dealing with the continuous israeli air strikes around khan younis here.portant, it's gaza city and the north, where most of the israeli operations are taking place now. very little information from some local registration that's still functioning is talking about huge explosions in the north—west of gaza city and north—west of the beit lahia, north—east of beit hanoun and the north. so four different areas where israel has been hitting hard since last night. people have been telling the local registration is that this is something that they have never, ever heard of, the scale of explosions, the intensity of the air strikes in the area, people said they have never seen before. we lost all connection with the local authority here, also with the hospitals, so no updated figure about the number of people killed, but it is close to 8,000 people, according to the director of this hospital, nasser, in khan younis. people are extremely worried about what is going to be happening next and if the israeli tanks will start to advance into some parts of gaza strip. v

: when we moved to khan younis with my family, there were - translation: when we moved to khan younis were 17 - younis with my family, there were 17 of us. then we became four. i can't understand howjust the of us. then we became four. i can't understand how just the four of us will live and how we will return to her home in gaza city after 17 of us used to live together. also her home in gaza city after 17 of us used to live together.— used to live together. also stuck in the south, — used to live together. also stuck in the south, stephanie _ used to live together. also stuck in the south, stephanie and - used to live together. also stuck in the south, stephanie and her- used to live together. also stuck in | the south, stephanie and her young family from blackpool. they moved to gaza a year ago, now caught up in a war they didn't bargain for. we have exnerienced — war they didn't bargain for. we have experienced bombing _ war they didn't bargain for. we have experienced bombing and _ war they didn't bargain for. we have experienced bombing and planes . experienced bombing and plane

the road to khan younis.ruggling to find accommodation for the people. find essential needs, water is running out. in the hospital, medicine is running out. they are trying to manage very little fuel, doctors have left to run the generators. and very small amount of life—saving kits that they have, since israel is closing all the borders, and egypt until now said, we can't guarantee that if we send the aid, israel will not... israel willallow that if we send the aid, israel will not... israel will allow it. tiara not... israel will allow it. two thins, not... israel will allow it. two things. you — not... israel will allow it. two things, you touched - not... israel will allow it. two things, you touched on i not... israel will allow it. two things, you touched on one of them, just describe for me what infrastructure, if any, is there to take the influx of people, and describe a little more... was there panic amongst the people who were trying to move at such short notice when you started yourjourney? imilieu

in khan younis.tinian people trapped at the moment in khan younis. we will keep ou with moment in khan younis. we will keep you with but — moment in khan younis. we will keep you with but we _ moment in khan younis. we will keep you with but we are _ moment in khan younis. we will keep you with but we are going _ moment in khan younis. we will keep you with but we are going to - moment in khan younis. we will keep you with but we are going to go - moment in khan younis. we will keep you with but we are going to go for. you with but we are going to go for a short break. another line: we will show you some pictures from gaza city. let me show you. you can see the plume of black smoke which has just appeared on the skyline there in gaza city. why might that be? it is because we have heard that the wing of hamas has fired 20 rockets this afternoon towards israeli settlements and that is perhaps one of the reasons why the israeli army has been responding. we will take the short break and will come right b

and these images are from khan younis in southern gaza. israel had asked palestinian civilians to move south for their own safety as it said it was focusing its air strikes on hamas infrastructure. the israel defence forces released this video of air strikes over gaza. we can't independently verify when this was shot. gazais gaza is the south but to the north, israel has also launched fresh air strikes. this time at iran backed hezbollah inside lebanon. this is a video of it firing at hezbollah. 34 3a aid trucks has so far managed to get into gaza. the main un agency there says hundreds of trucks of aid are needed every day. the rafah crossing is currently the only route into gaza because it's the only one that doesn't border israel. this means that it is the only entry point for aid as it stands. here is our middle eastern correspondent yolande knell with the latest. a sleepless night in gaza. from afar, the flashes of successive israeli air strikes in gaza city as israel steps up its bombing campaign. and amid more and more destruction,

