nick beake, bbc news, tel aviv.people of gaza have lived through the fourth night of intense aerial bombardment. 0ur correspondent that has said that these the most frightening nights that he has lived through. a quarter of a million palestinians are said to be on the run now trying to find a safe place to hide and saying that nowhere is safe. the health system is poor at the best of times and now is poor at the best of times and now is on the point of collapse. ghassan abu—sittah is a british doctor based in london who has gone to help. he's been speaking to the bbc about what he's seen working in gaza's biggest hospital. i got here on monday and was initially pinned down for the first day, was not able to get to the hospital because of the continuous bombing. managed to get here yesterday morning and since then, it is completely overwhelmed. the compound of al shifa hospital, which is gaza's largest hospital, has become a refugee camp. thousands of families are seeking refuge inside the compound of the hospital to

nick beake, bbc news, tel aviv. now back to our correspondent nick beake in tel aviv.he ministry of defence. at the moment. they say the plans are continuing, that thousands of troops, hundreds of thousands of troops, hundreds of thousands of troops are now making their way towards gaza. and if you listen to top officials, if you listen to the defence minister here, he says it is not a question of if they go into gaza but when. and so these preparations are under way. the top military generals, the commanders say they had been given this mission by the government and in their word thatis by the government and in their word that is a mission to make sure that hamas is unable to harm or kill israeli civilians in the future. so thatis israeli civilians in the future. so that is the words coming out of the israeli ministry of defence. of course, at the same time, there are concerns, deep concerns about what a ground invasion, a ground operation would mean for lots and lots of people, but certainly that is what we are hearing from the top israeli generals, that it is a matt

nick beake, bbc news, tel aviv.ges being brought to you from israel and cancer. —— and gaza. adnan elbursh, is a journalist who works for bbc arabic and this is what he witnessed on thursday. his story contains some upsetting scenes. my name is adnan elbursh, a reporter for bbc arabic and a resident of gaza. here in shifa hospital, bodies lay everywhere. the injured scream for help. you can never forget these sounds. among the dead and wounded my cameraman, mahmoud, has seen his friend malik. malik has managed to survive, but his family have not. this is my local hospital. inside are my friends, my neighbours. this is my community. today has been one of the most difficult days in my career. i have seen things i can never unsee. this young girl's home was destroyed. her relatives have been killed and she needs help. my daughter is the same age. i want to give her a hug. in the chaos, we try to understand what is going on. a mother sits next to the bodies of her family. we were sleeping and they bombarded our house li

nick beake, bbc news, nearjerusalem.ll us more about what happened overnight in gaza. yeah. this is the 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 isra

our correspondent nick beake has the latest.n gaza, families who have been forced from their homes are heading south to the border with egypt. but this, the rafah crossing, has remained closed to them, trapping palestinians as well as foreign nationals. they say they've lost everything in israel's response to hamas�*s killing of civilians just over a week ago. this gaza strip and palestine, this is like, they think there's no people here. there's people here! there's people here live! it's not right! some say they've done exactly as israel ordered and left the north of gaza only to be bombed in the south. translation: no electricity, | no water, no nappies, no milk, corpses in the street. we fled to the un school, we thought it was safe, but they targeted it and people died. across the border, a convoy of aid trucks has built up but there is still no deal with egypt to allow them in. israel cut off supplies of food, medicine and other essentials to more than 2 million people in gaza after the hamas attacks. translation: there ha

nick beake, bbc news, in southern israel.st weekend's unprecedented attack by hamas, israel and egypt have not allowed journalists to enter gaza. but palestinians trapped inside have been trying to get their stories out. 0ur former gaza correspondent, jon donnison, has been speaking to one young woman who over the past week has been documenting her daily life there. we are evacuating, we are leaving our houses. bisan 0wda is a 25—year—old film—maker in gaza. they told people to evacuate to this place. all week, she's been posting a video diary on instagram about life under fire. 0ther safe places. there is no safe places in gaza. last monday, israel warned people in her neighbourhood to flee their homes. bisan decided to head for shelter at a nearby hospital. and later that night, it did bomb that district of gaza city, reducing much of it to rubble. this is the first bottle of water. i'm going to drink from it. with a complete blockade of gaza in place, bisan, like millions of others, is running out of basic necessities. the

