he has said discussions are ongoing about a "humanitarian pause" in the fighting, to get aid to civilians into gaza. but fighting in gaza is intensifying and communications are down for a third time. our correspondent rushdi abualouf in gaza has told us that tonight's bombardment seems to be the most intense since the beginning of the war, targeting the northwest of the gaza strip in particular. i also want to bring you an update from the israel defence forces on twitter saying the israeli military says air raid sirens sounding across central israel due to rockets being fired from gaza. i've said many israelis are running to bomb shelters. these are from the israel defence forces. once we verify those and can bring in more on that update, we will. in terms of the visit of antony blinken... at the end of his visit to iraq antony blinken spoke to the media about the possibility of humanitarian pause to hostilities, that he said would advance several priorities, including getting more aid in and getting hamas�* hostages out. following my conversations with the prime minister and with the israeli government, this is a process. israel's raised important questions about how humanitarian pauses would work. we've got to answer those questions. we're working on exactly that. in fact, we agreed that our teams would get together and they're doing just that, including today, to work through the specifics of the practicalities of of these pauses. second, it's important that the pause advance a number of things. one of them is hostages. we are intensely focused — the united states, israel, every other country that has one of its citizens being held hostage by hamas — to bring them home. now, it's important that as we're engaged in pursuing humanitarian pause, this can be something that advances the prospect of getting the hostages back. it can also advance other things that we're committed to doing, as is the government of israel and other partners in the region, especially getting more humanitarian assistance to people who need it in gaza. i'll remind you, when we had conversations three weeks ago about starting humanitarian assistance, it was a process to actually get that moving. but we had a commitment to do that. it took some days to get the process in place. since then, we've had trucks moving. we have about 100 trucks a day going in. that's good, but it's grossly insufficient. so now we're working on raising that significantly so that more aid and in a sustained way gets into palestinians who need it. there, again, a humanitarian pause can also help advance that and create an environment in which we can do as much as possible for people who so desperately need the assistance. the us secretary of state is now landing in turkey for a visit to ankara. these are live pictures of his plane. continuing his visit to the region as he speaks to several leaders about how to push for humanitarian causes in the conflict, in the war in gaza. of course arab leaders are publicly pushing for a ceasefire, an immediate ceasefire, thatis ceasefire, an immediate ceasefire, that is what the palestinian president mahmoud abbas told antony blinken during the visit but israel are maintaining your right to self—defence and in state is arguing several humanitarian causes as the humanitarian situation in gaza deteriorates. more from his visit as soon as we have any updates for you. while antony blinken was speaking in baghdad, israel's military spokesman daniel hagari, updated the media on their operation in gaza. today, they engulfed gaza, reached the beach and encircled gazza and today we have gaza north and gaza south. they reach the shore line and they are hoping its shoreline, we are still allowing for a coroner to enable the residents of the north of the gaza strip and the residents of the gaza strip and the residents of the south. it is a one—way corridor going south. we continue to strike forcefully. when the greater city of gaza. �* ., . ~ forcefully. when the greater city of gaza. 1, . ~ ., .,, forcefully. when the greater city of gaza. ., ,., ., forcefully. when the greater city of gaza. ., , ., ., ,, gaza. back to those photos of the us secretary of — gaza. back to those photos of the us secretary of state _ gaza. back to those photos of the us secretary of state antony _ gaza. back to those photos of the us secretary of state antony blinken - secretary of state antony blinken arriving in turkey for talks with the president of turkey recep tayyip erdogan. we have lost those images so we will bring you more of that when we have. daniel hagari, the israeli spokesman, also referred to the cross—border violence with hezbollah in lebanon. lebanese state media say three children and their grandmother were killed in an israeli strike on a car in southern lebanon. the report said their car was hit on a road in the bintjbeil district, and that the children were aged ten, 12, and 14. this is what mr hagari had to say in the north of israel there are several incidents today. the idf attacked terror facilities of hezbollah and there was an anti—tank missile that killed an israeli citizen and there are some israeli strikes by the idf on terrorists and infrastructure, vehicles driving terrorists and there were also aerial means that are intercepted. by a remotely piloted aircraft that hezbollah tried to drive into israel was intercepted in lebanese territory. they reached the beach at the southern part of the city 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. but still they are not out of the firing line. 