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what you think of the israeli defence force wants to - the israeli defence force wants to target the. irate target the al quds hospital? -- why do you think-— do you think. we know, and this is recorded, do you think. we know, and this is recorded. in _ do you think. we know, and this is recorded, in 2009, _ do you think. we know, and this is recorded, in 2009, this _ do you think. we know, and this is recorded, in 2009, this very - do you think. we know, and this is recorded, in 2009, this very same j recorded, in 2009, this very same hospital was totally burnt to the ground. it had received a direct hit in the 2009 war. it took us about 12 years to rebuild its because of the blockade in gaza. we only opened this hospital again about two years ago. we know this rate is serious and the israelis have done it before, and we know that al—ahli hospital was also destroyed and bombarded, so we take this threat very seriously, and that is why we contacted the un officials here in jerusalem, we contacted the icrc, and the irony here is the response we are getting from tel aviv through the un

an israeli defence forces spokesman told the bbc soldiers carried out the tactical raid towards centralaza to — in his words — "prepare the battlefield for future operations". the israeli military says the number of people confirmed to be held hostage in gaza has now risen to 224, and warns that number could rise. so far four hostages are known to have been released. meanwhile, un aid workers say they've begun to significantly scale down their operations in gaza as fuel reserves have almost run out. israel says hamas is storing enough fuel to run hospitals and water pumps for many days, but is keeping it for its war fighting capabilities. we'll be talking to our chief international correspondent lyse doucet injerusalem, our world affairs editor john simpson in beirut, and a military analyst willjoin us to discuss the significance of the incursion. we'll also be live with the un injerusalem later in the programme. now let's turn to another big story coming out of the united states. us media is reporting at least 16 people have been killed and up to 60 are injured in a mass shooting. it h

we can hear israeli defence forces striking targets in gaza.g and overnight that they managed to strike seven hamas command posts, one command post belonging to palestinian islamichhad. and crucially, they do say that there are communities here in southern israel where there is still fighting going on, areas that they're still trying to clear, perhaps seven or eight of them. they're looking to see whether there are tunnels underneath that are still enabling hamas militants to come in. and it really shows you that the size of this situation that still even now, more than 48 hours after it began, israel still is saying it doesn't quite have full control of these southern israeli communities bordering gaza. a lot of people have maybe friends or relatives in different parts of the country that they're able to go and stay with. some people are in hotels because they feel that the area that they live in is just not safe at the moment. some people are having to stick it out, especially in this area of ashkelon. it's one of the poorer areas and it is o

in the background, as our correspondent explained to us there have been attacks from the israeli defence forcesmilitary has fired patriot missile defence in northern israel as well. that is the latest line we are getting from reuters. two fronts right now in a sense that i1—macro the israeli military. —— in a sense for the israeli military. live now to joost hiltermann, program director of middle east and north africa at the international crisis group. first of all, your assessment of what happened yesterday. it’s first of all, your assessment of what happened yesterday. it's very clear that this _ what happened yesterday. it's very clear that this was _ what happened yesterday. it's very clear that this was a _ what happened yesterday. it's very clear that this was a big _ what happened yesterday. it's very clear that this was a big surprise i clear that this was a big surprise to the israeli security establishment. if you read the israeli commentary today, the blame game has started. people talking about a colossal intelligence failure on a par with the 1973 october war. the syrian and egypti

intermittent shelling by the israeli defence forces throughout the day. eli airstrikes are ongoing in response to hamas�* attack — including some in the last few hours. palestinian health officials say 20 children are among the more than 300 killed there. they say nearly 1,800 people have been wounded. with a roundup of the latest developments, here's richard galpin: 0vernight, the israeli forces bombarded gaza. and it has continued this morning. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, making it clear the retaliation for the attack would be massive. translation: all of the places hamas - is active in, in this city of evil, - all the places hamas is hiding in, operating from, will turn them into ruins. i'm telling the people of gaza, get out of there now because we're about to take action everywhere with all our force. the israeli military has also carried out artillery strikes in southern lebanon after mortars were fired from there towards israeli positions this morning. this morning, some mortars that were fired from hezbollah in the north, we res

said so far, it believes up to 370 palestinians have been killed in the air strikes by the israeli defence forcesce yesterday. a further 1800 to 2,000 people known to have been injured according to the palestinian health authority and are being treated in various areas for the injuries. retaliatory israeli air strikes are set to continue. the israeli government has said that it will be coming down on the hamas militants in gaza city with its full force. we will bring you more on that as and when we get it. but let's talk more about what happened on the other side. dozens of israelis have been taken hostage by hamas militants, others were shot dead by those militants who breach the gaza border into villages in southern israel. here's the story of one woman who was at a festival when it was interrupted by gunfire. they were just next to us, all over the place with automatic weapons. i was staying and then i was running out and i saw two policemen at the festival. so we had policemen in the festival, they were standing next to the cars, starting to shoot. so i realised it is very easy to get killed

