why is israel intensifying airstrikes in the gaza strip and conducting raids inside this territory? we are talking about this on bbc news ukraine live from london. i am yevgenia shedlovska. more than 430 dead in 24 hours a these are the figures of medics in the hamas-run gaza strip, as israel continues its airstrikes and prepares for a ground operation. so, after the attack by hamas on october 7, israel is conducting hostilities, now it has increased its strikes on the gaza sector, as the israeli defense forces claim, hitting 320 targets in a day, sweating. into the infrastructure

the hamas group, into their network of tunnels. and the israeli military also carried out raids in the gaza strip, in particular, to obtain information about hostages, this is not the first time, since the beginning of the current conflict, the israeli military has conducted such raids, as the israeli minister of defense stated, the military campaign in the gaza strip may last a month, two or three, but after its completion, hamas will be gone, these are his words. destroying this group is israel's goal. at the same time, the number is growing in the gas sector of the dead, it is reported that 436 people have died in the last day, while since the beginning of the current conflict, the number of victims there has exceeded 5,000, and humanitarian aid has begun to arrive in the gas sector from the territory of egypt, but, as they say in the un, this is a drop in the ocean from , what the palestinians need. what is happening in the gas sector, we will tell below. every day, the number of victims in gaza

is increasing, the wounded are brought to the alyaksa hospital, located in the center of gaza, they are civilians who live outside the territory, from which israel called to evacuate. it is not known for sure where all these people are from, but there are many children among the dead and injured. the gruesome footage, some of which cannot be shown, shows the bodies of at least ten children. we have been here since dawn, the whole yard of the hospital is covered with the bodies of the dead. that's apart from the refrigerators full of ash, we don't have enough cloth to wrap the dead because there are so many, israel has been carrying out airstrikes in response to the mass killings since october 7th, they are targeting what they say are strategic targets to hamas, part of the gaza strip now looks like a wasteland. palestinians claim such bombings are indiscriminate and result in thousands of victims. currently, the exit from gaza is covered

, and the day before , more than a dozen trucks with humanitarian aid arrived here through the egyptian border. they brought food and medical supplies. another 20 trucks arrived the day before. but oon says this is not enough for a population of more than two million, requiring at least 500 trucks every day. according to our data, 30% of the infrastructure has been destroyed. in the un they say that many of those who fled from israeli bombers. to the south, now returning to their homes in northern gaza despite the shelling, so dire is the humanitarian situation , some people will die if they don't get insulin on a regular basis, there are 50,000 pregnant women in gaza to survive, they desperately need water, and it looks like the situation here will worsen, thousands of israeli soldiers, tanks and heavy armored vehicles are preparing for a full-scale ground offensive in gaza, immediately after

the aerial bombardment ends, israel says: such a step is forced in the fight against hamas. i have no doubt that israel will need to launch a ground operation to effectively hit, undermine and weaken hamas, but also to be able to project power in the region and show the world and other enemies watching that we can, i think that it is a matter of days or days before it happens. however, israel understands that a ground invasion is inevitable. could provoke a wider conflict in the region. earlier, israel announced an attack on the palestinian city of jenin on the west bank of the jordan river. according to information, there was a hamas cell there, where another attack was being prepared. after clashes on the border with lebanon, israel's prime minister warned the military of hezbollah and its sponsor, iran, not to interfere. according to netanyahu, if hezbollah decides to go to war, it will be their biggest mistake.

but what netanyahu cannot control is the fate of more than 200 israeli and international hostages. who are gassed by hamas. their relatives fear that an israeli invasion could harm the captives. as for the hostages, previously, hamas released these two american hostages, a mother and a daughter, but according to israel, hamas militants are taking 222 people, and among them are citizens of different countries. as bbc correspondents report, there is a shift in the process of releasing the hostages. new information is coming in about the hostages being taken in gaza, a few days ago the first two hostages, two women with israeli and american citizenship, were released. according to the reports of our colleagues in gaza, negotiations on the release

of new hostages have entered into, according to sources in serious stage. the intense negotiations are being mediated by katoru, who was... involved in the release of the first hostages, as well as the us, which is trying to make progress based on the previous experience of freeing the two americans. the current negotiations may concern the fate of another 50 dual nationals held in the gas sector, it is not known for certain what stage these negotiations are at, but the fact that this information has been leaked indicates that there is something going on behind the scenes. work for the release of a larger number hostages, primarily women and children, before israel decides to take decisive action and send troops into gaza. israel maintains a blockade of the gaza strip until

