that there must be an immediate ceasefire in gaza. but mr blinken wants "humanitarian pauses". israel, though, insists there will be no temporary truce until all hostages are released. thejordanian foreign minister, ayman safadi, said the killing of civilians by israel could not be justified by its claim of self—defence. he said the entire region was sinking into a "sea of hatred" that could define generations to come. secretary blinken�*s visit is exactly four weeks after the hamas attacks on israel in which 1,400 people were killed, and there is no let—up in the israeli military response in gaza. its offensive is focused on the north of the territory, where it's thought up to 400,000 people are still living — even though israel has urged civilians there to move south. the hamas—run health ministry in gaza says more than 9,400 people have been killed there in the past four weeks. we will have more on the diplomacy shortly — but we start our coverage with a report from our correspondent, jon donnison, injerusalem. and a warning, there are distressing images from the start. four weeks into this war, the suffering is endless. and in gaza, no place is safe. the un says this school injabalia in the north was hit this morning, killing at least 15 people. thousands had been seeking shelter there. "god will take my vengeance," this young boy says. "i was standing here when the three bombings happened." israel says it's looking into what happened. and in the north of gaza, its ground offensive is pushing forward, tightening its grip on hamas, who israel says is using civilians as human shields. hamas is outgunned, but these pictures from its military wing claim to show it fighting back. more than 20 israeli soldiers have been killed since the ground offensive began as the number of palestinian casualties continues to rise. the us secretary of state met with arab leaders in jordan this afternoon. antony blinken again asserted israel's right to defend itself. but... protecting civilians will help prevent hamas from further exploiting the situation. but most important, it is simply the right and moral thing to do. when i see... ..a palestinian boy or girl pulled from the wreckage of a building, it hits me in the gutjust as it hits everyone in the gut. and i see my own children in theirfaces. and america is also worried about this conflict spreading. israel's military has said it targeted a terrorist trying to cross overfrom lebanon on its northern border last night. less than a mile away, in the town of shlomi, volunteers have been preparing food for israeli soldiers amid fears the powerful lebanese militia group hezbollah could escalate this crisis. very serious, very sad. we cry. ..at night. i didn't sleep at night. i watch tv at night. we watched all the terrible cases, everything that's happened. can we run? when there's a siren, we run. and when we can, we work. and yes, we are under danger. we're risking our lives. there has been so much fear and grief over the last four weeks. and it's farfrom over. jon donnison, bbc news, jerusalem. getting information from gaza is difficult — but our correspondent rushdi abualouf has remained there and has this update. today, israel opened the salah al—din road, the axis in and out of gaza for the first time since a couple of days since they started the operation, ground operation in gaza. very few people managed to get out of gaza because the main road was damaged and access for car was almost impossible. but in gaza city, people are starting to flee the heavy fighting around the city. as the israeli ground operation expanded around gaza city from three different directions. the tanks were advancing near gaza city itself, especially the western part of gaza. tonight, again, the israeli air strikes were intensified around the al-quds hospital and also around the shifa hospital, where many solar panels on the roof of the building around the hospital were targeted from the air. we feel that israel is pushing the civilian population. they are taking the hospital as shelter to flee this place. they bombed tonight, the largest the largest bakery in the place that is feeding most of the bread to the neighbourhood near the shifa hospital, also in the north of gaza strip. fighting was intensified in the north—west part near the coastal road, where the hamas militants group saying that they have fired anti—tank missiles and they were engaged in gun battle with the israeli soldiers who are advancing towards the gaza city. here in khan younis, where about a million people displaced from their houses in gaza city and the north, they live in a very difficult situation with the severe shortage of electricity, food and water. earlier, we heard from our diplomatic correspondent paul adams about those diplomatic meetings between the us secretary of state and leaders in the middle east, and where different sides stand. we can bring you some live pictures of gaza, we can see explosions and smoke in the background, this is a view from southern israel at the moment, several explosions have been heard over the last half an hour or so. you can see fire burning there quite clearly in the centre of that image. as we know, strikes have been ongoing from israel into gaza. earlier, we heard from our diplomatic correspondent paul adams about those diplomatic meetings between the us secretary of state and leaders in the middle east, and where different sides stand. what the arab world would like to see would be a immediate cessation of hostilities, for a extended period of time. that is absolutely not what israel is willing to accept at all, and i don't think the americans want that either, because they really agree with israel that nothing should happen that allows hamas to regroup, regather its forces and continue to fight back against the israelis. the americans shared the israeli objective which is to see hamas destroyed utterly on the battlefield. what they want to do instead is to have these small gaps that would be limited in duration and probably limited geographically as well to allow humanitarian aid to get into parts of southern gaza where there are still israeli air strikes going on. there is a feeling that if these little windows of opportunity can be found, more aid can cross and across the rough across it, get to where it is needed and address the needs of what was described. at the moment israelis have not agreed even to