Bbc news now. Gazas only power plant has stopped working after running out of fuel, as israel continues its deadly bombardment for a fifth day. Israeli troops are massing near the gaza border in preparation for what could be a Ground Invasion of the territory, as israel responds to saturdays brutal attacks by hamas militants. These are the Key Developments this hour. Israel says that more than 1,200 israelis are now known to have been killed, since hamas launched attacks on saturday. 169 of those killed were soldiers. The bbc understands 17 british nationals are dead or missing. Palestinian sources say that more than 1,055 people have been killed by israels bombardment of gaza, where entire neighbourhoods have been flattened. Food and medical supplies are dwindling, after israel sealed all crossings into the territory. Both sides have accused the other of war crimes in the attacks, which began on saturday. Strikes against gaza have continued. We canjust we can just show you this. This
We will have more on those stories in a moment or two. Lets go to the north of israel, to the borders with lebanon. Anna foster is our correspondence there. We have seen more shelling and more activity. What has been going on where you are . . ,. ,. Are . Im right on the border. We have spent are . Im right on the border. We have spent the are . Im right on the border. We have spent the day are . Im right on the border. We have spent the day trekking are . Im right on the border. We l have spent the day trekking along the border where there have been various incidents over the last few days. This morning, hezbollah fired an anti tank missile into israel, fighterjets from israel an anti tank missile into israel, fighter jets from israel then responded by striking at hezbollah bit of infrastructure inside lebanon. I am speaking from a shelter because as we were driving along the sirens went off here and we are sheltering with the local security team, because a lot of these border communi
In other news, afghanistan has been struck by another large earthquake as powerful as the one that hit on saturday. Israel has said up to 150 people were taken captive when hamas launched its Surprise Attack on the 7th Of October. Hamas has said it has hidden them in safe places and tunnels within gaza, and threatened to kill hostages if Civilian Homes are bombed by israel without warning. The bbc has a team ofjournalists looking at what the situation is like now and who the hostages could be. Frankie mccamley has this analysis. Its thought up to 150 people were taken hostage when hamas launched its attack. Now were trying to verify these numbers by using videos that have been posted online. Now, this video is thought to show 30 year old shiri. Shes believed to have been taken hostage with her two young children. And in this video, you canjust about see her young nine month old baby in her arms. Now its understood her husband as well, yarden, was taken hostage too, and the bbc, has man
We will have the latest on the escalating conflict. Hello, and welcome to bbc news. We start in israel and gaza, where there has been another night of Missile Launchers and air raids across the border, while the prospect of an Israeli Ground invasion appears to be drawing closer. Here are the latest developments for you. Israel says that more than 1200 israelis are now known to have been killed since her mass since hamas launched attacks. More than 950 people have been killed by israels embodiment of gaza. The only crossing from Gaza Into Egypt At Rafa has been hit by israeli air strikes. All sides of war crimes. Israel has accused hamas of torturing babies and hostages. It was said that israel was planning to starvation as a method of warfare. Strikes against gaza have continued this morning. This was a blast a couple of hours ago. A huge blast, as you can see. This is the seen live in gaza, very hazy background, because the amount of smoke that has been released by missiles means it
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