music. and flavour of the year indie rock band the last dinner party are named the bbc s sound of 202a. hello, i m ben thompson. welcome to the programme. hezbollah has repeated its warning of a fierce response to the killing of a hamas leader, saleh al arouri, in beirut on tuesday. they say that lebanon will be exposed to more israeli operations if they don t react. it comes as lebanon lodged a complaint with the un about the incident. the complaint says israel used six missiles in the attack that targeted him. tensions are still high in his hometown in the occupied west bank following the killing, as shaimaa khalil reports. the town of al arura in the west bank, saleh al arouri s hometown, is in a state of mourning. but there s also deep fury and rage at his killing. protesters have come out after the friday prayers protesting, chanting his name, chanting for continuation of resistance and condemning the war. saleh al arouri s killing may have taken a significant name off
Significant development this evening. We heard from the Israel Defence forces spokesperson making a significant announcement, twofold, first, that the Ground Forces are expanding their operations tonight. Secondly Erica Intensification Of Airstrikes from israel into gaza. We have a number of live feeds, live cameras, pictures coming into us here at the building, there are three of them, lets start with this one. The darkness of gaza, you will know that fuel is in such short suppty, know that fuel is in such short supply, electricity, power, the light effectively there coming from the explosions of the strikes. Over the explosions of the strikes. Over the last couple of hours we have seen a real intensification of these airstrikes. With that comes things like a lack of communications in gaza. Weve heard from the head of the World Health Organization saying he has lost touch with his team, communications are down there in gaza. Next, lets go to the United Nations in new york, a significa
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And i dont want to break right now, because i want to keep pushing for the release of my mum and the release of my brother. Hello, im matthew amroliwala. Welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking israel has continued its campaign of air strikes on gaza for the fourth day. Un aid agencies have warned of the severe consequences of israels seizure on the territory. The World Health Organization has called for a humanitarian corridor to be opened into the area. The families of israelis taken hostage are speaking about their agony today, at least 123 Israeli Soldiers have been killed since saturday. Coming up in the next hour, well hear from our correspondents on the ground in ashkelon, on the humanitarian situation in gaza; and more on israels military strategy. But first, lets focus on the situation in ashkelon , our reporter anna foster is there. The sirens went immediately. Actually, i was just about to take you up upstairs and out of the shelter because we thought there was the
and the transfer of medication and the visit of the international red cross will then visit everyone, and they ve denied that they knew about that. they will, yes. it has been agreed and i expect the red cross to do its job and to visit them all and bring them the medication that they need. among the 50 hostages held by hamas who could be freed shiri bibas and her two young sons, ariel, who s four and kfir, who isjust nine months. shiri s cousin yiffat has been speaking to the bbc about their potential release. i don t know what kind of children will come back to us. the trauma, what they saw. and. until i see them in my own eyes, i don t believe any lists of names and i don t believe any news coming today from anywhere. i need to see them in my own eyes, i need to hold my cousin in my arms. the deal between israel and hamas does provide for an extension. the four day pause could be extended by an extra day, for every ten additional hostages that hamas releases. the deal wa