others died in the blast on tuesday. he was considered one of the founders of hamas military wing, the al qassam brigades. hamas is considered a terror organisation by the uk and us governments. israel has not denied carrying out the explosion, and a spokesman mark regev described it as a surgical strike on hamas. hamas called it an act of terrorism , while hezbollah said it was an assault on lebanese sovereignty. hezbollah, a politically influential islamist group which controls the most powerful armed force in lebanon, has been exchanging fire with israel along the israel lebanon border since the war in gaza began in october. there s been reaction to the strike in beirut from the the un it s peacekeeping mission in lebanon says it s deeply concerned by any potential escalation. a warning echoed by french president emmanuel macron. the lebanese foreign minister says his government has appealed to hezbollah not to retaliate. live now to carine torbey in beirut. what i
comparing israel s actions in gaza to atrocities committed by the nazis. in the red sea, the danish shipping company maersk says it is prepared to resume sailings despite the threat of attack by houthi rebels in yemen who are supporting homes. our first report is from our correspondent shaimaa khalil. a warning, you may find some elements distressing. no funeral, no dignified burial, no tombstone. a bulldozer carries their bodies into a mass grave. their final resting place. israeli forces are expanding their ground offensive into the densely populated urban refugee camps in central gaza. and this is the scene at the neighbouring al aqsa hospital. overwhelmed, they ve had to treat the injured on the floor and in hallways. across gaza at the moment, health capacity is at about 20% of what it was 80 or so days ago. so almost all of the hospital beds, almost all of the hospital services have stopped functioning. on foot, donkey carts are crammed onto the back of trucks. those wh
bombing of gaza s middle area. in a further sign of the conflict s wider reverberations turkey s president has lashed out, comparing israel s actions in gaza to atrocities committed by the nazis. in the red sea, the danish shipping company, maersk, says it is prepared to resume sailings, despite the threat of attack by houthi rebels in yemen who are supporting hamas. yolande knell has the latest on the situation in gaza. on the move again. palestinian families now desperately fleeing much of central gaza, as israel s ground offensive expands into a new part of the besieged territory. me and my kids, everyone is evacuating, says abir benat. already my niece was killed. casualties fill even the floor of the nearby hospital. the world health organization describing the scenes here as a bloodbath . and this as israel s army is warning that the war will continue for many more months, as it insists it will find hamas leaders who masterminded the deadly 7th of october attacks
entire lifeor story is incrediby moving and f a so many emotional moments. as a congressional editor though on a lighter note i love the portion of your book where you say people tell me that i m the first senator to have a baby while in office. no, i am the first senator to give birth while in office tried to exactly. the men had been having babies for years but it tells you with the average age of like 70 it s hard for the average senator to give birth. we need more women senators and younger senators. host: absolutely. the passages in the book are fantastic but i m hoping we can advocate a conversation about what that looks like a personal level. you will know the tradition is a very male hidebound institution. how awkward was at talking through, i think use of the phrase without abreast on the senate floor. guest: as soon as i became pregnant, ir] mean, i got pregnt through ivf. i was trying but as soon as we were successful we begin having the conversations because r
from jerusalem. the weather is changing, conditions will worsen for the hundreds of thousands displaced inside gaza. there have been reports of an israeli airstrike on an indonesian hospital, the hamas run health ministry says the number is 12. israeli forces have not commented on a specific operation but maintain their forces are targeting what they say are terrorists and terrorist infrastructure. in another development of the last few hours the israeli defence forces have released sets of videos which they believe will bolster their argument that hamas have been using the largest hospital al shifa hospital as a command centre. it released cctv images, which it says show two hostages being taken by hamas into al shifa, after they were abducted from southern israel on the 7th of october. one is injured and wheeled in on a trolley. the bbc has not been able to verify the video. the idf also released video which it says shows a 55 metre long tunnel, beneath the hospital complex