now reached 900, amid intensifying israeli air strikes. it says 4,500 more have been injured. dozens of buildings have also been damaged. hamas, which has been designated a terrorist organisation by several governments, responded with rockets into southern israel, tuesday. it comes as gaza braces for what could be a full—scale israeli ground invasion. in israel, efforts are under way to recover the bodies of those killed by hamas attacks. more than 1,000 israelis are dead. but israeli forces say they've successfully rescued 30 trapped people in the southern kibbutz of ein hashlosha, after following distress calls. speaking at the white house, president biden accused hamas of "pure unadulterated evil". he said at least 14 americans were among those killed. mr biden has pledged more aid to israel, as the uss gerald r ford carrier strike group arrives in the eastern mediterraean. the israeli military also says that the first plane carrying american ammunition has arrived in the country. we'll examine all those developments, but first, let's go on the ground to kfar aza, israel, where the bbc�*sjeremy bowen has been reporting on the carnage some israeli forces are now confronting there. a warning — you may find some of the images in his report distressing. the first few days of war, at this small israeli community called kfar aza, are a microcosm of israel's trauma and a glimpse of what might come next. israeli troops only seized back full control of the kibbutz this morning. it's one of a series of small israeli villages along the gaza wire. gunfire. when we arrived, they were still firing on houses across on the gaza side. israeli combat soldiers only started their fight back here at around six o'clock on saturday evening, around 12 hours after hamas attacked. these men are experienced soldiers, combat reservists. and during that day, hamas carried out a massacre. this kfar aza was taken by surprise, like everywhere else hamas attacked. the kibbutz guard, armed civilian volunteers, died fighting back. these were the bodies of israelis. decomposing hamas gunmen are still lying where they were killed. jeremy bowen reporting from southern israel. the bbc has learned that more than 100 israelis have been taken hostage by hamas. earlier, i spoke with marc ginsberg — the former us ambassador to morocco�*s nephew, eli, was killed rescuing hostages at a kibbutz. former ambassador ginsberg, thanks forjoining us. first of all, our condolences to you on the loss of your nephew. we appreciate you speaking to us at this time. you might start by telling us about what you know about what happened to your nephew. my know about what happened to your nephew— know about what happened to our nehew. g , your nephew. my nephew eli was a lieutenant _ your nephew. my nephew eli was a lieutenant colonel— your nephew. my nephew eli was a lieutenant colonel in _ your nephew. my nephew eli was a lieutenant colonel in the - a lieutenant colonel in the commando unit that was called up commando unit that was called up and mobilised immediately after the saturday morning attack. he was deployed to kibbutz regime, which was the sight of the music festival where so many people, enemy —— innocent civilians, were massacred, and his unit that he commanded was responsible to free hostages that were being held by hamas inside the kibbutz buildings. in one of the efforts to free hostages that were being held in one of the apartment blocks, he was killed in a gun firefight. find killed in a gun firefight. and when did word _ killed in a gun firefight. and when did word reach you and yourfamily about when did word reach you and your family about what had happened? my your family about what had ha--ened? ~, ,, . happened? my sister-in-law contacted — happened? my sister-in-law contacted me, _ happened? my sister-in-law contacted me, or— happened? my sister-in-law contacted me, or his - happened? my sister-in-law| contacted me, or his mother, who lives on the northernmost kibbutz in israel, on the lebanese border, and it is a kibbutz that my entire family has been raised on, and eli was born at that kibbutz. tell has been raised on, and eli was born at that kibbutz.— born at that kibbutz. tell us a little bit about _ born at that kibbutz. tell us a little bit about him, _ born at that kibbutz. tell us a little bit about him, as - born at that kibbutz. tell us a little bit about him, as you i little bit about him, as you say, he was born there, he had a great military career, and four children, i believe? he had four— four children, i believe? he: had four beautiful children, a wonderful wife, had four beautiful children, a wonderfulwife, he had four beautiful children, a wonderful wife, he has two brothers, both of whom are wonderful young man. brothers, both of whom are wonderfulyoung man. his wonderful young man. his father, wonderfulyoung man. his father, my brother, was killed in the 2006 lebanese hezbollah war, so my family has lost not only his father, now eli. eli was revered by many in the military. he was a navy seal, he was a commander in the navy seals of israel. he was also one of the instructors at the counterterrorism school in israel, and he had an infectious smile, a wonderful personality. he was built like a tank, but he had the personality of what we call, he was tough on the outside and extraordinarily warm on the inside. we loved him and his smile was infectious. figs inside. we loved him and his smile was infectious.