health ministry says that the death toll has passed 8000 people. it follows attacks which killed moo people in israel with hundreds taken as hostages. the latest nighttime attack struck around 150 targets according to israel and killed key figures within hamas which is designated as a terror group by the uk, us and many western nations. israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the ground operation has entered the second phase with israeli troops and the north and south. he has want of the war with hamas will be long and difficult. speaking at a joint press conference he described the conflict as the second war of independence for israel and declared they will win the wine make every effort to bring the israeli hostages back home. also on saturday, in his first common since the war began three weeks ago, hamas s leader in the gutters strip has offered to return hostages in return for the frank of palestinian prisoners in israeli jails. in a statement yahya sinwarsaid. a m
according to several palestinian news agencies. meanwhile, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu say his priorities in gaza are to destroy her mouth and bring hostages home. he insisted israel was doing its best to achieve both. he was speaking after meeting with families of some of the more than 200 hostages, who fear that the escalation of fighting by israel is making matters worse destroy hamas. at the bombardment of gaza intensifies, the prime minister said the war would be long and hard. meanwhile, the international red cross has called for an immediate de escalation of the conflict, saying it was unacceptable that civilians had no safe place to go in gaza. this is the scene live in gaza, where the hamas run health ministry in gaza says that 8,000 people have been killed since air strikes were launched in response to the killing of 1,400 israelis by hamas three weeks ago. we ll start our coverage with this update from our international editor, jeremy bowen. heavy
the devey with us. israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the ground operation in gaza is into the second phase winning the war with hamas will be long and difficult a news conference, defence minister war cabinet member, benjamin netanyahu to stop the conflict is israel s second war for independence. the conflict is israel s second war for make every effort to bring hostages home. also on saturday, his comments were pecan and hamas leader on the gaza strip has offered to release hostages being held in gaza for the return of spring of all hamas prisoners and israeli jails. they said israel stepped up its bombardment of gaza and israel says the night time attacks and watch for the targets have to at some key figures within hamas which has been designated as a terror group by western nations. benjamin then yahoo confirmed that israeli troops are inside gaza in the north and south. here s more of what he had to say during the conference. what he had to say during the con