Militants have continued to fire rockets into israel, towards tel aviv and other areas in the south. The World Health Organization has condemned israels evacuation order; it says forcing Hospital Patients to relocate would be a Death Sentence. President biden has spoken with the israeli Prime Minister, benjamin netanyahu, and urged him to provide safety for civilians amid the bombardment. Diplomatic efforts to prevent the violence from spreading have been stepped up, with mr biden s secretary of state, antony blinken, visiting cairo. Hes expected to press egyptian officials to restart talks on getting aid into gaza through the Border Crossing. The us is sending a second Aircraft Carrier to the Eastern Mediterranean near israel. The Uss Eisenhower will lead a group of ships aimed at deterring further attacks against israel in particularfrom iran or the lebanese militant group, hezbollah. We start the hour with this report from our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. Sirens wail. R
The Israeli Defence force say they have struck over 100 military targets overnight and killed a senior commander. Militants have continued to fire rockets into israel, towards tel aviv and other areas in the south. The World Health Organization has condemned israels Evacuation Order. It says forcing Hospital Patients to relocate would be a death sentence. President biden has spoken with the israeli Prime Minister, benjamin netanyahu, and urged him to provide safety for civilians amid the bombardment. Diplomatic efforts to prevent the violence from spreading have been stepped up, with mr biden s secretary of state, antony blinken, visiting cairo. Hes expected to press egyptian officials to restart talks on getting aid into gaza through the Border Crossing. The us is sending a second Aircraft Carrier to the eastern mediterranean, near israel. The Uss Eisenhower will lead a group of ships aimed at deterring further attacks against israel, in particularfrom iran or the Lebanese Militant Gr
Wales lose to argentina. And its the end for jonny sexton and ireland, too, as theyre narrowly beaten by new zealand in paris. A rather chilly start to the day. Touchy frost this morning as well. For many of us it will be dry. Some sunshine as well. I will have the details shortly. Its sunday, the 15th of october. Our main story the Israeli Military says its planning an attack on gaza by air, sea and land, as the countrys Prime Minister warns The Next Stage of the war with hamas is coming. More thani million palestinians living in north gaza have been told by israel to evacuate south ahead of the expected Ground Offensive. The World Health Organization has condemned the Evacuation Order, and warned forcing Hospital Patients to relocate would be tantamout to a Death Sentence. Just over a week ago hamas, designated as a Terrorist Organisation by many western governments including the uk, killed 1,300 people in israel and took more than 120 hostage. The Palestinian Health authority says m
Bbc news now. Gazas only power plant has stopped working after running out of fuel, as israel continues its deadly bombardment for a fifth day. Israeli troops are massing near the gaza border in preparation for what could be a Ground Invasion of the territory, as israel responds to saturdays brutal attacks by hamas militants. These are the Key Developments this hour. Israel says that more than 1,200 israelis are now known to have been killed, since hamas launched attacks on saturday. 169 of those killed were soldiers. The bbc understands 17 british nationals are dead or missing. Palestinian sources say that more than 1,055 people have been killed by israels bombardment of gaza, where entire neighbourhoods have been flattened. Food and medical supplies are dwindling, after israel sealed all crossings into the territory. Both sides have accused the other of war crimes in the attacks, which began on saturday. Strikes against gaza have continued. We canjust we can just show you this. This
This is the scene live in gaza as israel continues to mass soldiers and hardware close to the border. Hello, im matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live. We start with Breaking News from ashkelon, in Southern Israel, where a hospital has been hit by rockets fired out of gaza. Let me show you the live pictures. That, the hospital, as you can see, the camera crews and reporters already there and some of the damage. This apparently is a Child Development centre at this hospital in ashkelon. It suffered a direct hit, officials are saying, by a projectile from gaza, as the camera just arcs around. We have been reporting just a barrage of missiles being fired out of gaza in the last little while and we saw the pictures from gaza city a short time ago. You could see just the vapour from the latest rockets being fired from gaza, as we now enter their fifth day of the exchanges from gaza. 0f day of the exchanges from gaza. Of course, we have been seeing israel pounding different positions.