of gaza city. _ advancing into the heart of gaza city. into — advancing into the heart of gaza city. important place for gaza because _ very important place for gaza because most of the institutions including — because most of the institutions including the palestinian parliament, the central bank, the headquarters of the telecommunications company, also the two mobile _ telecommunications company, also the two mobile carrier headquarters, are in this— two mobile carrier headquarters, are in this place — two mobile carrier headquarters, are in this place so it's quite significant, very important for the people _ significant, very important for the people of— significant, very important for the people of gaza. also the main street is in the _ people of gaza. also the main street is in the middle of this road which is in the middle of this road which is the _ is in the middle of this road which is the main — is in the middle of this road which is the main economic hub for the gaza _ is the main economic hub for the gaza and — is the main economic hub for the gaza and most of the big co

the israeli army says it has completely encircled gaza city, as prime minisr benjamin netanyahu says height of the battle has been reached in the north of the gaza strip. israel's bombardment of gaza continues. the health ministry says 27 people have been killed in an airstrike near a u.n. school. more foreign passport holders have been able to cross into egypt from gaza, including u.s. and u.k. nationals. also today, a storm court sweeps across southern england in the channel islds with winds of more than 100 miles an hour, knocking out power to thousands of homes. and the first global summit on ai safety draws to a close. the u.k. prime minister warns that risks are too important to be left to the tech giants. ♪ hello to you. welcome to the program. we start with news that the israeli army says it has completely encircled gaza city, as the prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the height of battle had been reache. the idf said soldiers were engaged in close quarters combat with hamas fighters, staging hit and run attacks from underground tunnels. they said 130 hamas fighters had be

axes from north to south, from northwest to northeast to the east of gaza city to the south of gaza city in front of khanyounes and. testing rafah, even in one of these operations, american commando forces were killed, and mr. mcgregor announced that they were cut into pieces. now, in the next section, i will conclude that the role of the americans is contrary to what they claim they have an advisory role, in fact, this is not a war, they are present on the ground, and in the southern areas of gaza city, just yesterday, in fact , for the past two days, they have tried to gain access to a part of the tunnels that are used for the release of prisoners and its drones. in fact, their main mission is to identify the route of the tunnels so that they can enter with special operations and commandos and capture mosra or the commanders of hamas. this is in addition to the english, french and german special forces that are present in israel and they are not named. anyway, the operation during the last two weeks on the city gaza started from at least 3 axes. a northern axis from the coast, northwes

i do think they have got their navy stationed off the coast so they feel that they have now got gaza city where we thinking northern gaza where there are about 100,000 people who haven't evacuated to the south of gaza. ., ., , , .,, , of gaza. therefore many people still wantin: to of gaza. therefore many people still wanting to leave. _ of gaza. therefore many people still wanting to leave. we _ of gaza. therefore many people still wanting to leave. we know - of gaza. therefore many people still wanting to leave. we know the - of gaza. therefore many people still| wanting to leave. we know the rafah crossing is the focus of a lot of attention, not only to get it into to get people out. an update that more foreign passport holders have been able to leave, but the numbers to remain very small. trier? been able to leave, but the numbers to remain very small.— to remain very small. very small. just a to remain very small. very small. just a tiny — to remain very small. very small. just a tiny fraction _ to remain very small. very small. just a tiny fraction of— to remain very small. very sma

yesterday next they were at the gates of gaza city.ay benjamin netanyahu said they had passed into the outskirts of gaza city and today an israeli spokesperson said they had gaza city completely encircled so the ground operation is advancing. er in facing resistance. we've seen 19 israeli soldiers now killed and it has to be said that the area on the approach to gaza city is relatively open. there are small towns orvilleages which may be easier to move through. once you get to the densely build-up area of gaza city itself it's going to be increasingly difficult and complex, and, of course, one of israel's objectives is to remove hamas's military capabiliti and their ability to govern. the other is to free those hostages and carrying out that ground offensive while trying to get those hostages out alive is not going to be easy. >> we saw for people, again, mostly foreign nationals leaving gaga through the rafah crossing today. is there a sense that that number is september to increase? >> well the egyptian authorities have been saying t

and around gaza city decided to stay in their houses.— city and around gaza city decided to stayes. thank you very much for coming _ stay in their houses. thank you very much for coming on _ stay in their houses. thank you very much for coming on the _ stay in their houses. thank you very | much for coming on the programme. thank you. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. an inquest has heard that sir bobby charlton died after an accidental haul at a care home. he died aged 86 in macclesfield general hospital last month. an inquest heard he was living in the willows in knutsford, a nursing home caring for patients with dementia. the met office is worn in parts of southern england to brace for storm ciara, where warnings are in place until friday. gusts of 80 mph are possible in exposed parts of the south coast. 20—25 millimetres of rain is expected. northumbria police say two more people have been arrested over the felling of the world famous sycamore gap tree. the tree was believed to have been around 300 years old bu

