jeremy bowen, bbc news, in southern israel.plant still operating in the gaza strip has now stopped working after running out of fuel. and as we've been hearing, more than 200 targets were hit by israeli airstrikes overnight. and these images show the level of destruction. this is the al rimaal area before the strikes. and this is a satellite image of the same neighbourhood, which came through yesterday and has been located by our colleagues at bbc verify. more than 1,000 people are now known to have died, and 250,000 have left their homes. gaza is, of course, under siege — and communications are extremely difficult. but we can talk to our correspondent, rushdie abu alouf, who's live in gaza city for us tonight. just tell us what the last few days have been like living in an area under siege and under constant bombardment from the air. yes. under siege and under constant bombardment from the air. yes, i can sa i have bombardment from the air. yes, i can say i have been _ bombardment from the air. yes, i can say i have been witne

jeremy bowen, dreadful, dreadful time. jeremy bowen. our— dreadful, dreadful time. - dreadful, dreadful time. jeremy | bowen, our international editor. that is the situation. tonight, the third night of a ward that tonight the prime minister of israel, benjamin netanyahu, has what it is onlyjust beginning. we continue our special coverage from israel and the gaza strip, but for now i will hand you back to the studio for the rest of today's news. here in the uk, there's intense concern for more than ten britons who are feared dead or missing. more than 50 to 60,000 british nationals are believed to be in israel or gaza. this evening, the prime minister addressed an audience at a synogogue in north london saying that he stands with israel. and the home secretary is asking the heads of police in england and wales to step up patrols to prevent any disorder driven by anti—semitism. more from our special correspondent, lucy manning. they sang the israeli and them. 0thers prayed. some sat in tears. 0thers prayed. some sat in tears. 0thers inquired, sad thought. across the

jeremy bowen has more.inister came, he said, because israel faces its darkest hour. israel is welcoming its allies. it will need their support in the next few weeks. waiting injerusalem was benjamin netanyahu, israel's prime minister, a day after he welcomed joe biden. we absolutely support israel's right to defend itself in line with international law, to go after hamas, to take back hostages, to deter further incursions and to strengthen your security for the long—term. now, i know that you are taking every precaution to avoid harming civilians, in direct contrast to the terrorists of hamas, which seek to put civilians in harm's way. we have here two forces. one is an axis of evil led by iran, through hezbollah, hamas and others, that want to bring back the middle east of the middle ages, to an age of bondage and war and slavery and annihilation. and the other force is the forces of progress and humanity that want to push the middle east into a world of peace and prosperity. in southern gaza, united natio

jeremy bowen, _ of that. indeed. jeremy, thank you for that. jeremy bowen, reporting | for that.hings stand, there's no escape from gaza for those trying to flee israeli air strikes. the hope is that they can shelter somewhere in the south, trying to avoid the bombing. petrified, tired, with supplies of food and fuel running out, diplomatic efforts to get the border crossing open into egypt, will continue. israel says it's justified in its bombing campaign, targeting hamas. but america maintains, israel's response to last week's atrocity, must be proportionate. that's it from our team here injerusalem, now back to you, reeta, in london. clive, thank you. in brussels, the terror threat has been raised to its highest level after two people were shot dead this evening in an attack being treated, say the authorities, as terrorism. the gunman fled the scene and is said to be still at large. let's cross to our correspondent sophia bettiza who is in brussels for us now — what more do we know? well, what we know so far is that a gunman opened fire here in central brussels at around 7pm.

let's get a final word now from jeremy bowen. e troops over the last few days. the army has confirmed it is ready to go in but the unity government, newly formed, and the war cabinet, they haven't given the order. ., , _ , war cabinet, they haven't given the order. ., , , ., �* ., order. no, they say they haven't and that's what — order. no, they say they haven't and that's what we've _ order. no, they say they haven't and that's what we've been _ order. no, they say they haven't and that's what we've been told - order. no, they say they haven't and that's what we've been told by - order. no, they say they haven't and that's what we've been told by the l that's what we've been told by the army but it's going in that direction and it's a question now of preparedness and timing and getting the plan is all done. there is no certainty though. they would achieve what they want to do, which is as they say two wipe hamas off the face of the earth, that is a very big objective and the more this crisis escalates, the more there are big que

