Into gaza to attack marketing positions overnight. It released this Video Showing Tanks and armoured bulldozers crossing the perimeter fence. An Israeli Defense forces spokesman told the bbc soldiers carried out the tactical raid towards central gaza to in his words prepare the battlefield for future operations. The Israeli Military says the number of people confirmed to be held hostage in gaza has now risen to 224, and warns that number could rise. So far four hostages are known to have been released. By by hamas which is a prescribed Terrorist Organisation by the uk. Meanwhile, un aid workers say theyve begun to significantly scale down their operations in gaza as Fuel Reserves have almost run out. Israel says hamas is storing enough fuel to run hospitals and water pumps for many days, but is keeping it for its war fighting capabilities. The hill Fog Ministry In Gaza says the number of palestinians killed there has passed a 7000, almost 3000 of them are said to be children. The hama
Take a listen. The tactical raid, which means that the forces went in and then went out during the night in order to prepare the battlefield and to prepare ourselves for coming operations. Our forces are now back in israel. The activity occurred during the night and was concluded successfully without any significant event. This Development Comes as israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted a Ground Invasion of gaza was coming following questions at home about why it had taken so long. Speaking on prime Time Television on wednesday night, he said the timing of the offensive would be reached by consensus. Heres our correspondent, tom bateman. Israels Prime Minister said in a televised speech that Israeli Forces are preparing for a Ground Invasion but did not give any clues as to the timing. Translation we are raining hellfire on hamas. We have already Killed Thousands of terrorists and this is only the beginning. Simultaneously we are preparing for a Ground Invasion. I will not
Hello, im samantha simmonds. Welcome to the daily global, where well bring you the top stories from around the world. We start with the war between israel and hamas which is centre stage at an Emergency Session of the United Nations General Assembly in new york. The aim to agree on a resolution to secure a pause in the fighting to get meaningful aid into gaza. The palestinian ambassador, riyad mansour, called on members of the un to in his words choosejustice, not vengeance and vote to stop the killing in gaza. The israeli un ambassador, gilad erdan, spoke of what he called barbaric Hamas Terrorists launching an invasion on israel. He said the Special Un Session had nothing to do with peace. Hamas is a proscribed Terror Organisation by both the uk and the usa. Well hear from both later israel has continued its air strikes have today, this the scene in khan younis. Gazas hamas . Controlled Health Ministry says more than 7,000 people have been killed since the bombardment began an increa
what do we want? cease fire! away from the cenotaph, thousands of people joined a pro palestinian rally in the capital amid a huge police presence. these pictures show the scale of the demonstration, the largest to take place since the israel gaza war broke out last month. during the day, there were violent clashes between the police and counter protesters, including far right supporters. more than 100 were arrested. they came intent on confrontation, intent on violence and intent on causing trouble. we ve made a number of arrests, within the counter protest, including for possession of a knife, possession of a baton, possession of class a drugs and assault on an emergency worker. the mayor of london, sadiq khan, blamed suella braverman, saying the scenes were a direct result of the home secretary s words. she had faced criticism earlier this week for accusing the met police of bias. last night, the prime minister condemned what he described as violent, wholly unacceptable sc
march held yesterday. and the king leads tributes to the armed forces on remembrance sunday. the israeli military says it has agreed to evacuate babies in need of oxygen from gaza s main hospital, al shifa, to a safer place on sunday. officials there said two newborns died as a result of the hospital running out of power with heavy fighting. this photo was sent to the bbc last night showing more than 20 babies being kept in a surgical theatre instead of incubators, despite being reportedly in need of oxygen treatment. the world health organization says it s lost communication with its contacts there. in a separate incident, the united nations says there s been a significant number of deaths and injuries from shelling at one its facilities in gaza city. these are live pictures looking at gaza cityjust now where it is two o clock in the afternoon. let us get the latest from the world health organization. what is the latest you are hearing from your colleagues on the ground? w