israeli defence _ evening. an update there from the israeli defence forces, _ evening. nging - israeli defence forces, bringing people up—to—date with that intensification of the operation in gaza and we saw for the third night in a row, israeli ground troops are moving in with tanks and artillery. we saw an intense bombardment of gaza overnight from the air and if we look at pictures of what is happening now, you can see the smoke on the horizon. you'll be able to hear as i'm speaking to you the regular sounds of mortar fire and artillery fire. you can see the damage which is evident now after three weeks of bombardment across gaza. we will continue to bring you those life pictures but i to speak to the israeli justice minister —— former israeli justice minister. let's speak to yossi beilin who was israel'sjustice minister from 1999 to 2001. he's now a peace negotiator who co—founded the geneva initiative — an israeli—palestinian initiative to help end the conflict. he also instigated the oslo peace process. thank you for being with us. when you see what is happening he

my think the israeli defence forces will do now?— think the israeli defence forces will do now? raeli defence forces willdo now? g . , , , will do now? my fear is this will be a gaza, israel, _ will do now? my fear is this will be a gaza, israel, hamas, _ will do now? my fear is this will be a gaza, israel, hamas, idf- will do now? my fear is this will be i a gaza, israel, hamas, idf campaign that we have never seen before, hamas took over the gaza strip in 2007 and is most of your viewers likely know there have been constant and ongoing rounds of escalation and conflict since roughly around the time hamas took over. what we are likely to see in the coming weeks is on a scale like nothing before. what on a scale like nothing before. what about the concerns _ on a scale like nothing before. what about the concerns we _ on a scale like nothing before. what about the concerns we are also hearing that this will widen not just to the west bank but we are waiting for a response from his brother and from lebanon? a, waiting for a response from his brother and from lebanon? a ma'or conce

the israeli defence force. o back decades, decades, before we get to this level of casualties amongst the israeli population. it is still ongoing in sderot, stilt hearing reports of gun fired rockets being fired out of the gaza strip. sirens are going off all the way near the gaza strip on the israeli towns and cities. we understand that dozens of hostages are both military and civilian, have been taken by hamas. some are thought to be holed up in some of the small towns near the gaza strip. others we know from footage that's been released by hamas and others have been taken back into the gaza strip. this is an extraordinary situation. one for which the israeli military may have planned, but it is unlikely that anyone, either political or military, will be entirely prepared for what this now means for the coming days and weeks. jn for what this now means for the coming days and weeks. in terms of what is happening — coming days and weeks. in terms of what is happening right _ coming days and weeks. in terms of w

israeli defence forces are now. es are carrying out localised raids and ground troops have been entering the territory this is the first signs of a ground incursion by israel since last weekend's hamas terrorist attack. israeli military say it has killed ali kadi. now he's a senior hamas commander who led that cross—border attack on israeli settlements. a week ago today, israel say hamas terrorists are still holding at least 120 israelis hostage . and there were israelis hostage. and there were reports that bodies of captives have been found during raids , have been found during raids, but that has not been denied. in fact, israel has denied that its military recovered those bodies of missing israelis , which was of missing israelis, which was contradicting earlier reports . contradicting earlier reports. well, the united nations are warning that over 2 million people are at risk as water suppues people are at risk as water supplies run out and humanitarian aid is blocked from going into gaza . airstrikes on going in

that was the israeli defence force spokesperson.rmous blast hitting the horizon on that picture. you can see the live picture. you can see the live picture that we are getting of gaza. we have that shot pretty much all the time to keep an eye on what is happening. you can see the smoke from the big explosion not too long ago. as i was explaining, the military spokesperson said that the intensifying air strikes of gaza would allow israel to minimise the risks to their own forces in the next stages of the war, which we expect to be some sort of ground invasion. it is unclear when or how this is going to happen. all we know is that it will at some point happen for the israeli defence forces to move in in terms of a ground incursion. we are going to leave gaza and israel and bring you some other news. here in the uk, about 500 homes in the nottinghamshire town of retford are being evacuated because of flooding caused by storm babet. the county council has declared a major incident and urged everyone to leave. the river idle has reached

israeli defence _ escalate. it does. it really does. the israeli defence forces - escalate. it does. it really does. it does. it really does. i the israeli defence forces have not been eager to return to gaza on the ground ever since departing completely in 2005, 2006. and that is for a reason because hamas has booby—trapped the gaza strip and there are major civilian casualties happening right now, cities are being decimated. this has the potential from an urban warfare perspective to be incredibly difficult and bloody, and that will make everybody watching, all around the region, very nervous and concerned, and various tensions globally as well. we concerned, and various tensions globally as well.— concerned, and various tensions globally as well. we are out of time but thank you _ globally as well. we are out of time but thank you so _ globally as well. we are out of time but thank you so much _ globally as well. we are out of time but thank you so much for- globally as well. we are out of time but thank you so much for your - globally as well. we are out of time | but thank you so much for your t

