israel has been striking the densely populated refugee camp for days, prompting international outcry. jeremy bowen has the latest. tank rumbles. tonight, israel says it has surrounded gaza city. an army statement said that soldiers were attacking hamas positions... explosion. gunfire. ..places where it launches rockets, and killing terrorists. israel has increased the tempo of its ground war in gaza. the army said its soldiers needed to be resilient is the coming weeks, and a ceasefire was not on the table. the troops have been visited by israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu. translation: icall- on the uninvolved, get out - get out, move south — because we will not quit our efforts to eliminate the hamas terrorists. we will advance, we will advance and win. hamas has released its own video, it said, of an attack against an israeli tank in the zeitoun area east of gaza city. hamas said it would make gaza a cursed place for israel, and send more of its troops home in body bags. israel hit bureij refugee camp, as its prime minister once again ordered palestinian civilians to move south for their own safety. bureij camp is inside the area where he'd told them they should go, and thousands of displaced people were sheltering there. the un human rights office has said that so many civilians have been killed and wounded in israeli air strikes that it has "serious concerns" that these are disproportionate attacks that could be war crimes. a girl was pulled out alive. she asks the stretcher bearers, "are you taking me "to my grave?" the men try to reassure her that she's not dead. across gaza, unknown numbers of dead are buried under the rumble. in bureij camp, he's asked who he's looking for. "my four children, my four children," he says. "oh, god, why did you leave me and die?" israel says it wants to destroy hamas. civilians, it says, are killed because hamas uses them as human shields. this is jabalia in northern gaza — hit three days running. israel defends its targeting vigorously, but it also knows that pictures like this every day make it harder for its allies to push back demands for a ceasefire. the boy is saying, "we didn't do anything wrong, we didn't "do anything wrong." the un says 22 people sheltering in four of its schools were killed today. it isn't clear what hit this one injabalia. what is clear, from the evidence and un statements, is that nowhere is safe in gaza. jeremy bowen, bbc news, southern israel. the un and aid groups in gaza have repeated their calls for a ceasefire. the world health organization says 0rganization says providing health care has become increasingly difficult, with almost half of hospitals in gaza no longerfunctioning. the director—general says they are running out of words to describe the horror that is unfolding. an our ability to meet those needs is plummeting. 23 hospitals have been ordered to evacuate in gaza city, and north gaza. it to evacuate in gaza city, and north gaza-— north gaza. it would put the lives of hundreds _ north gaza. it would put the lives of hundreds of - north gaza. it would put thej lives of hundreds of patients in a life—threatening situation. in a life-threatening situation.— in a life-threatening situation. �* , situation. aid has been trickling _ situation. aid has been trickling in _ situation. aid has been trickling in through - situation. aid has been trickling in through the | situation. aid has been - trickling in through the rafah crossing between gaza and egypt. it was partially opened wednesday to a limited number of civilians. the egyptian health ministry says, so far, 21 injured palestinians entered egypt thursday, along with 344 foreign passport holders, which includes 72 children. that is includes 72 children. that is in addition to the nearly 400 who left on wednesday. but roughly 1000 people are still waiting to cross into neighbouring egypt, including the family of ramos eunice who was here in the us. his wife and two children are trapped in gaza, they are american citizens. their mother is a permanent legal resident. earlier i spoke with him as he waits for news about his family. thank you forjoining us on bbc news in a very difficult time for you and your family as we know. ijust difficult time for you and your family as we know. i just want to start with your wife and two children being stuck in gaza. they have tried to cross, they haven't been able to, what have you heard from them today? i was with them, with my wife particularly on the phone during her attempt to cross the rafah crossing. she spent about seven hours waiting to be allowed in, but they are closing the gates. the reason for that being that her name was not on the list that was circulated and shared between the egyptian side and the palestinian side. so only my two kids are, because they are citizens, were on the list, while she is a legal permanent resident, her name was not on the list. ., ., , ., the list. how have your wife and children _ the list. how have your wife and children been _ the list. how have your wife | and children been managing the list. how have your wife i and children been managing at this time? do they have enough access to clean water, food? it is difficult, you know? as time goes by, things have become more and more difficult to get water, food, milk, etc. at the beginning when the crisis started, we used to have some supplies. now, as of today actually, we were talking, they struggled to get water, and of course they already started drinking salty water, anything they can get hold of. in terms of food, again, same thing, whatever they can get. stores or market where we used to buy stuff, the shelves are getting less and less, and of course for the kids, she feeds in whatever she can available. so can i ask _ whatever she can available. so can i ask you, you have taken the extraordinary step of filing a federal lawsuit against the us government, accusing them of discrimination and failure to protect its citizens, and you have named the secretary of state antony blinken and the defence secretary lloyd austin as defendants. why? it secretary lloyd austin as defendants. why?