nick beake, bbc news, in southern israel. just had a line related to what nick was explaining, coming from the chief spokesman of the israeli army, saying that the group is expected to fight a war on two or more fronts, an indication perhaps that there could be more fronts, an indication perhaps that there could be a more fronts, an indication perhaps that there could be a conflict more fronts, an indication perhaps that there could be a conflict on the northern border, adding they say the northern border, adding they say the iranian backed his —— his brother macro movement was likely to be involved. confirmation that israel is preparing to fight a war on two or more fronts, making this more complicated, but raising tensions across the region, that has been a name of the us secretary of state, lowering tensions, but 600,000 cousins have now moved south following that request for them to move south away from gaza expected ahead of what is expected to be a ground offensive. ever since last weekend's unprecedented attack by hama

nick beake, bbc news, tel aviv. we heard from israeli prime minister netanyahu in nick's report, joining his war cabinet is the main opposition leader and mr netanyahu's long time rival benny gantz, after agrees to form an emergency unity government to manage the war with hamas. and the news conference mr bants, a former army commander said it sent a strong message. translation:— it sent a strong message. translation: , ., translation: our standing here toaether translation: our standing here together shoulder _ translation: our standing here together shoulder to _ translation: our standing here together shoulder to shoulder, i translation: our standing here together shoulder to shoulder, is | translation: our standing here | together shoulder to shoulder, is a message to our enemies, and most importantly, a message to all it is sentence of israel. we are all together, we are all soldiers. there a time for war, and a time for peace. now is a time for war. intreeshify is continuing to monitor the impact of israeli ai

our correspondence nick beake reports now from tel aviv. israel says hundreds of thousands of its troops are gathering outside gaza and warns they'll soon be moving into the hamas controlled territory as part of its response to the atrocities committed on israeli soil. alongside this show of military force, a war cabinet has been formed. translation: citizens of israel. this evening we have established a national emergency government. the people of israel are united and today its government is united. we are fighting a cruel enemy, worse than isis. in washington, president biden pledged unwavering support for israel. americans are among the up to 150 hostages feared to have been taken into gaza and among those killed in hamas�*s assault. this attack was a campaign of pure cruelty. notjust hate but pure cruelty against the jewish people. and i would argue it's the deadliest day forjews since the holocaust. the deadliest day since the holocaust. this is what gaza looked like in the early hours of this morning. plunged into darkness after its

nick beake, bbc news, tel aviv. our website — bbc.com/news — or the bbc news app. we have a live page that is constantly being updated, with news and analysis from our teams on the ground in israel, gaza, and around the world. that's all from us for now, i'm helena humphrey. i'll be back in 30 minutes with a special look at the crisis. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. a big change in the feel of the weather this weekend. it's been unseasonably mild and that mild weather has brought quite a bit of rain during the day. on friday, it brought half a month of rain to places like santon downham but already, the changes were with us further north, and that's all courtesy of the wind direction. now, that rain, having cleared away, has allowed this blast of north—westerly winds to sweep southwards. now, really tightly packed isobars mean we've got severe gales in some northern parts of scotland but it's the wind direction coming down from the arctic that will affect all parts this weekend and make it feel much colder —

from the funeral service, our correspondent nick beake sent this report. carried to mount herzl, israel's national cemetery, where they grieved a londoner who'd become one of their own. his family said it had always been his dream to be a frontline israeli soldier. more than 1,000 mourners turned out. despite pleas to stay away, so the funeral itself would not be a target. nathanel young's sister started to pay tribute to him. throughout the last 20 precious years, i've watched nathanel grow up from a cheeky little boy to a strong, brave, kind national hero. but then, as she continued... air raid siren. the solemnity was shattered. they took cover between gravestones and under trees, as explosions rang out. some began reciting prayers. before the alarm fell silent. we made our way to where one rocket seemed to have got through israel's powerful air defences. this, an ultraorthodox settlement in an occupied palestinian area. this attack on a community nearjerusalem is a vivid illustration of how the situation has escalated so rapidly. we are far from gaza h

nick beake, bbc news, tel aviv. i've been talking to mohammed ghalayini.ir quality scientist who lives in manchester, but returned to his home town of gaza city last month, while on a career break. currently he is in the city of khan younis, in the southern gaza strip and explained what the situation is like there. i just want to take a moment to acknowledge, like, what's been happening over the past few days especially in gaza — and in israel, of course — but particularly in gaza where i am. i think upwards of 2,000 palestinians have been killed and that number isn't really coming through the media all the time, or being focused on. more than half of those are civilian women, children and other civilians. yeah, so...i found myself in gaza because, as i said, i was visiting, as you said, on a career break. i came home to reconnect with family. i wanted to make professional links to kind of reverse the brain drain, so to speak. it was all going quite well until, yeah, until last week, i think, or 10 days ago now — i've lost track of time. tell me what happe

