france. chandler in france. iam helena humphries, we began in gaza with international aid agencies are expressing concern about what of an israeli evacuation order wakey hospital, they are warning evacuating the site is impossible as it is treating hundreds of people some of whom are chronically ill. ia,000 gazans are reported to be sheltering at a hospital in the north of gaza in both the world health organization and the international federation of the red cross and red crescent societies are sounding the alarm over the evacuation order, saying hospitals must be protected and there were unconfirmed reports of airstrikes 20 metres from the al quds hospital facility on sunday. these images show smoke billowing from what appears to be a strike nearby, this footage shows a staff and patients struggling to be because of smoke inside the hospitals. joe s damage to windows after what the palestine red crescent describes as a very intense bombardment around hospital with one roc
we are here with the gaza skyline in the background and we have been hearing and seeing an intensifying bombardment from israeli forces since friday evening which has only grown in the last few days. the israel defence forces say that since that intensification started they have managed to attack, they say, more than 600 hamas targets. you can see these pictures now from the israel defence forces showing their troops now firmly inside gaza. they have infantry soldiers on the ground and artillery that has been moved in and artillery that has been moved in and stayed in over the weekend marking a significant step forward for the israeli military campaign, and what the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu called the second stage of what will be a long and difficult war. i can also show you these live pictures now, this is the skyline of gaza as you can see an can hear as i am speaking the sound of israeli artillery fire, we re very close to an israeli artillery point just v
come to bbc news. we will have more of an escalating situation in gaza in just a few minutes. but let s start with that breaking news that hamas has released a video, appearing to show three israeli women being held hostage. the bbc is not showing the video, which has been described as distressing . israel s prime minister, benjamin netanyahu described the video as cruel psychological propaganda , and said his government was doing it all it could to bring hostages home. worth reminding people before we go to lyse doucet injerusalem that the uk us and many other western governments have proscribed hamas as a terrorist organisation. live now to our chief international correspodnent, lyse doucet injerusalem. a really disturbing development that is bound to up the pressure on benjamin netanyahu?- is bound to up the pressure on benjamin netanyahu? already huge ressure on benjamin netanyahu? already huge pressure on the benjamin netanyahu? already huge pressure on the isr
israel says it has expanded its ground operations in gaza. these are the latest pictures coming in from the israeli defence forces. israel has also expanded its air operation and there has been more intense bombing of gaza with israel saying it has hit a further six hundred hamas targets. these are live pictures overlooking gaza city where we ve been seeing explosions and plumes of smoke rising just in the last few minutes. the idf said dozens of hamas fighters barricaded in buildings and tunnels had been killed overnight. israeli air strikes hit areas near the al-quds hospital in northern gaza which israel has told doctors to evacuate. live now to anna foster who is in southern israel close to the border with gaza. let me tell you, luxmy, a little bit more about what we have seeing and hearing here overnight and this morning as well. even as i m talking, people continue to hear the sound of israeli artillery, we are very close to an israeli artillery point which is continuin
interviews and reaction. today we bring you the programme live from southern israel. you can hear the sound of artillery fire from israel into gaza. behind me the guys at skyline is showing the scars of more than three weeks of battle, the israel defence forces have said they have targeted more than 600 how mass targets inside gaza. let me show you these pictures. these are pictures coming in from the israeli defence forces. we have seen israeli tanks physically on the ground inside gaza and the israeli ministry has said that dozens of hamas fighters have barricaded themselves inside buildings and in the tunnel network have been killed. there are also reports that israeli forces have cut one of the two main roads running from north to south in gaza which connect gaza city 0ne one of them we saw a picture of an israeli tank blocking the road, raising fears that the strip may be cut in half, raising issues for civilians moving north to south. we have been told by our team that