at this hour of gaza, as people brace for a possible land invasion by israeli troops. israel continues to carry out air strikes, saying it is targeting hamas fighters, not civilians. explosion but air strikes have killed and injured civilans. doctors without borders says hospitals in gaza have only have a few days�* fuel left in their generators. the world food programme has distributed some aid, but the un has warned that israel is in breach of international law, in denying civilians access to essential supplies of food, fuel and water. ii of its own staff there have been killed since saturday. bbc verify is continuing to monitor the impact of the strikes in gaza. one was on the islamic university of gaza, targeted between tuesday and wednesday. several videos, released by the israel defense force, have shown their attacks. meanwhile, hamas fighters continue to fire rockets into israel. many have been intercepted by the country's iron dome defence system, but a few have broken through. the death toll in israel since hamas�* attack on saturday has reached 1,200. more than 1,100 have died in gaza in israeli air strikes. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has formed a unity government with some of his most formidable opponents, but he continues to face questions over whether he was warned, as hamas prepared for its surprise attack. the us secretary of state antony blinken is currently on his way to israel, and will meet the prime minister to discuss negotiating the release of hostages, and allowing aid into gaza. bbc correspondent lucy williamson visited the town of 0fakim in southern israel where they're counting the cost of hamas�* unprecedented attack. israel's pain is being written on to gaza's streets. whole districts brought down in the after—shocks of this attack. today, the power ran out. gaza's only power station crumbling under israel's siege. water, food and medicine could be next. they've all become weapons of war. translation: i've lost my father, my brother, my uncle, two cousins, two other family brother, my uncle, two cousins, two otherfamily members brother, my uncle, two cousins, two other family members and my pregnant wife. i'm the only survivor. pregnant wife. i'm the only survivor-— pregnant wife. i'm the only survivor. ~ , ., 2 ., . , survivor. with israel 's forces massinu survivor. with israel 's forces massing at — survivor. with israel 's forces massing at the _ survivor. with israel 's forces massing at the borders, - survivor. with israel 's forces massing at the borders, this| massing at the borders, this man has already lost eight members of his family. in the israeli town near gaza, one neighbourhood is now known as the district of death. those who stay on here live with the blood and bullet holes left behind after saturday's attack. yossi and lillian filmed from their roof. as hamas militants came in. taking hostages and killing one resident outside the bomb shelter. this is where he was killed? the bullet holes in his house and car, a reminder of how close you came. all the three children were with me, and i gave everybody knives to protect ourselves. closed all the electric in the house, on the lights. i turned off the air conditioning, so that nobody would hear us. all the time, there was shooting around, and bombing from all the sides. around, and bombing from all the sides-_ the sides. while hiding in the family safe — the sides. while hiding in the family safe room, _ the sides. while hiding in the family safe room, he - the sides. while hiding in the family safe room, he led - the sides. while hiding in the family safe room, he led hisl family safe room, he led his children in thejewish prayer for the dying. i children in the jewish prayer for the dying-— for the dying. i told all my children. _ for the dying. i told all my children, i— for the dying. i told all my children, i thought - for the dying. i told all my children, i thought we - for the dying. i told all my. children, i thought we were dead, and we were praying, and i started to, i started to say prayers in my head, and we pray something like this... something like this, that nobody would hear us. the foreian nobody would hear us. the foreign secretary - nobody would hear us. the foreign secretary came here today to hear from foreign secretary came here today to hearfrom residents. the raw anger of his israeli counterpart spilling out in response to media questions. we are living close to monsters, to end — are living close to monsters, to end people, and we are fighting _ to end people, and we are fighting for our home and we will win _ fighting for our home and we will win. �* i. _, , will win. are you considering russia's military _ will win. are you considering russia's military aid - will win. are you considering russia's military aid to - russia's military aid to israel, and also are you considering the humanitarian corridor? �* ., ., ., corridor? i'm not going to speculate _ corridor? i'm not going to speculate on _ corridor? i'm not going to speculate on what - corridor? i'm not going to speculate on what we - corridor? i'm not going to i speculate on what we might corridor? i'm not going to - speculate on what we might want to get. speculate on what we might want to net. ., �* ., to get. you're not ruling it out though? _ to get. you're not ruling it out though? i'm _ to get. you're not ruling it out though? i'm here - to get. you're not ruling it out though? i'm here to i to get. you're not ruling it i out though? i'm here to find out though? i'm here to find out what _ out though? i'm here to find out what is _ out though? i'm here to find out what is practical - out though? i'm here to find out what is practical and - out though? i'm here to find l out what is practical and what we can give to israel. minutes later, we can give to israel. minutes later. he _ we can give to israel. minutes later. he was _ we can give to israel. minutes later, he was bundled - we can give to israel. minutes| later, he was bundled towards we can give to israel. minutes i later, he was bundled towards a bomb shelter, as sirens warned of an bomb shelter, as sirens warned ofan incoming bomb shelter, as sirens warned of an incoming rocket attack. and as the number of dead on both sides rise, more dramatic stories of escape. these women trapped while militants battled soldiers on saturday. along the gaza border, israel seems to be preparing for a major offensive. its leaders haunted by the words of survivors like leone. where was the army, where were the police? israel stands on its sense of security. how much destruction will be needed to prove its ability to protect? lucy williamson, bbc news, southern israel. israel is believed to have identified most of the 100 to 150 hostages taken by hamas. our correspondent caroline hawley talked our correspondent caroline hawley talked with some of theirfamilies. twins osher and michael organised the music festival that became a massacre. osher is dead, michael missing. their sister ausa still can't fathom what's happened. family by family, the horrifying scale of saturday's atrocities is being revealed. at this stunned gathering of relatives and friends, osher�*s widow, who went to try and find him. translation: we thought j he was alive, we had hope, but finally i found our car and it was covered in blood. all of the front windows were shattered by bullet holes, everything covered in blood — everything. the bodies of 260 people were found at the festival site. some survived by playing dead, others, we still don't know exactly how many, were abducted. karim giorno loves dancing, and went to the festival with a broken leg. she couldn't run from the gunmen and herfamily haven't heard from her since saturday. the last time we talked to her, it was saturday morning, 08:42, something like that. she sent us a message to the family group in whatsapp and she told us, "i love you and, if something "will happen to me, know that i love you." several agonising days on, esther is also waiting for news of her son ohad and 12—year—old grandson ethan, kidnapped from their kibbutz. translation: i don't know if he's had any food, - because he's being held captive by some madmen. i don't know if they've fed him. i don't know if they've given him enough clothes. it was cold yesterday. i don't know if they gave him a jacket. i am worried about my son, but he is big and can handle it. a small child cannot do that. her daughter—in—law and granddaughters somehow escaped, when five gunmen stormed into their home. inside my heart, i'm very hurt. worried. i want to hope — i want to be in hope. palestinian media say the only power plant serving the gaza strip has run out of fuel, as israel continues its bombardment. this was the rimal area, in the center of gaza city, before the strikes. and this is a satellite image of the same neighbourhood after the strikes, located by our colleagues at bbc verify. more than 1,100 people are now known to have died and a quarter of a million have left their homes. in southern gaza's khan younis, palestinian officials say many people are trapped under rubble and may be impossible to rescue. our correspondent, rushdi abu alouf is in gaza — he sent this update. yeah, i was in this neighborhood, neighbourhood that night when the israelis hit 25 targets in the area, within 250 airstrikes in the place. i was among families who live in this residential building. it was chaos all night. kids screaming. today, it's 08:00. well, usually israel is starting the night time, like, night wave of airstrikes. i could hear the israeli f—16s buzzing over overhead and maybe ready for carrying out more airstrikes. today, the power authority decided to stop the only powerstation, because the fuel is running out, and that would affect essential services, such as hospital, as the palestinian health ministry said that they are going to stick to stick only to essential, lifesaving treatment, and they will not treat anybody who is not a lifesaving issue. here in the us, the biden administration says 22 americans have been killed in the