Hamas officials in gaza say more than 5,000 people, including 2,000 children, have been killed since israeli airstrikes began more than two weeks ago. The strikes are in response to attacks by hamas that killed more than 1,400 israelis, with more than 200 still being held hostage. Israels armed forces have now intensified their bombardment of the gaza strip military Officials Say they hit 320 targets overnight ahead of a widely anticipated ground offensive. The Defence Minister here has warned the Military Campaign against hamas which is designated a Terrorist Organisation by the uk and other western governments could take up to three months. Lucy williamson has this report which you may find distressing. A single day in gaza is measured in hundreds. Israels army counts targets. More than 300 hit in 2a hours. Targeting sites liable to endanger troops in a ground invasion, it says. Gazas hamas run government counts casualties. It says more than 400 people were killed in those strikes. 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This town is less than a mile from the border, so close you can see the explosions inside gaza. The going geography here is local, the politics global, as israels Prime Ministerjuggles visits by world leaders, his army is waiting to go in. From the edge of serot, you can see the rockets fired out and the israeli strikes fired in. A self sustaining conflict that israel said it will end. A third humanitarian convoy in as many days has reached gaza from egypt. The Palestinian Red Cresecent said the 20 trucks were loaded with food, water and medical supplies though the un says hundreds are needed each day. Lets go live to gaza now our correspondent Rushdi Abualouf is in khan younis, in the south. Rushdi, what is the situation like there today . What i can say at this stage, quoting Senior Palestinian official in doha, in contact with hamas, he said the talks, the negotiations are taking serious back. He said that there has been a lot of talks, the qataris were in contact with hamas and the americaning, building on the two american hostages released, to release more. As many as 50 as i understand. Hamas is happy to release. They told the americans we are happy to release off the civilians, they said, the people, the foreigners and multinationals. Now, in order to do this, the process would need people working on the ground and hamas was not quite happy with the last releasing process, because it was risky, it was under fire, process, because it was risky, it was underfire, and it was not guaranteed that it could happen. The family of a british israeli man killed during the hamas Attacks On Southern Israeljust over two weeks ago, have been paying tribute to him. Yosef gedaliah was 22 and a soldier in an israeli anti terror unit, and died confronting hamas gunmen at the kibbutz kfar aza. His brother said he was a hero who managed to evacuate people before being shot. He was about to celebrate his first wedding anniversary. Hes among 11 britons killed in the attacks. Well more harrowing stories of how people were killed in the hamas attacks are still emerging. 0ne teenager, who had just celebrated her 18th birthday, died after being shot while sheltering in the safe room of her home in nahal oz, close to the gaza border. Her father was taken hostage. Our correspondent anna foster has been speaking to her mum. And justjust to warn you, her report contains images you may find distressing, right from the start. They want you to see this footage, but it is distressing. The terrified family. Held at gun point by hamas. They are shooting us . Ida. It is they are shooting us . No. It is shockin they are shooting us . No. It is shocking and they are shooting us . No. It is shocking and upsetting to watch. But they wanted us to show their ordeal. Just out of this picture, lies the lifeless body of 18 year old mayan. 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Understandably its sparked a lot of questions from viewers at home and weve been putting some of your queries to our bbc news experts here on the ground. The first question is the immediate spark for this war were the horrific events of october 7th when hamas gunmen massacred civilian and took hostage in israel. It was the highest Israeli Death toll in a single day. For hamas, this attack on his enemy was months, if not years in planning. For many palestinians and many across the arab world, it was another painful chapter in a decades long conflict with israel for their aspiration for a palestinian state. Well, yes, hamas would have known they would well, yes, hamas would have known they would get a huge Military Response from israel, given the scope response from israel, given the scope of response from israel, given the scope of what was carried out inside israeli scope of what was carried out inside israeli territory and the massacres that were israeli territory and the massacres that were carried out against israeli that were carried out against israeli civilians. Now, Israeland Hamas israeli civilians. Now, Israeland Hamas have fought several wars and they have hamas have fought several wars and they have a hamas have fought several wars and they have a clear sense of the capabilities, the likely responses of the capabilities, the likely responses of the other. And israels calculation was always that they had hamas calculation was always that they had hamas contained. They were deterred within hamas contained. They were deterred within gaza hamas contained. 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