in singapore. ..this is bbc news. it s newsday. hi there, thank you for being with us. israel has confirmed that it hit the jabalia refugee camp in northern gaza. the hamas run gazan health ministry says at least 50 people were killed and hundreds injured. the palestinian red crescent told the bbc at least 25 civilians were killed. the israeli army says the strike killed a senior hamas commander. a hamas spokesman has denied the presence of one of its leaders in the camp. before the war, the camp was home to more than 100,000 people. many of them have been there for generations since the formation of the state of israel in 1948. bbc verify have located the exact position of the blast, which you can see here and you can see how built up it is. more now from our international editorjeremy bowen and a warning, his report contains images some may find distressing. israel says the destruction came from air strikes that killed a senior hamas commander and some of his men. it sa
images show craters and levelled buildings. the bbc can t verify most battlefield claims immediately but the idf say the target was ibrahim biari, a senior hamas battalion commander that the idf describes as pivotal to the planning of the october 7th attacks. more now from our international editorjeremy bowen and a warning, his report contains images some may find upsetting. israel says the destruction came from air strikes that killed a senior hamas commander and some of his men. it said hamas was using these civilians as human shields in a cruel and brutal manner, and that the air strikes caused the collapse of underground hamas bunkers. israel ordered civilians to leave this area. many did. many others did not. the un said some people even returned to their homes because conditions further south were so desperate. an unknown number of people are buried under the rubble. they were pulling out children. he says, oh, god, my three children are gone. three kids. i hope i ca
deeper behind the headlines and speak live to key players on today s big stories, plus a first look at tomorrow s front pages. good evening from jerusalem israel s military has confirmed that it carried out an airstrike onjabalia refugee camp in northern gaza, saying its target was a senior commander with hamas the group are designated as a terrorist organisation by the uk government. the death toll is not clear but tonight a doctor treating the victims are in the hundreds. the attack happened in a densely built up area that was home to more than 100,000 people. israel has called on civilians in the north of the territory to move south and tonight it reiterated its claim that hamas intentionally uses civilians as shields. 0ur international editor jeremy bowen has the latest. his report is distressing from the start. israel says the destruction came from airstrikes that killed a senior hamas commander and some of his men. it said hamas was using these civilians as huma
in england after a public consultation. coming up in sport later on bbc news: bangladesh are the first side out of semifinal contention at the cricket world cup. they lost by seven wickets to pakistan, who have kept their hopes alive. good evening from jerusalem. footage is emerging tonight after a huge explosion at a refugee camp in northern gaza. the images show people at the jabalia camp trying to resuce others trapped under the rubble. hamas designated as a terrorist organisation by the uk government says it was an israeli air strike and at least 50 people have been killed, with hundreds injured. the israeli military has yet to comment. the camp, made up of high rise buildings, was home to more than 100,000 people and is in an area that civilians had been told to leave. bbc verify have just located the exact position of the blast which you can see here you can see how built up it is. 0ur international editor jeremy bowen has the latest. his report is hard to watch a
headquarters in new york city. we re awaiting for the update on the war effort from israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu while an extraordinary and rare piece of good news for israel and its military just came to us. the idf now saying they managed to rescue a female israeli soldier who had been held hostage by hamas for more than three weeks. what it tells us about the ground operations and the new phase of the war in gaza coming up. the white house jumping into action after a rise in anti-semitism on u.s. campuses. donald trump once again pushing the envelope of a gag order, put back in place just yesterday to keep him from going after people involved in his d.c. case. this morning he called the judge who ordered it, quote, a trump hater who is incapable of giving him a fair trial. so now what? we start in israel where a rapidly escalating crisis is threatening prime minister benjamin netanyahu s leadership at a critical time, just as israel s war effort shifts into