there _ younis and stay with family members. there was— younis and stay with family members.d stay with family members. there was a 43 of us staying in one flat. , ., , ., ,., flat. on the israeli side of border the have flat. on the israeli side of border they have already _ flat. on the israeli side of border they have already left. _ flat. on the israeli side of border they have already left. in - flat. on the israeli side of border they have already left. in this - they have already left. in this town, 90% of the residents have gone. rocket attacks in the past few weeks the early warning signs of a wider war. weeks the early warning signs of a widerwar. shalom weeks the early warning signs of a wider war. shalom already has ptsd from a rocket attack on the building here in 2005. seeing hamas gunmen in the streets was unreal, he says. translation: it is like a bad dream and i want to wake up and not be here. i don't want to be here. the whole building was shaking last night and we spent all night in the safe room. again. it is the same thing over and over again. this safe

here in the hospital in khan younis, this is the medical centre.le, the original people who lived in khan younis, but now there are 600,000 more. 0veri million people are getting their medical service from this relatively small hospital which now they are threatening, not threaten, they said we only have an amount of fuel that can run to the end of this day, and they said we are going out of service by midnight. there are so many parties trying to secure any sort of fuel, buying it from gas stations, if there is any left, buy it from companies. they are trying to find any sort of fuel just to get to the hospital. they might be able to secure fuel. as long as the fuel is coming and available they should be functioning, but even functioning, we are functioning only 30%, which is the life—saving treatment for people. all nonessential treatment, any sort of surgery, not necessarily life—saving, they will not get to do it. what about people with kidney dialysis, people suffering from other diseases not related to the war? so the situation is really cata

we can go to khan younis which is about halfway down the strip. family to the south. —— our correspondent. i can see you are somewhere near the hospital but what can you tell us from the situation in khan younis at the moment and what are you seeing? the last minute, we have seen rockets being fired from the area here, and the defence system was trying to intercept those rockets but this is a city in the south of gaza, the second largest city and it is having to accommodate i gaza, the second largest city and it is having to accommodatei million people in overi million people according to the local authorities. the original residents this area is 400000 and the original residents this area is aooooo and they have now received about 600,000 refugees, 400000 and they have now received about 600,000 refugees, 400,000 gaza from northern gaza according to the local authority and about 100,000 from the east of khan younis. the place which experienced israeli ground operation back in 2014, where a lot of people were killed and many houses were destroyed.

he sent from a hospital in khan younis in a gaza.ave 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 fuel to run the main generator in the hospital. and also, they said they have to cancel all nonessential operations and they are only treating people with life—threatening injuries. our correspondent rushdi abualouf

this was khan younis in the south of the gaza strip at 12:30 today, filmed by a bbcjournalist.tented camp at khan younis, cleanliness is part of the struggle to preserve dignity. | translation: at night, it's cold | and there aren't enough blankets. we are sleeping on dirt. the children are all sick. where are the rights of our children? where are our human rights? the fun and the friendship of childhood. they grasp what they can, knowing how brutally it can be lost. fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem. well, the worsening humanitarian situation in gaza is evident — and despite it, rushdi abu alouf — the bbc�*s gaza correspondent — remains there, one of 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

in the tented camp at khan younis, cleanliness is part of the struggle to preserve dignity.and there - aren't enough blankets. we are sleeping on dirt, the children are all sick. where are the rights of our children? where are our human rights? the fun and the friendship of childhood. they grasp what they can, knowing how brutally it can be lost. fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem. well, the worsening humanitarian situation in gaza is evident — and the un agency responsible for palestinian refugees says that because of israeli restrictions on aid, it will run out of fuel tomorrow. israel disputes the lack of fuel. the bbc�*s gaza reporter rushdi abu alouf reports now from a hospital in khan younis, in southern gaza, on the increasingly desperate struggle 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 i

