joe biden calls for two state as the call for a cease-fire. we will look at his op-ed in the washington post. and the most powerful rocket ever built explodes minutes after blasting off. some are calling the test flights success. queerphobia reports of a large explosion at a.u. and run school in gaza and used as a shelter. one called the courage or spying. the video is graphic. the source of the blast has not been determined and no confirmed casualty figures are yet available. the israeli aware of the explosion but have no further comments. we will have more on this in just a moment. meanwhile, the world health organization sends a team to gaza s largest hospital on saturday. he described it as a death zone. filled with terrifying people. they said a mass grave with anybody s was right outside the entrance. inside, the choking dust and smoke, the team counted 291 patients including 32 infants, extremely critical condition. officials say patients and staff have been orde
that s been denied by hamas, which is designated a terrorist organisation by many western governments. on saturday, hundreds of people, including some patients, left the hospital on foot, making their way through israeli armoured vehicles. around 300 critically ill patients remain at al shifa. the who says it s now drawing up plans for their evacuation. meanwhile, the hamas run health authority says at least 80 people have been killed in two israeli strikes on the jabaliya refugee camp. they say one hit a un run school, that was being used as a shelter. the white house has said israel and hamas have not yet reached a deal on a temporary ceasefire. it follows a us media report that the two sides were close to an agreement to free dozens of women and children held hostage in gaza, in exchange for a 5 day pause infighting. yogita limaye has our top story, and a warning, her report does contain, some distressing images. people fleeing the al shifa hospital. israeli military says
in the hospital. tom bateman is our correspodent injerusalem. he told me about the israeli military s denial of an evacuation order. i ve denied ordering it, but they don t deny an evacuation is taking place. what we ve had is a report from the afp news agency, first of all, a journalist working for them at the scene who said that, via loudspeakers, that there was an order to evacuate the hospital within an hour earlier this morning, he said. now, he reported that the director of the hospital had been phoned by the military and instructed for everyone to leave. basically all for patients, staff and displaced people to make their way, he said on foot to the seafront. now, the israeli military has since issued a statement saying there was no order for people to evacuate. it said it was assisting an evacuation operation at the request of the hospital s director. it also said that medical personnel would be able to stay there for people who couldn t get out. but clearly, you know
a spokesman for the israeli military told bbc news it was looking into the incident but couldn t say if it had been caused by israeli action, although an idf social media post stated the military had conducted activities in the jabaliya region, saying they encountered terrorists and struck a large number of terrorist infrastructure. hamas claims the second strike was also on a school, tal al zaatar, adding that 32 members of one family were killed, including 19 children. in other developments today, hundreds of people have left gaza city s al shifa hospital on foot. doctors say israeli forces had issued by loudspeaker an order to evacuate. the israeli military denies this, saying it had agreed to expand and assist an evacuation, following a request by the hospital s director. yogita limaye has more now from jerusalem. and a warning her report contains distressing images. people fleeing al shifa hospital in gaza s north. the hospital s director says israel ordered civilians