the israeli military has released footage which it says shows its forces going into a tunnel shaft, and along what is says is a 55—metre—long tunnel, which it claims was built by hamas, under the al—shifa hospital. hamas has denied having a command centre there. 31 premature babies who were trapped inside the al—shifa hospital by the fighting have been moved to a hospital in southern gaza. doctors there say eight other premature babies did not survive. meanwhile, the prime minister of qatar has said only "minor obstacles remain" in the way of reaching a deal on releasing some of the hostages taken by hamas in its attack on israel on october 7th. and the fighting continues — hamas says at more than a0 members of one family have been killed in an israeli air strike. israel has not commented. we'll have more on all of those developments in the coming hour. let's look first at the footage which the israeli military has made public. we should stress, we have not yet independently verified where it was filmed. the israelis say this is the entrance to a tunnel under the al—shifa hospital complex. the idf says based on its intelligence, troops have exposed a tunnel 55 metres in length, 10 metres under the complex. it says the tunnel shaft was uncovered in the area of the hospital underneath a shed alongside a vehicle containing numerous weapons including rpgs, explosives, and kalashnikov rifles. the idf says the entrance of the tunnel shaft includes a blast—proof door and "firing hole". it reports that its forces are continuing to uncover the route of the tunnel. as we've said, these are pictures that have been released by the israel defence forces which the bbc has not been able to verify — our teams have already begun to look into that. hamas has not commented — although they have previously said that there is no military command centre beneath the al—shifa hospital. you can see the footage there for yourself, some of the concrete linings of the walls. difficult to see in the light. 0bviously, fast—moving images. we're still trying to precisely pinpoint where this was taken, but you can see the spiral staircase appearing to leave further down underground. more on this as we get it. before that footage was made public, my colleague rich preston spoke to mark regev in tel aviv. he's a senior advisor to the israeli prime minister. this is what he had to say when asked about the tunnels under al—shifa hospital. and obviously, one doesn't go into tunnels uncarefully, one must be very reticent because there are issues with booby traps and with other things that hamas will have left for our forces. but it's only a matter of time. and i'd remind you, it's notjust israel that says there's an underground military complex immediately beneath the hospital. there is, of course, the americans, their intelligence has said so in parallel to ours. and it's been said both by the pentagon and the white house. and i think if one wants to speak really honestly, the people of the area who worked in the hospital know full well that there is a hamas military, a fortification and structure underneath the hospital. they just can't say so to western press because they know they will face violent retribution for hamas from hamas. they will face violent retribution from hamas, that doesn't appreciate people speaking out of turn. well, i appreciate the point you're saying that about other intelligence agencies supporting israel's claim. 0n the point of medics that you mentioned — and again, i accept your point when it comes to people talking within gaza, which is controlled by hamas — i interviewed a british medic about this time yesterday who has spent a considerable amount of time in gaza. he said he's never seen any evidence of the hospital being run by hamas militia. he said this contention by the idf is, and i use his words here, "utterly fanciful" from his perspective. he did concede he has no idea what's going on underneath the hospital, but he said he has walked every inch of that hospital and he sees no evidence that he believes that it's being used by hamas. how would you respond to that? i would respond by saying the following. i mean, the fact that the hospital is governed by hamas is the director of the hospital, was chosen by hamas... he's a hamas appointee. and the fact that we've already found inside the hospital ammunition vests, explosives and so forth, he obviously didn't see that. maybe he didn't want to see that or they were hidden from him, but that's a sideshow. the most important thing is the military structure underneath the hospital. he, of course, said he has not been down there, so he can't see it. but i believe, as i say, in the next hours or in the next days, we will be showing conclusive evidence. and once again, if the idea that there's an underground military it's one of the worst kept secrets in gaza city. it's common knowledge to the people of gaza. live now to our correspondent nick beake injerusalem. this i think is the latest part of israel's case that it's trying to build. this is a very contested area. the israelis have said all along that the justification for that very intense military operation around the al—shifa hospital, the biggest hospital in gaza, was because hamas had a large headquarters. even though there were thousands of civilians who try to seek shelter, israel said it was justified they continue their operation. i think this is the latest instalment in them building a case as they see it for their operations there. this latest video — and we've been working on it tonight — the captions that the israelis have given to it is a tunnel which is some ten metres deep and extends for another 55 metres. at the end, they say there's a blast door, which is something that would have been used by hamas. worth stressing that the bbc has no way of independent verifying this video this evening. israel says this is hello —— compelling evidence that hamas used the hospital as a terrorist infrastructure. americans in the past week have said their intelligence suggests hamas were operating at the hospital. i think certainly the israelis are citing what the americans have said. beyond al-shifa, what the americans have said. beyond al-shifa. we've _ what the americans have said. beyond al-shifa, we've been _ what the americans have said. beyond al-shifa, we've been seeing _ what