Its seven in the morning in singapore, and 2am in israel where we start the programme as the full horror and ferocity of last saturdays attack by hamas gunmen, in Southern Israel, is becoming clearer. Israeli Officials Say more than 1,000 people have been killed. Throughout the day, the Israeli Military has been recovering the bodies of entire families including several children, just a mile from the border with gaza. Israeli soldiers on the scene, describe it, as a massacre. Thousands of troops remain massed on the border with gaza, ready for what could be, a full scale Ground Invasion. Our international editor, jeremy bowen, has been to the village of kfar aza, where the bodies have been recovered on tuesday. A warning you may find this report distressing. The first few days of war at this small Israeli Community called kfar aza are a microcosm of israels trauma and a glimpse of what might come next. Israeli troops only seized back full control of the kibbutz this morning. Its one of a series of small israeli villages along the gaza wire. When we arrived they were still firing on houses across on the gaza side. Israeli combat soldiers started their fightback here at around six oclock on saturday evening, around 12 hours after hamas attacked. During that day, hamas carried out a massacre. Decomposing hamas gunmen are still lying where they were killed. The murder of israeli civilians here was without doubt a war even for experienced soldiers, fighting their way back in against a determined enemy was hard going. How difficult was the fighting . You cannot imagine. Have you ever had to do anything like this before as a soldier . Not like this. What do you do next . What does israel do next . I dont know. I do worry. I hope that we will go inside. Into gaza . Yeah. That will be tough fighting. Yeah. We are ready for it. They stormed in and killed families. They could not recover all the civilian dead until this morning. These are the bodies of israelis. Decomposing hamas gunmen are still lying where they were killed. The murder of israeli civilians here was without doubt a war crime, but what if the Palestinian Civilians israel is killing in attacks on hamas. Are you doing this this level of air strikes going on at the moment in the Ground Operations . At the moment in the Ground Operations . Operations . Im sure that we fiuht for operations . Im sure that we fight for our operations . Im sure that we fight for our Culture Operations . Im sure that we fight for our culture and operations . Im sure that we fight for our culture and our. Fight for our culture and our lives fight for our culture and our lives and fight for our culture and our lives and you fight and you keep lives and you fight and you keep your value in the same time keep your value in the same time and keep your value in the same time and i keep your value in the same time and i know that we will be very time and i know that we will be very strong but we keep our value very strong but we keep our value. We are is really, we are jewish value. We are is really, we are jewish and value. We are is really, we are jewish and its very difficult out there and there a lot of problems, people go into the battlefield and they suffer a lot but battlefield and they suffer a lot but we are here to kill the enemy. Lot but we are here to kill the enemy, not the civilians. In only a few days, israel has inflicted immense damage in gaza. They have cut off supplies of food, water and power and killed hundreds of civilians. Palestinian suffering, israel says, is the responsibility of hamas. Israel has already been accused of breaking the laws of war and that will get louder as more Palestinian Civilians are wounded and killed. At kfar aza, israeli troops are thinking of what is next, perhaps a Ground Invasion of gaza. It was tough enough for the israelis to come in to recapture this area, these small border communities. It is a different order of 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. Some of these men are moving north in case war starts with hezbollah, The Powerful Lebanese militia backed by iran. What happened here is why israel is shaken to its core, why it insists it must break hamas and it points to the danger and uncertainty ahead. Jeremy bowen, bbc news, kfar aza. Israeli retribution, so far, has come from the air, with strikes on targets in gaza, reducing already battered and poor neighbourhoods to smoking ruins. This footage, released by the Israeli Military, shows, building after building reduced to rubble. Palestinian health Officials Say the number of People Killed in gaza, has now risen to more than 900 with well over Four Thousand injured. Getting in and out of gaza is not possible as israel controls the border and they have been sealed. The eu Foreign Policy chief Josep Borrell says the eu opposes a total siege of gaza. But the bbc has a rare insight into the situation on the ground because our correspondent, Rushdi Abu Alouf is inside. He has infact lived there his entire life. Its too dangerous for rushdi to report live for us at this point, so he sent us this update. Very quickly, we can see the scale of destruction in this neighbourhood. Its called rimal neighbourhood. Its an economic hub for gaza that has been completely targeted yesterday. Many buildings were destroyed, behind Me An Ii Storey Building