gaza. the city of gaza city. surrounding it.ow the idf says we've heard small arms fire -- -- the illumination on the edge of gaza city. i believe i just saw a rocket fly to the right -- the illumination on the edge of gaza city. a rocket coming out of gaza city. i see no irntdce interceptions hearing that. while this is going on here it's clear to me from where i stand right now hamas, one of the other groups is firing rockets out of gaza even while they run this, under heavy fire right now. i heard at least two intercessions from the missile fields slightly to the north of us intercepting those rockets floi flying out of the city. what this tells us right now is the battle is having an intense moment as troops try to engage with hamas as they try to have illuminat illumination, trying to use this light to get their way more safely into combat with hamas. hamas, of course, the idf commanders speak about this. hamas is fighting on its own territory. it has set traps, knows where its tunnels are and how to lead idf troops entice

now is that the troops were heading to gaza city, and the gatesf gaza city, and this is the first confirmationt they are within the city itself, and they have been moving in from several directions, and jeremy diamond is live right near the gaza border in the israeli city of sderot. jeremy? >> yeah, john. as you said, the israeli military chief of staff is saying that the forces are inside of gaza and have been operating inside of gaza city for several days now, and operating in quote very significant areas of gaza city, but even as he says that, we are witnessing some active fighting here on to northeastern most edge of gaza city. you can see it behind me here, there is still some smoke hanging in the air which is in large part because of the way that the air is today and the smoke is hanging, there and the streaks are rockets coming out of gaza, but instead, it is artillery fire fired from here into gaza, and the streaks are remain pg ining because of the that the sky is holding the smoke. but all afternoon, we have been listening to the active battles of israelis and hamas, and mortar fire

this tank appears to be deep in gaza city.ousands of civilians are continuing to shelter at the shifa hospital. doctors here deny israel's claim that the building's secretly used by hamas. but as israeli forces move in, there's been a new exodus from northern gaza to the south. although it's been declared a safe route, many carry white flags. we are civilian people. we want to live in our land, with peace, but nobody in the world let us to leave. in lebanon, where events in gaza are being closely watched, there was more cross—border fighting overnight. here, israel says it's attacking its powerful enemy, hezbollah, and its leaders tell the bbc the war could yet spread. translation: the danger is real, because israel is increasing - its aggression against civilians and killing more women and children. is it possible for this to continue and increase, without bringing real danger to the region? i think not. such threats worry the international community. today, g7 foreign ministers backed a pause in fighting to get aid into gaza

because all so fighting continues in the main battle in gaza city and the north. kes, less fighting in the eight battles that israel and hamas of fighting each other in the north of gaza. but this morning, the israeli army issued a statement saying that they will pause for four hours in they will pause for four hours in the densely populated neighbourhood. they are in the middle of gaza city they said because they will allow people to find food, but there is no food. people who are struggling to find food and water, without a humanitarian corridor that allows hundreds of trucks carrying food, medicine and water here and to the people about half a million people in gaza city, and they talk about a pause or ceasefire —— any talk about a pause or ceasefire will not be effective if the aid is not coming. here in the south is considered less air strikes, here in the south is considered less airstrikes, but here in the south is considered less air strikes, but the humanitarian situation is getting worse across the gaza strip.— situation is getting worse across the gaza s

a siege of gaza city? will israeli forces go in and engage in the intense and perhaps bloody and deadly business of urban fighting inside those densely populated areas of gaza city? they simply won't say. what they are telling me tonight is that they will do whatever it takes to achieve this aims of this war. which as you've heard from the israeli prime minister and other officials, is to eliminate hamas' capabilities inside the gaza strip and to remove it from power. >> jeremy, thank you very much. i want to go now to general joseph, former u.s. sent com commander, and ben hodges. i appreciate both of you being with us. general, let me start with you. this major ariel assault we saw tonight with all of those flares. 30 minutes of non-stop rocket fire and explosions bombarding gaza. and this came right after the idf said that its troops had fully encircled gaza city itself. you saw that low smoke as nic robertson described as possibly being used to disguise israeli troop movement. what do you think is happ

that will intensify as israel's tanks and troops move deeper into gaza city. israeli strike in khan younis, southern gaza, they were digging for survivors. the town is in the area israel has told palestinians to go to stay safe. but nowhere's safe. israel says this is self—defence. palestinians call it genocide. ahmed had 27 members of his family inside the house when it was hit. this is the bravery of the so—called israel. they show their might and power against civilians. babies inside, kids inside! and the elderly! it is the mighty vengeance promised by israel's prime minister when hamas attacked a month ago. in tel aviv, at the empty table set for the hostages in gaza, friends and families are mounting a 24—hour vigil. the national trauma israel suffered a month ago is not lessening. in fact, they're reassessing everything, notjust relations with the palestinians, but also with arab countries they thought they were getting closer to, and who are now condemning everything they're doing in gaza. and there's the issue of the safety ofjews in places around the

