intensifies its many operations on the south of the gaza strip. hamas officials have said hundreds of palestinians have been killed in the past 2a hours. it s considered a terror organisation by the uk and us governments among others. we ve seen fresh pictures from khan younis in the southern gaza strip and the scene at some hospitals, an area that has been under frequent assault. we ve also seen further southin assault. we ve also seen further south in the strip in the area near rafa at least seven palestinians killed by an israeli strike in the early hours of sunday morning. israel says hamas fighters are hiding in the south of the strip and thatis hiding in the south of the strip and that is why the military operation is now focused in that area. you can see both inside and outside the hospital, showing people traumatised by these ongoing strikes. these are from reuters news agency and formed earlier today. children among those driven to hospital and carried inside by fami
hospital in khan younis. an area that has been under frequent assault. further south in the strip, near rafah, at least seven palestinians were killed in an israeli attack in the early hours of sunday. israel says hamas fighters are hiding in the south. the scenes both inside and ouside the al nasser hospital are traumatic. these pictures are from reuters news agency and were shot today. children are being driven to the hospital, carried inside by family and friends. for many, the journey to hospital was too late. we re also keeping an eye on what s happening further north. this is live looking at the israel gaza border. 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 would be a strategic defeat. and the international criminal court prosecutor, karim khan, has just wrapped up a visit to israel and the west bank. as we
this is kutupalong in bangladesh, the largest refugee camp in the world. it s home to nearly a million rohingya a predominantly muslim minority who ve been persecuted in their home country of myanmarfor decades. life in the camps is hard. rations have been cut to $8 a month, employment is prohibited and crime is rife. five rohingya gangs now operate in the camps and they re killing hundreds of their fellow refugees. at 1:30am, we get reports of another murder. entry to the camps is forbidden at night, but our team isjust outside and have made contact with the victim s family. his name was muhammad yusuf. nabi hossain is a rohingya drug gang that uses the camps to traffic methamphetamines from myanmar to bangladesh. as muhammad s family wait for the body to be released, they tell us the gruesome details of how he was killed. with the gangs stalking the camps, it s too dangerous for refugees to speak openly about the violence. but this man has agreed to meet a secret location
had been killed. she described the scale of suffering as devastating. the us defense secretary, lloyd austin, in his strongest comments yet on israel s need to protect civilians, said that driving the civilian population into the arms of the enemy would replace israel s tactical victory with a strategic defeat. you see in this kind of a fight, the centre of gravity is the civilian population. and if you drive them into the arms of the enemy, you replace a tactical victory with a strategic defeat. so, i have repeatedly made clear to israel s leaders that protecting palestinian civilians in gaza is both a moral responsibility and a strategic imperative. for his part, the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, said the war would continue for as long as hamas was active. translation: we will continue the war until we achieve - all its goals, and it s impossible to achieve those goals without the ground operation. the ground operation was necessary to bring the results until
of gaza for a third day having told more palestinians to leave areas in and around khan younis immediately. the hamas run health ministry in gaza says more than 15,500 people have now been killed there since the start of the conflict between israel and hamas, which is considered a terrorist organisation by the uk government. these pictures from earlier today. children are among those being driven to the hospital, carried inside by family and friends. a senior adviser to the israeli prime minister has insisted israel is doing all it can to minimise the number of civilian deaths in gaza after the us defence secretary, lloyd austin, said israel had a moral responsiblity to minimise casualties not linked to hamas. a short time ago the israel defense forces held a briefing, on the back of the news of the new ground operation. take a listen. translation: the idf continues. where there translation: the idf continues. where there is translation: the idf continues. where the