rushdi's wife and daughter survive. rushdi was killed.at happens next will affect the lives of millions. live from london. this is bbc news. israel's prime minister says the war in gaza will be hard and take time, but his priority is to win against hamas. translation: it is our second war of independence- _ translation: it is our second war of independence. we _ translation: it is our second war of independence. we will _ translation: it is our second war of independence. we will fight - translation: it is our second war of independence. we will fight and i translation: it is our second war of independence. we will fight and we i independence. we will fight and we will not surrender. we will not withdraw. meanwhile, hamas's leader in the gaza strip offers to release all hostages being held there in return for the release of all hamas prisoners in israeli jails. here in london, thousandsjoin pro—palestinian demonstrations. similar protests take place around the world, calling for a ceasefire. hello, i'm a lewis vaughanjones. welcome to the

or right, rushdi, thank you for that, rushdi _ people.t, rushdi, thank you for that, rushdi abualouf _ people. or right, rushdi, thank you for that, rushdi abualouf reporting | for that, rushdi abualouf reporting live from khan yunis in southern gaza. at least 1,400 people were killed in last week's attack by hamas in southern israel and, as we've been hearing, six were british. among the missing are two british teenage sisters, as lucy manning reports. noiya, 16, on noiya,16, on the noiya, 16, on the left. yahel, 13, on the right. now missing after the hamas attack on israel. in between them, their mum lianne, murdered by hamas. all our british. lianne's family said she led a beautiful life and enriched the lives of all those lucky enough to have known and loved her. she was a beloved daughter, sister, motherand her. she was a beloved daughter, sister, mother and aunt. her. she was a beloved daughter, sister, motherand aunt. girls' her. she was a beloved daughter, sister, mother and aunt. girls' that eli is also missing. this is what hap

rushdi abu alouf, thank you a . ain fuel. rushdi abu alouf, thank you aaain for fuel.in forjoining _ fuel. rushdi abu alouf, thank you again forjoining us _ fuel. rushdi abu alouf, thank you again forjoining us from - fuel. rushdi abu alouf, thank you again forjoining us from gaza, . again forjoining us from gaza, where he said it is on the edge of a catastrophe. that is the word that has been used by the united nations repeatedly since the beginning of this crisis. let's cross the border now to southern israel and tom bateman is there. it is 3.00 in israel, how does it look now and sound now? well, just in the seconds before you have come to us, more outgoing artillery fire. wejust have come to us, more outgoing artillery fire. we just heard a very big blast in the last few seconds. i can see some dust rising just on the hills behind us as we look across towards gaza city, over the perimeterfence. there has been a lot of outgoing israeli artillery into gaza in the last three hours, some heavy machine gun fire as well at one point. this morning, more alert sirens in so

, thank ou, people's life. 0k, rushdi, thank you. let's _ people's life. 0k, rushdi, thank you. let'slet's go to _ people's life. 0k, rushdi, thank you, let's go to tom _ people's life. 0k, rushdi, thank you, let's go to tom bateman i people's life. 0k, rushdi, thank. you, let's go to tom bateman who people's life. 0k, rushdi, thank- you, let's go to tom bateman who can talk to us now. tom, does there seem to you a growing inevitability that they will be an israeli ground invasion of gaza in the next few days? invasion of gaza in the next few da s? ~ , ., invasion of gaza in the next few da s? ~ , . ., , invasion of gaza in the next few das? days? well, the israeli military has confirmed that _ days? well, the israeli military has confirmed that they _ days? well, the israeli military has confirmed that they are _ days? well, the israeli military has confirmed that they are readying i days? well, the israeli military has| confirmed that they are readying for a ground offensive. there is no question about that. when you look at the almost unprecedented nature of the size of this caller

rushdi, thank ou without supplies and fuel. rushdi, thank you very _ without supplies and fuel.ithout supplies and fuel. rushdi, thank you very much as _ without supplies and fuel. rushdi, thank you very much as always. i 0ur international editor jeremy bowen is in southern israel for us now. all this is happening against the backdrop of a blistering diplomatic row involving the united nations and israel. we are also expecting the israeli prime minister make a statement this evening. any israeli prime minister make a statement this evening. any minute now. statement this evening. any minute nova we're — statement this evening. any minute nova we're just _ statement this evening. any minute now. we're just waiting _ statement this evening. any minute now. we're just waiting for - statement this evening. any minute now. we're just waiting for him - statement this evening. any minute now. we're just waiting for him as l statement this evening. any minute now. we're just waiting for him as a j now. we're just waiting for him as a matter matter of fact. it is due almost as we speak.

