today, a senior commander with the islamist hezbollah movement was reportedly killed in an apparent israeli drone strike in southern lebanon. and israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu was on the northern border today, where he signalled that he is prepared, if necessary, to escalate military operations in lebanon, with 80,000 israeli s now displaced from their homes. to the south, the death toll in gaza, stands at 23,000, according to the hamas run health ministry. and so intense is the fighting that several aid agencies have now begun withdrawing medics from the only functioning hospital in central gaza. on his visit to qatar, secretary blinken said washington has an intense focus on preventing this conflict from spreading and a warning to some members of the israeli government. palestinian civilians must be able to return home as soon as conditions allow. they cannot, they must not, be pressed to leave gaza. we reject the statements by some israeli ministers and lawmak
the hamas run health ministry is that the air strike hit a densely populated residential block in central gaza. several buildings in very close proximity to one another. one man who had lost his daughter, his grandchildren and his son in law had said that his family was ordered to evacuate from gaza city because of the israeli military operation. he said, we came to central gaza only to die. he said, there s just no safe place. there are two big challenges ahead after this. one is that the palestinian red crescent said because of the air strike has caused the main road connecting these refugee camps to shut down. that s going to make it very difficult for rescue teams, for ambulances to get through. but also remember that most hospitals in gaza are struggling, whether it s fuel or lack of supplies or water. so as this rescue operation struggles, so will the medical situation. the world health organization has described the situation at gaza s largest hospital, as absolut
noni madueke got one back for the blues after the break only their second goal under caretaker manager frank lampard who has now lost six games out of six since taking over. manchester city can return to the top with a win over west ham on wednesday. i saw everything that i want to see from our team. full commitment, a lot of energy, quality, speed, movement, two beautiful goals. and we connected with our crowd and created an incredible atmosphere again. we wanted to be top of the league again and we are, and we have to be happy with where we are but not accepting because it s not the end, and we want to achieve that. first half, we were too nice to play against. in the second half, we played more like a team with a threat at the top end of the pitch. runs from wide areas and central. in the first half, we were far too easy to play against. meanwhile at the bottom of the league, leeds united are set to sack manager javi gracia, and are in talks to bring in former england bo