nick beake, bbc news, tel aviv.that israel and the united states are almost in lock step now, at least in this moment. the united states is doing everything it can, both to show israel stand by it, stand by its right to defend itself, but also to send a very clear message as it staunchest of allies, that israel still has to do everything it can to try and minimise civilian harm. antony blinken came to israel some days ago, he did his tour of the region, speaking to every arab leader who could have some sway over one side or the other, one part or the other in this conflagration. he's come back to israel and we just heard that instead of going back to the united states as planned, he is going to go back to thejordanian capital, amman. when it he changes his travel schedule, it is a sign that he is working on something, we know they are focusing on two fronts. number one, the only way into or out of gaza on its southern border to get the foreign nationals out, about 1000 of them. to get the 3pp out, about 1000 of them

nick beake, bbc news, tel aviv. israel's continuing trauma. took place in the west bank in support of palestinians in gaza, and there have been similar demonstrations across the middle east. this was the scene in baghdad, where thousands turned out during friday prayers. there have been demonstrations in other parts of the middle east. let's get a final word from jeremy. he is here with me. at the start of the programme, you talked about things ratcheting up a little bit, a change of gear. what did you mean? if we go back a week, hamas gunmen was getting ready for what they were going to do the following day, but diplomats, people who were involved in the negotiations, were thinking about whether israel and saudi arabia and the americans might together come up with some sort of deal that could potentially they hope to revolutionise the middle east and things could get a lot better. so much has changed. but on another level, actually, while what happened, the enormity of what happened, the enormity of what happened is having a catastrophic effe

nick beake has been speaking to one of the survivors.me of you may find distressing. they are the survivors. 22—year—old neta and her boyfriend, santiago, escaped from hamas's massacre in their village. she was shot six times in the legs. we start to hear gunshots for all the, they start... one apartment, one apartment, one apartment, start to break the windows, break the doors, and start to shoot. you hear sounds, people screaming. the killers filmed themselves on the loose, murdering dozens in thejewish community of kfar aza. with no israeli army to be seen, neta realised the only person who could save her was her dad, who she hadn't spoken to in six years. she managed to message him. "they are close," she wrote. "lock the doors," her dad replies. "please, answer, please. " but the gunmen found them. they started to shoot like... like we're nothing. i fell down on the ground and santiago scream at me, "neta, please, stand up, start to run. "if you don't stand up, we're going to die." hiding under a pile of rubbish, she texted her dad a

nick beake, bbc news, tel aviv. studies. she previously served as a senior policy advisor on the state department's israeli—palestinian negotiating team. great to have you with us laura. that report we have been hearing, multiple reports today essentially laying bare how saturday's attack came about, of course now it was so unexpected as well. are we any clear as to understanding what went wrong in terms of intelligence failures here? there will be plenty of time for an autopsy on israel's intelligence services, i think there are three broad trends we can speak to, and the first one is that mindset, they are seeing, but there is also proceeding, there are dots and connecting the dots. the day after saturday's attack i called an israeli defence official and asked him what happened, and he used the hebrew word for light anaesthesia, saying it was almost like a twilight sleep, so the first thing mindset, and the second thing is internal visions, we have been reading about the internal political trouble overjudicial rev

we can get more of the developments from today from nick beake.rained down on gaza for another night. israel said itsjets hit 200 targets in one specific part of the city which it claimed was home to those behind hamas�*s attack at the weekend. sirens wail many civilians were on the receiving end. taken to hospitals which were already said to be full. palestinian officials said half of the dead in gaza are women and children. killed as shops and homes were levelled. translation: children are now playing here, l where they should be sleeping. what is this? this is not a life. we are living here, surrounded by rubble. gaza is destroyed. everything is destroyed. israel�*s intensified attack came after the discovery of a massacre, in the southern city of kfar aza. israeli soldiers recapturing areas from hamas, said mothers and children were among those who had been murdered in their homes. they have justjihad machine to kill everybody. without weapons, without nothing. just normal citizens, that want to take their breakfast and that�*s all. and it�*s

