To the wrecked city of khan younis have spoken to the bbc of returning to widespread destruction. Israels military revealed on sunday, it was reducing its numbers of soldiers from Southern Gaza leaving just one brigade in the area. From Southern Gaza leaving just the Israeli Military has stressed though a significant force would remain in gaza. Lets go straight to our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet whos injerusalem. This is a new phase in the israel gaza war as it reaches its six month mark, orsimply gaza war as it reaches its six month mark, or simply visit a pause in the fighting . Israel announced yesterday it was pulling out all of its troops from Southern Gaza does lead to much speculation here about what this means for the future months of this process. Does it mean that there is, as many are speculating, and into the ground up prison operations, or is it as israel says a moment to let its troops rest and regroup in order to prepare for what president netanyahu sa
is clear and it is unwavering. hello, i am is clear and it is unwavering. hello, iam lucy is clear and it is unwavering. hello, i am lucy gray. is clear and it is unwavering. hello, iam lucy gray. lockim hello, i am lucy gray. lockim to verify live welcome to verify live. the armed wing of the palestinian group hamas says the youngest israeli hostage in gaza, ten month old baby, kfir bibas, as well as his four year old brother, ariel, and their mother, shiri, were killed in an israeli air strike on the gaza strip. israel said it is checking the claim, which the bbc has not yet been able to verify. the family are among the highest profile civilian hostages yet to be freed. relatives had issued a special appeal for the family s freedom after the children and their parents were not included in the group freed on tuesday. a statement from the missing family form say the family have been informed of the claims and are waiting for the information to be confirmed and hopefully re
the latest we re hearing is that police have begun making arrests. we re told that more than 80 arrests have been made for breach of the peace while a further ten people have been arrested for possessing offensive weapons and drugs. these pictures are of more counter protestors are being held inside a pub by police, as the main protests goes past. here s an update from the metropolitan police. from about 9am this morning we have seen several hundred counter protesters that came towards whitehall and, from what we can see, they came intent on confrontation, intent on violence and intent causing trouble. we have made a number of arrests, including, within the counterprotest, including for possession of a knife, possession of a button, possession of class a drugs and assault on emergency workers. , ., ., ,, workers. let s go live to the us embassy- let s go live to the us embassy. our news correspondent frances read is at the israeli embassy, where the protest is finishing.
and people taking shelter, followed by screams. israel claims that hamas, described as a terror organisation by the uk and us governments, uses hospitals as a base for military operations. people sheltering in the grounds also recorded the moment and its aftermath. dr marwan abu saada, a general surgeon at the al shifa hospital, told the bbc that the situation was desperate. here in shifa, i m hearing the shooting and bombardment everywhere around me in shifa hospital. it s a horrible situation now, and some of the displaced people moved, evacuated from shifa because it is not a safe place to stay in it. but our staff is still there, and our patients in the department is still there. and we are taking all the casualties. today, they bombarded some of our displaced people who were here in shifa. they moved to one shelter to the school, and the other school, they were under attack, and more than 15 people were killed at that moment. that was a doctor at the al shifa hospital. l
are continuing to leave the north of the territory after the israeli army gave them a six hour window to head south. families with young children and babies carried what they could some making the journey in carts pulled by donkeys. the israeli army spokesman said an estimated 50,000 gazans fled south on wednesday. heavy, close quarters fighting is continuing between israeli forces and hamas militants in the ruins of gaza city, with battles said to be nearing the al quds hospital. gunfire these are the scenes in the west bank. the palestinian authority says ten palestinians have been killed and at least 20 wounded during an israeli army raid on jenin refugee camp. israel s military said it was conducting counter terrorism raids injenin, but gave no further details. more than 170 palestinians are reported to have been killed by israeli forces in the occupied west bank since the attack by hamas on israel on october 7. in the past few minutes, the palestinian group islamic