olly alexander is announced as the united kingdom s entry for next year s eurovision song contest. hello, i m lewis vaughanjones. we start with the latest on the israel gaza war. britain and germany are calling for an urgent sustainable ceasefire in gaza. last week, both countries abstained on a united nations resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. but in a change of tone which echoes a shift in the us, the foreign ministers of both countries say too many civilians have been killed in israel s war against hamas and the sooner a truce comes, the better. israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu has strongly reiterated his opposition to a ceasefire. speaking before a cabinet meeting, he insisted they will fight till the end to eliminate hamas which many countries consider a terror group. israel stepped up its bombardment of gaza overnight and into sunday, reportedly killing at least a0 people. and these pictures, filmed on sunday morning from israel, looki
today 110 people were killed in air strikes on the jabalia refugee camp in the north of the strip on sunday. a residential block was hit, with reports of many more people being trapped under rubble. the israeli military hasn t given any details about reported air strikes. but the idf says operations injabalia like this one on friday have destroyed hamas tunnels, explosives and military equipment, and soldiers found more than a £1 million claimed to be designated for terrorist activity . fierce fighting continues elsewhere in gaza with at least one child killed in a strike on the nasser hospital according to the hamas run health ministry. the bbc has been filming there as a middle east correspondent yolande knell reports from jerusalem. a warning you may find some of the images distressing. panic at the nasser hospital last night. children newly injured by an artillery strike, the hospital says. iis year old who already lost her parents, hersibling, her leg, her life. sh
hello. the israeli army says three hostages who were mistakenly shot dead by troops in gaza had been holding a white flag. early findings from an official investigation said the men were fired on in breach of the army s rules of engagement. an israeli soldier began shooting when three shirtless men emerged from a building in the suburbs of gaza city. alon shamriz, yotam haim and samer el talalqa were killed in shejaiya, in the north of gaza. the idf say their killing was very tragic . an army spokesperson said they had made a mistake and would not be punished. in a separate development, an aljazeera journalist and cameraman, samerabu daqqa, was killed on friday in an israeli strike. from jerusalem our security correspondent, frank gardner sent this report. in the war zone that is gaza, israeli forces have committed a tragic error. in the effort to free hostages, they shot three of them, mistaking them for hamas fighters. the young israeli men were all the mid 20s, seized b
hasn t given any details about reported air strikes. but the idf says operations injabalia, like this one on friday, have destroyed hamas tunnels, explosives and military equipment, and soldiers found more than £1 million claimed to be designated for terrorist activity . our gaza correspondent, rushdi abu alouf, who is now based in turkey, says the area has been a focus for israeli forces recently. the camp is in the north, and the air strikes were intensified in the location overnight. as international pressure mounts on israel to reduce civilian casualties, and with growing calls for a ceasefire, the us secretary of defence has returned to israel. lloyd austin has met his israeli counterpart and is also due to talk to prime minister benjamin netanyahu with a focus on how israel plans to move to the next phase of the war. the un security council is expected to vote on monday on a resolution calling for an urgent and sustainable cessastion of hostilities . the us blocked a