hamas says it releases the hostages. at the same time, as we have already said, humanitarian aid began to arrive in the gaza sector from the territory of egypt, the third convoy of trucks has already passed through this rafah checkpoint, but the head of the un agency, which helps the palestinians in gaza, says that hundreds of aid trucks are needed there every day , and not dozens who have already been able to drive in. the situation in the gas sector is critical, say representatives of humanitarian organizations. the bbc's rushdia aboff is in a un refugee camp in the gaza strip and here's what he sees there. about 2,000 families live in these tents, they are people displaced from the northern part of gaza, this is a camp built by the un agency to help palestinian refugees. i have spoken to families here who say they are struggling to find water. they struggle to get food, and the real

challenge here is to find toilets and baths. they say the biggest problem is security, because, as you know, for the last two weeks or so, hamas has been suffering. heavy shelling from israel. there is also no law and order police in the area. these problems are few here, but there are social problems. here they say that the people who need help the most are given very little food, water and medicine. this is an example of how 7,000 people displaced from the north live in very difficult conditions in the city of kaza. more than a week ago, israel ordered palestinians in the gaza strip to leave from north to south, including leaving gaza city itself. israel has warned that there may be strikes, but the situation in the south is reported to be so critical that refugees are beginning to turn

back to the north. and shelling continues on the border between israel and lebanon. exchange of fire between israel's military hezbollah militants, iran supports this militant group, as well as hamas , iran threatens that if israel does not stop attacks on the gaza strip, the entire region may go out of control, while israel, the united states, call on iran do not interfere bbc correspondent, higo bechega works in lebanon on the border with israel. the situation on this border remains tense. during the night, israel launched more strikes on stray positions along the border. here in southern lebanon, and it seems that these strikes have intensified in recent days, but the situation is currently under control. this morning we visited the villages along the lebanese border, many of the locals had left, and one of those villages, kif shubba, was completely deserted, not a soul was there. this shows

that people are scared, afraid of the escalation of violence. many here still remember the 2006 war between israel and hezbollah and the devastation that followed. now. everyone is watching hezbollah, a powerful military, political and social movement that is supported by iran and considered a terrorist organization by the united states, great britain and other countries. so, in addition to high tensions, there are also fears that the second front of this conflict may open here. this worries many people. i recently spoke with a source close to hezbollah. he said that hezbollah will likely continue to attack israel in such a way way, and so through the lebanese border. but the group is monitoring the situation in gaza, and that depends on whether the israelis launch a ground offensive. it is also important to add that iran does not only support khishba. here in lebanon, but also groups in syria, which has a border with israel, as well as in iraq and yemen. so

while much of the focus is on the lebanese border, tensions are high across the region. more than two weeks ago, hamas militants attacked israel. they broke through the borders with the gas sector, attacked military bases and settlements near. the day of october 7 was a shock for israel. more than 1,400 people were killed in the attack by the militants, and to this day new terrible details of that attack are emerging. rirroz, a kibbutz 5 km from the border with gaza, is now a place of silence. but it can also be loud here. bodies of the dead are still found in these places. this woman was discovered on the eve of our arrival, charred and tied with a metal wire. rescue teams say. that the bodies of more than 20 children, also tied and burned, were found nearby. such deaths are enough to

break the living. hamas fighters attacked nero early in the morning, armed with drills for poaching and assault rifles for killing. survivors say that every fourth person in kibuyka died or went missing. among them is a briton and his mother's husband. danny darlington was born and raised in manchester, uk. danny's body was identified by a neighbor, but there is still no official confirmation of his death. his mother's first husband, hayim perry lived in the kibbutz. haim used to take sick children from gaza to israeli hospitals. he had just been officially added to the hostage list. chaim and his wife ofnad. hiding in this special safe room

, the door survived the first onslaught of the group of militants, but the militants returned a second time and ofnats hid behind this sofa, then the chaim decided that the door would not withstand and he should give himself up instead of his wife. ofnat was still hiding when the second group of fighters burst in, this time they behaved more aggressively and unceremoniously, the door to the room opened, it was dark inside and they did not bother to look around the room. danny was not supposed to be at the kibbutz that day at all. he stayed one more night, and when the attack began, sent a message to his half-brother. that was the last time i heard anything from him, now i am trying to help the family. they don't know anything about him in manchester. his family is in limbo and does not feel the national sentiments prevailing in israel. the desire for revenge is a very strong feeling, and many people are experiencing it right now. but now it's not about revenge because we lost the first act. so

before we win this war, let's pick up the remains of the dead and do our best to resolve the hostage situation. israel is preparing for the next phase of this conflict, a major offensive in gaza to destroy hamas, while the families of the missing. my mind is still in those first hours after the attack. such was the attack of hamas militants on israel on october 7. read more about the war between israel and hamas on our bbc.ua website and subscribe to our social media pages so you don't miss anything. i say goodbye to you until tomorrow, see you.