but last night was the worst so far in the town of khan younis.l reserving its right to pursue hamas targets anywhere, with devastating consequences for civilians. nowhere is safe really in gaza and we also noticed people who were in the south, evacuated and walked to the south and they are going back to the north because they had nowhere else to go because the shelters are overwhelmed. dima lost 13 members of her immediate family. her surviving siblings traumatised. translation: when we moved to khan younis with my family, | there were 17 of us. then we became four. i can't understand howjust the four of us will live and how we will return to our home in gaza city after 17 of us used to live together. also stuck in the south, stephanie and her young family from blackpool. they moved to gaza a year ago, now caught up in a war they didn't bargain for. we have experienced bombing and planes flying over us and buildings destroyed, all sorts of horrible things. it's not been a good experience. the un has helped organised two consecutive days of around

this hospital is providing services not only for 4,000 people who originally lived in khan younis, butalf million palestinians who are displaced from their homes in gaza city and the north. well, israel says its looming ground invasion is meant to completely eliminate hamas from gaza. the israeli military occupied the enclave from 1967 until it withdrew in 2005. now, some voices in israel are calling for another occupation. but today president biden warned israel off that path, and reaffirmed his commitment to a two—state solution. here he is speaking to scott pelley from our partners at cbs news. would you support israeli occupation of gaza at this point? i think it would be a big mistake. look, what happened in gaza in my view is hamas and the extreme elements of hamas don't represent all the palestinian people. and i think that it would be a mistake for israel to occupy gaza again. but going in and taking out the extremists, the hezbollah up north, but hamas down south, is a necessary requirement. do you believe hamas must be eliminated entirely? yes, i do. but there needs to be a p

in the tented camp at khan younis, cleanliness is part of the struggle to preserve dignity.it's cold and there - aren't enough blankets. we are sleeping on dirt, the children are all sick. where are the rights of our children? where are our human rights? the fun and the friendship of childhood. they grasp what they can, knowing how brutally it can be lost. fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem. i spoke to the acting consul general of israel in new york. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. we saw there the un secretary—general antonio guterres saying there were clear violations of humanitarian law in hamas, both the use of civilians as human shields but also israel bombing southern gaza when there was an evacuation order in place there. the blockade, more than 2,300 children dead. how does israeljustify what the un sees as breaches of international humanitarian law? first of all, the secretary—general, what he has said is shameful. he has presented a total moralfailure. you cannotjustify the atrocities of hamas. 1,400 of my people were murdered, raped, burned alive, 200 people a

and they are taking khan younis as refuge. senior un officials says he's deep in negotiations to get aid into gaza. the un under—secretary general, martin griffiths, told the bbc help was needed to support those who have fled to southern gaza. he accused israel of failing to comply with international humanitarian law and said civilians must be able to move safely and not be attacked. we are deep in negotiations, have been for days — helped a great deal, by the way, by secretary blinken and his constant efforts to arrange, with the help of the egyptians and the israelis, to get the first emergency aid into gaza from rafah to help those million and others who are situated in the south. there is an international humanitarian law requirement that for people to move out of harm's way in a war is one thing, but to do it in a way that they have access to places of safety that they themselves can choose, to humanitarian aid that will allow them to move safely, is imperative. and this is also being breached. i hope we're going to see t

he is in khan younis, in southern gaza, for us. 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 area and more than half of the people who were k

he sent us this update from a hospital in khan younis, in the south of gaza.anitarian situation is deteriorating, reaching the level of catastrophic as the director of this hospital in khan younis told me. he said, we have as little as 200 litres of fuel to run all the essential operation for the hospital, and they expecting tomorrow midnight, should all the generators in the hospital here will stop. this hospital is providing services for not only 4,000 people who originally lived in khan younis, but for another half million palestinians who are displaced from their homes in gaza city and the north. the hospital now is supposed to be treating, working to help one million people. since last weekend, ever since last weekend's unprecedented attack by hamas, weekend, attack by hamas, israel and egypt have not allowed journalists to enter gaza. 0ur former gaza correspondent, jon donnison, has been speaking to one young woman who, over the past week, has been documenting her daily life there. we are evacuating, we are leaving our houses... bisan 0wda is a 25—year—o