jeremy bowen in southern — it. jeremy, thank you. jeremy bowen in southern israel. _ it. jeremy, thank you. jeremy bowen in southern israel. we will— it. jeremy, thank you. jeremy bowen in southern israel. we will have - in southern israel. we will have more for you from here injerusalem in the news at ten. but now it's time to return to sophie in the studio in london. clive, thank you. the prime minister, rishi sunak, is expected to travel to israel shortly. today in the house of commons, he told mps that they should not rush tojudgement about the hospital explosion. and that british intelligence is working rapidly to analyse the evidence and establish the facts. 0ur political editor chris mason is in westminster. what more are downing street saying? publicly, sophie, there is no announcement about the prime minister's travel plans. clearly, there are lots of security considerations to weigh up and diplomatic considerations too about where they visit and when. such is the nature of the events on the ground, as we havejust the nature of the events on the ground, as we hav

indeed. jeremy, many thanks for that, jeremy bowen _ people. people. indeed. jeremy, many thanks for that, jeremy bowen in southern i for that, jeremy bowen in southern israel. joe biden on his visit to israel today restated his administration's commitment to peace between israel and the palestinains. one area where both live and work together is eastjerusalem. under international law, it is considered a part of the west bank and therefore palestinian territory. so it is occupied. i've been to find out what both communites think about the events of the last few days. in occupied eastjerusalem, some palestinians and jews living here prefer to keep a wide berth. but cheek byjowl, they live. to reach the western wall, a sacred site in thejewish faith, you went to the old city ofjerusalem through the damascus gate, an important cultural icon for palestinians. and in between, along al—wad street, competing narratives of who owns the ancient stones beneath their feet and beyond. hyatt ali is 78, watching events in gaza with sorrow. translation: we can

our international editor, jeremy bowen, is here with me now. g back to the news of the release of these two hostages, relief for the families, of course, but what is hamas's strategy here? well, we cannot put ourselves into the minds of hamas but we can try and look at some of the evidence. first of all, first principles, why did they take the hostages? to try have leverage over israel for israel. how are they going to try to use that leverage? well, four have now been released, perhaps what they are trying to do is to delay as long as they can any israeli ground assault, perhaps they are also trying to sow some dissension. they are aware that there are hostage families who are demonstrating in tel aviv who might, if this goes on, start getting more angry about the situation and say, why are you thinking of invading when our families are still in there? for hamas, that could be a useful tactic. the israelis themselves are pushing back, they are very angry about any sense of comparison that some are making between what they've been through and be

jeremy bowen _ find them. indeed. jeremy, thank you. jeremy bowen in _ find them. indeed. family of a 13—year—old british girl who'd been missing since the hamas attacks ten days ago now say she was murdered. yahel�*s mother, lianne, was also killed. her 16—year—old sister, noiya and herfather are missing. lucy manning has more. 13—year—old yahel, just a few months ago, celebrating the moment a jewish girl enters adulthood. the future that she now won't realise. murdered ijy that she now won't realise. murdered by hamas, her older sister, by hamas, her oldersister, noiya missing. her british family shared these pictures. they said yahel was beautiful, full of adventure and mystery. a bundle of unbridled energy and joy. cheeky and sharp. we will forever miss her, they said. yahel truly lived her life. brave enough to jump out of a plane, with the family on a skydiving trip. she made them laugh before she jumped. this family hamas tried to obliterate. yahel murdered. british mother leanne also murdered. sister noiya and father ellie —— eli, also missing. noiya and father elli

but first, here's jeremy bowen.o win a war, a country has to break the will of its enemy to fight. history suggests air strikes alone won't do that, even ones as heavy as israel's in gaza. so israel will have to send troops into the rubble if, as it says, it wants to destroy hamas. telling civilians to get out is part of preparing the battlefield. leaflets are non—lethal airdrop but full of menace, told more thani million people airdrop but full of menace, told more than i million people to more thani million people to move south. translation: it more than1 million people to move south. translation:— more than 1 million people to move south. translation: it happened to our grandfathers _ south. translation: it happened to our grandfathers and _ south. translation: it happened to our grandfathers and now _ south. translation: it happened to our grandfathers and now it's - our grandfathers and now it's happening to us. it our grandfathers and now it's happening to us.— our grandfathers and now it's happening to us. it

