heading south, away from israeli air strikes. israel says it s targeting hamas, a group designated as a terror organisation by the uk government, and responsible for killing 1,400 people on the 7th of october and seizing more than 200 hostages. jeremy bowen has been embedded with the israel defense forces, inside the territory. while the bbc retained editorial control of the report, the sections featuring the israeli military have been cleared by the idf. like young soldiers in many wars, israeli troops looked excited, not apprehensive, as they made their final preparations to join israel s invasion of the gaza strip. they re moving in as the war approaches a critical point. their colleagues already inside the strip have surrounded gaza city. these men might be part of the next stage, locating hamas tunnels and fighting street by street. israel s prime minister promised his country a mighty vengeance against hamas. but with so much firepower, one question is israel followin
israeli air strikes in gaza and focusing on gaza city where israel s defence minister now says that the israeli troops are operating in the heart of gaza city which the minister claims is the heart of terrorism. the area is the one of the most densely populated parts of the territory, and has frequently been hit by the israeli military in the last month it says it is targeting hamas, which israel, along with many other countries, considers to be a terrorist organisation. in this bulletin we will bring you the developments from right across this region, from here in israel, inside gaza and from lebanon as well. but we will start this hour with the latest developments from our middle east correspondent yolande knell. flares hanging in gaza s night sky are ominous warnings of incoming israeli fire. but, increasingly, the israeli prime minister s being pressed for a pause in fighting. i did ask him for a pause yesterday. this is a key moment. israeli troops are now said to be i
have reached the centre of gaza city and have destroyed more than a hundred entrances to a vast network of hamas tunnels. a spokesman said israel had also captured about 4,000 weapons including rockets hidden in civilian infrastructure and killed a major hamas arms manufacturer. hamas health officials say more than 10,500 people have been killed since the conflict began in gaza, nearly half of them children. israel has repeatedly warned palestinians to head south to greater safety, despite also bombarding that region. thousands of palestinian residents of gaza city are fleeing as israeli troops tighten their grip on the area. the israeli army released video showing a long line of people on foot, many of them waving white flags, some holding their hands in the air. explosions can be heard in the background. the us secretary of state has outlined what should happen when the fighting stops. antony blinken said gaza and the west bank should both be governed by the palestinian
gerry moynihan was a uhb trust governor. he was appalled atjacqui smith s absence from her three days a week job at such a crucial time. to me, that was an indication that back in 2020 there is something strategically wrong with the board allowing the chair of the second largest trust in england, when doctors and nurses were under extreme pressures because of covid, they allowed the chair to go off to do strictly come dancing. i expressed my concerns over that. they weren t listened to. the only thing i can do then as a governor is resign. and i resigned. now, anton was eliminated from the competition in the first week with his partner, former home secretaryjacqui smith. jacqui smith was voted off strictly in the first round, so her absence was only for one month, not three. she has declined our request for an interview, but has defended her decision to go on strictly during a podcast. lots of people at the trust who talk to me about it were really chuffed, one that strictly
from the west bank where 100 palestinians have been forcibly moved from their homes, amid rising tensions fuelled by the war. good evening, there was a five hour window today in which the palestinians were allowed to walk out of gaza city, through a humanitarian corridor, across the front lines, to the south. they left after weeks of furious bombardment and in defiance of a hamas order to remain. the group later accused unwra the united nations relief agency of facilitating the forced evacuation of palestinians. the civilians are the shield and the shield was being taken away. where these people go next and what will be provided for them is now the critical factor. many are eating just one meal a day, they queue for hours at water pumps, the shelters are full. 1.5 million people are displaced. and barely 650 trucks have crossed the rafah border since the conflict began. in tokyo the group of seven foreign ministers voiced support for a humanitarian pause in gaza, but the