sunday night has brought israel s military spokesman daniel hagari told reporters that troops have spread across the gaza strip but have allowed an evacuation corridor. today, the idf forces encircled the city of gaza. they reached the city of gaza. they reached the beach at the southern part of the city of gaza and they have encircled gaza and today we have gaza north and gaza south. they have reached the shore line. they are holding the shore line. we are still holding the corridor to enable the residents at the north of the residents at the north of the gaza strip and the residents in the city of gaza to go south. it is a one way corridor going south. we are going to continue to strike forcefully. we are going to continue our ground offensive in the north of the gaza strip and the greater city of gaza. more on that strike at the al maghazi refugee camp now. well, the site of the attack is in the center of the strip in a camp filled with narrow alleys. our correspondent rus
live from. newsday. hi there. thank you for being with us. we begin in gaza, where fighting is intensifying and communications are down for a third time. our correspondent rushdi abualouf in gaza has told us that tonight s bombardment seems to be the most intense since the beginning of the war, targeting the north west of the gaza strip in particular. of the gaza strip in particular. and in the last few hours, the idf said it has now split gaza into two parts north and south. it comes as the us secretary of state antony blinken has visted iraq and the west bank. and in the last hour, he has landed in turkey s capital, ankara, for a round of talks with leaders in the region. he has said that discussions are ongoing about a humanitarian pause in the fighting. mr blinken said the pause would advance several priorities, including getting more aid in to gaza, and getting the hostages out. yogita limaye reports. the bombing over gaza has intensified tonight, communication lines
the programme. hamas, regarded as a terrorist organisation by the uk, says more than 30 people have been killed in an israeli airstrike on a refugee camp in gaza. israel says it s investigating whether its forces were operating in the area at the time. heavy fighting is continuing in the north of the territory, with the united nations warning nearly 1.5 million gazans have now been displaced. our middle east correspondent mark lowen reports. night brings no peace to the purgatory of gaza. inferno is light the skies as israel pounds from the air. a listing that an israeli strike hit a refugee camp in central gaza late on saturday, killing at least 30. israel says it is looking into the reports. but night brings out anguish on the other side as well. in tel aviv, loved ones of the more than 240 hostages seized by hamas on the seventh of october demand there return. 0ne missing chairfor demand there return. 0ne missing chair for each demand there return. 0ne missing chairfor eac
the us secretary of state, antony blinken has met the palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas in the occupied west bank city of ramallah for talks on the gaza conflict. mr abbas told mr blinken there must be an immediate ceasefire and an allowing of humanitarian aid to the gaza strip. in gaza itself, we ve been reporting an explosion at al maghazi refugee camp where at least 50 people have been killed that s according to the head of a nearby hospital. the israeli military says it s investigating. and in the last hour, paltel the palestinian telecommunications company says there has been another complete disruption to communication and internet services in gaza. they say this is due to the previously reconnected major routes being exposed to israeli attacks. further north, and lebanese state media say three children and their grandmother were killed in an israeli strike on a car in southern lebanon. the report said their car was hit on a road in the bintjbeil d
tonight, israel intensifying strikes on gaza, warning civilians to move south amid what it calls massive attacks. the israeli military says it has cut gaza in two, its forces reaching the sea completely surrounding gaza city ahead of an expected assault there. ian pannell, one of the few journalists to get inside with a close-up look at the devastation and the forces on the ground. protests from washington to europe in support of palestinians. secretary of state antony blinken with an urgent diplomatic push to prevent the war from spreading. matt rivers standing by in tel aviv. also developing, a hit and run at stanford university now being investigated as a hate crime. students on edge on college campuses nationwide with increasing reports of anti-semitism and islamophobia. a california police officer off the job after allegedly sending racist text messages to a colleague. the police chief calling the messages disgusting. the big reveal in iowa. that state s governor e