strikes and shelling, 28 palestinians have been killed in the latest israeli attacks on hannunes, gaza city and jabaliah. the total death tooln in gaza is now nearing 11,500, residential areas and hospitals have been the prime target of the israeli attacks. among them is the al-shifa hospital, the largest medical complex in gaza. israeli forces have rated the hospital with tanks entering the complex where thousands of people, including the injured and displaced have taken shelter. israel says it's carrying out what it calls a precise and targeted operation in the specified area of al-shif. hospital the regime says its operation is against hamas, arguing that the resistance movement has a command center there israel has reportedly ask those sheltering at uh the hos the hospital to evacuate. a pentagon spokesperson has backed up the israeli military's claim and justification for its brutal raid on al shifa hospital. we do have information that hamas and the palestinian islamic jihad uses some hospitals in the gaza strip, including the al-shifa hospital um as a way to conceal and support their

and particularly, to the area of gaza city.orth today also we are expecting to deliver around 50 trucks of humanitarian aid for gaza city and the north. >> yeah. i want to ask you about that, because we heard that clip there from the person who was saying, you know, there are so many challenges getting it to the north. how important is that aid do get through there as well? >> obviously. so, since the beginning of the escalation, our teams were prevented access to transport any aid from south of gaza to the north of gaza. this was the case at the beginning of escalation. unfortunately, none of the humanitarian agencies was able to deliver aid to gaza city and the north. and with this continuous bombardment and with the great challenges as was the fire situation in the air. even going. and now i think the aid is just alone and it doesn't fill the needs of hundreds of thothousan of civilians in the gaza city and the north. we were be able to deliver more aid but it's also an opportunity for the red crescent to supply our ambulanc

there are reports of earlier gunfire and some explosions in the north—west part of gaza city accordingo our gaza correspondent rushdi abualouf, who's currently based in turkey. it's unclear who started the reported exchange of fire. some palestinian media are suggesting it is a smaller palestinian armed group who weren't aware of the extension to the ceasefire agreement. it's understood the incident has been reported to mediators in qatar. the latest group of hostages, nine children and two women, were freed by hamas late in the evening. the israelis were flown by helicopter to a hospital in tel aviv. in return israel released 33 palestinians — most of them teenagers — from its prisons. a bus carrying the newly released people reportedly arrived in ramallah in the west bank. the un has used the pause in fighting to increase urgent aid deliveries to gazans but has warned that the consignments are a drop in the ocean. although more aid lorries are bringing supplies, they aren t carrying the winter clothing particularly needed for children. from jerusalem, our middle east correspondent hu

they targeted gaza city. a medical resource the palestinian announced: since this morning , the bodies of 80 martyrs and 170 wounded have been transferred to arsharaf medical complex in gaza city. in these attacks , in addition to the residential areas of a bazaar, three mosques , including the alibaran mosque, were destroyed. in the north of gaza , in the jabalia camp, a school where thousands of displaced people were taken, as well as a baker, were bombed. al-quds hospital in western gaza was one of the other places targeted by the attack. 21 people were injured in the attack of the zionist regime fighters on the entrance of the emergency department of this hospital. this attack also caused damage. according to the latest official statistics it has been announced that the number of palestinians has reached 9,500, including 390 children. so far, 24,158 people were injured in zionist attacks. osama hamdan, one of the leaders of the hamas movement, by describing the condition of the hospitals as dire and catas

but he also says they are operating, quote, in very significant areas of gaza city. there has been intense fighting ongoing over these last six days since israeli forces launched their ground operation inside of gaza between israeli forces and hamas militants. even as israeli forces push deeperer into the gaza strip, into that stronghold of gaza city, they are also still dealing with intense battles with hamas fighters right behind my shoulder in the gaza city. throughout the day, we have been hearing active fights between hamas militants and soldiers. we have been hearing artillery fire going out. also hearing morter fire within the gaza strip. hamas fighters have been using morters. what we have also learned is hamas fighters have been making use of the underground tunnel system to ambush israeli forces. that happened late last night. overnight israeli forces -- we have been hearing that israeli forces have broken down hamas' northern lines, but even as that happens, the fact that the tunnels exist provides the risk to israeli forces that the hamas fighters can come