assault on israel, and that 17 remain unaccounted for. we wa nt we want to make it real clear, we are working on every aspect of the hostage situation, and the press are going to shout to me, and many of you are, what are you doing to get these folks home? if i told you, i wouldn't be able to get them home. folks, there is a lot we are doing, a lot we are doing. i have not given up hope of bringing these folks home. with me here in washington to discuss the us response to the israel—gaza war is our north america correspondent anthony zurcher. thanks forjoining us. president biden had some more strong and very emotional words today. what else did he say? this today. what else did he say? as ou today. what else did he say? is you could hear there, he also talked about the efforts of the united states is making to try to get any american hostages out of gaza. i think obviously thatis out of gaza. i think obviously that is a very sensitive point for him. i think if there's one thing americans are not going to abide, it is more american bloodshed, and the idea of americans being held captive in a foreign land. that undermined jimmy carter by my presidency backin jimmy carter by my presidency back in 1979, and joe biden was definitely around during that and saw what happened to president carter. he also talked about israel following the rules of war. i he wants to avoid a humanitarian crisis in gaza, and then he made reference to having seen confirmed pictures of children being beheaded. i reached out to the white house after that, and a white house official told me that he was referencing media reports that he had seen, and that he didn't actually any kind of information that we aren't currently privy to. the president — aren't currently privy to. the president was _ aren't currently privy to. the president was making these remarks at a meeting ofjewish community leaders here in the us. what came out of that meeting? i us. what came out of that meeting?— us. what came out of that meetin: ? ~ , meeting? i think there must first of all— meeting? i think there must first of all praise _ meeting? i think there must first of all praise for- first of all praise for president biden's response, they stood up and gave him a standing ovation in that room. they also expressed concern about anti—semitism and threats that could spring out of this even here in the united states, and i think one of the messages joe biden wanted to get through, the husband of kamala harris, the vice president, also was there and wanted to emphasise that the united states was united in its support of israel, that they were going to do whatever they could to help israel, and they understand how hard this is for the jewish understand how hard this is for thejewish community here in thejewish community here in the united states. find the jewish community here in the united states.— the united states. and there has been _ the united states. and there has been a — the united states. and there has been a lot _ the united states. and there has been a lot of— the united states. and there has been a lot of back - the united states. and there has been a lot of back and i has been a lot of back and forward i suppose between the political parties here, and particularly between the democratic party as to how they should be handled, what the official response should be. there are divisions within the democratic party in attitudes towards israel and the palestinian situation. in fact a poll earlier this year said more democratic voters were sympathetic to the palestinians in this than to israelis. now obviously all of that changed on saturday, and there was a pretty much universal outpouring of support for what israelis were facing, but that may have only temporarily smoothed over these divisions, and in fact we are starting to see some democrats speak out more about what the palestinians are having to deal with and the threats to them from israeli reprisals, and thatis from israeli reprisals, and that is also getting some very stern replies from within the democratic party. so that is something to watch, going forward, if this division within the democratic party will make joe within the democratic party will makejoe biden and the white house's response more difficult. {iii white house's response more difficult. .., , white house's response more difficult. , , ., white house's response more difficult. , , difficult. of course, israel is a long-time _ difficult. of course, israel is a long-time ally _ difficult. of course, israel is a long-time ally of- difficult. of course, israel is a long-time ally of the - difficult. of course, israel is a long-time ally of the us. l difficult. of course, israel is i a long-time ally of the us. we a long—time ally of the us. we see secretary blinken on his way there. are we likely to see more support rolled out? abs, way there. are we likely to see more support rolled out?