their kingpin and leader, who is a dead man walking. we will get to them, every single one of them. this is the scene live in gaza city — israel contines to urge anyone still there to leave as soon as possible. hello, welcome to bbc news. the bbc has confirmed that young children were among those killed in an air strike on a convoy of vehicles leaving northern gaza on friday, along a route designated by israel. our team at bbc verify analysed two videos of the strike on the vehicles heading towards southern gaza. both videos have been verified, these first images show a lorry carrying at least 30 civilians on the move, moments before it was hit. and these are still images taken from a subsequent video from the aftermath of the strike, too graphic to show in detail. the video shows men running to the lorry, trying to help those who've been hit. there are at least 12 visible dead bodies in the video. in the past hour, israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, benjamin netanyahu, has visited troops near the border with gaza. he asked if they were ready for the next stage, and he said, the next stage is coming. the un relief agency, unrwa, says hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced in the past day. and nearly a million, almost half the territory's population, in the past week. more rockets have been fired into israel, and israeli air strikes are continuing across gaza. military sources in israel say a senior hamas commander is among those killed. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, is in saudi arabia on the latest stop of a tour of the middle east. jordan's foreign minister has accused israel of flagrant breaches of international law, and warned the displacement of civilians in gaza was pushing the whole region towards conflict. this is the scene live from gaza. the latest information is that more than 2,200 people have been killed in gaza in the last week, with 9,000 wounded. at least 1,300 israelis were killed by hamas gunmen last weekend. from southern israel, nick beake sent this report. the reality of another night of israeli air strikes on gaza. chaos in the rubble. a scramble for survivors. more casualties ferried to overrun hospitals, and yet more civilians killed, as israel insists more than a million people in the north of gaza must move out. translation: this is| a genocide, not a war. it's genocide and it's an attempt to displace the people of the gaza strip, but this will not happen. israel says this is a legitimate response to hamas's atrocities exactly a week ago. the israeli military said this footage shows the elimination of hamas commanders who'd masterminded the mass killing. a few miles away, just a fragment of the build—up of israeli troops, amid anticipation of a full—scale land incursion into gaza. israel continues to fire on gaza with its artillery and its fighter jets. it insists it's targeting hamas and not civilians. today, the israelis have given a limited window for palestinians to move south. they're being told they will be safe, but as we've seen over the past 2a hours, civilians have been killed trying to move away. this convoy of vehicles was hit in the north of gaza yesterday, attempting the journey to safety. the circumstances are still not clear. israel says a significant number of people have now followed their ultimatum to leave northern gaza. we have seen people listening to our warning, understanding that they are doing the clever thing, moving out of a dangerous area and that they are doing the right thing for their families and their own safety. america's top diplomat, who's in the middle east, stressed once again that civilian life must be protected. as israel pursues its legitimate right to defending its people, to try to ensure that this never happens again, it is vitally important that all of us look out for civilians, and we're working together to do exactly that, in particular, working on establishing safe areas. hamas continues to attack israel. this, footage of unmanned so—called kamikaze drones. they, along with rockets, are still being fired to civilian areas in many parts of israel. the united nations has called for food, fuel and aid to be sent to gaza. for now, it's only bullets and bombs heading that way. let's bring you some pictures that came in, in the past few hours, from the reuters news agency. it is in jabalia, it is injabalia, showing the moments after a strike. we will show you the pictures of the variety of rockets that have gone out of the gaza strip and also the israeli strikes coming in. these images of the various emergency teams dealing with that in the immediate aftermath. you will see, because these pictures go on, there is a second strike that comes in, in the next few seconds. that man, centre screen, moving towards some of the damage. really distressing, obviously. we are told that man that you sawjust before the second blast, he did survive. he is seriously injured, but some of his colleagues running away from the scene... so many different strikes through the course of the last 2a hours, with casualties of course rising. those, some of the latest pictures that have been coming into us from the reuters news agency. let's get the latest on israel's security operation now with lt col peter lerner, spokesperson for the idf. thanks forjoining us on bbc news again. in terms of the various deadlines that israel has laid out for people to leave, where are we? because this extension, the further six hours, these two roads that the idf said people were safe to use, that deadline has run out too, so where are we now? we that deadline has run out too, so where are we now?— that deadline has run out too, so where are we now? we are operating currently in — where are we now? we are operating currently in order _ where are we now? we are operating currently in order to _ where are we now? we are operating currently in order to encourage - currently in order to encourage people to leave the area of the north of gaza strip, to evacuate to the south. that is what we've been seeing over the last day and a half. i've said, and i said yesterday, the deadlines, the timeframe is not ironclad, we are watching closely and encouraging people to leave. we are very glad people are actually leaving. that means they are not listening to hamas, which is willing to sacrifice them. but listening to hamas, which is willing to sacrifice them.