is no infrastructure here. there is sewage flowing into the streets, flowing through where people sleep at night. it couldn't get any worse than it is now. the bombing continues, the strikes continue. it is completely unbearable for everybody. completely unbearable for everybody-— completely unbearable for eve bod. . , ., everybody. what people are tellinu everybody. what people are telling you. _ everybody. what people are telling you, that _ everybody. what people are telling you, that they - everybody. what people are telling you, that they have i everybody. what people are i telling you, that they have no hope of this come to an end soon? t hope of this come to an end soon? ., , hope of this come to an end soon? . , ., hope of this come to an end soon? ., , ., ., ., soon? i was with a woman yesterday _ soon? i was with a woman yesterday who _ soon? i was with a woman yesterday who was - soon? i was with a woman l yesterday who was pregnant soon? i was with a woman - yesterday who was pregnant when the war began and she told me she was so blessed to have a baby boy. he was killed at one—month—old. there was a strike next door and he was killed by shrapnel. i was

sitting in this room with her and her and her daughters, sitting in this room with her and herand her daughters, her husband had been injured in the same strike. they had nothing. they were sharing some bread between them. that was the only meal they had. they were almost crying in despair. they have anything, they need any everything. theyjust want anything, they need any everything. they just want to go home. they want the water and that they want to go home. the suffering is unbearable. it doesn't stop. it doesn't cease. all day and all night children are shaken, their teeth are chattering. there are bombs around the several time. it is the worst it has ever been and people have had enough. they are accepting their fate and they accept that they will be killed and it would be better than the suffering they have now. ., , , ., now. louise, in terms of the immediate _ now. louise, in terms of the immediate needs, _ now. louise, in terms of the immediate needs, how- now. louise, in terms of the immediate needs, how is. now. louise, in terms of the | immediate needs, how is the eight getting in and has not

been distributed? tt is eight getting in and has not been distributed?— been distributed? it is not enough. _ been distributed? it is not enough. it _ been distributed? it is not enough, it is _ been distributed? it is not enough, it is never- been distributed? it is not i enough, it is never enough. i was in gaza city with unrwa colleagues yesterday and these people are working day and night. they are getting plastic sheeting out, food packages, they are doing what they can but it is not enough. it means that people might have something tomorrow, but then what? people might have some plastic to stop them getting wet in the rain, but then what? what happens when it is bombed, when it is pierced by shrapnel. the biggest united nations aid agency on the ground is about to be finished. we have been told, we have been warned that the authorities that operation from unrwa will cease. and i would be a disasterfor that from unrwa will cease. and i would be a disaster for that to happen. we are feeling it every day how bad that impact would be with everything going on. louise, thank you for taking the time tojoin

louise, thank you for taking the time to join us and i'm pleased we were able to reconnect with you so you could share with us what is going on in gas at the moment. we have some live pictures from lebanon where the work continues. you can see smoke over the skyline of beirut. israel continuing to bomb beirut. we can also see hezbollah has fired many drones and missiles at israel, according to israeli army radio. people have been wounded in israel, as well. this is the scene in beirut, these are live pictures, scene in beirut, thes