sons watching football on holiday. hello, i m rajini vaidyanathan. welcome to the daily global, where we ll bring you the top stories from around the world. israel s military said her body was found in a building near gaza s biggest hospital al shifa. israeli media said she was 65 years old and worked as a kindergarten teacher. her body has been identified by forensic examiners and her family have been informed. meanwhile, the director of the al shifa hospital says israeli soldiers are still inside the complex after storming it on tuesday night. israel has repeatedly claimed that hamas has hidden a military command centre in tunnels beneath a hospital. a claim thatis tunnels beneath a hospital. a claim that is disputed. our correspondent is injerusalem with the very latest. let s talk about what we have been hearing in the last hour so from the israeli military about the recovery of the body of one of the recovery of the body of one of the 240 or so hostages taken by hamas ac
the director of gaza s biggest hospital says it has run out of oxygen and water, leaving people there the army took the bbc into a small part of the hospital, and was shown rifles, ammunition and body armour which israel says hamas had hidden there. the idf also said it had found laptops containing photos and videos of hostages held by hamas, considered a terror organisation by the uk and many other western governments. israeli military restrictions meant that our correspondent lucy williamson wasn t allowed to speak to doctors or patients but her words aren t censored, and she described what she saw. we are in an israeli military vehicle inside the gaza strip. they are taking us towards gaza city. this area where the ground operation first began weeks ago now. since then, the israeli army has fought its way, methodically, towards gaza city, towards the gates of al shifa hospital. that is where they are taking us now. we are still being told to keep our lights off. are we goi
was using gaza s largest hospital as a command centre. in southern gaza, israeli forces have started dropping leaflets in the khan younis area, warning people to evacuate their homes and head to shelters for their own safety. similar leaflets were also dropped over northern gaza weeks before the ground offensive, suggesting imminent military operations may be planned for the south. so let s get the very latest from my colleague mark lowen, who is in southern israel. thank you very much indeed. we were going to be live with you in that headline sequence, but we had to dash because there was a rocket that was just fired above our heads and intercepted by israel s iron dome anti missile system. there was a siren that went out, so we just had to take cover. in the distance, a very large plume of smoke there were an air strike very large plume of smoke there were an airstrike has very large plume of smoke there were an air strike has recently hit. a sign ofjust how constant the th
at northwick park hospital in north west london, when it became clear there was a serious problem. a young woman was in the end stages of labour, and they couldn t hear the baby s heart beat properly. every member of staff had one focus delivering the baby safely. as the minutes passed by it was incredibly tense. but then the sound everyone wanted to hear. baby cries. absolutely beautiful. yeah. she s come out in really good condition. then mum was taken away to theatre for some stitches. it s a rare gift, seeing a new life less than ten minutes after coming into the world. seeing the joy as a family meets its youngest member. she s adorable! meets its youngest member. and seeing the instant love as new father himanshu locks eyes with his daughter kiana for the very first time. awesome! this might not look like a maternity unit with problems, but it is. two years ago, inspectors from the care quality commission, the cqc, rated it as inadequate for safety, the worst possible
hello, welcome to bbc news, i m mark lowen. we are live in southern israel. israel has promised to provide proof to back up its claim that hamas was using gaza s largest hospital as a command centre. 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 has been established is that hamas does have headquarters, weapons, material below this hospital and i suspect others. our correspondent lucy williamson has been with the idf at al shifa hospital where israel has promised to show proof of a hamas command centre at gaza s largest hospital. she spoke to us from jerusalem. israel is really coming under pressure to prove why it carried out the operation it is carrying out in gaza and driving into gaza last night it was clear the scale of its military operation there. parts of city looked as if it had been hit by an earth