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nick beake, bbc news, tel aviv. let's return to matters in the middle east.meeting in beirut with iran's foreign minister amid reports in the new york times today that the head of the iran paramilitary group the quds force, has been repeatedly travelling to lebanon for meetings with the leaders of hamas and hezbollah. there's a constant fear a new front could open up in this war if hezbollah gets involved. the group's deputy leader told a rally in lebanon today they are "fully prepared" to join the fight "when the time comes". it comes amid further exchanges of fire between israel and the shi'ite group. my colleague anna foster has more from the israeli lebanon border. loaded and ready, these winding roads are now home to thousands of soldiers. they've been sent north to reinforce the border. if a second front in this war opens up here, the outcome could be catastrophic. further escalation in the north was huge, but we know what to do. and we will. this is what we say all the time. now, if we start a war with lebanon, ultimately we still think it was a fire.

nick beake, bbc news, jerusalem. lets bring our coverage right up to date.nt we'll speak to our correspondent anna foster who is in sderot. first, let's go inside the gaza strip. my colleague rushdi aboualouf is there now. why tell us what it was like last night, described as the most intense nato bombardment? yes. night, described as the most intense nato bombardment?— night, described as the most intense nato bombardment? yes, this is true, eseciall nato bombardment? yes, this is true, especially in — nato bombardment? yes, this is true, especially in this _ nato bombardment? yes, this is true, especially in this part _ nato bombardment? yes, this is true, especially in this part of _ nato bombardment? yes, this is true, especially in this part of the _ nato bombardment? yes, this is true, especially in this part of the city, - especially in this part of the city, considered as the safe haven for most of the people of gaza for the last 17 years. around seven o'clock last 17 years. around seven o'clock last night, the israeli started bombing heavily the nei

nick beake, bbc news, tel aviv.to speak to the bbc�*s middle east correspondent yolande knell. as the death toll continues to go up and the stories that people are having to listen to, the pictures they are having to digest, the kind of collective shock and trauma that people are feeling in israel, i wonder how united were indeed divided people are about the israeli response now. we divided people are about the israeli resnonse "ow-— divided people are about the israeli response now. we are seeing a lot of israelis coming _ response now. we are seeing a lot of israelis coming round _ response now. we are seeing a lot of israelis coming round to _ response now. we are seeing a lot of israelis coming round to the - response now. we are seeing a lot of israelis coming round to the idea - israelis coming round to the idea that there is going to be a continuing big operation going into gaza. really israel is still reeling from what has happened. it is 75 years of the country this year. this is the deadliest attack that t

nick beake, bbc news, tel aviv. simpson in a moment or two but i want to show some pictures that have come into us that we have been watching, that have been tweeted out by the israeli government account. this is in southern israel. you just saw a glimpse on the left—hand side of the screen, that was james cleverley, the uk foreign secretary, who is there visiting as air raid sirens are going off, running into a building. as wejust loop are going off, running into a building. as we just loop those pictures around, it is quite quick but the foreign secretary there to lend support to israel but seeing very much at first hand just how fluid things are on the ground. this is in southern israel. he has been meeting government officials but those pictures that have just been tweeted by the israeli government. we are also waiting to hear from antony blinken, due to give comments before he takes off israel. we are keeping our eyes across the various picture feed that coming in and as soon as he starts talking, we will bring

nick beake, bbc news, tel aviv. israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, in nick's report. well, joining his war cabinet is the main opposition leader and mr netanyahu's long—time rival, benny gantz, after agreeing to form an emergency unity government to manage the war with hamas. at a news conference, mr gantz, who's a former army commander, said the move sent a strong message. translation: our standing - here together shoulder to shoulder is a message to our enemies, and most importantly a message to all citizens of israel. we are all together, we're all soldiers. there is a time for war and a time for peace. now is a time for war. bbc verify is continuing to monitor the impact of israeli air strikes in gaza, several videos released by the israel defence force have shown their attacks, one was on top islamic university of gaza targeted between the 10th and 11th october. if we look at this. this is a satellite image of what the university looked like before the strike. bbc verify matched the buildings distincti

