rushdi abu alouf, thank you a . ain fuel. rushdi abu alouf, thank you aaain for fuel. n 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 sou

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 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

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

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. "

in a moment our correspondent rushdi abu alouf reports from the scene of the hospital blast.ere'sjeremy bowen on president biden�*s crucial diplomatic mission. a warning his report contains some very distressing images. a car park outside the al ahli hospital became a killing ground. the arguments about who is responsible come too late for the people whose lives ended here. even with their bodies taken away, the clean up this morning also meant collecting small pieces of flesh. god have mercy, he said. they were civilians. and hameed, a neighbour, can't unsee children with legs blown off, and the bodies he helped to carry. they all, he said, thought they would be safe near a hospital. early this morning at the defence ministry in tel aviv, the military presented data it said proved israel did not attack the hospital. instead, they said, it was a malfunctioning rocket fired by palestinian islamicjihad. the palestinian islamic 'ihad. the trajeaoryh palestinian islamic 'ihad. the trajectory analysis _ palestinian islamicjihad. tue: trajectory analysis from palestinian islamicjih

in a moment we'll hear from rushdi abu alouf, who's in the city of khan younis, in the south.e from central gaza, and you may find some of the details has more from central gaza. this is an affluent neighbourhood in central gaza. 0vernight, it has been completely destroyed. 32 tower blocks, each containing dozens of flats, are now totally gone. translation: they told us to evacuate at around - 8:30pm or 9pm at night. we ran through the streets. then israel started bombing the area nonstop, from nine until seven this morning. you can see all of this destruction. um salim lived in one of these blocks of flats. she tells me all the families in her tower are now living stranded in the streets of gaza with nowhere to go. other residents say many people remain trapped. translation: we cannot bring people out from under the rubble. _ ambulances cannot get here. we cannot pull the bodies out. people are screaming but we cannot pull them out. last night's attack took many residents by surprise, as people told me that it has been a relatively calm area in gaza. translation: we are civil

we'll be inside besieged gaza, with our correspondent rushdi abu alouf.foster has travelled to israel's northern border with lebanon, where troops have exchanged fire with hezbollah militants. but we begin with lucy's report, on the fifth day, of the war. israel's pain is being written onto gaza's streets, whole districts brought down in the aftershocks of this attack. today, power ran out. gaza struck only station crumbling under israel's siege. water, food and medicine could be next. they will become weapons of war. he will become weapons of war. i've lost my father, _ will become weapons of war. i've lost my father, my _ will become weapons of war. i�*e: lost my father, my brother, my uncle, two cousins, to other family members and my pregnant wife. i'm the only survivor. im’ith members and my pregnant wife. i'm the only survivor.— the only survivor. with israeli forces massing _ the only survivor. with israeli forces massing at _ the only survivor. with israeli forces massing at the - the only survivor. with israeli l forces massing at the borders, th

say many people are trapped under rubble and may be impossible to rescue. 0ur correspondent, rushdi abu aloufhis update. yeah, i was in this neighbourhood that night when the israelis hit 25 targets in the area, within 250 air strikes in the place. i was among families who live in this residential building. it was chaos all night. kids screaming. today, it's 08:00. well, usually israel is starting the night time, like, night wave of air strikes. i could hear the israeli f—16s buzzing over overhead and maybe ready for carrying out more air strikes. today, the power authority decided to stop the only power station, because the fuel is running out, and that would affect essential services, such as hospital, as the palestinian health ministry said that they are going to stick, to stick only to essential, lifesaving treatment. here in the us, the biden administration says 22 americans have been killed in the assault on israel, and 17 remain unaccounted for. we want to make it real clear, we are working on every aspect of the hostage situation, and the press are going to shout to me, and many of yo

inside gaza now for a sense of what's been happening throughout the day there. 0ur correspondent rushdi abu aloufraeli artillery fire hitting the coastal side of gaza. israeli tanks are locating near the border with israel and they shell the western part of the city. the health officials saying that they are struggling to cope with the situation. they are struggling to cope with the number of people. they said, "we are running out of medicine. "we are running out to fuel to operate the generators "we are running out of fuel to operate the generators "that is providing power for the hospitals." the hospitals are completely overwhelmed. the hospital's completely overwhelmed. the compound of 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 try to escape the bombing. the local authority here is trying also to manage what is available. we understand that banks are not giving enough cash, only like 100 bucks for each user. the fuel in the fuel station is giving the people a very small amount of g