last night, we determined that there were no israeli defence force operations, not by air, ground forceechnological capabilities and identified the trajectory of the rockets, where they were launched from and what was their battle path. where they were intended to go, and indeed, they were all headed over the trajectory of the hospital, and finally, we act intercepted a conversation between two hamas terrorists that were talking openly about it, and they mentioned that palestinian islamicjihad had launched one of the rockets and hit the hospital and mentioned it by name. this isjust our investigation and some people are raising eyebrows and some people are raising eyebrows and trying to get some clarification, but really, we don't need to go so extensively into these details because aljazeera broadcasted it last night. they were broadcasting it live. this is at seven o'clock, and this is the rocket that you see impacts into gaza. while people are raising questions, and a lot of the media coverage led by hamas's manipulation and led to the prematurejudgment coverage led by hamas's manipu

us citizens judith and natalie raanan have been handed over to israeli defence forces. or this mo for i've been waiting for this moment for a long time, for two weeks. i haven't been sleeping for two weeks. tonight i'm going to sleep good. discussions continue over an agreement to allow urgent humanitarian aid into gaza. a summit of middle east and european leaders is being held in egypt. a warning of more flooding — communities in scotland prepare as a second "danger to life" alert comes into effect. three people have died since storm babet hit the uk on thursday, leaving hundreds of homes evacuated and causing widespread disruption on roads and railways. high there. good morning to you. welcome we continue with a very heavy rain and strong winds across the north and east of scotland. the met office have renewed their top tier red warning for rain throughout the day today. so we're likely to see further flooding here. elsewhere, is a gradual improvement. join me later. i'll have all the details. good morning.

now, obviously, if you put yourself in defence force in the israeli defence force position, imagine whatn said to hamas , happen if they said to hamas, give us the hostages back and we'll withdraw . now, obviously we'll withdraw. now, obviously neither do that . but i neither will do that. but i think to actually make a gesture because at the moment the propaganda that is actually sweeping middle east, sweeping across the middle east, most the hamas leaders are in most of the hamas leaders are in dubai the uae or , you dubai or in the uae or, you know, in qatar and know, and they're in qatar and the fact that they are negotiating with iran really shows this. but one shows the light on this. but one thing, that absolutely thing, emily, that absolutely makes me sick my stomach when makes me sick to my stomach when i read about so much of this is nauseating, repulsive and horrific. but the idea of horrific. yeah, but the idea of putin, the butcher putin calling for a ceasefire, i know how dare he? >> yeah, how dare he to lecture anybody on human rights and look what he's done in the past. a

i'll be speaking to a spokesman for the israeli defence forces. . >> welcome back to the camilla tominey show with me, christopher hope. now as we speak, the israeli armed forces are massing at border with are massing at the border with gaza analysts suggesting gaza with analysts suggesting that we'd like to see full that we'd like to see a full scale ground invasion. joining me me now discuss me now joining me now to discuss that colonel peter that is lieutenant colonel peter lerner spokesperson the lerner, a spokesperson for the israeli defence forces. peter lerner . good to see you. thank lerner. good to see you. thank you for joining lerner. good to see you. thank you forjoining us lerner. good to see you. thank you for joining us today on the camilla tominey show what are israel's war aims ? israel's war aims? >> christopher? thank you. in the aftermath of last week's massacre of israeli families and the abduction of over 120 people, all the government has instructed the idf to destroy hamas's capability, to destroy and target its leaders and

overnight, the israeli defence forces said one of its aircraft attacked a mosque injenin, in the west bank. israel said their intelligence revealed that the mosque was used by a hamas cell as a centre to plan and execute attacks against civilians. the strikes in the west bank come as the israeli military warns civilians in gaza to keep moving south for their own safety, as it prepares to increase pressure on hamas militants there. the idf says the campaign is intended to reduce the risk to israeli forces when they enter the next phase of the war. greg mackenzie reports. yesterday, the rafah crossing that egypt to the southern gaza strip open since the first time since hamas launched its assault on israel to allow 20 trucks to carry 18. today, the humanitarian chief of the un for the second convoy of 20—30 trucks could enter the region, delivering much—needed aid but admits the un and israel are having tough but fair discussions about how trucks will be inspected. meanwhile, israel has confirmed increased attacks in gaza, and is urging civilians still on the north to move south. transl

the co—ordinates of hospital like this would be well known by the israeli defence force. d site. presumably, the israeli army knows exactly where this is and will have fairly good intelligence, fairly quickly on what has gone wrong. intelligence, fairly quickly on what has gone wrong-— intelligence, fairly quickly on what has gone wrong. they well and they definitely will _ has gone wrong. they well and they definitely will have _ has gone wrong. they well and they definitely will have known _ has gone wrong. they well and they definitely will have known what - has gone wrong. they well and they definitely will have known what it i definitely will have known what it was and where it was. it was incredibly well known building. it is right next to the main square in the centre of gaza city. now, the israeli defence force the israeli military has been contacted for comment and they have said that they are investigating, but, you know, it is hard to see what else this could be, really, given the size of the explosion other than is... an israeli air strike or several air strike

