hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. all day we have been watching the rafah crossing. official says 76 injured have no left gaza, along with 335 foreign passport holders. this is from egyptian media. they say these are some of the first foreign nationals to leave. they thought 500 could leave in this first phase. the latest figures we are getting is just under 300 first phase. the latest figures we are getting isjust under 300 or so. also injured people. these are pictures from this morning, ambulances crossing there. 76 people we believe you are injured palestinians leaving gaza heading into egypt. heading the other direction, take a look at this, these are aid trucks coming from egypt into gaza. 20 trucks we understand, but that is a tiny percentage of the amount that is actually needed according to eight agencies. hand reduced to come through the crossing, nowjust 20. let's leave the rafah crossing now. i want to annoy take you to a second large air strike i want to annoy take you to a second large airstrike in i want to annoy take you to a second large air strike injabalia. for the first air strike, hamas claims seven hostages it was holding have been killed in that strike. we have been killed in that strike. we have heard from israel, it has announced a 15 foot soldiers have been killed in gaza since tuesday. we have also heard from the un humanitarian chief, martin griffiths. he says these attacks on jabalia orjust the latest griffiths. he says these attacks on jabalia or just the latest atrocity to befall the people of vassar. naturally these pictures, this is idf released footage. they are showing the warships and missile capabilities there in the red sea. let's get this report not from a middle east correspondent. a warning, you may find some of this report upsetting. the long wait, almost over. this is gaza's main gateway to the world. and this morning, finally, it was opening. several hundred foreign passport holders were hoping to exit. only those with their names on an approved list were able to pass. thisjordanian man was told to come. translation: my family | is in amman and i've been here for nearly a month, each day waiting for death as houses around us are destroyed. from ourfamily, the farra family there are 76 martyrs. and three and a half weeks into this brutal war, ambulances were also bringing out some of the critically injured for treatment. most palestinian patients will be brought to this new field hospital, which egypt has set up close to the rafah crossing. back in gaza, classrooms have become makeshift hospital wards, and every day sees hundreds more killed. old and young. new pictures capture the panic after israel's huge strikes onjabalya refugee camp yesterday. the air thick with dust. children dead and wounded. israel's military says that it killed a hamas commander here and dozens of his men, though hamas denies it. translation: striking him caused the building to collapse _ on the tunnel infrastructure that was under the camp. this caused the collapse of additional structures. this demonstrates, again, that murderous terrorists are cynically using civilians as a human shield. as israel's ground forces push further into gaza, the death toll is rising on both sides. the army says 11 israeli soldiers were killed yesterday, and far to the south, in the red sea, a new naval deployment for what israel sees as a new front in the war after a missile attack from yemen. meanwhile, this afternoon, word in gaza had spread of the opening of rafah crossing. the surge in numbers egypt had feared with palestinians desperate to escape from harm's way. yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. it's been a long wait for the 76 wounded palestinians and 335 foreign passport—holders egyptian officials say have now arrived in egypt from southern gaza. it's the first time people have been able to exit the besieged territory since the current conflict between israel and hamas began. the bbc understands there are about 7,000 people registered as dual nationals in gaza, but it's not clear whether all of them will be allowed to leave. we have spoken to some of those who've been waiting at the crossing. translation: i was the former manager of al-awda _ hospital in north gaza. i came here to visit my family, but then i couldn't go back after the war broke out. i've been here for almost a month. this is the fourth or fifth time i've had to come to the crossing, after a call from thejordanian foreign ministry. today, they called at 2.00am and asked me to go to the crossing, as there will be an evacuation forjordanians and some foreigners. during my work at al—awda hospital, i witnessed the three invasions of the northern gaza strip, none of them were as brutal or as violent as we see now. the most important now is that the people in gaza are in high spirits. translation: the problem is the crossing is open - for dual—nationality people. anyone who has another nationality besides the palestinian has interests in the country they're going to. this crossing should be open for everything in gaza. food, supplies and fuel. we have almost 20,000 people who are severely injured and need to travel abroad for treatment. in gaza, we don't have power, food and water. also, there are no doctors from the arab countries who came to gaza to help. we are the palestinian people we are muslims, we are believers, we own the land, we are in the cause, and we hope to get support from the arab nation in our struggle. i have the egyptian and palestinian nationalities. my name is muhammad hashem. i hope i can travel today. i have interest, of course. no—one of us is leaving our country, we are leaving for extreme necessity. we are like the injured, but in a different way. our gaza correspondent rushdi abu alouf, who was at the rafah crossing with egypt, told us more about the situation there. in the morning, it was thousands of people, but then it turned out that a list was taken on this wall, saying that those people, about 500 people, the only people who are allowed to cross. in this hall, there is about 350 people already. 