heading south, away from israeli air strikes. israel says it s targeting hamas, a group designated as a terror organisation by the uk government, and responsible for killing 1,400 people on the 7th of october and seizing more than 200 hostages. jeremy bowen has been embedded with the israel defense forces, inside the territory. while the bbc retained editorial control of the report, the sections featuring the israeli military have been cleared by the idf. like young soldiers in many wars, israeli troops looked excited, not apprehensive, as they made their final preparations to join israel s invasion of the gaza strip. they re moving in as the war approaches a critical point. their colleagues already inside the strip have surrounded gaza city. these men might be part of the next stage, locating hamas tunnels and fighting street by street. israel s prime minister promised his country a mighty vengeance against hamas. but with so much firepower, one question is israel followin
gerry moynihan was a uhb trust governor. he was appalled atjacqui smith s absence from her three days a week job at such a crucial time. to me, that was an indication that back in 2020 there is something strategically wrong with the board allowing the chair of the second largest trust in england, when doctors and nurses were under extreme pressures because of covid, they allowed the chair to go off to do strictly come dancing. i expressed my concerns over that. they weren t listened to. the only thing i can do then as a governor is resign. and i resigned. now, anton was eliminated from the competition in the first week with his partner, former home secretaryjacqui smith. jacqui smith was voted off strictly in the first round, so her absence was only for one month, not three. she has declined our request for an interview, but has defended her decision to go on strictly during a podcast. lots of people at the trust who talk to me about it were really chuffed, one that strictly
hamas health officials say more than 10,500 people have been killed since the conflict began in gaza nearly half of them children. israel has repeatedly warned palestinians to head south to greater safety, despite also bombarding that region. israel says 50,000 people left gaza city today as israeli troops tighten their grip on the area. the israeli army released video showing a long line of people on foot, many of them waving white flags, some holding their hands in the air. the us secretary of state has outlined what should happen when the fighting stops. antony blinken said gaza and the west bank should both be governed by the palestinian authority. he told a meeting of g 7 foreign ministers that there should be no israeli occupation of gaza. the deputy leader of lebanon s hezbollah group, which is backed by iran, has praised last month s attack by hamas which sparked the fighting. hezbollah s deputy chief told the bbc the killings were an act of resistance. more on that