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, several homes flattened, shocked people rushing to help the casualties who are at the scene. and there has been speculation in isreali media that a senior hamas commander was being targeted, but statements only talk about hamas structures being targeted. the israeli military has also put out a statement saying that there was not a direct attack on an international committee of the red cross, a facility in rafah, a 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 you for having me. i started reporting the story several months ago and basically, ispoke 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 who 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 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. whichever way you look at it, these are large sums of money. i would imagine that is unaffordable for many people there in gaza, so how are people going about getting that money together? some people have saved up 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 people no longer have much money even 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 their 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 of families trying to leave altogether, have to raise tens of thousands of dollars in order to leave. just on the point of the crossing, it is near to rafah where we know there have been ground operations ongoing. has that impacted it? on may 6th, israel invaded rafah and took over the rafah 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 that 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 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 the overwhelming majority, if not almost every person in gaza, the only way out is through egypt. as long as that crossing is a shut, 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, i was here, i stood 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 do i say? look, hezbollah. kill hezbollah. 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. 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. looked 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 malkia, right on the border. look what one rocket can do to a house. it just. .. everything ruined. it's c r azy , n 07 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 the 7th of october, and they were the leaders. protests for a ceasefire in gaza that would also calm tensions in the north aren't working on israel's prime minister. mortgaged by his promise to far right government allies to destroy hamas before ending the gaza war. playing for time is his specialty, but this, many say, is 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. 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. officials say the flooding is expected to last throughout the weekend. greek police have arrested thirteen 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". domestic violence experts say a us supreme court ruling preventing abuse suspects from owning guns will �*save thousands of lives�*. this week the court upheld a law that stops people with domestic violence restraining orders from owning a firearm. the case was brought by a texas man who argued that the confiscation of his guns — after a restraining order was imposed on him — violated his second amendment right to bear arms. the ruling is a rare victory for firearms restrictions in the top court. for more on this i spoke to crystaljustice the chief external affairs officer at the national domestic violence hotline thank you for being with us on bbc news. yesterday, the supreme court ruled to uphold a law disarming domestic abusers. what was your reaction to that news? ~ ., news? we were relieved at the decision and _ news? we were relieved at the decision and that _ news? we were relieved at the decision and that the _ news? we were relieved at the decision and that the supreme| decision and that the supreme court overturned the fifth circuit court�*s ruling and upheld this constitutionality of ensuring that firearms is not in the hands of abusive partners when there is a protection order in the situation. with this ruling, the supreme court has saved thousands of lives and protected survivors, so we are relieved and we also affirmed they should have never been up for debate in the first place. i�*m sure the work in your organisation goes on. just sketch out the number of people calling the prevalence of people facing domestic violence, including being threatened with a weapon in their own homes? it�*s threatened with a weapon in their own homes? it's important to know domestic _ their own homes? it's important to know domestic violence - their own homes? it's important to know domestic violence is - their own homes? it's important to know domestic violence is a l to know domestic violence is a public health crisis, it impacts 10 million americans every year, it is a global crisis as well and so we are deeply concerned. we are experiencing a record inbound calls, texts from people experiencing domestic violence every day, nearly 3000 calls a day and we are seeing the rise of domestic violence both in the escalation and severity of abuse and the frequency of abuse. we not only need to see protections like this upheld, we need to see better protections in the united states and a call for the end of domestic violence in the us. that is troubling, the fact you say you are seeing a rise in domestic abuse. do you and your colleagues have any idea why that might be? i colleagues have any idea why that might be?