in coordination with un agencies. the head of the world health organization posted this picture of one of the babies on x he said they were very sick . the israeli military remain inside the complex. last week, benjamin netanyahu said they had found a hamas command and control centre underneath the hospital. hamas, which is designated a terrorist organisation by many western governments, has denied they have a base at al shifa. on saturday, hundreds of people, including some patients, left the hospital on foot. but 20 health workers and about 300 critically ill patients remain at al shifa. meanwhile, the prime minister of qatar has said only minor obstacles remain in the way of reaching a deal on releasing some of the hostages taken by hamas in its attack on israel on october 7th. his comments came after the washington post said that israel, hamas and the united states were close to an agreement on the release of women and children. the united nations secretary general
described al shifa hospital in gaza as a death zone after a visit by a un team. international doctors spent an hour at the site and reported evidence of shelling and gunfire. they say there is a mass grave at the entrance. the palestinian red crescent has evacuated 31 premature babies by ambulance from the hospital, in coordination with un agencies. the head of the world health organization posted this picture of one of the babies on x. he said they were very sick . the israeli military remain inside the complex. last week, benjamin netanyahu said they had found a hamas command and control centre underneath the hospital. hamas, which is designated a terrorist organisation by many western governments, deny they have a base at al shifa. on saturday, hundreds of people including some patients left the hospital on foot. but 20 health workers and about 300 critically ill patients remain at al shifa. meanwhile, the prime minister of qatar has said only minor obstacles rem
have been waves of intense israeli air strikes over gaza, much heavier than in the previous night. the israeli army says it is increasing the number of abstracts on the territory and expanding its ground force operations. in gaza, sire are warning of more extracts to come and communication including phone and internet have been cut off making it impossible for residents to reach anyone. amid the darkness explosions are intensify and israel is warning residents to move south for their safety. residents to move south for theirsafety. hamas residents to move south for their safety. hamas military wing says it is flashing with israeli forces in northern gaza and targeting intense missile barraged. an overwhelming majority of the un general assembly voted in favour of an immediate truth in gaza, it calls for aid. it opens is the eu military situation in gaza is growing increasingly dire. the palestinian red crescent societies that they will run out of fuel in the coming hours and
there was a fear that the bridge would burst without them doing anything and those fears have been vindicated because as you can see, thatis vindicated because as you can see, that is precisely what has happened. the camera angle is quite far away and that is because we are being told there was a huge number of press at the site and they were all asked to move further away from the power plant because of fears for their safety. power plant because of fears for theirsafety. in power plant because of fears for their safety. in terms of civilians, about 10 15 homes have been evacuated in the immediate area around the power plant, and police and armed forces, armed norwegian forces, are both at the seaf scratch vaccine. at the scene. we have not really got enough sound there. we do not want to get too close because it is a pretty volatile
evening where they will be speaking to local members of the community to really reassure them in terms of their safety. really reassure them in terms of theirsafety. in really reassure them in terms of their safety. in terms of this arrest, it is a significant arrest and the police have told us this investigation is fast moving. thank ou for investigation is fast moving. thank you for that investigation is fast moving. thank you for that update. some breaking news about the long running programmes university challenge. after the news a couple of days ago thatjeremy paxman, the current presenter will be stepping down. thejournalist current presenter will be stepping down. the journalist and current presenter will be stepping down. thejournalist and broadcaster anil rajan has been announced as the university challenge host taking over from autumn next year. university challenge host taking overfrom autumn next year. he has been the bbc s editor since 2017. he will step down from the