hours, and its forces have cut the gaza strip in two, with gaza city now encircled. but strikes were not confined to the north of the gaza strip. this is deir al—balah, in central gaza. many casualties arrived at hospitals on carts pulled by donkeys, after a communications blackout meant people could not call for ambulances. the israel defence forces are trying to destroy hamas, which it says killed more than 1,400 people in southern israel on october 7th, and is classified a terrorist organisation by western governments, including the us and the uk. our first report is from our international editorjeremy bowen. israel promised mighty vengeance. it thundered across gaza city. israel's justification is defending the living, as well as avenging instead. palestinians call this genocide. this girl, from jabalya camp, is asked what happened to her. she says, "a missile came down on us, bricks fell on us." "i asked, �*where is my dad and where is my mum?”' she is asked, "where were you?" "i was here, in the house. "we were at home and the roof came down on us." we looked in on the war this afternoon from the closest israeli border town. israel's ruthless campaign in gaza is powered by the way hamas killed more than 1,400 and took well over 200 hostages. this was beach refugee camp this morning in gaza city, where israeli strikes killed dozens during the night. palestinians reject israel's justifications for killing so many of them. further south in khan younis, living in their cars, some of the more than one million displaced palestinians hoping for safety, and not finding it. translation: our home, where we used to feel - comfort and security, was destroyed by rockets in an instant. we came here in hope to find safety and security, but that doesn't exist. we survive death to find death again. the israelis seem to be making steady progress, in terms of territory inside the gaza strip, at the cost of a large number of civilian lives. israel has set itself a very ambitious objective — to make sure that hamas can never again threaten the lives of its citizens. there's a big question. do prime minister netanyahu and the rest of his war cabinet believe that can be achieved by purely military means? 0r, longer—term, are israelis prepared to try to get a political deal with the palestinians to try to end the conflict once and for all? from flakjackets in baghdad to handshakes in turkey, antony blinken, the us secretary of state, is back in the region. look, we know the deep concern here for the terrible toll that gaza pots taking on palestinians, on men, women and children in gaza, innocent civilians. a concern we share, and that we are working every single day. we have engaged the israelis on steps they can take to minimise civilian casualties. the only way out of this, for the us, uk, and others, is an independent palestine alongside israel — an old idea that two decades of talks could not deliver. the horrors of the last month and those to come will make it even harder to achieve. jeremy bowen, bbc news, in southern israel. this protection of civilians must be paramount. gaza is becoming a graveyard for women and children. more journalists graveyard for women and children. morejournalists have graveyard for women and children. more journalists have reportedly been killed over a four—week period then in any conflict in at least three decades. more united nations aid workers have been killed than in any comparable period in the history of our organisation. i support those who continue their life—saving work despite the overwhelming challenges and risks. in the unfolding catastrophe makes the need for a humanitarian cease—fire more urgent with every passing hour. fine humanitarian cease-fire more urgent with every passing hour.— with every passing hour. one of the key questions _ with every passing hour. one of the key questions that _ with every passing hour. one of the key questions that the _ with every passing hour. one of the key questions that the conflict - with every passing hour. one of the key questions that the conflict has i key questions that the conflict has thrown up is the palestinian support for hamas. it's an acronym for a group retaining a 1988 during the first palestinian uprising against israel's occupation of the west bank and gaza strip. it's committed to the destruction of israel under its charter. the organisation oppose the oslo accords for peace, and is generally hostile to the so two state solution. hamas is designated a terrorist organisation by many western governments, including the uk and us. it is also engaged in the palestinian political process — it won the legislative elections back in 2006 before reinforcing its power in 2006 before reinforcing its power in gaza the following year by ousting the rival movement of palestinian president mahmoud abbas. some of the popularly may have been to hamas delivering welfare programmes. let's cross live now to the princeton university's parameter which carried out the survey in gaza between september 28 and october six, the day before the attacks. it spoke to 400 people in gaza, mostly face—to—face and mostly at the respondents home. amaney jamal is the dean of the princeton school