the israeli defence forces have released this video showing tanks and other armoured vehicles inside palestinian red crescent says it's received warnings from israeli officials to immediately evacuate gaza's al-quds hospital, adding that raids have taken place todayjust 50 metres away from it. israel says it is responding to the october 7th raids on southern israel by hamas — in which 1,400 people were killed, and more than 200 taken hostage. around 111,000 patients are sheltering in the al-quds hospital. you can hear the mortarfire from here in southern israel across towards gaza. israel says this is a continuing response to the 7th of october tax. in gaza, phone lines and internet connections are slowly returning to normal after they were cut off by israel. this is the scene live in gaza. you can hear from you can hearfrom where i am the sound, the very loud sound of continuing bombardment. this is what gaza looks like right now. health officials say more than 8,000 people have now been killed since israel launched its offensive. we will bring you up to date with more of the latest

a spokesperson for the israeli defence force speaking to me a short while ago there. benjamin netanyahu such as nations response to the killing of more than 900 people would change the middle east. earlier the defence minister announced what he described as the complete siege of israel's defence minister yoav gallant said gaza would be denied food, water, and fuel. we are enforcing a total blockade on gaza. ihla we are enforcing a total blockade on gaza. ., . . , ., we are enforcing a total blockade on gaza. ., . ., ., gaza. no electricity, no food, no water. gaza. no electricity, no food, no water- no _ gaza. no electricity, no food, no water- no gas- _ gaza. no electricity, no food, no water. no gas. we _ gaza. no electricity, no food, no water. no gas. we are _ gaza. no electricity, no food, no water. no gas. we are fighting l water. no gas. we are fighting beastly people and are acting accordingly. joining us now on the line from gaza is dr khamis elessi, he's a neurorehabilitation and pain medicine consultant based in gaza. we will speak to him on the phone. than

can see from those pictures that the destruction of some of those buildings, we know the israeli defence forcesn the ground in the northern part of the gaza strip. let's talk about the israeli military operation. lets now talk to miri eisin, director of the international institute for counter—terrorism at reichman university. thank you forjoining us. you had a long military career, what is your assessment of what we are seeing, what the military is doing right now? ~ . ., ., ., ., ~ , now? we are in a all-out war. as i listen to the _ now? we are in a all-out war. as i listen to the descriptions, - now? we are in a all-out war. as i listen to the descriptions, my - now? we are in a all-out war. as i | listen to the descriptions, my heart goes out to the civilians in the gaza strip, israel is systematically trying to arrive, reach and dismantle the hamas terra capabilities which include both weapons and terrorists. we all need to understand that hamas the terror organisation has prepared the gaza strip is a fortification for over a decade. there is an above and below ground and they use both lev

the israeli defence forces are asking people in and around gaza city, around 1.1 million people to leaveomes and to move south in 2a hours. we have also had reaction to that request from mahmoud abbas. he is not in control in the gaza strip. hamas are in control there. but mahmoud abbas is saying he has rejected the calls to move, he called it forced displacement of palestinians. but he did add the need for humanitarian corridors to get aid in, potentially one presumes people out. let's cross to our correspondent lyse doucet now. she is in sderot, southern israel. we have had plenty of reaction coming out in the last hour to this request by the idf, for that many people, 1.1 million people to move south. what have you been seeing and witnessing where you are? we have also seen reaction _ witnessing where you are? we have also seen reaction from _ witnessing where you are? we have also seen reaction from hamas - witnessing where you are? we have also seen reaction from hamas to i also seen reaction from hamas to that statement and to israel's nonstop bombardment. there have been many miss

the israelis have _ the israeli defence forces? ry out this punishment on the people in gaza regardless. and unless the international community stop this, we are looking at a continuation of this current massacre and an escalation on a scale that nobody has seen before. in 1982, the israelis invaded lebanon and besieged beirut and at the end of that siege, when they redrew, they allowed their allies to go into the palestinian camps and slaughter another 3500 people. the israelis seem to be in the same mindset. doctor, i really appreciate you taking the time to speak to us here on bbc news. thank you once again. thank you. on bbc news. thank you once again. thank ou. �* ., ., ., thank you. around the world and across the _ thank you. around the world and across the uk, _ thank you. around the world and across the uk, you're _ thank you. around the world and across the uk, you're watching . thank you. around the world and i across the uk, you're watching bbc news. as fully trained beekeepers, these primary schoolchildren in the yorksh