jeremy bowen, - after they leave? a new world. indeed. jeremy bowen, our - indeed.nd waits for israel's next move, with the people of gaza the most anxious about what tomorrow may bring. that's it from the team here injerusalem. now it's back to you, reeta, in the studio in london. thank you, clive, and to everyone on the team. the attack on israel, and the response in gaza, has had a huge impact on britons in the region and on people in the uk with family there. david barr was born in leeds and lives in israel with his family. his sister—in—law was murdered and his home attacked. ali alaqad is a chef in london, who has lost contact with his wife and son in gaza. our correspondent lucy manning reports. david barr and his sister—in—law, naomi, flying the flag of the team where he grew up. naomi, she was loved by herfamily and she'll be missed by all of us. that's just one story out of 1,300. we're all finding it hard to just mourn for our own because we're mourning for everybody. gunfire and rockets piercing the tranquillity of the agricultural kibbutz alumim, near g

jeremy bowen the sent this update from southern israel.ter: britain's prime minister came, he said, because israel faces its darkest hour. israel is welcoming their allies. it will need their support in the next few weeks. waiting in jerusalem was benjamin netanyahu, one day after welcoming joe biden. >> we absolutely support israel's right to defend itself and go after hamas and take back hostages and deter further incursion and strengthen your security long-term. i know you are taking every precaution to avoid harming civilians, indirect contrast to the terrorists of hamas, which seek to put civilians in harms way. >> one force is an axis of evil that want to bring back the middle east of the middle ages to an age of bondage and war and slavery and violation. the other force is the force of progress and humanity that want to push the middle east into a world of peace and prosperity. reporter: in southern gaza, u.n. workers were among the wounded. more than one million palestinians have fled south on israel's instructions. gaza civilians,

jeremy bowen - people to blame. 0k, jeremy, thank| you for that.srael. the uk is arranging flights to get stranded british nationals out of israel. the foreign office says the first plane will be leaving tel aviv sometime today, and more flights are planned in the coming days. meanwhile in london, two british people whose relatives are among those taken hostage by hamas in saturday's attack, have been speaking about their fears. my my mum was taken out, she was kind of disconnected from her oxygen in order to be loaded onto a motorbike order to be loaded onto a motorbike or whatever it is, i don't know. this is not about who is right and who is wrong. my father's country is fighting for peace.— fighting for peace. there is no olitics fighting for peace. there is no politics here. _ fighting for peace. there is no politics here. no _ fighting for peace. there is no politics here. no context, - fighting for peace. there is no politics here. no context, no | politics here. no context, no religion. _ politics here. no context, no religion, no race. sim

but first, here's jeremy bowen.ar, of words, has started over who is responsible for the suffering of palestinian civilians in gaza. israel is dropping the bombs. it says blame hamas for killing and kidnapping and, says israel, hiding behind civilians. gazans crowded into un schools after israel told them to move south towards the egyptian border. they are supposed to be protected by the laws of war. america has felt it necessary to deliver repeated reminders of that to israel, along with military aid. this grandmother blames israel, then speaks of tragedy, hunger, death, fear, horror and destruction. in rafah, at the closed border with egypt, palestinians with foreign passports are hoping to get out, to escape the pressure israel has imposed on civilians, despite its legal obligations. you cannot ask people to move out of harm's way without assisting them to do it, to go to places of their choice where they want to be safe and where the humanitarian aid that they need to make that journey safely. and right now, the

jeremy bowen, bbc news in southern israel.uation in gaza and the israeli situation i spoke with our correspondence paul adams injerusalem. i want to start by touching on the situation at the al quds hospital because according to the palestinian red crescent they are saying they are being told to evacuate that hospital, not something israel has confirmed at this stage, are we any clearer as to understanding situation there? i'm afraid we are not, when you put together the repeated warnings which the palestine red crescent says it has received to evacuate that hospital and the fact there was some kind of artillery or air strike nearby, causing windows to shatter and dust and smoke to enter the corridors of the hospital, you can understand the sense of anxiety bordering on panic among the staff there and also the thousands of people who have been sheltering in the hospital and in the hospital grounds. they believe the hospital is in imminent danger of being attacked but the hospital is saying with people in intensive care and bab

jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem.als say at least 700 people have been killed in the last 2a hours. it means, according to those officials, that the total number killed in this war is now more than 5,700, including more than 2,300 children. our special correspondent, fergal keane, who is injerusalem, has been working with teams on the ground in gaza to file this report. some of the footage is hard to watch, and a warning — it is distressing from the very beginning. what war would take away, they raced to save. the young life of yazam al—aydi. the adult hand on the child's heart. it could not save him. this boy did survive airstrikes doctors at al—nasr hospital say killed 166 people. the little boy asks if his family is ok. of the nearly 6,000 said by gaza health authorities to have been killed so far, around 40% are reported to be children. sharif al—lakras came with his wounded son. to our camera he asked, were the children the enemies? the ones who had kidnapped and killed? there are the other wounds — what war does

