live now to gaza, where we can speak to our correspondent rusdhi abualouf. rusdhi abualouf. took no communit all, i took no communications. first of all, how are you? —— after a night of no communications. all, how are you? -- after a night of no communications.— of no communications. yes, it's about 13 or— of no communications. yes, it's about 13 or 14 _ of no communications. yes, it's about 13 or 14 hours _ of no communications. yes, it's about 13 or 14 hours that - of no communications. yes, it's about 13 or 14 hours that gaza l of no communications. yes, it's l about 13 or 14 hours that gaza has been without communication, internet or mobile signal. the palestinian health ministerjust issued a statement saying about 400 people were killed overnight in the israeli air strikes in the north. israel say they have expanded their operation, especially in gaza city and in the north here, there were many air strikes overnight with about 20 people killed and about 15 targets around the area. people are really worried since israel has cut all communication. people

our gaza correspondent rusdhi abualouf sent us this update on what he knows about the situation in gazaquieter in khan younis compared with previous days, what is making the headlines tonight is al-quds hospital in gaza city. throughout the day, there was a lot of air strikes around the hospital damaging most of the buildings and residential tower around it. the shops were destroyed, all of the roads leading to the hospital. but tonight, israel is pushing hard towards the hospital itself, huge smoke and dust affecting the people inside, about 13,000 people trapped inside, about 13,000 people trapped inside the hospital. they are taking the hospital as refuge, fleeing from the hospital as refuge, fleeing from the shelling around that place. the director of the hospital said that they have received four calls. the last one was tonight from the israeli army asking the people inside the hospital to leave, about 1a,000 people, and 100 patients, eight of them were in the intensive care unit. they said it is almost impossible to leave the hospital. our thanks for that. a quick look now at the

live now to gaza, where we can speak to our correspondent, rusdhi abualouf.this morning. what have you managed to learn and find out now you are back in communication with people? about in communication with people? about four o'clock in — in communication with people? about four o'clock in the _ in communication with people? about four o'clock in the morning _ in communication with people? about four o'clock in the morning the - four o'clock in the morning the palestinian telecommunication companies said they managed to overcome the destruction that had occurred to some operations and lines and fix them. is not fully back because since the beginning 80% of the people were without internet from day one of this war but those who used to the 20% can now use it. some people it was a relief because they managed to call their relatives and were happy they were still alive but others are not happy. a friend of mine told me this morning on a call crying that he wished they hadn't returned the communication because he discovered his wife's family, some of them are de

our gaza correspondent rusdhi abualouf sent us this update on what he knows about the situation in gazas quieter in khan yunis compared with previous days but in gaza, al-quds hospital, run by the palestinian icrc, is making headlines night as isrtael is pushing hard to the hospital. hundreds of air strikes in the last couple of days but today they are very close, damaging some of the hospital properties. we received a video from one of the people trapped inside the hospital showing huge smoke inside and dust inside the hospital. the medical team are distributing masks to the people as about 1,400 people — 14,000 people, according to the director of the hospital, are taking the hospital as refuge because earlier footage showed the scale of destruction around the hospital is huge, but now they are pushing hard to the hospital, damaging some of their properties, but it's still not direct hits on al-quds hospital, only very close to it. let's get more now from our diplomatic correspondent paul adams who's in jerusalem. paul, can i ask you first of all about the issue of the al-quds hospita

our gaza correspondent rusdhi abualouf sent us this update on what he knows about the situation in gazaunis compared with previous days, but in gaza, al-quds hospital — run by the palestinian icrc — is making the headlines night. as israel is pushing hard to the hospital, hundreds of air strikes in the last couple of days but, today, they are very close, damaging some of the hospital properties. we received a video from one of the people trapped inside the hospital, showing huge smoke inside and dust inside the hospital. the medical team are distributing masks to the people as about 1,400 people... 14,000 people, according to the director of the hospital, are taking the hospital as refuge. because earlier, footage showed the scale of destruction around the hospital is huge, but now they are pushing hard to the hospital, damaging some of their properties, but it's still not direct hit on al-quds hospital, only very close to it. live now to david deptula — a retired lieutenant general and dean of the mitchell institute for aerospace studies. thank you very much coming on the programme. th

our correspondent rusdhi abualouf sent us this update on what he knows about the situation in gaza cityun by the palestinian icrc — is making headlines night. as israel is pushing hard to the hospital, hundreds of air strikes in the last couple of days but, today, they are very close, damaging some of the hospital properties. we received a video from one of the people trapped inside the hospital showing huge smoke inside and dust inside the hospital. the medical team are distributing masks to the people as about i,a00 people — ia,000 people, according to the director of the hospital, are taking the hospital as refuge. because earlier, footage showed the scale of destruction around the hospital is huge, but now they are pushing hard to the hospital, damaging some of their properties, but it's still not direct on al-quds hospital, only very close to it. these are the live feeds we are monitoring at the bbc. this is the shot out over towards gaza. from southern israel. we have been keeping a cross that every night as the blackness falls. we are responding to the idf statement in the last c