fighting in the city. there's also fighting in the north. these are the latest pictures from the israel defense forces, showing gun battles in the jabalia refugee camp, which remains surrounded by israeli tanks. people there say they've been without food and clean water for several days. earlier, the hamas—run health ministry in gaza reported the death toll since the conflict began now stands at 17,700. from jerusalem, our middle east correspondent, lucy williamson, reports. buried by the war, but still alive, dug from the rubble of their homes in deir al—balah after an israeli strike this morning. more than 20 members of the salman family and their neighbours. their faces, like their lives, made unrecognisable. six others were killed, they say. the frantic race to hospitals is gaza's new daily routine. health care in the north has collapsed. here, further south, doctors say the situation is catastrophic. there aren't the resources to treat all the wounded, much less to comfort them. this boy praying quietly to himself. the girl beside him calling for her mother. gunfire in the north of gaza israeli forces say they're targeting palestinian fighters in jabalia camp. one of those inside a un shelter there told the bbc they were encircled and had now been without food or water for five days. the army says it was targeted by fighters from a un school and a mosque yesterday. today a group of men and boys taken by israeli forces five days ago were released claiming they were tortured. among them, this man, held separately from his dad. translation:— separately from his dad. translation: , ., , , , translation: they made us sleep naked and kept— translation: they made us sleep naked and kept hitting _ translation: they made us sleep naked and kept hitting us _ translation: they made us sleep naked and kept hitting us with - translation: they made us sleep naked and kept hitting us with their guns. they hit me when i asked where my father was. they hit us with wires. ~ �* . r' my father was. they hit us with wires. ~ �* . w , ., my father was. they hit us with wires. ~ �* . , . . , wires. we've asked the israeli army for a response- _ wires. we've asked the israeli army for a response. israel's _ wires. we've asked the israeli army for a response. israel's ground - for a response. israel's ground campaign is now focused on khan younis. gaza's southern capital. fighting, it says, house to house and tunnel to tunnel. israel's aim of destroying hamas infrastructure here is also destroying lives. the city's nasser hospital reported more than 60 dead this morning, around 100 injured. others are said to still be trapped under the rubble of an attack four days ago. translation: we beg the world. what you waiting for? are you waiting for us to die here in gaza? don't worry. we are going to die here. today, we buried six relatives. tomorrow, and in the days to come, we fear we will all face the same fate. allahu akbar. funerals here have shifted from the mosque to the morgue. faith in hospitals and their power to protect still something to cling to even when the chance to save a life has gone. lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, is injerusalem and sent this report. the stated end game is the defeat of hamas and making sure hamas never rules the gaza strip again. it is clear from what we are seeing both in the north and in the south that there are still intense battles going on. hamas and other palestinian factions continue to put up palestinian factions continue to put up stiff resistance in certain areas, inflicting some casualties on israeli forces. each day brings news of more israeli soldiers killed. i don't think the end result of this is in any doubt. israel has overwhelming force on its side and it will prevail but the question is how long that takes and how much suffering will be inflicted on the civilian population in the meantime. what the israelis are trying to do at the moment is give the impression they are gradually breaking up hamas as a fighting force. we have seen images released not actually officially but by israeli soldiers and they have leaked onto social media accounts showing what appear to be hamas fighters or at least fighting age men again dressed in underpants giving themselves up. we saw one video of a man coming forward following instructions being delivered over a megaphone carrying an automatic weapon, putting it on the ground, and retreating. those images are starting to flood social media. whether that is the strategy of the israeli military or something soldiers are doing off their own volition we don't know but clearly the impression intended here is one of showing hamas showed a being defeated. —— of showing hamas being defeated. alexandra murdoch, is a spokeswoman for unicef injordan, and she told me more about the worsening humanitarian situation in gaza. by all the measures that you can think of, the situation for people in gaza is beyond crisis point. food is running out, as you have reported. there is a severe lack of safe water, safe drinking water and this a particularly lethal threat to children. people are sleeping outside and concrete floors. 80% of the population are displaced, almost a million of them are children. they are being pushed further and further south into areas that are overcrowded without any of the basics they need to survive. what are the options at the moment? i'm assuming there aren't many, for example, medicalfacilities, that are operating, and israel is now ordering evacuations to the west of the strip to this evacuation zone. yes. the options are extremely limited. as i said before, 80% of the population have been displaced. a small strip that civilians are being told to go to for safety represents about 4% of the entire strip, so it's impossible to have that many people going there and there is nothing there for them either. it is just a really catastrophic situation, and humanitarian aid at the moment is the only lifeline for people and we are simply able not to get the access that we need to get through for the past four orfive, six days, aid agencies have only been able to access the rafah crossing and even then it is limited. if we can't get through soon, so many people are going to really, really struggle because there isn't enough water, there isn't enough food. there isn't any shelter. i'm sure you are aware of the unrwa letter warning of a full—blown collapse and an inability for it to fulfil its mandate. what would that mean for you to be able to, or unicef or any other agencies to be able to do the job? how long have these children that have