Is it fair to keep pursuing him in this way . We will speak to the uns special rapporteur on torture. Good evening. The Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal court says he is seeking Arrest Warrants for the israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Defence Minister yoav gallant on charges of war crimes and Crimes Against Humanity in gaza. Karim khan has also applied for Arrest Warrants for three leaders of hamas, for war crimes and Crimes Against Humanity in connection with the October 7th Attacks in israel. 1,200 people were killed and 252 others were taken hostage. Since then, more than 35,000 people have been killed in gaza as part of the idf operation, according to the territorys hamas run health ministry. In the request that has been sent to the icc panel ofjudges, the prosecutor has alleged there is evidence to suggest starvation has been used by the Prime Minister and his Defence Minister as a method of war against civilians. He also alleges the israeli leaders
Progress. More on that story in a moment. As ukraine faces a second winter of war, it is suffering heavy losses on the battlefield, but the military does not release figures for those killed and injured. The bbc has been given access to one of the main hospitals receiving casualties from the front lines. Doctors there have treated more than 20,000 Wounded Soldiers since russias full scale invasion in february 2022, many of them amputees. From south eastern ukraine, our International Correspondent 0rla guerin reports. Sirens. Under a blanket of darkness, the wounded are brought in. On arrival each one is numbered. Each one a husband, a father or a son. This is the pain of a generation. Staff here treat 50 to 100 new casualties every day. Another badly wounded soldier has just been brought in. Hes in his 20s and one of his legs has already been amputated. This is where you can see the cost of the war, the cost for soldiers, the cost for ukraine and theres no let up, the casualties keep c
The Israeli Military has stressed though a significant force would remain in gaza. Lets go straight to our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet whos injerusalmem. There is almost nothing left, that is what were hearing from palestinians who are now returning to their homes in the southern strip. To the city of khan younis, the second largest city in gaza. They home after months of israeli bombardment and Ground Operations, which have left large parts of khan younis in ruin. Palestinians say they went to streets they didnt recognise any more. Not finding their house or their neighbours house, saying that simply they wouldnt be able to live there any more. But there is relief that the israeli troops have now left the area. The announcement was made yesterday by the Israeli Military, saying that it was pulling out all of its ground forces, except one brigade, which would remain in that part of the strip to enforce a corridor which divides Northern Gaza from the south. But israe
israel has intensified its military operations in the south of the gaza strip. the idf says it s hit more than 400 targets since a week long truce between israel and hamas collapsed on friday. this is live outside al nasser hospital in khan younis. a place that many people in the north have lied to. fled to. palestinian health officials say at least 200 and a0 people have been killed since the end of the truce. at least seven palestinians were killed in an israeli attack in the early hours of sunday near rafah. we re also keeping an eye on what s happening further north. this is the view from southern israel, looking at the gaza skyline. all this as israel has come under renewed pressure from top figures in the biden administration. the defence secretary, lloyd austin has said israel driving the civilian population into the arms of the enemy and that would be a strategic defeat. our middle east correspondent hugo bachega has the latest. khan younis in southern gaza. p