— to sacrifice them. but 'ust to be clear, ultimately _ to sacrifice them. but 'ust to be clear, ultimately in _ to sacrifice them. butjust to be clear, ultimately in your - to sacrifice them. butjust to be clear, ultimately in your view, | to sacrifice them. butjust to be i clear, ultimately in your view, they have to leave, do they? unrwa put out a statement, the un body working on the ground, talking about how many, many people won't be able to move, pregnant women, they say, children, older people, people with disabilities. they have no choice but to stay and must be protected at all times. civilians, hospitals, schools, clinics and un premises cannot be targeted. what do you say in response to that? i cannot be targeted. what do you say in response to that?— in response to that? i would say that everybody _ in response to that? i would say that everybody needs _ in response to that? i would say that everybody needs to - in response to that? i would say that everybody needs to listen l in response to that? i would say| that everybody needs to listen to what we are saying. we are very serious in our determination to rid the threat of hamas and its terrorism from israel. this terrorist organisation have taken the people of gaza hostage, and we are not willing that they will hold the sort of debt over israel ever again. we are operating, and that is why people need to listen, we are trying to differentiate between the people of gaza and the terrorists. that is our obligation, and we are sending a very clear message. people need to move. i sending a very clear message. people need to move-— need to move. i will come back to that differentiation _ need to move. i will come back to that differentiation in _ need to move. i will come back to that differentiation in a _ need to move. i will come back to that differentiation in a moment, | that differentiation in a moment, but you said just now you are being very clear. so be very clear, if people can't move or won't move, including those you un premises or hospitals, what are you saying is going to happen? i’m hospitals, what are you saying is going to happen?— hospitals, what are you saying is going to happen? i'm saying it is of utmost importance _ going to happen? i'm saying it is of utmost importance that _ going to happen? i'm saying it is of utmost importance that people - going to happen? i'm saying it is of i utmost importance that people move, and they should do the best they can in order to go south... and they should do the best they can in order to go south. . ._ in order to go south... that's not what i asked. _ in order to go south... that's not what i asked. you _ in order to go south... that's not what i asked. you said _ in order to go south... that's not what i asked. you said you - in order to go south... that's not what i asked. you said you were | what i asked. you said you were being clear, so be clear, if they don't or can't move, what will happen to them? what are you saying is going to happen? we happen to them? what are you saying is going to happen?— is going to happen? we are going to escalate our— is going to happen? we are going to escalate our strikes _ is going to happen? we are going to escalate our strikes against - is going to happen? we are going to escalate our strikes against hamas. | escalate our strikes against hamas. that is the importance of moving. we do not want to jeopardise people unnecessarily. this is where our forewarning is coming, and that is why we are telling people to move. we do not want to cause any further damage to palestinians, but ultimately, this is hamas' responsibility. they chose to launch a war, a massacre, in our society, in our communities, killing over 1300 innocent people just because they thought they would benefit from it. hamas will not benefit from it. they can't hide behind the people of gaza and expect us not to defend our people. the gaza and expect us not to defend our --eole. , people. the thing is... the responsibility _ people. the thing is... the responsibility of _ people. the thing is... the responsibility of the - people. the thing is... the | responsibility of the israelis people. the thing is... the i responsibility of the israelis is about your actions. so let me just ask you a question. earlier, you talked about differentiating between hamas and civilians. as we watch the casualty numbers grow and grow, and that's even before any sort of ground offensive, world leaders from joe biden downwards, and others, have defended israel and said they are right behind you when it comes to self defence and defending yourself. but as well as saying that, it was said today, any right has a limit. so how close do you think you are to that limit? the idf o erates think you are to that limit? the idf operates within _ think you are to that limit? the idf operates within the _ think you are to that limit? the idf operates within the laws _ think you are to that limit? the idf operates within the laws of - think you are to that limit? the idf operates within the laws of armed l operates within the laws of armed conflict. as a professional military, that is what we do, and we are doing that in order to defend the state of israel against the aggression and hostilities. and also the atrocities of hamas. yahya al—sinwar is the mastermind of the massacre, he is the prime minister of gaza, he has utilised all of the tools of his government to conduct this attack. he has failed the people of gaza miserably and we are going to destroy him and his capabilities. he reported earlier about the terrorists among those involved in the attack, the terror attack. he is on the special forces commando unit, he was part of the breaching unit into israel. we are recognising the intelligence we are gathering extensively. we are picking up from the videos that they aired themselves because they are proud of this destruction. and it is our right and obligation to defend the state of israel, and that is what we intend on doing. i emphasise, it will be within the law, within the realm of the laws of armed conflict, because we are a professional military and that is what we will do.— professional military and that is what we will do. that, of course, has been questioned _ what we will do. that, of course, has been questioned by - what we will do. that, of course, has been questioned by others i what we will do. that, of course, i has been questioned by others and you will know that, but we will explore that later in the programme. peter, thank you very for talking to us again from tel aviv on bbc news. thank you. for more on the humanitarian situation in gaza, we can speak to hadeel qazzaz. she is 0xfam's regional gender coordinator injerusalem. thank you also for your time on bbc news. as you watch what is happening on the ground, what is your assessment?