the third landfill is in gaza city, in jaral dick.foreign and local companies. as you can see, this landfill was totally leveled and covered with layer of clay which is 1 meter thick. today we are walking a landfill that is 15 meters high. this place was covered with layer of clay. and a system will be developed for the liquids infiltrating from the garbage to be sent to special locations or pools. موقع او بركه. the project for rehabilitating the male landfill in gaza city is still continuing and defying all the post challenges and once accomplished it will have... very positive environmental and health impacts on the city and its surroundings. but today it is well organized. four months from now, this landfill will be able to receive garbage for the next four or five years. as you can see, there is fire in the eastern area because this area is not. gas is spreading in the air in that area and can catch on fire very easily. it will be very hard to put the fire out. however, when we set up device to collect the gas, this problem will b

that will intensify as israel's tanks and troops move deeper into gaza city. israeli strike in khan younis, southern gaza, they were digging for survivors. the town is in the area israel has told palestinians to go to stay safe. but nowhere�*s safe. israel says this is self—defence. palestinians call it genocide. ahmed had 27 members of his family inside the house when it was hit. this is the bravery of the so—called israel. they show their might and power against civilians. babies inside, kids inside! it is the mighty vengeance promised by israel's prime minister when hamas attacked a month ago. in tel aviv, at the empty table set for the hostages in gaza, friends and families are mounting a 24—hour vigil. the national trauma israel suffered a month ago is not lessening. in fact, they're reassessing everything, notjust relations with the palestinians, but also with arab countries they thought they were getting closer to, and who are now condemning everything they're doing in gaza. and there's the issue of the safety ofjews in places around the world where the

we are now of course in the main landfill located to the southeast of gaza city.it receives 1,000 tons per day from the gaza governor, which includes four municipalities and and the north, بلديات في محافظه غزه احنا في قطاع غزه طبعا بنعاني من تخلص in the gaza strip we suffer from the disposal of solid waste because the existing landfills are not healthy. i call on all organizations and people working in this field to think of a way to benefit and utilize solid waste. not only bury it in the ground, because land in gaza is very limited and expensive. there are three main landfills in the gaza strip, and they suffer from two major problems. first, they are located very close to the 1948 borders. which means that they can be closed any time by the israeli occupation for false security claims. the second problem is that these landfills are already full and don't have the capacity to receive more waste. يوجد عدد ثلاث مكبات في قطاع. مكب يقع في منطقه. there are three landfills in the ghaza strip. one landfill is located in connus in alphakari area. another landfill is in.

you said how feasible their plan is to occupy gaza city or, for example, hamas. good basis for judging, even if the population of the north remains. gaza should be moved to the south of gaza which causes the resentment of the resistance forces, which is the killing of people, and the actions that are being taken on the hospitals, no food, water, and facilities to the northern areas of gaza city, etc., and these will not actually be transferred, even if all the people are transferred. the situation of the resistance becomes ideal as it does not worry about the killings in the areas close to it, the hands of the resistance will be freer to deal with it, although israel in such a situation takes more brutal measures to raze everything there , but in fact there every the number of israeli armored or infantry or commando forces arriving yes, according to the conditions of the tunnel network that exists, they are the ones that are vulnerable when now 20-25% of the israeli armored forces are in these actions that have not yet reached a place, that is, a place where they

it's in the safe area where israel advised 1.2 million in gaza city and the north to flee south. e israeli bombardment of gaza continues, with internet and phone lines cut, once again. scotland's first minister, humza yousaf, says his in—laws have arrived back in scotland after being trapped forfour weeks in gaza. and here in the uk, the conservative party has rejected suggestions it covered up allegations of rape against an mp. we start with the latest diplomatic efforts from the israel—gaza conflict. the us secretary of state, antony blinken has met the palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas in the occupied west bank city of ramallah for talks on the gaza conflict. mr abbas told mr blinken there must be an immediate ceasefire and an allowing of humanitarian aid to the gaza strip. in gaza itself, we've been reporting an explosion at al—maghazi refugee camp where at least 50 people have been killed — that's according to the head of a nearby hospital. the israeli military says it's investigating. and in the last hour, paltel — the palestinian telecommunications company — say

translation: gaza city is encircled. _ translation: gaza city is encircled.translation: gaza city is encircled. we are - translation: gaza city is| encircled. we are operating inside it. we are increasing pressure on how mass every hour, every day. we have killed thousands of terrorists above ground and below ground. if hezbollah chooses to join the war it will be making a big mistake. no ceasefire without the release of our hostages. mr netanyahu also suggested israel would oversee security inside gaza after the war. but a senior member of his war cabinet has since clarified the prime minister's comments, saying that while mr netanyahu wants to ensure gaza remains a demilitarised area, with the idf carrying out security operations there, israel does not intend to reoccupy or govern gaza. that's a position that would align more closely with us wishes, as the white house made clear earlier. the president maintains his position that every occupation by israeli forces is not the right thing to do. we will let them speak to their intentions but we are definitely

