prime minister benjamin netanyahu said that would amount to a surrender to hamas. victory over these enemies begins with moral clarity. it begins with moral clarity. it begins with moral clarity. it begins with knowing the difference between good and evil, between right and wrong. it means making a moral distinction between the deliberate murder of the innocent and the unintentional casualties that accompany every legitimate war, even the most just war. legitimate war, even the most “ust war. . ,~ , . just war. netanyahu s defence comes as just war. netanyahu s defence comes as a just war. netanyahu s defence comes as a group just war. netanyahu s defence comes as a group to just war. netanyahu s defence comes as a group to warn - just war. netanyahu s defence comes as a group to warn the | comes as a group to warn the humanitarian situation in gaza is dire. surgeons at hospitals described the situation as horrifying. the gaza health ministry says more than 8000 p
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
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