invasion of the gaza strip. they re moving in as the war approaches a critical point. their colleagues already inside the strip have surrounded gaza city. these men might be part of the next stage, locating hamas tunnels and fighting street by street. israel s prime minister promised his country a mighty vengeance against hamas. but with so much firepower, one question is israel following joe biden s advice not to be blinded by rage, to defend itself, but also protect the lives of palestinian civilians? we went into gaza with the israeli army on condition we didn t reveal their positions. video shot after they took us through the gap in the fence into gaza though not this script had to be submitted to their military censors. we got out of the back of an armoured vehicle and walked into a wasteland. after a month of air strikes and more than a week of tanks and troops, every building i saw was damaged or destroyed. they wanted to show us what they said was a hamas weapon
heading south, away from israeli air strikes. israel says it s targeting hamas, a group designated as a terror organisation by the uk government, and responsible for killing 1,400 people on the 7th of october and seizing more than 200 hostages. jeremy bowen has been embedded with the israel defense forces, inside the territory. while the bbc retained editorial control of the report, the sections featuring the israeli military have been cleared by the idf. like young soldiers in many wars, israeli troops looked excited, not apprehensive, as they made their final preparations to join israel s invasion of the gaza strip. they re moving in as the war approaches a critical point. their colleagues already inside the strip have surrounded gaza city. these men might be part of the next stage, locating hamas tunnels and fighting street by street. israel s prime minister promised his country a mighty vengeance against hamas. but with so much firepower, one question is israel followin
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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fraud trial against him, the penalty part. that does it for us this morning. ana cabrera picks up the coverage right now. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with breaking news in manhattan where donald trump is already inside the courtroom about to take the stand in his $250 million new york civil fraud trial. these proceedings are just getting under way this morning. nbc s vaughn hillyard is standing by outside the courthouse. also with us, peter baker, chief white house correspondent for the new york times. chuck rosenberg, former u.s. attorney and senior fbi attorney and former investigative council for the january 6th house committee. we saw those live images inside the courtroom. we aren t allowed to have cameras inside the courtroom during the actual testimony. i understand, vaughn, trump spoke moments ago before he walked into the courthouse. start us off there in mann with what the president, former president is saying this morning and what we can e