hospital in khan younis. an area that has been under frequent assault. further south in the strip, near rafah, at least seven palestinians were killed in an israeli attack in the early hours of sunday. israel says hamas fighters are hiding in the south. the scenes both inside and ouside the al nasser hospital are traumatic. these pictures are from reuters news agency and were shot today. children are being driven to the hospital, carried inside by family and friends. for many, the journey to hospital was too late. we re also keeping an eye on what s happening further north. this is live looking at the israel gaza border. all this as israel has come under renewed pressure from top figures in the biden administration. the defence secretary, lloyd austin, has said israel driving the civilian population into the arms of the enemy would be a strategic defeat. and the international criminal court prosecutor, karim khan, has just wrapped up a visit to israel and the west bank. as we
begun its ground offensive in southern gaza, north of the city of khan younis. it said there are armoured forces in the area. they have begun operating and attacking what they say are hamas targets. it says the idf expect to expand their ground operation in the region. the hamas run health ministry in gaza says more than 15,500 palestinians have been killed over the course of the war. the idf also says 500 hamas tunnel shafts have been destroyed. hamas is considered a terrorist organisation by the uk and us governments, among others. live to the scene in khan younis. you can see people sitting outside the hospital. tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands are taking shelter in and around khan younis after fleeing shelter in and around khan younis afterfleeing fighting shelter in and around khan younis after fleeing fighting in the north of gaza in the early stages of the war. this morning, the israeli army issued evacuation orders for several districts, urging people to l
welcome back, sports day is coming up in a moment. but first a look at some of the other stories making the headlines this hour. gordon brown has described his former minister, glenys kinnock, who s died aged 79, as one of the great women of her generation. baroness kinnock was married for 56 years to the former labour leader, neil kinnock. she spent fifteen years as a member of the european parliament, before eventuallyjoining gordon brown s government. the uk foreign secretary, lord cameron, will travel to washington dc next week to discuss the war in ukraine. he says he wants to reassure us leaders that the united kingdom will stay the course, and galvanise allies, too . uk train drivers continue their strike action as part of a long running dispute over pay. the avanti west coast, chiltern, great northern, thameslink, and wmt train companies were affected on sunday. the aslef union has also imposed an overtime ban over the strike period. the government of peru has announ
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the hamas run health ministry in gaza says more than 15,500 people have now been killed there since the start of the conflict between israel and hamas, which is considered a terrorist organsation by the uk government. this is the scene live outside al nasser hospital in khan younis an area that has been under frequent assault. the scenes both inside and ouside the hospital are traumatic. these pictures were shot today. children are among those being driven to the hospital carried inside by family and friends. for many, the journey to hospital was too late. unicef s spokespersonjames elder is inside khan younis he described the scense to us. a senior adviser to the israeli prime mininister has insisted israel is doing all it can to minimise the deaths of civilians in gaza, after the us defence secretary, lloyd austin, said israel had a moral responsiblity to minimise casualties not linked to hamas. our middle east correspondent paul adams has this report, and a warning it co