the who is now drawing up plans for a full evacuation of the hospital. the organization says they were able to spend one hour inside the hospital, gaza city s largest, in a mission coordinated with the israel defense forces to ensure safe passage. it comes after hundreds of people left gaza city s main hospital, where the israeli military has been conducting raids this week. some medical staff claimed israeli forces ordered the evacuations, something the israeli military denies. all this comes as israel s operation by ground and air continues in gaza. these are the latest pictures of the gaza skyline. you can see explosions and flares there lighting up the sky overnight. meanwhile, amid media reports of a possible hostage release deal, the us says israel and hamas have not reached a deal yet. the national security council spokesperson said: we continue to work hard to get a deal. on saturday, thousands of family members of the 240 hostages held by hamas in gaza finished a f
medical staff and people who d been sheltering at the facility, with some seen waving white flags. in israel, thousands of family members of the hostages held in israel by hamas finished a second date march. thousands attended a rally outside the residence of prime minister benjamin netanyahu. for more on all of this, i spoke with our correspondent yogita limaye. what was the mood among the marchers and do you think that was indicative of a broader move among israelis? i think the mood among them was frustration and anger. thousands of people marched from tel aviv a few days ago and entered jerusalem today and came outside the prime ministeroffice. speaking to them, i think the frustration, particularly the families, is that the government is not making the hostages the number one priority. so the prime minister who has said he s talked again tonight about the destruction of second mass being the priority and then the release of hostages. i ve been speaking to the brother of
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
staff, large numbers of displaced people are sheltering in the hospital. our correspodent injerusalem, tom bateman, has more. they have denied ordering it, but they don t deny that an evacuation is taking place. we have had a report from the afp news agency, a journalist working for them at the scene said that via loudspeakers there was an order to evacuate the hospital within the hour earlier this morning. he reported the director of the hospital had been phoned by the military and instructed for everyone to leave, for patients and staff and displaced people to make their way on foot to the seafront. 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 there are further moves now to evacuate people in the hospital. we have had a lo