- smile was infectious. as you say there. — smile was infectious. as you say there. he _ smile was infectious. as you say there, he was _ smile was infectious. as you say there, he was killed - smile was infectious. as you say there, he was killed in l smile was infectious. as you say there, he was killed in a i say there, he was killed in a gunfight trying to free people in that same kibbutz. have you managed to speak to anyone he was there at the time about what that scene was like? h0. what that scene was like? no, there has _ what that scene was like? no, there has been _ what that scene was like? no, there has been some - what that scene was like? iifr, there has been some postings on israeli media about his leadership in that fight, and in that struggle, because there were so many terrorists who had occupied the buildings and had committed horrific massacres against the civilians that lived in that kibbutz, as well, as you well know, the people who were attending the supernova festival outside the kibbutz. you have read some postings will stop his name has been mentioned frequently on israeli television in recent days because of stories that have percolated out from his unit to israeli media. but i only have access to one of the stories, which was a wonderful story about his heroism. find story about his heroism. and have you _ story about his heroism. and have you been _ story about his heroism. and have you been speaking to his wife will have you heard from his —— for your sister how his wife is doing? i his -- for your sister how his wife is doing?— wife is doing? i speak to her now almost _ wife is doing? i speak to her now almost every _ wife is doing? i speak to her now almost every couple - wife is doing? i speak to her now almost every couple of| now almost every couple of hours, and part of the problem here as you well know, jews who dey are supposed to be varied within 2a hours. —— jews that die are supposed to be buried within 2a hours. we found that promises today that the israeli army is just not able to schedule his funeral because there are so many israelis who are in the military who died in the conflict already, and the army cannot even give us a date for the funeral. that's how bad the situation is. i was raised in israel, i knew eli growing up, obviously i was very close to his father, and so this affects all of us, that he is unable to rest in peace at this point. unable to rest in peace at this oint. : :, , unable to rest in peace at this oint. : w ,, unable to rest in peace at this oint. : .,, i. unable to rest in peace at this oint. : point. and as you say, you haven't — point. and as you say, you haven't been _ point. and as you say, you haven't been given - point. and as you say, you haven't been given any - haven't been given any indication of when you can lay him to rest?— him to rest? no, in fact my sister and _ him to rest? no, in fact my sister and i _ him to rest? no, in fact my sister and i - _ him to rest? no, in fact my sister and i - my _ sister and i — my sister—in—law and i have been communicating and i have been communicating and i have been communicating and i spoke to his brothers today. we are just in this terrible period of mourning and yet not knowing when he can be laid to rest. yet not knowing when he can be laid to rest-— laid to rest. and of course our laid to rest. and of course your family _ laid to rest. and of course your family experienced i laid to rest. and of course l your family experienced this laid to rest. and of course - your family experienced this in the past with your own brother also being killed.— also being killed. yes, my brother was _ also being killed. yes, my brother was the _ also being killed. yes, my brother was the head - also being killed. yes, my brother was the head of i brother was the head of security at the kibbutz in northern galilee, and in the outbreak of the 2006 war, when it occurred, he was killed in a gun fire fight with hezbollah. my gun fire fight with hezbollah. my mother who lived up there, her home took a direct hit by a rocket. she survived the attack but died several months later. ok, well, ambassador ginsberg, 0k, well, ambassador ginsberg, thank you so much for taking the time to talk to us, given the time to talk to us, given the circumstances we find ourselves in and your family, and again our condolences to you. now to gaza, where access in or out is nearly impossible. the borders are sealed, but the bbc has a rare insight into the situation on the ground, with our correspondent, rushdi abu alouf. very quickly, if we can see the scale of destruction in this neighbourhood. it's called rimal neighbourhood. it's the economic hub for gaza that has been completely targeted yesterday. many buildings were destroyed. behind me is the ii—storey building that was knocked down two days ago, but the destruction in this area has been targeted quite recently, last night. israel has said they