- defendants. why? it is basically _ defendants. why? it is basically because - defendants. why? it is| basically because when defendants. why? it is - basically because when the whole situation started, i thought she would be able to exit gaza strip on her own, and the first few days i did not contact anybody. she went twice to the borders, and the second day when she was at the border, actually, her passport and the kids's were stamped to exit and she was waiting at the waiting area when the israelis bombed parts of the borders and they were closed and she fled for her life, leaving her luggage and anything behind. and then i reached out to the american embassy, where they instructed us to fill in the intake form the people who seek assistance, then we waited and waited. they sent us a few days later to the border, again she waited for another seven or eight hours at that time. i think it was on the 14th of october. and she wasn't allowed in. she did the same thing a few days later, and again... 50 same thing a few days later, and again. . .— and again... so why are you holdin: and again... so why are you holding the _ and again... so why are you holding the secretary - and again... so why are you holding the secretary of - and again... so why are you l holding the secretary of state and the defence secretary responsible for this? this and the defence secretary responsible for this? as i'm sa in: , responsible for this? as i'm saying, because _ responsible for this? as i'm saying, because so - responsible for this? as i'm saying, because so far- responsible for this? as i'm saying, because so far she l saying, because so far she attempted to flee six times. because this is their responsibility. i mean, why should we go through this ordeal, going through all this trouble, when we have our government? and looking at the other side, where the american citizens were easily allowed to evacuate in an organised manner, and a quick, rapid manner, and a quick, rapid manner, where for us we are kind of begging and we are pleading for our government to evacuate our children and our wives. we shouldn't be going through this. our government is responsible for us. it has made me feel, honestly, angry. i don't feel that there is an equal treatment on both sides. and it made me think alike, are we really kind of second—class citizens here? and the problem with that also, there was little information given to us, where the communication with everybody was kind of not clear. whenever my wife goes to the border, we struggled to get any advice or any information from anybody. we have to leave after waiting hours and hours, so who is responsible? so there has been very — so who is responsible? so there has been very little _ has been very little information you are saying, it has been hard to get the information you need? just a last question to you, what would your message be to the secretary state. you named him in the lawsuit, what is your message to him? mr; in the lawsuit, what is your message to him? my simple message. — message to him? my simple message, please, _ message to him? my simple message, please, help - message to him? my simple message, please, help us i message to him? my simple | message, please, help us get ourfamily members back message, please, help us get our family members back safely as soon as possible. in the second one, please, we need all of this to stop, the bloodshed and what is going on there. we are calling for a ceasefire. people are being killed in places, and their homes are bombed. we need peace, please. ceasefire now.— ceasefire now. thank you so much for — ceasefire now. thank you so much for sharing _ ceasefire now. thank you so much for sharing your - ceasefire now. thank you so much for sharing your story| much for sharing your story with us. we of course hope that your children and wife to return home safely. thank you for talking to us on bbc news. the lebanese shear political and military organisation hezbollah says it has attacked more than a dozen targets in israel simultaneously —— schar, in what would be the most intense wave of attacks since the conflict started. israeli forces have fired back against the powerful iran backed group. the intensified fighting is raising concerns that israel's war with hamas could escalate across the region, and us secretary of state antony blinken is flying to israel where he will meet with the israeli government to offer support, while also urging restraint in gaza. speaking with reporters before taking off, mr blinken said he would press for brief humanitarian pauseis press for brief humanitarian pause is to get hostages out and aid in. that is something president biden has also been calling for. jordan's foreign minister is also set to meet with the us secretary of state to tell him israel must end its more or risk the possibility of a wider regional conflict. meanwhile here in washington, the republican—led us house defied president biden�*s request a pear aid to israel with more money for ukraine's fight against russia. a divided house passed a bill thursday that ties $14.3 billion in military aid to israel to domestic spending cuts, despite a veto threat from mr biden. there is also a bipartisan opposition to the legislation in the senate. 