Said that the goal of the operation was to completely destroy the governing and military capabilities of hamas. It comes a week after hamas, which is classed as a Terrorist Organisation by many western governments, killed more than 1300 people in israel and took dozens hostage. We can show you these live pictures of gaza city right now where it is shortly after 2am in the morning. In a drone strike, the Israeli Military said on saturday that it has killed a hamas commander who led part of the assault on israel. Ali qadhi is the second hamas chief to have been killed in a day. Meanwhile, on the ground in gaza, thousands of civilians are on the move. Thats after israel warned over one million living in the north to move south beyond the Wadi Gaza River here, an order the World Health Organization has said is a Death Sentence for those already sick and injured. The authorities in gaza say more than 2,200 people have already died in retaliatory israeli bombing including children while att
Hello, im ben thompson. Israels military says its forces are deployed across the country and are ready for the next stage of the war, which is expected to have significant ground operations. A spokesman said the coming phase could include, what he called, combined and co ordinated strikes from the air, sea and land. The goal, he said, was to completely destroy the governing and military capabilities of hamas. Its a week since hamas, classed as a Terrorist Organisation by many western governments, including the uk, killed more than 1,300 people in israel and took dozens hostage. Israel has warned the 1. 1 million civilians in gazas north to move south beyond the wadi gaza here. The Military Spokesperson said they should not return until israel said they could do so. The authorities in gaza say more than 2,200 people have already died in retaliatory israeli bombing. On saturday, israels Prime Minister visited some of his troops and asked them if they are ready for the next stage. 0ur C
A dead man walking. We will get them, every single one of them. Hello, im matthew amroliwala. The bbc has confirmed that Young Children were among those killed in an air strike on a convoy of vehicles leaving Northern Gaza of friday along a route designated by israel. Our team at bbc verify analysed two videos of the strike on the vehicles heading towards southern gaza. Both videos have been verified, these first images show a Lorry Carrying at least 30 civilians, on the move, moments before it was hit. And these are still images taken from a subsequent video from the aftermath of the strike. The full video is too graphic to show in detail. The video shows men running to a lorry, part of the same convoy, trying to help those whove been hit. There are at least 12 visible dead bodies in the video. We will be talking to our bbc verify team on that in the next few minutes. Israels Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has visited troops near the border with gaza. Speaking to the soldiers, he
Hello, im ben thompson. Israels military says its forces are deployed across the country and are ready for the next stage of the war, which is expected to have significant ground operations. A spokesman said the coming phase could include, what he called, Combined And Co Ordinated strikes from the air, sea and land. The goal, he said, was to completely destroy the governing and military capabilities of hamas. Its a week since hamas, classed as a Terrorist Organisation by many western governments, including the uk, killed more than 1,300 people in israel and took dozens hostage. Israel has warned the 1. 1 million civilians in gazas north to move south beyond the wadi gaza here. The Military Spokesperson said they should not return until israel said they could do so. The authorities in gaza say more than 2,200 people have already died in retaliatory israeli bombing. On saturday, israels Prime Minister visited some of his troops and asked them if they are ready for the next stage. 0ur Cor
Of gaza, he has utilised all of the tools of his government to conduct this attack, he has failed the people of gaza miserably, and we are going to destroy him and his capabilities. Hello, im ben thompson. Children are among those who killed in gaza in an air strike on a convoy of vehicles carrying people from the north of the territory yesterday. Along a route designated by the israelis. The Palestinian Health Ministry Says 70 people died the Israeli Military says its investigating what happened. A week ago today, hamas, classed as a Terrorist Organisation by many western governments, including the uk, killed more than 1,300 people in israel and took dozens hostage. Israeli commanders are thought to be preparing a Ground Offensive in gaza. The Defence Force says the next phase could include combined and co ordinated strikes by land, sea and air. Theyve warned the 1. 1 million civilians in the north to move south beyond the wadi gaza here. The authorities in gaza say more than 2,200 p