— on the ground, what is your assessment? ., ,, , ., ., ., assessment? thank you for having me. i'm actuall assessment? thank you for having me. l'm actually here _ assessment? thank you for having me. i'm actually here to _ assessment? thank you for having me. i'm actually here to talk— assessment? thank you for having me. i'm actually here to talk about - assessment? thank you for having me. i'm actually here to talk about the - i'm actually here to talk about the humanitarian situation. 0xfam working in gaza for the last 75 years, neverseen working in gaza for the last 75 years, never seen such aggression and hostilities against the civilians. in the world, basically. the international humanitarian law, and any law of armed conflicts allow people to seek refuge and actually to have access to safety and basic needs. what we see now, the people of the gaza strip have no access whatsoever to basic needs. water, electricity, fuel, even food which is running very fast. medications for chronic diseases. there are shortage in all of these. what we are witnessing now is people, 1.1 million people fleeing to the south of gaza strip, to no shelters. there were no shelters in the gaza strip. this means this is a humanitarian disaster that we haven't seen the scale of such a disaster in modern time, may be in the history of humanity. we see people who are ordered to evacuate, and while evacuating, as you showed in your video before, they were bombed. it means there is no escape and there is no safety. even including my family, who fled from the north of the gaza strip. people move to the south, and next to them there is continuous bombardment, continuous shelling. there are people dying in the south of the gaza strip, as they were ordered to move. that's what we say, a humanitarian crisis, a huge failure or humanity. a lack of response. nobody is hearing aid agencies, including 0xfam, wanting a germanic aryan corridor... let agencies, including 0xfam, wanting a germanic aryan corridor. . ._ germanic aryan corridor... let me ask ou germanic aryan corridor... let me ask you a — germanic aryan corridor... let me ask you a question _ germanic aryan corridor... let me ask you a question in _ germanic aryan corridor... let me ask you a question in terms - germanic aryan corridor. .. let me ask you a question in terms of- germanic aryan corridor... let me ask you a question in terms of the j ask you a question in terms of the work. ., , ., ask you a question in terms of the work. . , ., ., ., ., work. last night a humanitarian corridor. work. last night a humanitarian corridor- -- _ work. last night a humanitarian corridor- -- a — work. last night a humanitarian corridor. -- a humanitarian - corridor. —— a humanitarian corridor. -- a humanitarian corridor-— corridor. -- a humanitarian corridor. are you able to do anything — corridor. are you able to do anything given _ corridor. are you able to do anything given the - corridor. are you able to do anything given the nature l corridor. are you able to do| anything given the nature of corridor. are you able to do - anything given the nature of the siege imposed?— anything given the nature of the siege imposed? nothing, we have nothinu. siege imposed? nothing, we have nothing- we _ siege imposed? nothing, we have nothing. we cannot _ siege imposed? nothing, we have nothing. we cannot move. - siege imposed? nothing, we have nothing. we cannot move. we - siege imposed? nothing, we have. nothing. we cannot move. we have siege imposed? nothing, we have - nothing. we cannot move. we have 33 staff members in the gaza strip who are fleeing their homes. 11 of them, their homes were destroyed totally, and they are moving for the third time to the south of the gaza strip. they are sending messages to us saying they don't have water, they themselves, the aid workers, becoming the recipients of aid. there is no aid. 0ne becoming the recipients of aid. there is no aid. one of my colleagues who was helping internally displaced people, advising them how to get water and how to use hygiene kits and how to help themselves, she said, i find myself for the first time practising what i used to teach people to do. she is in a room with 30 children and men and women, very small room. that's the situation. it's something that hasn't been seen in modern history at all. we know that there are threats to hospitals in the north of gaza strip, three main hospitals, each hospital has at least 500 people. women who need delivery, delivering babies. chronic diseases. intensive care units. how can these people be evacuated? not only that, we see hospitals, there were so many people who took refuge in the hospitals, thinking they are safer, but they are not safe, so what can be done in this situation? we haven't even assessed the crisis and how much needs are there, because our teams cannot move on the ground. i because our teams cannot move on the round. , ., because our teams cannot move on the round. , . ., ~ because our teams cannot move on the round. , . ., ,, i. h, ground. i understand. thank you so much forjoining — ground. i understand. thank you so much forjoining us _ ground. i understand. thank you so much forjoining us on _ ground. i understand. thank you so much forjoining us on the - ground. i understand. thank you so i much forjoining us on the programme and giving us that assessment of what you would like to do, and of course what you are currently able to do. thanks so much for your time. thank you. jan egeland is secretary general of the norwegian refugee council. he was involved with the oslo accords and facilitated talks between the palestinians and israel. he gave his assessment of the humanitarian situation in gaza. the are thousands of people fleeing for their life. there are thousands of people fleeing for their life. there is, not something that should be called an evacuation, it's a forcible transfer of people from all of northern gaza which is, according to the geneva convention, a war crime. there is a siege on gaza, which means that people are starved. there was a bombing at the rafah crossing which everybody is pointing to as the only way, corridor, possible humanitarian corridor into an area, so i think really, the uk, the us, the eu, all who have rightfully said, we are with israel in fighting terror, after the worst terror in israel's history, i hope they have not given a green light to smash a million children, because that is what is happening now. live now to central london with natasha hausdorff, a barrister and international law expert who also liaises with uk lawyers in israel. thank you so much for being on the programme. jan talking to the bbc, clear in his mind that the forced displacement of people, he thought, was a breach of international law, a breach of the geneva convention. what is your assessment of what international law says?