0ur correspondent gary 0'donoghue has more. in correspondent gary o'donoghue has more. ., , has more. in the end, house republicans _ has more. in the end, house republicans got _ has more. in the end, house republicans got their - has more. in the end, house republicans got their israeli republicans got their israel funding bill with a healthy majority. 226 votes to 196. 12 democrats joined them. two republicans voted with the democrats. the difficulty start fair, because this bill will not pass the senate, and that's because there are a number of republicans in that chamber who disagree with the idea of separating funding for israel from funding for ukraine. they want an overall package passed that the white house is asking for, which is $106 billion, which would also include $61 billion for ukraine and border security and humanitarian aid. at the moment therefore, there is a stand—off between house republicans and those in the senate. joe biden has also said he would veto this bill if it ever got anywhere near his desk. the other looming problem, of course, is government funding. in two weeks' time, there is going to be a shutdown, unless congressmen agree wider federal funding, and this all plays into that mix. in the meantime, of course, america's allies in israel and ukraine will simply have to wait for their money. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's take a look now at some other stories. politicaland take a look now at some other stories. political and tech leaders meeting in the uk have agreed to test new models of artificial intelligence for safety before they are released. british prime minister rishi sunak made the announcement at the end of a two—day global summit on al at bletchley park, where world war ii code once worked. mr sunak said take his would give officials special access to their work.— officials special access to their work. , , , officials special access to theirwork. , , , their work. this partnership is based around _ their work. this partnership is based around a _ their work. this partnership is based around a series - their work. this partnership is based around a series of- based around a series of principles, which set out the responsibilities we share, and it is made possible by the decision i have taken, along with vice president kamala harris, for the british and american governments to establish world leading ai safety institutes with the public sector capability to test the most advanced frontier models. mr test the most advanced frontier models. ~ ,, ., ~' test the most advanced frontier models. ~ ,, ., ~ ., , models. mr sunak said he hoped the ai models. mr sunak said he hoped the al event _ models. mr sunak said he hoped the ai event would _ models. mr sunak said he hoped the ai event would become - models. mr sunak said he hoped the ai event would become the l the ai event would become the first in the series with south korea and france also expressing a willingness to host feather summits next year. but some had criticised the inclusion of china, especially at a time of tensions between china and the less —— feather summits. you are watching bbc news. returning to our top story, the israel—gaza war. the israeli military now says more than 240 people have been taken hostage by hamas, that includes at least 30 children. among the youngest are two sisters from the aceh family kidnapped by hamas along with their mother two weeks ago. their father spoke withjon donnison. # happy birthday... two sisters — raz four and aviv, just two. a birthday sing song for their dad earlier this summer. but the girls, along with their mother, doron, are now hostages in gaza. and he is home alone. how can you hate a child? it's painful to see a child getting hurt anywhere in any situation. children needs to be off limits. i can't hate not even the children of my so—called enemies. yonnee wasn't with the girls when they were taken on october the seventh. along with their mum, they'd been staying with their grandma efrat for the holidays in the near us kibbutz. efrat was killed. i have two small children, four and eight. i mean, i can't imagine what the last three weeks have been like. i seriously considered to offer myself instead of them in order to exchange specifically me in exchange to my family. how can i sleep when i don't know if they are cold or hot? but all yonnee can do is wait and tell their story. jon donnison, bbc news, in central israel. back here in the us, sam bankman—fried who once ran one of the world's largest cryptocurrencies dangers, fts, has been found guilty of fraud and money laundering. but it comes at the end of a month—long trial in new york. prosecutors said sam bankman—fried hayes money stolen from fg x to prop up his investment fund and prop up his lavish lifestyle. now faces decades in prison. mr bankman—fried's lawyers as his client maintains his innocence and will fight. they celebrated the court saying the case is a warning to any fraudster who thinks they are untouchable. sam bankman—fried perpetrated one of the biggest financial frauds in american history. a multibillion—dollar scheme designed to make him the king of crypto. here's the thing, the cryptocurrency industry might be new, the players, lake sam bankman—fried, might be new, but this kind of fraud, this kind of corruption is as old as time and we have no patience for it. we old as time and we have no patience for it.