— colleagues have any idea why that might be? i think domestic violence has _ that might be? i think domestic violence has always _ that might be? i think domestic violence has always been - violence has always been prevalent but we see, like the fifth circuit court ruling or attacks on reproductive rights or the rights of survivors and protections being rolled back which creates barriers for survivors to access safety and actually emboldens abusive partners and puts more tools in their tool box to cause harm and control and harass their victims. ., ., , ., and control and harass their victims. ., ., ., victims. from what you are sa in: , victims. from what you are saying. there _ victims. from what you are saying, there appears - victims. from what you are saying, there appears to i victims. from what you are | saying, there appears to be victims. from what you are l saying, there appears to be a link here between key court rulings on what people are experiencing behind closed doors. ~ , �* doors. absolutely. and in the months that _ doors. absolutely. and in the months that followed - doors. absolutely. and in the months that followed the - doors. absolutely. and in the| months that followed the fifth circuit court ruling, we experienced a 40% increase in those reporting being harassed or the use of firearms in their abusive relationship to control or harm them. that was across the united states. in the three states impacted, it was even more significant. when we saw with the reversal of roe versus wade, we saw almost a doubling of those reporting reproductive coercion, which is abusive partners attempting to control the reproductive futures of their victims. and so yes, these decisions that are being made by courts across the country are having a deep and profound impact on those who are experiencing domestic violence. are experiencing domestic violence-— are experiencing domestic violence. i, ., violence. crystal, you called this at the — violence. crystal, you called this at the beginning - violence. crystal, you called this at the beginning of - violence. crystal, you called this at the beginning of this| this at the beginning of this interview a public health emergency, crisis. what else needs to happen? we emergency, crisis. what else needs to happen?— emergency, crisis. what else needs to happen? we need to do more. needs to happen? we need to do more- we — needs to happen? we need to do more- we are — needs to happen? we need to do more. we are greatly _ more. we are greatly underfunded in the united states. the response to domestic violence is under resourced, the demand for services is overwhelmed. we have seen an overreliance on law enforcement, we need more community solutions. we need to see better laws and protections, we need congress to close the boyfriend loophole. this protects, reverses the decision and taking firearms out of the hands of abusive partners is important. congress can take this further by closing the boyfriend loophole. there is a loophole in the law where we basically are not defining what an intimate partner or boyfriend is and so through this loophole, we see that an intimate partner labelled a boyfriend could access a fire arm because it doesn�*t fit the definition of that in the bill, it would be a very simple change. we have been calling on this for many, many years, the field has been demanding that congress close the boyfriend loophole. we saw it partially closed with the safer communities act but it needs to be fully closed.— be fully closed. lastly, if --eole be fully closed. lastly, if peeple do _ be fully closed. lastly, if people do find _ be fully closed. lastly, if. people do find themselves be fully closed. lastly, if- people do find themselves in this situation, what advice would you give them? what should they do? if would you give them? what should they do?— should they do? if you are impacted _ should they do? if you are impacted by _ should they do? if you are impacted by domestic- should they do? if you are - impacted by domestic violence, you are never alone. the hotline is always here for you, call the hotline 21w. we are here to support you wherever you are on yourjourney to safety. 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 it�*s a colossal logistics operation for the saudi authorities. they�*ve been criticised in the past for the way they�*ve handled the hajj, for 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 temperature took a terrible toll. ather hussain is imam of leicester�*s 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 turned, you would see someone struggling in some way or the other. people completely drowned in sweat. it�*s 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 she was left to walk for miles, taken advantage of by an unscrupulous tour operator. she called home as she was dying. translation: i screamed and couldn't believe it. - she phoned my brother and told him she felt her soul was leaving her body. i wish i was with her. the casualties come from many countries, and there are fears that climate change will, in future, make the hajj even more dangerous. the charity islamic relief has called for urgent steps to inform pilgrims of the risks and to ensure that their safety is paramount. caroline hawley, bbc news. gang violence in haiti has now displaced more than half a million people. that�*s according to a un report released this week, highlighting what it calls "spiralling violence" in the carribean nation. armed gangs control large parts of the capital port—au—prince — but clashes are also on the rise in the country�*s north. the un says many of the displaced are living in areas with limited access to basic services like clean water. the un�*s migration agency says nearly 580 thousand people are now internally displaced across haiti — that�*s a 60 percent increase since march of this year. and finding safety outside haiti's borders is a challenge. the neighboring dominican republic has built a 250—mile border wall, while it�*s government deported at least 175 thousand haitians last year alone. for more i�*ve been speaking with philippe branchat with the un�*s international organization for migration in haiti. welcome to the programme. describe firstly if you will be impact that you are seeing of the violence right now. the violence has been quite traumatic since of february, beginning of march with an increase of synchronised attacks on gangs which gener