rushdi abualouf, _ allow them to cross yet. rushdi abualouf, live _ allow them to cross yet.uf, live in _ allow them to cross yet. rushdi abualouf, live in khan - allow them to cross yet. rushdi abualouf, live in khan younis . allow them to cross yet. rushdij abualouf, live in khan younis in southern gaza, thank you. at least 1,400 people were killed in last week's attack by hamas in southern israel, including six britons. one was natanel young, a 20—year—old british man who was serving in the israeli military. our special correspondent lucy manning has been speaking to his brother. natanel young. a londoner, a music lover, a proud jew, murdered by hamas. his brother elliott remembers a 20—year—old who still had so much life to live. natanel, you know, he just loved life. he had a lot of respect for my parents. he wanted to keep his people safe and defend his country. we're alljust broken. we are still coming to terms with the news. what will you miss about natanel? the last time i saw him was exactly a week before he was killed by the hamas terrorists, and i think if i look

rushdi, our colleague, has 'ust told specific. rushdi, our colleague, has just told us— specific.ic. rushdi, our colleague, has just told us that what _ specific. rushdi, our colleague, has just told us that what we _ specific. rushdi, our colleague, has just told us that what we just - just told us that what we just saw, thatis just told us that what we just saw, that is an 11—storey building in the downtown area, the home of hamas radio. he downtown area, the home of hamas radio. , ., ., ., ., radio. he is not far at all where the bbc office _ radio. he is not far at all where the bbc office is _ radio. he is not far at all where the bbc office is based. - radio. he is not far at all where the bbc office is based. lots i radio. he is not far at all where the bbc office is based. lots ofj the bbc office is based. lots of journalists based around there and people living round there. the truth is, gaza is a very, very small place. gaza city itself is densely populated. there isn't really anywhere safe for them, i think. i feel concerned when i look at that for sderot and our team w

loud explosion that sounds like it was quite close to you, rushdi? rushdi, can you hear me?hat sounds quite close, yeah. that sounded very close. are you 0k? do you need to go or are you 0k to stay? that was very close, yeah. rushdi, can you hear me? yes, ican. ican. are you 0k to stay where you are? or would you like to move? no, i think we should move. so that gives you a real insight. that was just a couple of hours ago. about life in gaza right now this evening. as i mentioned, rushdi has confirmed that he is safe and we will be in contact with him again. let me show you some of the latest videos that have been coming into us now and our bbc verify team have authenticated. awarning, a warning, some of this will be distressing. take a look at this incident. gunshots this is earlier on sunday morning. a gun involving israeli forces on the highway between ashford and the gaza border. —ashdod and the gaza border. so that gives you a flavour of one of the videos that we have authenticated. we have also received footage of people in gaza scrambling for cover during an israeli

rushdi abualouf, using land, sea and ground. rushdi abualouf. our _ using land, sea and ground.uf, our correspondent - using land, sea and ground. rushdi abualouf, our correspondent in - using land, sea and ground. rushdi l abualouf, our correspondent in gaza, describing some quite significant israeli military develop and to enclave in the last hours this morning, and also talking about the increasingly desperate humanitarian situation in gaza. let's reflect a little bit more on that with juliette touma, who is director of communications for the united nations agency which looks after palestinian refugees. welcome to bbc news, i know we saw these pictures yesterday of desperate people taking supplies, taking what they needed, after having broken into some of your warehouses, just give us an idea of the situation that civilians in gaza are facing at the moment? people in gaza are overwhelmed with fear, anna, and this is due to a very tight siege that has been ongoing for more than three weeks and heavy bombardment. they are also traumatised and shocked and displaced and they live