earlier we spoke to rushdi abu alouf who's in khan younis in the south of gaza.ed in from egypt yesterday and overnight are just a drop from egypt yesterday and overnight arejust a drop in the ocean. we need some sustainable aid because this place is a refuge for more than a million people who have had to flee their homes in north and gaza city and they are living in khan younis and some in the middle. but khan younis is the second—largest city in entire gaza strip. they receive the majority of those that flee. in the hospitals, hundreds of people are taking the hospital for refuge, they are sleeping on the ground, just forfood. refuge, they are sleeping on the ground, just for food. like two little boys who were begging for food and begging for water, which is not available. people are trying to secure anything just to keep their kids alive. they say they are either dying in air strikes or dying from hunger. this is a real challenge for the local authority to manage what is very limited resources available. in the hospital here, this is the largest medical hospi

the worsening humanitarian situation in gaza is evident — and despite it, rushdi abu alouf, the bbc�*e few journalists still working in the territory. he sent this report from a hospital in khan younis, in southern gaza. she was badly injured, doctors rescued the baby was six syrian operation end. her husband was killed. the same family, the mother is inside fighting for her life and for her baby. the hospitals are struggling to comp did not cope with the injured. people in the corridor as people are treated in the courtyard of the hospital today was one of the attacks done by israel so far. this hospital is among 3—4 hospital in the is the area where 1.2 million people in the north but this is the biggest one and it struggling. and also, they said they have to cancel all nonessential operations and they are only treating people with life—threatening injuries. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. everton chairman bill kenwright, an acclaimed west end theatre and film producer, has died at the age of 78. he was also know fo

the bbc�*s gaza correspondent rushdi abu alouf has remained working there, despite the difficult conditions in southern gaza and getting us a glimpse of what the situation is there. yeah, tonight, there was really bombardment around this hospital. this is nasser hospital in khan younis. it's the hospital that is the only medical centre that serving half of the population now, and it's at the edge of catastrophe, as the director of the hospitaljust told me that they have shut most of the operations and only the operations room and the life—saving place and facilities are working. they are struggling to cope with the situation with the shortage of fuel, no fuel coming to this hospital for about 20 days. just about half an hour ago, air strike this direction, about 200 metres from the hospital, destroyed a three—storey building. about 50 people in one go they rushed to this hospital. imagine, doctors have to deal with 50 casualties in one go and some of them were dead, some of them were severely injured, so i went to this operation room and i saw how they are struggling to cope with the situat

our gaza correspondent, rushdi abu—alouf, reports from inside one of the aid camps in southern gaza.ng in these tents. they are people displaced from the north, in gaza. this is, a camp has been built by the unrwa. i was speaking to the families here. they said they are struggling to find water. they are struggling to find food. they are struggling to find a bathroom. they said the bathroom here is a real challenge. they said security, also, is a real challenge because as you know, hamas has been under really heavy attack by israel for the last two weeks or so, so there is no police around the area to maintain law and order, a few problems here, social problems in the area. but those people, they said, we have been given very little food, very little water, very little medicine to the people who are in need for this. this is an example of how 700,000 people who are displaced from the north are living in a very difficult condition in gaza city. the unrwa is planning to have more and more camps like this, once the egyptians are allowing more tents, more food, more fuel and more medicin

the bbc�*s gaza reporter rushdi abu alouf reports now from a hospital in khan younis, in southern gazale of ordinary people. behind these doors, doctors are fighting to save the life of a woman who was badly injured this morning while she was pregnant in an airstrike in a neighbourhood in khan younis. doctors rescued the baby by caesarean operation. her husband was killed alongside members of the same family, but the mother is inside, fighting for her life and for her baby. the hospitals here in gaza are struggling to cope with the number of people injured. i have seen people treated in the corridor of the hospital, people treated in the courtyard of the hospital because today was one of the deadliest attacks done by israel so far. this hospital is among the three or four hospitals in the south, the area where israel asked 1.2 million people in the north to flee, but this is the biggest one, and it's still struggling without fuel to run the main generator in the hospital and also they say they have to cancel all non—essential operations and they are only treating people with life—savin

