mohamed taha, thank ou. talk to you now about the announcement, the moment we heard from the idf. ourteam our team started to notice and intensification of air strikes and we had an appearance in front of the cameras by the spokesperson for the idf. take a listen. translation: win we have intensified our air strikes. two underground targets in infrastructure. as a continuation of our offensive strikes over the last few days, the ground forces are expanding their operations this evening, acting forcefully in all dimensions to achieve the goals of the war. early on today, we exposed the war. early on today, we exposed the hospital with the underground expanse how they have converted the hospital for terror activities. a mass's cynical usage of the hospital be revealed to the world and we will continue to do so. we will continue attacking gaza and its surroundings, and again, south to the gaza river, there are better conditions. we have called upon them and reiterated the called upon them and reiterated the cal

we can speak to mohammed taha from bbc arabic.mmunication inside gaza, so what do we know about that? we hired so what do we know about that? - hired officials from red cross who confirmed that they lost any communications with their crews in gaza. the un also have crews inside gaza. the un also have crews inside gaza. they lost communication with their officials, with their bosses outside. we understand the situation is happening at the moment and gaza. lots of communication, total darkness, intensified shelling on gaza and this, the start of a kind of... at the moment, it is limited incursion inside gaza, it really escalated situation. [30 incursion inside gaza, it really escalated situation.— incursion inside gaza, it really escalated situation. do we know any if --eole escalated situation. do we know any if people had — escalated situation. do we know any if people had an _ escalated situation. do we know any if people had an idea _ escalated situation. do we know any if people had an idea in _ escalated situation. do we know

with more on this, let's speak now to our bbc arabic correspondent mohamed taha.- colleagues are hearing? good morning- _ colleagues are hearing? good morning. yes, _ colleagues are hearing? good morning. yes, the _ colleagues are hearing? good morning. yes, the situation i colleagues are hearing? good| morning. yes, the situation in gaza borders of gaza is getting tense, day by day. by the second week of this war between hamas and israel, the situation is getting escalating so much, so on the israeli front, the build up to that land incursion is getting at its peak at the moment and israel are issuing this warning to the citizens to leave the northern parts of gaza in preparation for that incursion. and on the other hand, the hamas militants are firing missiles, the last missiles went to tel aviv, and also, hamas said that they are ready for this ground incursion. we don't know what kind of capabilities that these militants are having, but we are expected to see a big fight if that incursion happens. israel also fighting a different front. they strike the airport

mohamed taha from bbc arabic is following the latest developments. biggest tracts on gaza since the conflict started on saturday. israel announced that they cut water, electricity and power from the strip, and the continuous strikes on gaza left some dead people. amongst them, some dead people. amongst them, some journalists, unfortunately — one of them saed tolowil. there was a third journalist injured, because strikes targeted a media tower called hejji in western gaza. mm—hmm... hejji in western gaza. mm-hmm. . .- hejji in western gaza. mm-hmm... ., ., . ., mm-hmm... the un announced that the number— mm-hmm... the un announced that the number of _ mm-hmm... the un announced that the number of people _ mm-hmm... the un announced that the number of people who _ mm-hmm... the un announced that the number of people who fled - the number of people who fled their homes are reaching 200,000 people left their homes to schools or hospitals as they try to find a safe haven away from the israeli strikes. so, israel now is getting prepared to do a ground atta

with me is mohamed taha, from bbc arabic.e have seen a continuation of raids and attacks, what is the latest you have been hearing? exactly, the small cabinet _ you have been hearing? exactly, the small cabinet of— you have been hearing? exactly, the small cabinet of benjamin i the small cabinet of benjamin netanyahu just finished their neta nyahu just finished their meeting netanyahu just finished their meeting and took the decision of destroying the military power of hamas which is why we are seeing overnight the continuous attacks on gaza and i expect that we will continue to see these attacks on gaza. there was an attack on an area where 12 people died, some buildings were destroyed and the situation as you said also in your introduction, the electricity was cut and the siege on gaza became stronger. the government of benjamin netanyahu is really determined to go further in this war. indeed. he has advised people in some parts of gaza to leave their homes but what options do they have? where can they go? it is such a dens

mohamed taha from bbc arabic is following the latest developments.k. you've been following developments closely for us. it looks like into the morning hours the strikes are continuing from the israeli side into gaza?— continuing from the israeli side into gaza? that's true. the strikes _ side into gaza? that's true. the strikes are _ side into gaza? that's true. the strikes are continuing l side into gaza? that's true. l the strikes are continuing on beit hanoun, on several areas in gaza that israeli army issued a statement, saying that they've destroyed operational assets to hamas, intelligence assets to hamas, intelligence assets to hamas, command centre also to hamas and if you can imagine the scale of this war, just the pictures that you show the audience just recently, it's shown a tiny part of what's really happening in this widescale war that is happening. from both sides. so, israel is saying that they are determined to destroy the military power of hamas and hamas, for the first time, they are in the israeli territories in many areas of thes

mohamed taha from bbc arabic gave us this update about lebanon's hezbollah claim it had launched shellsen israel and hamas hezbollah willjoin the efforts of hamas from day one. hezbollah hailed hamas attack and that was something expected. they started by firing rockets into northern israel and israel already retaliated by striking farms in southern lebanon which apparently, is an introduction of a wide scale. we know the capabilities of hezbollah, they are by far having more military capabilities than hamas and if this is going to spread, this work is going to be really unprecedented as we kept saying in the news. israel will be really stretched but the israeli army is very strong and already, the united states announced that they are supporting them. they will be providing them with whatever intelligence and arms and equipment that they need. they can handle that but the security pressures on the citizens of the state of israel and the political situation as well, we'll be really tense. for example, benjamin netanyahu is under pressure to launch a ground attack on the gaza strip which

our correspondent mohamed taha from bbc arabic told us more about the latest on the situation. 2000 deaths 1300 on the israeli side. amongst these, 12 journalists in gaza and southern lebanon, which is a really big number. the big front is the gaza front they are building up to invade gaza in the coming may be ours. there was talk about rain in tel aviv that might delay the decision little bit. but the attack will be imminent. the picture that we can see at the moment on the screen, these are the pictures from gaza. people are trying to flee their homes as the israeli army issued a recommendation for them to leave their homes before the offence. hospitals are in a dire situation as the israeli forces are asking 22 hospitals in northern gaza to evacuate their patients. the un said that this is... this is kind of death sentence to the patients in these hospitals. in the second front, the front of hezbollah in lebanon, where there are lower—level, if i may say so, comparing the level in gaza. low level of exchange between them. in the last hours, two deaths happened in the israeli side by...

earlier helena humphrey spoke to bbc arabic reporter mohamed taha from our newsroom in london about the and raids on gaza is still intensified, it's unprecedented as benjamin netanyahu said, this war will be long, will be difficult and as we can see in these pictures on the screens, this is the gaza strip, it is pitch black and there is no communication, no electricity and the raids from yesterday are unprecedented, they are intensifying, the idf is getting, is doing frequent incursions inside the gaza strip and maybe going back. the massive ground attack did not start yet. he must released a video where they said they attacked one armoured vehicle from the type of cancer and they said they destroyed it. we do not have any independent source to confirm that or not, the humanitarian situation in gazais the humanitarian situation in gaza is getting worse and worse and as you said previously, theyin and as you said previously, they in order to make this morning from a real humanitarian crisis in the strip and those more aid coming to the strip. i strip and those more aid coming to the stri