loud explosion that sounds like it was quite close to you, rushdi? rushdi, can you hear me? 0k? that sounds quite close, yeah. that sounded very close. are you 0k? do you need to go or are you 0k to stay? that was very close, yeah. rushdi, can you hear me? yes, ican. ican. are you 0k to stay where you are? or would you like to move? i don't know what is... no, i think we should move. and rushdi then did move, and we have had confirmation since he spoke to us there that he is a safe and the team are safe. now let's take you life to gaza because there are these live camera position still broadcasting, you can see the darkness there. 0ver broadcasting, you can see the darkness there. over the last few hours, there have been missiles and patches of orange and fires. at the moment, you can see it is pretty dark. and we have been told electricity supplies are in short supply, electricity supplies are in short supply, as well as other things. the internet is difficult and patchy there, and basic humanitarian supplies, there are growing concerns for theirs. you can see that our life

rushdi abualouf, speaking _ heavy bombing tonight.i abualouf, speaking on - heavy bombing tonight. rushdi abualouf, speaking on the - heavy bombing tonight. rushdi - abualouf, speaking on the ground, the latest dispatch from the south of gaza. so many hostages being held in gaza, 229, and so many saying they spent the night in great anxiety as the bombing intensified. the israeli prime minister has agreed to meet them, to listen to their concerns. that meeting currently happening as i speak. udi goren is the cousin of tal, who was among those kidnapped by hamas. he described to me how he felt watching the bombing overnight. 0vernight was probably the first time when i couldn't really, you know, hold it in. i've been trying, you know, on interviews, when i express myself online, on social media, to be very... ..level minded, with the situation. last night was the first time that ijust couldn't help myself. everyone in this government, bringing us to this point... and not, at least on the outside, not doing everything they can to solve

our correspondent there, rushdi abualouf says it's been total chaos. a state of panic, fear and chaos. very chaotic scenes in the street. i have been driving through the city of khan younis this morning. less people, but more panic. international aid agencies say they are struggling to contact their teams inside gaza after most communication networks were cut overnight. the un general assembly adopts a resolution, put forward by arab countries, calling for a humanitarian truce. hello, i'm anna foster, this is bbc news. we're live in southern israel, near the gaza border, where there's been a significant intensification of israeli air strikes over gaza. there is so much smoke and fog on the line where you can normally see the line where you can normally see the apartment buildings in the distance, it has now been almost obliterated by fog and you can smell the smoke in the air and you can hear regularly the sound of mortars, artillery fire, as the bombardment by israeli forces of the gaza strip continues. it has been a real intensification in the last 2

rushdie can you hear me are you ok? yes, the sounds are very close, yes, very close, very close, are you okay, do you have to go or can you stay? rushdie, can you hear me, yes, i hear, i hear, you can stay there or you better go, i don't know what, no, i think we have to get out of here, and going back to what happened over the weekend, israeli officials say , it's like 9/11 for israel, recalling the attacks on the united states, september 2001. and one of one of the bloodiest episodes of this attack by hamas in israel was the attack on visitors to a music festival near the gaza strip. more than 260 people were killed there. the scale of this tragedy is becoming visible now. there are heating cars, bodies on the roads. a few minutes before the attack on the festival, where young people from all over israel had gathered. carefree natu. people do not even suspect what a horror this is. this will happen. in the footage published on social networks, you can see how people are running to save their lives. witnesses say that

but salman rushdie said thing at the end that should concern us all. to look around and there are not enough young people in the room and we were young back then and we have to teach our children to take a line from crosby stills nash and young. here is the thing. you are right. this is an amazing place and ladies and gentlemen, please look to your right. okay? now this is the room where it happened in two things happened and they were different. people can talk or walk the walk. the declaration of independence was drafted there and here's the thing. was it really put to a vote? and then the constitution is drafted there. and it is put to a boat and the athenians didn't put the constitution to a vote and the romans didn't and that is astonishing and amazing and more people got to vote on when america became great and that is a moment in human history that is astonishing because an entire freaking continent is getting to vote on how more people got to vote than ever before in human history, but they also spoke. you actually have here an artifact, a news

explosion that sounds like it was quite close to you, rushdi. rushdi, can you hear me? are you ok?. that sounded very close. are you ok? do you need to go or are you ok to stay? that was very close, yeah. rushdi, can you hear me? yes, ican. ican. are you ok to stay where you are? or would you like to move? i don't know what is... no, i think we should move. that gives you a sense of what is happening in the last few hours in gaza city. he did move and did confirm to us later that he is safe. i want to show you know some of the latest videos that bbc verify have authenticated. you may well have seen plenty of videos across social media over the last two macro days. some of them are distressing. we're getting reports that an 85—year—old grandma has allegedly been taken hostage by palestinian militants. you can see her wearing glasses and holding a pink bag. next a fierce gun battle on an israeli highway. take a look. it shows a gunfight involving israeli forces on the route 4 highway between ashdod and the gaza border. we have these next pictures which is the aftermath of that same g