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the lieutenant general of the ground forces. former national security advisor to the president of the united states, donald trump, herbert mcmaster. current topics, pressing questions, authoritative comments and forecasts in the information marathon project with vitaly portnikov, every sunday at 20:10 on espresso. hello, this is svoboda ranok, an informational project of radio svoboda. who visits every day is a ship. area of ​​inclusion live, we are somewhere in the vicinity of bakhmut, we will tell you the main thing, on weekdays at 9:00, my greetings, this is svoboda live, my name is vlasta lazur, the most important events of the day and

passing trends, we will discuss in the next hour. russian troops are building up. their group in the avdiiv direction and do not abandon their offensive plans despite huge losses and failures, reports the american institute for the study of war. what is happening right now near avdiivka and in the city itself, and do the russian military have any chance of capturing avdiivka, where the military base of the ukrainian armed forces has been located since 2014 year the former head of the faction of the party of regions in the verkhovna rada, ex-detat oleksandr yefremov, who is accused in ukraine of being a member of the state. treachery was found in moscow. as our colleagues from the scheme program found out, yefremov left ukraine shortly after the full-scale invasion through the checkpoint in the west of the country. let's talk about how he managed it. well, in the meantime , another case of high treason since the beginning of the full-scale war began in ukraine. her figure is close to ivan bakanov, ex-head

oleg kulinich of the crimean sbu department. the investigation believes that he influenced personnel reshuffles. in the security service even before he started working there, how is it possible and why ivan bakanov has not been interrogated in the kulinich case, this is about it today in svoboda live. the russian offensive on avdiivka faced the same difficulties as the ukrainian offensive near zaporizhzhia, according to a current review by the american institute for the study of war. according to analysts, the russian assault on avdiyivka on october 19-2 ended in failure. russian troops in the end only moved a little to the southeast of pervomaiskyi, it is 11 km from avdiivka. russian military bloggers write about a positional... stalemate, avdiyivka is heavily fortified and protected by minefields, drones and high-precision weapons make it difficult for armored vehicles to maneuver, these difficulties are very similar to the situation in which the ukrainian

army found itself in the south of the country in the first weeks of the offensive in june this year, the institute for the study of war notes. after that, the ukrainian army adapted, adapted its tactics, but the russian army is chipping away, it will become clear later, analysts of the institute state. meanwhile, russia continues to send additional lashes. on the avdiiv section of the front, experts add, and what is happening in the avdiiv direction , we will talk about it further, maksym lutyy morozov, major of the ministry of internal affairs, officer of the legion of freedom, joins our broadcast , good day, pave ukraine, glory to the heroes, that just now, just today at this time , is happening in the avdiivka direction, well , the enemy continues to try to capture avdiivka, they are trying the hardest from the north... the parties are provesnogovka and the so-called avdiivka phones, because they hope that by seizing the phone, they will be able to control

the logistics that go to avdiivka, which is the road to bevdychi, accordingly, they are also trying to break through the railway and the steppe village, because namely after them, bevdychi is coming, and accordingly they do not want to bring the road there, that is, in this... offensive , which began on october 10, so to speak, the plan collapsed, then plan b, plan c failed, now there is plan d and a plan well, which ones are used, but in principle most of the special forces defending avdiyivka and the brigades defending avdiyivka were ready and understood that the enemy, the wasteland, was trying to surround and or take over avdiyivka with a left... attack , so guys, fighters, defense forces , let's say, harshly met a new round of enemy offensive actions, and now, as all these

days, the enemy is suffering unprecedented losses, he is losing both in manpower and equipment, and i think such losses that he is also suffering the enemy agrees with that, it means only one thing, the task to buy an avdiivka went from the very top of the kremlin leadership, let's say so, and accordingly , that is why the avdiivs think and assume, the capture of the avdiivka, this is a task set by the bald ruler of the kremlin, that's it, you've already moved on to the political component of this battle, yes and of this confrontation, we will return later, i want to return to direct military actions, well, you said that the russian troops are suffering heavy losses, the institute for the study of war states in its report that the russian troops are building up

