there s been heavy bombardment of the territory overnight; the head of the israeli army has called for the military campaign in gaza to be stepped up. israeli tanks are reported to be slowly advancing towards the centre of khan younis and there are reports of house to house fighting in the city. the head of the world health organization has said the war in gaza is having a catastrophic impact on healthcare there. tedros adhanom ghebreyesus warned health workers are having to work in unimaginable conditions in a desperate effort to help civilians. our correspondent hugo bachega has the latest. this is nasser hospital in khan younis, and the aftermath of another night of unrelenting israeli attacks. in the chaos, a father desperately searches for his son. mohamed abu shihab says a sniper opened fire when he was in his house giving water to his two sons. the oldest was wounded. the youngest killed. the sniper killed my son, i want to see my son, he says. this footage from the
of the territory on saturday night. the head of the israeli army has called for the military campaign in gaza to be stepped up. meanwhile, israeli tanks are reported to be slowly advancing towards the centre of khan younis and there are reports of house to house fighting in the city. the head of the world health organization has said the war in gaza is having a catastrophic impact on health care there. tedros ghebreyesus warned health workers are having to work in unimaginable conditions in a desperate effort to help civilians. our correspondent hugo bachega has the latest. this is nasser hospital in khan younis, and the aftermath of another night of unrelenting israeli attacks. in the chaos, a father desperately searches for his son. mohamed abu shihab says a sniper opened fire when he was in his house giving water to his two sons. the oldest was wounded. the youngest killed. the sniper killed my son, i want to see my sons, he says. this footage from the israeli army shows
campaign in gaza to be stepped up. meanwhile, israeli tanks are reported to be slowly advancing towards the centre of khan younis with reports of house to house fighting in the city. the health ministry in gaza, which is run by hamas, says that 18,000 palestinians have now been killed since the start of the israeli offensive. israel says its ground forces have reached the centre of khan younis in the south of the territory to which many palestinians had fled, on israel s instructions. the head of the un agency for palestinian refugees has described gaza as hell on earth . 0ur international editor jeremy bowen has this report. at al nasser hospital in khan younis, they laid out the wrapped bodies of people killed in the night by israel. at the end of the line was a baby killed on the day she was born. laid across the bodies of her mother and her father. don t cry , he told theirson, mohammed. they are in heaven. gaza has been turned into a living hell for civilians by
israeli tanks are reported to be slowly advancing towards the centre of khan younis and there are reports of house to house fighting in the city. the head of the world health organization has said the war in gaza is having a catastrophic impact on health care there. tedros adhanom ghebreyesus warned health workers are having to work in unimaginable conditions in a desperate effort to help civilians. our correspondent yolande knell reports. an agonising goodbye. 14 people were killed in an israeli strike on a school who had been seeking safety in khan younis. theirfamilies school who had been seeking safety in khan younis. their families say. crushed by the rubble, this boy lost his mum, dad and an unborn robber. translation: his mum, dad and an unborn robber. translation: ~ ., ., , ., , ., , translation: what we want is to stop the bloodshed- translation: what we want is to stop the bloodshed. everyday translation: what we want is to stop the bloodshed. everyday we tran