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 that were destroyed overnight. this is al—maghazi refugee camp. it's in the safe area where israel advised 1.2 million people in gaza city and the north to flee south. they said it's safer. but this destruction is in the safe area where about 50 bodies have already been recovered from this air strike, and many, many others are missing. this is the biggest air strike in this very crowded refugee camp in the middle of the gaza strip. the people are fleeing south because the fighting has intensified around gaza city and the north where israel has started its 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. we also heard earlier how he believes this is the most intense night of the conflict so far. well, it's been four weeks now since hamas fighters crossed into israel killing more than 14 hundred people and taking more than 240 others hostage. in many cases multiple members of the same family were taken. among those taken from kibbutz nir oz in southern israel were david and saron cunio and their 3—year—old twins emma and yuli. daniele alony mevneh — sharon's sister — was also abducted with her 5—year—old daughter amelia. after hiding in the shelter for hours, hamas burned down their house — and once smoke started to seep through the shelter door, they texted their family what they believed were their last words. according to videos and testimonials released by hamas, they were confirmed to be taken hostage in gaza. i spoke to moran alony who is the brother of sharon and daniele and uncle to the three young girls. first of all, i think that... seeing her gave me something that i didn't knew a couple of days before that she's alive and we don't know anything about anyone from there. as you mentioned in the previous discussion that you had there. so it gave me gave hope. it wasn't easy seeing her. i can see the cuff mark on her hand. you can see a red mark on her shoulder. you can see that she's very thin and you can see that she's in distress. but she's alive. and i think the words that came out from her mouth was was obviously something that hamas told her to say. but i think that the anger was real. yeah. well, to your point, the bbc, just to say, isn't showing that video because it could have been filmed under duress. and just to be clear, you haven't had contact with any of your relatives since that video? no, nothing. not before. not after. that's true. and what is it you want the world to understand right now about the hostage situation and the experience for the relatives right now? i think that the world has a tendency to to apart itself a tendency to apart itself from what's going on in these scenarios. and ijust want people to understand that there are kids and family members where usually we used to talk every day with one another and then it's already one month after. and it's not one month that we are that we can talk to them every day or even know what their status and if they're alive. so i know my sister daniele is alive. i have five more family members there. and so i think that the world needs to understand that this is, first of all, understand how they would feel in this and this kind of scenario and also try to understand that these are not freedom fighters. these are terrorists. they took kids and babies and women, civilians, all civilians. and they were not fighting an army. they were fighting unarmed civilians. joining me now is yael friedson, legal and jerusalem affairs correspondent at the israeli newspaper haaretz. we heard several members of his family have been taken and he said there should be no negotiations, there should be no negotiations, there should be no negotiations, there should not be a ceasefire —— there should not be a ceasefire —— there should not be a ceasefire —— there should be no negotiations, there should be no negotiations, there should be a ceasefire. what are your thinking of what other family say? in are your thinking of what other family say?— are your thinking of what other famil sa ? , ., ., ., ., , family say? in terms of negotiations with hamas — family say? in terms of negotiations with hamas via _ family say? in terms of negotiations with hamas via qatar _ family say? in terms of negotiations with hamas via qatar and _ family say? in terms of negotiations with hamas via qatar and egypt, - with hamas via qatar and egypt, the restore help their internals without seeing daylight for nearly 30 days and therefore it seems like the only option is to use the army and unfortunately also bomb gaza, several targets were how mass —— where hamas is hiding. i5 several targets were how mass -- where hamas is hiding.— where hamas is hiding. is the concern with _ where hamas is hiding. is the concern with hostage - where hamas is hiding. is the concern with hostage families where hamas is hiding. is the - concern with hostage families about the safety of their loved ones amidst this offensive? there have been hostage families who have been pushing for prime minister benjamin netanyahu to prioritise the safety of their relatives.— of their relatives. right, many families are _ of their relatives. right, many families are concerned. - of their relatives. right, many families are concerned. whatl of their relatives. right, manyl families are concerned. what is of their relatives. right, many - families are concerned. what is in the top priority of the government and the army? is it that first of all israel was humiliated and the army known for being so strong, it was a terrible day for us, so they are concerned that there is also other motives that for the military to show they are strong again and they can be strong against hamas and what some of the family say is that they want first of all to set free they want first of all to set free the hostages and later any revenge or in order to show hamas they cannot act this way again or any other terror organisation could wait for later. quickly before we let you go, wartime leaders normally get a lot of support and there was humiliation for the military. as prime minister benjamin netanyahu enjoying that same level support? he benjamin netanyahu en'oying that same level support?_ same level support? he was not en'o in: same level support? he was not enjoying a _ same level support? he was not enjoying a lot — same level support? he was not enjoying a lot of— same level support? he was not enjoying a lot of support - same level support? he was not enjoying a lot of support also i enjoying a lot of support also before everything had begun but i think it is clear for most israelis that first of all there is one mission and that is returning back the hostages to their homes. that is the top mission above all and therefore they would support benjamin netanyahu.