jeremy bowen, we do with 200? indeed. jeremy bowen. thank— we do with 200? indeed.nk you. _ 0ur north america editor, sarah smith, is live in washington. the two hostages released are american citizens, and tonight we've heard from the white house? president biden has put out a statement saying he is overjoyed at the release of these two americans and he has in fact spoken directly to theirfamily here in and he has in fact spoken directly to their family here in the and he has in fact spoken directly to theirfamily here in the us. he has mentioned working around the clock to try and secure the release of all the american hostages. there has clearly been a lot of activity. this bit of good news comes at the end of a week of extraordinary diplomatic focus on the middle east from america. we had that dramatic trip to israel from president biden on wednesday, and an unusual live televised address from the white house last night. i think it is really important and interesting to note, asjeremy really important and interesting to note, as jeremy was really important and i

thanks to jeremy bowen thanks tojeremy bowen with that.p to where we are right now. i want to take you back just a few hours earlier. look at these pictures in the gaza strip. this is some of the intensification of air strikes from israel into gaza that we saw as evening fell earlier today. it was just a couple of hours later that we got the formal announcement from the israelis, the idf, that they were stepping up their operations in the air and from their operations in the air and from the ground. ground forces are expanding their operations tonight. so, we first got news of this intensification from our colleagues intensification from our colleagues in southern israel. then came the official statement from the idf. let's take you to the live pictures right now. it's coming up to the 2am in gaza. the blackness has been lit up in gaza. the blackness has been lit up with sporadic orange air strikes from israel. we can hear the crack of those missiles, too. buildings without power, without lights, which is why that scene is oblak. let's tak

our international editor jeremy bowen reports.ning, it contains very distressing images. >> after the doctors have examined her, she came out of the hospital in tel aviv saying she went through hell in gaza. from the moment how mass took her as a hostage -- from the moment hamas took her as a hostage. >> i was playing on a motorcycle. my body on one side and my legs on the other, and the hamas men beat me on the way. they did not break my ribs but they hurt me very much. >> like so many israelis, she is astounded by the failure of her country's army and intelligence to protect them. >> the army was not prepared. they were the government scapegoats. hamas warned us three weeks ahead. i burned our fields and the army somehow did not take it seriously. >> and how mass -- and hamas's detailed planning extended to hostage taking. >> they seemed ready for this. they have prepared for a long time and had everything the hostages needed, even shampoo and conditioner. >> running this war is getting complicated for the israeli government. th

jeremy bowen, bbc news, kfar aza.ith israel's orders of complete siege of gaza there are little resources for the 2.3 million residents, including our correspondent. he has lived there his entire life and has reported on the conflict for decades. he gave us this update from the strip. correspondent: very quickly if we can see the scale of disruption in this neighborhood, it is the economic hub for gaza that has been completely targeted yesterday. many buildings were destroyed. behind me is an 11 story building that was not down. the destruction in this area has been targeted. israel says it carried out 200 airstrikes targeting the hamas infrastructure. they hit many government buildings related to the hamas authority, but look to the scale of destruction and how the civilians were completely affected. some of them were completely destroyed. >> i lost everything. my house. my shop has been destroyed completely. where do we go? we have become homeless. correspondent: this gentleman just told us we have to leave the area

well, our international editor jeremy bowen has been to where soldiers have been removing the bodies ple murdered by hamas, including women and children. a warning that you may find som of the elements of this report distressing. jeremy: the first few days of war at this small israeli community are a microcosm of israel's trauma, and a glimpse of what might come next. israeli troops only sees back full control of the k ibbutz this morning. wehn we arrived, they were firing on houses across on the gaza side. israeli combat soldiers started their fight back here at around 6:00 saturday evening, around 12 hours after hamas attack. these men are experienced soldiers, combat reservists. they said fighting their way back in against a determined enemy was hard going. how difficult is the fighting? >> can't imagine. jeremy: have you ever had to do anything like this before as a soldier? >> not like this. jeremy: what happens next? what do you do next? what is israel do next? >> i don't know. i do worry -- i hope that we will go inside. jeremy: into gaza? >> yeah. jeremy: that is going to be t