for public and international affairs, and co—founder of the arab barometer project, and joins me live. talk to me first of all and where we where on palestinians's views on hamas the days before those hamas attacks. . ~ hamas the days before those hamas attacks. ., ~ , ., hamas the days before those hamas attacks. ., ~ i. . �*, hamas the days before those hamas attacks. ., ~ . �*, ., attacks. thank you so much, it's a leasure attacks. thank you so much, it's a pleasure to _ attacks. thank you so much, it's a pleasure to be _ attacks. thank you so much, it's a pleasure to be here. _ attacks. thank you so much, it's a pleasure to be here. right - attacks. thank you so much, it's a pleasure to be here. right before| pleasure to be here. right before the attacks, what we found was around two thirds of palestinians in gaza had little or no trust in hamas. when we ask them if elections would be held today, who would you vote for? only 27% said they would vote for? only 27% said they would vote for? only 27% said they would vote for hamas. find vote for? only 27% said they would vote for hamas.— vote for hamas. and that's really interesting. _ vote for hamas. and that's really interesting, this _ vote for hamas. and that's really interesting, this was _ vote for hamas. and that's really interesting, this was after - vote for hamas. and that's really interesting, this was after the . vote for hamas. and that's really| interesting, this was after the 7th of october attacks?— interesting, this was after the 7th of october attacks? that's correct. tell me a bit _ of october attacks? that's correct. tell me a bit about _ of october attacks? that's correct. tell me a bit about why _ of october attacks? that's correct. tell me a bit about why people - of october attacks? that's correct. | tell me a bit about why people said that to the people who are doing the pole? but that to the people who are doing the ole? �* ., h, that to the people who are doing the ole? �* ., pole? but we found in the pole was at citizens of _ pole? but we found in the pole was at citizens of gaza _ pole? but we found in the pole was at citizens of gaza increasingly - at citizens of gaza increasingly were feeling like hamas was publicly mismanaging its rule, but we also found was that there was a high percentage of palestinians in gaza who believed there was a lot of corruption in the ranks of hamas, about 72% of people polled in gaza indicated they believed there was widespread corruption among the hamas led government. and also, remember that before the attacks on the eve of these attacks, 75% of gazans reported that in the previous 30 days, they did not have enough food to feed their families. so this is all before the devastation that is all before the devastation that is being inflicted on gaza right now. , ., , ., ., ., ., now. give me a bit of a flavour of the kind of— now. give me a bit of a flavour of the kind of age _ now. give me a bit of a flavour of the kind of age group _ now. give me a bit of a flavour of the kind of age group of- now. give me a bit of a flavour of the kind of age group of the - now. give me a bit of a flavour of. the kind of age group of the people you were talking to. where younger people more supportive of hamas, older people less supportive, or the other way around?— older people less supportive, or the other way around? know, by and large the both other way around? know, by and large they both held — other way around? know, by and large they both held similar _ other way around? know, by and large they both held similar viewpoints. - they both held similar viewpoints. we found slightly more support for hamas, about five percentage points, among the youth population — but they can also be within the margin of error. so in general, support for hamas was on the decline before these attacks. and what we know from previous surveys, we've been working on palestinian attitudes for over two decades. what happens after these horrific cycles of violence is that support for hamas always ends up that support for hamas always ends up increasing, so hamas does indeed benefit from these cycles of violence. �* , benefit from these cycles of violence-— benefit from these cycles of violence. �* , . ~ , violence. let's talk but we said earlier, violence. let's talk but we said earlier. if _ violence. let's talk but we said earlier, if there _ violence. let's talk but we said earlier, if there were _ violence. let's talk but we said earlier, if there were to - violence. let's talk but we said earlier, if there were to be - violence. let's talk but we said earlier, if there were to be an. earlier, if there were to be an election now, then only 27% of people would support hamas? it's important to reiterate to people watching at home, there has not been an election since 2006, so people have been unable to democratically show their feelings.