we'll get the latest on the ground from rushdi abu alouf in gaza city, and anna foster, on the northernorder with lebanon, where tensions are rising with the militant group, hezbollah. here, we'll be speaking to people in the uk desperately worried about family affected by the violence in both israel and gaza. also on the programme... labour leader sir keir starmer tells the bbc he's a yimby not a nimby — saying yes to house building in his own back yard. in the us, republicans choose a new speaker of the house of representatives — after his predecessor was ousted by a revolt from within his own party. and the handful of dust grabbed from an asteroid — and the clues it contains about the creation of the solar system. and the newsnight at 10:30, we will go deeper behind the headlines and speak live to key players on today's big stories. plus, a first look at tomorrow's front pages. good evening. we're live injerusalem, where a new emergency unity government and war cabinet is in place, as israel continues its mass mobilisation of troops, hundreds of thousands, on the southern border with

our correspondent there, rushdi abualouf says it's been total chaos.

at the end of his extraordinary with suzanne and also salman rushdie challenged us to defend the first amendment principle that we must protect the thought we hate, as justice holmes called it, and that in america, speech can only be banned if it's intended to and likely to cause imminent violence. that's the principle that comes the brandenburg case. it was articulated by brandeis in witney, and it makes america, as salman rushdie said the most speech protective country in the world. and on our first panel, we're going to explore the history of that shining idea with three of america's greatest history wins of freedom of speech. and i'm so excited for the conversation we have, jake and martin gamma from the future of free speech project, akhil amar from yale law school, steve solomon from nyu and jacob rosenbaum. i want jump right in and first say that your book free speech a history from socrates to social media, i think is the clearest and best history of the evolution of the idea that i've read and i want to begin by asking you, where did it come from? the phrase that we must have

struggle goes on. salman rushdie keeps on writing. in spite of death threats and a knife attack. he's a true believer in an defender of freedom of thought. at this year's banquet books there, he was awarded the peace prize of the german book train. watched us this price mean for, you know, it's, it's, it's, it's a very important prize and award like this, which celebrates the value of fees is, particularly in a moment when there are 2 was going on. no, nobody's company, nobody's talking about ukraine, but that's still going on the time of the conflict such so deep as it is right now. it's all the more important to restate the importance of the value of peace. first, let's talk about your current books, victories, city, which was published this year. victor cities tell us of the king and of his mega in southern india that actually existed when men and women are equal and all face, well come. some of the time that is not gonna also perish is at the end because it abandons all its ideals. is this a commentary on develop situation? well,

rushdi, stay safe, keep our this extent. rushdi, stay safe, keep your family — this extent.ay safe, keep your family safe, stay _ this extent. rushdi, stay safe, keep your family safe, stay in _ this extent. rushdi, stay safe, keep your family safe, stay in contact, i your family safe, stay in contact, we send you our best. rushdi abualouf in khan younis where the situation is pretty drastic. back to the northern border because anna foster has managed to come back up after that explosion. are you safe and well, and your team? we after that explosion. are you safe and well, and your team?- after that explosion. are you safe and well, and your team? we are all fine. we and well, and your team? we are all fine- we have _ and well, and your team? we are all fine. we have just _ and well, and your team? we are all fine. we have just moved, _ and well, and your team? we are all fine. we have just moved, you - and well, and your team? we are all| fine. we havejust moved, you heard the explosion and it is always a bit of a challenge between wanting to give you a sense of place as to

rushdi abualouf, bbc news, gaza city.king under difficult circumstances, having had to relocate himself and his family multiple times as that conflict plays out on the ground there. but let's also break down the visit of president biden. we can speak tojoshua landis, the director of the center for middle east studies at the university of oklahoma. thank you very much for your time on newsday here on bbc news. how do you think presidentjoe biden will be filling at the end of his visit? i filling at the end of his visit? ~ ., . . ., , , visit? i think he accomplished what he set — visit? i think he accomplished what he set out _ visit? i think he accomplished what he set out to _ visit? i think he accomplished what he set out to do, - visit? i think he accomplished what he set out to do, which. visit? i think he accomplished | what he set out to do, which is to travel to israel, show the israelis that he is on their site, he has their back, and that there can be no light between the united states and israel were there never

