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
he came from the same community in the video. both sharply criticising the video. both sharply criticising the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. it is not clear if they are reading from a script, and a statement a spokesman from islamic jihad said that they are prepared to release both hostages for humanitarian and medical reasons but if only what it called appropriate measures were made. those, the latest on the hostage video that has been released. let us take you to tel aviv and show you the live pictures. a large protest going on there, the family of some of the hostages and doctors and health care professionals protesting outside of the international office of the red cross. we have heard from several different israeli voices, the demand that the red cross try to get access to see the hostages that are being held. so the demonstration outside of their offices. of course, 240 hostages currently being held. of course, as every day passes, so the increase in the an
this is bbc news the headlines. thousands more flee the intense fighting in northern gaza after israel opened another safe passage, but that escape route has now closed. fighting in the ruins close quarters combat continues between israeli forces and hamas militants close to the al quds hospital. there s violence too in the west bank at least ten palestinians are killed in the latest raid by israeli forces. former uk employees of mcdonald s begin legal action against the firm, accusing it of failing to protect them from abuse. union power! union power! and lights, cameras, back in action a tentative deal is reached that could bring the long running hollywood actors strike to a close. sport, and time for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here s jane dougal. hello from the bbc sport centre. a big win for new zealand in the cricket world cup which will boost their chances of getting to the semifinals. they beat sri lanka by five wickets in bangalore. new zeal
colombian media reports say the father of the liverpool footballer luis diaz has been released by the eln rebel group. he was abducted nearly two weeks ago. live now to bogota and our correspondent daniel pardo. he correspondent daniel pardo. was given away by co| old est he was given away by columbia s oldest guerrilla group, who took him 12 days ago and happy to agonise a complicated and generated a huge memory for most colombians for the past 12 days. he was given into un officials, take it into a helicopter and then he went, now he is being seen by doctors. huge relief from colombians, but also anger because colombians, but also anger because colombians are tired of dealing with this situation, especially with a gorilla group that has no political means, according to colombians, and they are only looking for money and trying to increase their capital. i know this story has onlyjust broken but is anything emerging about how this release was actually secured because it has