Been killed after houses in the central area of the gaza strip were hit. Israel has also sent tanks north of there after a night of heavy aerial and ground bombardments. From jerusalem, paul adams reports. One by one the people of rafah are leaving. Parts of the city now all but deserted. Translation i but deserted. Translation . , translation i wasnt planning on anoin. But translation i wasnt planning on going but since translation i wasnt planning on going. But since no translation i wasnt planning on going. But since no one translation i wasnt planning on going. But since no one is translation i wasnt planning on going. But since no one is left translation i wasnt planning on going. But since no one is left here | going. But since no one is left here i decided to leave. I have to find out where my wife and daughter are. The un says 300,000 people have left already. That is almost a quarter of those sheltering in rafah. Most are heading for the coast to places barely able to sustain
Hello and welcome. Israel has continued its air strikes on several parts of the gaza strip even as it continues issuing controversial Evacuation Orders to palestinians. The Israeli Military said its troops had found many tunnels used by hamas at The Rafah Crossing into egypt. The Israel Defense forces have declared a narrow coastal strip at al mawasi to be a safe humanitarian zone, but the un says it has no Running Water or proper sanitation. Israel says that since monday, about 300 thousand palestinians have already fled rafah. The us is still urging israel not to mount a full scale assault on the city. And in the north there are evacuations in the city of jabalia as the idf says that it has been carrying out air strikes. It says hamas fighters are regrouping there. Meanwhile, a top eu official, charles michel, has condemned israels Evacuation Orders, saying people are being directed towards unsafe areas. The Uk Foreign Office is investigating claims by hamas that a british israeli ho
Agreed to a ceasefire proposal, put forward by egypt and qatar. The news sparked celebration in gaza, but it may be premature. The israelis are saying tonight the deal is not acceptable because they had agreed with The Americans as far back as february a deal that has now been softened. What we know about this proposal is that it sets out a three stage process each lasting 42 days. The first would lead to the release of 33 hostages, in return for Palestinian Prisoners, and a partial israeli withdrawal. The second would lead to the release of all other living hostages, there are thought to be 128 still alive. And the third phase would see a return of the bodies. The Israeli Defence minister said this morning that the decision to expand the assault on rafah had been taken because hamas had rejected their ceasefire terms. So this has come as a surprise to the government injerusalem. Lets cross straight to our security correspondent Frank Gardner whos injerusalem. Frank, bring us up to spe
And we are watching the kings royal horse artillery, marking the First Anniversary of the kings coronation. And we will leave events there in green park in central london, marking the First Anniversary of the kings coronation. That, we are going to head straight to scotland now and the snp Leadership Race in the last three minutes, nominations to be the next leader of the Scottish National party have closed. Now, we do knowjohn swinney, on your screens that has put his name into the ring. He is the frontrunner, that the question is whether there are any last minute opponents and also you may remember the First Minister resigned as leader and First Minister of the snp in scotland just last week. Lets go to a reporter, ben philip. In the last couple of minutes, nominations, that deadline for nominations has closed. ~. ,. ,. , that deadline for nominations has closed. ,. ,. ,. , that deadline for nominations has closed. ,. ,. ,. , closed. What does that mean . That is riuht. In closed. Wh