— international law says? certainly the majority _ international law says? certainly the majority of _ international law says? certainly the majority of the _ international law says? certainly the majority of the discussion i international law says? certainly the majority of the discussion so far has been on the question of proportionality. i think it's important to take a moment to reflect on what is being suggested in that context. it seems to be there are not enough in that context. it seems to be there are not enouthews who have died to justify israel's response. according to this conception of proportionality. matthew, that is not only morally reprehensible, but also legally illiterate. proportionality in international law is not comparing casualty figures. under international humanitarian law, the principle of proportionality forbids attacks in which expected civilian casualties will be excessive, in relation to the anticipated military advantage gained. that is an assessment conducted on a case—by—case basis. but the israelis are not arguing proportionality, they are arguing that they have taken measures for self—defence and the idf, who were on the programme a few minutes ago, saying they differentiate between civilians and targeting the millions hiding amongst the civilians. —— the militants hiding amongst the civilians. ., ~ , civilians. there are three key principles — civilians. there are three key principles of _ civilians. there are three key principles of international i principles of international humanitarian law. necessity, distinction, which is the differentiation between civilians and combatants, and proportionality. and what the idf have been saying is, in this operation as previous operations, they uphold international law, in fact they go above the requirements of international law in many respects. as far as proportionality is concerned, international law simply requires israel to try to minimize the number of civilian casualties per strike, which the idf is doing, including through the use of targeted precision strikes and by warning civilians to leave certain neighbourhoods. so the question you have posed of the encouragement of an evacuation to the south of gaza is entirely consistent with that duty of minimizing civilian harm. proportionality is hugely significant. it has nothing to do with the relative number of people killed on both sides. the reason for that, i have to stress, is clear, because when you judge a appropriateness of an attack based upon the number of people who died, you do not protect civilians, you incentivise hamas' use of civilians as human shields. me incentivise hamas' use of civilians as human shields.— incentivise hamas' use of civilians as human shields. we have to leave it there because _ as human shields. we have to leave it there because we _ as human shields. we have to leave it there because we are _ as human shields. we have to leave it there because we are running i as human shields. we have to leave it there because we are running out| it there because we are running out of time. i appreciate you joining us on bbc news. i want to squeeze in one more interview before we take a break. rushdi abualouf in khan younis, in south gaza. why don't you start by describing for everyone watching what you have witnessed over the last little while. ., ., witnessed over the last little while. . ., ., .,~ while. yeah, i had to take the “ourne while. yeah, i had to take the journey from _ while. yeah, i had to take the journey from gaza _ while. yeah, i had to take the journey from gaza into - while. yeah, i had to take the journey from gaza into the i while. yeah, i had to take the i journey from gaza into the southern city of khan younis. after the israeli army asked all the people in gaza city, where i used to live, and in the north, to go south. i am in khan younis since yesterday. the scene i witnessed is really tragic. people sleeping in public spaces, hundreds of thousands of people deployed to the schools. the hospital, the main hospital in khan younis, also hundreds of people taking the hospital as a refuge. suddenly this city has to accommodate half a million people, displaced from northern and middle area, gaza city... hamas officially said about 400,000 people took this journey yesterday and today from khan younis along the road to khan younis. more than a million people in this city. the local authority here is struggling to find accommodation for the people. find essential needs, water is running out. in the hospital, medicine is running out. they are trying to manage very little fuel, doctors have left to run the generators. and very small amount of life—saving kits that they have, since israel is closing all the borders, and egypt until now said, we can't guarantee that if we send the aid, israel will not... israel willallow that if we send the aid, israel will not... israel will allow it. tiara not... israel will allow it. two thins, not... israel will allow it. two things. you — not... israel will allow it. two things, you touched - not... israel will allow it. two things, you touched on i not... israel will allow it. two things, you touched on one of them, just describe for me what infrastructure, if any, is there to take the influx of people, and describe a little more... was there panic amongst the people who were trying to move at such short notice when you started yourjourney? imilieu when you started your “ourney? when i started my _ when you started your “ourney? when i started my journey, i when you started your 'ourney? when i started my journey, i— when you started yourjourney? when i started my journey, i had _ when you started yourjourney? when i started my journey, i had to - when you started yourjourney? tween i started myjourney, i had to take my family, and then i found people in cars and trucks, people walking on foot... five to six kilometres. when i approached the main road, i saw hundreds of cars, motorcycles. i saw hundreds of cars, motorcycles. i saw people walking with cows, camels, sheeps, it's a chaotic scene, a scene i never saw before. a convoy about ten kilometres long. very chaotic place. it took me to drive about ten kilometres about three hours. a normal time, it takes 15 minutes. three hours. a normaltime, it takes 15 minutes-— three hours. a normaltime, it takes 15 minutes. you talk about you, your famil , 15 minutes. you talk about you, your family. moving- _ 15 minutes. you talk about you, your family, moving. and _ 15 minutes. you talk about you, your family, moving. and of _ 15 minutes. you talk about you, your family, moving. and of course, i 15 minutes. you talk about you, your family, moving. and of course, so i family, moving. and of course, so many people like you. in the conversation you had, do people think ultimately they will get back to their homes?