thick smoke, the gaza skye line as the israeli bombardment of the territory continued. at least 400 palestinians died since the start of the offensive. 3,000 have been injured. in the news - where have the bodies been taken. pro-russian gunmanar

thick smoke, the gaza skye line as the israeli bombardment of the territory continued. at least 400 palestinians died since the start of the offensive. 3,000 have been injured. in the news - where have the bodies been taken. pro-russian gunmanar accused of tampering -- gunmen are accused of tampering with evidence of the shot dawn malaysia airlines plane. >>> israel's bombardment of gaza moves closer to the most heavily populated part of the territory, gaza city. this was the scene a short while ago. palestinians health ministry said 400 people have been killed in the 12 days since israel's offensive began, four days of ground operation amlified the fear and desperation. among the worst-hit parts with al-shaaf and other areas east of gaza city. people in the areas say the shelling was indiscriminate and they were trapped. medical teams say it's been too dangerous to attend the ipp john howard. let's go to scope in the last few hours and minutes. smoke has been scope rising above the gazan skye line. live to stefanie dekker, in gaza, bring us up to date with what is happ

the thousands. they are expected to heed that call. >> we'll go to stefanie dekker, live from gaza. we are looking at a live shot of the gaza skye line. stephanie was tells us earlier that the offensive that was planned to hit northern gaza has begun. how is it playing out? >> well, it's quiet at the moment. we are hearing that there was one air strike in an area towards the north. people still extremely on edge, waiting braced for this to happen. many people have left their homes, the u.n. agency for palestinian refugees tells us that more people are streaming in. some are remaining up north, waiting, perhaps, they say - one girl we heard from said she'd wait to see what would happen, and if needed there was a shelter in the north. they'd start moving. people waiting to see when this will happen. they are expecting something harsh. it will be short and temporary, it will be strong. they did give 12 o'clock. perhaps they'll give it a little more time to make sure people can leave if they want to leave. it put people on edge, more than they are. >> why are they focussing on that area in particular. tell us more about israel's cop