, the area in khan younis and rafah, the area in khan younis and rafah, the area which was consideredllion people come to this area, it was shelled heavily this morning. i was shelled heavily this morning. i was about to go on air when we got a call from my wife saying that the near by house has been threatened, the israelis want to attack the house. and straightaway we had to evacuate the house. this is the third time we have been displaced since the beginning of this war. and we had to leave the house very quickly and we left everything behind, our belongings, our passports, our id, everything and, yeah, i was far away from the family, i was about to go on air and my wife was in the house with the kids, with my father in law and about 25 people in the same building. the whole building has to evacuate and the... all the compound was out very quickly and to the near by hospital. they were waiting there until i contacted someone and send it to him and i... i am now being joined with my family in the hospital. so we are taking the hospital. so we are taking the hospital as the shelter.

this was khan younis in the south of the gaza strip at 12:30pm today, filmed by a bbcjournalist.eople. in the tented camp at khan younis, cleanliness is part of the struggle to preserve dignity. | translation: at night it is cold | and there aren't enough blankets. we are sleeping on dirt, the children are all sick. where are the rights of our children? where are our human rights? the fun and the friendship of childhood. they grasp what they can, knowing how brutally it can be lost. fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem. well, the worsening humanitarian situation in gaza is evident, and the un agency responsible for palestinian refugees says that, because of israeli restrictions on aid, it will run out of fuel tomorrow. israel disputes the lack of fuel. the bbc�*s gaza reporter, rushdi abualouf, reports now from a hospital in khan younis, in southern gaza, on the increasingly desperate struggle 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 yo

one of the towns you saw in that report was khan younis.lion people needing to be fed and sheltered. 0ur correspondent in gaza, who provided a lot of those pictures, is saying, look, it's not happening

well, the bbc�*s rushdi abu—alouf is in the city of khan younis in southern gaza.ions and the internet were lost to gaza. earlier, he gave us this update. air strikes continue across the gaza strip, but in khan younis, it is the area where israel asked 2.1 million people to leave their houses in the north and come here and they were about 25 air strikes overnight and about 25 air strikes overnight and about 25 air strikes overnight and about 25 people were killed. today, the rescue team are continuing to search under the rubble of the entire neighbourhood in gaza city. israel, two days ago, bombed the place. about 20 buildings were buried, levelled to the ground according to the local authority here, run by hamas. 132 people were killed. today, another ten trucks from egypt went into gaza. but what is also more significant is about ten doctors to help the hospitals here. their staff are struggling, their staff are overwhelmed by the number of casualties that they are dealing with everyday. when ten doctors isn't enough, they said we need more and more people to com

our correspondent outside that hospital you can see in khan younis that you can see.the moment but that belies the enormous practice are the doctors are under, notjust the chronic shortage of health supplies in the gaza strip, but the shortage of clean water because the generators are the only source of power and there was no means to pump clean water so there is real concern that we will see disease spread in gaza city with people now turning to agricultural water, such is the shortage. you might have heard drone buzzing around there, you can hear the drones in gaza city, you constantly hear groans like that, armed drones which remedy constantly you are under the eye of the israeli and the threatened bombardment any minute and it does play on your nerves, i can tell you. and just a word for our arab crews working in gaza city as well, very difficult to keep viewers informed when at the same time they are having to relocate their families and think of their families come under enormous pressure themselves at the moment so we are grateful for the reporting they are bri

khan younis is in the south of the gaza strip. these are areas that families, civilians were told to flee towards this weekend by israeli military for their safety. so families went there. i think about 500,000 people went there hoping to find that refuge to absolutely not see that at all they continue to face death, continue to face destruction in those areas. the other significant thing to take away here when we're talking about southern gaza is that's where the rafah border crossing is. you remember president biden announced this deal that will allow some trucks into gaza through the rafah border crossing. that could complicate those efforts if there is continued fighting. we have from rights group there has been destruction to the rafah bordering crossing caused by israeli airstrikes. that humanitarian aid is crucial. every single hour counts. again, when you are looking at the people trapped, sealed into the gaza strip essentially by this complete siege, by the closure of the rafah border crossing, rights groups accusing this