150 were transported in buses. no control, no passport control, no stamp, no electronic system here. all is down. only a civilian palestinian officer checking the passports and then allowing who is named, checking the list and allowing them into the buses. and then from here, straight straightaway to the egyptian side, where they will have the proper check in and passport control. about 20 meters from here is another gate that designed to go for cars. and we have seen about 20 or 30 ambulances carrying those who are seriously wounded by the israeli war from different hospitals, including nasser hospital, where i was reporting all, all the time. and they were taken now to the egyptian side because people were injured and it takes a little bit of time because they don't have any ids or any passports. so the egyptian will have to identify them and make sure that they are... their identity. then they will be transported into a field hospital outside the this crossing near ten kilometers. and from there, they will be taken to further treatment in egypt. but this is very big significance for people for about 7000 palestinians who have dual nationality. and they were waiting for days to have this chance, but also for tens of thousands of injured people, including many children and women who are waiting for this gate to to be opened so they can be sent for medical treatment. for more on israel's military operation, i'mjoined by dr ahron bregman, a professor at the department of war studies at king's college. he served with the israeli defense forces in 1982 during the lebanon war. thank you very much for coming on the programme. can i ask you about the programme. can i ask you about the strategy and the tactics now in light of two potential strikes we have had that have garnered a lot of attention at the jabalia refugee camp, a lot of destruction and casualties. in your opinion, what would be the rationale, the thoughts behind striking these locations? i don't know, but i assume that they believe that under the houses in jabalia refugee camp, which is a very small area with close to 100,000 people, israel probably believes that there are tunnels there and hamas members. this is probably the reason why they bond the area. flan probably the reason why they bond the area. . . , ~ , ., the area. can air strikes or artillery — the area. can air strikes or artillery strikes, _ the area. can air strikes or artillery strikes, can - the area. can air strikes or artillery strikes, can they i the area. can air strikes or. artillery strikes, can they be effective against tunnels? or to fundamentally to collapsed tunnel systems, do you have to be there boots on the ground delay explosions down to close the tunnels? so much of the hamas network relies on those tunnels. i of the hamas network relies on those tunnels. . . of the hamas network relies on those tunnels. .. , ., ., of the hamas network relies on those tunnels. .. i. ., i. tunnels. i can tell you that you cannot collapse _ tunnels. i can tell you that you cannot collapse them - tunnels. i can tell you that you cannot collapse them with - tunnels. i can tell you that you - cannot collapse them with artillery, but you can do it from the air if you have the intelligence to show you have the intelligence to show you that the tunnel is there, either the exit or the entrance to the channel. many of the channels, the openings of the tunnels, are inside buildings. this is the reason why we can see that the israeli air force tries to bomb many of the buildings there. ., ., , ., , there. part of the strategy considerations, _ there. part of the strategy considerations, the - there. part of the strategy considerations, the talks l there. part of the strategy i considerations, the talks that there. part of the strategy - considerations, the talks that will go on, the decisions that will be made, they will clearly rely on intelligence to identify whether tunnels are, then they will have to consider the civil defence and other buildings around. are those kind of calculation is made on every single air strike, calculation is made on every single airstrike, every calculation is made on every single air strike, every single mission, or not? it air strike, every single mission, or not? , . , , ., not? it is an interesting question. in the past. _ not? it is an interesting question. in the past, before _ not? it is an interesting question. in the past, before this _ not? it is an interesting question. in the past, before this war, - not? it is an interesting question. in the past, before this war, the i in the past, before this war, the israelis used to warn the residents that a certain building was going to be attacked, so they would drop a small bomb just to make some noise, and for the residents of the buildings, that would tell them they had ten or 15 minutes to get out. they don't do it any more. theyjust bomb the buildings. the israelis insist that they have already asked the residents to leave by dropping leaflets inviting them to go to the southern part of the gaza strip. the idf sa in: southern part of the gaza strip. the idf saying today that 15 of its soldiers have been killed since tuesday. are you envisaging that number going up now as its continued ground offensive moves further into the heart of gaza city? yes. ground offensive moves further into the heart of gaza city?— the heart of gaza city? yes, the israelis are _ the heart of gaza city? yes, the israelis are now _ the heart of gaza city? yes, the israelis are now at _ the heart of gaza city? yes, the israelis are now at the - the heart of gaza city? yes, the israelis are now at the gates - the heart of gaza city? yes, the israelis are now at the gates of| israelis are now at the gates of gaza city and it will become tougher and it'll be bloody. both sides, because they are moving into areas where there are more channels from where there are more channels from where hamas competence will get outs and can get back in. there are also many palestinians, because although the israelis invited them to move to the israelis invited them to move to the southern part of the gaza strip, many of the palestinians in gaza city and around gaza city decided to stay in their houses.— city and around gaza city decided to stay in their houses. thank you very much for coming _ stay in their houses. thank you very much for coming on _ stay in their houses. thank you very much for coming on the _ stay in their houses. thank you very | much for coming on the programme. thank you. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. an inquest has heard that sir bobby charlton died after an accidental haul at a care home. he died aged 86 in macclesfield general hospital last month. an inquest heard he was living in the willows in knutsford, a nursing home caring for patients with dementia. the met office is worn in parts of southern england to brace for storm ciara, where warnings are in place until friday. gusts of 80 mph are possible in exposed parts of the south coast. 20—25 millimetres of rain is expected. northumbria police say two more people have been arrested over the felling of the world famous sycamore gap tree. the tree was believed to have been around 300 years old but was cut down in late september by two men aged in their 30s, who have since been released on police bail. you're live with bbc news. hospitals in gaza are overwhelmed, facing limited supplies of fuel and medicines, with many simply running out of space. according to ocha, the united nations office which co—ordinates humanitarian affairs, as of two days ago around 117,000 displaced people were sheltering in the ten hospitals which are still operational in northern gaza. many of these buildings have received what the un describes as "repeated evacuation orders", but as the un points out, the "evacuation of hospitals is impossible without endangering patients' lives". the un also reports that emergency c—sections are being performed without anaesthesia, amid shortages of medical supplies. as of two days ago, the un estimated that 50,000 pregnant women were without basic services. it had recorded 82 attacks on health care facilities. one of the organisations which has medical staff in gaza is doctors without borders. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet, who's injerusalem, was joined from jordan by their spokesperson, dr tanya haj—hassan, who has previously worked in gaza and she asked her what conditions were like for those of her colleagues working there now. i don't have the words to describe the conditions they're working under now. they're just impossible. they've been stripped of every tool that we use in our profession to take care of patients from pain medicines to anesthetic drugs, as you mentioned to patients to sleep for the very painful things we have to do at times to save patients' lives, including surgery, to running water, to communication systems to each other and the outside world as the communication constantly gets interrupted for mobile phones and the internet. and most recently, as you may have reported previously in your program, you know, multiple hospitals have completely run out of fuel. the largest hospital, al—shifa hospital, the largest trauma hospital, warned last night that they're imminently going to run out of fuel, likely in the next 2a hours. same is true of the indonesian hospital in the north. once they do run out of fuel, they will no longer be able to operate their backup generators, which are the only mechanism to produce electricity and energy at this point. and once that electricity is completely cut, then they have no ventilators, they have no monitors, and they have none of the tools of modern medicine that we use to keep patients on life support therapy. so they're essentially stripped of every tool we use to relieve pain and suffering and to help patients survive. on top of that, you mentioned that some of these hospitals don't have room for patients. the reports i'm hearing is all of the remaining few functioning hospitals have no room for patients. they're taking care of patients on the floors. of patients in the hallways. and we are receiving harrowing, harrowing, i mean, horrifying videos of the types of massacres that are coming in. in other news at this hour, pakistan says it has started to arrest afghans as the country begins a nationwide crackdown on foreign nationals it says are in the country illegally. many millions have fled from afghanistan to pakistan over the years, most recently to escape the taliban takeover in 2021. the pakistan government says it is following its own rules, but amnesty international and other human rights groups have criticised the policy. our pakistan correspondent caroline davies has more from islamabad. we've already heard that there have been arrests. that's in karachi and peshawar. we've already seen footage that the police here have put out of people who are already being deported. they've been loaded up onto coaches and then taken to the border with afghanistan. now, journalists are not allowed, at the moment today, very close to that border. they've put in a boundary line and have stopped people from coming in close to be able to film, so we can't see exactly what is on the ground, but yesterday me and the team were very close to that area. we were in peshawar, which is one of the main roads on the way up to the torkham border, a big crossing between pakistan and afghanistan, and we could see lorry upon lorry of people that were travelling from across pakistan to go to afghanistan, people who were afghan nationals who were worried about what might happen to them if they decided to stay in the country. now, as you mention, the pakistan government has said this is about people who are in the country illegally, but some of the people that we spoke to said that they had got documentation that is considered to be legal documentation but that they had still faced harassment from the police. and that led them to think this is the only path they could take, that they were deciding to leave before they potentially harassed further or even deported. now, as i say, the pakistan government have said that this is not about people who've got official documentation. they've said that they will be aware of people who are particularly vulnerable. but the unhcr has also talked about some of their concerns of some of the vulnerable groups. a lot of people here who do not have documentation, people who have often come across since 2021 when the taliban took power in afghanistan. we know from amnesty international that it's been quite slow to get some of those documentation through to get people verified. that's happened in pakistan, that's been difficult for people to get these official documents. and so there are many people who are still scared about going back to afghanistan, and