carried out 200 air strikes targeting hamas infrastructure. in fact, they hit many buildings, government buildings, belonging to the hamas—run authority, but look to 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 areas that they should leave, they are going to target another building in the area. but look at the scale of destruction. this is happening overnight, with israelis targeting houses, shops, ministries, mosques, everything. the whole neighbourhood was levelled to zero. this is one of the most important economic hubs for gaza, where, 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. it's completely blocked. back here in washington, president biden spoke to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, saying the us remains committed to israel's security and securing the safety of american hostages. the white house says at least 20 americans are missing. we now know that american citizens are among those being held by hamas. i've directed my team to share intelligence and deploy additional experts from across the united states government to consult with and advise israeli counterparts on hostage recovery and recovery efforts. because, as president, i have no higher priority than the safety of americans being held hostage around the world. as part of the us response, this week secretary of state antony blinken will also travel to israel. earlier, my colleague sumi somaskanda spoke with white house national security spokesmanjohn kirby about us support for israel. admiral, great to have you back on bbc news. i want to start with a phone call between us presidentjoe biden and benjamin netanyahu. can you tell us what the us is hoping that support will do? well, first and foremost, we want to make sure that that support will help them better defend themselves, and to go after these hamas terrorists where they are, and to affect their ability to continue to conduct terrorist attacks. so thatis conduct terrorist attacks. so that is the main purposes. 0bviously giving israel the capabilities they need to better defend their citizens. admiral, can you tell us a bit more about what the israeli prime minister has asked the us president for? i prime minister has asked the us president for?— president for? i don't want to net into president for? i don't want to get into the _ president for? i don't want to get into the specifics - president for? i don't want to get into the specifics of - president for? i don't want to get into the specifics of the i get into the specifics of the conversation that president biden and prime minister netanyahu had too specifically. i think should be obvious based on the president's remarks that we made it clear to prime minister netanyahu that we would continue to provide them the necessary military support as they prosecute this fight against hamas, and already one tranche, the first tranche of military aid is on its way to israel, it will be there soon. israel, it will be there soon. i fully expect there will be more. it is important for president biden to make it clear to prime minister netanyahu that we stand with them, and that extra support will be forthcoming. president biden also _ will be forthcoming. president biden also confirmed - will be forthcoming. president biden also confirmed that - will be forthcoming. president biden also confirmed that us. biden also confirmed that us citizens are also among those being held hostage. what is the us doing right now to work to secure their release? the first thing we've — secure their release? the first thing we've done _ secure their release? the first thing we've done is _ secure their release? the first thing we've done is offer- thing we've done is offer support to israel, with respect to the expertise that we have in the law enforcement community, in the military community, in the military community here in the united states, even in the intelligence community. we've got hostage recovery experts, and we have offered their expertise to israeli officials, as they think through how they might want to go about recovering hostages, and we now know, and it is a recent development, literally within just the last hour or so now, we have been able to confirm that at least some number of those hostages are americans, so obviously we want to do whatever we can to help israel in these efforts. i would ask you about the sites been targeted because there are concerns about the than to mcmillion citizens living on the gaza strip.... a full siege no power no food no gas. the un secretary—general said he was distressed by this announcement. just today the... says israel does have the right to defend itself but that has to defend itself but that has to be done according to international law and he was saying that some things are not according to international law — cutting electricity and food. as the us concerned about this? nobody wants to see any more innocent civilian life lost and certainly hamas is responsible for the civilian life lost here, the slaughter, the butchery of innocent israeli civilians. nobody wants to see civilians. nobody wants to see civilian life thrown away that way. one of the great things — and the president talked about this