since those air strikes were launched with something like 338,000 people displaced, and you heard rushdiing about the conditions on the ground, in gaza, let us not forget a small area, but very densely populated, one of the most densely populated areas in the world, containing more than two million people, and as we can see from those pictures we can hear the sound there, of those air strikes continuing so we will be leave back in gaza throughout the programme, to give you the very latest up there, but let us take you somewhere else in israel. thailand is the southern israeli town of ashkelon hit by hamas rockets at the weekend. now there have been fresh attacks in the past 24 hours, and israeli forces have been passing through ashkelon, you can see it on the map there, as they move towards the border with gaza, earlier i spoke to our chief international correspondent lyse doucette who is on the outskirts, this is how she we were allowed toed go closer, and about a mile from where we are today, but there were so many rockets being fired by hamas, that it into that area, israel's iron dom

rushdi abualouf, bbc news, gaza city. very difficult images coming out from both gaza and israel.orting from the ground under very difficult circumstances himself, and his family having to relocate multiple times. we have been tracking that regulation from the ground and looking at the politics and the diplomacy that is playing out. i have been speaking to ivo daalder, a former us ambassador to nato, and asked whetherjoe biden achieved his objectives in this visit. we will have to wait and see. i think he wanted to do three things that were important, first of all he wanted to make absolutely sure that the israelis knew and the world knew that the united states stands squarely with israel, following these horrific events that we saw on october seven, and are still seeing the results from. secondly, he wanted to send the message that no one should be thinking about escalating this war and attacking israel, whether it is iran, his —— hezbollah or anyone else. next, he wanted to have a conversation with netanyahu. another major speech neta nyahu. another major speech by netanyahu. an

rushdi abualouf, bbc —— traumatised by this wall. rushdi abualouf, bbc news, gaza city.ng to verify all of the conflicting claims that information coming in from conflicting claims that information coming infrom many conflicting claims that information coming in from many sources. our diplomatic correspondent has been looking at what we know and what we don't know so far and she has been working with our verify team. ever since the explosion happened at around 7pm local time, bbc verification experts have been poring over all the images that have emerged. these pictures show what appears to be the car park of the hospital in flames. we've been able to establish its a courtyard with cars parked in it from the shape of the buildings. the al—jazeera television station was broadcasting live from gaza at the time. and you see a bright light in the air that looks like a rocket. now we don't know where it was fired from. but something appears to happen to it and then a few seconds later there's a flash and then an enormous fireball. our verification teams have looked at these i

rushdi abualouf, bbc news, gaza city. does appear that the hospital explosion wasn't the result of an israeli airstrike. butjoe biden acknowledged there are "a lot of people out there" who aren't so sure. ros atkins has worked with the bbc�*s verify team looking at what we know about the blast. israel has highlighted this footage, saying it shows a palestinian rocket misfiring. some weapons experts say this does look like a rocket. bbc verify examined the direction of travel of the projectile. we can't be sure where it was fired from or by whom. then we see an explosion on the ground. bbc verify has geolocated this to the al ahli hospital. we have this video, too. weapons experts tell us the size of the fire on the ground could be caused by rocket fuel, propellant and vehicle fuel, though we can't be sure. next, this photo shows the hospital courtyard this morning. there are scorch marks and burnt out cars, but there's no significant visible damage to the buildings. bbc verify has also been examining pictures of a crater

it's too dangerous for rushdi to report live for us at this point, so he sent us this update.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. israel has said they carried out 200 air strikes targeting hamas infrastructure. they hit many buildings, government buildings belonging to the hamas—run authority. but look at the scale of destruction in the area and how civilian homes were completely affected and some of them were completely destroyed. translation: i lost everything. my house, my shop has been destroyed completely. where do we go? we have become homeless. this gentleman just told us we have to leave the area because it seems the israelis are warning residents of the area they should leave, they are going to target another building in the area. but look at the scale of destruction. this is happening, with israel