nick beake, bbc news, tel aviv. nick beake is in tel aviv this morning.nistry of defence in israel. what is the latest information?— in israel. what is the latest information? ., information? good morning. the latest from _ information? good morning. the latest from officials _ information? good morning. the latest from officials here - information? good morning. the latest from officials here is - information? good morning. the latest from officials here is that l latest from officials here is that more than 1200 israelis have lost their lives. more than 2700 israelis have been wounded and one spokesman this morning talks about sustaining extremely serious casualty numbers. as you saw in my report, the city of ashkelon faced that the stream of missiles coming in overnight. it does seem from the footage that a lot disintegrated in mid air. at the same time, the bombardment, the israeli bombardment of gaza continues and officials are saying that in the past 2a hours their fighterjets have hit a50 targets. of fighterjets have hit a50 targets. of those, 200

that was nick beake.pictures that came in just recently from the reuters news agency. the immediate moments after one of those air strikes last night. people scrambling to get away. as the rescue teams just work their way around, you can see the files from the blast. in the next few moments, you are going to see a secondary blast. this was just in the middle of those attacks overnight. we know of those attacks overnight. we know of more casualties overnight. coming up of more casualties overnight. coming up in the next few seconds, the secondary blast. distressing moment, to see images like that. the man you saw, one of those people just going towards the blast, we are told he did survive, severe injuries. you can see his colleagues running from the scene. dramatic disturbing pictures coming into us from the reuters news agency from this area. a glimpse of the sort of thing is happening on the ground. 0ur middle east correspondent tom bateman told me about the difficulties faced by those trying to evacuat

nick beake in ashkelon.ormous effort under way to move so many people from northern gaza and there is some interesting detail on the bbc website if you want to look at it about what we are talking about because if you put all these people onto coaches and took them to the south, you would need 18,000 coaches and they would stretch from london to manchester. it is an enormous evacuation under way and it gives you a perspective about what they are trying to do. we can talk about the northern border and we were saying how tense it is. a missile fired into israel from lebanon has killed at least one person — the first civilian killed on israel's northern border in the current conflict. the missile hit a settlement near the border between the two countries. the militant group, hezbollah, said it was behind the attack. our correspondent hugo bachega has this update from tyre, near the border in southern lebanon. the israeli emergency services have confirmed that one person was killed, a man in his 405. and three c

our correspondent nick beake went to meet one of the survivors — who says the crimes they witnessed justifieswarning that nick's report contains details some viewers may find upsetting. we hear them shooting people, shooting kids. and the people say, please no, please no. they are the survivors. 22—year—old neta and her boyfriend, santiago, escaped from hamas's massacre in their village. she was shot six times in the legs. we start to hear gunshots for all they start. one apartment, one apartment, one apartment. start to break the windows, break the doors and start to shoot you. sounds people screaming. the killers filmed themselves on the loose, murdering dozens in thejewish community of kfar aza. trapped in her home with no israeli army to be seen, neta realised the only person who could save her was her dad, who she hadn't spoken to in six years. hiding, staying silent, she managed to message him. "they are close," she wrote. "lock the doors," her dad replies. "please answer, please." but the gunman found them. they started to shoot like we're nothing. i fell down on the ground and i felt

nick beake, bbc news, tel aviv.ror organisation by many western governments, including the uk, murdered hundreds of young people enjoying a music festival. lucy williamson has visited the scene. since saturday, the festival site near gaza's border fence has been sealed inside a closed military zone. this is the first time that we've been allowed inside this site. it's become the ground zero of the attack here. everything pretty much has been left as it would have been on saturday morning. the abandoned vehicles, personal belongings scattered over the ground, the tents, the stages, it's all been almost frozen in time. and you canjust imagine the panic of people trying to leave. as people danced here early on saturday morning, gunmen stormed the site, kidnapping and killing. the sound of music replaced by gunfire. you know it's possible, but you don't actually imagine it will happen, especially not at this scale. this was unthinkable, unimaginable. gunshots. we just heard a couple of gunshots ring out. and the israeli

nick beake, bbc news, nearjerusalem.n north london, with the chief rabbi in attendance, uk prime minister rishi sunak expressed his solidarity with thejewish community in britain and said he would work to make sure they felt safe. the united kingdom stands of israel— the united kingdom stands of israel against this terrorism today, _ israel against this terrorism today, tomorrow and always. let me also — today, tomorrow and always. let me also say this to you. as the jewish— me also say this to you. as the jewish community here in britain, _ jewish community here in britain, i_ jewish community here in britain, i know that at moments like this, — britain, i know that at moments like this, when the jewish peoriie _ like this, when the jewish people are under attack and their— people are under attack and their homeland, jewish people everywhere can feel less safe, we have — everywhere can feel less safe, we have already seen vile words on our— we have already seen vile words on our streets and attempts to stir up _ on our