- more support rolled out? a lot of it depends _ more support rolled out? a lot of it depends on _ more support rolled out? a lot of it depends on what - more support rolled out? lot of it depends on what congress can do, and the house of representatives are frozen right now without a speaker, but i think there is a need, the administration has expressed a need for some sort of appropriations, additional funding to help support israel. the white house and the administration is doing what it can now and the white house official said that is enough, they have enough, yet at their disposal to be able to immediately address this, but in the long term something is going to have to go through congress, if the united states wants to continue to provide thorough, broad—based support for israel. thorough, broad-based support for israel. . ~ thorough, broad-based support for israel. ., ~ , ., thorough, broad-based support for israel. . ~' , ., , thorough, broad-based support for israel. . ~' , . for israel. thank you very much for israel. thank you very much for that. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. in a closed—door vote, republicans in the us house of representatives nominated louisiana lawmaker steve scalise to be the chamber�*s next speaker. it comes after hardline republicans forced out kevin mccarthy in an historic vote, october3rd. scalise still has a tough road ahead. he'll need the support of a majority of the gop—controlled house that has been divided by party infighting. the pentagon has announced a new $200 million aid package to ukraine. it includes air defense missiles, drones, rocket ammunition and artillery rounds, anti—tank weapons, armour and other equipment. it comes as ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky told a meeting of nato defence ministers in brussels, wednesday, that his forces need more security assistance to get through another wartime winter. new video ofjust how bad a heatwave and drought have hit the rio negro river, an amazon tributary in brazil. low water levels stranded a barge carrying cargo, as shipping stalls. it comes as communities that depend on the vital transportation route are running low on supplies, including food, drinking water, fuel and building materials. you're live with bbc news. violence has also expanded to israel's border with lebanon. israel says it has reinforced its northern area with thousands of extra troops after the powerful armed lebanese group hezbollah fired missiles at an israeli army post, in retaliation for the deaths of three of its members in skirmishes this week. our correspondent anna foster has the latest from zar�*it, near the israel—lebanon border. over the last several days there is real anxiety and concern here on the border over another group that, like hamas, has been designated a terrorist organisation by the uk, the us and others and that is hezbollah. even this morning anti—tank missile was fired across the border and israeli fighter jets responded by targeting hamas infrastructure in lebanon. in the last few hours we spent time in a shelter as the sirens went off along the border. a suggestion that there had been a new aerial infiltration from hezbollah across into israel, perhaps drones orfighters but it was met with a sense of nervousness and fear. the problem is if a new front opens up in this war here in the north of israel, it risks feeding some of the deep fissures that already exist in this region. hezbollah is supported by iran, and anything that starts to spread in the middle east ultimately reverberates around the world. and here is our bbc arabic correspondent. returning to the israel—gaza war, my colleague sumi somaskanda spoke with palestinian—american historian rashid khalidi for more context on the conflict. thank you so much forjoining us here on bbc news. as a historian you have said that we are witnessing a new era in the conflict twin israelis and palestinians. i want to ask about a situation on the ground right now where the israeli military are saying hundreds of thousands of troops are gathering near gaza and are ready to execute a mission they have been given. that could mean a ground incursion. what do you think we will see? what do you think we will see? what we are already _ do you think we will see? what we are already seeing - do you think we will see? what we are already seeing is - do you think we will see? what we are already seeing is that i we are already seeing is that the palestinian casualty toll is rising above the very high israeli casualty toll. israel mentioned 1200 people killed and in gaza the death toll rose to that level today. so we will see carpet coming in gaza and the destruction of neighbourhoods and attacks on all kinds of facilities and installations, most of which have nothing to do with hamas or the resistance. will we see a ground attack? i or the resistance. will we see a ground attack?— or the resistance. will we see a ground attack? i 'ust want to ask, the israeli _ a ground attack? ijust want to ask, the israeli government i ask, the israeli government said that they want to weed out hamas and end hamas. is it possible to do?