israeli defence forces carried out over 400 strikes against hamas, killing several commanders, and said it will not reduce attacks on hamas despite the release of two more hostages on monday. hamas health officials say more than 700 people were killed by israeli air strikes in the last 24 hours. hamas still holds 222 hostages captive, the count increased after the israeli military collected more information. 600,000 people are information. 600,000 people are in un shelters in gaza across 150 facilities designated as emergency shelters. the palestinian red crescent says eight more relief trucks have been allowed into the territory carrying water, food and medicine. jeremy bowen in jerusalem sent this report, and some of the images are distressing. after the doctors had examined yocheved lifschitz, she came out of the hospital in tel aviv saying she went through hell in gaza, from the moment hamas took her as a hostage. translation: l was laying - on a motorcycle, my body on one side and my legs on the other, and the hamas men beat me on the way. they didn't break my ribs, but hurt me ver

the israeli defence _ like no other is limitless. the israeli defence forceike no other is limitless. the israeli defence force due to give a press conference shortly and we may hear more about why specifically they are ordering this but so far we have heard they are saying this is for gardens�*s safety and protection. it is not a voluntary evacuation, it is an enforced and voluntary order to relocate with no safety, no means of transportation, no obligation to have them return as they should. it is a violation of international law. it is the geneva conventions. it is what would be criminal under international law. i never saw them relocate the legal settlements on the west bank because there were terrorists going from there and killing palestinian civilians. you cannot punish an entire population for the horrors, the terror, the massacres done by some of the armed men. ., ., , ,., massacres done by some of the armed men. ., ., , , , ., men. you have given us some sense of conditions in — men. you have given us some sense of conditions in gaza _ men. you have

let's take you now to gaza because the main story has been at this request from the israeli defence forceswho live in gaza and around gaza city in the north there to move south. that is 1.1 million people being asked to move in 2a hours. there has been plenty of criticism for that request. israel clearly making the request to limit civilian casualties but a number of un agencies, mahmoud abbas again in the west bank saying he rejected that call. we have a statement from the united nations relief and works agency. it says... let's go live to our correspondence injerusalem. can i start by asking you about this 24—hour window that was given by the idf and the extraordinary response to that? yes. extraordinary response to that? yes, it was shortly — extraordinary response to that? yes, it was shortly before _ extraordinary response to that? 1&1: it was shortly before midnight that un workers in gaza were given this instruction by the israeli military liaison that civilians in this huge area north of gaza, that includes gaza city, includes a massive refugee camp in the north of the strip, jabal

israeli defence forces say the next stage of a widely anticipated ground offensive will happen soon. with more, here's our correspondent yolanda knell. a sleepless night in gaza. from afar, the flashes of successive israeli air strikes in gaza city as israel steps up its bombing campaign. and amid more and more destruction, and a mounting death toll, the un is warning of a catastrophic humanitarian situation. over the weekend, more than 30 lorry loads of aid were allowed into gaza from egypt, carrying food, water and medicines. it's just a fraction of what entered daily before israel put the hamas—controlled territory under siege. confirming the deliveries, the un's humanitarian chief martin griffiths called it a "glimmer of hope" but said further supplies were desperately needed. with more than a million displaced people, some now living in this un tent city, there are urgent needs. people inside gaza need their most basic necessities, such as food, water, fuel and access to health services. so there is still a far, far way to go. israel has signalled it will be sending its tanks and

israeli defence the gb newsroom. israeli defence forces say a failed islamic jihad rocket launch caused the explosion in a key hospital in gaza last night. at least 500 palestinians were killed in a blast at the al ahli arab hospital , while blast at the al ahli arab hospital, while hamas has also denied it is to blame. a military spokesperson says the rocket hit the adjacent car park which caused the explosion. he says there was no structural damage to the hospital buildings and no craters consistent with and no craters consistent with an air strike. according to our intelligence. >> hamas checked the reports, understood it was an islamic jihad rocket that had misfired and decided to launch a global media campaign to hide what really happened . they went as really happened. they went as far as inflating the numbers of casualties as they understood could with absolute certainty be that it was a rocket misfired by islamic jihad that damaged the hospital . and analysis of our hospital. and analysis of our aerial footage confirms that there w

the israeli defence forces released these pictures, which they say are hamas cells being targeted. israeli military trying to show they are on the front foot after being taken by surprise by hamas�*s attacks. the israeli prime minister issued this warning in a televised address. translation: all of the places hamas - is active in, in this city of evil, - all the places hamas is hiding in and operating from, we will turn them into ruins. i'm telling the people of gaza, get out of there now, because we are about to take action everywhere with all our force. this is how the attack by hamas began yesterday morning. armed men cutting through israel's perimeter fence accompanied by a wave of rocket attacks. hamas released this footage showing an israeli tank being targeted. it was a highly planned operation, catching israel off guard. israelis who had been at a rave in the fields near gaza were forced to flee for their lives. they were going three by three and shooting — pa—pow, pa—pow, pa—pow — everywhere from two sides and i saw many people were dying, like, allaround. shouting israelis