our correspondent nick beake has been working with bbc verify to establish exactly what we've learnedahli hospital has been one of the most scrutinised incidents since israel launched its bombing of gaza in response to the hamas attacks. so, one week on, what can we say with absolute certainty? well, not a huge amount, but there is significant potential evidence that we've been considering here at bbc verify. now, this is a 3d model of the hospital complex that the team has put together. you can see it's a modern building with solar panels on top. the anglican church, which owns and runs the hospital, says it's provided some of the most advanced medical care in the region. hundreds of gazans were said to have been staying out in the open in these areas here, fearful of missile strikes. they were there when the site was hit. the point of impact, you can see it there in the courtyard near parked cars and those displaced families. and this crater remains the most important piece of evidence that we have. you can see it's small. based on the limited evidence available, none of the four ex

nick beake, bbc news, tel aviv.from what happened last saturday here in southern israel, and unprecedented shock and anger. across the gaza border, inside gaza, as we have been reporting, more than 11100 palestinians have been killed in israel's retaliatory air strikes. israel's retaliatory air strikes. israel has also imposed a complete closure of the area, which means that food, fuel and water are now running out. more than 2 million palestinians who live in that coastal strip, a piece of land about the size of the isle of wight, cannot legally leave. in a moment, we will speak to another of our correspondence, anna foster, who is at another front in this war, one israel's northern border with lebanon, but first let's speak to jon donnison, who has lived and worked in gaza and knows the area well. just describe for us how impossible, to use the united nations word, it would be for the people of gaza to leave their homes in the north and move south within 24—hour is. we are hearing that people are beginning to move

nick beake, bbc news, nearjerusalem. stay with us here on bbc news. hello.erbating the flooding risk, particularly so where the ground is already saturated. the met office has a yellow weather warning out for western scotland for this rain. shari rain, moving out of northern ireland into northern england and north wales. south of that, a lot of dry and sunny weather, away from the coast, the irish sea coast, and the irish sea coast is prone to hang on to mist and murk through the day. top temperatures up to 24. this band of rain south as a weakening future. as it crosses england and also a weakening future. as it crosses england and also wales, it is going to rejuvenate. some patchy fog ahead of it. lustre showers skies, we are looking at a chilly night in sheltered glens, with temperatures falling away to four or six. mild across england, wales and northern ireland. tomorrow, a band of rain slowly sinks southwards. it won't get into the far south until after dark. 0n the other side, we are looking at sunshine, blustery showers. still windy across the far no

nick beake, bbc news in southern israel.dle east correspondent tom bateman has been monitoring events for us from jerusalem — he outlined the preparations being made following a meeting of the israeli war cabinet. it's hard to tell when... if a piece of activity is connected to the potential start of a ground invasion, because we were seeing artillery fire, for example, even by the middle of last week. we've seen other activity with localised incursions actually over the last sort of three days where the israelis have tried to attack rocket launching squads. and in one of those, two or three days ago, they found, they said, information that could lead them to more information or knowledge about the hostages that being held in gaza. so there's a lot going on. it doesn't always mean that it is significant when it comes to the potential timing of this ground invasion. clearly, it is going to happen. we knew that from a very detailed statement from the israeli military last night that this huge operation of logistics to supply a

and israel subsequently blamed a rocket fired by militants from within gaza. 0ur correspondent nick beake bbc verify to establish exactly what we've learned one week on. the carnage at the al—ahli hospital has been one of the most scrutinised incidents since israel launched its bombing of gaza in response to the hamas attacks. so, one week on, what can we say with absolute certainty? well, not a huge amount, but there is significant potential evidence that we've been considering here at bbc verify. now, this is a 3d model of the hospital complex that the team has put together. you can see it's a modern building with solar panels on top. the anglican church, which owns and runs the hospital, says it's provided some of the most advanced medical care in the region. hundreds of gazans were said to have been staying out in the open in these areas here, fearful of missile strikes. they were there when the site was hit. the point of impact, you can see it there in the courtyard near parked cars and those displaced families. and this crater remains the most important piece of evidence that we hav

