a busy day of news today. we start live here injerusalem. and as israel intensifies its military operations in the south of the gaza strip, hamas officials say more than 700 palestinians have been killed in the past 2a hours. that number comes from the hamas media office. hamas is considered a terrorist organisation by the uk and us governments. this is live outside al nasser hospital in khan younis. this is an area that has been under frequent assault. further south in the strip, near rafah, at least seven palestinians were killed in an israeli attack in the early hours of sunday. israel says hamas fighters are hiding in the south. we're also keeping an eye on what's happening further north. this is live at the israel—gaza border. that skyline which since the fighting began, we have seen the renewed plumes of smoke which had been quiet for a week while the fighting stopped. all this as israel has come under renewed pressure from top figures in the biden administration. the defence secretary, lloyd austin, has said israel driving the civilian population into the arms of the enemy, which would be a strategic defeat. our middle east correspondent hugo bachega reports. khan younis in southern gaza. palestinians have been seeking safety here. now, a target for israel's attacks. explosion hamas leaders are thought to be hiding in khan younis and people have been told to evacuate further south. the bombing of the city was the heaviest in the war so far, residents say. translation: the israelis told us | that khan younis was a safe zone, | which led us to flee here. now, even khan younis has become a war zone. where are we supposed to go? our children are stranded on the streets. this was the scene when aid arrived in khan younis. 100 lorries with humanitarian supplies entered gaza from egypt yesterday. aid agencies say it's still not enough. chanting in israel, the agonising wait continues for the families of the hostages who remain in gaza. around 140 people are still captive. hamas says no—one will be freed until there's a permanent ceasefire. in tel aviv last night, thousands gathered to call for the release of the hostages. yelena trupanov, who's 50, was freed with her motherjust two days ago. her husband vitaly was killed by hamas. theirson, sasha, remains in captivity. translation: i'm happy and excited to stand here in front of you. - i came to say thank you because without you i wouldn't be here. and now we have to go back and get my sasha. the rally was interrupted by blaring sirens warning of the risk of incoming rockets. prime minister netanyahu spoke for the first time since the end of the ceasefire. he insisted military pressure was the only way to free the captives. translation: we will continue the war until we achieve - all its goals, and it's impossible to achieve those goals without the ground operation. from israel's main ally, the united states, a clear message — it cannot repeat in the south what it did in the north. i have repeatedly made clear to israel's leaders that protecting palestinian civilians in gaza is both a moral responsibility and a strategic imperative. talks between israel and hamas have collapsed. the families of the hostages hope for them to come home. in gaza, people hope the guns will once again fall silent. hugo bachega, bbc news. lets talk more about the humanitarian situation inside gaza right now. james elder is the spokesperson for unicef and he is currently in khan younis. i spoke to him just a few minutes ago. the bombardments have been relentless, bombs consistently, pretty much everywhere, because i have moved around. i am at the rafah crossing now, buti have moved around. i am at the rafah crossing now, but i was at the hospital in khan younis, which is a war zone. hospital in khan younis, which is a warzone. multiple hospital in khan younis, which is a war zone. multiple children going in with head injuries, terrible burns, shrapnel from blasts that have occurred in the last half—an—hour. people coming in who had clearly been killed, ambulances, a degree of panic i have not seen stop it is a hospital i have gone to regularly and the children and families know me now, those same people are grabbing my hands, my shirt and saying, please, take us somewhere safe, where is safe? they are, unfortunately, asking questions for which the only answer is there is nowhere safe, including the hospital. nowhere safe, including the hosital. , . , . nowhere safe, including the hosital. �* . , . . ~' nowhere safe, including the hos-ital., , . . ~' . hospital. james, we have talked a lot about the _ hospital. james, we have talked a lot about the physical— hospital. james, we have talked a lot about the physical things - hospital. james, we have talked a i lot about the physical things people need, the medical supplies, the difficulty of getting that in, but what about the mental health support those children need? is that something they are able to get right now? ~ , ,., , ., , something they are able to get right now? absolutely not. this is not a lace now? absolutely not. this is not a place where _ now? absolutely not. this is not a place where children _ now? absolutely not. this is not a place where children can - now? absolutely not. this is not a place where children can recover. | now? absolutely not. this is not a | place where children can recover. it is not even a place for children. the nice thing is, in those mental respite, we talked to the boy who learned electrical engineering and land english from the internet, a fourth—year medical student, he said, i want to help people, not very them. those people are all traumatised right now. i saw at this hospital palpable sense in children, as they hear bombs over time, they know there is another 500 crammed into the hospital, the little girl who followed me around, i realised she had two empty bottles of water and she was just giving them to me saying, please fill these up. any joy, saying, please fill these up. any joy, any childish nature that was there couple of days ago is absolutely gone.— there couple of days ago is absolutely gone. there couple of days ago is absolutel one. ~ . ~ ., absolutely gone. when you talk about hositals, absolutely gone. when you talk about hesnitals. under _ absolutely gone. when you talk about hospitals, under this _ absolutely gone. when you talk about hospitals, under this deal— absolutely gone. when you talk about hospitals, under this deal when - absolutely gone. when you talk about hospitals, under this deal when it - hospitals, under this deal when it was still going, there was a small amount of fuel coming in to help things like hospitals continue doing their life—saving work. it seems that has now ended. using any evidence of fuel coming into keep things like generators going for medical equipment?