hello, i'm vishala sri—pathma. we start with the latest diplomatic efforts from the israel—gaza conflict. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has met the palestinian authority president, mahmoud abbas, in the occupied west bank city of ramallah for talks on the gaza conflict. mr abbas told mr blinken there must be an immediate ceasefire and an allowing of humanitarian aid to the gaza strip in gaza, hamas say at least 45 people have been killed in an israeli air strike on a refugee camp. the israeli military says it's investigating. the air strikes began after gunmen from hamas — the group designated as a terrorist organisation by the uk government — killed at least moo israelis and kidnapped more than 200 others on october 7th. the hamas—run health ministry says, since then, more than 9,700 palestinians have been killed. in the past hour there have been reports that communication and internet services have been cut off. further north three children and their grandmother were killed in an israeli strike on a car in southern lebanon on sunday, a hezbollah lawmaker from the area said, calling the attack "a dangerous development" that would have repercussions. more on those claims by hamas of an alleged attack on a refugee camp in a moment, but first, here's yogita limaye with the latest on the war. gaza are staring into the abyss. buildings are no shells, like hollowed out. this was a refugee camp. the term seems a paradox, point no place is safe. panettone citizens were killed in an israeli strike. israel is saying it is looking into whether its forces were here. translation: we looking into whether its forces were here. translation:— looking into whether its forces were here. translation: we were sleeping eacefull here. translation: we were sleeping peacefully when _ here. translation: we were sleeping peacefully when the _ here. translation: we were sleeping peacefully when the bombs _ here. translation: we were sleeping peacefully when the bombs hit. - here. translation: we were sleeping peacefully when the bombs hit. on - peacefully when the bombs hit. on that, i have been moving bodies, marketed to children. we are pulling people out with their bare hands. —— march at children. thus people out with their bare hands. -- march at children.— march at children. thus local journalist — march at children. thus local journalist is _ march at children. thus local journalist is no _ march at children. thus local journalist is no longer - march at children. thus local - journalist is no longer chronicling the grief of others, but injuring it himself. his family killed in the street, the emotion too much to bear. translation:— street, the emotion too much to bear. translation: today, i have lost my children. _ bear. translation: today, i have lost my children. i _ bear. translation: today, i have lost my children. i only _ bear. translation: today, i have lost my children. i only have - bear. translation: today, i have lost my children. i only have one . lost my children. i only have one death, my only daughter. i wanted her to have a sister, but i have lost. i don't know what else to say. israel, pushing on with its offensive, inserts it targets hamas sales, often hidden, it says, among civilians. it troops are advancing on gaza city, closing in on what they believe a hamas command centres. they are urging garrisons left in the north to move south, dropping leaflets with warnings and opening a key route to evacuate. —— charging gazans. the un says 1.5 million are no displays. this avoiding fight is top of the diplomatic agenda as a us secretary of state landed in the west bank, the other palestinian territory ruled by hamas's upon. he is resisting articles for a ceasefire, arguing hamas could regroup, but is pushing for a short term deposits in the fighting. but as it grinds on, the fighting. but as it grinds on, the injured keep on coming. the hospitals that have enclosed overwhelmed. each scene in microcosm of gaza's nightmare, repeated over and over. more on that strike at the maghazi refugee camp now. the site of the attack is in the center of the strip — south of the wadi gaza — in a part of the territory were civilians were told to move to to avoid the fighting in the north. our reporter rushdi abualouf has been able to travel to the camp and sent this report. they are still looking under the rubble of about three or four buildings which were destroyed overnight. this is maghazi refugee camp. it's in the safe area where israel advised 1.2 million in gaza city and the north to flee south. this is safer, but this destruction is in the safe area, where about 50 bodies have been recovered from this air strike. many, many others are missing. this is the biggest air strike, it is in a crowded refugee camp in the middle of the gaza strip. the people are fleeing south because the fighting has intensified around gaza city and in the north where israel is part of the ground operation. five different battles are going on there. overnight, israel issued another warning for the people, asking them to leave gaza city and the north and to come here. live now to our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, in jerusalem. in terms of what has happened today in a very significant event early on, with antony blinken, the chief diplomat in the us, meeting with mahmoud abbas.