— show their feelings. that's actually correct, show their feelings. that's actually correct. there _ show their feelings. that's actually correct, there has _ show their feelings. that's actually correct, there has not _ show their feelings. that's actually correct, there has not been - show their feelings. that's actually correct, there has not been a - correct, there has not been a democratic election in the west bank since 2006, and often times, and too often, frankly, the 2006 election result, which was a result that hamas totally took power but was able to capture power with only 44% of the vote — so it never really had this ground—breaking, sweeping majority amongst the palestinians, it benefited from electoral laws that hamas was able to strategically take advantage of and secure a majority rule in parliament. but in terms of popular support for hamas, that number has never increased above 50%. in the pole that we just conducted, we find that support is now lower than 23—24%. but it's also really important to note that since 2006, we've had the birth of over 2 million new palestinians, but still that entire new generation of palestinians, these children you're seeing being killed by israeli attacks, they had nothing to do with the selection in 2006. so it's rather absurd that people keep referring to an election that happened almost 20 years ago. it’s happened almost 20 years ago. it's treat happened almost 20 years ago. it's great to get your insights, thanks very much indeed.— great to get your insights, thanks very much indeed. thank you very much. very much indeed. thank you very much- what's _ very much indeed. thank you very much. what's happening - very much indeed. thank you very much. what's happening in - very much indeed. thank you very much. what's happening in gaza l very much indeed. thank you very - much. what's happening in gaza today as the bombardments _ much. what's happening in gaza today as the bombardments by _ much. what's happening in gaza today as the bombardments by the - much. what's happening in gaza today as the bombardments by the israeli i as the bombardments by the israeli forces intensify? earlier i spoke to our gaza correspondent rushdi abulouf — he gave us this update. another night, a very intense air strike in gaza city and the north. the areas where israel is focusing its ground military operation, tonight we've seen footage from the area there with a huge flame of fire destroying a building in the middle of gaza city, as israel is pushing hard to tighten the blockade around the gaza city. tonight also, we heard an air strike in rafah down here, another air strike. tonight, it seems israel is intensifying its wave of air strikes tonight not only in gaza city, which is the focus of the operation, but also here in the area that's considered safe, and israel has been asking the 1.2 million people in gaza in the north to flee south — we understand there were 60 people who were killed here today — and about 250 people were killed in gaza, and the death toll overall is over 10,000 people killed. also, the health ministry said they have received calls from people talking about 2,700 people reported to be missing either under the rubble of their building, some of them were killed in cars while they were trying to leave gaza. we heard very strong testimony today from people who walked five km in order to get south, they were talking to journalists and said they have seen bodies of people underground, and a couple of cars were hit with bodies inside them. very terrifying image of children describing their way today — because the road is damaged, so cars could reach only gaza city, than the people leave their cars. i saw a father carrying his son over his shoulder, and he walked about five km in order to be in the safe area. but here, when we ask the people, they said no place is safe because israel is also targeting places — there were three air strikes, two air strikes in rafah and about five strikes — all of them are south of when israel said it was safe. we've been hearing from israel that it said it split gaza effectively into two — talk me through what exactly that means for the people living in those two areas. a very miserable situation for the people living in gaza, because you know, in the last 10—15 days, israel allowed — egypt allowed 500 trucks to come into the southern part of the city, but those about half—million people within gaza city and the north, they haven't got any of the aid, it hasn't reached this area, not medical, food or water. we have been talking to people, you know, communication is very hard but we have managed to talk to some of those who still have israeli sim cards or international roaming sim cards — they are describing the situation as "never happened before", they said they are begging for water, they are drinking unclean water, and they said there's a really severe shortage of food. some of the area, they couldn't even find bread to feed their families, and they are trying to get out but the road isn't safe enough — and even if it's safe, it's damaged to an extent that cars or any transportation can't be moved from north to south, and people who don't have the capability to walk five km, they can't make it to the safe area. that was our correspondent in gaza. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. thousands of people in surrey are still without water, after a technical issue at a thames water treatment works. the company has apologised to those affected and bottled water stations have been set up to help residents. some schools have been forced to close. the company says the problems were caused by storm ciaran. up to 20,000 health workers in england will receive a one—off bonus of at least £1,700, after previously missing out because they worked for non—nhs organisations. the extra payment was agreed as part of the nhs pay deal in england this year — but some staff were not included. after employers launched legal action, the government has now agreed to provide the funding. the prince of wales was said to have " kept up really well" during a training session with a british dragon boating team in singapore. the prince took to the water on the eve of the annual earthshot prize ceremony. five winners are chosen each year, with each receiving £1 million to fund projects that aim to save the planet. you're live with bbc news. let's go live to warsaw, where the polish president andrzej duda is due to announce his nominee for prime minister who will form the next government. the coalition of opposition parties, led by the former president, donald tusk, is said to have already agreed on key appointments, no opposition party wants to support him in his last ditch attempt at maintaining power. live now to sarah rainsford, who's in warsaw. just take us through what this now means in the forming of the government?— means in the forming of the covernment? ~ , , , government? well, it could simply mean the stalling _ government? well, it could simply mean the stalling of _ government? well, it could simply mean the stalling of the _ government? well, it could simply| mean the stalling of the inevitable, we should be the end of a peace government and the arrival of an opposition to government here, a coalition here in poland. but what's happening now is the president has gone on television and made a national address in which he said he's chosen the leader of peace, the governing party to try to form a government. now he's got a couple weeks to do that. if he fails, then the opposition in parliament will be allowed to nominate a prime minister and have a go itself, and the opposition has already said they have a coalition ready and waiting, ready to go, that they've held their talks and they have a majority in parliament, all three parties together, so they can essentially rule poland. but in the meantime, the president has decided that the current prime minister, morawiecki, can try himself to form a coalition. as you just mentioned, all the opposition parties have publicly ruled out any kind of coalition with the governing party. so it looks like it will be of silly impossible for him to do that unless there's some really ferocious negotiations going on behind the scenes that nobody knows about —— it will be absolutely impossible. it could be a stalling tactic, it attempt for the prime minister to have a chance to persuade others to come on side. it looks to the opposition like he's clinging to power, and they've said it's time for the games to stop, stop stalling, it's time for the opposition to take power. so a competent situation which essentially extends the limbo there now is in polish politics. it doesn't sound like it's a very good time to be involved in polish politics if this limbo is set to continue for that amount of time, given the number of things the polish government needs to get on with. , ., ., , polish government needs to get on with. , ., ., ., , with. yes, and top amongst those was actually releasing _ with. yes, and top amongst those was actually releasing funding _ with. yes, and top amongst those was actually releasing funding from - with. yes, and top amongst those was actually releasing funding from the - actually releasing funding from the eu, which has been frozen for some time. now huge amounts of money frozen by the eu because of the problems with rule of law here in poland, because the governing party has made controversial reforms that the eu has punished: four by withholding lots of money. no donald tusk, who is leading the opposition coalition and was weeks ago was celebrating here in warsaw at their headquarters, there was jubilation, they believed they had the majority and there was enough for them to govern — they've said they can release those funds and push forward with governing poland. but it's at least two weeks now before they'll even get a chance at forming a government, and in the meantime, there's some real scrambling by the law and justice party prime minister to attempt to form a government. but everybody we speak too here says that's basically impossible. sarah, thank you- — donald trump hasjust gone back into court, as his civil fraud trial resumes in new york. earlier, he repeatedly clashed with the judge overseeing the trial. the former us president was warned to answer the questions put to him and not to treat his court appearance like a political rally. thejudge even instructed mr trump's lawyers to "control" their client. as he arrived at court, the former president dismissed the case as ridiculous. he said it amounted to election interference and political warfare. mr trump and two of his sons are accused of fraudulently inflating the value of assets owned by the trump 