good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. a powerful storm, with wind gusts of more than 100 miles an hour in places, has swept through the channel islands and across southern england, leaving thousands of homes without power, hundreds of schools closed and widespread travel disruption. this was newhaven in sussex this afternoon. in a moment we ll find out the latest on the situation across england but first danjohnson reports from jersey one of the hardest hit places. just look at the state of it. trees down, roof tiles everywhere, cars smashed, gardens blown to pieces. but then there are the houses. people s homes. we thought these seafront flats had been abandoned, torn apart. but then we heard the voice of bob, sheltering beneath the ruins of his neighbour s home. my word! iz ruins of his neighbour s home. my word!’ ~ ruins of his neighbour s home. my word! ~ ., ruins of his neighbour s home. my word! ~ . , word! 12 o clock, we hear this miah word! 12 o
the israeli army sets they have completely enclosed gaza city. they said 130 hamas fighters have been killed in the latest battles. at least 18 israeli soldiers have been killed since the start of the ground offensive. israel s military says it s targeting hamas infrastructure, including tunnels and rocket launchers, and minimising civilian deaths. it follows another night of israeli air strikes all in retaliation for hamas s raids into southern israel on 7th october, in which israel says more than 1,400 people were killed, with 240 others kidnapped. israel s intense bombardment of gaza has also continued. the hamas run gaza health ministry says 27 people have been killed in an israeli strike near a un school, the third deadly strike in as many days on the densely populated jabalia refugee camp. it says more than 9,000 people have now been killed in gaza since 7th october. there are also reports of dozens killed in al burej, just south of the line which israel told palestinia