foreign affairs chief, josep borrell, called for an "independent investigation" into israeli shelling that damaged the gaza office of the international committee of the red cross on friday. jordan condemned what it called israel's "systematic targeting" of civilians and aid agencies. in tel aviv, tens of thousands of people attended what organisers said was the biggest anti—government protest since the war began. prime minister benjamin netanyahu is under continued public pressure as the families of 116 hostages held by hamas in gaza plead for a ceasefire. our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, has more on saturday's strikes. there have been more deadly strikes on different neighbourhoods of gaza city. in al—sharti camp, large strikes there. you can see these dark plumes of smoke in social media videos, homes flattened, shocked people rushing to help the casualties who were at the scene. and there has been speculation in media but a senior hamas command i was being targeted but statements only talk about her mask structure being targeted. the israeli military is also put out a statement saying there was not a direct attack on international committee of the red cross, a facility in rafah i day ago. that is where at least 22 people were killed according to the red cross when there was shelling on a tent camp for displaced people and the red cross office nearby was also damaged. as the war in gaza continues, many palestinians are trying their utmost to leave. the only way out is via neighbouring egypt, but for the vast majority of palestinians, exiting gaza via that avenue is an arduous and costly endevaour. earlier i spoke to new york times reporter, adam rasgon. he's been covering the challenges people face when trying to flee the enclave. thank you for being with us here. your reporting details the lengths some people are going to to try and get out of gaza. talk to us more about what you have found out. thank ou for about what you have found out. thank you for having — about what you have found out. thank you for having me. _ about what you have found out. thank you for having me. i _ about what you have found out. thank you for having me. i started _ you for having me. i started reporting the story several months ago and basically, i spoke to several palestinians, both inside gaza and outside, who were either trying to help themselves find a way out or help family members or friends leave gaza. it is an incredibly arduous path, some people since the start of the conflict have been able to leave because they are sick or injured, because of connections to foreign governments, organisations and through other pathways but for the vast majority of the population in gaza, the only way out, at least for the past many months, has been through this one company which is an egyptian company. we were told by several people that we spoke to who went through this process of trying to leave through the egyptian company, that most individuals were above the age of 16, they would pay $5,000 in order to get out and for most individuals below the age of 16 they would pay $2500. an individual who is tied to the company that is facilitating this process disputed that, saying that everyone who is an aduu that, saying that everyone who is an adult would pay $2500 and everyone who is a child would not pay at all. but all the people we spoke to for this story, at least a dozen individuals, said they indeed paid 5000 and 2500 depending on their ages. 5000 and 2500 depending on their aces. ~ ~ 5000 and 2500 depending on their aces. ~ . ._ 5000 and 2500 depending on their a.es_. . 5000 and 2500 depending on their aces.~ . ,,~u, ages. whichever way you look at it, these are large _ ages. whichever way you look at it, these are large sums _ ages. whichever way you look at it, these are large sums of _ ages. whichever way you look at it, these are large sums of money. - ages. whichever way you look at it, these are large sums of money. i l these are large sums of money. i would imagine that is unaffordable for many there in gaza, so how are people going about getting that money together?— people going about getting that money together? people going about getting that mone touether? . , money together? some have saved up mone , money together? some have saved up money. you — money together? some have saved up money. you know _ money together? some have saved up money, you know before _ money together? some have saved up money, you know before the - money together? some have saved up money, you know before the war. - money, you know before the war. well—connected individuals are able to bring forward the money they have but for much of gaza which is impoverished and rich people no longer have much money to purchase food or other basic goods, they turned to go fund me which is this crowdfunding platform. many of these people have reached out to networks and contacts abroad in order to get there pages built to market them and promote them and try to raise as much money as they can. but it is an extremely expensive endeavour in order to leave and families that are often 20 and 30 individuals, instead often 20 and 30 individuals, instead of families trying to leave altogether, had to raise tens of thousands of dollars in order to leave. , , ., ,., ., thousands of dollars in order to leave, , ., ,., ., leave. just on the point of the crossing. _ leave. just on the point of the crossing. it — leave. just on the point of the crossing, it is _ leave. just on the point of the crossing, it is near— leave. just on the point of the crossing, it is near to - leave. just on the point of the crossing, it is near to wrapper leave. just on the point of the - crossing, it is near to wrapper app where we know there have been ground operations ongoing —— rafah, has that impacted it? fin operations ongoing -- rafah, has that impacted it?— operations ongoing -- rafah, has that impacted it? on may six, israel invaded rafah _ that impacted it? on may six, israel invaded rafah and _ that impacted it? on may six, israel invaded rafah and took— that impacted it? on may six, israel invaded rafah and took over - that impacted it? on may six, israel invaded rafah and took over the - invaded rafah and took over the crossing overnight and since that happened, the crossing has been shut down. no one has been able to travel through the crossing from gaza into egypt and we recently saw footage from the crossing showed that many of the primary facilities, including its main terminal, had been severely damaged. and it appears that they will need to sort of establish some other facility or bring in some makeshift facilities, or undertake a serious renovation before they will be able to reopen it. are serious renovation before they will be able to reopen it.