that proposal but i think the americans believe that if they push harder they will ultimately get israel to agree to that. in tel aviv today we saw some protests outside the idf headquarters and they were from the families of the hostages, many thousands attended. what do we know about that situation, have we had any updates? only a statement today from hamas saying that they now claim that as many as 60 of the hostages you will recall that there are about 240 of them that 60 of them had been killed so far in the course of the bombardment from israel. we have no way of verifying that, they were seeing several days ago that as many as 50 had died then then said after the attack in the jabalia refugee camp, that huge explosion there, another seven hostages had been killed there. so they are updating on what they say is the toll, that is taken by israeli air strikes. the israelis have not said anything on and will not confirm any of these numbers but so it is only a hamas claim. we heard in that report byjohn earlier on about a strike at a un—run school. as the israelis close in on gaza city, the whole built—up area which is a city, a couple of refugee camps including jabalia and other outlying areas, the chances of this kind of incident happening are more and more acute. the israelis want the civilians who are still there in gaza city in large numbers, possibly as many as 3—400,000, out of the way so they can carry on fighting hamas without having to worry about civilian casualties. we have seen this now in the school injabalia, outside at some of the hospitals in gaza. the fighting is now very, very close. the israelis have been targeting some of those areas, perhaps deliberately trying to persuade people to move south. they also at one point today said that the main road south was going to be open for civilians to leave for about three hours. so they really, really want civilians out of the way. because this battle which is closing in on the heart of this gaza city isjust going to be incredibly costly in civilian lives if they keep encountering civilians mixed in among hamas fighters. and this news that you have been reporting on on our lives page about fuel — so us officials travelling with antony blinken saying that there is an agreed mechanism for distributing fuel in gaza. this is something that came up this morning when american officials were briefing reporters and this evening there has been reporting from the side suggesting that is really officials also now have an agreed mechanism for sending fuel into gaza. the problem is there is that fuel is in short supply in the south it is needed to keep humanitarian efforts going. up till now, the israeli government has refused to allow any additional fuel to cross into gaza. that has meant that the un has had to rely on rapidly dwindling supplies of fuel. those have not completely run out, but what the americans are now saying is that when they do, there is a mechanism, agreed between israel, the united states and the un to get fuel into hospitals where it is needed. the reporting coming out from the side today suggested that the un would be responsible for monitoring all such shipments of fuel so making sure it reaches the places where it is supposed to go because israelis have been arguing all along because not only that there is fuel in gaza, but it is being raided and siphoned off by hamas, who obviously want to keep their own military capabilities going. so if it does happen, it will be heavily monitored and go to very specific places where it is needed for humanitarian purposes. that was paul adams speaking to me from jerusalem. thousands of pro—palestinian supporters have joined demonstrations across the uk. police said there were about 30 thousand people in central london — lower numbers than some recent protests. -- 30,000 —— 30,000 people. police said there were 11 arrests — one was for displaying a placard that allegedly could incite hate, contrary to terrorism legislation. there were also demonstrations across the uk. aru na iyengar reports. for the fourth weekend in a row, central london was the meeting point for palestinian protests. police said there will be a sharper focus on guarding against hate crimes. but the atmosphere was peaceful. the main message was a demand for a ceasefire. just looking at everybody, there's such a mixture of people here. i think theyjust want peace. the atmosphere here in trafalgar square is peaceful, but it's noisy. police have said they'll police up to the line of the law. they'll be looking at facial recognition and social media to make sure there are no hate crimes. but britain's chief rabbi has criticised the pro—palestinian protests, saying people on the marches are standing alongside extremists. people here said they wanted their voices heard. if you come together in any gathering with a large number of people, you never know exactly who you're going to be gathering or marching with. and of course, if people are guilty of anti—semitism or anything like that, of course it's right that that should be called out. also present were members of the jewish community. they're not hate marches. they're marches for| very positive things. a ceasefire, justice and equality. other parts of the uk also saw protests. waverley station, in edinburgh, was brought to a standstill — rail passengers unable to complete theirjourneys. they took to the streets of cardiff, and this was the scene in belfast. there's more to come next weekend. there are controversial plans for a mass rally next saturday, 11 november, which is armistice day. the proposed marches have been criticised by the prime minister, rishi sunak, as provocative and disrespectful. aruna iyengar, bbc news. if you're just if you'rejustjoining us, we have live pictures running at the moment of gaza from southern israel. as you can see, a few explosions there, fire in the background. we've heard quite a few explosions over the last half hour, that's what you're seeing on the right—hand side from southern israel looking into gaza. we've also seen multiple explosions in the last hour, pro—palestinian protests have been taken place around the world, as we've been discussing, and we've been running those pictures alongside that. we heard about those protests across the uk, but they've also been happening around the world on sunday. 