more now from my colleague, rushdi abu alouf.ned last night. what is the heaviest, i think, ever airstrikes that i ever seen in my life and in my 25 years of working as a journalist, i was in a residential building with about 20 families. the whole building was shaking all night. kids were screaming. people were calling for appeal. we were like for six or seven hours without electricity, without access to the internet, and without knowing what's going on outside. except like looking from the window of the flat and see flames of fire on the sky, flame, pillars of smoke in the sky. and the whole building was shaking all night. and this morning i managed to leave this this area. i drive through, this was very risky going out, because too many debris is in the street, buildings collapsed, an entire neighborhood is flattened to the ground. government buildings, police, police stations, mosque, houses, cars damaged in the middle of the streets. people are carrying their kids and leaving the area. others are coming back to the area to c

our correspondent rushdi abu alouf is inside gaza.uation. i think this is the largest number of death within 24 hours i have ever seen covering this conflict for the last 25 years. also today, the israeli military has dropped leaflets in northern gaza, seeking information about the hostages being held by hamas. the leaflets are in arabic and they say that the military will provide protection and a financial reward for anyone coming forward. they also guarantee complete confidentiality. and while that's happening, there's been very limited aid getting into gaza. un agencies say they are on their knees asking for more. they also say a third of hospitals in the gaza strip are no longer functioning because of a desperate need for supplies. i spoke to the unrwa spokesperson tamara al—rifai. the secretary—general set the bar, i think, for where we all stand as humanitarians, with a very, very urgent call for a humanitarian ceasefire and for the application of international humanitarian law. that is particularly relevant to my colleagues at

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

sceptic about the possibility of peace between israelis and palestinians. 0ur correspondent rushdi abu aloufouthern gazan city of khan yunis, where most of the aid supplies are stored while they are checked by united nations aid officials. earlier, he was at the rafah crossing and he told us what he saw at the border. we just left rafah crossing back in khan younis, the place where most of the, like, all of the trucks that brought today are now in warehouse for the un. drop in the ocean, everybody here is describing this aid, but it's hope that open for 2.3 million people. a window of hope opened today after transferring those 20 trucks that are carrying essential medical kit, including portable operation room that should be placed somewhere here in this hospital soon. the meeting in the un is to make sure two things. one thing is to make the priority for this very small amount of aid. second is that to make sure that hamas is not involved in distributing or taking any of these. we understand from very early in the morning from a senior hamas source that hamas has agreed to some form of not

jon donnison, bbc news. 0ur correspondent rushdi abu alouf is in gaza, one of the very few journalistsza. how long do you think people can hold out, with israel making it clear it is not going to allow vital supplies into gaza?— clear it is not going to allow vital supplies into gaza? well, already, half of the population _ supplies into gaza? well, already, half of the population are - supplies into gaza? well, already, half of the population are withoutl half of the population are without water. i have been to one of the largest neighbourhoods in gaza and most of the houses don't have running water. there was a big tanker provided by the united nations with clean water. people are queueing to fill up bottles. we are talking about life saving, i mean, life surviving material, water. electricity is cut everywhere, 100% of gaza is without electricity, exhibit very few people who have solar panels or generators but the situation is deteriorating quickly. people feel that the incursion is coming, hearing the israeli tanks engaging and firing and destroying one of the neighbourhoods today.

gaza, where the bbc has a rare insight into the situation on the ground with our correspondent rushdi abu alouf there his entire life and has reported on the conflict for decades. he gave us this update. very quickly, if we can see the scale of destruction in this neighbourhood. it's called rimal neighbourhood. it's the economic hub for gaza that has been completely targeted yesterday. many buildings were destroyed. behind me is the ii—storey building that was knocked down very quickly, if we can see the scale of destruction two days ago, but the destruction in this area has been targeted quite recently, last night. israel has said they carried out 200 air strikes, targeting the hamas infrastructure. in fact, they hit many buildings, government buildings, belonging to the hamas—run authority, but look to 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

but our correspondent rushdi abu alouf sent us this update on what it's been like in gaza city.y 20 years covering this, it was by far the happiest i have ever seen. the destruction in this neighbourhood. this neighbourhood. this neighbourhood has been the safe haven for most of the gaza, most of the street in this neighbourhood was destroyed because i was among families who were suffering during. when, 2 million people lost their facilities today, we talked about essential services such as medicare said food supplies have been suspended because of that. the humanitarian corridor for leading food and medicine and fuel into gaza is a must for palestinians. i understand tonight from a senior egyptian official that they are working closely with other countries and contesting hamas to try and find a draft of inaudible to allow goods and fuel to come into egypt from gaza. america's top diplomat, antony blinken, is due to arrive in israel in the next few hours to discuss measures to bolster its security. in an address tojewish community leaders at the white house, president biden desc

