hamas health officials say more than 10,500 people have been killed since the conflict began in gaza nearly half of them children. israel has repeatedly warned palestinians to head south to greater safety, despite also bombarding that region. israel says 50,000 people left gaza city today as israeli troops tighten their grip on the area. the israeli army released video showing a long line of people on foot, many of them waving white flags, some holding their hands in the air. the us secretary of state has outlined what should happen when the fighting stops. antony blinken said gaza and the west bank should both be governed by the palestinian authority. he told a meeting of g 7 foreign ministers that there should be no israeli occupation of gaza. the deputy leader of lebanon s hezbollah group, which is backed by iran, has praised last month s attack by hamas which sparked the fighting. hezbollah s deputy chief told the bbc the killings were an act of resistance. more on that
and celebrating shakespeare s first folio, the collection that saved his plays, and his language, for us. and on newsnight at 10:30. we ll go deeper behind the headlines and speak live to the key players on today s big stories. plus a first look at tomorrow s front pages. good evening. we re live in ramallah, the seat of the palestinian authority, here in the west bank, territory which, under international law, is illegally occupied by israel. as you can imagine, the warfurther south in gaza is deeply worrying to palestinians here. and tonight, israel s military is claiming hamas has lost control of the north of the territory, after weeks of relentless israeli bombing. tens of thousands of civilians have been on the move today, heading south, away from israeli air strikes and shelling targeting hamas, a group designated as a terror organisation by the uk government, and responsible for killing more than 1,400 israelis and seizing over 200 hostages. we ll have the very lates
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