0rganisation by billions of dollars. this is what he had to say. i it's a very sad situation for our. country, we shouldn't have this — this is for third—world countries. and it's very unfair, it's very unfair. - but in the meantime, - the people of the country understand it, they see it, and they don't like it, - they don't like it, _ because it's political warfare, as you would call it, _ or political lawfare, another name — i got a lot of names for it, but usually it takes placel in third—world countries and banana republics. i nobody's ever seen that to this . extent, we've never seen it here. but we will go along - and we will hopefully do very well in every regard, _ we will win the election and make america great again, - that's what we're going to do. 0ur north america correspondent, nada tawfik, in new york, has the latest. this was classic trump, he was not bothered at all by the fact that he was on the stand in a court room. he was on the stand in a court room. he was combative, he made very clear how he felt in his expressions, waving his hands at certain points pursing his lips, smiling as his attorneys sparred with the judge. and as i say, this was extremely typical donald trump — thejudge and as i say, this was extremely typical donald trump — the judge at one point telling him, "this is not a political rally," and telling his lawyers to get him under control. no donald trump was asked a very specific questions about how he valued his assets on financial documents, and while he admitted that he did offer information, he stuck to the defence that his sons had last week on the stand, that he had last week on the stand, that he had relied on accounts for the accuracy of those valuations. but what we've already seen as him taking advantage of this for political purposes — we saw a post from donald trump after he left court on social media kind of misquoting thejudge, putting court on social media kind of misquoting the judge, putting a quote out where the judge says he didn't come here to hear what donald trump has to say. the judgment on to say he was there to hear donald trump answer questions specifically — and that was an attack we also heard from donald trump's lawyer, take a listen. i’m heard from donald trump's lawyer, take a listen-— take a listen. i'm not here to hear what he has _ take a listen. i'm not here to hear what he has to _ take a listen. i'm not here to hear what he has to say." _ take a listen. i'm not here to hear what he has to say." that - take a listen. i'm not here to hear what he has to say." that was - what he has to say." that was what rin- what he has to say." that was what ring true _ what he has to say." that was what ring true loud, and could not have been _ ring true loud, and could not have been more — ring true loud, and could not have been more honest, coming from the judge _ been more honest, coming from the judge who _ been more honest, coming from the judge who has already predetermined that my— judge who has already predetermined that my client committed fraud before — that my client committed fraud before we even walked into this courtroom. "i'm not here to hear what _ courtroom. "i'm not here to hear what he — courtroom. "i'm not here to hear what he has _ courtroom. "i'm not here to hear what he has to say." then why exactly — what he has to say." then why exactly am _ what he has to say." then why exactly am i being paid as an attorney, _ exactly am i being paid as an attorney, and why exactly our taxuayer_ attorney, and why exactly our taxpayer dollars being used in this courtroom? the answer is very clear - because _ courtroom? the answer is very clear — because miss james wants to stand i’ilht — because miss james wants to stand right here, _ — because miss james wants to stand right here, like she did this morning. _ right here, like she did this morning, and call my client a liar. and we _ morning, and call my client a liar. and we certainly expect to see donald trump and his lawyers continue that line of attack. but joining me now is dan alexander, a journalist with forbes. we've been in the courtroom together in the past, you've been watching this case right from the beginning — you really focus on a lot of donald trump's statements in regards to these specific properties, 40 wall st, trump tower, what did you make about what he had to say when he was asked specifically about valuing these? i asked specifically about valuing these? ., �* ~' 3 these? i don't think he's telling these? i don't think he's telling the truth here. _ these? i don't think he's telling the truth here. looking - these? i don't think he's telling the truth here. looking at - these? i don't think he's telling the truth here. looking at the l the truth here. looking at the penthouse, this is one of the easiest— penthouse, this is one of the easiest ones to understand. 70 says their home — easiest ones to understand. 