of of gaza city, this while fears fighting continues to take place in the center of gaza city, betweentoday, especially areas northwest of... gaza city and south of gaza city using homemade yasin anti-tank rockets and regarding the hemiter situation it's only getting worse by the minute as no drinking water in gaza at all, no electricity for more than a month, sewing system has collapsed, the health collapsed, the health sector has collapsed, water pollution is near 100%, even the mediterranean the pollution is extremely high as is is is is is being dumped into the mediterranean without treatment via um a gravity, there's no pumping stations for that for that sewage, it's only flowing towards the the mediterranean, while hospitals also have no medicines, anesthesia or antibiotics or any surgical supplies, the only functioning hospital literally in gaza is this one, nasa hospital in the southern ghaza strip town of... on unis, we're just minutes ago uh, a un truck brought a fuel shipment, they've been doing this almost since day one, bringing a a fuel shipment daily for the emergency ba

i when many of the key players might not be in gaza city?— not be in gaza city?rst of all, the _ not be in gaza city? i think that first of all, the tactics - not be in gaza city? i think that first of all, the tactics on - not be in gaza city? i think that first of all, the tactics on the i first of all, the tactics on the battlefield to show that they can't win to draw them into some kind of vietnam like quagmire, that they can't kill huge numbers of israeli civilians or soldiers again, i think that would be a defeat to hand in that. and as you just noted, a lot of their leaders are abroad and their leaders seem to be scheming in their leaders seem to be scheming in the reason notjust with iran but also for visits to turkey and also some of them live in qatar, and they seem to be scheming to basically by the way after the battle in gaza, to find a way into the west bank or to ride this wave of support they seem to have gotten after october the 7th, so certainly they will try that with one hand while israel tries to destroy them tactically and militarily with th

two from the north of gaza city and one looking at coming from the south under gaza city. an idf spokesperson now says hamas' defensive lines are continuing to collapse. jeremy diamond is in southern israeli joining us with more on this. what are you learning about what the idf is coming up against as they are moving deeper and gaza headed towards gaza city? the. >> reporter: as you just mentioned, kate, the idf is moving towards gaza city from three axes, one from the north, two from the south. and even as they say that and the troops are approaching gaza city there's still very much active fighting behind me in the northeastern most city in the gaza strip. right behind me here you can see the smoke in the distance and the last hour or two, we have been hearing constant battles between idf soldiers and hamas militants. we've been hearing small arm fires, artillery and other explosions in the background. it's clear as the forces move deeper into the gaza strip they're still confronting hamas fighters closer to the entry points in the north. part of that is because of the t

and english teacher farida is from gaza city. heir gaza diaries and their story begins two days after hamas launched its attacks in israel, killing 11100 people and taking more than 200 hostage. where can we go? 0n the ninth of october israeli fighterjets carry out a deadly air strike onjabalia, north of gaza city. israel says that it's targeting hamas infrastructure. translation: as i'm speaking to you now, air strikes. - a number of houses were targeted, as i speak to you. i'm sorry i won't be able to speak for long because of the massacre. israeli planes bombed a number of buildings. some are still under the rubble. most of them are women and children. khalid stays in north gaza. he's now caring for his young cousins. on 13th october, the israel defence forces warn 1.1 million people in north gaza to move to the south. i am located at the centre of gaza. more than three of my neighbours' homes are destroyed from israeli bombs this morning, and all my neighbours and families are evacuating from their homes, and we don't know, wh

that will intensify as israel's tanks and troops move deeper into gaza city. an israeli strike in southern gaza, they were digging for survivors. the town is in the area israel has told palestinians to go to stay safe but nowhere is safe. israel says this is self defense. palestinians call it genocide. committed had 27 members of his family inside the house when it was hit. >> they show their might and power against civilians. kids inside. >> it is that mighty vengeance promised by israel's prime minister when hamas attacked a month ago. in tel aviv come at the empty table set for the hostages in gaza, friends and families are mounting a 24 hour vigil. the national trauma israel suffered a month ago is not lessening. they are reassessing everything, not just relations with the palestinians but also with arab countries they thought they were getting closer to and who are now condemning everything they are doing in gaza. there is the issue of the safety of jews. in places around the world where the palestinians get a lot of support. even though israel is more sec

the warplanes of the zionist regime also bombed different areas of gaza city in the north and rafah in the south of gaza. it is also reported from shafa hospital that a large number of children admitted to the premature baby ward and most of the wounded died in the special care ward of this hospital. the head of the emergency department of shafa hospital, pointing out that there are still more than 100 patients in this hospital , said that the siege of the zionist regime and the lack of fuel have cost the lives of kidney patients and malnourished children who are still alive. they are endangered. the zionist soldiers also attacked two buildings of shafa hospital and their tanks are still stationed in and around the hospital. part of the kidney patients in the north of the gaza strip was transferred to al-aqsa martyrs hospital, which is located 14 kilometers south of gaza city. but this hospital is also facing the problem of power cut and lack of purified water. unrwa relief agency has announced that 160,000 liters of fuel are needed per day to perform basic surgeries for patients in th