many people who have also decided not to leave pakistan and to try to stay. the pakistan police have said that they have been working out where all these individuals are, whether they're in cities, whether they're in villages, and that they will start that process of deporting people who are here they say that don't have the right documents. ukrainian children forced to leave their homes near the front line have started arriving in safer parts of the country. the authorities ordered families to move away from more than thirty towns and villages last week as shelling and fighting intensified in parts of the donetsk and kherson regions. jenny hill went to meet some of the families who've fled the east of the country, where russia has launched renewed offensives in recent weeks. the full weight of russian aggression continues to bear down on this country. the conflict seemingly endless, more victims every day. more refugees too. these families fled their homes near the front line after the government ordered them to get their children to safety. no—one knows when — if — they'll ever return. lives packed into bags — room only for the most precious of belongings. safe now, but look at the shock on their faces. they're here with their mum, who told us their dad has stayed behind. their grandparents refused to leave. translation: our house has been shelled ten times. - it is destroyed and, right behind the house, there is still a shell that hasn't exploded. getting help in and people out of ukraine's war—torn towns and villages is difficult and dangerous. this is footage taken by a special police unit, the white angels, who rescue civilians — children from the donetsk region. we spoke to one of the team. translation: the danger. is there because the russians don't stop shelling. the evacuation has to happen fast. someone has to talk with the children all the time to keep them distracted from the dangers on the road or any other stressful moment. that's why each crew carries children's toys in their car. there are nearly five million internally displaced people in ukraine. the government provides food, money, housing. this old school is now home to several families. what's really striking here is that we're a long way from any front line. nevertheless, a generation — these children — are growing up living lives entirely shaped by conflict. which is why varvara tries to keep up online with her old school lessons. she fled with her mum and gran after a shell hit the house. they start to tell us that life here is good, quiet, beautiful. but then they're overcome. it seems to me you miss your home, though — how it was. "we want to go home," they say. "we want this to end so she can go back to school." but peace, a return to normal life, remains a distant prospect. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. storm ciaran is explosively developing as we speak. the satellite picture shows this rapidly intensifying area of low pressure continuing to take shape and race towards our shores. it's this that will bring some very strong winds to our neck of the woods. now, the met office have issued a couple of amber wind warnings across southern england. gusts of wind 70 or 80 miles an hour, strong enough to bring down some trees in a few places, so we could see some disruption. but the strongest winds will be heading across the north—west of france and the channel islands. gusts of wind over 100 miles an hour, strong enough to rip roofs off buildings, whereas across parts of southern england, the winds are going to be kind of the strength you're going to see lots of times this autumn and winter season. so there'll be a large variance in the winds from place to place, even over a relatively short distance. today, while broadly speaking, it's a day of sunny spells and showers, the quiet before the storm. we do have some longer spells of rain in northern scotland where it continues to be quite cold. so overnight that storm ciaran, moves in, and the fierce, violent winds come behind this cold front in a conveyor belt of damaging winds that transfers across the north—west of france to the channel islands with winds gusting over 100 miles an hour in places. roofs get ripped off buildings for one or two places. lots of trees being brought down. so i'm expecting some severe transport disruption and disruption to power supplies as well. now, the winds could also bring impacts to devon and cornwall. and as we go through the day, the winds will tend to pick up once again into parts of kent and sussex. ferries are likely to be affected with delays and cancellations, but in the centre of the low pressure, it's actually not going to be that windy. so just bear that in mind, the strong winds aren't for everyone. now, heading into friday, the storm system works its way into the north sea. it's weakening rapidly by this stage. so it's still quite a windy kind of day, but no impacts really expected. what will continue to happen, though, is we'll continue to see further outbreaks of rain. and the rain both through thursday and friday could tip the balance and bring some further localised flooding for some of our communities, given how wet the weather has been during october. now, beyond that, through saturday and sunday, it stays unsettled with showers or some longer spells of rain. so again, there could be a few flooding issues and again, the winds are likely to pick up, i think, as we go into sunday as well. that's the latest. bye for now. this is bbc news, the headlines 76 injured palestinians and as many as 335 foreign passport holders are now reported to have crossed into egypt from gaza — the first to leave the strip since israel's siege began. another large air strike hits jabalia in northern gaza — a day after dozens were killed there. the un's humanitarian chief says the war has entered an even more terrifying phase. the met office has issued severe warnings ahead of storm ciaran — saying it will bring travel disruption and pose a risk to life in the next twenty—four hours. the uk announces a "world first agreement" on how to manage the riskiest forms of artificial intelligence, as it hosts an ai safety summit. and top civil servant — helen macnamara — has told the uk covid inquiry there was not one day when covid rules were followed in downing street during the pandemic.