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 d
gymnasium in the southern city of marawi. local media reports say it happened during a catholic mass. we ll bring you more updates on this story as it comes in. it comes after a powerful magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck the same island earlier in the day, followed by four major aftershocks that sent residents fleeing from coastal areas amid fears of a tsunami. tsunami warnings issued earlier, including as far as japan, have now been cancelled. meanwhile, in paris, one person has been killed and two others injured in a knife and hammer attack. french president emmanuel macron sent his condolences to the family of a victim, a german tourist. the suspect, who was arrested at the scene, is a 26 year old french national. the french interior minister says the man was known to authorities in france for trying to stage another attack in 2016. french anti terror prosecutors say they will be taking over the investigation. fierce fighting has resumed in gaza after the collapse of a tempo
hospital in khan younis. 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. the scenes both inside and ouside the al nasser hospital are traumatic. these pictures are from reuters news agency and were shot today. children are being driven to the hospital, carried inside by family and friends. for many, the journey to hospital was too late. we re also keeping an eye on what s happening further north. this is live looking at the israel gaza border. 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 would be a strategic defeat. and the international criminal court prosecutor, karim khan, has just wrapped up a visit to israel and the west bank. as we
had been killed. she described the scale of suffering as devastating. the us defense secretary, lloyd austin, in his strongest comments yet on israel s need to protect civilians, said that driving the civilian population into the arms of the enemy would replace israel s tactical victory with a strategic defeat. you see in this kind of a fight, the centre of gravity is the civilian population. and if you drive them into the arms of the enemy, you replace a tactical victory with a strategic defeat. so, i have repeatedly made clear to israel s leaders that protecting palestinian civilians in gaza is both a moral responsibility and a strategic imperative. for his part, the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, said the war would continue for as long as hamas was active. translation: we will continue the war until we achieve - all its goals, and it s impossible to achieve those goals without the ground operation. the ground operation was necessary to bring the results until
was known to authorities in france for trying to stage another attack in 2016. french anti terror prosecutors say they will be taking over the investigation. in the past hour, the french president emmanuel macron has issued condolences to the family members of the german man killed in the attack. fierce fighting has resumed in gaza after the collapse of a temporary ceasefire between israel and hamas. israel has ramped up airstrikes on gaza, telling residents to evacuate to other areas, but aid groups say nowhere is safe. prime minister benjamin netanyahu warned the war is far from over. translation: we will. continue the war until we achieve all its goals which is impossible without the ground operation. it was necessary to bring the results until now and it is necessary to bring the results moving forward. israel s been carrying out intense air strikes on khan younis in southern gaza. israel says hamas leaders are in the city, but it s also where hundreds of thousands of pal