been described from suffering from wasting have? well, we are already unable to do ourjob to be aid agencies are not getting the access they need. the conditions are not there. the conditions are not being met for aid agencies to be able to deliver what they need to. it is really difficult to deliver aid supply when there is a likelihood you will be attacked. the delivery might be diverted or stopped. it's already impossible. the impact on children will be really severe. if malnutrition starts to take hold, then children's immune systems will be down. if you couple this with the lack of safe water, you will have a situation where children are forced to drink dirty water, they will be getting diarrhoea, other diseases, their immune system will be down. eventually it is going to lead to death in more children, so if they are not dying from the bombs and the bullets, eventually they will be dying through lack of food and deadly diseases. there was also a risk of epidemic illness. what needs to be done? this is kind of the message i'm trying to eke out of you. what needs to be done is a cease—fire, and i know we have been sounding the alarm on this for a long time, but this is the only way that we can deliver safe and sustainable access to people inside gaza. and the only way that we can stop children and civilians from being killed. just one more question, if i could. the breakdown of law and order. any reports of that that have come your way? i have seen the reports of this. i can't verify them specifically, but i mean, i think, to me, it makes sense. if you've got a situation where you are living in a place and you cannot give your child a drop of water or you have an elderly relative and you cannot get food for them, you will be desperate. you will do whatever you can to try and survive, and that is what is happening at the moment. people are just trying to survive. thank you very much for your time. thank you. two men and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of murder after the body of a newborn baby was found in ipswich. police were called to norwich road earlier on saturday, with paramedics in attendance, but the baby was declared dead at the scene. the death is being treated as unexplained. ukraine's first lady has warned that ukrainians will be left to die if the west doesn't continue its support for the country. speaking exclusively to the bbc, after the us senate blocked an aid bill for ukraine worth more than $60 billion, olena zelenska insisted a lack of help would pose a mortal danger. laura kuenssberg reports. explosion. war in winter, ukrainian forces on the front line in eastern ukraine. weapons, tanks paid for in part by billions of pounds, dollars and euros from western taxpayers like you and me. but as the war edges to two years old political arguments in washington have put payments on ice. in kyiv the zielinski ho, the first lady told me her fears if the money runs out. translation: we do need aid desperately. in simple terms. we cannot get tired of the situation because otherwise we will die. and if the world gets tired they will simply let us die. the us remains the largest military donor to ukraine providing more than $46 billion in weapons and assistance since the war began. germany and the uk come next in the top ten donor countries. billions have been given. yet us support has been on the decline in recent months. new assistance for ukraine has been blocked by republicans in the senate. yet the threat hasn't gone even though more money isn't there. speaking to me just hours after the latest strikes, olena zelensky urged the world not to forget. translation: | think i today there is a problem with the world in general. we are used to the world appearing calm. in fact, and that's what we have been saying for the past two years now, is that the aggression, if not stopped, spreads like a virus. explosion. while there are doubts about america's resolve to keep paying, russia's brute force on the front line shows little sign of fading, leaving ukraine with a sense of foreboding. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, kyiv. peter dickinson, is the editor of the ukrainealert blog at the atlantic council's eurasia centre. earlier, i spoke to him about olena zelenska's warnings. i think olena zelenska's comments reflect the mood in ukraine today. people are increasingly alarmed by the delays over the confirmation or further aid from the united states and in general a decline in military aid, which we have seen across—the—board in recent months. there is a sense in ukraine that the country is in grave danger. they have been fighting for almost two years now and ukrainians viewed this war not only as a war of independence but a war to defend their right to exist as a nation. they are very clear that if they are unable to defend themselves, if they do not receive the military aid they require to defend themselves, putin and his forces will simply wipe ukraine off the map and pick up the pieces, as it were. so, for ukrainians, the stakes could not be higher. and they are well aware that without continued western military aid, it is unlikely that they will be able to sustain a long—term military resistance. and what is at stake for nato in all of this if that happens? well, one would have to assume that if putin were successful in his quest to take over ukraine, to subjugate ukraine, and to bring the country back into the kremlin orbit, to essentially erase ukraine from that map, he would certainly go further. he has created a military dictatorship in russia which is driven by a very clear and clearly, clearly has a spoken of an anti—western agenda, he is forming an alliance with other autocratic powers, china, iran, north korea in particular, he has re—orientated his economy away from europe, away from the west, and put the entire russian society on a war footing. so the idea that he would succeed in taking over ukraine and then simply stop seems rather far—fetched. on the contrary, all the indications are that he would go further and he would look to test nato. at that point, of course, then the question for western leaders will not be providing funding but will be sending soldiers and that would be a far more difficult political issue for them to deal with if it comes to that. the former immigration minister, robertjenrick, has made his first public comments since resigning, and has cast doubt on rishi sunak�*s attempts to revive the policy of sending some asylum seekers to rwanda. he says the proposed legislation won't stop what he calls the endless merry go round of legal