rushdi abualouf with that u date.f saturday's attack came from a music festival in re'im in the south of israel — near the border with gaza. hamas gunmen arrived in force and killed at least 260 people there. the attackers then continued their rampage into the surrounding villages. and middle east correspondent lucy williamson has been to re'im to hear the testimony of people there. and you may find her report distressing. the road that led to an open air party, now an open—air crime scene. the pathway of hamas gunmen mapped by their weapons and their bodies. their target, a festival site where hundreds died. screaming . the ground zero of this multipronged attack. among the dead, the passengers of this car, gunned down as they fled. bodies and dave berry still lined the route into this festival site. —— bodies and debris. you can still see the ground here is covered with the remains of weapons, the uniforms they used days on from this attack. families all across this area are still trying to trace exactly what happen

and we'll be inside gaza itself under siege with our correspondent, rushdi abualouf.rst report tonight is withjeremy, who's live in ashkelon. thanks, clive. iwent thanks, clive. i went to kibbutz kfar aza with the israeli army earlier today. there was still shooting going on there when we arrived and they said that they'd only fully recaptured it earlier that morning. now, what became very clear was that, because of the fact it took three days of fighting to try and get, because they did try to get the bodies earlier on, they tried to recover them from the wreckage but they couldn't because the fighting was still continuing. so, when i went there, they were recovering the bodies of civilians and making some gruesome discoveries. some viewers may find some of the content in my report disturbing. 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's one of a series of small israeli villages along the

rushdi filed this update. we have seen five or six air strikes around the khan younis area. people were killed overnight. the health official said about 82 people who were killed in multiple strikes overnight and the number, they're collecting the number of air strikes and we know yesterday the largest number of people died in one day, several hundred people were killed yesterday and we will see they are not suffering only from the air strikes, but suffering from all the essential life—saving issues. water, electricity, here at the hospitals they don't have blood, they don't have saving life kits, they don't have saving life kits, they don't have fuel. and they said if we keep like this, this is the largest medical centre, serving half of the population, might be stopped very soon. there is no sign yet of feel. i have spoken to some local journalists close to rafah, close to the border, fuel is what is needed. hamas said they will give the hostages back to israel if they get the feel. there is talks about releasing the hostages and in return israel will reduce its military p

rushdi abualouf who has been reporting for us from gaza.seek safety, ahead of an expected ground offensive. the gaza health ministry says 4,385 people have now been killed since israel began its air strikes. 1,756 of the dead are children, 976 are women. more than 1,400 people were killed when hamas attacked southern israel two weeks ago. israel says 307 of its soldiers have been killed since then. and it's raised the number of hostages hamas took to 210, although an american mother and daughter were released late on friday. 0ur middle east correspondent tom bateman reports from jerusalem after a ten—day wait, the lorries carrying desperately needed water, food and medicine finally began rolling into gaza this morning. a glimmer of hope delivered on the back of a lorry. "20 trucks have come in, thanks to the un", says this aid worker, among those who have been waiting on the border with egypt. the aid deal was brokered by the us. egypt called for the israelis to stop bombing the crossing. israel wanted guarantees the supplies couldn't be st

struggle goes on. salman rushdie keeps on writing. in spite of death threats and a knife attack. he's a true believer in and defender of freedom of thought. at this year's banquet book fair, he was awarded the peace prize of the german book train. watched us this price mean for you. you know it's, it's, it's, it's a very important prize. an award like this which celebrates the value of fees, is, particularly in the moment when there are 2 was going on. no, nobody somebody, nobody's talking about ukraine, but that's still going on the time of the conflict such so deep as it is right now. it's all the more important to restate the importance of the value of peace. first, let's talk about your current books, victories city, which was published this year, victoria cities tell us of the king and of his mega in southern india that actually existed when men and women are equal and all face. welcome some of the time. but it is not gonna also perish is at the end because it abandons all its ideals. is this a commentary on develop situation? we

explosion that sounds like it was quite close to you, rushdi. rushdi, can you hear me? are you 0k? hear me? yes, ican. ican. are you 0k to stay where you are? or would you like to move? i don't know what is... no, ithink no, i think we should move. please to sa he no, i think we should move. please to say he did _ no, i think we should move. please to say he did confirm _ no, i think we should move. please to say he did confirm after - no, i think we should move. please to say he did confirm after that - to say he did confirm after that that he is safe, he did move after that. i want to focus now on the humanitarian situation there. a short while ago i spoke to jason lee, who is country director at save the children palestine. he told me about the humanitarian aid mission that they are delivering to people affected in the area. we have a situation now where we have in gaza, over 1800 people that are injured. you have 74,000 people that have fled their homes and are sheltering in schools. these people need immediate access to basic essentials such as food, water, medicines to ensure

