so as we heard from dr gill berd, we spoke to, i spoke to him at the hospital. he said, you know, in times of war, these are war crimes. civilians should have a safe passage, they shouldn't be targeted. it's not even a concern. people know there are many, many people there, bodies under the rubble that they want to get out. i don't know if you can hear it over the audio, it's too dangerous to head near there. >>> let's check in with nisreen el-shamayleh in jerusalem. dk says hamas asked for a pause in the bombing to allow ambulances to get into the neighbourhoods that were shelled intensely and israel denied this request? >> i'm not aware of the request or aware of israel denying the humanitarian pause. we'll have to check and get back to you. >> okay. tell us about what the israeli have said about the bombing campaign, and why we see it expand in the last few hours? >> i think the operation has been widened and expanded following the death of four soldiers in less than 24 hours. two were killed in the morning on saturday in an attack where apparently palestinia