— things like generators going for medical equipment? there was a bad da , --eole medical equipment? there was a bad day. peeple are _ medical equipment? there was a bad day, people are still _ medical equipment? there was a bad day, people are still struggling - medical equipment? there was a bad day, people are still struggling to - day, people are still struggling to get fuel in. medicines, medicines... waterand get fuel in. medicines, medicines... water and food, these are things that the humanitarian agencies here are trying to get. it's not a meaningful amount. are trying to get. it's not a meaningfulamount. it was are trying to get. it's not a meaningful amount. it was restricted for such a long time, denied to peoples across this area, so now you have a moment where the dangers rained down from the skies, i am here as you and i speak, and people are being pushed like pawns in someone's chessboard into places with no water, no sanitation, no food, no safety. the idea of safe zones is a dangerous narrative. they are potential def stones. we know the aid is simply not enough to perilous these... not nearly enough aid is reaching these people. it appears those talks to try and resurrect that ceasefire had fully broken down for now. have unicef, the un, have they got advocates around the table? are you in a position as an organisation to try and get those people who make these decisions sitting down and trying to re—establish a ceasefire and higher levels of humanitarian aid coming into gaza again? it is levels of humanitarian aid coming into gaza again?— into gaza again? it is a great oint, into gaza again? it is a great point. they _ into gaza again? it is a great point, they have _ into gaza again? it is a great point, they have certainly i into gaza again? it is a great - point, they have certainly broken down, but what i saw out there this morning, what i fled through, what i didn't sleep through last night, what i see at the hospital this morning, everything has broken down, the war on children has resumed and with the ferocity, at least here in southern gaza, that has not been seen during this war, and now the narrative is so dangerous. the idea that we... what happened in an awful lot be allowed to happen in the south, well, i can bear witness to that it south, well, i can bear witness to thatitis south, well, i can bear witness to that it is happening. i know at the highest levels, the secretary general and so forth, they are having these discussions about getting more aid, but that can only happen in a meaningful way with a ceasefire stop at while we talk about, we know people start to die from disease, we can lose just as many children through disease as had been blown up. but whilst we can make that play, there is a big play at plano, you need aid. you need peace so the terror and the children and the bombardments and shrapnel stops and it is not stopping, it is getting more intense by the hour. this is a spokesperson for the israeli government.— this is a spokesperson for the israeli government. survivor, this 84-year-old. _ israeli government. survivor, this 84-year-old. has _ israeli government. survivor, this 84-year-old, has described - israeli government. survivor, this. 84-year-old, has described hamas israeli government. survivor, this - 84-year-old, has described hamas 's 84—year—old, has described hamas �*s treatment of those paltry few provisions as starvation. an 84 year woman, salvation. women and men, young and old, civilians and soldiers, it is only unrelenting military pressure combined with intense diplomatic efforts that has secured the release of those 110, there will be no left behind. we will continue fighting to bring back the remaining 137, none of us are free until all of them are free. an operational update now that hamas has decided to resume hostilities. following hamas �*s gettable decision to terminate the hostage release pause and resume hostilities, the idf has resumed targeting terror targets, striking more than 400 over the weekend including extensive aerial attacks in the khan younis area, limiting terrorists and their infrastructure. since the start of the war, the idf is located on trinder at —— 800 tunnel chat and destroyed 500 of them. our soldiers are finding large quantities of weapons in those shafts, connected to hamas's military assets connected via an underground tunnel network. many of them were found inside a nearby civilian structures, including schools, mosques, playgrounds and the idf has already released footage of one of those tunnels located on the grounds of a school, a clear crime against humanity and cynical exploitation of civilian infrastructure. over the weekend, the israeli navy has been targeting hamas naval military assets. yesterday, the idf announced it has eliminated hamas's military commander, responsible forthe commander, responsible for the killing commander, responsible forthe killing of six idf personnel in 2014. he had direct responsibility for the atrocities on october seven, and was one of the into thousand two attack, can five israeli civilians in the anti—tank missile terror attack on a bus in 2011, killing an israeli child, taking out the terrorist there, a reminder of the enjoying threat hamas has posted a people of israel, not only on an since october the 7th, but on the dash in the 16 —— but in the 16 years prior to it. several idf soldiers sustained light injuries as a result of shrapnel and vehicle damage, and in addition, several launches of the area were identified, some of which fell inside lebanese territory. the artillery has been strikingly sources of the fire. that is the end of the update. sources of the fire. that is the end of the update-— sources of the fire. that is the end of the update. that is you on leavy, a spokesperson _ of the update. that is you on leavy, a spokesperson for _ of the update. that is you on leavy, a spokesperson for the _ of the update. that is you on leavy, a spokesperson for the israeli - a spokesperson for the israeli government. giving a situational update on the military operation there in gaza. nomi bar—yaacov is associate fellow of the international security programme at chatham house, and joins me now. we heard at the start of a press conference there, he was talking about some of the hostages who have been hostages, but many remain. we have heard from the hostages families forum that they are once again trying to organise meetings with the israeli security cabinet and they are struggling to arrange that meeting. they want a resumption of this deal. do you think this can happen or had talks broken down for the moment? than happen or had talks broken down for the moment?