things in his speech — the great thing about the relationship between us and is well is we are too vibrant democracy. we respect human life and the rule of law. we respect the need to observe the law of war specifically and the president talked about that. again, we do not want to see any more innocent life taken but we also recognise that what has been visited upon the israeli people isjust israeli people is just horrific, israeli people isjust horrific, the numbers are now approaching what thousand — thatis approaching what thousand — that is just dead let alone the thousands more wounded by this butchery. we know they are going to be prosecuting this aggressively. we understand given the circumstances their desire to do that. we obviously don't want to see any more innocent taken here. i don't want to see any more innocent taken here.- innocent taken here. i 'ust want to follow i innocent taken here. i 'ust want to follow up i innocent taken here. i 'ust want to follow up on k innocent taken here. ijust want to follow up on the i innocent taken here. i just - want to follow up on the point about respect for democracy. we spoke to a fellow from the... at the britain's institution and he told us there. aha, at the britain's institution and he told us there. a lot of --eole and he told us there. a lot of people like — and he told us there. a lot of people like to _ and he told us there. a lot of people like to say _ and he told us there. a lot of people like to say that - and he told us there. a lot of people like to say that israel| people like to say that israel takes — people like to say that israel takes great caution to prevent or limit— takes great caution to prevent or limit civilian casualties. but — or limit civilian casualties. but that_ or limit civilian casualties. but that simply has not been borne — but that simply has not been borne out by the facts. not in this conflict are not in previous ones. this conflict are not in revious ones. : :, ., previous ones. admiral, what would your — previous ones. admiral, what would your response - previous ones. admiral, what would your response to - previous ones. admiral, what would your response to that i previous ones. admiral, what. would your response to that be? again, i would leave it to what i said before. again, i would leave it to what isaid before. nobody again, i would leave it to what i said before. nobody wants to see more innocent life taken here and whatever great things about our relationship with israel is that as to make democracies, we really do respect the rule of law and the rule of more specifically. i would also like to ask you about something else president biden said, a warning from other countries in the region not to get involved in this conflict. is that something the us is acutely concerned about right now?— us is acutely concerned about right now? us is acutely concerned about riahtnow? ~ , ., ~ right now? absolutely we are. a big driving _ right now? absolutely we are. a big driving force _ right now? absolutely we are. a big driving force for _ right now? absolutely we are. a big driving force for why - right now? absolutely we are. a big driving force for why we - big driving force for why we moved that carrier straight group into the mess, eastern mediterranean is to send a strong signal that any actor or any nation who might want to take advantage of the situation israel to escalate this conflict and make it more than just the israel defence forces against hamas, needs to think again. the united states will take any seriously any federal challenge our international security interest in the region and we have interest in the region. we are concerned and do not want to see any new fronts opened up or any other actors jump opened up or any other actors jump in here and try to take advantage of the situation. you have said despite _ advantage of the situation. you have said despite what we're seeing at the moment that the biden administration remains committed to a tobacco state solution. do you still see that as possible?— as possible? the president still believes _ as possible? the president still believes and _ as possible? the president still believes and the - as possible? the president i still believes and the promise of metoo state solution. it requires leadership on all sides. we understand that and understand that so far it has been elusive but that does not mean it is not worth pursuing. we will continue to pursue a four state solution. now though, as you and they are talking right here today, obviously, there is a stronger focus on making sure that israel can defend itself these terrorist attacks and could do is a terrorist organisation, make no mistake about it. and they don't speak — this kind of ghost your question — they do not speakfor the ghost your question — they do not speak for the vast majority of palestinian people. in their terrorist attacks, not only are they butchering innocent israeli life but they are making life harder on the palestinian in gaza as well, using them as human shields not representing fairly their aspirations for an independent state and peace and security for them and for their children.