thousands of people have already left, those who remain have been told there are two safe routes to the south, one to the centre of the gaza strip and one along the coast. they have been told to move south. israeli troops say they are preparing to hunt down and destroy hamas, which is regarded as a terror organisation by many western governments, including the uk. there are reports that hamas commander, who led the attack, is already dead. officials say at least 2215 people have been killed so far in an israeli air strikes on gaza. limited rates have already taken place and there are reports that bodies of some israeli hostages had been recovered. those reports earlier in the media today. later the israeli defence force denied that those that the hostages were snatched a week ago by hamas militants in raids which left this is the scene. 1300 people killed. there are tanks amassing on the boundary between gaza and israel. we have been watching these images for the last hour or
at the the rugby world cup. first up this afternoon it s wales against argentina in marseille, and then in paris, ireland will be trying to reach the semifinals for the first time. and after the recent warm spell to start off this autumn, things are set to change this weekend. noticeably colder for many of us, although there will be some sunshine. i ll have all the details throughout the programme. it s saturday 14 october. our main story: tens of thousands of people have fled northern gaza, but many still remain, after the israeli military gave them 2a hours to leave the area before it launches a major ground offensive. they were ordered to move south of the wadi gaza as israeli troops prepare to hunt down and destroy hamas, which is regarded as a terror organisation by many western governments including the uk. around 1,900 people have died so far in israeli air strikes on gaza according to palestinian health officials. limited ground raids in gaza have already taken place,
a dead man walking. we will get them, every single one of them. hello, i m matthew amroliwala. the bbc has confirmed that young children were among those killed in an air strike on a convoy of vehicles leaving northern gaza of friday along a route designated by israel. our team at bbc verify analysed two videos of the strike on the vehicles heading towards southern gaza. both videos have been verified, these first images show a lorry carrying at least 30 civilians, on the move, moments before it was hit. and these are still images taken from a subsequent video from the aftermath of the strike. the full video is too graphic to show in detail. the video shows men running to a lorry, part of the same convoy, trying to help those who ve been hit. there are at least 12 visible dead bodies in the video. we will be talking to our bbc verify team on that in the next few minutes. israel s prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has visited troops near the border with gaza. speaking to t
hello, i m ben thompson. the israeli military says it has agreed to evacuate premature babies from gaza s main hospital al shifa to a safer place on sunday. an idf spokeswoman was unable to say how the evacuation would be carried out and the head of surgery at al shifa says no other hospital in gaza could accommodate the 37 infants at risk. this photo was sent to the bbc last night showing more than 20 babies being kept in a surgical theatre appearing to be need of oxygen treatment. alyona synenko says the situation in hospitals across gaza including the south is increasingly dire. hospitals overflowing with patience and thousands of displaced people who come there because they think they will be safer and hospitals running out of essentials. i speak without surgeons who are working in other european hospitals, they are running out of anaesthetic material and the blasts take place in the proximity of the hospital and when it happens the entire building shakes so it is
it s thursday, 15 june. on breakfast today: we ll bring you the latest on the fire and we ll be asking how such a tragedy could have struck in the heart of the capital. also this morning: reports in the us that the man investigating russia s involvement in the american presidential election is looking at whether president trump attempted to obstruct justice. the days of coming home to a big mobile bill after a european holiday should now be over. from today roaming charges are being dropped across the eu. i ll have all the details shortly. in sport, england s hopes of winning the champions trophy are over. eoin morgan s men were favourites to win the tournament but they were thrashed by pakistan in their semi final in cardiff by eight wickets. after eight muggy start it will be fresh with a mix of sunshine and showers. i will have a full forecast in about 15 minutes. good morning. i m in west london where almost 30 hours after fire swept through the grenfell tower behind me.