so another night of heavy bombing in southern gaza, khan younis.a where israel asked 1.2 million people to come in. they said it's safer for you to be south. but as you can see, every night, there is airstrikes here in this area. but in gaza city, i think tonight, hamas local authority said that israel is committing massacres. as they said, they destroyed three houses over the heads of their people. more than 20 people killed and dozens other injured. when we talk about a humanitarian situation, things are getting worse and worse here as the people are watching the trucks coming in, but there is no aid being distributed. very little aid goes to the shelters, the un shelters. they are talking about 130 shelters for the more than half a million people who are staying, who are displaced from their houses in gaza city and the north. and they came south. they are now staying in the un schools, un shelters. meanwhile in the uk, prime minister rishi sunak has told mps the british government has concluded that the explosion at the hospital in gaza was like

the latest where in khan younis. it is very heavily populated area already.of thousands of people are sheltering in this place because house was destroyed and about 20 people were killed in the two hours. d0 and about 20 people were killed in the two nonre— and about 20 people were killed in the two hours-_ and about 20 people were killed in the two hours. do take care, thank ou for the two hours. do take care, thank you forjoining _ the two hours. do take care, thank you forjoining us _ the two hours. do take care, thank you forjoining us again _ the two hours. do take care, thank you forjoining us again from - the two hours. do take care, thank you forjoining us again from the i you forjoining us again from the south of the gaza strip. yolonde knell, this is intensifying but hostages are being released. will this put more pressure on israel to delay that widely expected ground attack? still no sign of the ground offensive starting, but what we had from the israeli military chief of staff is this promise of what he called relentless attacks on hamas, to dism

our correspondent rushdi abualouf is in khan younis and has just managed to send us this update, using satellite phone.— to send us this update, using a satellite phone. hundreds of israeli air strikes since _ satellite phone. hundreds of israeli air strikes since last _ satellite phone. hundreds of israeli air strikes since last night - satellite phone. hundreds of israeli air strikes since last night and - air strikes since last night and throughout the day across the gaza strip, in khan younis, about 20 air strikes today. the shelling was intensifying in the north. and east, and west of gaza, gaza strip. especially with the israelis are announcing a new stage of the operation, expanding the ground operation. we understand their tanks were as deep as two kilometres north, west gaza, close to the sea. people could see tanks in the area. communication is very, very difficult in gaza since 2a hours, as israel cut all of the communication, mobile carriers, the two main mobile carrier is not functioning. internet lines not functioning anywhere. getting information is really hard and diffi

here's his assessment of the situation on the ground, from an aid camp, in the city of khan younis, inouth of the territory. about 2,000 families living in these tents. they are people displaced from the northern 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 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 fo

he sent this report from a hospital in khan younis, in southern gaza.by 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 for playing gordon clegg in coronation street between 1968 and 2012. in a statement, everton said they lost a chairman, a leader, a friend and an inspiration. three �*

are displaced from the north and gaza city and coming all the way from salahaldin road into khan younisunched the retaliation against hamas, following the deadly attack across the border. the situation, the humanitarian situation here is really at the edge of catastrophic. the city, which already had 400,000 people, has to accommodate now more thani million people, feed them, treat them and accommodate them. president biden has spoken to both israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas in another effort to de—escalate when speaking to netanyahu, president biden reiterated his condemnation of the attacks by hamas forces. meanwhile in his call with president abbas, biden offered the palestinian authority support for humanitarian assistance to the palestinian people, particularly those in gaza. joining me now is our north america correspondent, shingai nyoka. presidentjoe biden has had separate phone calls with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas? what more do we know about those convers