last three i have seen in the last three days a shift with limited ground incursion of the israeli defence forcesification of the airstrike. the problem is mentioned in your coverage, is this creates, this exacerbates the humanitarian crisis, the key question is how long do we see that strategy sustainable because the key aspect is how much the us can support israel against the increasing recrimination from the international community. it's very hard to see how that military strategy at the moment can achieve its end goal, which is to destroy hamas, which is extremely maximalist to goal while supporting the amount of casualties we have seen over the last three weeks. we have also seen _ the last three weeks. we have also seen clashes _ the last three weeks. we have also seen clashes between - also seen clashes between hezbollah and israeli forces on the 11 on board how do you assess the possible danger of regional escalation here? it is a big risk- _ regional escalation here? it is a big risk. for— regional escalation here? it is a big risk. for the _ regional escalation here? it 3 a big risk. fo

they want assurance from the israeli defence force that aid will be allowed in unfettered.e warning there, we are being told, from the secretary of state. we will watch that. the reason, then, that would suppose that that is the reason why, from cairo, he is going back to tel aviv tonight, to communicate that message to the israeli authorities. let me also show you pictures that we have where we watch that, of gaza city tonight. the sun is just going down. we watch that, of gaza city tonight. the sun isjust going down. we have seen a lot of activity today in gaza city. that is a plume of smoke. i have been sitting here for almost the last three or four hours on the horizon. plenty of bombardment of areas where they are targeting the hamas militants. also, we have seen areas close to sderot, in the no man's land between sderot on the israeli side and the palestinian side before the more built—up areas that are being pounded as well. so, the israeli defence force are softening off those areas that you would presume the incursion will travel through towards gaza city. trying t

breaking news in the last few moments, we've been listening to a press conference from the israeli defence forceon a hospital in gaza city last night and have accused media outlets of buying the hamas propaganda, including what they called an inflated number of casualties . number of casualties. >> of course, we haven't been able to cross—check this ourselves. we haven't heard from american intelligence , british american intelligence, british intelligence, or indeed the united nations. but on this account, the israelis say that they have done a professional review using aerial footage and they say that a rocket was misfired by islamic jihad and that there was no direct hit of any hospital itself . they showed any hospital itself. they showed videos of a car park that didn't crater. they said this wasn't the hospital's structural buildings. it was indeed the car park. and as i say, they deny responsibility for what unfolded in gaza city at 6:59 pm. local time. we'll keep a close eye on that press conference and indeed what this means for the visit of the president of the united states who is due

the israeli defence forces will immediately use all of its strength to destroy hummus�*s capabilitiesf will be using all its strength to destroy the capabilities of hamas. do we know what that potentially looks like? tell us about that area. it looks like? tell us about that area. , ., ., , ., area. it is going to be what we have already _ area. it is going to be what we have already seen, _ area. it is going to be what we have already seen, festival, i have already seen, festival, which is airstrikes on targets in gaza some letters started already and they will be going after hamas infrastructure, trying to hit hamas leaders and i think we can expect quite a long and punishing campaign of airstrikes to do so. as we have been discussing, gaza is a very small and densely populated area so that means many civilians will almost certainly be killed and many already have. i think the question really that we are waiting to see the answer to is whether the israelis actually organise a ground offensive. they have not down my since they left gaza in the early to,000s. so it would be a very big

at around 8:30am in the morning we hearfrom the israeli defence force and they said, hamas will bearory air strikes in gaza. at around 11:30 a:m., isabel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu declared, we are at war. in a video posted. declared, we are at war. in a video osted. , , declared, we are at war. in a video osted. , ._ ., declared, we are at war. in a video osted. , ., ., , posted. the enemy will pay a heavy rice on a posted. the enemy will pay a heavy price on a scale _ posted. the enemy will pay a heavy price on a scale it _ posted. the enemy will pay a heavy price on a scale it has _ posted. the enemy will pay a heavy price on a scale it has never - posted. the enemy will pay a heavy price on a scale it has never known. meanwhile i call on all citizens of israel to listen to the home front, and instructions. we are at war and we will win. and instructions. we are at war and we will win-— we will win. afterwards at around half ast we will win. afterwards at around half past 12 _ we will win. afterwards at around half past 12 we — we will win. afterwards at around half past

the israeli defence forces has said did not see a contradiction between intensifying ground operationsringing the hostages home. this is the first soldier, the first hostage, to be rescued by the israeli defence forces and as you cited from that statement, which was released by a joint statement by the israeli military and its intelligence services, they did confirm that there you see, private 0ri megidish, we think that is her, with her family, after receiving medical attention, she was said to be in good health, and as you can see the smiles on the faces. 0ne family relieved and overwhelmed with joy that their soldier has come home. it is of particular significance matthew, because although there have been discussions highly sensitive negotiations, some of them with the gulf state of qatar, where some of hamas's political leaders are based, the discussions were only about freeing the civilian hostage, women and children, of israeli and other nationalities, there was never a discussion about the soldier, which hamas always makes clear are in a separate category, so the fact that a sol

