welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we start with the us secretary of state, antony blinken, who is headed to the middle east to visit israel, the west bank, and seven countries over the next week. the us state department says during mr blinken s trip, he will seek immediate increase in aid to gaza as the strip continues to deal with a humaniatarian crisis. the trip comes as the uk foreign secretary, david cameron, warns israel must allow more aid into gaza in order to avoid starvation and large outbreaks of disease. and there are reports of dozens more deaths from air strikes in southern gaza, as israel continues its military operation there. and in lebanon, people gathered for the funeral of deputy hamas leader saleh al arouri. he was killed earlier this week in an explosion. hezbollah a powerful iranian backed group in lebanon has blamed that attack on what it says was flagrant israeli aggression . israel has not commented, but
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Hello, im lyse doucet. Israels military says it carried out a new ground raid in gaza overnight to target hamas fighters. It is the second night in a row. Infantry and armoured units were accompanied by Helicopter Gunships as they entered eastern gaza city. These pictures, supplied by the idf, apparently show a Hamas Tunnel Being struck by a guided missile. Positions for launching anti tank missiles and command and control centres were also hit and the military says it has killed a senior hamas commander who helped organise the 7th october attacks. The army said all israeli troops exited the area with no injuries. This is the second ground incursion in as many days. Many are asking when a wider Ground Attack will take place. The israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has insisted a full offensive is coming. He said the timing had yet to be determined. There is more news now, dire warnings from the united nations. The un Humanitarian Coordinatorfor the occupied palestinian territor
Hello, im lyse doucet. Welcome to our coverage of the israel and gaza war with all the latest updates this hour. Israels army says it conducted a fresh Ground Incursion into gaza overnight to target hamas fighters. It said infantry and armoured units were accompanied by Helicopter Gunships as they entered eastern gaza city. Anti tank guided Missile Launch sites and command and control centres were hit. The army said all israeli troops exited the area with no injuries. This is the second Ground Incursion in as many days. The israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has insisted a full offensive is coming. But he said the date had yet to be determined. The main un agency in the gaza strip is again warning its humanitirian work is becoming more difficult because of a lack of fuel in the territory. Unrwa says its having to drastically limit its consumption of fuel, which is seriously affecting what aid it can provide to people in gaza. But first, lets get more on deepening humanitarian cr
Israel is at war. Isreali civilians is not something you want to play with. We will demolish every terrorists, we will. John a live look at gaza, isreali forces are launching wide scale air strikes against hamas, launching the deadliest single attack since the hall cost. Im john roberts in washington. We were not planning sandra on starting a week this way. Sandra no, john, good to be with you. Our coverage continues here. Im sandra smith in new york, This Is America reports. This situation continues to deteriorate every hour along the isreali gaza border, Trading Heavy Fire at this hour all the while the white house remains silent. The president s team has just called a lid for the day within the last hour which means we are not expected to see or hear from the president today. The State Department meanwhile is confirming at least Nine Americans were killed by those terrorists. And it remains unknown if any are among the dozens of hostages taken into gaza. John despite the numerous am