hello. welcome to bbc news. i m mark lowen. we are coming to live from southern israel, overlooking gaza, where israel, overlooking gaza, where israel says it will provide proof that the group which it calls a terrorist group, mac, has been operating what it calls an operational command centre inside shifa hospital, the largest hospital in gaza, where israeli troops have been conducting a military operation. hamas has repeatedly denied the allegations. president biden says the us has asked israel to be incredibly careful, as its military operation at al shifa hospital, which began yesterday, continues. the one thing that s been established is that hamas does have a headquarters, weapons, material, below this hospital, and i suspect others. our correspondent lucy williamson has been with the idf at al shifa hospital. they say they will continue to provide photographic and video proof of what they say hamas is operating there. she spoke to us from jerusalem. israel is really co
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hello, i m samantha simmonds, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. the director of gaza s biggest hospital says it has now run out of water leaving people there screaming from thirst . he accused israel of blowing up al shifa s main water line. israeli forces are continuing to search the gaza city hospital, which the military says has been a key command centre for hamas. the army took the bbc into a small part of the hospital, and was shown rifles, ammunition and body armour which israel says hamas had hidden there. the idf also said it had found laptops containing photos and videos of hostages held by hamas considered a terror organisation by the uk and many other western governments. israeli military restrictions meant that our correspondent lucy williamson wasn t allowed to speak to doctors or patients but her words aren t censored, and she described what she saw. we are in an israeli military vehicle insi
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hello welcome to bbc news, i m mark lowen. we are coming to you live from southern israel. israel has promised to provide proof to back up its claim that hamas was using gaza s largest hospital as a command centre. hamas has repeatedly denied the allegations. president biden says the us has asked israel to be incredibly careful, as its military operation at al shifa hospital, which began yesterday, continues. the one thing that has been established is that hamas does have headquarters, weapons, material below this hospital and i suspect others. our correspondent lucy williamson has been with the idf at al shifa hospital where israel has promised to show proof of a hamas command centre at gaza s largest hospital. she spoke to us from jerusalem. israel is really coming under pressure to prove why it carried out the operation it is carrying out in gaza and driving into gaza last night it was clear the scale of the military operation there. parts of city looked as if it had been