displaced and coming all the way into khan younis.nce 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 while ago, i spoke to our defence correspondent jonathan beale in ashkelon in southern israel. it is great to see you. can you give us the latest about what you are hearing from the israeli military at this hour? you get the sense somethin

so another night of heavy bombing in southern gaza, khan younis.to come in. they said it's safer for you to be south. but as you can see, every night, there is airstrikes here in this area. but in gaza city, i think tonight, hamas local authority said that israel is committing massacres. as they said, they destroyed three houses over the heads of their people. more than 20 people killed and dozens other injured. this is bbc news. let's look at other stories making the news. an off duty pilot in the us has been charged with 83 counts of attempted murder after allegedly trying to bash and alaska airlines passengerjet on sunday night. according to a company statement, joseph emerson was in the cockpit and try to shut down the engines. —— tried to crash. he was subdued by crew members. members of a militia in brazil have set fire to 35 buses after one of their leaders was killed by police. the second—in—command of the largest paramilitary group in rio state. they were originally formed to combat drug gangs but have evolved into organised crime groups.

he's live in khan younis in the south for us now.eporting 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 come in, they said it is saferfor you to be south bu

so another night of heavy bombing in southern gaza, khan younis.rea where israel asked 1.2 million people to come in. they said it's safer for you to be south. but as you can see, every night, there is airstrikes here in this area. but in gaza city, i think tonight, hamas local authority said that israel is committing massacres. as they said, they destroyed three houses over the heads of their people. more than 20 people killed and dozens other injured. when we talk about a humanitarian situation, things are getting worse and worse here as the people are watching the trucks coming in, but there is no aid being distributed. very little aid goes to the shelters, the un shelters. they are talking about 130 shelters for the more than half a million people who are staying, who are displaced from their houses in gaza city and the north. and they came south. they are now staying in the un schools, un shelters. let's get some of the day's other news now. mexican officials say at least 11 police officers have been killed in an armed attack. the identity of

in gaza a hospital serving thousands of patients in khan younis has warned that it will run out of powerday due to israel's blockade of the territory. israel has said it has turned water pipes into southern gaza back on. the un aid agency told the bbc gaza is "being pushed into an abyss". egypt's president, abdel fattah al—sisi, says israel's reaction to the attacks by hamas has gone beyond self—defence and amounts to collective punishment. he was speaking to america's top diplomat, antony blinken, in cairo. after the talks mr blinken urged israel to do everything possible to avoid harming civilians. we'll report from inside gaza, and take a look at how any israeli military operation might pan out. and, what of the ongoing diplomatic efforts, in the crisis. but first, here's jeremy bowen. israel declared its war aims even before the tanks arrived. first, demolishing hamas so it can never be a threat again and arranging more than 1300 people, mostly its own civilians massacred by hamas. in the last few days, the border has become an armed camp. israel says its offensive is anchored injust

we heard there were bombing khan younis. talk about the situation now.looks we're witnessing a situation right now, talking about a population that for days has been that electricity, has been without water come has been without for large parts of it without internet, without food, that aid. hundreds of thousands have left northern gaza. if they are lucky, they have been able to get to relatives and family south. many do not have that privilege. making temporary accommodations. they under constant bombardment, which seems more intense -- bombing of gaza taking place in the last 24 to 48 hours. there have been reports of people killed as they are taking a safe route out of gaza. the hospitals are operating on generators, which are running out of fuel. people are not resorting to water that is unfit for human consumption. there are people that have not been able to leave northern gaza because gaza's main hospital, people with disability, older people. they are terrified of what might come ahead. you have israeli officials who are signaling their intent to