— diplomat in the us, meeting with mahmoud abbas. . ~ ~ ., , mahmoud abbas. yeah, i think antony bfinken mahmoud abbas. yeah, i think antony blinken felt it — mahmoud abbas. yeah, i think antony blinken felt it was _ mahmoud abbas. yeah, i think antony blinken felt it was imperative - mahmoud abbas. yeah, i think antony blinken felt it was imperative to - blinken felt it was imperative to stop off and meet mahmoud abbas. use a palestinian president, even though he is a very elderly, and his power is waning in many palestinians regard his palestinian authority with considerable disdain, and frankly mahmoud abbas is pretty much a bystander in terms of what is going on in gaza. but i think what antony blinken was trying to reassure him was, one, the united states is doing everything in its power to persuade israel to abide by the laws of war. the united states are trying very, very hard to create windows of opportunity but it can be got into the southern part of the gaza strip, the so—called humanitarian policy is that the american keep on talking about. and that when all of the suits overcome over, whenever that is, the united states is interested in pursuing some return to the moribund arab— israeli peace process. that will probably sound pretty hollow to most palestinian years, but it was obviously something that mr blank and felt it was important to say. we had from the idf earlier on, talking about their efforts to notify people to evacuate areas in gaza. yes. about their efforts to notify people to evacuate areas in gaza. yes, so, this has become _ to evacuate areas in gaza. yes, so, this has become an _ to evacuate areas in gaza. yes, so, this has become an increasingly - this has become an increasingly urgent matter for the israeli military, because they are closing in on gaza city and the surrounding areas. they want to deal decisively, once and for all, with hamas. they regarded as a city as an absolute stronghold of hamas, but there are two or three or more of hundred thousand civilians in that area, the people who want to leave or can't leave, or are being prevented from leaving, as the israelis allege. they say that hamas is preventing people from leaving because of hamas wants to hide behind the civilian population. so, they have been outlined in many ways in which they have been trying to get that message across, but it is millions of. from the sky, or phone messages delivered to two phones in the gaza strip. this is something the israelis have been doing for days. part of the problem is that for palestinians who do go south, south of this wadi gaza nine they are finding that that is not to say place to become and i think the report really highlights that, that that is a place where people feel they have been told by the israelis to go, and yet they run the israelis to go, and yet they run the risk of being killed by an israeli air strike. we don't think that the israelis are operating on the ground south of wadi gaza, but clearly there are air strikes happening all the time, and so people do not feel that there is frankly anywhere safe in gaza. thank ou ve frankly anywhere safe in gaza. thank you very much _ frankly anywhere safe in gaza. thank you very much for — frankly anywhere safe in gaza. thank you very much for that _ frankly anywhere safe in gaza. thank you very much for that update. - antony blinken continues his visit around the region of the middle east, and yesterday we had a press conference where he stood by the jordanian foreign minister. earlier, my colleague lyse doucet spoke withjordan�*s minister of foreign affairs, ayman al safadi. here's some of that conversation. injordan and in the arab world, our demand is unequivocal and clear — we want an end of this war, we want an immediate cease—fire. that is necessary, that is imperative, that is essential for stopping the destruction that israel is bringing upon 2.3 million people of gaza. yes, we did hear and we do know that israel is linking any humanitarian truce to success on the issue of hostage release. we find that totally unacceptable as well. what israel is saying — it is going to take 2.3 million palestinians hostage, deny them food, water and electricity, and continue on killing them and continue on destroying their homes and their hospitals, until there is progress on that. how does that justify that? this is beyond any understanding. itjust speaks to the inhumane, brutal, illegal approach that this israeli government continues to have towards this issue. yes, we are all behind releasing all civilians, but