the americans have said. beyond al-shifa, we've been seeing that - what the americans have said. beyond al-shifa, we've been seeing that the l al—shifa, we've been seeing that the israeli military has it improved plans —— approved plans for a continuation. the focus has been on the north of gaza, so we've also seen this leaflet drop around the city in the south, khan younis, a warning to leave. what have we've seen? , . , ., , seen? the is railings are seeing -- israelis are — seen? the is railings are seeing -- israelis are saying _ seen? the is railings are seeing -- israelis are saying the _ seen? the is railings are seeing -- israelis are saying the north - seen? the is railings are seeing -- israelis are saying the north has i israelis are saying the north has been really targeting, although they weren't shooting at the hospital itself. but this leaflet drop to the people of khan younis, the residents there, and also the hundreds of thousands of people have gathered there, because the israelis told them they were safe to do to sell. they said it was a safer part of the gaza strip. they are now being told to move. if you on what happened a couple of weeks ago, it would be an intensification, and acceleration of the israeli military in connie —— khan younis. lots of organisations are concerned about where people go. they're also concerned about disease spreading. already, they say there's a lack of food, water and fuel, so there is concern there. it would seem the israelis have tried to herald what's coming next, but in terms of the military intricacies of this, sort of plan that will play out, they haven't revealed that. nick, thank you. let's take a look now at the other developments in the war in gaza today. this report is by our senior international correspondent 0rla guerin from jerusalem — and a warning, her report contains distressing images from the start. every day, more bodies. more palestinians killed in israel's assault. some, who barely started living. this footage was filmed for the bbc today in khan younis in the south. israel told people to flee here, to be safer. the bereaved get one last look. and a father, one last embrace. the agony of samirjamil aga, cradling his five—year—old son, mohammed. then, his other son is brought to him. six—year—old samir. he can't bear to let him go. parted for ever. palestinians say the boys were among 30 people killed when israel bombed several houses in khan younis. but finally, some hope for around 30 premature babies. seen here today being checked by doctors in rafah in southern gaza. the world health organization got them out of al—shifa hospital, which it says is a death zone. they are due to be moved to egypt. and in israel, many are still enveloped by grief, still saying goodbye. here they honour a passionate campaignerfor peace. vivian silver was a canadian israeli activist. if palestinians were allowed into israel for medical treatment, she drove them to hospital. when hamas attacked her kibbutz near the gaza border, she was burned to death inside her home. her son, jonathan, said her peace movement had been orphaned by her death. her clear voice had been silenced. but fellow campaigners told us they will keep going. it's very hard to us, but the way of vivian give us the hope for all of us here, to see all of these people, to see all these people, that we must work in the way of the peace. do you think that is still possible now, with israel and the palestinians...? we must, we must believe in this way, because this is the solution. but israel's peace camp has been dwindling for years. since october the 7th, it is reeling. another war is under way in gaza — something vivian silver hoped would not be repeated. the grief here is for a beloved mother and grandmother, but also for a vision of a different future. let's bring you more now on the premature... more now on the premature babies who have been moved from the al—shifa hospital in northern gaza, which has been the scene of fighting — to the emirati hospital in rafah in the south of gaza. we should warn you, you may find the following images distressing. these pictures have emerged today, showing the children being cared for. doctors say 31 have survived, but eight passed away. they say a lack of medical provision made caring for them in al—shifa very difficult. teams are now working to stabilise their condition. here's the director general of the palestinian health ministry in gaza. translation: we found that even the water with which _ their baby formula was made was polluted. it wasn't sanitised because sanitisation was not available, and that caused vomiting, diarrhoea and weight loss. instead of gaining weight, they lost weight, and that caused them severe harm. some of them had sepsis and severe inflammation. we began a quick resuscitation process for them as soon as they arrived at the hospital. translation: they also had low temperatures. . they hadn't been kept warm. we usually assign one nurse to every two or three babies, but the medical staff was greatly reduced due to the siege around the al—shifa hospital and the staff's inability to change shifts. there were severe shortages in medicine, like antibiotics, other solutions and food, and that was banned by the occupying powers from reaching the al—shifa medical complex. translation: it took hours of work and coordination. i the medical staff — that's one doctor and the four nurses who were with — them finally arrived. who were with them — finally arrived. the final number who came to us was 31 babies. there had originally been 39, but eight babies died, the final two of which died in the al—shifa medical complex. some of the babies are in critical condition. one of them is on ventilator. there are some who are in critical, others in medium conditions, some who are stable, whose health condition allows them to be fed directly with baby formula or through tubes. let's turn our attention now to the hostages being held in gaza. earlier today, qatar's prime minister spoke to reporters in doha and said only "minor obstacles remain" in the way of reaching a deal on releasing some of the hostages taken by hamas. his comments came after the washington post said that israel, hamas and the united states were close to an agreement on the release of women and children. it's not really about a specific thing that i