— possible to do? politically, no. possible to do? politically, n0- even — possible to do? politically, no. even militarily- possible to do? politically, no. even militarily i - possible to do? politically, i no. even militarily i question the extent to which israel will remove the capabilities of hamas. but importantly it will kill hundreds, maybe thousands of see innocent civilians in doing whatever it is they plan to do. they may or may not degrade military capability but as an israeli director of military intelligence said this morning on national public radio, hamas has a broader reach thanjust radio, hamas has a broader reach than just military. it is cultural religious and political.— cultural religious and olitical. ., ., political. so, professor, what would you — political. so, professor, what would you then _ political. so, professor, what would you then say _ political. so, professor, what would you then say is - political. so, professor, what would you then say is how. would you then say is how israel should respond? we're talkinu israel should respond? we're talking about _ israel should respond? we're talking about a _ israel should respond? we're talking about a 56-year-old l talking about a 56—year—old occupation. and if it is not time to end the occupation i don't know when it will be. it is a 17 year blockade of gaza, since long before rockets were fired. it is not —— if it is not time to end up blockade i don't know when it will be. this situation is gone for 75 years. the people of gaza are the indigenous population of the indigenous population of the areas of southern israel which were the scenes of these battles and massacres. over the past few days. that is a deeper level of problem. if you do not address that level of problem and the problem of no palestinian state and no palestinian state and no palestinian self—determination, occupation for so many decades, you are not addressing this. israel refuses to address any of those issues.— israel refuses to address any of those issues. senator bernie standers said _ of those issues. senator bernie standers said that _ of those issues. senator bernie standers said that this - of those issues. senator bernie standers said that this is - of those issues. senator bernie standers said that this is a - standers said that this is a major setback for peace and justice for palestinians and i want to read you a quote. he said for years people have dwell from out the world have struggled against the blockade of gaza and the daily humiliations of occupation of the west bank and the horrendous living conditions faced by so many palestinians. he goes on to say that the terrorism of hamas will make it much more difficult to address that tragic reality and will involve extremists on both sides continuing the cycle of violence. what you make of that statement?— violence. what you make of that statement? that may or may not be true. statement? that may or may not be true- i— statement? that may or may not be true. i think _ statement? that may or may not be true. i think it _ statement? that may or may not be true. i think it some - statement? that may or may not be true. i think it some of - statement? that may or may not be true. i think it some of the . be true. i think it some of the terrible civilian casualties are going to be a terrible burden for advocates for palestine to bear. but i would retort to the senator that i believe him when he says he and people of goodwill have done their best and occupation and to end the siege. their best will is not enough. the united states government is the sponsor of this occupation. the united states government finances the weapons that are killing palestinians and we are a party to this. i know the senator has tried to do this and many other honourable members of congress have tried to do this, to stop american support for human rights violations, to stop support the continued occupation. but we have not done enough. whatever has been done up to now is insufficient. 56 years of occupation rolls on uninhibited —— unhindered. so he is right, this may be a hindrance to that struggle but he and others, unfortunately, have been insufficient to change the course of american policy for these problems which are the root of what we are facing. thank you for sharing your insights with us today. you are very welcome. _ in response to the attacks last week israel has called up a record 360,000 reservists's, and many others have volunteered to fight, even those who haven't lived in israel in decades. clive myrie has been meeting some of them. on either side of the road about an hour from tel aviv, sit parked cars for as far as the eye can see. up ahead is a military base and the vehicles belong to israelis, young and old, reporting for duty. the call went out and they came in their thousands. no trying to duck the issue, to avoid the call up as has happened in a number of cases in past crises. no, this is the biggest mobilisation of reservists in israeli history. and it was a global call to arms. meet yasha ya kovlev. he's 