nick beake, bbc news, tel aviv.ant colonel peter lerner — who served for 25 years in the israel defence forces. yet thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. virtually everybody with experience in this area concludes that it experience in this area concludes thatitis experience in this area concludes that it is impossible fori million people to move out in this timeframe. is it practical? ithink it is essential _ timeframe. is it practical? ithink it is essential that _ timeframe. is it practical? ithink it is essential that people - timeframe. is it practical? ithink it is essential that people listen | it is essential that people listen to the instructions the idf is giving. they are there to save lives. that is why we are telling people who are not associated with hamas that they are not the enemy of israel but that they have to evacuate the area so that we can continue our mission to destroy hamas's a bellow ditties, to prevent them from ever being able to slot israelis in their bedrooms, bathrooms, houses, gard

our correspondent nick beake spoke to us from ashkelon, in southern israel., about seven miles from gaza, where this morning we have heard quite a lot of activity in the air, actually. there has been a distinctive buzz of israeli drones but also the fighter pilots are going overhead. they have been flying over us and then a few seconds later we hear large booms. bear in mind we are seven miles away. these have echoed around this part of southern israel. that is the situation on the ground here. we've just heard from the israeli officials that there will be a window, a three—hour window, today in which people in gaza can move from the north to the south along one specific route. yesterday, there were two routes that were opened up for a bigger window. these timings have very much slipped. that is what the israelis are saying today. all the while, of course, the united nations saying this is completely unacceptable. the world health organization, for example, saying that trying to move people from the north to the south is just not feasible. they say specifical

but first, this report from nick beake, and a warning — you may find some of the images distressing. bleeding. its hospitals, already full, deluged with more patients. these some of the youngest victims in this latest chapter of an ancient conflict that's now erupted so violently. israeli air strikes continue to kill civilians in gaza, bringing more searches amid the rubble, often in vain. translation: dozens - of families were massacred. we are beyond capacity, we're treating people in the corridors and on floors. this is a very dangerous situation. israel says this is self defence, to ensure its survival, and that this aerial bombardment is a proportionate response to the atrocities hamas committed a week ago. israel claims this strike killed a mastermind of the attacks. from outside gaza, a glimpse of the aftermath of the israeli raids. all day, we heard militaryjets heading towards their targets. israel says its assault on gaza is onlyjust the beginning, that it will be followed by a major offensive by air, land and sea. united nations agencies say that gaza is being pushed into

here's our correspondent nick beake. important. first of all, the geography. 2.2 million people living in a strip of land a0 kilometres long and just ten—kilometres wide. the context, according to the united nations, 80% of the population was already in need of international aid before the israeli bombardment began in response to those hamas attacks. now, this map here showsjust how packed together people were. the greatest density being in gaza city. in the north. you can see the red peaks there. the largest urban area in the south was here in khan younis, where the population density was lower. but numbers have swelled with so many people traveling down from the north to the south, more than a million people. now, the israeli defense forces have regularly been releasing video they say shows hamas targets being taken out. you can see there really powerful missiles that level buildings within seconds. of course, what we can't see from this footage is who was in the area at the time and who may have been killed or injured

the first flight is expected to leave tel aviv airport today — our correspondent nick beake is theretuation?— some people are stranded, what is the situation? thank you very much. yes, this is — the situation? thank you very much. yes, this is tel _ the situation? thank you very much. yes, this is tel aviv's _ the situation? thank you very much. yes, this is tel aviv's main - yes, this is tel aviv's main airport. you can see behind me british officials who have set up in the corner. they are basically receiving uk nationals who have got a text message saying they are on this first evacuation flight. i say evacuation flight, it is really repatriation. they are making that clear: there are still other options, but they are limited. earlier, the british government said that they would not be putting on flights because british airways and virgin, for example, were still operating. however, they have now stopped their direct flights to london, and now only the israeli carrier remains. there are flights there, but people are saying that a lot of their flights have been cancelled, and so, t

from jerusalem, our correspondent, nick beake reports.ael says hundreds of thousands of its troops are gathering outside gaza and warns they'll soon be moving into the hamas controlled territory as part of its response to the atrocities committed on israeli soil. alongside this show of military force, a war cabinet has been formed. translation: citizens of israel. this evening we have established a national emergency government. the people of israel are united and today its government is united. we are fighting a cruel enemy, worse than isis. in washington, president biden pledged unwavering support for israel. americans are among the up to 150 hostages feared to have been taken into gaza and among those killed in hamas�*s assault. this attack was a campaign of pure cruelty. notjust hate but pure cruelty against the jewish people. and i would argue it's the deadliest day forjews since the holocaust. the deadliest day since the holocaust. this is what gaza looked like in the early hours of this morning. plunged into darkness after its only

