welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. israel has ruled out allowing basic resources or humanitarian aid into gaza until hamas releases the hostages it abducted during the weekend attack. at least 1,300 israelis were killed in the assault, and at least 150 people are thought to have been kidnapped. israel's total blockade of gaza means food and clean water are running out, the mains electricity is cut and raw sewage is building up in the streets. gaza's health ministry say israel's sustained bombardment has now killed more than 1,400 people — nearly a third of them children. the red cross says the blockade risks turning gaza's hospitals into mortuaries, warning fuel for generators could run out on thursday. but israel's energy minister has insisted no electricity, fuel or water supplies will be turned on until the hostages are home. the us secretary of state has assured israel of washington's unwavering support, and warned its adversaries against taking advantage of the situation. speaking after talks in tel aviv with the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, antony blinken said israel had the right to defend itself , but stressed precautions must be taken to avoid harming civilians of any nationality. but first, tom bateman sent this report. this was the aftermath as israel bombed an apartment block in gaza just after dawn. it's a packed refugee camp to where residents say others had already fled, trying to get to safety from the air raids. at least 15 people from two families were killed here, say palestinian health officials. they bombed without warning, says this resident. this is murder. it's huge. everyone has to do something. my family is ok, but the camp is not safe, he says. many are wounded, but the hospitals are now running on generators. after israel's siege cut the power to gaza, food and clean water are running out, too. israel says there will be no supplies until its hostages are freed. rights groups are calling it an unprecedented humanitarian disaster. the bombardment of gaza has been near relentless. the army says it is targeting hamas�*s entire structure, its senior fighters and now its political leaders until the group is crushed. schools have become shelters from air strikes, the children are shocked. they're having nervous breakdowns. we adults couldn't stand on our feet either out of fear, says this mother. meanwhile, the rocket fire has continued from gaza into israel. direct hits on homes wounded five people, one critically, in one of the worst affected towns this morning. its mayor is calling for the world to back a lengthy israeli assault on gaza. thank you for all the leadership of the country that support israel. you need to say to netanyahu, take your time if you need your our weapon, if you need our soldier, we need to destroy it. with the region braced for even further escalation. israel's troop build up goes on, one of its biggest mobilizations ever. the army says it is readying itself for a ground invasion of gaza, but there are no decisions about when. this morning, the us secretary of state, antony blinken, arrived. the us is fully backing israel but trying to stop a wider flare up in the middle east. and mr blinken spoke with israel's prime minister. hamas is isis. and just as isis was crushed, so too will hamas be crushed. and hamas should be treated exactly the way isis was treated. they should be spit out from the community of nations. no leader should meet them. no country should harbour them. and those that do should be sanctioned. as the ground offensive looms, this fighting is about to get much worse and the concerns will only grow over whether it can be contained. tom bateman, bbc news, jerusalem. let's hearfrom lyce doucet, our chief international correspondent. she gives an update from sderot. let's pick up on tom bateman�*s last point about the certainty of this war will get worse. we have been in the south for a few days and you can hear the military activity intensifying. we have been in this border town of sderot for a few hours, less than a mile at this point to the border with gaza and you can see the plumes of black smoke. the smoke drips throughout the day as it comes under non—smoke bombardment. the mortars have been going all day and just before we came on air there was a thundering crack of israel's ireland dome defence system which means it is starting to send rockets here into this strip of southern israel along the gaza border. when we approached sderot there was a constant parade of lorries, huge, white and to lorries carrying provisions for soldiers who are now massing on the front line. thousands of israeli soldiers, more tanks and every day we see the build—up. many of these border towns are like ghost towns. so many people have left. but here in sderot which has always taken the brunt of this war because it is so close to gaza, it has always been targeted by hamas rockets for decades, when we met the mayor he was in a very angry mood as he went around the town. he has a message for his government and also the rest of the world as well. you have asked prime minister netanyahu to evacuate all the residents of your town the? 0f all the residents of your town the? of course, because i want to give to the government and the army a time to make the war against the hamas. this is a dangerous place because we are so close to the border with gaza. i know i speak to you a few times in the last days. you see the missiles that land on the town, you see all the injured from the rockets. it is good for the families to be outside from the city. people have not left _ to be outside from the city. people have not left already? _ to be outside from the city. people have not left already? imagine - to be outside from the city. people | have not left already? imagine your famil , have not left already? imagine your family. this — have not left already? imagine your family. this is _ have not left already? imagine your family, this is the _ have not left already? imagine your family, this is the responsibility - family, this is the responsibility of the country to give them support that they need. of the country to give them support that they need-— of the country to give them support that they need. what is the mood in sderot? you — that they need. what is the mood in sderot? you always _ that they need. what is the mood in sderot? you always bear— that they need. what is the mood