— to their homes? they hope. khan younis is the _ to their homes? they hope. khan younis is the second _ to their homes? they hope. khan younis is the second largest i to their homes? they hope. khan younis is the second largest city, | younis is the second largest city, many thousands of people live there. and suddenly this small city... the authorities had to accommodate 600,000 people. they were struggling even before this move. the city was struggling because it's part of the israeli blockade imposed last saturday. so after one week without water, without electricity and without internet, this city was already exhausted by helping their own people, and now they have to take care of about 6000 people... 0ver take care of about 6000 people... over a million people... some of them sleep in the courtyard of the hospital. i did ask someone who told me that in 2014 his house was destroyed, and he somehow managed to go. he said his house was destroyed again and he had to take the hospital as a shelter.- again and he had to take the hospital as a shelter. thank you so much for being _ hospital as a shelter. thank you so much for being on _ hospital as a shelter. thank you so much for being on the _ hospital as a shelter. thank you so | much for being on the programme. hospital as a shelter. thank you so i much for being on the programme. and describing what you have been through over the last few hours. back to the live pictures from gaza. we were hearing from our correspondent in khan younis. who has made thejourney correspondent in khan younis. who has made the journey from gaza city. back with more in a moment. hello there. colder air has been pushingway its southwards across the uk over recent hours. it's been cold enough actually today to see a bit of snow on the tops of the scottish mountains. nothing unusual about that for october but this month has been very warm, so we haven't seen anything like that so far. the biggest drop in temperatures between yesterday and today was across southern england and wales — 12 celsius in hereford today compared to 22 degrees yesterday, so a drop of 10 degrees as these cooler north—westerly winds continue to spread in. those north—westerly winds are bringing plenty of showers to northern and western areas, and they will continue through the rest of today, again with some snowfall over the tops of scottish mountains, and it will continue to be very windy for the northern isles, gusts of 55—65 mph and gusts more in the 40s across the north of mainland scotland. temperatures for many still in double figures but these temperatures are actually just a few degrees below average for this time of year. 0vernight tonight, showers will continue to affect areas near the coast, clear skies inland allowing quite a widespread frost to develop in rural areas with the lowest temperatures down to around minus two celsius, something that gardeners might want to take note of. it will be much, much colder overnight. on to sunday, overall, a similar kind of day, probably rather than showers in northern and western scotland, we'll have a spell of more prolonged rain for a time, and away from that, plenty of sunshine across inland areas and again, temperatures continuing to be below average for the time of year, looking at highs of around 11 or 12 degrees pretty widely. similar weather conditions on monday although we will probably start off with some more mist and fog patches first thing that could take a while to clear out, but then sunshine for most, a few showers in northern scotland and similar temperatures overall, 11—13, still below average for october. but we then see further changes in the weather pattern deeper into next week as low pressure moves from the bay of biscay, and ultimately this will return temperatures back to normal, it will turn a bit windier, and we will see some rain coming up from the south which could end up being quite heavy for a time but temperatures moving back closer to average for the time of year. that's your latest weather. bye bye. this is bbc news, the headlines. the bbc confirms young children were among those killed yesterday in an air strike on vehicles leaving northern gaza — on an israeli—designated route south. a un relief agency says nearly a million palestinians have been displaced in gaza over the past week — nearly half its population. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu visits israeli troops on the border of the gaza strip — and tells them, the next stage is coming. hamas and israel continue to target each other with rocket fire. the israelis say a senior hamas commander has been killed in an air strike. this is the scene live in gaza — israel urges anyone still there to leave as soon as possible. and more harrowing stories of survival emerge from the hamas attack on a music festival in israel. black smoke covered all the area, we heard gunshots, we did not know what was going on. more of that interview in a moment or two. more of that interview in a moment ortwo. let more of that interview in a moment or two. let us return to our headline story. the bbc has confirmed that young children were among those killed in an air strike on a convoy of vehicles leaving northern gaza of friday — along a route designated by israel. our team at bbc verify analysed two videos of the strike on the vehicles heading towards southern gaza. both videos have been verified — these first images show a lorry carrying at least 30 civilians, on the move, moments before it was hit. and these are still images taken from a subsequent video from the aftermath of the strike... too graphic to show in detail. the video shows men running to a lorry — part of the same convoy — trying to help those who've been hit. there are at least 12 visible dead bodies in the video. we will talk about that story later in the programme. verify team has been going through that footage and piecing together what has happened on the ground. let as turned to events on the ground. as well as being in southern israel, we have been on the border with lebanon. earlier, a military exchange, more cross borderfire earlier, a military exchange, more cross border fire with a group earlier, a military exchange, more cross borderfire with a group his brother. —— with the group his brother. around 30 mortars, see the israeli defence forces. they say they have been targeting infrastructure, we saw infiltration, individuals across the border near one of these communities are seemingly heading towards a kibbutz on the