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Time. Voiceover lise Indigenous People for the first time. Voiceover Indigenous People for the first time. Voiceover live from our studio in singapore, time. Voiceover live from our studio in singapore, this time. Voiceover live from our studio in singapore, this is studio in singapore, this is bbc news. Its newsday. Welcome to the programme. Starting with the latest from the Gaza Health Ministry which says more than 1,500 people have now been killed in israeli airstrikes since saturday. Meanwhile, israels top general has admitted that the armed forces failed to protect the state and its citizens when hamas launched its offensive. More than 1,300 israelis died during the attacks, most of them civilians. 0ur international editor, jeremy bowen, begins our coverage in southern israel. More of gaza has been flattened by israeli bombing. Israel insists its targets are all based on intelligence, to kill the men who massacred israelis and to continue the job of breaking hamas. But hundreds of
From the Gaza Health Ministry which says more than 15 hundred people have now been killed in israeli airstrikes since saturday. These are pictures of strikes hitting buildings in the territory earlier. Thousands more have been injured. Meanwhile, israels top general has admitted that the armed forces failed to protect the state, and its citizens, when hamas launched its offensive. More than 13 hundred israelis died during the attacks, most of them civilians. In the next half hour, well hear from correspondents across the region. But first, our international Editorjeremy Bowen begins our coverage, Travelling To Kibbutz be eri in southern israel. More of gaza has been flattened by israeli bombing. Israel insists its targets are all based on intelligence, to kill the men who massacred israelis and to continue the job of breaking hamas. But hundreds of civilians of all ages have also been killed. And israel has been accused of answering the war crimes of hamas with ones of its own. Anthony
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