And i dont want to break right now, because i want to keep pushing for the release of my mum and the release of my brother. Hello, im matthew amroliwala. Welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking israel has continued its campaign of air strikes on gaza for the fourth day. Un aid agencies have warned of the severe consequences of israels seizure on the territory. The World Health Organization has called for a humanitarian corridor to be opened into the area. The families of israelis taken hostage are speaking about their agony today, at least 123 Israeli Soldiers have been killed since saturday. Coming up in the next hour, well hear from our correspondents on the ground in ashkelon, on the humanitarian situation in gaza; and more on israels military strategy. But first, lets focus on the situation in ashkelon , our reporter anna foster is there. The sirens went immediately. Actually, i was just about to take you up upstairs and out of the shelter because we thought there was the all clear, but again i can hear coming from upstairs the sound of the sirens once again here in ashkelon. You can see there are people around me. I should just tell you a little bit more about where we are actually. This is the centre of ashkelon, a Shopping Centre and itsjust after 5pm on a tuesday here in israel and it would be really busy. One of our local producers, the words he used were you wouldnt be able to breathe in this place at this time on a normal weekday. It would be wall to wall, packed with people who had just finished work and who were out for the evening. But instead all of the shops up there are shut. You can see people drifting down. This is basically an underground shelter. If you wouldnt mind coming around here, they are already well marked, so if you come into these areas you know where you have to go. You we were just outside when the sirens started and we came down the stairwell. There was a shelter right underground. I am just going to take you to this corner and you can see up the stairs. Remember, people who live in these areas are used to Rocket Attacks coming from gazza. Attacks coming from gaza. This is not something they havent experienced before. I wouldnt say they were relaxed about it, but they have done this many times. So they come into a place of safety where they get underground. You can see them starting to move out again. Right here, because we are so close to the Perimeter Fence from gaza, this is an area that is within reach for hamas rockets essentially. So what they do is they send them right around this area of Southern Israel and the military wing of hamas put out this warning earlier today asking people in ashkelon, to leave by 1700 local time. As i was just explaining to you, at 1700 we were just outside and the sirens started straightaway. Ten minutes ago. Weve had the sirens twice. I just want to show you, we lost the signal a little bit because we were downstairs in that shelter. This would normally be so busy on a tuesday afternoon. The shops are all shut, there is nobody here. Im just going to take you outside. You can see how quiet this place is right now. A lot of people are choosing to stay at home. Some have left altogether. A lot of people are choosing to stay at home and stay indoors and stay places where there are shelters, where they know they can be safe. Itjust gives you an idea, if you look around here, it should be a car park packed with cars. Its a beautiful sunny evening here in ashkelon. Less than ten kilometres from gaza. But people here are indoors in shelters, they are doing what they can to stay safe. The Israeli Military have taken journalists to a kibbutz, where soldiers have been removing the bodies of People Killed by hamas. A warning were about to show some distressing images from the area. The Small Community has been destroyed, with bodies strewn across the area. Troops were unable to remove the victims until now because of the fighting, and the need to disable booby traps. Israeli combat soldiers are still deployed in the fields around the kibbutz. 0ur International Editor jeremy bowen is there and sent this update. These are Combat Troops from elite units and there is a high state of readiness here. You can feel it. The confusion in the israeli army that followed the initial hamas attack has gone now as theyve come in and regained control of these border areas. It was tough enough for the israelis to come in to recapture this area, the small border communities, it is a Different Military challenge to cross the wire to get into gaza, potentially to fight house to house at a time when hamas will have made its plans and will be waiting. We seen this now for four days, strikes and retaliation from Israel Lighting up the skies, some strikes there, israel says on hamas positions. We know from authorities over 800 people have been confirmed deadin over 800 people have been confirmed dead in this area. Lets bring in lease you set, day four of this and absolutely no let up, lease, in terms of the israeli response. The israeli response terms of the israeli response. Tue israeli response and terms of the israeli response. Tte israeli response and the terms of the israeli response. Ttj israeli response and the hamas response. We heard about. Attacked the area of ashkelon and retaliation for israeli bombardment of gaza, and right on time, local time five oclock, there was a rain of rockets into ashkelon. You are reporting on them earlier in the programme, and israels retaliation, last night was reported as the night of the most intense aerial bombardment of gaza, and now as the night draws in, it looks like it will be another night the same, last night israel said it hit 2400 the same, last night israel said it hit 21100 hamas targets, we note that they have said Prime Minister netanyahu has said they will hit everything to do with hamas, they want to try to degrade or destroy all of their infrastructure. We, our viewers will have seen the comments by our reporter in gaza, he has been there for 20 years, reporting from gaza, so that means he is reported on a lot of wars and he said last night was the most frightening night that he and his family, the families living in their building, had ever lived through. Lived through. Yes, it was a really ura hic lived through. Yes, it was a really graphic account lived through. Yes, it was a really graphic account he lived through. Yes, it was a really graphic account he gave lived through. Yes, it was a really graphic account he gave on lived through. Yes, it was a really graphic account he gave on the i lived through. Yes, it was a really i graphic account he gave on the bbc lived through. Yes, it was a really graphic account he gave on the bbc a little earlier, he even filmed when he got outside, some of the damage in gaza, he described at one stage as looking like an earthquake had struck. Now the Prime Ministers said around this time yesterday, it was only the beginning. In terms of options for the israelis, what is Still Available to them . B, options for the israelis, what is Still Available to them . Still available to them . A lot is available to Still Available to them . A lot is available to them. Still available to them . A lot is available to them. We Still Available to them . A lot is available to them. We heard i Still Available to them . A lot is i available to them. We heard from the Prime