conditioning lifting the hell it is perpetrating on gazans on this issue is morally unacceptable and legally unacceptable and by any human standard it is totally abhorrent. you were very blunt in public — you said and i quote, "stop this madness." in public or in private, did you get any indications from antony blinken that they would try to put pressure on israel to achieve a cease—fire? in public, they are saying they agree with israel now that a cease—fire now would only benefit hamas. i will not speak on behalf of the united states, all i would say is that we had a very, very detailed, blunt, very open conversation. our understanding, which the us is saying in public, that it is working towards a humanitarian cease—fire. our position was unequivocal in terms of demanding an immediate end of this, again, abomination of this war. and rejecting any attempt to justify this as self—defense because it is not. and the amount of death, destruction that israel is bringing upon gazans is actually within the threshold the legal definition of genocide. so this madness, i say again, has to stop. the amount of destruction, the amount of death that israel is bringing is unacceptable. how could anyone accept the justification that killing almost 9,500 civilians, killing 4,000 children, destroying homes, denying people just a drop of water for their children, telling them to leave hospitals which are already operating at very, very dangerous capacities, how anyone can even think of presenting this as self—defense, is beyond our understanding, our comprehension, to be honest. let's get more on secretary blinken�*s trip to turkey and what could possibly come out of that visit. joining me now is berza simsek, from the bbc turkish service. in terms of what the expectations are, what to be looking at right now? ~ ., , are, what to be looking at right now? . . , ., are, what to be looking at right now? ~ ., , ., are, what to be looking at right now? ., , are, what to be looking at right now? ., now? what is on the table is a cou - le now? what is on the table is a couple of _ now? what is on the table is a couple of things. _ now? what is on the table is a couple of things. basically, i now? what is on the table is a | couple of things. basically, we now? what is on the table is a - couple of things. basically, we are expecting that the us foreign minister, antony blinken, will be bringing the issue of hostages held ljy bringing the issue of hostages held by hamas to the table. qatar and egypt are the main countries in the day region who can help for those hostages to be released, turkey can also play a part, because the turkish government has close ties with the political wing of hamas. turkey would be pushing for a ceasefire rather than a humanitarian pause, and turkey has been saying that, if that is a piece, and if there is a guarantor system, turkey could be one of the guarantors for palestinians, so that would also be a guarantor system, turkey could be one of the guarantors for palestinians, so that would also be brought to the table we expect by the turkish authorities. and turkey has also been con for an international summit on that issue, so we assume that that will be also on the table. so we assume that that will be also on the table-— on the table. what is turkey's current relationship, - on the table. what is turkey's. current relationship, diplomacy on the table. what is turkey's - current relationship, diplomacy was, with israel? just current relationship, diplomacy was, with israel? , , ., ., with israel? just before the 7th of october, the _ with israel? just before the 7th of october, the relationship - with israel? just before the 7th of october, the relationship has - with israel? just before the 7th of| october, the relationship has been normalising after difficulties, but yesterday, turkey has recalled its ambassador to israel for consultations, but that doesn't mean that turkey is cutting ties with the israel, because everyone said that although he is no longer willing to talk to benjamin netanyahu, he said we have written him off, but he also said that the turkish intelligence chief is in talks with his israeli counterpart. he said that we can't cut all the ties with the israel, so we expect that some sort of relationship on the diplomatic and intelligence level will continue. and there have been protest today in cities around turkey.