our correspondent nick beake went to meet one of the survivors. ey're shooting people, shooting kids. and the people — please no, please no. they are the survivors. 22—year—old netta and her boyfriend, santiago, escaped from hamas's massacre in their village. she was shot six times in the legs. we start to hear gunshots for all they start. one apartment, one apartment, one apartment. start to break the windows, break the doors and start to shoot you. sounds people screaming. the killers filmed themselves on the loose, murdering dozens in thejewish community of kfar aza. trapped in her home with no israeli army to be seen, neta realised the only person who could save her was her dad, who she hadn't spoken to in six years. hiding, staying silent, she managed to message him. "they are close," she wrote. "lock the doors," her dad replies. "please answer, please." but the gunman found them. he started to shoot like we're nothing. i fell down on the ground and i felt santiago scream on me. "neta, please stand up. start to run. if you don't stand up, we'r

from southern israel, nick beake sent this report.ty of another night of israeli air strikes on gaza. chaos in the rubble. a scramble for survivors. more casualties ferried to overrun hospitals, and yet more civilians killed, as israel insists more than a million people in the north of gaza move out. translation: this is| a genocide, not a war. it's genocide and it's an attempt to displace the people of the gaza strip, but this will not happen. israel says this is a legitimate response to the hamas�* atrocities exactly a week ago. the israeli military said this footage shows the elimination of hamas commanders who'd masterminded the mass killing. a few miles away, just a fragment of the build—up of israeli troops, amid anticipation of a full—scale land incursion into gaza. israel continues to fire on gaza with its artillery and its fighter jets. it insists it's targeting hamas and not civilians. today, the israelis have given a limited window for palestinians to move south. they're being told they will be safe, but as we've seen over

we spoke to foreign correspondent nick beake, who gave us this update. is about seven miles from gaza, ashkelon and there has been a distinctive bars of israeli drones in the air. also the fighter pilots are going overhead. that is the situation on the ground. we just heard from the israeli officials that there will be a window, three hour window, today in which people can move from the north of gaza to the south along one specific route. yesterday, there were two routes that were opened up for a bigger window. these timings are very much slipped. that is what the israelis are saying. all the while, of course, the united nations saying this is completely unacceptable. the world health organization, for example, trying to move people from the north to the south they say is just not feasible. they say specifically when you look at 2000 people who are intensive care and in maternity units, they are moving from the north to the south, that is tantamount to a extremely strong language from them. all the while israel saying it is carrying out a proportional re

our correspondent nick beake is in the israeli city of ashkelon, just a few miles north of gaza. us the sense of what you are seeing and hearing where you are? —— nick. what you are seeing and hearing where you are? -- nick.- where you are? -- nick. good morning- _ where you are? -- nick. good morning- yes. _ where you are? -- nick. good morning. yes, israel- where you are? -- nick. good morning. yes, israel says - where you are? -- nick. good morning. yes, israel says the | where you are? -- nick. good - morning. yes, israel says the next stage is coming, and talks about in operation by air, land and sea. but already the current operation, as we have been seeing, has had a huge impact. in the past 2a hours, according to officials in gaza, they say another 300 people have been killed as the israeli jets strikes continue. one united nations agency talked about an exodus of people, a mass movement of people, and says that gaza is now staring into the abyss. the world health organization says it is particularly concerned about 2000 patients in hospital, and says basically, if they a

nick beake, bbc news, tel aviv. up three hundred thousand reservists to join its frontline troops. tanks and other heavy military equipment are massing near gaza — some has also been deployed to the northern border with lebanon, where there have been exchanges of gunfire across the border. the un has called for the laws of war to be upheld — which would include the release of hostages, and the protection of civilians. live now to our chief international correspondent lyse doucet. took us through what you're seeing in terms of israeli preparations? ashkelon is the... just outside, you can see some troops in the distance, some hardware, some vehicles, and this is a closed military zone now. there's been a lot more activity in this area. more troops are racing backin this area. more troops are racing back in their vehicles, more artillery is going out. you have a sense that this edge of the gaza strip, it is about 3.5 miles behind me, they seem to be on edge, there seems to be some preparations, although some of the at