— for them and for their children. : :, ., ~ for them and for their children. : :, :, ~' , :, for them and for their children. : :, ., ,, , :, children. admiral, thank you so much forjoining _ children. admiral, thank you so much forjoining us. _ children. admiral, thank you so much forjoining us. good - children. admiral, thank you so much forjoining us. good to . children. admiral, thank you so much forjoining us. good to bej much for “oining us. good to be with much forjoining us. good to be with you- _ around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. french troops have begun withdrawing from niger. this is video of military convoys arriving in the country's capital niamey after departing from bases in south—west niger. the west african country's junta began demanding for french forces to leave after a july coup. french president emmanuel macron agreed to the withdrawal in september. us prosecutors have announced 23 new criminal charges against congressman george santos. they relate to allegations that he stole the identities of donors and used their credit cards for his personal gain. the new indictment replaces an earlier one, to which mr santos pleaded not guilty in may. so far, mr santos has resisted all calls to resign. the former girlfriend and advisor to so—called crypto—king, sam bankman—fried, testified at his manhattan fraud and conspiracy trial on tuesday. caroline ellison said he directed her to commit crimes, before his now—bankrupt crypto—currency crypto—currency exchange imploded. you alive with bbc news ——you're live with bbc news. the impacts of israel—gaza conflict are spreading far beyond the region. many here in the us have family orfriends in the region, and are hearing of the events unfolding first—hand. live now to yair rosenberg. he's a staff writer at the atlantic. thank you forjoining us. yair, you've written a long article about the experience of a friend of yours who sheltered from hamas for ten hours in the safe room in their house in a kibbutz right beside gaza. an extraordinary tale of survival and determination. how is thejewish community in the us dealing with these atrocities? how have you been able to support friends and family members in israel at this time? yes, so israel is home to half of the worlds jewish people which meansjust of the worlds jewish people which means just by definition that many, many people have family there. and went something like this happens and what thousand people are just knocked out, and others are kidnapped and many others are wounded and brutalised, so people spend their time trying to find out what happened to everyone and it took, as you know, quite a while to figure out what happened and who was missing and who was dead. and so many other awful things. so thatis so many other awful things. so that is actually being the lived experience and it also happened on a jewish holiday and wonder of the mostjoyous days of the jewish calendar which hamas probably knew, that there were less defences and it would be more traumatising and group gatherings that you might be able to target. so in the us that meant that celebrations were often neutered, people treated the day and a very different way than they normally would. so people don't quite grasp thatjewish people constitute just 2.5 back % of the world's population. there are not that many of us. there are not that many of us. there are less many than the holocaust. that has been the case for many people i know. if we look at the us response to the attack moving military backup to the region, the president �*s remarks today are describing it as an act of sheer evil, what is your review of the us response so far. as 0ur reporter i do not make policy but from my understanding of israelis including we will get to friends of mine who were targeted, i deeply appreciated key biden administration's response. they feel he has stood with them in a time of wonder the greatest traumas in modernjewish history wonder the greatest traumas in modern jewish history since wonder the greatest traumas in modernjewish history since the holocaust. and obviously there is a geopolitical angle to this which is biden needs to project tremendous strength and resolve behind israel to deter other regional actors, behind israel to deter other regionalactors, namely behind israel to deter other regional actors, namely eran and its proxy has allowed to the north of israel and lebanon on. from entering into a broader conflict because a lasting america or the world onceis lasting america or the world once is yet another hot war between multiple actors and states, which could draw in the united states itself. especially given we already have such complex raging. sorry for interrupting _ have such complex raging. sorry for interrupting you, _ have such complex raging. sorry for interrupting you, the - for interrupting you, the president also spoke about police departments in the us stepping up security around centres ofjewish life. law informers agencies working with you in working withjewish community partners to, as he put it, "identify and disrupt any domestic threat that "could emerge in connection with these horrific attacks." is that something you're worried about? the