28 and lives in austria, but a day after the hamas attack, he got on a plane to return to israel, leaving behind a wife and two young children. there is nothing more important right now. not myjob, not my studies, not everything. not even my family. only ourjob, and only what we're doing here. this is more important than yourfamily? unfortunately, we're currently in a situation where i have to say that, i didn't even imagine that i would ever say something like that, that i have something... another fighter jet. that's the second one in the last few minutes. i didn't even think that i will say something like that ever, that there is something in the world which is more important for me than my family. but unfortunately the reality has changed, and here we are. i need to get to israel as soon as possible. lev and his girlfriend, on holiday in portugal, told us they're scrambling to get back home. it was really hard mentally to hear all the horror stories from home. and being away from ourfamilies, lev needs to go back to the army. i want to help in any way. as much as we can. for paul charney in tel aviv, just off a plane from heathrow, there's exasperation. recorded message. so frustrating. born in israel, but a londoner for more than 20 years, he's holding for the local army recruiting office. hi. shalom. untranslated speech. but it's bad news. they tell him he may be too old to serve, aged 51. what did your wife say? initially she said, "no, you're not going. "you're old. "you don't know what you're doing. "you haven't fought for a while. "you're not going." i said, "but if i don't go, then who does? "if i'm not in the front line, then who is?" the invisible ties that bind hold fast. israel is hurting as another reservist says goodbye to his family called up to defend the land alljews, wherever they live, call home. for the latest from our teams you can go to our live page and don't forget to stay with us here on bbc news. hello. some fresh autumn weather on the way. chilly even for some of us in northern parts of the uk, but certainly nothing out of the ordinary. it's been so mild across many parts of the country so far this month. so we're back to really where we should be this time of the year. so this is what's happening on thursday. this is the air mass, the temperature of the atmosphere. so still some warmth and humidity across the south. in fact, temporarily thursday into friday, we'll see a resurgence of that warmth as the wind direction changes temporarily from the southwest. but then come saturday and sunday, it's a northerly and that autumn chill arrives touch of frost across northern areas by night, even a little bit of wintriness across the scottish hills. so let's have a look at the forecast then through the early hours, really quite cloudy and wet across some southern parts of the uk. but to the north of that it's generally clear and chilly. in the glens of scotland, temperatures barely above freezing, but most of our northern towns and cities around three to four degrees celsius in the south, on the south coast, it's still really quite mild sort of remnants of that warmth leftover, but a lot of cloud during the day, little dribs and drabs of rain. and then i think across much of yorkshire, northern ireland, the bulk of scotland, a bright if not sunny day, just scattered fairweather clouds, 13, 1a, still 18 in the south. but then come the evening, widespread heavy rain sweeps into many parts of england and wales, a really wet thursday night into friday. really complicated weather map here. on the one hand, we have a weather front coming in, a low pressure from the south and we've got a cold front coming in from the north. you can just about see it here. so i think for a time wet in the morning on friday, temporarily, that warmth, it literally clips the southeast with temperatures up to 20 in london, 19 in norwich. but the colder autumn air arrives in scotland, northern ireland and northern england as well. so it's a northerly temporarily or northern, but northerly, but then into next week, high pressure builds and we're right in the middle in the centre of this area of high pressure. so that means the winds will be generally light, there'll be a lot of sunshine around. so it's going to feel very, very pleasant indeed. i think a lot of crisp autumn sunshine on the way. that's it for me. bye bye. $:/startfeed. the federal reserve strikes a cautious tone as it navigates an uncertain path for the world's biggest economy. and indian officials arrested chinese employee of the smart phone maker vivo in delhi as tensions flare between the two countries. hello, and welcome to asia business report. we start with global markets, because despite uncertainty caused by the israel—hamas crisis, the mood on trading floors across asia, europe, as well as the united states, has improved, compared to the beginning of the trading week. earlier, oil prices for one have fallen more than 2%, as fears of disruption to supplies due to conflict calmed down a day after saudi arabia pledged