jeremy bowen, bbc news, southern israel. in gaza continues to be one of concern for the civilian population. there's once again limited phone and internet connection in parts of gaza. my colleague rushdi abalouf, who has been reporting from gaza, was also forced to move with his family from the north towards the south after israel's warning for all to relocate. he sent us this update from a hospital in khan younis, in the south of gaza. the humanitarian situation is deteriorating, reaching the level of catastrophic as the director of this hospital in khan younis told me. he said, we have as little as 200 litres of fuel to run all the essential operation for the hospital, and they expecting tomorrow midnight, should all the generators in the hospital here will stop. this hospital is providing services for not only 4,000 people who originally lived in khan younis, but for another half million palestinians who are displaced from their homes in gaza city and the north. the hospital now is supposed to be treating, working to help

jeremy bowen, bbc news, southern israel. national editorjeremy bowen whojoins me now from southern israel. there must be big questions tonight about israel's strategy? big questions about the numbers of palestinian civilians being killed at the moment, as well, and last night mr netanyahu said the world needed to decide which side it was on, it was a moral question. he said it was about right and wrong and he said there was a big difference between hamas killing civilians and what he said were accidental deaths in a just war, referring to this kind of operation. the americans are concerned enough i think about israel's conduct to remind them on several and repeated occasions that they need, while they defend themselves, to observe the laws of war, and palestinians reject everything israel says, finally, about the way israel claims to have tried to preserve palestinian lives. senior palestinian officials have used the word genocide to me to describe their view of what israel is doing. describe their view of what israel is doin

jeremy bowen, bbc news, kfar aza.ar, has come from the air, with strikes on targets in gaza, reducing already battered and poor neighbourhoods to smoking ruins. this footage, released by the israeli military, shows, building after building reduced to rubble. palestinian health officials say the number of people killed in gaza, has now risen to more than 900 with well over four thousand injured. getting in and out of gaza is not possible as israel controls the border and they have been sealed. the eu foreign policy chief josep borrell says the eu opposes a total siege of gaza. but the bbc has a rare insight into the situation on the ground because our correspondent, rushdi abu alouf is inside. he has infact lived there his entire life. it's too dangerous for rushdi to report live for us at this point, so he sent us this update. very quickly, we can see the scale of destruction in this neighbourhood. it's called rimal neighbourhood. it's an economic hub for gaza that has been completely targeted yesterday. many building

jeremy bowen, bbc news, kfar aza.far has come from the sky, with air strikes on targets in gaza, reducing already battered and poor neighbourhoods to smoking ruins. this footage released by the israeli military shows building after building reduced to rubble. palestinian health officials say the number of people killed in gaza since the weekend has now risen to at least 830, with well over 4,000 injured. getting in and out of gaza is almost impossible. the borders are sealed, but the bbc has a rare insight into the situation on the ground with our correspondent, rushdi abualouf. he's lived there his entire life and, while it's just too dangerous for him to be reporting live, he has sent us this update. we can see the scale of destruction in this neighbourhood. it's called rimal neighbourhood. it's an economic hub for gaza that has been completely targeted yesterday. many buildings were destroyed, behind me an ii—storey building was knocked down two days ago but the destruction in this area has been targeted last night

jeremy bowen, bbc news, ashkelon.spoke with jeremy bowen on his reporting, from southern israel. i asked about the skill of the crisis for the middle east and what the significance would be for the region. what the significance would be forthe region. —— what the significance would be for the region. —— scale. the for the region. -- scale. the significance _ for the region. -- scale. the significance is _ for the region. -- scale. the significance is that _ for the region. -- scale. the significance is that her - forthe region. —— scale. tue: significance is that her mass as inflicted a grievous blow on israel. —— hamas. israel is in the process of inflicting a series of massive blows against the palestinians in gaza and in abroad because this evening, benjamin netanyahu, the prime minister, said they hadn't reached full intensity on that and they would do things that would essentially deter their enemies for generations. there are also concerns, of course, that the scale of what is happening could lead to wider troub

from our international editor, jeremy bowen, who has been to that village, kfaraza, where jeremy bowenwho has been to that village, kfar aza, where the bodies are being recovered. lucy williamson has been to the area near re'im where hundreds were murdered in a music festival. and we will be inside gaza itself, under siege, with our correspondent rushdi abualouf. but our first report tonight is withjeremy, and a warning, you may find some of the images in his report distressing. the first few days of war at this small israeli community called kfar aza are a microcosm of israel's trauma and a glimpse of what might come next. israeli troops only seized back full control of the kibbutz this morning. it is one of a series of small israeli villages along the gaza wire. when we arrived they were still firing on houses across on the gaza side. israeli combat soldiers only started their fight back here at around six o'clock on saturday evening, around 12 hours after hamas attacked. these men are experienced soldiers, combat reservists. they said fighting their way back in against a determined

jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem.illion residents of gaza, the wait for humaitarian aid goes on. israel cut electricity, most water supplies and stopped deliveries of food and medicine following the attack by hamas on october 7th. asjon donnison reports, conditions in the territory are dire. a warning, his report contains some distressing details. this morning, a funeralfor fatima. she never knew life. "stillborn," he says, after her mother was killed along with two of her other daughters, aged 10 and 14. "they were sleeping peacefully," a relative tells us, "when israel bombed a neighbour's house in rafah," he says, "after the family had fled from the north." the un says there are 50,000 pregnant women in gaza, with more than 5,000 due to give birth over the next month. medicines are in short supply, and people are being asked to donate blood with the border still closed to foreign aid. volunteers are cooking on wood fires. fuel is scarce. there's food, but it's running out. "most getjust one meal a day or sometimes

we begin our coverage with this report from our international editor jeremy bowen. : for hours we could hear the explosions around 10 kilometers away insrael. it was the biggest israeli raid into the gaza strip so far in this war. the army released this video instead of the battlefield being prepared presumably for the invasion of gaza that the government says is coming. these soldiers pulled back into israel sometime before dawn. in southern gaza, more rai and death in a place where israel told palestinians to go to be safe. "we want to live beautiful lives, not have rockets hitting our heads. the building fell on our heads." the un says nowhere is safe in gaza, and the siege violates the laws of war. israel has killed thousands of palestinian civilians. just a few miles away in israel, she lives in one of the communities hamas has attacked. she has photos of some of the fence hamas killed -- friends hamas killed. >> this is me. this is one of my friend, and he was murdered. i all the time thinking what they did to them, how they suffered. jeremy: with so much loss,

jeremy, thank you, jeremy bowen _ have now been much reduced. eremy bowen in _ have now been much reduced. jeremy, thank you, jeremy bowen in southern i thank you, jeremy bowen in southern israel. there is a shared innocence of civilians on both sides that has been taken away throughout this war, victims who were simply living their lives but had been dragged into a conflagration beyond their control. the devastating explosion tonight in gaza, the latest example, leaving families grieving over the dead. for now, as israel readies to invade, the work continues to try to improve the work continues to try to improve the conditions of more than a million people in the territory and thatis million people in the territory and that is a crucial part ofjoe biden�*s mission here tomorrow but complicated by tonight's latest tragedy. and while he may not be able to see many of the arabs in the region, perhaps something can come from the meeting with benjamin netanyahu. that is this is the situation for our viewers, air force one awaiting the arrival ofjoe b

jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem. christian: let's talko jeremy. with us in jerusalem tonight. good to see you. the deadline is under two hours away. one of the hospitals have been told evacuate immediately. the army on the border in the crotch position ready to go. when do you think the order will come? jeremy: i do think it is going to come two hours from now. there was a briefing given this morning by the israeli army, and in that they said yes, we accept it might take longerhan 24 hours. they didn't say how much extra time they might be building in. i'm not sure the israelis themselves are entirely ready in terms of the buildup they want. armies have a lot to do to get their forces in a row for putting on what is a very complex operation. i think there is intelligence stuff they need to sort out as well. they want to go after the leaders who are in gaza of hamas . i think they would very much like perhaps to start their operation with some kind of enormous strike that kills, i don't know, some secret command bunker or something like that. i hav

jeremy bowen to speaking to in the bed. — jeremy bowen to speaking to some military officials there on geneva, just in the last few seconds as we were watching that. they are confirming that nine un staffers working with un palestinian refugee agency have been killed in the air strikes in the gaza strip since saturday. that has just been tweeted on the social media platform x. confirmation of nine of their staff in the gaza strip had been killed in the bombardment we have seen since saturday. so those details just coming seen since saturday. so those detailsjust coming in. if seen since saturday. so those details just coming in. if there seen since saturday. so those detailsjust coming in. if there is more, obviously we will return to it. the agency of course provides public services including schooling, primary health care and humanitarian aid in gaza, the west bank, and jordan. we had from them talking about their schools and their work on the ground, talking aboutjust the amount of people in gaza in those schools taking refuge. but nine of their staff members now confirmed to have d

jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem.his intensification with israel and the ongoing negotiations on the hostages held by hamas. my ongoing negotiations on the hostages held by hame— held by hamas. my information is the are held by hamas. my information is they are not _ held by hamas. my information is they are not ongoing _ held by hamas. my information is they are not ongoing any - held by hamas. my information is they are not ongoing any more, i held by hamas. my information is - they are not ongoing any more, these negotiations. the qataris had been acting as an intermediary between israel and hamas and egypt has been helping out as well, and we were getting information actually earlier in the day that things were moving in the day that things were moving in those talks, they were hoping they might get a positive result, some kind of hostage release, perhaps even a humanitarian pause, a ceasefire of some sort in the next few days. and then all of this happened and my information is that the talks had been stalling an

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jeremy bowen, bbc news. we will have much more reporting from the region, including from our correspondent in gaza, coming up in a moment. first, u.s. officials have reportedly stopped iran from accessing $6 billion in humanitarian funds in light of hamas attack on israel. the iranian assets were initially unfrozen as part of a recent prisoner swap deal between tehran and the u.s. public and critics claim it and powered the support for hamas, something the administration has categorically denied. during his visit to israel, antony blinken stressed washington has full control over the funds. >> none of the funds that have now gone to qatar have actually been spent, or accessed in any way. by iran, indeed, funds from that account are overseen by the treasury department, can only be dispensed for humanitarian goods, food, medicine, medical equipment, and never touch iranian hands. we have strict oversight of the funds. and we retain the right to freeze them. sumi: for more on the story, we have our lemat a corr

jeremy bowen, bbc news, southern israel.in gaza continue to seek safety in the south, the city of khan younis has seen its population more than double nearly overnight. more than one million people are now there. people have been queing for water, after the us said israeli officials had recently "turned the water pipe back on in southern gaza". there is also limited phone and internet connection in parts of the territory. my colleague rushdi abualouf has been reporting from a hospital in khan younis, and he sent us this update. the humanitarian situation is deteriorating, reaching the level of catastrophic as the director of this hospital in khan younis told me. he said, we have as little as 200 litres of fuel to run all the essential operation for the hospital, and they expecting tomorrow midnight, should all the generators in the hospital here will stop. this hospital is providing services not only for 4,000 people who originally lived in khan younis, but for another half million palestinians who are displaced from their h

jeremy bowen, bbc news in southern israel.port, the palestine red crescent society says israel has told them to evacuate al-quds, a key hospital in gaza city. the organisation says around 14,000 civilians are also understood to be sheltering in the hospital and its grounds. marwanjilani is the director general of the palestine red crescent society and told us there had been a series of strikes in the area. these and of course, we are worried, you know, that these rockets will destroy the hospital and will kill. with14,000 people inside the hospital, it's going to be a massacre. inside the hospital, so we are afraid. inside the hospital, we are horrified by the potential that this could really happen. and we don't know what to do. we are calling upon the international community to put pressure on israel to rescind this order and to respect the medical mission of the palestine red crescent society. as well as the thousands of people sheltering in the al quds hospital, there are many more displaced and living in tents in the terr

jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem.n situation in gaza is worsening as the un warned that fuel would run out on wednesday. after a long delay, eight humanitarian aid trucks entered gaza from egypt containing water, food and medicine. for many, the shortage of supplies is critical. a third of hospitals in gaza are no longer functioning because of a lack of medicine, electricity, fuel and staff. a warning some of the footage may be hard to watch. what war would take away, they raced to save. the young life of yazam al—aydi. the adult hand on the child's heart. it could not save him. this boy did survive airstrikes doctors at al—nasr hospital say killed 166 people. the little boy asks if his family is ok. of the nearly 6,000 said by gaza health authorities to have been killed so far, around 40% are reported to be children. sharif al—lakras came with his wounded son. he asked, were the children the enemies? were they the ones who had kidnapped and killed? there are the other wounds — what war does to the spirit of a child.