these are the latest pictures coming in from the israeli defence forces.srael has also expanded its air operation and there has been more intense bombing of gaza with israel saying it has hit a further six hundred hamas targets. these are live pictures overlooking gaza city where we've been seeing explosions and plumes of smoke rising just in the last few minutes. the idf said dozens of hamas fighters barricaded in buildings and tunnels had been killed overnight. israeli air strikes hit areas near the al-quds hospital in northern gaza which israel has told doctors to evacuate. live now to anna foster who is in southern israel close to the border with gaza. let me tell you, luxmy, a little bit more about what we have seeing and hearing here overnight and this morning as well. even as i'm talking, people continue to hear the sound of israeli artillery, we are very close to an israeli artillery point which is continuing to fire across into gaza and we have seen an increased amount of plumes of black and grey smoke on the gaza skyline, even more than we have d

allows them to fire off rockets and not expect immediate artillery or airstrike fire from the israeli defence forceible phrase of war collapse , horrible phrase of war collapse, moral damage. now, the israeli defence force does conduct targeted strikes in in the gaza strip. when they do see rockets being fired. but the removal of civilians from this location alone will allow for broader and more severe munitions to be launched into the strip . we do launched into the strip. we do know that quote at advanced munitions were supplied by the us on monday night. we don't know what that involves, but it's likely not just a resupply of the iron dome air defence system, but also offensive munitions that the idf can use in any shaping aerial bombardment for a likely ground invasion. they need to soften the targets . they need to remove the targets. they need to remove hamas from those bunkers and those shelters and they need to destroy hamas military capabilities . yesterday, capabilities. yesterday, lieutenant general herzi halevi, the idf chief of staff, said that it was their intention to destroy hamas w

and i think what was a real priority to israeli and the israeli defence forces was, as you say, making hour or two, we saw israeli police vehicles, police officers and two men only wearing their underwear, one of them was blindfolded and put into the back of one of these vehicles. it shows that this operation to actually secure this operation to actually secure this part of southern israel is still going on. as i said, it is something that is of vital importance, really before whatever next stage of this conflict might look like. the real priority for benjamin netanyahu, ensuring israeli citizens, particularly when this attack yesterday morning came without any kind of warning. israeli government needs to try to reassure that its government can protect them, can secure their security. and them, can secure their security. and the important thing to do right now is to make sure that they can move any remaining militants out of these areas and make them safe. it any remaining militants out of these areas and make them safe.- areas and make them safe. if you can, sta areas and make them sa

they would prefer that they were around them and making this much more difficult for the israeli defence forceely. hamas has alwa s force to operate. absolutely. hamas has always hidden _ force to operate. absolutely. hamas has always hidden behind _ force to operate. absolutely. hamas has always hidden behind the - has always hidden behind the population of gaza. they are currently marred during the civilian population to an extent. they knew there'd be retribution for the offence carried out on the scale they did. they knew what they would bring down in the population. there were certainly credible examples of hamas trying to prevent people fleeing. cynically because they want to see... and it's long been that trend. they have obviously permeated for civilian society to a huge incident. paying for example if people's houses are destroyed by israelis, they are paid for that. if you are linked to hamas, you will be paid more. that's allowed them to operate in a way they have an they've placed their defensive networks in the striking. the entrance to these tunnels are not in the middle on the s

that was a colonel of the israeli defence forces talking again about the israeli troops massed on the our diplomatic correspondent paul adams. we were hearing from the israeli defence forces, the aim remains to wipe out hamas, is that possible and how do you go about it when you have more than 200 hostages taken from israel inside gaza? {line taken from israel inside gaza? one ofthe taken from israel inside gaza? one of the reasons _ taken from israel inside gaza? one of the reasons why _ taken from israel inside gaza? qua: of the reasons why this is taken from israel inside gaza? (312 of the reasons why this is taking a while to unfold. the israelis absolutely will not be drawn on when the ground invasion will come. they want us to believe such it is going to happen. as you say, their objectives are huge. the complete eradication of hamas politically and militarily. they are not telling us how, not surprisingly. they talk about the fact they already mounting limited incursions into the gaza strip. partly to look for information about hostages. also to try to probe where the hamas wea

a spokesperson for the idf the israeli defence force is confirming that there will be an increase in air strikes and attacks from the air and an increase and expansion of ground force operations tonight. mobile phone services and internet in gaza have been cut off. combined with little power to begin with. showing you these live pictures, which are pretty dark, as i spoke, the power, electricity is low, so the buildings are not to let out. however, every few minutes or so, the sky is lit up by explosions, as you just saw that they are followed often by a cracking sound, that orange flash... we have been witnessing to me just pausing there for the sound, we been witnessing this over the last few hours now since just before the idf made that announcement confirming their operational changes, the increase in bombardment to the outcome of the expansion of ground forces. they say they are targeting hamas underground targets in gaza and targeting terrorist infrastructure, in their words. let's take you live into gaza now. this is the south, the idf asking people to move from the north aroun