challenges. mps will vote on the issue on tuesday. with more on this, our political correspondent helen catt is in the newsroom. this opinion piece he wrote in the daily telegraph, how much of a problem is this likely to cause rishi sunak come tuesday? arguably robertjenrick— rishi sunak come tuesday? arguably robert jenrick has _ rishi sunak come tuesday? arguably robert jenrick has posed _ rishi sunak come tuesday? arguably robert jenrick has posed the - rishi sunak come tuesday? arguably robert jenrick has posed the biggest | robertjenrick has posed the biggest problem to rishi sunak at the point when he resigned. he is a long—term friend of rishi sunak. when he resigned over this piece of legislation and made it very clear very publicly he just does not think it will work to get the rowenta scheme off the ground. it is the timing of the writing of the peace. he is making sure the views are fresh in the eyes of his conservative colleagues over a crucial weekend in which they are deciding whether or not to back it. —— rwanda scheme. he's sure his views are in his colleagues' mines. we will hear more from him in person tomorrow. broadly speaking his main concern about this legislation is that he thinks because it allows for individuals to bring legal challenges based on their personal circumstances that that will allow people to come as he put it, concoct reasons to delay their removal and that will undermine the policy as a deterrent. he also in this article questions the government's commitment to it, really. he says he thinks it looks like the government's overall aim of doing what it takes has been reduced to delivering some symbolic half deliverance.— delivering some symbolic half deliverance. . , ~ deliverance. later this week, in fact 'ust deliverance. later this week, in fact just one — deliverance. later this week, in factjust one day _ deliverance. later this week, in factjust one day after- deliverance. later this week, in factjust one day after the - deliverance. later this week, in j factjust one day after the vote, deliverance. later this week, in l factjust one day after the vote, it will be the un global refugee forum being held in geneva so the world is also watching what happens in the uk on this subject. also watching what happens in the uk on this subject-— on this sub'ect. absolutely. the vote ou on this subject. absolutely. the vote you mentioned, _ on this subject. absolutely. the vote you mentioned, even - on this subject. absolutely. the vote you mentioned, even if. on this subject. absolutely. the l vote you mentioned, even if rishi sunak wins that it is unlikely to be the end of his troubles because that is what is known as a second reading vote. mps are voting on the principle of whether there should be a law that declares rwanda a safe country. usually mps don't vote at that stage, what they do is allow it to progress and make amendments and thatis to progress and make amendments and that is likely to happen a few months down the road. there is no timescale for that yet. even if rishi sunak gets his vote through there as a whole world of trouble waiting for him on this policy and it is not going to be a smooth ride by the looks of it.— it is not going to be a smooth ride by the looks of it. thanks very much indeed. president macron is at the centre of a row over france's secular ideals, after appearing to take part in a religious ceremony at the elysee palace. footage of the event was posted online on thursday and the president has since faced a wave of criticism. from the newsroom, our reporter, tom brada, has the details. this video has dragged president macron into the eye of a political storm. he's seen standing alongside the chief rabbi of france who is lighting the very first candle on the menorah as part of the jewish festival hanukkah. on the surface, there is nothing controversial going on, but the issue here is the location. the ceremony took place at the official residence of the president, the elysee palace. and for many people, that is completely at odds with the country's commitment to secularism. now, secularism is the idea that there should be a separation between religious institutions and the state, and many people from across the political spectrum are not happy. these are the thoughts of the right wing mayor of cannes who wrote that... as far as i know, this is the first time this has ever happened. it is a breach of secularism. and these were the thoughts of a prominent socialist leader who wrote that... for his part, president macron defended what took place. translation: if the president - of the republic had made a gesture of worship or taken part in a ceremony, this would not be respectful of secularism. that's not what happened. there's even been criticism from some members of the jewish community. this was the head of the representative council of frenchjewish institutions. he said that frenchjews have always considered secularism as a law of protection and of freedom, and that this is something that shouldn't be allowed to happen again. so when did secularism become such an important part of french identity? well, in 1905 it was officially enshrined into law with the separation of the church and state, and all religious symbols were removed from public buildings. the law ensures strict neutrality of all religions, but it frequently creates controversy, particularly recently with tensions over school dress codes and islamic traditions. and this recent incident at the elysee has brought the republic's relationship with religion back into sharp focus. tributes have been paid to the hollywood actor ryan o'neal who has died at the age of 82. in the 1970s, he starred in a string of box office hits, including the romance love story. lizo mzimba looks back at his life. it was a phenomenon. millions watched and wept as two students played by ryan o'neal and ali mcgraw fell in love before discovering one of them was dying. it made stars of them both. put up a big glass wall to keep from getting hurt, but it also keeps you from getting touched. it's a risk, isn't it, jenny? voiceover: this is the continuing story of peyton place. _ the good—looking los angeles—born actor was already a familiar face on tv, with a prominent role on america's first prime—time soap. i talk that way, alison — a little flip. defence mechanism. come on, hop in. in two minutes, i'm calling the police. after the tragedy of love story, he showed off his comedy skills in what's up doc, opposite barbra streisand. you are the last straw that breaks my camel's back. you are the plague, you bring havoc and ch