— old as time and we have no patience for it. we go live now to north america _ patience for it. we go live now to north america business - to north america business correspondence erin delmore in new york who has been covering the trial for us. good to see you, we had strong was from the prosecutors there. tell us more about the verdict and what they had to say. about the verdict and what they had to say-— had to say. over the course of four ways. _ had to say. over the course of four ways, prosecutor - had to say. over the course of four ways, prosecutor showed j four ways, prosecutor showed the jury through testimony and evidence that sam bankman—fried stole billions of dollars in fg x customer funds while lying to investors and lenders. in closing statements, the prosecution reminded the jury this is not a case that is about crypto or hedging, they said it is about lying and greed and stealing. and that's the message was largely echoed by us attorney damian williams after the verdict was reached, when he said to would fraudsters we will find you, whether you are operating in a traditional financial landscape or a crypto industry or elsewhere. that matters because the cabrero industry here is largely unregulated in these cases are working their way through the courts. i cases are working their way through the courts.- cases are working their way through the courts. i want to ask you. _ through the courts. i want to ask you. this _ through the courts. i want to ask you, this is _ through the courts. i want to ask you, this is a _ through the courts. i want to ask you, this is a big - through the courts. i want to ask you, this is a big fall- ask you, this is a big fall forearm graceful sam bankman—fried, who was so celebrated, what does the verdict mean for him now? we will find out _ verdict mean for him now? - will find out exactly what his sentence is on 28 march, that is the date the judge set for the sentencing hearing, but he faces decades in prison, potentially even a life sentence. has been found guilty on all sevenjudges, sentence. has been found guilty on all seven judges, together they carry a statutory maximum of 102 and years in prison. evenif of 102 and years in prison. even if thejudges of 102 and years in prison. even if the judges sentences below that maximum, to be spoken to do, could still amount to a life sentence. you talk to bit _ amount to a life sentence. you talk to bit about _ amount to a life sentence. you talk to bit about the _ talk to bit about the cryptocurrency industry and the message the prosecutors are for the industry. what impact do you think his downfall has had on the industry?— on the industry? sam bankman-fried - on the industry? sam bankman-fried road | on the industry? sam i bankman-fried road at on the industry? sam - bankman-fried road at the on the industry? (an bankman—fried road at the wave of crypto when times were good, in 2021 crypto was at its height so was sam bankman—fried, then his stunning fall in 2022 centred jill to the industry. we have seen investment and venture capital down, we have seen not only mr bankman—fried's own fall from grace we have seen that his customers, thousands of customers, lost billions of dollars in ftx's collapse and they remain at the heart of this case will one more question, what has happened to ftx itself? fg x is in bankruptcy proceedings within interim ceo being place, trying to recover assets to try to figure out how much can be recovered and paid back out to customers, investors, and lenders, but that is a long process and we don't know yet who will be able to see what kinds of returns or come close to being made whole. shill kinds of returns or come close to being made whole. all right, north america _ to being made whole. all right, north america business - north america business correspondence erin delmore for us. thank you so much. the two elder sons of the former us president donald trump has spent a second day giving evidence to a bella freud trial they could cripple his family's real estate business in new york. both donald trumpjunior and eric donald trump junior and eric trump donald trumpjunior and eric trump are executive vice president of the trump 0rganization. nada tawfik has more. donald trump 0rganization. nada tawfik has more. donald trumer completed more. donald trump jr completed his more. donald trumer completed his testimony today. he really hammered in points he made yesterday that even though he was the trustee who signed off on financial documents, that he left the valuations and the accuracy to his accountants who he paid to do that, he said. when he left the courthouse here he slammed this case as a political persecution, really echoing what his father has said and really, —— really in contrast to the jovial, joking attitude he took inside the courtroom. but then it was onto testimony from eric trump and he is someone who was someone who was far more involved in the day—to—day operations of the day—to—day operations of the company when his father became president. now, at first he was basically told to look at several e—mails that he had between the company's x controller geoff mccartney and david mr garland, appraiser with the commercial real estate firm cushman and wakefield. after flatly denying having anything to do with his father's statements of financial conditions, saying he wasn't aware of it, he never worked on it, and he didn't know anything about it until this case, they showed him those e—mails with those men i mentioned, where he talks about valuations for a project in westchester county, a golf course there. at one point he raised his voice, getting frustrated with the line of questioning, than we are a major organisation, i'm fairly certain that we have financial statements. and then again