Minister, Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu last night, israels air strikes that weve been discussing, and viewers have seen in live shots from gaza, is only the beginning of a war he said israel was now engaging, nothing less than to ensure israels survival. Most of that activity over the past few days is centred around ashkelon, around the southern border, where its given that the israelis say they have recovered so far 1500 bodies of hamas fighters, those who managed to penetrate what was always regarded as an impenetrable fence, with so many high tech sensors, drones, tea walls, watchtowers, meant to keep hamas away from Firing Rockets to enter, and of course hamas was able to overcome all of that. We heard from israel earlier today, they have secured that border with the gaza strip, although they admitted there may be some ways for hamas to penetrate. That once they have that area under control they will intensify the bombardment, try to diminish 10 1s capabilities in the gaza strip, all the while preparing for what is widely expected to be a highly dangerous, highly risky, but what israel now believes is highly necessary, ground incursion of the kind they havent undertaken since they pulled out their troops from gaza in 2005. They pulled out their troops from gaza in 2005. � , ,. , gaza in 2005. Briefly, lise, because we have been gaza in 2005. Briefly, lise, because we have been hearing gaza in 2005. Briefly, lise, because we have been hearing from gaza in 2005. Briefly, lise, because we have been hearing from some i gaza in 2005. Briefly, lise, because we have been hearing from some of| we have been hearing from some of the families about loved ones taken hostage. How much real pressure is growing on Benjamin Netanyahu in terms of trying to get those citizens back . 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I live now to ramallah to speak to dr sabri saidam, a former minister in the Palestinian Authority and a member of the Central Committee of fatah. Thank you so much for being with us here on bbc news. How alarmed are you by what we are seeing unfold . Extremely alarmed. The situation is extremely terrible. The mood is not of sadness and disappointment, the Word Community is not coming to the rescue of the Palestinian People ending this madness thats taking shape. The Security Existence and survival of israel lies in the hands of these militants. By Giving Palestine back to the palestinians, in terms of allowing the policy of live and let live exist, if the continuation of occupation continues, sadness will come every now and then and this scene we are witnessing today will come back in 2050 and well discuss another invasion and in other atrocities will lie in the resolutions, ending the israeli occupation. You mentioned the israeli occupation. You mentioned the the israeli occupation. You mentioned the International Community and ill come back to that in a moment. Do you contend what we saw on saturday, the hostage taking, the threats now to kill hostages, do you condemn all of that from buts, no clarification . T you condemn all of that from buts, no clarification . You condemn all of that from buts, no clarification . I condemn any loss of life, innocence no clarification . I condemn any loss of life, innocence killed no clarification . I condemn any loss of life, innocence killed is no clarification . I condemn any loss of life, innocence killed is not i of life, innocence killed is not something any palestinian would welcome, but we need to see a collective move on part of the International Community to end this saga, this intervention, to fulfil the various resolutions they passed at the un to acknowledge international law, and to tell israel enough is enough. You cannot have the cake and eat it too, you have the cake and eat it too, you have to live and let live. So far this land has been turned into swiss cheese like land, where israel gets the cheese and we get the holes. Thats not a policy that you continue to exist, we should all collectively use this policy, i say this is a an opportunity for the entire International Community to say we have to come together to end the israeli occupation. No sidestepping, and no hiding from reality that hits us all. Continuation of occupation is the source, the source of the pain and anguish that exists. Tn source, the source of the pain and anguish that exists. Source, the source of the pain and anguish that exists. In terms of all of those Hostage Anguish that exists. In terms of all of those hostage is anguish that exists. In terms of all of those hostage is taken, anguish that exists. In terms of all of those hostage is taken, what i of those hostage is taken, what would you say to those in hamas who are holding those people, they are saying they wont negotiate until the end of the battle as they describe it, and that threat yesterday, that ominous threat of Potential Executions . T yesterday, that ominous threat of Potential Executions . Yesterday, that ominous threat of Potential Executions . I dont speak for hamas Potential Executions . I dont speak for hamas l Potential Executions . I dont speak for hamas. I just Potential Executions . I dont speak for hamas. Ijust said Potential Executions . I dont speak for hamas. Ijust said that, Potential Executions . I dont speak for hamas. Ijust said that, i i Potential Executions . I dont speak for hamas. Ijust said that, i am i Potential Executions . I dont speak for hamas. Ijust said that, i am al for hamas. Ijust said that, i am a representative here, and i want to say this situation will escalate further if the bombardment of gaza continues. You will see more and more pain inflicted, just as i was about to go on air, i was told of a bombardment of a relative path relatives home, this continuation will not be the continuation of survival. The only policy is to allow the palestinians to establish their state and come back to the root cause of the issue which is again the continuation of occupation. I think we have a moral duty now, we have an International Obligation to stop this killing. The raising of 10 one, has promised these people, has turned into Ethnic Cleansing of palestinians in gaza, bombing shelters, bombing schools, universities, hospitals, clinics and what have you. Cutting the aid to the palestinians, bombing the crossing, and also cutting electricity, Water Supplies and electricity. How on earth would this be a policy of punishing 10 one . This is nothing but the Capital Punishment of the entire palestinian population in gaza and beyond . We have to leave it there, but thank you so much forjoining us live. Thank you so much for your time. Around the world and across the uk. This is bbc news. Lets look at some other stories making news across the uk. The International Monetary found says the uk faces another five years of high Interest Rates to stem rising prices. The organisation expects the uk to have the highest inflation and slowest growth next year of any g7 economy, including the us, france, germany, canada, italy and japan. The home office says its begun notifying Asylum Seekers they will be sent back to a migrant barge off englands south coast, after the vessel completed all necessary tests. 39 men were moved on to the vessel in august, but they were removed when the Legionella Bacteria was found onboard. 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