the hamas run health ministry in gaza says more than 15 and a half thousand people have now been killed there since the start of the conflict between israel and hamas, which is considered a terrorist organisation by the uk government. this is the scene live outside al nasser hospital in khan younis. an area that has been under frequent assault. the scenes both inside and ouside the hospital are traumatic. these pictures were shot today. children are among those being driven to the hospital. carried inside by family and friends. for many, the journey to hospital was too late. a senior adviser to the israeli prime minister has insisted israel is doing all it can to minimise the number of civilian deaths in gaza after the us defence secretary, lloyd austin, said israel had a moral responsiblity to minimise casualties not linked to hamas. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams has this report and a warning it contains images some viewers may find distressing in gaza s overcr
israel has intensified its military operations in the south of the gaza strip. the idf says it s hit more than 400 targets since a week long truce between israel and hamas collapsed on friday. this is live outside al nasser hospital in khan younis. a place that many people in the north have lied to. fled to. palestinian health officials say at least 200 and a0 people have been killed since the end of the truce. at least seven palestinians were killed in an israeli attack in the early hours of sunday near rafah. we re also keeping an eye on what s happening further north. this is the view from southern israel, looking at the gaza skyline. all this as israel has come under renewed pressure from top figures in the biden administration. the defence secretary, lloyd austin has said israel driving the civilian population into the arms of the enemy and that would be a strategic defeat. our middle east correspondent hugo bachega has the latest. khan younis in southern gaza. p
this is bbc news. the headlines: israel has intensified its bombardment on khan younis in the southern gaza strip with a wave of air strikes, causing massive destruction to apartment blocks. the hamas run health ministry says more than 200 people have been killed since the end of a week long truce. the palestinian red crescent says about 50 humanitarian aid trucks have been allowed through the rafah crossing into gaza the first since thursday. french president emmanuel macron says he s heading to qatar to kick start efforts for a new israel gaza truce. translation: we recognise israel s right to defend itself. but within the framework of international law, under no circumstances can do this right to defend oneself be a right to attack civilian populations. can this right. at cop28, at least 116 nations commit to tripling renewable energy capacity. i spoke to labour leader sir keir starmer who is at the summit. we will have a listen later. and former prime minister bori
It is sam is tuesday the greatest newsday. It is 8am in singapore and iam in london. Marawi has been under siege for nearly a week by islamist militants. On monday, the government has said it made decisive progress to retake the city but at least 100 civilians have been killed and 2000 people may still be trapped in militant held areas. Our correspondent has more. We do not know how long it will take. They have been hard to evict from the city. I do not think anyone can put a timeline on it. They can 110w can put a timeline on it. They can now control people going in and out of the city. Once this is over, people will want to know how many of the group that got involved in the attack, this hardline militant group, how many of them managed to escape and once that is done, there are bigger question is that the philippines government have tienza and one is how this terrible battle which has caused so much damage was allowed to take place. It was supposed to be a routine operation to detai
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