she moved from gaza city to the south of the border, _ gaza city to the south of the border, towardsrafah, and while there she was taking shelter_ while there she was taking shelter with three other families, that is about 20 other_ families, that is about 20 other people. while taking shelter_ other people. while taking shelter she began to experience contractions, she went to the nearest — contractions, she went to the nearest hospital to try to give birth, — nearest hospital to try to give birth, she _ nearest hospital to try to give birth, she wasn't even sure if it was— birth, she wasn't even sure if it was labour, but she was eventually at the maternity hospital in rafah city, where she finally gave birth, but her story— she finally gave birth, but her story was_ she finally gave birth, but her story was really heartbreaking because — story was really heartbreaking because the way she described the experience, it was harrowing and notjust because of the — harrowing and notjust because of the stress that she was under, _ of the stress that she was under, but her environment and

>> yeah, it's saying it's at the gates of gaza city, that it's going into gaza city, that it has surrounded, which really creates the impression that the idf has actually managed t d to bisect the gaza strip, cut the north from the south, if indeed they have fully surrounded gaza city, which is larger than beit anun and the idf has been telling civilians there they should move out of the way because it's dangerous. we now know more than 9,000 citizens in gaza have died according to the hamas-run palestinian health authority. more than 22,000 have been injured. and the activities, the military activities tonight perhaps going to contribute to that. but also, we know it's been incredibly dangerous for the idf. they increasingly are taking casualties. the number of soldiers who have been killed is going up. hamas, according to the idf is using armored pierce:00 rocket-propelled grenades that puncture the heavy armor on tanks and infantry fighting vehicles. so it is very dangerous, as it appears gaza city and beit anun are focus of efforts to get in there to find the command and control, the he

safe. hospitals have become regular targets of the israeli regime on friday, in israeli strike hit gaza city's biggest hospital al-shifa, leaving at least 14 palestinians dead. with the uh israeli onslot against the gaza trip entering its 36th day residents of gaza city continue to suffer a daily basis. here's what some of them had to say about the dar humanitarian situation they find themselves in. went to school and then i don't know if the ambulance took them or people took them to. shifa hospital, when i started looking for them, they told me that my son's wife had passed away and we found the children undergoing treatment. i didn't know where to go, the situation is very difficult, the patients, the injured and the marters are lying on the ground, the medical staff is not enough and there are no treatments. my brother is injured and his condition is very difficult. we wait all day for treatments and medications. there are no medicines and medical equipment. we need. held because the situation is extremely severe. my daughter was bombed while waiting to buos loaf of bread. she was waiting

the project for rehabilitating the male landfill in gaza city is still continuing and defying all thes place, but today it is well organized. four months from now, this landfill will be able to receive garbage for the next four or five years. as you can see, there is fire in the eastern area because this area is not closed yet. gas is spreading in the air in that area and can catch on fire very easily, it will be very hard to put the fire out. however, when we set up device to... collect the gas, this problem will be over and pollution will be reduced. as you see, natural gas comes out and can catch on fire with any flame or ignition, the fire will be very hard to put out. solid waste in the gaza strip consists of plastic, paper, glass, steel, waste from hospitals and waste resulting from. construction works, but organic waste represents more than 60% of all solid waste produced in the gaza strip. the ghaza strip produces about 1,700 tons of solid waste for day. some solid waste has very dangerous impacts on the environment. the most dangerous of solid waste is the medical waste. the

resistance groups and israeli troops. and it's late the strikes say hit the barrage camp in the center of gaza city killing 22 people israely warplanes also targeted school and the shati refugee camp as well as areas near alkas hospital. the health ministry in gaza says at least 27 people were killed in the strike. the regime also launched air rates against tal al-hawa neighborhood in gaza city, elsewhere israeli jets bombed at the jabala refugee camp for the third time in 3 days. almost 200 people were killed and nearly 800 wounded in the first two bombings of the camp on tuesday and wednesday. squares of people remain unaccounted for. the un human r office said this is really rates on the refugee camp could amount to war crimes. given the high number of civilian casualties and the scale of destruction following israeli air strikes and jabalia refugee camp, we have serious concerns that these are disproportionate attacks that could amount to war crimes. the one chief also decried regime's raids. antonio guterus said he is appalled by the killing of palestinians. including women and children in the