0ne also been happening around the world on sunday. one of those was in washington, dc, where thousands of people were gathered. the protest is at the freedom plaza, a short walk from the white house. 0ur reporter rafid jaboori is there with more details. this is one of the biggest pro—palestinian rallies in the history of washington, dc, possibly the biggest ever here. thousands of people are gathering, raising slogans, calling for freedom and justice for palestine and palestinians, but they are also criticising the policy of the biden administration in this crisis and this war. of course the biden administration has been trying to strike a balance between the us�*s unwavering support for israel and pulling for israel to follow international law and consider the human lives, the lives of palestinian civilians in gaza. it remains to be seen how much this gathering and similar gatherings across the us, which we have seen over the past few weeks, how much that will influence the policy of the us administration. protests in washington _ the us administration. protests in washington now. _ more now on a developing situation we are following in hamburg. hamburg police say they're dealing with a hostage situation at the airport, after reports an armed man drove through a gate. 0n social media platform x, the police said operations were ongoing with a big emergency services presence. german press reports say that a man drove onto the airport "apron" on saturday evening, with a weapon being shot twice in the air. his wife had contacted the police about a possible child abduction, according to national media. the airport says that, due to the federal police operation, take—offs and landings aren't possible at the moment. that's the situation in hamburg at the airport, take—offs and landings aren't possible at the moment, there's a hostage situation and we will bring you the very latest as and when we get it. here in the uk, the government is proposing new laws to restrict the use of tents by homeless people in england and wales. the home secretary, suella braverman, argues that many rough sleepers see it as a lifestyle choice. homeless charities have reacted angrily to the plans. deborah garvie is the policy manager at shelter and we got her thoughts on suella braverman�*s proposal. for the thousands of people on the streets tonight, it is certainly not a lifestyle choice. people are homeless because they can't get access to a home, and that is becoming increasingly difficult particularly since the end of the pandemic but really over the last decade or more. and it is certainly not a lifestyle choice, people are desperate for a home or at the very least suitable emergency accommodation. the home secretary says she wants to fine charities that issue tents. what will that mean for shelter? well, we always do our best to help people get their help they have the right to through their local authority or assist them into some sort of voluntary provision, so we would never say that a tent is an answer to homelessness, the answer is always a home. and suitable emergency accommodation and the right support until you can get into the home. but eventually, the right answer is always access to a home of your own. and with the challenges of homelessness, where are we at the moment in the uk? we're now seeing record levels of homelessness across the board because of course, people being homeless on the streets is only the very most visible form of homelessness, but we have record numbers of children homeless with theirfamilies now, hidden and stuck in temporary accommodation. but even rough sleeping, at the sharpest end, we have seen a rise in the last year and it is likely to be worse after this year's counts come in. and, given the government promised to eradicate people having to sleep rough by the end of this parliament, that is very worrying that the numbers have gone up so much in the last year. if you weren't able to issue tents to people you help, what would happen? as i say, what we will do when people come to us is help them if they have a right to accommodation from the council or if not, into some voluntary provision. a tent is never the answer, although of course, when people are on the streets, that is often what they have to resort to. but of course, if you are on the streets in the elements, given the weather we had across most of the country today, it doesn't take much imagination to understand what it's like to be out on the streets, particularly in wet and cold weather and people die much younger, on average in their mid—40s, when they have experienced street homelessness and die when they're homeless. it's a matter of life and death that people are protected from the elements at the very least but as i said, a tent is never the answer to homelessness, a home is always the answer. in northern ireland, water pumping has started in the flooded areas of downpatrick. several towns in counties down, armagh, and antrim were hit by heavy rain this week. but for many businesses, it could be a while until they are able to assess the damage on their premises — as our northern ireland environment correspondent louise cullen reports. in many southern counties, it's been raining on an off for the last nine days. it's created such a democrat seems like this in sussex. muddy roads and flooded homes, like this one belonging to andrew. he says it's devastated his family's life. it's catastrophic, really. it's game over, really, for us here. yeah, we are going to get relocated through the insurance company. but yeah, what do you do is make you tell me. a number of other families what do you do is make you tell me. a number of otherfamilies have had to move out from here as the waters rise. local people tell us that when storm ciaran passed through here on wednesday and thursday, the water levels started to go down — but they now say with all this additional rain in the past 24 hours, they've started to rise yet again. nearby, this caravan park has also been deal making access difficult. having to run a tractor shuttle service to help those who live here. what you make of all this water?— make of all this water? there's not much we can _ make of all this water? there's not much we can do — make of all this water? there's not much we can do about _ make of all this water? there's not much we can do about it, - make of all this water? there's not much we can do about it, is - make of all 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