- therefore they would support benjamin netanyahu. thank you for our time. now i want to bring you some breaking news. a council leader and nine other councils here in the united kingdom have resigned from the labour party of the leadership's position on gaza which has been a point of contention. he had previously called for sir keough starmer to resign over his position but has instead quit the party tonight along with a number of colleagues. —— for sir kier starmer. the word said that the stance on palestine does not align with the values they hold dear and that he has resigned with immediate effect feeling his position was untenable given the current position. more on that as we have it but time for a look at the sport. hello from the bbc sport centre. luis diaz dedicated his liverpool equaliser today to his father who has been kidknapped in his native colombia. they drew i—all at luton with diaz's goal coming in injury time. liverpool went behind in the 80th minute and diaz came off the bench and scored in the 95th he then revealed a message under his shirt which read "freedom for dad". he later realeased a statement saying, "i beg that they free him immediately, respecting his integrity and ending this painful wait. in the name of love and compassion we ask they reconsider their actions and allow us to have him back." a wonderful highlight if you want in a game with not a lot of highlights for oars. that lucho came on and scored as one of those stories that is really great. besides that, we should have done better. credit to luton, they defended well but we had our moments. meanwhile nottingham forest stopped aston villa from going third by beating them 2—nil at the city ground. ola aina and orel mangala with the goals. forest have a good record at home but that was their first win in seven premier league games and they move up to 12th we are not an established team yet. that is the exciting bit about where we're at as a club, it is only our second season in the premier league and you want to get in a certain way where you belong here, and we're still trying to build that. we are trying to get there and there is a lot of hard work, but to do that starts with attitude and commitment and believing in each other, and we have that. we need to make sure the plan is a good one and if it is over the course of time you will get better. can anyone beat india at the cricket world cup, there was another statement win from the hosts today, they thrashed south africa, the team closest to them in the table as virat kohli, on his 35th birthday, equalled the record for most one day international centuries. kohli hit his 49th odi ton, matching the great sachin tendulkar. finishing unbeaten on 101 in their score of 326 for 5 off 50 overs. his individual score would have been enough by itself to win the match. south africa's chase started poorly. the tournament's top scorer quinton de kock departing forjust five, and wickets continued to tumble in kolkata after that. ravindra jadeja took five of them just days after bowling sri lanka out for 55. they knocked south africa over for 83. both teams have qualified for the semi finals, but india maintain their 100 percent record. 8 out of 8, and they are guaranteed to finish top of the table. novak djokovic has won the paris masters for a seventh time, beating grigor dimitrov in in straight sets. the world number one has now won 18 matches in a row since losing the wimbledon final injuly. it was his sixth title of the season, that draws him level with carlos alcaraz, adding to his masters victory in cincinnati. the serbian has been struggling with a stomach virus that's left him feeling under the weather in paris all week. he was taken to three sets in each of his three earlier rounds but didn't face a single break point against dimitrov. max verstappen has won his 17th race of the season, that was the most predictable part of an incident filled sao paulo grand prix. the first of sixth retirements came before the start, as ferrari's charles leclerc crashed on the formation lap. at lights out, william's alex albon and haas�* kevin magnussen collided and the race was red flagged. it was half an hour before they could restart but verstappen pulled away from mclaren's lando norris and the two of them remained untroubled for the rest of the race. behind them fernando alonso overtook verstappen's red bull team mate sergio perez on the final lap to claim third for aston martin and that's all the sport for now. a lot more on the bbc sport website. here in the uk, deputy prime minister, oliver dowden, has denied the conservative party covered up rape allegations against an mp. a report in the mail on sunday says a former party chairman, sirjake berry, raised concerns with the police, because he felt the claims hadn't been properly dealt with. mr dowden told the "sunday with laura kuenssberg programme" that all allegations were taken exceptionally seriously. our political correspondent nick eardley explained what could happen next. sirjake berry was chairman of conservative party for a few weeks when liz truss was prime minister and it was at the end of her tenure when he left office that he wrote this letter to the police basically saying he did not think his party had done enough to deal with these allegations. now there are some really serious claims in this letter that has been reproduced by the mail on sunday saying that there may have been five victims of this person, some of the allegations include multiple rapes and there is the claim you just referenced that the matter has been going on for more than two years and the failure of others to act that allowed this person to keep offending. sirjake berry does not name anyone or name the mp involved, does not name the people he is saying did not deal with this properly or perhaps i should say the mail on sunday does not contain any names because we've not seen the original letter but oliver dowden, now deputy prime minister, used to be chairman of the conservative party and he was for some of the time in question and when he was asked about this this morning, he said we take all of these claims extremely seriously and he denied any suggestion that there had been a cover—up on his watch as tory party chairman but not for the first time, i think what this will do is raise even more questions about the processes about westminster and that big question of whether the culture at westminster deals with allegations quickly enough, whether the political parties, including the conservatives, have robust enough policies to deal with allegations. something different for you now... a stranded sheep — rescued from a remote shore in the scottish highlands yesterday — is expected to soon be heading to its new home — a petting farm. the ewe has been trapped at the foot of some cliffs for years — until 5 farmers came to her rescue. our scotland correspondent alexandra mackenzie has the yarn. the dramatic coastline of the cromarty firth, where the so—called loneliest sheep, renamed fio