— happen or had talks broken down for the moment? an excellent question. the families — the moment? an excellent question. the families of— the moment? an excellent question. the families of the _ the moment? an excellent question. the families of the remaining - the families of the remaining hostages have asked for a meeting with the prime minister. he said yesterday in a press conference, in an address to the nation that he will meet with them at sometime during the week, which is clearly unacceptable because they are asking for a meeting yesterday, it is urgent. whether talks or not will resume or whether a ceasefire agreement or pause is likely in the coming days, it is either going to happen before a massive ground incursion or not, and i think the chances are very, very slim. unfortunately, on friday, the ceasefire broke down. israel did not accept the offer from hamas of receiving seven women. they insisted on ten. at this stage of negotiations, it is very important to show some flexibility. with the resumption of fighting in southern gaza, we are risking huge numbers of casualties. no area is safe, the safe zones could very well turn into death zones. we have already seen 700 deaths and the numbers will only rise. it is very urgent to try to reach an agreement, but chances are slim. , ., ., ., , slim. the israeli government has made two different _ slim. the israeli government has made two different promises. i slim. the israeli government has made two different promises. toj slim. the israeli government has - made two different promises. to get all of the hostages back, and to remove hamas completely from gaza, which requires a military response. the two things at the moment could beat incompatible, couldn't stay? yes, they are wholly incompatible, though the israeli army continues to claim that the fighting is going to secure the release of the hostages. i beg to differ. i think that... the qataris and egyptians and americans continue to work on trying to secure ideal, but as long as israel is fighting, that will be virtually impossible. fighting, that will be virtually impossible-— fighting, that will be virtually imossible. ~ . ., ., ., impossible. what about what we have heard from the _ impossible. what about what we have heard from the us? _ impossible. what about what we have heard from the us? israel's _ impossible. what about what we have heard from the us? israel's biggest i heard from the us? israel's biggest ally over the last couple of days, and lloyd austin, defence secretary, saying what israel is doing it risks pushing civilians into the hands of the enemy. the us language is starting to change, isn't it? austr is very clear _ starting to change, isn't it? austr is very clear and _ starting to change, isn't it? austr is very clear and the _ starting to change, isn't it? austr is very clear and the us _ starting to change, isn't it? austr is very clear and the us has - is very clear and the us has probably given the israelis a precise timeline. they said the war cannot go on forever. i would assume it would not go for more than two weeks from the day of friday, the day fighting resumed. i think that is a fair assumption given where the us is asked. i think everyday is very dangerous. 700 deaths is already an incredibly high toll. lloyd austin made it very clear that he thinks with every bombardment and every single life that is lost in gaza, you are basically breeding more violence. violence breeds violence and the civilians have seen for the last 58 days more and more babies and women, predominantly women and babies, ending up in mornings or —— in a morgue is very dirty hospitalfloor. haifa mornings or -- in a morgue is very dirty hospital floor.— dirty hospital floor. how likely is israel to actually _ dirty hospital floor. how likely is israel to actually follow - dirty hospital floor. how likely is israel to actually follow the - israel to actually follow the direction that is being given by the us in terms of the timeline? do you think israel buell —— do you think israel will be responsible and respond to that? i israel will be responsible and respond to that?— israel will be responsible and respond to that? i think they will have no choice _ respond to that? i think they will have no choice in _ respond to that? i think they will have no choice in the _ respond to that? i think they will have no choice in the matter. - respond to that? i think they will i have no choice in the matter. israel is wholly dependent on the us for aid and it cannot continue the fight in gaza without us military aid. i think they will do it reluctantly, they may not acknowledge it publicly, they will probably say they have reached this conclusion themselves, but i think if the us put its foot down, israel has no choice. ., ~' , ., put its foot down, israel has no choice. ., ~ , ., ., put its foot down, israel has no choice. ., ~ ., ., , choice. thank you for “oining us here on bach choice. thank you for “oining us here on bbc news. _ choice. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. continuing l here on bbc news. continuing coverage through the day of the israel— gaza war, but for now, back to london with the rest today �*s is. —— today's news. to france now where one person has been killed and two others, including a british man, have been injured in a knife and hammer attack in central paris. the french interior minister gerard darmanin said the attacker targeted tourists around quai de grenelle — which is close to the eiffel tower. police say the suspect stabbed and killed a german national. officers then chased him. they say he attacked two other people with a hammer, before being stopped with a taser and arrested. the suspect is a 26—year—old french national. officials say the man was known to authorities in france, for trying to stage an attack in 2016. french anti—terror prosecutors say they will be taking over the investigation. for more on this story here's our correspondent, hugh schofield. it seems quite clear that there is a link with what's happening in gaza, that it's spill—over. this man is a man, french national of iranian parents, born in neuilly—sur—seine, which is a very rich part of paris and lives with his parents now in the suburbs, so it doesn't look l