the two plumes of smoke are strikes up the israeli defence force and there have been a number of themor much more in a few minutes' time on bbc news. hello. a weekend of contrast across the uk, most concern has been the heavy rain across parts of scotland. most concern has been the heavy rain some sites have recorded most of a months' worth of rainfall. take a look at the bbc website for more information. met office warning of rain expiring this afternoon. further south, dry weather, hazy sunshine, certainly warm here for the time of the year and dry as we head through the rest of the day. toward scotland, we will see the rain clear away and it will be easing, brightening up across the borders and across northern ireland where temperatures are set to rise to 20 or 21 celsius. warmer than that towards the south and the east, 25 or 26 but cooler underneath the rain. 0vernight tonight, scotland are set to turn a lot drier. rain is still feeding into western scotland, parts of argyll and perhaps edging into north east england as we head through the small hours of the morning. misty and mu

we will now go back and really listen to that statement from the idf, the israeli defence force spokespersone any update on what is being called face two of this military operation. is plenty more coverage to come, this is bbc news. hello. rain has dominated the weather story over the last couple of weeks and there is more unwanted rain to come through the week ahead. but also of concern, the risk of damaging winds, particularly through wednesday night and thursday, as i'll show you in a moment. in the shorter term, still some outbreaks of rain, certainly some showers as we go through tonight, some clear spells as well. temperatures maybe dropping to three degrees in the highlands, 11 there in the south—west of england, but low pressure still very much in charge of our weather as we head into monday morning. this low will be weakening somewhat, so it won't be as windy on monday, but there will still be some showers. some really hefty showers actually across parts of northern ireland, the isle of man and some scattered showers across england and wales. some of these still heavy, thundery, sti

the israeli defence force speaking to me a little earlier. ijust want to me a little earlier.electricity. we know it's really authorities have turned the water back on it but a lot of people telling us they need electricity to make the pumps work. hello, for most of you today has been dry, plenty of sunshine, glorious skies and underneath the sunny skies you could make out some snow on the tops of the scottish mountains in glencoe. meanwhile, in cumbria, a beautiful weather watcher picture from the keswick area. in cumbria we had a particularly cold start to the day, “4 reported earlier. across northern scotland, there was this week when the front that brought persistent rain into parts of north highland, northern parts of north highland, northern parts of north highland, northern parts of aberdeenshire with some showers around as 12 west of scotland. 0vernight, that zone of rain is going to push northwards, crossing 0rkney and shetland so there will be rain her free time. 0therwise there will be rain her free time. otherwise a dry night with clear skies and it will turn cold

with the greatest respect of that israeli defence l respect of that israeli defence forces, i think they move south. of course there is no easy choice for the palestinian people. moving south is self fraught but staying in the north is simply not an option and if you stay in the north, you are de facto affecting hamas. so what else can the israelis do? they can keep doing what i think they have done to the best of our ability, which is to try and differentiate between hamas targets and civilians. but hamas very deliberately make that incredibly difficult for the israeli defence forces. by cynically hiding in amongst the civilian population. as these troops go in, this will get harder and harder. these troops go in, this will get harderand harder. batter these troops go in, this will get harder and harder. batter will be joined in close quarter fighting, identifying your enemy from civilians is an incredibly difficult thing to do. civilians is an incredibly difficult thing to de— civilians is an incredibly difficult thin to do. ., , ., , thing to do. ma'or general rupert jones, thing to d

what more do we know now about the potential next moves by the israeli defence force?nutes ago from a representative saying that according to them, the enemy is still on the ground. to them, the enemy is still on the round. ~ , ., to them, the enemy is still on the round. ~ , . to them, the enemy is still on the i round, . , ., ,., , ground. well, they have said they are still working _ ground. well, they have said they are still working very _ ground. well, they have said they are still working very intensively l are still working very intensively in these areas in southern israel around these communities, they have said they have special forces in these areas and they are doing everything they can to find hamas militants who may be hiding here. in terms of the next move, israel said yesterday, only a few hours after this happened, that they would be taking some kind of significant and decisive action. 0ne taking some kind of significant and decisive action. one of the things that that might take the form of would be to launch a ground operation into gaza. that is not

they say they have secured the border towns today, the israeli defence force, and out, but israeli defenceut i know there were pictures of more militants coming through that fence overnight. is there still a concern in that area that made hamas fighters are still in southern israel and could reappear? there is, eah, israel and could reappear? there is, yeah. there's _ israel and could reappear? there is, yeah. there's a _ israel and could reappear? there is, yeah, there's a big _ israel and could reappear? there is, yeah, there's a big concern. - yeah, there's a big concern. suddenly yesterday, when i was still in ashkelon, there's a point where you can get to where the army have sealed the highway, they have it as a sealed off military zone beyond that, so you cannot go any further. but on the road, there was a body lying there, believed to have been a hamas militant who had been shot dead. when they were back there today, 2a hours later, that body was still lying on the road, onlyjust been recovered. and a lot of people here are concerned, there has been a report of something happening i