— cities around turkey. that's correct it. there cities around turkey. that's correct it- there have _ cities around turkey. that's correct it. there have been _ cities around turkey. that's correct it. there have been protests - cities around turkey. that's correct it. there have been protests over l it. there have been protests over the weekend, just as well. today, there was a protest outside of a military airbase in the south of israel that is hurting us forces commanded the protesters were calling for the service to close down. according to an afp photographer on the scene, when the protesters made an attempt to enter the airbase, turkish police responded with tear gas and water cannons, so there have been a tense situation in the south of turkey, just outside of the military base, just outside of the military base, just ahead of blinken�*s visitjust a couple of hours before. just a couple of hours before. just a couple of hours before. just a couple of hours before his visit. scotland's first minister, humza yousaf, say his in—laws are back in the uk, after being trapped in gaza for more than three weeks. he's posted a photograph on social media of the reunion. he says his family is "elated", but also "heartbroken" for relatives, who don't hold uk passports, and remain trapped in gaza. our news correspondent angus crawford joins us from the newsroom. a bittersweet moment. clearly very relieved that is unnecessary. absolutely, humza yousaf�*s in those had gone to gaza some time ago because he wanted to visit a sick relative, and then the effectively became trapped after october the 7th. they were unable to leave. we hear reports that at one point they were sheltering in a house with approximately 100 other people. they had made it three aborted visits to the rafah crossing to try to get out, but then this morning after days of uncertainty, humza yousaf posted on his twitter account that she had goodness. he said, i am pleased to take my in—laws are safe and back on, and it is thought that they flew back to edinburgh at 1030 this morning. but as you pointed out, very difficult for the yousaf family, because some of the relatives, who don't hold british passports, are still stuck in gaza, unable to get it. and again, he posted on twitter, my thoughts remain with those who can't live, and then he said, we will continue to raise our voices for peace. he has not to raise our voices for peace. he has got quite close family there. his parents—in—law have grandchildren that still and gaza. that's true, and what we now believe is that there were approximately 200 british part brought —— passport holders only gaza at the beginning of this crisis. we were told from oliver dowden that over a hundred had managed to get out over the last is funded through the rafah crossing into egypt and we have told that the settlement that every day a list was compiled for those on the border of foreign nationals, including british nationals, who are able to be processed and get out. so yes i do believe there was something like 90 british nationals on that list, but the rafah crossing was close completely yesterday, and has remained closed today. so, at the moment, we have no idea when that will reopen, and therefore no ideal upon those foreign nationals and british nationals will finally be able to get out of gaza.- british nationals will finally be able to get out of gaza. thank you for that update. _ meanwhile, the united nations world food programme executive director, cindy mccain, has issued an urgent plea from the rafah border crossing for safe, expanded humanitarian access to gaza as humanitarian needs skyrocket and critical food supplies reach dangerously low levels. she told the bbc that the humanitarian situation in gaza is catastrophic. cindy mccain, the executive director, spoke to us earlier in egypt and told us why it's so bad. it is catastrophic and said gaza. we can't get the kind of food and as we would like to have, so we could feed more people. so far, we have reached 660,000 people in that range come and we would like to be able to track hit more than 1.2 million. it is a disaster and people are starving to death, and it is very important that we are given the opportunity and access to go in and take prudent and do it in a safe and regular manner. —— took root in. we regular manner. -- took root in. we have seen — regular manner. —— took root in. we have seen antony blinken on a visit in the region four, first to israel and then on tojordan, again, speaking to need us to try to get humanitarian assistance into gaza. he says he has assurances from israel that this is going to happen. can you see that movement on the grounds now? this can you see that movement on the grounds now?— can you see that movement on the grounds now? as you know, i am on the egyptian — grounds now? as you know, i am on the egyptian side — grounds now? as you know, i am on the egyptian side right _ grounds now? as you know, i am on the egyptian side right now, - grounds now? as you know, i am on the egyptian side right now, and - grounds now? as you know, i am on the egyptian side right now, and i i the egyptian side right now, and i have seen from the egyptian government, i have seen those kinds of movements, yes. there are more trucks going on. we anticipate getting 1a of obstruction today, and we got close to turning yesterday. the numbers are gradually increasing. we would like this to increase exponentially, so we can get the kind of fruit in that