gaza city is just this way. and as you can hear behind me, there is a lot of ongoing fighting between israeli forces and hamas militants. what they are trying to do right now is to flank the hamas positions. that's what the battalion commander told me. all of this to try and cut off gaza city from the southern part of the strip as israeli forces also move in from the north. cnn was part of a small group of reporters given access to israeli forces inside gaza for the first time since the outbreak of the war. entering gaza using the same roads hamas militants use to carry out their brutal attack on october 7th. >> today we are going the exact same roads, to the same neighborhoods, to their area, to their trucks in order to go there and be able to get them pay the price and to eliminate hamas organization that held this attack on the state of israel. >> reporter: the israeli military is taking us into gaza. we are inside an armored personnel carrier right now. another point in gaza city. still, israeli forces face

gaza city, there is bombing everywhere, but gaza city is the main target right now. as there is media is coming out of gaza, uh, i'm probably one of the few people who can even uh communicate with the channels right now, great, okay, thanks for that, ashshan correspondent life for us and khanis gaza, take good care of yourself, from vancouver, let me bring in uh charlotte kates and this is a live image that we have from gaza just an hour or so ago, you could see explosions everywhere, no uh brightening the night sky. now uh, okay, we're waiting for uh charlotte for our connection to be established. so let me explain to you a little bit about what's been going on uh in the past uh the hour we had this uh report of tens of actually hundred so... is of air rates being launched in 30 minutes and that targeting the elshati refugee camp and saitun area and we are waiting to receive more updates on that at the same time we have reports of palestinian fighters also taking their revenge the retality operations there have been reports of some fire in carry out shamone inside the oc territories

further north, israeli troops have encircled gaza city, the main base of hamas. erusalem, our correspondent sent of this report. >> hamas released a video of their men fighting in the streets of gaza. they know they cannot win a battle so they are using hit and run tactics. that will intensify as israel's tanks and troops move deeper into gaza city jade an israeli strike in southern gaza, they were looking for survivors. the town is in the area israel have told palestinians to go to stay safe. but nowhere is safe. israel says this is self-defense. palestinians call it genocide. ahmed had 27 members of his family inside the house when it was hit. >> this is the river. they showed their might and power against civilians. kids inside. >> it is the mighty vengeance promised by israel's prime minister when hamas attacked a month ago. in tel aviv at the empty table set for the hostages in gaza, friends and family mounting a 24 hour vigil. the national trauma israel suffered is not lessening. they are reassessing everything. not just relations with the palestinians but a

even if they say they have gaza city encircled, they clearly are still fighting on the outskirts of gaza city as well. beit hanoun is the northeastern-most city in gaza. and this battle we are watching tonight which has clearly kicked into a higher gear, it began earlier today, wolf, as we were standing in sderot not far from where nic is today. we watched all day as there was a small arms fire, there were mortars being fired inside of gaza, very likely by hamas fighters, and also artillery being fired from israel into the city of beit hanoun and into other neighborhoods, other areas of gaza including it appears the jabalya refugee camp. and so it's very clear that israeli officials know that as much as they can encircle a city because of the network of underground tunnels that hamas maintains they also still face the danger of hamas fighters popping up outside that city as well in different areas. clearly they have not cleared all of the territory from the border with gaza up until gaza city. that active fighting in beit hanoun tells us exactly that. so even if they are in gaza city, th

as you pointed out, they say they now have gaza city completely surrounded. you also mention the flare-ups that we saw overnight. those images were taken from -- which is just north east, just to the northeast corner of gaza. they show the town of -- which is not as populated, not as densely populated as nearby gaza city. you can also see in that video what looks to be a smokescreen, suggesting perhaps israeli troops are moving in that area, though again it is difficult to know anything to be certain. the idf chief said yesterday, this dense urban environment requires troops to operate a professional and courageous way. but, much of the outrage from the international community is focusing on the civilian death toll inside of gaza. the palestinian red crescent says more than 3700 children alone have been killed since the outset of the war. there are some 1000, more than 1000 children that are still reported missing under the rubble. they are presumed to be dead. just for comparison sake, there are more than 500 children have died in ukraine since the outset of

in gaza city and the — 400,000 people, remaining in gaza city and the hammers authority here saying till remain in the area. the un said it is a huge— in the area. the un said it is a huge numberof in the area. the un said it is a huge number of people. even the few trucks _ huge number of people. even the few trucks that— huge number of people. even the few trucks that come from egypt when the road was _ trucks that come from egypt when the road was open, when the humanitarian corridor— road was open, when the humanitarian corridor was _ road was open, when the humanitarian corridor was open about four days ago. _ corridor was open about four days ago. none — corridor was open about four days ago, none of these trucks or aid or medical— ago, none of these trucks or aid or medical were allowed to the northern part of— medical were allowed to the northern part of gaza. so the people who are in the _ part of gaza. so the people who are in the northern part are most affected _ in the northern part are most affected than the people in the south — affected than the people in the south. is

