Israel. This is very close to gaza city. Israel is continuing to ram up up its strikes this evening in gaza. Its 10 00 p. M. In southern israel. The country extends its Ground Operations this evening. What a possible Ground Invasion might looks like. At this point its unclear. It has felt imminent the last 48 to 72 hours, really. Israeli officials today telling us that the world should expect to hunker down for a long war. They have two missions. The first is to eliminate forever the threat that hamas can present to the country of israel. So that they can never be threatened or hurt again. They say that too many of their children live in fear, go to sleep in fear at night. They want to erase the threat of hamas and the threat of what they watched unfold on october 7th. Now, secondly, and not particularly in this order because these two things obviously are very interwoven in terms of what they face right now. 229 hostages. You can see some of their faces here. We will take a look at th
Its on again. More shelling in gaza. The Israeli Defense forces saying theyre expanding Ground Operations as we speak. Is this the start of a ground water . Welcome. Im neil cavuto on a very busy day and now night. Its about 11 00 p. M. In israel as we speak. Lets go to trey yingst in southern israel. Trey . Good afternoon, neil. As we speak, the real military is shelling and striking the gaza strip the past several hours. They have ramped up strikes on the northern part of gaza. This is the heaviest that we have seen the israeli response since this war erupted 21 days ago. Weve seen the israelis using tanks along the border. According to israels spokesman, this is being considered you can hear the artillery going out there in to gaza, this is being considered an expanded raid in to the strip. Theyre stopping short of calling this the Ground Operation that everyone is anticipating. But the amount of fighting along the border is significant. Weve heard Machine Gun Fire in the distance.
Killed in the strip. The un is warning that the last remaining services are collapsing due to a lack of supplies, as israel continues its siege and bombardment. Hundreds of Armed Police Officers continue to hunt for a gunman in the us state of maine, after 18 people were shot dead yesterday. The suspect, robert card, is an Army Reservist and is considered dangerous. Lets ta ke lets take lets update you on what is happening in gaza. A new figure from the hamas run Health Authorities in gaza saying that the death toll is now 7326. With hospitals in the gaza strip either shut or unable to provide medical help, pregnant women are being forced to give birth in dangerous conditions. One of them a journalist Called Jumana Has made a video diary of her experiences. Shes been speaking to bbc arabic s dalia haider. They speak arabic a precious moment captured between a pregnant mother and daughter. Translation im about to deliver any time soon. I hope my second baby arrives safely and peacefully
Hello, im lucy hockings. Welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. Israels military says it carried out a new ground raid in gaza overnight to target hamas fighters. 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. Launch sites for anti tank missiles and command and control centres were also hit. The army said it killed a senior hamas commander and all israeli troops exited the area with no injuries. This is the second brief ground raid in as many days. The israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has insisted a full offensive is coming. The main un agency in the gaza strip is again warning its humanitarian work is becoming more difficult because of a lack of fuel in the territory. The head of unrwa says basic services are crumbling, with food and water running out and streets overflowing wi
Hello, im matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, 3 hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. The United Nations has warned that catastrophic shortages of essential goods in gaza could result in many more deaths. The head of its agency for Palestinian Refugees described the amount of aid allowed in so far as crumbs. Philippe lazzarini says basic services are crumbling, with streets starting to overflow with sewage. The Un Human Rights Office says it has warned israel that cutting off food, fuel and electricity constitutes collective punishment. The World Food Programme was relying on 23 bakeries to feed 220,000 people a day but says only two of those are now functional. Israels military says it carried out another ground raid in gaza overnight to target hamas fighters. These pictures, supplied by the idf, are said to show a Hamas Tunnel Being struck by a guided missile. Launch sites for anti tank missiles and command and control centres were also reporte