said that it was expanding its ground operations there. a spokesman for the israeli government refused to confirm that this heralded the start of a much anticipated ground offensive against hamas. the armed wing of hamas has said it is involved in violent confrontations with israeli forces in northern and central gaza. there has also been rocket fire from the territory into southern israel. aid agencies say they ve lost contact with their workers after all phone and internet services were cut. meanwhile, the un chief has again called for a ceasefire, warning that history would judge us all . this is the scene live in gaza. announcing the expansion of operations, the israeli army spokesman repeated a call for residents of gaza city to move south. translation: over the last few hours, we have translation: over the last few hours, we have intensified - translation: over the last few hours, we have intensified our. hours, we have intensified our airstrikes in gaza. the iaf has
people of ukraine. the scene at st paul s in central london. let s turn to our main story this hour. the united nations says ten million people have now fled their homes because of what it calls the devastating war in ukraine. it comes as the authorities in the beseiged city of mariupol have accused russia of bombing a school where around 400 people were sheltering. there s no word yet on casualties. president volodymyr zelensky has described the russian blockade and bombardment of mariupol as terror that will be remembered for centuries to come. with all the developments, jonah fisher has this report. to look down on mariupol is to see the lie that is vladimir putin s liberation war. an important port city of a00,000, now a smoking ruin, with no
russia is besieging the city of mariupol in the south east to try to build a land corridor between the territories it has taken on the east of ukraine and the territories it has taken in the south of ukraine. with all the developments jonah fisher has this report. to look down on mariupol is to see the lie that is vladimir putin s liberation war. an important port city of a00,000, now a smoking ruin, with no clean water or power. from the local authorities come accounts of atrocities that we cannot independently verify. an art school that was sheltering 400, apparently destroyed from the air. in one part of town, it s claimed that advancing soldiers have forcibly taken thousands of ukrainians across the border into russia. translation: the besieged city. of mariupol will go down in history for the war crimes being committed. the terror the occupiers did to the peaceful city will be
to look down on mariupol is to see the lie that is vladimir putin s liberation war. an important port city of a00,000, now a smoking ruin, with no clean water or power. from the local authorities come accounts of atrocities that we cannot independently verify. an art school that was sheltering 400, apparently destroyed from the air. in one part of town, it s claimed that advancing soldiers have forcibly taken thousands of ukrainians across the border into russia. translation: the besieged city. of mariupol will go down in history for the war crimes being committed. the terror the occupiers did to the peaceful city will be remembered for centuries to come. a staggering quarter of all ukrainians have been forced out of their homes during this war. about three million of those have left the country,
to look down on mariupol is to see the lie that is vladimir putin s liberation war. an important port city of a00,000, now a smoking ruin, with no clean water or power. from the local authorities come accounts of atrocities that we cannot independently verify. an art school that was sheltering 400, apparently destroyed from the air. in one part of town, it s claimed that advancing soldiers have forcibly taken thousands of ukrainians across the border into russia. translation: the besieged city. of mariupol will go down in history for the war crimes being committed. the terror the occupiers did to the peaceful city will be remembered for centuries to come. a staggering quarter of all ukrainians have been forced out of their homes during this war. about three million of those have left the country, leaving 6.5 million looking for safety inside ukraine, somewhere like here in lviv. those that have managed to escape