begun bombarding gaza, cutting off electricity and water, and building up troops along the border. more than 500 palestinians have been killed in almost two and a half thousand strikes. our international editor jeremy bowen, has been following the days of intense violence. inside gaza it looks every bit as if palestinians are feeling the full force of israeli military power. israel says hamas is responsible for the suffering of gaza s civilians. and it s retaliation for the hamas attack is only just begun. hamas has threatened to start killing its israeli hostages. the air strikes rolled on, hour after hour. palestinian armed groups undeterred, kept up their own barrage of israel. our bbc team was in ashkelon in southern israel not far from the gaza border when a salvo came in. ashkelon is so close to guard so that there is no more than a ten second warning. israel is moving in more fire power. the next stage of the offensive against hamas looks certain to be a ground offensi
that should happen over the next three days, during that negotiated pause in the fighting. there is also scope for that pause to be extended if the two sides can agree a further exchange of prisoners and hostages. however, israel has not withdrawn its military from gaza and has made clear that it intends to continue its operation against hamas. meanwhile, more aid is being allowed into gaza. on friday, around 150 trucks carrying medical supplies, fuel and food entered the strip through the rafah crossing. returning to the 2a hostages released from gaza on friday, they have spent the night in hospitals in israel. the israeli children s hospital has released a video of hostages reuniting with their loved ones. this is the moment nine year old ohad, his mother and grandmother, greeted their relatives. amazing pictures. let s take a moment to look at what we know about those freed hostages all of whom were captured during the hamas attack on israel on the 7th of october. qa
hello and welcome to political thinking, a conversation with rather than an interrogation of someone who s shaped our political thinking about what has shaped theirs. now, you might think that the job of the equality and human rights commission was simply to police and implement the law, to ensure equality. but in this era of so called culture wars, debate about equality is, it seems, dividing even the commission itself. my guest this week is the chair of the equality and human rights commission, baroness kishwer falkner. she faced allegations that she had bullied her staff. allies of her insisted that she was the victim of a witch hunt from people who thought she thought the wrong things about the toxic debate about trans women and their place in society. an investigation into that bullying has recently been dropped. baroness falkner was appointed by the conservatives, but she is a former liberal democrat peer. she s also talked of herself being a first generation migran
hello and welcome to political thinking, a conversation with rather than an interrogation of someone who s shaped our political thinking about what has shaped theirs. now, you might think that the job of the equality and human rights commission was simply to police and implement the law, to ensure equality. but in this era of so called culture wars, debate about equality is, it seems, dividing even the commission itself. my guest this week is the chair of the equality and human rights commission, baroness kishwer falkner. she faced allegations that she had bullied her staff. allies of her insisted that she was the victim of a witch hunt from people who thought she thought the wrong things about the toxic debate about trans women and their place in society. an investigation into that bullying has recently been dropped. baroness falkner was appointed by the conservatives, but she is a former liberal democrat peer. she s also talked of herself being a first generation migran