jewish community is thejewish community is always worried about this thing. unfortunately there has been a spate of... houses of worship and other locations over the last decade. and other kinds of attacks. they are particularly historically spikes of anti—jewish violence around the world. whenever israel is engaged in military conflict. because people who are angry about what is going on in the conflict take it out on the nearestjewish person. that are something other communities are familiar with when other middle eastern conflict spare up and say isis the islamic state, other extremist group, al-qaeda, people may attack muslims in other community. this is unfortunately something many communities still with including the jewish many communities still with including thejewish people. you've been writing a lot this year about the political situation in israel. will this attack change how israelis view prime minister benjamin? the one think that israelis vote most on and that benjamin netanyahu promised him and was sort of his contract that kept him in power even though most israelis don't really like him, according to opinion polls, is that they felt he would secure the country. what he would be asked in interviews about how he would like to be remembered, it was as a man who kept israel secure. he would say that himself. secure. he would say that himself-— secure. he would say that himself. , :, , :, himself. sorry, we are 'ust out of time oft himself. sorry, we are 'ust out of time of the h himself. sorry, we arejust out of time of the programme. - himself. sorry, we are just out i of time of the programme. sorry for cutting you off there. thank you so much forjoining us. thank you so much for watching bbc news this evening. hello there. so far this october, we've been building in some pretty big contrasts in terms of rainfall. parts of the south haven't even had a single drop of rain yet, whereas across northern scotland, aboyne in aberdeenshire, we've already had 113 millimetres of rain. that's already more than an average 0ctober. and of course, we're only a third of the way through the month. then we had these temperature contrasts on tuesday — 26 degrees in writtle near chelmsford in essex, just 13 in lerwick, behind a cold front across the far north of scotland. and over the next few days, as that cold front pushes its way gradually southwards, we are going to see those temperatures drop away. and certainly by the time we get to the weekend, we'll all be feeling as if autumn has firmly arrived. mind you, for some of us, the temperatures will be dropping as we look at the weather into wednesday. here's our cold front, bringing some rain southwards, clearing away from scotland and northern ireland, so the flood warnings continuing to fall here. but we've got the rain heading in across parts of england and wales. a mild start to the day on wednesday here. a much colder start, though, in scotland, with temperatures down into low single figures in the countryside. now, we've got this band of rain, this cold front, with us through the day on wednesday, some particularly heavy rain across the hills of mid wales. could bring one or two impacts here. some wet weather as well for the midlands and parts of east anglia for much of the day. to the south of our front, it's another warm day, with temperatures again reaching the 20s. otherwise, for scotland, northern ireland, northern england, those temperatures will be dropping away. and it will be blustery for the far north of scotland too, gusts reaching 60 miles/hour, driving in plenty of showers here. now, heading through wednesday night and into thursday, our weather front sinks across into southern parts of england. it's very weak by this stage, just a few patches of rain. temperatures for most of us much closer to the october average. we still have some heat hanging on across the very far south of england. and for a time on friday, we actually get a zone of warmer air pushing back northwards. but with that heavy rain for england and wales, scotland and northern ireland, a day of sunshine and blustery showers. so the cool weather continues across these northern areas. across the south, more of us will see temperatures climbing back into the high teens to low 20s. but that won't last. into the weekend, it will cool down properly, with temperatures around about 10 to 1a degrees. and for the mountains of northern scotland, on saturday, it'll be cold enough for a little bit of snow over the very mountain tops. that's the latest. as fighting intensifies in the middle east, the international monetary fund's chief economist tells us whether geopolitical tensions could weigh on economic growth. and china's largest property developer faces a key test next week. we look at the implications for the world's second largest economy. hello and welcome to asia business report. we are going to begin the programme with the world bank and the international monetary fund, which are holding their annual meetings in morocco. the imf�*s chief economist says the global economy is limping along but not sprinting. he is also concerned about economic uncertainty triggered from the conflict between israel and hamas