we are here with the gaza skyline in the background and we have been hearing and seeing an intensifying bombardment from israeli forces since friday evening which has only grown in the last few days. the israel defence forces say that since that intensification started they have managed to attack, they say, more than 600 hamas targets. you can see these pictures now from the israel defence forces showing their troops now firmly inside gaza. they have infantry soldiers on the ground and artillery that has been moved in and artillery that has been moved in and stayed in over the weekend marking a significant step forward for the israeli military campaign, and what the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu called the second stage of what will be a long and difficult war. i can also show you these live pictures now, this is the skyline of gaza as you can see an can hear as i am speaking the sound of israeli artillery fire, we re very close to an israeli artillery point just v
lockdown inviting them to a bring your own booze party to which about 30 or a0 people turned up in the gardens in lockdown. that was breaching rules because of the time you are only allowed to meet with one other person from outside your household outside. even that day, government officials had been on television warning people that those were the rules. so it was seen very much as a real embarrassment at the very least to the government at the time, orwhen very least to the government at the time, or when it came out, rather, a year later. so they will be no doubt that will be talked about in question today in the inquiry. then we will be hearing from lee cain, the director of communications for the director of communications for the prime minister, and that is going to be significant also, because we have also had an indication of the private correspondence going on between lee cain and other senior officials during that time which gives you a bit of a glimpse of some of t