reinstating that he did not work on them intimately. nevertheless, prosecutors continue to present to him evidence to the contrary. this trail so far has ended on pretty tense noted today. the judge even saying he will expand the gag order against donald trump to include his lawyers if they don't stop attacking his law clerk. nada tawfik reporting there. let's enter some other important news around the world. storm ciaran is wreaking havoc in many countries in western europe after making landfall overnight on wednesday. two people, one in belton and one in the netherlands were killed after a tree fell and hit them on wednesday and at least five people were killed and several others injured in france on thursday. in the hardest—hit regions, when does of over 100 mph have been recorded. a former gang member charged in connection with the depth of the wrapper to practical has pleaded not guilty to murder in a las vegas court. dwayne davis, was arrested in september in connection with the 1996 murder. an australian woman who served a beef wellington dish suspected of containing poisonous mushrooms was charged with murder on thursday. erin patterson said she did not deliberately poison anyone and bought the mushrooms at a supermarket. three members of her ex—husband's family died and a spent several weeks in hospital stop the 49—year—old faces three counts of murder and five counts of attempted murder. and ride sharing platforms linebreak lyft have been ordered to pay $328 million, that is £269 million to settle claims that they treated their drivers in new york out of pay and benefits. the new york attorney general calls it the largest slave —— wage theft settlement in their history, the followers sing clothes basically. they describe it as a winner for drivers. after a week—long publicity build—up and 45 years since its first buyers were written, the last and final song from the beatles has been released. # now and then # i miss you # now and then... you might have guessed it is called now and then. it started on the pen ofjohn lennon back in 1978 and was completed with the help of artificial intelligence. although micro beetles featured on the soundtrack stop it will be the last credited to lennon, paul mccartney, george harrison, and ringo starr. in a full circle moment it is being issued with their 1962 debut love me do. definitely something to listen to. that is a show the cell. thank you for listening to bbc news. they forget to download the bbc news app for the latest analysis. this smoker don't forget. i'm sumi somaskanda. thanks for watching. —— don't forget. hello there. storm ciaran brought some disruption and damage to the far south of england, and certainly through the channel, the channel islands bearing the brunt of the storm. friday, though, looks a lot quieter. we've seen the back of the storm now. it will remain quite blustery and we'll see sunshine and showers, but a lot more sunshine around than what we've had of late. there it is, storm ciaran continuing to fill and weaken in the north sea. it's still influencing our weather enough to bring us another blustery day, certainly across more northern and eastern areas. and it's here where we'll see most of the showers or longer spells of rain — northern, eastern scotland. elsewhere, sunny spells, scattered showers, the odd heavy, maybe thundery one, but we'll see some lengthy sunny spells around in places. but the winds quite fresh coming in from the west or the northwest. temperature—wise, generally be around 10—13 degrees, but it'll feel a bit chillier with the strength of the breeze. as we head through friday evening and overnight, we hold on to further showers across scotland. but elsewhere, lengthy, clear skies before the next frontal system starts to work its way in from the southwest, bringing some rain, southwest england and wales, so temperatures recovering here. otherwise, it's pretty chilly elsewhere — low single figures. now, this feature once again will be impacting france in the biscay area more. it looks like, for england and wales. winds will be lighter, but the weather front could bring some very unwelcome rainfall. some of the rainfall could be quite heavy, so a wet morning saturday for large parts of england and wales. skies brightening up, though, across the south behind it, but a scattering of heavy, maybe thundery showers continuing here, with more of a breeze. far north of england, scotland, northern ireland having a pretty decent day — sunny spells, a few showers and generally temperatures in the low teens at best. that area of low pressure pushes through again, the low countries into the north sea. and then we're in a run of west—northwesterly winds, but we're in between weather systems on sunday. so, certainly part two of the weekend, at this stage, does look better. in fact, many central, southern and eastern parts of england and scotland will stay dry all day, with sunny spells continuing. most of the showers will be peppering western coasts, the odd heavier one. but at least there'll be plenty of sunshine around, temperatures 10—13 degrees. monday and tuesday next week look pretty decent with quite a bit of sunshine around, but thereafter, looks like it could turn a bit more unsettled once again. see you later. this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. thai women are sold a dream online. the message is marry a foreign man and you will have a good life. many couples of course remain happy, but the dark reality of others isn't talked about in my community. in this isolated part of england, the body of a thai woman was found. 20 years on, herfamily is still seeking answers and justice.