tom hanks tells us why a new exhibition is his passion project. when you get up just a little bit closer, it s quite stunning, that magnificent desolation, and in that, there is just such magnificence. and coming up on sporstday later in the hour on bbc news. australia make a brilliant start against south africa. we will have the latest. hello and welcome to the bbc news at one. we begin this lunchtime with a report from inside al shifa, the largest hospital in gaza, which has been at the cente of israeli operations over recent days. doctors there say the building has been without power and water. israel says the site was a key command centre for hamas and have mounted what it called a targeted operation against the group there. hamas, which is designated as a terrorist organisation by the uk, described the raid as a war crime. last night, the bbc, along with one us media network, was taken by the israeli army into a small part of the hospital to see weapons and other materia
you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin with breaking news. we just learned from the white house that one of the americans being held hftostage by hamas ia 3-year-old child, i repeat, a 3-year-old child. the child s parents were killed in the october 7th attacks and more on that in just a moment and meanwhile in gaza the health crisis is spiralling out of control at the hospital there and officials there say al shifa, gaza s biggest hospital is, and it has staff trapped inside and am wrablabses unable check the wounded and doctors say they expect to lose more infants each day as they face the risk of infections. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu claims the hospital is being used as a xhancommand cen for hamas which officials deny and they re working to create safe corridors and our dana bash asked netanyahu for a days long pause for humanitarian aid and this is how the prime minister responded. that s not a pause. if you re
The director of Shifa Hospital in Gaza, along with three other health workers, are still being detained by Israeli forces, the World Health Organization said in a statement.