northern border, they were again targeted, israeli defence forces released a video of that where you can see a she“ video of that where you can see a shell actually hitting those individuals, you can see the impact of the shell hitting those individuals who had crossed the border. this is not the first time this has happened in the last few days. this has happened really everyday for the last four or five days, that is why there is concern and attention on this border, because it could potentially open up a new front in this war, and it would make things considerably more devastating. i started the week down in the south of israel, i was very close to the gaza border, seeing and hearing everything happening there. be it a night out relatively small gazais be it a night out relatively small gaza is a geographical terms. it is only 26 miles long, six miles wide, think of the border between israel and lebanon, how many hundreds of kilometres it is, and think about the extra firepower of the iranian—backed group, you start to get a sense of why there is such international domestic activity going on right now to try and calm things here on the border with israel. you were telling the earlier about what people were saying to you, the fact that so many people around you are leaving, tell me more about any sort of built up from the military, because we have seen the build—up in the south, what is happening around they are, in the north? there is a very large military build up there is a very large military build up here. very large indeed. you see it in different ways. when you are driving along these winding roads on the border, when you passjunctions or roadside points, there will be five or six military vehicles, packed in there together, you see that at regular points as you are driving along. then you see bigger concentrations of armoured vehicles and troops that are being moved into place as well. it is notable that in the hours after that attack last saturday, 300,000 israeli reservists were called up, told to come and report for duty, and many of those have come here to this northern border. in terms of the reaction of people to that, we have been in various communities, qubits, one person has said that the qubit sea is based in is almost completely empty now, because people are concerned that if that is an insulation on this border they do not want to be any who —— one person has said that the qubits —— that that kibbutz he was based in is almost empty now. we continue to watch the pictures from that border between israel and lebanon, with so much concern about a possible second front. leaders of western capitals have been talking about that and urging other players not to get involved in this conflict. we are also seeing live pictures coming in from gaza as we continue to monitor that border on the northern part of the gaza strip. a number of deadlines have come and gone. in the background as you put that picture app you can hear some of the noises of the shelling that is pretty much a constant backdrop. all of that is happening on the ground. through the last few hours we have been looking at pictures in the uk, because there have been pro—palestinian matches this year in the uk, they have been going on in london, manchester, let as head to whitehall because simonjones has been monitoring that for as. first of all give as an idea of the numbers, because we saw huge numbers gathering in regent street, quite close to bbc headquarters earlier in the day. thousands of people have taken two is it street in central london, starting off outside the bbc. now gathering here, very close to downing street. there are people sitting on a wall very close to downing street. it has been very noisy here, it has been very busy, people have been holding placards saying, three palestine. and also calling for an end to the bombing of gaza. i was speaking to one woman who said she had to come here to make her voice heard, she told me that in the past few days several members of her family were killed that in the past few days several members of herfamily were killed in gaza. she said her uncle was in his home, was born without any warning, she said she wanted their world to know what was happening. 0ther know what was happening. other people are draped in the palestinian flag. many people are shouting, three palestine. the policing operation, i will show you over here, vast number of police officers, in all around 1000 have been lining the route around here, the message from the police is that anyone showing overt support for hamas, which is a banned organisation considered a terrorist organisation considered a terrorist organisation by the british government, it would face a race, also anyone diverting from the set route of this match would also potentially face arrest. —— would face arrest. it has been noisy and angry at times. as far as we can see, around westminster, the policing has been relatively low—key. we have not seen any major examples of travel. but certainly, police keeping a very close watch on what is happening. protesters here seeing the certainly want their anger to be shown to the uk and around the world. simonjones in central london. thank you. in the last few minutes the un aids chief has used all with influence to ensure respect for rules of war to avoid further escalation and any sort of spill—over. —— the un aid chief. another repetition of the urging from un and other bodies, urging parties involved to respect the rules of war and avoid further escalation. we have been learning that the prime minister of israel has visited troops near the border with gaza today. he told the soldiers, the next stage is coming. kenneth katzman is a former middle east analyst for us congress, and now a senior fellow at the soufan centre. he gave us his assessment of whether the israeli government would be able to meet its pledge to wipe out hamas. well, it may take time. isis was essentially wiped out, al-qaeda was essentially wiped out. it is more difficult this time. hamas is in control of a discreet territory that has how many million people... it's obviously more difficult than chasing al-qaeda which didn't really control any population. isis did for a time. the israelis, the idf, will try to work around it. some civilians may not get out, but that doesn't mean they will necessarily be harmed. there are ways to operate on the ground surgically, to go after militants, develop intelligence networks... when you look at the pictures, you talk about surgical strikes, you have seen the casualty numbers, and that's just inside seven days, let alone any sort of ground offensive. well, no one said this is a casualty—free operation. the