— serious renovation before they will be able to reopen it. are there any other routes _ be able to reopen it. are there any other routes for _ be able to reopen it. are there any other routes for people _ be able to reopen it. are there any other routes for people to - be able to reopen it. are there any other routes for people to get - be able to reopen it. are there any| other routes for people to get out? israel has allowed an extremely small number of palestinians to either travel through its territory or to go to its territory, so virtually for overwhelming majority if not almost every person in gaza, the only app out is through egypt. as long as that crossing is a shot, most people unfortunately are trapped in gaza, at least individuals who are desiring to flee this war. israel's army carried out a drone attack on a moving vehicle in lebanon's bekaa valley, a0 kilometres north of the israel—lebanon border. israel's military said it targeted ayman al ghatma, who is accused of supplying weapons to hamas. lebanese media carried video footage showing a fire engine trying to douse the flames that engulfed the car. the raid comes as israel and lebanese armed group hezbollah exchange fire across the frontier. the bbc�*s lucy williamson has more on concerns about war spreading to lebanon. war empties neighbourhoods. here on israel's northern border, many say war is also the way to get residents back. were you hurt, did it hit you? yes, istood here. david has refused to leave, even when rockets landed right in front of his house a few weeks ago — shrapnel slicing through the walls, missing him by inches. it's made him even more determined to stay. every day, every night, bomb — problem. and i born here. what i say? look, hezbollah. kill hezbollah. if you live here one night, you go crazy. very, very strong, very problem — bombs, rockets. why? rockets hit kiryat shmona every week. this slipped past israel's defences last friday, hitting a street outside the mayor's office. the us is pushing hard for a diplomatic solution here, but the mayor says full—scale war is the only way out. translation: sitting - here like lambs to slaughter, just waiting for the day they attack us, like we saw in the south, it's unacceptable, and everyone understands the choice is between war now or war later. i don't think there is any country in the world that would accept daily fire against its citizens. israel has been striking back across the border and talking up preparations for a full—scale offensive against hezbollah. hezbollah has vowed that nowhere in israel would be spared. tough talk is part of both sides' strategy of deterrence, but it can also spotlight the path to war. looks like a missile. i don't know. it looks like they shot it to the middle... tom was out when a hezbollah rocket hit his house in kibbutz malkiya, right on the border. look what one rocket can do to a house. it just. .. everything ruined. it's crazy, no? he says israel's leadership has failed. they lost it. they need to quit. all of them. yeah. the biggest failure of our army and our country was on 7th of october, and they were the leaders. there's growing pressure in israel for a ceasefire in gaza. that would likely calm tensions in the north as well. but israel's prime minister is keeping both conflicts going — mortgaged by his promise to far right government allies to destroy hamas before ending the gaza war. playing for time is his specialty, but the longer this conflict goes on, the more it turns into playing with fire. lucy williamson, bbc news, the israel—lebanon border. to the war in ukraine now, where local officials says a russian attack on ukraine's second—largest city of kharkiv has killed at least three people and injured nearly a0 others. meanwhile, ukraine's energy facilities endured a massive overnight attack. it's the eighth time russia has targeted the country's energy infrastructure in the past three months, ukraine's energy minister said. the attacks come as a new report by the advocacy group human rights watch says russian authorities are violating the laws of armed conflict by imposing russian curriculum and propaganda in ukrainian schools in occupied areas. the report alleges that russian officials have retaliated against school workers who refuse to make changes to curriculum — with threats, detention, and even torture. we can speak more about the report with rachel denber. she's the deputy director for the europe and central asia division at human rights watch. welcome to you. rachel, we know that the russian language is included in this curriculum, but also specific history textbooks. just tell us more about that, about ukrainian schoolchildren are being taught in that regard?— taught in that regard? thank you. russian authorities _ taught in that regard? thank you. russian authorities are _ taught in that regard? thank you. russian authorities are imposing l taught in that regard? thank you. i russian authorities are imposing the russian authorities are imposing the russian state curriculum in areas that russia is occupying and that includes the use of textbooks and other materials which include blatant falsification of history, distortions of history about ukraine's history, that deny the existence of ukraine as a state, as a culture, the ukrainian language and includes all kinds of distortions about the currently ongoing war. it denies russia has invaded ukraine, it includes other maps and representations that show areas that russia is occupying as part of russia and other distortions.— part of russia and other distortions. �* ., ., ., distortions. among all of those different areas, _ distortions. among all of those different areas, if— distortions. among all of those different areas, if staff - distortions. among all of those different areas, if staff say - distortions. among all of those | different areas, if staff say they don't want to comply, i understand in europe what you have been speaking to them, and they face retaliation, what are they telling you about what they have had to face? 