our correspondent rushdi abu alouf is one of the very few journalists reporting from inside gaza., in the south of the territory, from where he sent us this update. i had to take the journey from gaza to the southern city of khan yunis after the israeli army asked all the people living in gaza city, where i used to live, and in the north, to go south. i'm in khan yunis since yesterday and the scene i witnessed, it's really tragic. people are sleeping in the public spaces. hundreds of thousands of people are deployed to the schools. i'm in the main hospital in khan yunis. also hundreds of people are taking the hospital as a refugee. suddenly this city has to accommodate, treat and feed 500,000 people displaced from their northern and middle area, gaza city. as the hamas officially say about 400,000 people took this journey yesterday and today from khan yunis along salah al—din road, then to khan yunis. more than a million people in this city, and people, the local authority are struggling to find accommodation for the people, to find essential need. water is running out. in the hos

our correspondent rushdi abu alouf, and his family, have been displaced four times in gaza in the past are currently sleeping in tents in the south of gaza nearby khan younis and this was his assessment when i spoke to him earlier of the situation on the ground and just a reminder that in israel's air strikes overnight over gaza, some of those were also near khan younis in the south, where israel had asked civilians in gaza to go for their own safety. the 35 trucks that were allowed in from egypt yesterday and overnight are just a drop in the ocean. they need some sort of sustainable aid because this place now is a refuge for more than a million people who had to flee their homes in the north and gaza city and they are living in khan younis, and some in the middle, but khan younis is the hub, it is the second largest city in the entire gaza strip. so the majority of those fled here into hospitals themselves, hundreds of people are taking the hospitals as refuge. they are sleeping on the ground, they are begging from journalists, they are begging just for food. i saw two little boys beg

we can speak now to our correspondent rushdi abualouf who has been reporting for us from gaza, and ishan younis. you have been reporting day after day three weeks now. we have seen the conditions people are living in. what have you seen and heard today? the living in. what have you seen and heard today?— living in. what have you seen and heard toda ? . ., ., . ,, heard today? the humanitarian crisis is caettin heard today? the humanitarian crisis is getting deeper _ heard today? the humanitarian crisis is getting deeper and _ heard today? the humanitarian crisis is getting deeper and deeper- heard today? the humanitarian crisis is getting deeper and deeper with . is getting deeper and deeper with very little aid considered not enough to feed about a million people who are displaced from their homes in gaza city and the north and who are living in a very difficult condition. not only in camps and warehouses and schools but here in this hospital. around me hundreds of people on this courtyard of the hospital, they are struggling to find food, struggling to find medicine, struggling to f

we'll be inside besieged gaza, with our correspondent, rushdi abu alouf.begin with a report from our international editor jeremy bowen on the mass israeli troop build—up. and just a warning, his report contains details and images some viewers may find distressing and upsetting. in the fields and farms on the border wire, israel's combat soldiers are creating jumping off points to invade gaza. late this afternoon at kibbutz berri, regular units and some of more than 300,000 mobilized reservists were preparing for the order to move in that most israelis believe will come. the buildup that we're seeing here is certainly the clearest evidence that i've witnessed that israel is preparing for a ground operation in gaza. and if you add this to the formation of a war cabinet, you can see the direction they must be going in. israel's allies are gathering. antony blinken, the us secretary of state, is flying in overnight from washington. american support includes weapons and moving an aircraft carrier battle group closer to deter iran's allies in lebanon from joinin

my colleague rushdi abualouf is there now. is too dangerous for him to report live for us so he sent this report. this is by far the biggest ever israeli air strikes in gaza, on this scale, in this intensity. this is the biggest. in this building, it's a seven—storey building where 20 to 30 families, they live in this building. i could hear the screaming of the kids, they were shouting. in the background, if you can see, it's totally black. most of the electricity supplies in gaza are not functioning, internet is down in every corner of this city. talking about the humanitarian situation, gaza has been suffering for three days without electricity. the crossings, most of the crossings are closed except the rafah crossing with egypt, and it only allows people to go in and out — no goods. no fuel is coming, no medicine for hospitals. the health ministry issued a statement today warning that within 48 hours the essential medical supplies are running out in the hospital. nearby explosion. and they need urgent supplies to be able to