70 says their home is three times as big as it is, _ their home is three times as big as it is, therefore hundreds of millions— it is, therefore hundreds of millions of dollars more valuable than it— millions of dollars more valuable than it is — millions of dollars more valuable than it is. donald trump is trying to portray— than it is. donald trump is trying to portray this as "i caught that mistake — to portray this as "i caught that mistake and i told my numbers people to reduce _ mistake and i told my numbers people to reduce it _ mistake and i told my numbers people to reduce it from 30,000 square feet to reduce it from 30,000 square feet to 11,000 _ to reduce it from 30,000 square feet to 11,000 square feet." but it was donald _ to 11,000 square feet." but it was donald trump making those lies, claiming — donald trump making those lies, claiming notjust that it donald trump making those lies, claiming not just that it was 30,000 feet, but— claiming not just that it was 30,000 feet, but it — claiming not just that it was 30,000 feet, but it was actually 33,000 square — feet, but it was actually 33,000 square feet. so he's at the centre of all— square feet. so he's at the centre of all this, — square feet. so he's at the centre of all this, and square feet. so he's at the centre of allthis, and if square feet. so he's at the centre of all this, and if he tries to distance _ of all this, and if he tries to distance himself, he'll have a really— distance himself, he'll have a really difficult time to do it. i�*m really difficult time to do it. i'm back in a few _ really difficult time to do it. i“n back in a few minutes' time, join us then. good evening. an unusually strong solar wind meant that last night's aurora borealis was seen as far south as kent, here in the uk. now we've still got some clear skies, but the aurora won't be as strong tonight. we're looking out to the atlantic, though, now for our next area of rain to come in not for tomorrow, but for tomorrow night. so we've still got the low pressure with us, and that will continue to push showers eastwards across scotland, in particular as that lowjust drifts its way eastwards, it will pull those showers through the central belt, for example, and eastwards. but for many, as we go through the early hours, the showers die back to the coasts in the west, allowing the temperatures to dip away. there'll be some mist and fog, as well as some ground frost as we get towards tuesday morning. so the fog around for the rush hour, particularly across scotland, northern scotland, and then, it's another day of sunny spells and showers. but with a ridge of high pressure building in as the day goes on, that means that hopefully we'll see fewer showers for northern ireland, western parts of england, wales, and scotland as we go through the day, the odd one popping up further east, as well. and temperatures on a par with those of today, with slightly lighter winds. so not too bad again, but then, as we get into tomorrow evening, the temperatures will fall away ahead of our rain — so you can see the blue hue here, the frost developing in northern and eastern areas — but it doesn't last, because that next weather front pushes in. so we are talking about another spell of wet weather as we go through tuesday night and into wednesday. so a fairly wet start to our wednesday morning across many parts of scotland, england, and wales. wet through the evening, early part of the night across northern ireland. another inch of rain, 20—30mm — not good news. remember, of course, the ground is still saturated, the river is running high. it should pull away as we go through the early part of the afternoon from southern and eastern areas, but the timing a little bit uncertain at the moment. again, very similar temperatures, 9—13, but starting to feel a bit cooler in the north — and that's because we're sort of pulling in some arctic air around this area of low pressure, which will continue to feed in lots of showers through thursday and friday. so, slightly cooler before we see the return of the atlantic air perhaps into the weekend, and probably with it the next dose of rain. so, some rain tuesday night into wednesday, and it's sunny spells and showers, but it could well turn quite wet again through saturday and into sunday. as ever, we'll keep you posted, and there's more on the website. this is bbc news. the headlines... the united nations calls again for a ceasefire in gaza — as the hamas—run health ministry says more than 10,000 people have been killed since the war began gaza is becoming a graveyard for children. hundreds of girls and boys are reportedly being killed or injured every day. israel's military says it has effectively split gaza in two with its operations following the attacks by hamas on the seventh 0ctober. the judge at donald trump's civil fraud trial in new york tells his lawyers to "control" their client — he calls the proceedings a political attack. a man with advanced parkinson's disease says a new spinal implant that helps him walk has given him a second chance at life. more now on the israel—hamas war. more than 1400 israeli families have been told, that at least one of their relatives was killed in the hamas raids on southern israel four weeks ago. thomas hand, originally from ireland, was informed his daughter emily, who's eight, had perished in the massacre, at kibbutz be'eri. at the time, he was relieved that she hadn't been taken hostage. now he's been told..she could be alive.