but first, for the very latest from right across the region, here is jeremy bowen.ore of gaza has been flattened by israeli bombing. israel insists its targets are all based on intelligence, to kill the men who massacred israelis and to continue the job of breaking hamas. but hundreds of civilians of all ages have also been killed. and israel has been accused of answering the war crimes of hamas with ones of its own. anthony blinken, us secretary of state, flew in. he offered solidarity, more military aid and assurances for benjamin netanyahu, israel's prime minister that america has israel's back. we are here, we are not going anywhere. he compared hamas to the killers of islamic state and said, "the way israel fights them matters." the value that we place on human life and human dignity, that's what makes us who we are. and we count them among our greatest strength. that's why it's so important to take every possible precaution to avoid harming civilians. at this police station in tel aviv, israelis report relatives who have been missing since hamas attacked. yona

what was reported by jeremy bowen - response be to that?eremy bowen today is unspeakable. how anyone can go into those communities, attack defenceless families, kill mothers, fathers, children and babies and behead some of them, is beyond understanding. i havejust come behead some of them, is beyond understanding. i have just come this evening from the labour friends of israel event that was almost absolutely packed as we held a minute's silence and the solidarity with the people of israel, their right to defend themselves from this sort of atrocity, the attack that they had been under, is unshakeable. and ijust simply do not understand what those who have committed this atrocity is a think they are doing. lets turn out to keir starmer�*s speech. the promise of the obliteration of nhs waiting lists. new towns. 0ne obliteration of nhs waiting lists. new towns. one and a half million homes, real living wage, abolition of house of lords, what level of growth would you need to achieve to

jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem.here some comments from the un secretary—general. this evening in new york, russia's ambassador to the un described the situation on the ground as "worrying and appalling". for more on that i spoke with our un correspondent, nada tawfik. great to have you with us. firstly, we've been hearing that russia has circulated a draft resolution to members of the security council, calling for a humanitarian ceasefire. what more can you tell us about that? that's right, helena. this was the second time since saturday that the security council has met in closed consultations, and we had heard from the secretary general, from the palestinian ambassador to the un, calls for the security council to take up not only a call for a ceasefire but also to set up a humanitarian corridor. now, just as the meeting was getting under way, russia circulated to the 15 members of the security council a draft resolution which is pretty brief in nature. it's one page long. it calls for a humanitarian corridor. it a

jeremy bowen, bbc news in southern israel.edia say the only power plant still operating in the gaza strip has now stopped working after running out of fuel. as we've been hearing, more than 200 targets were hit by israeli airstrikes overnight. and these images show the level of destruction. this was the al rimaal area before the strikes. and this is a satellite image of the same neighbourhood, which came through yesterday and has been located by our colleagues at bbc verify. more than a thousand people are now known to have died and a quarter of a million have left their homes. gaza is of course under siege and communications are extremely difficult, but our correspondent, rushdie abualouf has been able to send us this update. yeah. i was in this neighborhood, neighborhood that night when the israelis hit 25 targets in the area, within 250 airstrikes in the place. i was among families who live in this residential building. it was chaos all night. kids screaming. today, it's 8:00. well, usually israel is start the night time li

our international editor, jeremy bowen.ncil has been holding america editor sarah smith. there's been bitter criticism of israel's bombardment of gaza by a un refugee agency — what more has been said? he gave a very passionate briefing to the security council about the situation as he sees it in gaza. he said the tragedy unfolding is unbearable. the level of destruction, he said, is unprecedented. he said that in his opinion, palestinians in gaza are being subjected to forced displacement and collective punishment. he said that civil order is breaking down, accelerated by the communications blackout over the weekend and that if it continues this way, the un simply won't be able to do its work in trying to assist some of the palestinian refugees. he was talking about the un buildings in which hundreds of thousands of refugees are sheltering, very short of clean water and he said no place in because i will say. he was giving a very stern warning about the conditions and said in terms, and immediate humanitarian ceasefire is r

jeremy bowen, bbc news, and southern israel.run health ministry says of the nearly 8500 palestinians killed there since the war began, nearly 3500 have been children, and hospitals across gaza are inundated with casualties. this is the story of one family in southern gaza, filmed by freelancejournalist mahmoud bassam. our special correspondent fergal keane has sent this report from jerusalem. you may find it distressing. sirens wail. they were living here in rafah when the war came. the rescuers found them in the rubble. and rushed 18—month—old julia to el—najar hospital. it is hard to imagine consolation in this place until this moment. when her sister learns littlejulia has survived. "my sister, my beloved," sasturi, aged five. "this is my sister," she tells the nurses. the girls' physical wounds can be treated. but how is it possible to heal the trauma of being a child in such a war? their dad bilal has a minor head wound but consoles the girls' uncle mohammed. for he and wife lena have lost their six—month—old daughter, sela