israel says it has expanded its ground operations in gaza. these are the latest pictures coming in from the israeli defence forces. israel has also expanded its air operation and there has been more intense bombing of gaza with israel saying it has hit a further six hundred hamas targets. these are live pictures overlooking gaza city where we ve been seeing explosions and plumes of smoke rising just in the last few minutes. the idf said dozens of hamas fighters barricaded in buildings and tunnels had been killed overnight. israeli air strikes hit areas near the al-quds hospital in northern gaza which israel has told doctors to evacuate. live now to anna foster who is in southern israel close to the border with gaza. let me tell you, luxmy, a little bit more about what we have seeing and hearing here overnight and this morning as well. even as i m talking, people continue to hear the sound of israeli artillery, we are very close to an israeli artillery point which is continuin