was knocked down two days ago but the destruction in this area has been targeted last night. Israel has said they carried out 200 air strikes targeting hamas infrastructure. They hit many buildings, government buildings belonging to the hamas run authority. But look at the scale of destruction in the area and how Civilian Homes were completely affected and some of them were completely destroyed. Translation i lost everything. My house, my shop has been destroyed completely. Where do we go . We have become homeless. This gentleman just told us we have to leave the area because it seems the israelis are warning residents of the area they should leave, they are going to target another building in the area. But look at the scale of destruction. This is happening, with israelis targeting houses, shops, ministries and mosques, everything. The whole neighbourhood was levelled to zero. This is one of the most important economic hubs for gaza. As you can see, most of the shops were damaged, houses were damaged, the infrastructure, the street. This is the street that leads to the southern part of the city and it is completely blocked. Rushdi abualouf with that update. 0ur man on the ground in gaza, one of very few journalists still operating there at the moment. Our international editor, jeremy bowen is in the city of ashkelon in Southern Israel he says indications are pointing towards a Ground Offensive and explained why first of all, the maximum goal the Prime Minister has said. What he said is not only must israel make hamas Pay A Terrible Press would happen, he also said that he wants to change the equation in gaza and send a lesson to israel that will last for more than one generation. You do not do that simply to air strikes. And having been with the israeli army for much of the day today, i would say they are still trying to secure the area. There was shooting in my piece earlier as we arrived and in Southern Israel where these killings have been discovered and in the city tonight, theres been a Security Alert because theres been some gunmen on the list i believe one was killed and there was a lot of concern and warnings for people to stay inside. I think they want to secure the rear before they decide they may want to push into gaza. 0utside want to push into gaza. Outside the moment that the indications are still pointing towards the Ground Offensive in the big one too. President biden has been speaking to israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu to offer support from the us. At Least Ia Americans have been killed in the attack. He said that the people of israel have lived through moments of Pure Unadulterated Evil this weekend. In this moment, we must be Crystal Clear we stand with israel. We stand with israel. And will make sure we have provided the means for them to defend themselves and respond to this attack. There is no justification for terrorism. There is no excuse. Hamas does not stand for the palestinian peoples right to dignity and self determination. The state of purpose is the annihilation. I have been speaking to our North America correspondent Shingai Nyoka in washington on the latest from us President Biden. It was a very impassioned speech it was a very impassioned speech in the way he outlined the horrors of the new details emerging about that Weekend Attack emerging about that Weekend Attack and describe some of those attack and describe some of those details and stomach turning those details and stomach turning and described hamas as a pure turning and described hamas as a Pure Unadulterated Evil and described it as babies being butchered and women being raped and assaulted and paraded as trophies and assaulted and paraded as trophies and really reiterated the us trophies and really reiterated the us position that not only does the us position that not only does the the us position that not only does the us stand with israel but israel also has the right to both but israel also has the right to both defend itself and fight back to both defend itself and fight back and in addition to that, they back and in addition to that, they spoke about the fact that this tragedy isntjust they spoke about the fact that this tragedy isnt just on foreign this tragedy isnt just on foreign soil, its affecting the foreign soil, its affecting the us foreign soil, its affecting the us at least 14 us citizens are how the us at least 14 us citizens are now confirmed to have died and that are now confirmed to have died and that number could well increase and that number could well increase. We understand that about increase. We understand that about 20 increase. We understand that about 20 us citizens are also missing about 20 us citizens are also missing and unaccounted for and some missing and unaccounted for and some of missing and unaccounted for and some of them might be among the hostages some of them might be among the hostages and this is his address, notjust of hostages and this is his address, not just of the world, not address, not just of the world, hotiust address, not just of the world, Notjust Israel but address, not just of the world, not just israel but also to americans and assuring them that americans and assuring them that the americans and assuring them that the Us Intelligence is working with their israeli counterparts to try and recover some