good evening from jerusalem. israel s prime minister says the country s ground forces are now at the height of the battle as they make advances in the northern half of the gaza strip. this evening the military announced that troops have now encircled gaza city. it comes as the jabalia refugee camp in northern gaza has been hit by a deadly israeli air strike for a third day running. hamas, designated as a terrorist organisation by the uk, say more than 9,000 people have been killed in the gaza strip since the present conflict began on 7th october when it launched a series of deadly attacks on israel. 0ur international editor jeremy bowen has this report. tank rumbles. tonight, israel says it has surrounded gaza city. an army statement said that soldiers were attacking hamas positions. explosion guns fire ..places where it launches rockets, and killing terrorists. israel has increased the tempo of its ground war in gaza. the army said its soldiers needed to be resilient is th
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sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre we ll start with the cricket world cup, where south africa have cruised to a 190 run win over new zealand in pune. to put them on the brink of clinching a semi final spot, new zealand won the toss and must soon have regretted putting south africa into bat. opener quinton de kock tore into the black caps bowlers, racing to a century. he shared a partnership of 200 with rassie van der dussen who also quickly reached three figures as south africa piled up 357 for four. new zealand were never in the hunt and slumped to 167 all out, four wickets for spinner keshav maharaj. it means they drop to fourth after a third straight defeat, with crucial matches against pakistan and sri lanka to come. england s david willey has announed he ll retire from international cricket following the world cup. the bowler is the only player in the squad for the tournament not to be offered a central contract. with the team s director of cricket
to help free up officers to deal with crime. good evening from jerusalem. for the first time since the war between israel and hamas began, dozens of injured palestinians and more hundreds of foreign nationals have been allowed to leave gaza. they ve entered egypt by the rafah crossing on the border, with the injured being treated at field hospitals there. the foreign office says that british nationals will start to be taken out in stages over the coming days. people who ve been trapped in gaza for weeks began crossing the borderfrom late morning, after the territory was besieged by israel, after hamas attacked it over three weeks ago. hamas is classed as a terrorist organisation by the uk government. and in northern gaza, there s been another air strike on the jabalia refugee camp, a day after an israeli attack caused heavy casualties at the refugee camp there. our international editor jeremy bowen has our first report which contains material that you may find upsetting. at l