context is the heinous attacks... i question when you say surgical, just how surgical it can be, realistically. well, it can minimize. the united states conducted on—ground operations against the forerunners of isis in the towns of western iraq and central iraq. it is possible. obviously it's not going to be a civilian casualty—free operation, we understand that, but there are ways to minimize the damage to civilians, there were ways to minimize it. what is your assessment of the risks for the israeli military, going in? it is so tightly packed, that whole area, streets, booby—tra ps, tunnels. we know all of that from previous incursions. it's very similar to what the us faced in iraq at times. same playbook that the militants used, tunnels as you said, safe houses, hiding behind civilians, using houses, using their own knowledge of the turf, the terrain, the people in their neighbourhoods. the idf is going to take losses, they understand that, they accept it in the interests of taking hamas out of power in the gaza strip, which the us supports, because that is the consequence of hamas's attack last saturday. a final question, because we have explored the difficulties of that operation. if it were to be successful and hamas was wiped out, taken out of the equation, what happens the day after? what happens next? well, i think the most natural supposition would be some version of the palestinian authority on the west bank, the plo, fatah, they would go back. remember, they were in control until 2007, hamas kicked them out after the election of 2006. they are palestinian. they are not perfect and they have a reputation of corruption. they are old and they are not really doing what most palestinians want them to do, but they are palestinians. more clashes in the last while with incoming rockets, we continue to monitor those live pictures there. gershon baskin is the middle east director for international communities 0rganization. in 2011, he negotiated the release of gilad shalit, an israeli soldier held by hamas for more than five years. he gave me his view on israel's strategy. there is a resolve from the military, the government and the people to do the job, to get the job done. as i said, for 18 years we have heard a slogan after each round of battle between israel and gaza that the government is going to bring down gaza. and it was always a slogan. i always knew it was a slogan. hamas always knew it was a slogan. and now it seems that it is genuine, it is real. the massive bombing campaign that has demolished so much, flattened so much of gaza already, making more than half a million people homeless there, is just the first stage of the preparation for the ground operation that will ensue in the coming days, weeks. the palestinian hamas attack on israel was the single largest attack against the state of israel since its founding in 1948. there were more casualties at the hands of terrorists than ever before, and as your listening audience has already heard, the devastation and the brutality was taken out of the handbook of isis, not out of the hamas handbook. this was completely unexpected and devastating. i want to say that the extent of the brutality was unexpected, the explosion was not unexpected. and any israeli politician or military leader or people of responsibility who could not predict an explosion of gaza, and in fact eventually the west bank, they simply don't know where they are living. no people, 2.5 million people, would agree to live under the conditions the people of gaza have lived under all of these years. 17,000 of them working in israel is hardly an excuse to think that they would agree to continue to live in that situation. a month ago, i wrote in my weekly column that the situation is bad, is going to get worse. this was inevitable. and i'm notjustifying in any way what hamas has done. i think hamas has set the palestinian cause back 75 years. you make so many points in that answer, and i want to talk about the hostage situation in a moment. but before i do, i know that you told our producer that you are having conversations with palestinians inside gaza over the last few hours. i wonder, what have they been saying, the people you have been talking to? well, i have been talking to two people in hamas, in gaza, but most of the people i'm talking to are friends and colleagues and acquaintances, people on my social media in gaza. i spent all morning contacting more than 100 people. basically, telling them i can't imagine what it is like living under the bombing that they are living with, i hope that they are safe and alive, i would be happy to hear back from them if they are alive and what their situation is, there is no consoling words that i can say. what i did say is that i understand that there are talks, for some kind of exchange that are ongoing. and hopefully that will involve some kind of ceasefire as well. i have got responses back from about a dozen people. with the exception of one person, every one of them has lost their house already. they are scattered all around the gaza strip, trying to find some place to stay. some of them have other relatives and family who have houses that are still standing. it is a devastating situation. but i did this not only because these people are my friends and contacts and colleagues for years, but because there is going to be a day after. and in that day after, we are going to have to reach out and find the humanity of each other. we are going to have what i have been loosely calling — and i don't know if it is an appropriate term — the belfast moment. the moment when we wake up from all of the death and destruction and say enough. and it's going to come from the people and not from our governments. and that is what i am trying to maintain from now, from day one. some of the first victims of last saturday's hamas attacks were young people at the supernova festival, held in the desert in southern israel. more than 260 bodies were recovered from the festival site. sharon was a photographer working at the festival and saw the attack unfold. she told me what she witnesed. all night i spent taking photos of beautiful people with beautiful music, so many colourful humans, people that i know from high school, from youth groups, people that were in the army with me or my friends, all the faces were familiar because i'm in the community for so long. and as the sun started to rise up i remember that i went back a few steps from the main stage and tried to take a shoot of the sunrise above the main stage. then the music stopped. i looked up at this guy and i see that everything is lit up like fireworks, bombs and rockets above our heads, people