can comment yes or no about it. the challenges that remain in the negotiations are very minor compared to the bigger challenges. they are more logistical, they are more practical, and i believe that with the willingness of both parties to engage and to have this deal moving, we can reach a deal. we have been focused in the past four or five weeks now in these negotiations, we have tried every way, all possible ways, in order to ensure that civilians are released. and we treat all human beings all the same. civilians are civilians, whether they are from the israeli side or the palestinian side. as we mentioned in several occasions, our focus is to make sure that the release is happening safely and there are also the humanitarian issues of the gaza strip to be addressed in that deal. live now to dr dania thafer, who's the executive director of gulf international forum, where she specialises in the gulf region's geopolitics. thank you so much for your time on bbc news. with regards to this deal, this potential of a deal, what needs to come together for it to be completed?— to come together for it to be completed? to come together for it to be comleted? ~ . , ., completed? well, what needs to ha en is completed? well, what needs to happen is there _ completed? well, what needs to happen is there needs _ completed? well, what needs to happen is there needs to - completed? well, what needs to happen is there needs to be - completed? well, what needs to happen is there needs to be an l happen is there needs to be an agreement between the two main parties, hamas and israeli government. about the terms for this release. they said they're very close and there's only a matter of issues. the israelis haven't said as much. there was some indication that they were hopeful that a deal would come through, and the us hasn't commented that much either. so, but based on what he said, i don't think they would say that without believing that is the case. looking back at the last four or five weeks, as qatar has mediated, they have released updates based on the status of the situation. they would say they're having more trouble with the talks, i guess they're reaching a breaking point where a deal could be imminent. talk breaking point where a deal could be imminent. . ~ ., , ., ., imminent. talk to us about the role that qatar is _ imminent. talk to us about the role that qatar is playing _ imminent. talk to us about the role that qatar is playing in _ imminent. talk to us about the role that qatar is playing in this - that qatar is playing in this mediation. i was able to bring the two sides closer together —— how is it able? two sides closer together -- how is it able? ,, ., ., , it able? qatar is unique in the sense that — it able? qatar is unique in the sense that it _ it able? qatar is unique in the sense that it has _ it able? qatar is unique in the sense that it has good - it able? qatar is unique in the i sense that it has good relations with both parties. they have had an office for hamas for about a decade, which was requested by the us to keep open lines to hamas. and qatar has been giving money through israel. they have a unique sort of relationship with both parties that i think many nations don't have, so that places qatar in a unique position, which is not something new for them because they have done the same thing with the taliban, if you can remember with the war with palestine in the us. that's kind of what makes qatar unique on the global stage is as a small stage. any agreement if it is reachable be for some degree backbite... any agreement will surely have a wider reverberations throughout the region. how will the wider region react to a potential exchange of these hostages? i react to a potential exchange of these hostages?— react to a potential exchange of these hostages? i think everyone would have _ these hostages? i think everyone would have a _ these hostages? i think everyone would have a sigh _ these hostages? i think everyone would have a sigh of— these hostages? i think everyone would have a sigh of relief- these hostages? i think everyone would have a sigh of relief to - these hostages? i think everyone would have a sigh of relief to see| would have a sigh of relief to see that there will be a cease—fire or humanitarian pause. both languages have been used in the media reports. i think there has been pressure from all stakeholders in the middle east, and i think they will look at that favourably. 0f and i think they will look at that favourably. of course, the release of the hostages is something welcomed by everyone as well. i'm sure the region is looking for de—escalation because the longer this conflict goes on as it is, the more risks of it torpedoing out of control and causing conflagration. i think everyone is having a sigh of relief, but they're also wondering what's going to happen next after this humanitarian pause. d0 what's going to happen next after this humanitarian pause.- this humanitarian pause. do you foresee this _ this humanitarian pause. do you foresee this being _ this humanitarian pause. do you foresee this being in _ this humanitarian pause. do you foresee this being in isolation i this humanitarian pause. do you foresee this being in isolation or do you think this could lay the foundations if it is agreed for more to be built upon it? the foundations if it is agreed for more to be built upon it?— to be built upon it? the way it's being framed — to be built upon it? the way it's being framed right _ to be built upon it? the way it's being framed right now - to be built upon it? the way it's being framed right now is, - to be built upon it? the way it's being framed right now is, it's l to be built upon it? the way it's i being framed right now is, it'sjust being framed right now is, it's just an isolation to get humanitarian aid in. it's not being framed as something building bigger in terms of de—escalating the war in general. dr dania thafer, thank you so much for your time. dr dania thafer, thank you so much for your time-— voting is under way in the second round of argentina's presidential elections. the poll has been dominated by an escalating economic crisis, with inflation running at more than 140%. polls suggest it will be a tight race between the left—wing economy minister, sergio massa, and a far—right outsider, javier milei. mr massa