many of the people heading out of gaza city are having to do so on foot. are heading to refugee camps in gaza's south. meanwhile, talks continue to free more than 240 hostages still being held in gaza. the palestinian group islamichhad released a video of hostages it claims to be holding. i've been speaking to our gaza correspondent, who told me about two developments around his position in southern gaza. the tanks are now advancing east, they are in the heart of the rimal neighbourhood, one of the hubs for everything in gaza, including the banks, telecommunication company, the plc, palestinian legislative council, and all of the important buildings and institutions are in this neighbourhood. tanks are now in the middle of this road. they are advancing from where the shifa hospital is east, and they are almost close to gaza city centre. the second development, we heard from a source inside the al-quds hospital, south—west of gaza, the first communication exclusive to the bbc from inside the hospital, the tanks are now advancing east, they are in the heart

or gaza city.n those moments come, we will see potentially -- increasing levels of destruction. what the israelis will be somewhat relieved to see over the last couple days is the gradual increase in number of people who have decided not to stay but flee. the israelis have managed to secure the court or the road south from gaza city toward the southern part of the gaza strip that is now pure enough and a couple days ago it was not there was writing on the road and it is now secure enough for people to make their way south. i think that is why we see the numbers he got with some white dispute about how many, but we see a significant number of people on the move. there's an awful lot of people stl in gaza city. that's why we see the israelis not moving at a very fast pace, but trying to be methodical and though destructive in the process. christian: there was reporting coming from a bbc source who is in touch with negotiating the release of hostages that there is a plan on the table to release 12 hos

of gaza city. there is only a tunnel in this city. the resistance is cutting them from different directions. there is an ambush against them only in one of the streets near shafa majid hospital. they tried to reach the hospital three tanks that were destroyed in this area and inflicted heavy casualties, in addition to yasin 5 anti-armor rockets, the resistance also used its own current missiles against the zionists and they were stuck in this area. one of the zionist commanders announced that our victory can be the safe exit of our forces from gaza city, because we have suffered a lot of casualties so far. a few days ago , one of their media announced that only in the last two nights , the casualties we inflicted were equivalent to the october 7 attack, which killed about 300 zionist soldiers today . very intense conflicts in the surrounding area the gaza hospital in the north, south and southwest is in progress. these are the most important developments in gaza city. the battle of al-aqsa has resis

, especially where there is a lot of conflict in north of gaza city and south of gaza city, the regimeo completely cut off the connection between gaza city and the south from the south side of gaza city, as it claimed , but heavy conflicts are still going on here, and the land connection between gaza city and the south of the gaza strip is khanan area. there are still armor attacks, the anti-armor attacks that the resistance carried out with 15 yassin rockets were able to penetrate the armor of the merkava mark 5 tank, which they claimed was indestructible. the scope of the war will be wider. also seyyed hassan nasrallah he announced that if the messenger of god announced that the american ships in the mediterranean do not scare us and we have prepared things for them , the ships are about 300 kilometers away from the border of lebanon, but how can lebanon deal with these ships? its own cruise missiles , which have a range of 400 to 1,000 kilometers , are anti-sea targets, and the missiles have a history of hitting and destroying frigates of other zionist regimes in the 33-day war . to

gaza city is just this way. as you can hear behind me, there is a lot of ongoing fighting between israeli forces and hamas militants. what they're trying to do right now is to flank the hamas positions, that's what the battalion commander just told me. and all of this intended to try to cut off gaza city from the southern part of the strip as israeli forces also move in from the north. >> cnn was part of a small group of reporters given access to israeli forces inside gaza for the first time since the outbreak of the war. entering gaza using the same roads hamas militants used to carry out their brutal attacks on october 7th. >> today we are going in the same roads, same neighborhoods, to their assembly areas, to their trucks in order to go there and be able to get them to pay the price, and to eliminate hamas organizations that held this attack on the state of israel. >> israeli military is in gaza, we are inside an armored personnel carrier, munir the southern point of gaza city. but still israeli forces face

they had been pushing closer and closer to gaza city. - closer and closer to gaza city.n built—up area in the north consists of gaza city, a couple of refugee camps and some surrounding areas. that is the focus of the israeli army's effort at the moment, they believe that is a hamas stronghold and they are encircling that from all directions and pressing in very close to heavily populated areas. we are seeing air strikes and sometimes artillery strikes and sometimes artillery strikes that are having a terrifying effect on the civilians who remain in that area and that may indeed be a part of the israeli strategy, because they want all of those civilians out of that area while they conduct their military operation against hamas. the presence of so many civilians is clearly an enormous complication and it is why we are seeing from time to time, sometimes more than once or twice a day, scenes of civilians being caught up and killed in these military operations. the israelis really want to try and force people out, they are saying they will keep the road open to the southern