the bbc�*s gaza correspondent, rushdi abu alouf, has remained working there, despite the conditions.outhern gaza, and earlier this evening described the situation there. yeah, tonight, there was really bombardment around this hospital. this is nasser hospital in khan younis. it's the hospital that is the only medical centre that serving half of the population now, and it's at the edge of catastrophe, as the director of the hospitaljust told me that they have shut most of the operations and only the operations room and the life—saving place and facilities are working. they are struggling to cope with the situation with the shortage of fuel, no fuel coming to this hospital for about 20 days. just about half an hour ago, air strike this direction, about 200 metres from the hospital, destroyed a three—storey building. about 50 people in one go they rushed to this hospital. imagine, doctors have to deal with 50 casualties in one go and some of them were dead, some of them were severely injured, so i went to this operation room and i saw how they are struggling to cope with the situation a

the bbc�*s rushdi abu alouf, and his family, have been displaced four times in gaza in the last two weeks's been reporting under very difficult circumstances. here's his assessment of the situation on the ground, from an aid camp, in the city of khan younis, in the south of the territory. about 2,000 families living in these tents. they are people displaced from the north, in gaza. this is, a camp has been built by the unrwa. i was speaking to the families here. they said they are struggling to find water. they are struggling to find food. to find a bathroom. they said the bathroom here is a real challenge. they said security, also, is a real challenge because as you know, hamas has been under really heavy attack by israel for the last two weeks or so, so there is no police around the area to maintain law and order, a few problems here, social problems in the area. but those people, they said, we have been given very little food, very little water, very little medicine to the people who are in need for this. this is an example of how 700,000 people who are displaced from the north are liv

our correspondent rushdi abu alouf is one of the very few journalists reporting from inside gaza.the south of the territory from where he sent us this update. iam back i am back bekier in the city of khan younis after taking the journey with thousands who are displaced and coming all the way into khan younis. it has been one week since israel launched the retaliation against hamas of following the deadly attack across the border. the humanitarian situation here is really at the edge of catastrophic. city which already has 400,000 people has to accommodate more than i people has to accommodate more thani million people, feed them and accommodate them. again, one of the few journalists inside gaza. you are looking at live images of gaza city. it is around 3am on the ground there. we've just heard from the palestinian health ministry saying 300 people, mostly children and women, have been killed in gaza in the last 24 hours. some 800 more have been injured. tensions are high in southern israel as israeli troops build up their presence ahead of that likely counteroffensive. a short wh

our correspondent rushdi abu alouf is in the city of khan younis in the southern area of the gaza striphe situation on the ground. the local authority described _ situation on the ground. the local authority described the _ situation on the ground. the local authority described the situation l authority described the situation with a shortage of almost every essential needs for the people. water is in severe shortage. only this morning a couple of trucks were secured from the south in gaza city, but this is not enough at all for over1 million people, who are desperate to get any sort of water. here in the hospital, this is the second largest medical centre. it used to serve 400,000 people, which is the original people who live in this area. now, there's 600,000 more. so over a million people are getting their medical service out of this small, relatively small hospital, and now they are threatening to, not threaten, they said they have only an amount of food that can run to the end of this day, and they said they are going out of service by midnight. there are problems to secure any sor

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

the bbc has a rare insight into the gaza strip through our correspondent rushdi abu alouf.s lived there his entire life and has reported on the conflict for decades. it's too dangerous for him to report live for us at the moment, so he's sent us this update from gaza. we can see the scale of destruction in this neighbourhood. it was targeted yesterday. many buildings were destroyed, an 11—storey building was knocked down two days ago but the destruction in this area has been targeted last night. israel has carried out 200 air strikes targeting hamas infrastructure. they hit many buildings, government buildings belonging to the hamas 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. the united nations say the seers that deprives palestinians of their essentials. clive murray has been looking at the most populated areas of the world. the gaza strip, or simply gaza, is palestinian territory with israel on its northern border and egypt to the south. it's a tiny sliver of land,