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' ., , you about what they have had to face? ,, ., , ., , ., you about what they have had to face? ,, g ., , ., , ., face? staff who refuse to cooperate in an wa face? staff who refuse to cooperate in any way with _ face? staff who refuse to cooperate in any way with russian _ face? staff who refuse to cooperate in any way with russian authorities | in any way with russian authorities in any way with russian authorities in occupied areas face detention, harassment, beatings, torture and expulsion. we spoke to a number of education workers who were just outright expelled from these occupied areas after they were detained and severely threatened. we talk to one school principal who tried to prevent the occupation authorities from getting hold of the school data. he was trying to protect the students and the teachers and they tortured him for days with beatings and electric shocks and the like. it is important to oint shocks and the like. it is important to point out— shocks and the like. it is important to point out that _ shocks and the like. it is important to point out that with _ shocks and the like. it is important to point out that with regards - shocks and the like. it is important to point out that with regards to i to point out that with regards to education, there are also international laws on this when it comes to conflict. tell us more about that. comes to conflict. tell us more about that-— comes to conflict. tell us more about that. ., ., , about that. there are two things, first, b about that. there are two things, first. by imposing _ about that. there are two things, first, by imposing the _ about that. there are two things, first, by imposing the russian - about that. there are two things, i first, by imposing the russian state curriculum, russia is violating laws of conflict which says when you occupied another state, they are not allowed to change the laws and that is what russia has done here. they are also denying ukrainian children and their rights under several international conventions, the rights to language, national language, national culture and national values. the russians are also banding ukrainian parents from having their children study the ukrainian state curriculum online, banning them and threatening them that if their children study the ukrainian curriculum online, they will take their children away from them, take them to an orphanage and other threats like that. what them, take them to an orphanage and other threats like that.— other threats like that. what i found interesting _ other threats like that. what i found interesting in _ other threats like that. what i found interesting in your - other threats like that. what i l found interesting in your report other threats like that. what i - found interesting in your report is that it also details children undergoing military training as part of the curriculum. tell us more about that. is that with a view to them being drafted into the russian military? it them being drafted into the russian milita ? , ., ., military? it is with a view to indoctrinate _ military? it is with a view to indoctrinate these - military? it is with a view to indoctrinate these children | military? it is with a view to i indoctrinate these children into having certain feelings about a duty to russia, which is completely in violation of international law. not to mentionjust violation of international law. not to mention just they are, in some classes, they offer training, particularly in the upper classes for boys especially, trading in the use of weapons. —— training. whether they plan to cut script these children or not, eventually russia has been conscripting ukrainian people, ukrainian citizens into the russian military into areas they have been occupying. they have been occupying crimea since 2014 and they have been conscripting many people in crimea to serve in the russian military. in other areas where russia is occupying, they apply all kinds of pressure to get ukrainian citizens to serving the russian military. citizens to serving the russian milita . a, citizens to serving the russian milita . ., ~ citizens to serving the russian milita . ., ,, , ., , military. rachel, thank you very much. let's turn to some important news around the world. swiss police say at least three people are missing after severe flooding in the alpine town of zermatt. a combination of heavy rain and melting snow has led to rivers bursting their banks. trains in the area have been suspended. greek police have arrested 13 people on suspicion of causing a wildfire on the island of hydra. the local fire service blamed it on fireworks launched from a private yacht. local firefighters shared this photo on their facebook page, but it is unclear if this yacht was the one that launched the fireworks. greek authorities are warning the fire danger is high this summer due to strong winds and high temperatures. the reform uk leader, nigel farage, has defended his claim that the west provoked russia into invading ukraine. he said he was not an "apologist or supporter" of president putin. mr farage has been facing cross—party condemnation for comments he made during a bbc interview on friday. the prime minister said he was "completely wrong" and was only playing "into putin's hands". egyptian prime minister, mostafa madbouly, has ordered 16 tourism companies to be stripped of their licences over illegal pilgrimages to mecca. more than 600 egyptians died on such tours this year, amid extreme heat. bbc news correspondent caroline hawley reports on the difficultjourney. it's a sacred duty for muslims to perform the pilgrimage once in their lifetime, if physically and financially able. and that is a colossal logistics operation for the saudi authorities. they have been criticised in the past with the way they have handled the hajj, the deadly stampedes. but, this year, the danger came from blistering heat. there was water on hand, large sprinklers and some air—conditioned areas for the more than 1.8 million pilgrims. but it was more than 50 degrees in the shade, and the scorching temperatures took a terrible toll. ather hussain is the imam of leicester central mosque. he'sjust returned home from saudi arabia, scarred by what he saw. it was undoubtedly a traumatic experience. you would walk and you simply wouldn't know where to look. because everywhere you looked you would see someone struggling in some way. people completely drowned in sweat. it is not just the frail and elderly who were affected. i saw perfectly fit individuals, who were struggling just to make 50 yards. in a village in northern egypt, a family mourns. this 70—year—old woman sold jewellery to pay for the pilgrimage. she had a tourist visa and, like many others, wasn't officially registered for the hajj. her children say that she was left to walk for miles, taken advantage of by an unscrupulous to operator. —— tour operator. she called home, as she was dying