in sderot? you always bear the - that they need. what is the mood in sderot? you always bear the brunt, | sderot? you always bear the brunt, you're so close to gaza whenever a crisis erupts. we you're so close to gaza whenever a crisis mats-— you're so close to gaza whenever a crisis eruats-_ crisis erupts. we love our city, we love the state _ crisis erupts. we love our city, we love the state of _ crisis erupts. we love our city, we love the state of israel. _ crisis erupts. we love our city, we love the state of israel. my - crisis erupts. we love our city, we love the state of israel. my heart| love the state of israel. my heart is breaking when i speak with all the family that lose their father or mother, that are murdered. the terrorists murdered them. my heart is breaking but we need to make the job with the people, we need to take care of the people that live here and i hope we have the courage to continue and smash the jihadists. you heard a little bit more about what he means when he talks, i hope we have the courage. a bit of that interview was on tom bateman�*s package. you not only has a message for his government but for western leaders, including antony blinken who spent today meeting the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, and the us secretary of state also met senior members of prime minister netanyahu's new war cabinet, and that includes the defence minister. he said, i asked him, that includes the defence minister. he said, iasked him, there that includes the defence minister. he said, i asked him, there have been so many operations, so many military operations that have promised to make your community free of the rockets and promised to actually stop hamas from having the capabilities to send these rockets into israel and he said the reason why all those military operations fail is that after one week or two weeks the leaders of britain, the united states and other countries call up the prime minister and say stop, you have to stop now. the last escalation in 2014 lasted 50 days. there was again untold destruction and death is on both sides but here we are five days into this crisis and the numbers are already higher in terms of the death count in israel, the death count in the palestinian side, the number of displaced people. and western leaders one after another have stood up leaders one after another have stood up and said israel have the right to defend themselves but i think antony blinken will also be saying in private, you have to think about the condemnation israel will come under if it is seen to be violating the laws of war. even president biden, who has almost given israel carte blanche on his first public comments and said do what you need to do, but he urged them to respect the geneva conventions which are very clear that targeting civilians in a time of war is a war crime, and that includes the siege of gaza. we have been reporting hour after hour through our correspondence, people are suffering, and that suffering is going to get a lot worse. the big question is if views in israel have hardened. people and politicians of use have our board. after the horrific events that unfolded on saturday, notjust with storming into communities like this and taking people hostage, everything from 18—month—old babies to survivors of the holocaust. that has really made israelis think about this in a new way. they already want a tough action but now they are taking action which is terrifying for the people of gaza. just an update on those trying to get out of israel. we had a short time ago that the british government is now starting repatriation flights out of israel for its citizens. cyprus airlines, which was a route for people wanting to get out, are announcing they have suspended all flights to tel aviv until further notice. and another line to bring you from reuters news agency, jewish schools in amsterdam are to close on friday according to the dutch press agency, one would presume over security fears, and in the last hour orso security fears, and in the last hour or so we have heard that anti—semitic incidents in the uk have more than quadrupled since the hamas attack on israel, that is according to a charity which is responsible for security for many jewish people here in the uk. as we have also been hearing the us secretary of state antony blinken is an israel right now meeting with the israeli prime minister and held a news conference, he will hold another news conference shortly in tel aviv. we can see the scene right now. he will hold another news conference and will be taking questions from journalists, we will bring that to you as soon as he does appear on that podium. earlier i spoke to the communication advisor for the norwegian refugee council. she called for immediate humanitarian access to gaza. they have dozens of their staff and gaza at the moment. we have dozens of their staff and gaza at the moment.— at the moment. we are in contact with our staff _ at the moment. we are in contact with our staff in _ at the moment. we are in contact with our staff in gaza _ at the moment. we are in contact with our staff in gaza as - at the moment. we are in contact with our staff in gaza as of - at the moment. we are in contact with our staff in gaza as of earlierj with our staff in gaza as of earlier this afternoon all our staff had been accounted for though many displaced. the accounts we are hearing from our colleagues in gaza are simply terrifying. 0ur colleagues are facing bombardment on a daily and nightly basis. just last night i received a text message from a colleague in gaza that the house directly behind the one he was seeking shelter in the had been targeted. he described people being forced to dig through rubble looking forced to dig through rubble looking for survivors and people who had been killed, using their bare hands until they could finally track down a bulldozer to help with the recovery effort. these are just a snippet of the stories we are hearing about people fleeing for safety, and then being killed in the shelters they have sought. there really is no safe place in gaza, we have had colleagues in gaza doing media interviews themselves than having to seek cover and to cut interviews short because of the bombardment happening around them. when i am on the phone with my colleagues we can hear the bombardment. there is no safe place in gaza for the 2.3 million civilians who are living there. we