counterparts to try and recover some of counterparts to try and recover some of those hostages. We also heard from some of those hostages. We also heard from the some of those hostages. We also heard from the secretary some of those hostages. We also heard from the secretary who heard from the secretary who announced that he will be travelling to israel and what kind of support are they committed to on the ground and of strong statements of the scene from the what does that translate to and when they reached israel. fix, translate to and when they reached israel. A statement by President Biden reached israel. A statement by President Biden that reached israel. A statement by President Biden that the reached israel. A statement by President Biden that the us. President biden that the us response was swift, decisive and overwhelming and we understand theyre doing just understand they� re doing just that. Understand theyre doing ust that. �. ,. ~ , understand theyre doing ust that. ,. , that. Backing up the promise that. Backing up the promise that theyve that. Backing up the promise that theyve made that. Backing up the promise that theyve made to that. Backing up the promise that theyve made to stand i that. Backing up the promise i that theyve made to stand with israei that theyve made to stand with israet and that theyve made to stand with israel and we understand that the us israel and we understand that the us strike carrier group, gerald the us strike carrier group, gerald ford is making their way to the gerald ford is making their way to the Eastern Mediterranean and actually arrived there. This and actually arrived there. This is and actually arrived there. This is the largest and most advanced of the us warships and president advanced of the us warships and President Biden also gave us more President Biden also gave us more details about the munition that is more details about the munition that is been supplied or will be supplied to israel, including the equipment to troister including the equipment to bolster the air defence and what bolster the air defence and what were expecting the next couple what were expecting the next couple of days is for that aid to start couple of days is for that aid to start arriving as a problem that to start arriving as a problem that they to start arriving as a problem that they alluded to in fact that that they alluded to in fact that congress does not have the house that congress does not have the house of that congress does not have the House Of Representatives does not have House Of Representatives does not have a speaker and he appealed to the congress and said he appealed to the congress and said he would be asking them to make said he would be asking them to make some swift and urgent decisions in terms of funding for this decisions in terms of funding for this response and for the additional aid that has been promised to israel. It is we know. Promised to israel. It is we know. The promised to israel. It is we know, the House Of Representatives is in disarray. And representatives is in disarray. Ami a representatives is in disarray. Ami a lot representatives is in disarray. And a lot of commitment that be further and a lot of commitment that be further from the us president. The un says it along with its humanitarian partners, is struggling to gain access into gaza. Delivering aid is becoming increasingly difficult with constant air raids. It estimates 200 thousand people are displaced, and for the few homes still standing, there is limited electricity and clean water. We go live now to author Nathan Thrall who lives Injerusalem Butjoins us today from london. Nathan has previously worked for International Crisis groups before he deciding to write about the every day lives of People Living along the israel palestine divide. Nathan, you once worked for the crisis group trying to resolve conflicts like this one, why in the decades of trying to bring peace in gaza do you think talks have failed . Well, the problem here is we only Pay Attention when there is heightened bloodshed. And when my great frustrations while i was working at the International Crisis group was that the media, the International Community and diplomats all wanted to do something as soon there was violence, but what they wanted to do was to return to the situation before the violence has occurred. They wanted to return to home. But bad situation that they want to return to, to restoring cone is a system of great, great injustice. In that system is driving the violence. People want to be free, palestinians and im living in freedom, living siege and what i decided to do after years of banging my head against the wall, working for the International Crisis group was to write a book, A Day In The Life of the ordinary lives of palestinians and israelis to show what it is to live in this place prior to these escalations and to know what it is, to bejewish or palestinian living in this place in the living in a system or palestinians are living behind wall with ghettos and on saturday, we saw horrific acts that are the result of horrible, horrible, the manifestation of horrible demonisation, dehumanisation, brutalisation and these societies and what we see is the children of gaza who have been living in this place, under siege for the last 17 years, they have had their Civilian Homes<