the israel defense forces have announced the beginning of a new ground operation in southern gaza, just north of the city of khan younis. israel continued its renewed bombardment of gaza for a third day, having told more palestinians to leave areas in and around khan younis immediately. the hamas run health ministry in gaza says more than 15,500 people have now been killed there since the start of the conflict between israel and hamas, which is considered a terrorist organsation by the uk government. this is the scene live outside al nasser hospital in khan younis an area that has been under frequent assault. the scenes both inside and ouside the hospital are traumatic. these pictures were shot today. children are among those being driven to the hospital carried inside by family and friends. for many, the journey to hospital was too late. a senior adviser to the israeli prime mininister has insisted israel is doing all it can to minimise the deaths of civilians in gaza, after
intensifies its many operations on the south of the gaza strip. hamas officials have said hundreds of palestinians have been killed in the past 2a hours. it s considered a terror organisation by the uk and us governments among others. we ve seen fresh pictures from khan younis in the southern gaza strip and the scene at some hospitals, an area that has been under frequent assault. we ve also seen further southin assault. we ve also seen further south in the strip in the area near rafa at least seven palestinians killed by an israeli strike in the early hours of sunday morning. israel says hamas fighters are hiding in the south of the strip and thatis hiding in the south of the strip and that is why the military operation is now focused in that area. you can see both inside and outside the hospital, showing people traumatised by these ongoing strikes. these are from reuters news agency and formed earlier today. children among those driven to hospital and carried inside by fami
had been killed. she described the scale of suffering as devastating. the us defense secretary, lloyd austin, in his strongest comments yet on israel s need to protect civilians, said that driving the civilian population into the arms of the enemy would replace israel s tactical victory with a strategic defeat. you see in this kind of a fight, the centre of gravity is the civilian population. and if you drive them into the arms of the enemy, you replace a tactical victory with a strategic defeat. so, i have repeatedly made clear to israel s leaders that protecting palestinian civilians in gaza is both a moral responsibility and a strategic imperative. for his part, the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, said the war would continue for as long as hamas was active. translation: we will continue the war until we achieve - all its goals, and it s impossible to achieve those goals without the ground operation. the ground operation was necessary to bring the results until
begun its ground offensive in southern gaza, north of the city of khan younis. it said there are armoured forces in the area. they have begun operating and attacking what they say are hamas targets. it says the idf expect to expand their ground operation in the region. the hamas run health ministry in gaza says more than 15,500 palestinians have been killed over the course of the war. the idf also says 500 hamas tunnel shafts have been destroyed. hamas is considered a terrorist organisation by the uk and us governments, among others. live to the scene in khan younis. you can see people sitting outside the hospital. tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands are taking shelter in and around khan younis after fleeing shelter in and around khan younis afterfleeing fighting shelter in and around khan younis after fleeing fighting in the north of gaza in the early stages of the war. this morning, the israeli army issued evacuation orders for several districts, urging people to l
much to get through this hour. as israel intensifies its military operations in the south of the gaza strip, hamas officials say more than 700 palestinians have been killed in the past 2a hours. that number comes from the hamas media office. hamas is considered a terrorist organisation by the uk and us governments. i want to show you these live pictures first of all in car newness, in southern gaza. car this is live outside al nasser hospital in khan younis, an area that has been under frequent assault. further south in the strip, near rafah, at least seven palestinians were killed in an israeli attack in the early hours of sunday. we re also keeping an eye on what s happening further north. this is live looking at the israel gaza border. all this as israel has come under renewed pressure from top figures in the biden administration. the defence secretary, lloyd austin, has said israel driving could be driving the civilian population into the arms of the enemy, and that