are 'ust civilians who are living there. we are just looking at pictures of gaza with black plumes of smoke in the air as those bombardments continue for now. when you say there is no safe place to go, we understand that there are un facilities that people have sought shelter in. is that the case, are they safe? mr; case, are they safe? my understanding - case, are they safe? my understanding is - case, are they safe? ij�*i understanding is that case, are they safe? m understanding is that around case, are they safe? m; understanding is that around 350,000 palestinians have already been internally displaced and about two thirds of those are seeking shelter in un facilities. those un facilities are meant to be the conflicted areas, areas that are safe from bombardment, but we have already heard reports about damage caused to some of these facilities including two un schools that are being used as shelters. gaza as you know is one of the most densely populated places on earth, the buildings are very close together, and so it is very difficult to avoid having collateral damage to un facilities or other safe places when it is such a tightly compacted place and when we are hearing about indiscriminate air strikes and shelling on gaza. d0 indiscriminate air strikes and shelling on gaza.— indiscriminate air strikes and shelling on gaza. do stay with us here on bbc _ shelling on gaza. do stay with us here on bbc news, _ shelling on gaza. do stay with us here on bbc news, across - shelling on gaza. do stay with us here on bbc news, across the i shelling on gaza. do stay with us i here on bbc news, across the world and around the uk. this is bbc news. let's take a look at some other stories making the news. the waiting list for planned nhs england treatment has risen again to a new record high. more than 7.7 million people were waiting to start routine treatment at the end of august — it's highest number since records began. routine treatment ranges from hip replacements to surgery to remove cancerous tumours. former formula one boss bernie ecclestone has been given a suspended prison sentence forfraud. the 92—year—old billionaire pleaded guilty at southwark crown court. he admitted failing to declare more than £400 million held in a trust in singapore to the uk government injuly 2015. he received a sentence of 17 months, suspended for two years. the uk economy grew by 0.2% in august, according to the latest figures. the office for national statistics says there was strong growth in services which was partially offset by falls in manufacturing and construction. in contrast, some sectors fared poorly such as arts, entertainment and recreation. you're live with bbc news. let's show you the scene live right now in gaza where israeli retaliatory bombardments have continued. you can see some of the destruction and the few hours ago we had an update on the death toll from the agencies in gaza. this is from the agencies in gaza. this is from the health ministry, saying that 447 children and 248 women are among 1400 killed in israeli strikes since the retaliatory action began following those horrific attacks by hamas militants on saturday, which more than 1500 israelis were killed. we are alive now to a doctor who works at a hospital in gaza. welcome to you and we appreciate you taking the time to speak to us. what is the situation where you are.— situation where you are. thank you for inviting — situation where you are. thank you for inviting me. _ situation where you are. thank you for inviting me. the _ situation where you are. thank you for inviting me. the situation - situation where you are. thank you for inviting me. the situation now. for inviting me. the situation now is difficult in gaza, we are at the heart of al—shifa hospital. you may see behind me, i will show you, we are receiving many casualties, injured people, different types of injury. all over the time without stopping. the hospital is overloaded now with casualties, we can hardly manage dealing with the patients. we are trying to filter the cases in terms of severity of injury. accordingly we can send to the emergency department. we are running out of supplies from everything and in the theatres, the surgeon and theatre told me they are facing difficulties in managing the patient. they are giving less priorities to the patient. you have to choose between the patients, which one will survive more and you choose your patient. i hope this thing will end closely but for five days now we are working continuously. the team, the medical staff here, the doctors and nurses and technicians are overloaded, exhausted, actually. everyone is saying they are much exhausted and they are working without stopping. the number of staff we have is not enough because many of them cannot reach the hospital. they cannot reach the hospital. they cannot reach the hospital and do their duties. as i added, the number of cases and casualties were received at one time is terrible. it is beyond the capacity of this hospital, this is a big complex but at the same time it lacks facilities. an example of this, in this department we have only one ct machine working on the whole hospital. we used to have three and two of them are out of order from two of them are out of order from two months back because of a lack of funds to repair them and spare parts, now we are only working with this machine. this machine is the backbone of the hospital which is what we are working on now. it is clearl a what we are working on now. it is clearly a really — what we are working on now. it is clearly a really awful situation for all of you working there unable to help and you so desperately want to. in terms of resources and medical supplies, how much more do you have left if no more is coming?