the death toll is rising the israeli military says they have now recovered at least 1,200 people killed in israel this past weekend. and in the five day bombardment of gaza, already more than 1,000 palestinians have died. today the un called on all sides to respect civilians, and requested that a humanitarian corridor be set up in gaza to get food in and to evacuate the most seriously injured. we ll hear from our correspondents across the region. from lucy williamson who has been to the town of 0fakim, where they have been burying their dead. from gaza, our correspondent rushdi abu alouf. and anna foster is on israel s northern border with lebanon, where israel has been exchanging fire today with hezbollah militants. good evening. there are 300,000 israeli troops now massed on israel s southern border. there s a new unity government in tel aviv and a war cabinet to direct israel s response. explosions. for the fifth day running, and from the direction of sderot, in the sout
bbc news now. gaza s only power plant has stopped working after running out of fuel, as israel continues its deadly bombardment for a fifth day. israeli troops are massing near the gaza border in preparation for what could be a ground invasion of the territory, as israel responds to saturday s brutal attacks by hamas militants. these are the key developments this hour. israel says that more than 1,200 israelis are now known to have been killed, since hamas launched attacks on saturday. 169 of those killed were soldiers. the bbc understands 17 british nationals are dead or missing. palestinian sources say that more than 1,055 people have been killed by israel s bombardment of gaza, where entire neighbourhoods have been flattened. food and medical supplies are dwindling, after israel sealed all crossings into the territory. both sides have accused the other of war crimes in the attacks, which began on saturday. strikes against gaza have continued. we canjust we can just show yo
let me take you first of all to eat new york and show you the live pictures coming into the bbc. we are expecting the next few minutes to hear from the un expecting the next few minutes to hearfrom the un secretary general. to new york. also talking about the plight in gaza. you can see all the plight in gaza. you can see all the journalists assembled there. we are expecting to hear antonio guterres in the next couple minutes. that room beginning to fill up as all the details on the ground continued to get weaker and weaker on this day five bleaker. the update from the idf, talking about 1200 people being killed and many, many more being injured. they expect those numbers to also be up as they go through different parts of southern israel as they get to those places and actually find what has happened on the ground. just as soon as antonio guterresjust happened on the ground. just as soon as antonio guterres just to speak, we will obviously return there to new york. we
this is the scene live in gaza as israel continues to mass soldiers and hardware close to the border. hello, i m matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live. we start with breaking news from ashkelon, in southern israel, where a hospital has been hit by rockets fired out of gaza. let me show you the live pictures. that, the hospital, as you can see, the camera crews and reporters already there and some of the damage. this apparently is a child development centre at this hospital in ashkelon. it suffered a direct hit, officials are saying, by a projectile from gaza, as the camera just arcs around. we have been reporting just a barrage of missiles being fired out of gaza in the last little while and we saw the pictures from gaza city a short time ago. you could see just the vapour from the latest rockets being fired from gaza, as we now enter their fifth day of the exchanges from gaza. 0f day of the exchanges from gaza. of course, we have been seeing israel pounding differen
hello, i m matthew amroliwala. welcome to verified live, israel s prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, and the opposition leader, benny gantz, have agreed to form an emergency government to manage the war with hamas. it comes as a hospital near the country s port city of ashkelon was struck by rocket fire. no casualties have been reported so far. israel continues its bombardment of gaza for a fifth day. the territory s only power plant has stopped working after running out of fuel. israeli troops are massing near the gaza border in preparation for what could be, a ground invasion of the territory as israel responds to saturday s attacks by hamas militants. israeli artillery, like these units, around sderot, are firing towards gaza just part of the build up, for that possible ground invasion. 0vernight, 200 targets inside gaza were hit the strikes have continued through the course of the day. the health ministry in gaza says, more than 1,000 people have been killed en