our reporter rushdi abu—alouf gave me the latest from gaza.is extremely significant. in all of the years that hamas has been in control of gaza, they have never launched a surprise attack on different locations, israeli security officials saying an hour or so ago there were 21 separate incidents going on. there's a lot of video circulating, not yet verified, by the bbc showing bodies of israeli soldiers, some of whom were clearly surprised, in their bunks, even, by the attackers. no one was expecting hamas to do anything like this. tension has been rising very strongly between palestinians and israelis, there's been a lot of violence in the west bank which is the territory that goes from jerusalem towards thejordan river. which has been occupied by israel since 1967. that has been the focus now for months and months and there's been a lot of killing and violence there. but nothing in comparison out of gaza so i think now the israelis are using very strong language, they say they are in a state of war, they have been attacked, they have called

rushdi abualouf their reporting for us.people from gaza had been allowed to cross the border to work in israel using special permits. with the economy of the territory on its knees due to israel's blockade, around 21,000 people used to cross the frontier to work, earning far more than they could at home. now, after the hamas attack, many are stranded, unable to return to theirfamilies in gaza, and not welcome in israel. the other palestinian area is the west bank, governed separately from gaza, and it's where many of those who are stranded, are seeking refuge. it's hot... ..chaotic. .. ..and frustrating. this sports hall in the west bank city of ramallah is now a reception centre for hundreds of people from gaza left stranded by the war. a cigarette calms things down a little for mohammed. a chef by trade, he was working in tel aviv when hamas launched its attack last saturday, and he's been unable to return to his family in gaza ever since. now he's being moved to a new temporary home in the west bank. my family now is und

rushdi, israel insists that there is fuel in the territory, that hamas has hundreds of thousands of litres in khan younis to verify that claim. but what's your reaction to that? well, look, the hospitals here, they said we are having, we used to have some sort of arrangement with the local authority to provide fuel to the hospital. but since israel is targeting, everything belongs to hamas, including the ministries, including the old facilities, roads, everything is damaged. so even if hamas have got fuel, i'm not sure about that, how are they going to make it under fire, how are they going to transfer the fuel under fire to people? what is hamas asking — a senior hamas commander told the bbc a couple of days ago that we are ready to give the hostages back if israel stops its air strikes on gaza, and also allows fuel. so fuel now is the main essential issue for hamas. and they said in order to handle the hostages, we need calm in order to deal with the crisis on the ground. we need to have calm, which is israel, i think, until now, is not allowing. lyse doucet is injerusalem i discussed th

rushdi abu alouf has also had to relocate with his family from the north to the south of gaza as wellions says israel's total siege of gaza, cutting off fuel, food and electricity supplies is causing a deepening humanitarian crisis. it's warning more help is needed to support the hundreds of thousands of palestinians who've moved from the north of the territory to the south. but there are those who are refusing to leave their homes, saying there's little support and aid for them if they do move. our former gaza correspondent jon donnison has more. much of the north of gaza looks unlivable. this is jabalia. once one of the world's most densely populated neighbourhoods, and where those who've survived are clinging on. not far away, abu jalil is one of them, trying to squeeze the last drops out of gaza city's water system, cut off for days. "we will not leave," he says, "we can't." "even if they destroy our homes, where will we go, "with a family of five or six?" multiple families are now packed into apartments after their homes were destroyed, but they say it's not safe to move south. "

explosion that sounds like it was quite close to you, rushdi. rushdi, can you hear me? are you 0k?re? or would you like to move? i don't know what is... no, i think we should move. he did move after that and as i said, confirmed that he is safe but we can show you live pictures of gaza city now. there are live camera positions there as the light clearly has faded a good couple of hours ago. there is electricity, as you can see, and that seemed right now is calm. in the last couple of hours there has been the occasional flash of orange but right now things are calm. a short while ago i spoke to jason lee who is country director at save the children palestine. he told me about the humanitarian aid mission that they are delivering to people affected in the area. these people need food, water, medicines to ensure they can continue to survive in the next couple of days.— couple of days. you talk about --eole couple of days. you talk about people leaving _ couple of days. you talk about people leaving their _ couple of days. you talk about people leaving their homes. i couple of days. yo