won the first round with 36.7%, ahead of mr milei with 30%. argentinian journalist natalio cosoy spoke to the bbc from outside a polling station and explains how the main issue this election is around the crippling economy. the economic situation is very dire in argentina. the crisis has been going on for too long. going on for too long for argentinian citizens. the very high inflation makes it very difficult to organise life, to buy things, to save, and that's affecting people, but it's also affecting business. and that's why javier milei, with his unconventional economic ideas, like the idea of polarising the country and getting rid of the argentinian currency, the peso, or closing down the central bank as a means to control inflation, became attractive to part of the population. and that put, at the same time, sergio massa in a difficult position. and that's why it's interesting also to have seen such a good performance by massa in the first round. i think the issue here that we need to highlight is why massa had that that good performance and why are we calling a tight race if he's economic minister of the current government. well, possibly because people that don't vote for milei are afraid of him, are worried that maybe it's too much. they are uncertain of what a government by milei might be and that it might be too far off to the right. so, i think that these are the key issues in argentina in this election. some breaking news now. russell brand has been questioned by metropolitan police detectives in relation to allegations of historical sex offences. an investigation by the sunday times, the times and channel 4's what are we hearing? the metropolitan _ what are we hearing? the metropolitan police - what are we hearing? tue: metropolitan police has what are we hearing? t'ta: metropolitan police has confirmed that a man in his 40s attempted a police station in south london on the november the 16th. that's last thursday. the police force said he was interviewed under caution in relation to allegations of three non—recent sexual offences. it said the inquiries were continuing. the met police has not named to the individual, but it is understood to be russell brand. the mets said it would investigate allegations of non—recent sexual offences after a number of allegations. earlier that month, the sunday times and dispatches said four women had accused brand of sexual offences including a rape between 2006—2013. the bbc has approached russell brand but has not yet heard back. it's important to say he has previously denied those claims and said that his relationships have always been consistent. iinstill his relationships have always been consistent. ~ ~ ., his relationships have always 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pressure sitting very close to the uk, and that's brought some heavy rain earlier on in wales and across northern england. that rain moving away from wales, but we'll keep the rain going into the night across northern england, perhaps southern scotland. some rain comes back into northern ireland, and then we get this curl of rain sweeping eastwards across southern parts of england and wales, so a bit of a messy night. we will find some clearer spells developing through the midlands and lowest temperatures will be around 5—6 degrees, so a little bit chillier than it was last night. that rain in the south—east soon moves away, and then, broadly speaking, it's going to be quite cloudy. there will be some showers around, maybe some sunshine, though, for a good part of the day across east anglia and the south—east. it will get windy, though, across northern ireland and across these western coastal areas. it will be a chillier wind as well, and on the whole, temperatures will be a little bit lower than we've seen over the weekend. but after monday, then, there may not be a great deal of sunshine, but there probably won't be an awful lot of rain through the rest of the week, either. we're going to find this area of high pressure tending to build towards the uk. a northerly wind, though, is bringing in some chillier air as we head into tuesday. and it may well bring in more cloud again and a few showers across england and wales — those should tend to move away. some sunshine for a while for scotland and northern ireland before it clouds over here, a little rain in the far north of scotland. those temperatures continuing to just slip away a little bit, so typically around 9—10 degrees, and it could be quite chilly overnight across england and wales. it may be the coldest night over the week ahead. things start to turn milder though across scotland and northern ireland, because the wind direction changes. there's that colder air, but this is the air we're going to get into through the rest of the week. it's a milder air coming around the top of an area of high pressure and it's broadly a westerly wind that will bring in a lot of cloud across northern parts of the uk and some rain into northern and western areas of scotland. further south, a lot of dry weather. a bit of sunshine coming through now and again, but as you can see, there will be a lot of cloud around. you can see how the temperatures are changing, back up to 1a degrees across many parts of scotland. that's wednesday. into thursday, still the high pressure to the south, still that westerly wind and most of the rain will be in the far north of the uk. this is bbc news, the headlines israeli forces release footage which they say shows the entrance to a hamas tunnel near the al shifa hospital in gaza. we've not been able to verify this video or where it was filmed the palestinian red crescent has evacuated 31 premature babies from al shifa hospital in gaza. services at the hospital have collapsed as a result of fighting between israel and hamas. the prime minister of qatar suggests israel and hamas could be close to a deal to release some of the hostages being held in gaza. and here in the uk, the chancellor, jeremy hunt, has said he will only bring down taxes in what he called "a responsible way". he emphasised that he wouldn't risk fuelling inflation when he makes his autumn statement this week. now on bbc news — time for sportsday hello and welcome to sportsday this sunday night live from the bbc sport centre — i'm chetan pathak — coming up on the programme. rising to the occassion again...