groups in this direction and do not stop trying to advance even in spite of these very heavy losses and failures, can you give a forecast, as far as possible, how the situation may change in the coming weeks or maybe months, what it may and will depend on? indeed, everything will depend on what other forces and what other reserves the enemy will use , i.e. we see from current actions that the enemy does not particularly spare equipment and infantry, they do not spare manpower, i.e. taking some of them or expanding the sowing zone, no not even speech about taking something, but about expanding the sowing zone, and this comes at a great cost to them and, accordingly, moscow... is ready to lose both manpower and equipment, it is ready to use a huge number of anti-aircraft guns, to put its aviation at risk, and that is, they

pay this price, but they do not achieve any significant success, it is even impossible to call it a success, this expansion of the sowing zone , of course, this is all thanks to the titanic work of the forces of the defense forces, those brigades both in the south and in the north, and the front and special forces, which work successfully, destroying equipment and infantry, it is this heroism and titanic work of these units that led to the fact that the enemy does not achieve the set goals, and the fact that he is winding up a gray area is absolutely something that he does not, maybe even worse than that, let's put it this way, what would you compare the current situation in the avdiiv region to, or can it even be compared to what happened near bakhmut, or there , if we take the very beginning of the full-scale war, lysichanka, north-donetsk, you know, not really, i personally, correctly, something with something

to compare avdiivka with bakhmut, or bakhmut with avdiivka or kupyansk, these are all individual such combat actions, but they all carried and carry a very important consequence, which will be, yes, ah, accordingly, this avdiivsky bridgehead, behind which it goes struggle, this means that in case of withdrawal of the ukrainian defense forces, the ukrainian forces will lose an excellent springboard for the offensive on the ukrainian city of donetsk after the liberation, i.e. themselves, the moscow city itself and their henchmen, how do they justify such losses that they want to destroy this planzdarm of a possible ukrainian offensive for the liberation of ukrainian-donetsk, they are sure and declare that avdiivka is this bridgehead, and if we do not push the ukrovs back now, then they will attack

donetsk from avdiivka, i think it is quite possible that the country , that kyivka will turn from such a defense forecast into a bridgehead for the ukrainian offensive on yasenovat, on spartak, on donetsk itself, on the liberated territories. ugh, i understand you, and i have one last question, for example, the institute for the study of war, which we have already quoted today, the analysts of this institute write that the russian troops have reached a positional impasse, just for people who are not related to the military, but monitor the situation in avdiivka, what does it look like in practice, if this is true? well, you know, it probably sounds like that somewhere, a dead end, they themselves drove themselves into a dead end, that is, the one, as far as i'm concerned, it means that the amount that they lost by the manpower technique, and they can't, let's say yes,

to retreat, because in that huge and accordingly it is better to go forward, than to give up, than to say that they are a task, failed all plans, all the deadlines, failed everything and now, they lost, yes, they , they can't say it and admit it, so they better throw manpower and equipment at our defense forces again and again in the hope that they will come somewhere, the defenses are lazy and will be able to enter from the north or the south. logistical way, that is, in this case it is easier for them to continue the war than to stop it, the same is true in the audi direction, it is easier and better for them, and i do not know what methods are better for them to continue the offensive, than to admit that their whole operation is planned somehow failed, i thank you very much for being able to join in and tell me what is happening near avdiivka right now, maksym lutyy morozov, major

of the ministry of internal affairs. affairs officer of the legion of freedom joined our broadcast. we talked about the situation in avdiivka. well , let me remind you that the activation of russian troops near avdiivka began on october 10, and this is what british intelligence later assumed. the offensive of russian forces in the avdiiv direction is a significant offensive, the most significant, or rather, the most significant offensive operation for of russia, at least from january 2023. mykhailo joins the broadcast. the director of the network of new geopolitical studies himself, good evening, i congratulate you, we will also talk about avdiivka, but you also probably heard just now, a military man who is directly in the avdiivka direction suggested that the task now is to storm avdiivka, as he said , well, from his point of view, it went from the very top, well, this is such a political component of this story, do you agree with it and why, well, of course, this is one of the aspects, so

that i do not think that the military command, if only the military command had planned such operations, then this war would not actually have started on the 24th of february, and it is clear that this whole adventure, this disastrous adventure, which will definitely end in complete disaster, the territory which now it is called the russian federation, the military was against such planning and generally carrying out this operation against ukraine, but... any operation in ukraine is now planned from the point of view of already higher goals, absolutely, that is, the setting of tasks, by the kremlin and already based on this high task setting, the military-political leadership itself can only implement it in practice, but it is obvious that if they could make decisions.