— left if no more is coming? actually asked the minister— left if no more is coming? actually asked the minister of _ left if no more is coming? actually asked the minister of health - left if no more is coming? actually asked the minister of health aboutj asked the minister of health about how much we have. in the field now we demand many things in terms of for surgery, for intervention. the answer we got is that theyjust shipped everything they have from these stores to us. they told us they have disposables and instruments that will be enough for just a few days, not weeks. they told us clearly that we are talking about for some supplies may be one or two days, for others 45 days and after that everything will stop. despite this, there is a severe shortage in medical supplies. we are facing disaster, actually. we are expecting if things go in the same manner and we are receiving the same number of injured and casualties that we received in the last four or five days, i think the whole medical sector and health department may be will collapse in two or three days, but i don't think we can manage it. the hospital is full of patients. the hospital is full of patients. the administration evacuated most of the departments, the medical department, they no longer exist. it is all surgical departments all full of casualties and injured people. the emergency department, as i told you, the situation is terrible. there are no beds at all and people are lying on the floor, injured people were lying on the floor and the float is full of materials and all these things. something i never expected to see in my life. i have been here for nine years in gaza and i watched many of the escalations and wars but this one is much different. i don't have the connection to go upstairs but i will show you, this is actually disaster. let me add something, most of the casualties i receive and i saw are civilians. many of them are children, many of them are females, injured. no one understands what is going on. we asked them what is going on. we asked them what is going on? we asked them what happened in your area, while you have been attacked, they don't understand anything, we don't know. innocent people, some of them are weak and simple people, actually. trying to understand this is difficult. i cannot understand it, no one can understand what is going on, we don't even know how it started. we are not ready for such things because everything was quiet and suddenly everything just mist up so it was a normal day once, a normal saturday, we received this number of casualties, the most active hospital which is al—shifa hospital here in the centre of gaza. we were all surprised by what happened and a number of casualties that we have. we are receiving families, notjust one patient, it is a family disaster. the father and mother and kids, they are being killed or injured. for many of the patients, the injured people, we cannot identify their identity, it is not clear for us once they come. no one can recognise who is this and who has that one. the situation actually is a mist. this is because of the number we see because i imagine just of the number we see because i imaginejust on of the number we see because i imagine just on saturday we saw more for example in our department, we saw 200 people injured injust 2025 minutes. wejust saw 200 people injured injust 2025 minutes. we just got stuck, the system got stuck, everything got stuck and everything was in a mess. we lost some of the patients because of this, some of them because they are fearlessly injured. because of the numbers that we have. we really a- reciate the numbers that we have. we really appreciate your _ the numbers that we have. we really appreciate your time. _ the numbers that we have. we really appreciate your time. and _ the numbers that we have. we really appreciate your time. and taking - the numbers that we have. we really appreciate your time. and taking the | appreciate your time. and taking the time to take us through what is a clearly horrific situation for you at al—shifa hospital. telling us that they have supplies for just a matter of days. stay with us here on bbc news, we will have all the latest. a number of places in the north of the uk had theirfirst a number of places in the north of the uk had their first frost of the season this morning and it is a sign of things to come. some of the coldest weather was fine across parts of northern ireland and southern scotland and northern england, —1 to minus two celsius. compare that with a very different view in the south of england and channel islands, 16—17 thanks to a band of cloud and some splashes of rain. some heavy bursts of rain towards the south—east corner. more rain pushing in from the south—west, that will affect the south—west of england later in the day. but for northern england, northern ireland and scotland some sunny spells, showers in the north—west of scotland, 11 in stornoway and a cooler day across many parts of england and wales, 15—17. through this evening and tonight it will turn wet indeed across many parts of england and wales, enough offering to give issues with flooding. another band of cloud and patchy rain pushing southwards in scotland and northern ireland. not as cold as it was last night but still mild towards the south. through tomorrow, this band of rain across northern england and then to wales, ahead of that a mix of sunny spells but sporadic outbreaks of heavy thundery rain. sunshine and showers for scotland and northern ireland, very windy and the far north and quite when the across parts of wales and the southern half of england. the temperature, a resurgence of something warmer briefly in the south—east corner, 20 celsius, but through friday night, turning really when they are in northern scotland, girls are likely, but the wind direction is likely to bring a very different feel for the weekend, north—westerly wind starts to set in and things will feel significantly colder. some of the showers will turn wintry across the north of the uk, especially in northern scotland and by the end of saturday we could see snow down to 300 metres above sea level and further south, the temperature far lower than it has been, 13—14. some of us will see a frost on saturday night. sunday brings a lot of dry weather in spells of sunshine, showery rain in the north of scotland, this mainly will be rain but a chilly feel with highs of 8—13. this is bbc news, the headlines: israel warns that the siege of gaza will not end until it was my cottage are released as power and clean water begin to run out. the number killed in gaza raises to more than 1400 as israeli air strikes continue into a sick day. the us secretary of state, antony blinken offers unwavering support to israel and has had military assistance is on its way. as we have been hearing, medical centres in gaza have been overwhelmed after israel blocked basic resources and electricity until her —— hamas release the hostages. the ceo of medical aid for palestinians is on the line. welcome. i wasjust

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