this, the scene in khan younis earlier, following an israeli strike.amas—run health ministry says more than 7,000 people have been killed in gaza since the start of the war. it's released a document it says lists the names and id numbers of all those killed — after president biden cast doubt on its casualty figures. un aid workers in gaza say they've begun to scale down their operations because fuel is running out there. 0vernight, the israel defense forces carried out a "targeted raid" in northern gaza using tanks which, they say, resulted in no israeli casualties. the israeli and palestinian ambassadors to the united nations have made passionate speeches at an emergency session of the un general assembly, vividly describing what their people have gone through in almost three weeks of war. first to speak was riyad mansour — the palestinian ambassador to the united nations. let me address all those who have, in these past few days, explained why one should not call for a ceasefire. how can representatives of states explain how horrible it is that 1,000

that explosion, you saw injeremy�*s report, was at a site near a hospital in khan younis.warning some of these pictures are distressing. i am going to show you the video of that blast. and the smoke billowing after it. some minutes later it was children and un aid workers that began arriving at the hospital. a clearly marked un car seen bringing people wounded people in un uniforms. unwra has around 14,000 staff still working in gaza working in many many facilities. but especially in the south. remember this is the area, that over half million fled to, who will need support. and the danger if they continue to be under bombardment in the south, is then many would prefer to be in their homes in the north, than suffer the idignity of living in these cramped conditions without aid and without any guarantee of safety. i'm joined by danny danon — a member of benjamin netanyahu's party and a former israeli permanent representative to the un. he joins us from tel aviv. thank you for coming onto the programme. are you concerned about these un reports that people are now starting to

more intense in the north more than in khan younis but we did not know exactly what was going on.know exactly what was happening around us. ilirui’ithin what was happening around us. within that chaos were _ what was happening around us. within that chaos were you _ what was happening around us. within that chaos were you able _ what was happening around us. within that chaos were you able to _ what was happening around us. within that chaos were you able to check on your friends and family overnight at all? ., . , your friends and family overnight at all? ., ., , . ., your friends and family overnight at all? ., ., , _, ., ., all? unfortunately we could not have the opportunity _ all? unfortunately we could not have the opportunity to — all? unfortunately we could not have the opportunity to check _ all? unfortunately we could not have the opportunity to check anything - the opportunity to check anything and we were isolated. we could not check our relatives and loved ones in the north and gaza city. we didn't know what was going on there all be heard was bombardment because gaza

today in khan younis, residents lined up for single pieces of bread. president biden said today, aid wasn't arriving fast enough. diab faris says he has no food, water, or electricity. >> [translated] we're killing each other just for some bread. think of us. since this morning, children have not eaten. i swear no one has eaten. think of us, look at us and what's happening. nick: it is the grim reality of gaza today, that when stalked by hunger and death, gazan children write their names on their skin, so their bodies can be identified if buried under rubble. and after this deadly day, gaza, its parents, and its kids are not all right. for the pbs newshour, i'm nick schifrin. geoff: tensions also seem to be growing in the west bank, the other palestinian territory that borders jordan. since the hamas attacks on october 7, 95 palestinians in the west bank have reportedly been killed in clashes with israeli troops, and some with israeli setlers. another 1250 have been arrested. the israeli government says they are going after terror targets and cells the

in a moment, we'll hear from rushdi abu alouf, who's in the city of khan younis, in the south. central gaza. this is an affluent neighbourhood in central gaza. overnight, 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 non—stop, 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 civilians living peacefully in our homes. _ why are you bombing us and ruin

what is the situation in khan younis this morning?gaza city and the north where the ground operation is going on in four different areas, south, west, south east end of the middle. today we understand tanks were moved and will block the access to a road where the tanks are filled. it is on the edge of gaza city. it is considered part of gaza city. it is close to the highly populated area. backin close to the highly populated area. back in 2014, we saw the tanks moving, standing in this area, and they moves to invade most of the western, southern part of gaza city. this is one of the people are worried about most because we still have about 700,000 people within gaza city and the north, the area that israel asked the people to leave, but why people are not leaving, we understand, is because there is no space in this area. this southern part, around 1 million people are displaced. and in this area there is no is even in the hospital for area there is no is even in the hospitalfor any more area there is no is even in the hospital for any