Said that the goal of the operation was to completely destroy the governing and military capabilities of hamas. It comes a week after hamas, which is classed as a Terrorist Organisation by many western governments, killed more than 1300 people in israel and took dozens hostage. We can show you these live pictures of gaza city right now where it is shortly after 2am in the morning. In a drone strike, the Israeli Military said on saturday that it has killed a hamas commander who led part of the assault on israel. Ali qadhi is the second hamas chief to have been killed in a day. Meanwhile, on the ground in gaza, thousands of civilians are on the move. Thats after israel warned over one million living in the north to move south beyond the Wadi Gaza River here, an order the World Health Organization has said is a Death Sentence for those already sick and injured. The authorities in gaza say more than 2,200 people have already died in retaliatory israeli bombing including children while att
Hello, im ben thompson. Israels military says its forces are deployed across the country and are ready for the next stage of the war, which is expected to have significant ground operations. A spokesman said the coming phase could include, what he called, combined and co ordinated strikes from the air, sea and land. The goal, he said, was to completely destroy the governing and military capabilities of hamas. Its a week since hamas, classed as a Terrorist Organisation by many western governments, including the uk, killed more than 1,300 people in israel and took dozens hostage. Israel has warned the 1. 1 million civilians in gazas north to move south beyond the wadi gaza here. The Military Spokesperson said they should not return until israel said they could do so. The authorities in gaza say more than 2,200 people have already died in retaliatory israeli bombing. On saturday, israels Prime Minister visited some of his troops and asked them if they are ready for the next stage. 0ur C
Hello, im lewis vaughanjones, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. There has been plenty of reaction to the announcement from israel for a Million People to effectively move from the north of the gaza strip, down to the southern end. We were to use in pictures now from inside gaza in the last, these are live pictures right now, the scene looks relatively calm, very different picture at times overnight with air strikes continuing. We can show you some pictures from inside gaza. Some of the latest images we have from the streets. The devastation. We will bring you those in a few moments. While we wait for those pictures these are the pictures that i was just referring to. This gives you an idea of some of the destruction inside, some of the problem is therefore of asking people to move, a Million People to move in these conditions. Palestinian groups, United Nation groups have been talking about the impossibility of a Million People moving in
Recently its warplanes have hit several multi storey buildings in the centre of gaza city. The barrage of rocket fire from gaza into israeli territory began just after dawn, with explosions heard on the streets of ashkelon. Sderot is one of the towns thought to have been infiltrated by militants. With the latest on this fast escalating conflict, heres our middle east correspondent yolande knell, and a warning that you may find some of her report upsetting. Israeli partygoers from an overnight rave running for their lives. Israels Nightmare Scenario armed Palestinian Militants at large in southern israel. It is thought that dozens entered, some cutting through the Perimeter Fence from the gaza strip. In the town of sderot, residents hid as fighters drove in. There was shooting and the israeli casualties began to mount. In a dramatic turn, videos were also shared of israelis being taken into gaza as hostages. The day had begun with intense barrages of palestinian rockets, some reaching a
as intense battles continue in southern gaza. there are reports of house to house fighting in the city. it comes amid fierce criticism of the us, for vetoing a united nations security council draft resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in gaza. the palestinian president mahmoud abbas said the veto made the us complicit in what he described as war crimes against palestinians. the us envoy to the un said a ceasefire would be dangerous and unrealistic. these are the latest pictures from the israel defense forces, showing fighting in the jabalia refugee camp in the north of the strip, which is still surrounded by israeli tanks. people there say they ve been without food and clean water for several days. forgive me, these are not from the idf. this is a live feed we are getting of the israel gaza border, just gone six o clock. the blackness of the sky. from jerusalem, hugo bachega sent this report and a warning it does contain some distressing images. at the nasser hospita