well, the worsening humanitarian situation in gaza is evident — and despite it, rushdi abu alouf — the few journalists still working in the territory. he's in khan younis and some of his report — about a pregnant woman who's been critically wounded — has distressing images. behind this door, doctors are fighting to save the life of a woman. she was badly injured this morning while she was pregnant in an air strike in a neighbourhood in khan younis. doctors rescued the baby by caesarean, a quick caesarean operation. her husband was was killed alongside members of the same family. but the mother is inside fighting for her life and for her baby. the hospitals here are struggling to cope with the number of people injured. i have seen people treated in the corridor of the hospital. people are treated in the courtyard of the hospital, because today was one of the deadliest attacks done by israel so far. this hospital is among the four hospitals in the south. it's the area where israel asked 1.2 million people in the north to flee. but this is the biggest one. and it's been struggling without

the bbc has a rare insight into the situation on the ground, because our correspondent, rushdi abu aloufnside. he has, in fact, lived there his entire life. it's too dangerous for rushdi to report live for us at this point, so he sent us this update. very quickly, if we can see the scale of destruction in this neighbourhood. it's called rimal neighbourhood. it's an economic hub for gaza that has been completely targeted yesterday. many buildings were destroyed. behind me, an ii—storey building was knocked down two days ago, but the destruction in this area has been targeted quite recently, 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 s

very earlier i spoke to our correspondent rushdi abu alouf, who is in the city of khan younis, in the southern area of the gaza strip who gave me the latest on the rafah airstrike. yeah, i have seen fresh footage. cctv camera from inside the palestinian terminal of rafah crossing. there is some damage to the external hole of the crossing, but also there is damage to the road that lead from the palestinian side to the egyptian side. the damage isn't great and can be fixable easily. if the egyptian decided to hope to reopen the crossing and allow those with dual nationality to cross into egypt. when we talk about bringing in aid, we are talking about the commercial side of the crossing, which is close to the to the terminal. and it's not damaged. i mean, now the point is stuck into is there is a deal or no—deal for now. no—deal. there is some talks, diplomacy, big diplomacy everywhere in doha and egypt, the americans and israel. but so far, as far as i remember today, i have been talking to many, many parties. and all of them said that negotiation is moving very slowly, but there is no

our gaza correspondent rushdi abu alouf is one of the few journalists working in the territory. in the south for us now. rushdi, you have been reporting on the worsening humanitarian situation there for days now, what is the situation there tonight?- situation there tonight? yeah, eo - le situation there tonight? yeah, peeple have — situation there tonight? yeah, people have been _ situation there tonight? yeah, people have been seeing - situation there tonight? yeah, people have been seeing the l situation there tonight? yeah, - people have been seeing the trucks coming in from the egyptian side, but they are not getting any aid, i think there is still some sort of negotiation going on with israel on who is going to handle the little fuel that came from an oil tank near the border, and also about 40 or 45 trucks carrying medicine, food, water. there has been intense airstrikes tonight as well. this is the third or fourth one just close to the hospital. so, another night of heavy bombing in southern gaza, khan younis, this is the area where israel asked 1.2 million people to com

rushdi abu alouf has been reporting from the ground under very difficult circumstances himself, and histiple 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. another major speech by the president, but we will have to see whether he is able to convince people not t

our gaza correspondent rushdi abu alouf has more. tragedy stories are in every corner.whether he is a doctor struggling to find a couple of hours to sleep, whether he is a businessman who left behind big business in gaza city and is now with his family, has to live in a shelter or a school. you go there and you find a very long queue of people just waiting for hours to get five pieces of bread. there's not enough for the people in theirfamily that they are evacuating with. i was told from the doctor in the hospital here, that they gave every person 300 millilitres of water every day because they don't know for long israel will keep their border crossing shut. yesterday, there was some hope, people were a bit optimistic when they heard that egypt when he opened the crossing to allow humanitarian aid to gaza, but very quickly, we went back to believing that this is not going to happen. at the hospital here, they said they are going to run out of fuel tonight. at midnight and all the operations, this is the second biggest city, the second biggest hospital in the hospital w

tonight in gaza say a71 people were killed in the tuesday hospital blast and our correspondent rushdi abu alouf city — and a warning, you may find some of the images distressing. when i arrived at the hospital this morning, they were still collecting the dead after what looks to have been the deadliest moment we have seen so far in gaza. there were burnt—out cars after a huge fire following last night's blast. i was talking to one of the people who witnessed this — what the palestinians are calling a massacre. he said that they were just sitting in their garden peacefully and suddenly, a huge explosion rocked this area. he said, "we collected bodies, injured people. "we evacuated serious injuries using a motorcycle." "some people evacuated on foot," he said, "from there "to shifa hospital". blood—soaked mattresses lay on the ground. as we picked our way through the devastation, wreckage. —— beds scattered and wreckage. children's backpacks and collapsed tents where people had been sleeping. doctors told us thousands were seeking shelters at the hospital when it happened. eyewitnesses said the h

