are continuing to leave the north of the territory after the israeli army gave them a six hour window to head south. families with young children and babies carried what they could some making the journey in carts pulled by donkeys. the israeli army spokesman said an estimated 50,000 gazans fled south on wednesday. heavy, close quarters fighting is continuing between israeli forces and hamas militants in the ruins of gaza city, with battles said to be nearing the al quds hospital. gunfire these are the scenes in the west bank. the palestinian authority says ten palestinians have been killed and at least 20 wounded during an israeli army raid on jenin refugee camp. israel s military said it was conducting counter terrorism raids injenin, but gave no further details. more than 170 palestinians are reported to have been killed by israeli forces in the occupied west bank since the attack by hamas on israel on october 7. in the past few minutes, the palestinian group islamic
hello, i m christian fraser. you re watching the context on bbc news. the hollywood actors union has called off its strike, which has caused major disruption to film and tv productions. to film and tv productions. the union says it s reached a tentative agreement with studios. welcome back. president biden has warned the united states will target any groups linked to iran s revolutionary guard corps after a strike on an arms depot in eastern syria wednesday which had been linked to earlier attacks on us bases. the pentagon says there have been a0 such attacks since the war in gaza began. what s more, we have video from the iran backed houthi forces in yemen. they claim to be of an american m09 drone being shot out of the sky. it further underlines the tensions in the wider region, where iran s proxies are threatening to expand the conflict. this is whatjohn kirby, the spokesman for the us s national security council, had to say in an interview with the bbc. we believe that th
some breaking news in the uk, five people arrested during protests in central london on saturday have been charged. more than 1000 police officers were on duty as part of the policing operation, i pro palestinian demonstration with a huge crowd. pro-palestinian demonstration with a hue crowd. , .,, huge crowd. nine people were arrested on huge crowd. nine people were arrested on saturday, - huge crowd. nine people were arrested on saturday, two - huge crowd. nine people were arrested on saturday, two on | arrested on saturday, two on suspicion of assaulting police officers, seven for public order offences. forfurthertwo officers, seven for public order offences. for further two arrested on sunday morning on suspicion of inciting racial hatred. there rest follow a public appeal about an incident in trafalgar square on saturday evening. we re going to head now to the gaza strip, where the united nations relief agency for palestinians has warned that civil order are starting t
they re getting hungry as the siege, the three week long siege, continues. our other main story: matthew perry one of the stars of the hit tv show friends is found dead at his home in los angeles. hello, i m maryam moshiri. we start in gaza, where international agencies have expressed concern about reports of an israeli evacuation orderfor the al quds hospital in northern gaza. hundreds of patients are receiving treatment at the hospital, with an estimated 14,000 gazans sheltering there. both the world health organization and international federation of the red cross have raised deep alarm over the evacuation order, saying hospitals in gaza must be protected. the israelis have not confirmed the order. jordan s foreign minister has told the bbc that israel must respect the international rule of law. these are the latest pictures from the israel defense forces of their ongoing ground offensive in gaza, what they describe as the second stage of the war. the idf say they ve