of shelling and gunfire. they say there is a mass grave at the entrance. the palestinian red crescent has evacuated 31 premature babies by ambulance from the hospital, in coordination with un agencies. they were transported south across the gaza strap and entered egypt through the rafah crossing. the head of the world health organization posted this picture of the babies on x, who he called very sick . they are now being treatment in intensive care. the israeli military entered the complex last week and remains inside. israel says there is a hamas command centre underneath the hospital. that s been denied by hamas, which is designated a terrorist organisation by many western governments. on saturday, hundreds of people including some patients left the hospital on foot. but 20 health workers and about 300 critically ill patients remain at al shifa. meanwhile, the prime minister of qatar has said only minor obstacles remain in the way of reaching a deal on releasing some o
power outages at the al shifa hospital in northern gaza mean that dozens of premature babies and 45 kidney patients needed dialysis cannot be treated. the idf now says it is working to transfer incubators. ongoing fighting in the area has continued as israel says hamas has built command centres underneath hospitals and insist it is not targeting the medical facilities themselves. expressing his concern on monday, president biden said hospitals must be protected. meanwhile, the un says it will run out of fuel in gaza as soon as tutor, making it impossible to distribute aid to the more than 2 million people in the street. the hamas run health ministry says more than 11,000 people have been killed in gaza since israel begun its strike on october seven when 1200 people were killed and more than 200 taken hostage. our senior international correspondent orla guerin has more and this report contains scenes that you may find it distressing. war is closing in, and they are running out
strikingly densely populated refugee camp for days prompting international outcry. jeremy bowen has the latest. tank rumbles. tonight, israel says it has surrounded gaza city. an army statement said that soldiers were attacking hamas positions. explosion. gunfire. ..places where it launches rockets, and killing terrorists. israel has increased the tempo of its ground war in gaza. the army said its soldiers needed to be resilient is the coming weeks, and a ceasefire was not on the table. the troops have been visited by israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu. translation: icall- on the uninvolved, get out - get out, move south because we will not quit our efforts to eliminate the hamas terrorists. we will advance, we will advance and win. hamas has released its own video, it said, of an attack against an israeli tank in the zeitoun area east of gaza city. hamas said it would make gaza a cursed place for israel and send more of its troops home in body bags. israel hit bure
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