were screaming and crying in terror, not knowing what is going to happen the next. i went to their backstage, took my belongings and go and find my friends to go back home with, i rememberthat and find my friends to go back home with, i remember thati and find my friends to go back home with, i remember that i begged them to stay, that we will hide underneath the cart from the bombs, they said, no, let us go. i got into they said, no, let us go. i got into the car and we started driving. as we were driving, black smoke, black smoke covered all the area. we heard bombs getting closer and closer, we heard gunshots, but we did not understand what was going on. i know that you told our producer that those initial moments you of course heads, got into the car, started driving, you said to our producer, you know now that had you stayed one minutes, two minutes more, you also would have been killed here. the second that we got on the road the shooting started on the left side of the road, we turned right, they turned left. all the people that went left got slaughtered. as we were driving right we drove and resort shelters on the side of the road with so many people inside of them. again, iasked road with so many people inside of them. again, i asked the driver to stop, to get into the shelter, because that is the thing that makes the most sense in that situation. instead of getting into the shelter, my driver decided to keep on going and just drive home. about two minutes after that we heard booms as strong as could be imagined behind as, because the terrorists got to the shelters and they bombed them with grenades. when we got to the high weight there was a police car pulled up behind as an put up a barrier, and apparently those were terrorists also. the things that happened in this music festival are beyond despicable. i have friends that did not come home yet. i have friends that have seen things so terrible. i i have friends that have seen things so terrible. . ., i have friends that have seen things so terrible. .., , ., , , so terrible. i can see how upsetting and roll it still _ so terrible. i can see how upsetting and roll it still feels, _ so terrible. i can see how upsetting and roll it still feels, only _ so terrible. i can see how upsetting and roll it still feels, only seven i and roll it still feels, only seven days from all of this, and i know you took so many photographs at the time from that festival. have you started to look at them? can you look at them? in the first two days the government reached out to the photographers from the festival and asked as for the photos to recognise bodies. i tried the best that i could to go back, so i went to the photos, and i could not. after 100 faces ijust could not any more. i gave the cabinet to a friend and told them upload the photos. the answer is, no. the week went past, i cannot look at the photos, because i do not know who is alive and who is dead. that was a young photographer, sharon, talking earlier about the events of last week. live pictures from gaza. very little power they are, as well as no water or food. power they are, as well as no water orfood. more warnings power they are, as well as no water or food. more warnings from the un aid chief in the last few minutes. also latest line from benjamin netanyahu's advisors, more on that injust a moment. hello there. colder air has been pushing southwards across the uk over recent hours. it's been cold enough actually today to see a bit of snow on the tops of the scottish mountains. nothing unusual about that for october but this month has been very warm so we haven't seen anything like that so far. the biggest drop in temperatures between yesterday and today was across southern england and wales — 12 celsius in hereford today compared to 22 degrees yesterday so a drop of 10 degrees as these cooler north—westerly winds continue to spread in. those north—westerly winds are bringing plenty of showers to northern and western areas and they will continue through the rest of today, again with some snowfall over the tops of scottish mountains, and it will continue to be very windy for the northern isles, gusts of 55—65 mph and gusts more in the 40s across the north of mainland scotland. temperatures for many still in double figures but these temperatures are actually just a few degrees below average for this time of year. 0vernight tonight, showers will continue to affect areas near the coast, clear skies inland allowing quite a widespread frost to develop in rural areas with the lowest temperatures down to around minus two celsius, something that gardeners might want to take note of. it will be much, much colder overnight. on to sunday, overall, a similar kind of day, probably rather than showers in northern and western scotland, we'll have a spell of more prolonged rain for a time and away from that, plenty of sunshine across inland areas and again, temperatures continuing to be below average for the time of year, looking at highs of around 11 or 12 degrees pretty widely. similar weather conditions on monday although we will probably start off with some more mist and fog patches first thing, they could take a while to clear out, but then sunshine for most, a few showers in northern scotland and similar temperatures overall, 11—13 , still below average for october. but we then see further changes in the weather pattern deeper into next week as low pressure moves from the bay of biscay, and ultimately this will return temperatures back to normal, it will turn a bit windier and we will see some rain coming up from the south which could end up being quite heavy for a time but temperatures moving back closer to average for the time of year. live from london. this is bbc news. the bbc confirms young children were among those killed yesterday in an air strike on vehicles leaving northern gaza — on an israeli—designated route south. a un relief agency says nearly a million palestinians have been displaced in gaza over the past week — nearly half its population. people trying to leave gaza, wait at the crossing with egypt. they include foreign nationals. like really in fear and every time ijust have to have the thought of me dying in a bomb in gaza. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu visits israeli troops on the border of the gaza strip, and tells them, �*the next stage is coming'. hamas and israel continue to target each other with rocket fire. the israelis say a senior hamas commander has been killed in an air strike. we will dismantle and destroy hamas's ability to do this all the way up to their kingpin and leader who is a dead man walking.

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