Night. Israels Ground Operations have now expanded. We have large explosions, arti artillery, tank fire, and possible Bunker Buster Bombs heard and seen all night long as the idf has now confirmed the expansion of operations, in other words, the Ground Incursion into gaza has now officially begun. Heres a description of how things went on earlier tonight, just how this all got started from trey yingst. Clearly something is happening. We cite the israeli military, they say theyre having ground raids into gaza. Dont want to speculate or call it what it could be, we need to wait and be patient. This is unlike any other night we covered. We have been here the past 20 days as it unfolds. This is a significant development. Also to give you a sense of the phases here, this is indicative of what we expected to come next. Israel told us they would be ramping up strikes against gaza before entering on the ground, this is the next phase of the war. At this moment, i cannot confirm the Ground Oper
the head of the territory s largest hospital says that at least 20 people died there, including several sheltering in a courtyard. the world health organization says 20 hospitals in gaza are now entirely out of action, as israeli tanks are spotted outside one children s facility. health officials now say more than 11,000 people have been killed in gaza since israel launched its offensive against hamas in response to the group s deadly assault last month. the uk s prime minister has backed the home secretary suella braverman, in the face of calls to sack her. downing street said rishi sunak still had full confidence in her. she s come into criticism after writing an article accusing the police of bias. welcome to bbc news. let s spend the next half hour answering some of your questions as we approach five weeks of the war in the middle east. where are we with israel s military campaign, the humanitarian situation, hostages, the tactics being used, the death toll, the diploma