up diplomatic efforts in the region. secretary of state antony blinken is now in turkey for meetings with the country s foreign minister. the country s cia director william burns is also now in israel, urging greater effort to avoid civilian casualties. and in the last few hours, the white house has said vice president kamala harris will discuss the conflict in a phone call with unnamed foreign leaders on monday. this is live, looking across at the gaza strip. it s just after 7am. in a moment, i llspeak to my colleague, mohamed taha, for the latest developments. but first lets hear from our correspondent, yogita limaye. the bombing over gaza has intensified tonight. communication lines have also been cut off, which means tomorrow will likely begin for many gazans like today did digging through rubble, looking forfamilies and survivors. this was a crowded refugee camp. it s not one of the areas that israel had asked civilians to leave. hamas says it was an israeli air strike