my colleague rushdi abu—alouf is following the latest developments from gaza, and he sent this updateied. the air strikes within gaza city and the north, israel that has been focusing on this area. a lot less air strikes here in the south, but more increasingly air strikes in gaza city and the north, where israel has been operating from the sea, from the ground and from the air. we understand that tanks has been advancing into the edge of gaza city and cutting the main road, a strategic road that link gaza from far north to far south. this road is about 40, 43 kilometres, and they cut it from the edge of gaza city. tanks were briefly in the area. it's... the communication is very, very difficult here. so getting like easy information from the area about where the tanks are and what's going on in the area is very difficult. but i was hearing from an ambulance driver who was taking the... coming from khan yunis into gaza, but not using the key road. he was using the beach road, which is about three kilometeres further west. and he said the road was completely deserted, no movement in an

our correspondent rushdi abu alouf has been to al ahli hospital and a warning the pictures in his reportspital this morning, after what looks to have been the deadliest moment in gaza of the war so far. burnt out cars and just a huge fire after last night's blast. i was talking to one of the people who witnessed what the palestinians are calling a massacre. sorry to leave that. straight to joe biden he has arrived at the microphones. i biden he has arrived at the microphones.— biden he has arrived at the microhones. ~ ., . microphones. i know the recent terrorist assault _ microphones. i know the recent terrorist assault and _ microphones. i know the recent terrorist assault and the - microphones. i know the recent terrorist assault and the people microphones. i know the recent i terrorist assault and the people of this nation has left a more than 1300 innocent israelis were killed including at least 31 american citizens by the terrorist group hamas. hundreds, hundreds of young people at a music festival, the festival was gunned down as they ran for their lives. scores of innocents from

our correspondent rushdi abu alouf is in gaza — and has managed to reach the al—ahli hospital.ody pieces from on the ground. people are still in panic. people are still trying to understand what is happening. i was talking to one of the people who witnessed this, what the palestinians are calling a massacre. he said that they were just sitting in their garden peacefully, and suddenly a huge explosion rocked this area, and he said he started to collect people from all around the gaza strip who could arrive to the hospital. they came and tried to help. he said, "we collected bodies, injured people, we evacuated serious injuries using motorcycle." some people evacuated on foot, he said, from here to the hospital. let's take in some international reaction now. the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, had this to say about the explosion at the hospital in gaza. last night, a senseless tragedy has shocked us all. a hospital in gaza, sheltering hundreds of wounded people, was turned into a hell of fire. the scenes from al—ahli hospital are horrifying and distres

the bbc�*s gaza correspondent rushdi abu alouf has remained working there, despite the conditions. younis, in southern gaza, for us. day after day now, we have been hearing him describe a worsening situation. he told us what things were like there today. there was a huge air strike half an hour ago, struck a three—storey building about 100 or 200 metres away from this hospital. this is a hospital in khan younis, and the building is in this direction. i've been watching smoke rise, and black smoke and dust raised out of this building. suddenly tens of ambulances rushed to the scene and back with about 50 casualties from that building. some of them are killed, some of them are injured. and this has, i've been like watching it all day and night as we stay here in this hospital. like, the number of casualties arriving, about 110 people only killed in this city of khan younis. this is the place that the israeli army asked the people in gaza and the north to flee south. this is safe, but today the local authority here said, they said a third of air strikes every night are targeting this

we'll have the very latest from gaza, with our correspondent, rushdi abu alouf, who's been to the scenef the hospital blast. a warning some of the images in his report could be distressing. when i arrived at the hospital, they were still collecting the dead. after what looks to have been the deadliest moment we have seen so far in gaza. there were burnt out cars after a huge fire following last night's blast. i was talking to one of the people who witnessed this what they call a massacre, he said they were just sitting in their garden peacefully and suddenly a huge explosion rocked the area. he said we collected bodies, the injured people, we evacuated serious injuries, using motor kikele. cycle. some people evacuated on foot from here. blood—soaked mattresses lay on the ground. as we made our way through the devastation, wreckage. children's backpacks and collapses tents where people had been sleeping. doctors said people were seeking shelter. witnesses said the grounds were packed with people living under siege and underfair. people are still collecting body pieces from under ground,