This situation becomes for the palestinians. The strip under constant bombardment today, a force of 300,000 israeli troops now in position for the ground offensive. We will hear tonight from an Israeli Government spokesmen on when that order might come. 0ur International Editor jeremy bowen is in southern israel, he has been in the remains of the be eri kibbutz today, where at least 100 people were killed. We will speak to the un in gaza, the hostage negotiators, and we will keep one eye on that important vote in the us congress tonight, where republicans are trying and so far failing to elect a speaker. Welcome to the programme. It should come as no surprise, after all the death and destruction inflicted by hamas, that the hearts of israelis are hardened to the fate of gaza and its people. The Prime Ministers Office released pictures today of israeli children that had been butchered and burnt. There was no mercy, it seems there will be none in return. The Gaza Blockade will be enforce
a spokesman for the israeli military told bbc news it was looking into the incident but couldn t say if it had been caused by israeli action, although an idf social media post stated the military had conducted activities in the jabaliya region, saying they encountered terrorists and struck a large number of terrorist infrastructure. hamas claims the second strike was also on a school, tal al zaatar, adding that 32 members of one family were killed, including 19 children. in other developments today, hundreds of people have left gaza city s al shifa hospital on foot. doctors say israeli forces had issued by loudspeaker an order to evacuate. the israeli military denies this, saying it had agreed to expand and assist an evacuation, following a request by the hospital s director. yogita limaye has more now from jerusalem. and a warning her report contains distressing images. people fleeing al shifa hospital in gaza s north. the hospital s director says israel ordered civilians