according to several palestinian news agencies. meanwhile, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu say his priorities in gaza are to destroy her mouth and bring hostages home. he insisted israel was doing its best to achieve both. he was speaking after meeting with families of some of the more than 200 hostages, who fear that the escalation of fighting by israel is making matters worse destroy hamas. at the bombardment of gaza intensifies, the prime minister said the war would be long and hard. meanwhile, the international red cross has called for an immediate de escalation of the conflict, saying it was unacceptable that civilians had no safe place to go in gaza. this is the scene live in gaza, where the hamas run health ministry in gaza says that 8,000 people have been killed since air strikes were launched in response to the killing of 1,400 israelis by hamas three weeks ago. we ll start our coverage with this update from our international editor, jeremy bowen. heavy
neta nyahu described the conflict netanyahu described the conflict is israel s second war of independence and they would win the war make every effort to bring the hostages home. and since the war began, and 7th of october, hamas leader in the gaza strip offered to release hostages being held in gaza in return for the freeing of all hamas prisoners and israeli jails. in a statement, they said we are ready for an immediate exchange deal that includes the releasable prisoners and any prisoners of the zionist enemy for the released of all prisoners. israel stepped up its bombardment of gaza and israel since the night time attacks mention 50 targets and also killed some key figures within hamas. hamas designated as a terror group by the uk, us and many western nations and benjamin netanyahu confirmed benjamin neta nyahu confirmed that benjamin netanyahu confirmed that it troops were inside gaza and the north and south. jeremy is on the ground and he is in southern israel and he s
and right now we are striking from the air every single day when we do not know where my cousin is, when we do not know where over 200 hostages are and we don t know if any of our bombs have killed them. here in london thousandsjoin pro palestinian demonstrations. similar protests take place around the world calling for a ceasefire. fresh aid enters gaza and the un tells the bbc they ve managed to re establish some contact with their teams on the ground. hello and welcome. i m lewis vaughan jones. israel says the war has shifted into a new phase. this is what happened last night. an intensification of air strikes and bold moments bombardments over gaza. 150 underground targets were hit and several senior hamas commanders were killed. there was a ground incursion as well in the latest information we haveis as well in the latest information we have is that troops are still on the ground in north gaza now. these are pictures from earlier today as the assault on gaza con
israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the war in gaza has entered a second phase, warning it will be long and difficult. speaking at a joint news conference with his defence minister, yoav gallant, and emergency war cabinet member benny gantz, mr netanyahu described the conflict as israel s second war of independence. he declared israel would win the war and make every effort to bring the hostages home. in his first comments since the war began on the seventh of october, hamas s leader in the gaza strip has offered to release all hostages being held in gaza in return for the release of all hamas prisoners in israeli jails. in a statement, yahya sinwar says, we are ready for an immediate exchange deal that includes the release of all prisoners in the prisons of the zionist enemy in exchange for the release of all prisoners with the resistance. it comes 2a hours after israel stepped up its bombardment of gaza. you can see that in these pictures here. israel said
welcome to the programme. israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the war in gaza has entered a second phase, warning it will be long and difficult. speaking at a joint news conference with his defence minister, yoav gallant, and emergency war cabinet member benny gantz, mr netanyahu described the conflict as israel s second war of independence. he declared israel would win the war and make every effort to bring the hostages home. in his first comments since the war began on seven october, hamas s leader in the gaza strip has offered to release all hostages being held in gaza in return for the release of all hamas prisoners in israeli jails. in a statement, yahya sinwar says: we are ready for an immediate exchange deal that includes the release of all prisoners. of all prisoners in the prisons of the zionist enemy in exchange for the release of all prisoners with the resistance. it comes 2a hours after israel stepped up its bombardment of gaza. israel said the