located near the indonesian hospital. that s one of the largest healthcare facilities in northern gaza that was hit by airstrikes in october. the bbc has not independently verified the latest claims by the idf. the idf warned people living in northern gaza to move further south as it steps up what it says is the third phase of its ground operations against hamas. the un says nearly i.9m people have been forced from their homes since israel s retaliatory strikes began, after hamas attacks on october the 7th. our correspondent paul adams sent this update from jerusalem. israeli leaders the thing to note that the battle for the southern gaza strip is now well under way. the defence minister speaking at a press conference said that israel would do to khan younis, the largest city in the southern gaza strip, what it had already done to gaza city, and prime minister benjamin netanyahu answering benjamin neta nyahu answering critics benjamin netanyahu answering critics who he said
the bbc has not independently verified the latest claims by the idf. israel is now warning people living in northern gaza to move further south as it steps up what it says is the third phase of its ground operations against hamas. the un says nearly i.9m people have been forced from their homes since israel s retaliatory strikes began, after hamas attacks on october the seventh. this as testimony is coming to light about the horrors of the october 7th attacks nearly two months later. the bbc has been hearing evidence that women were sexually assaulted, raped and mutilated during hamas s attacks on southern israel. israeli investigators say they are trawling through 60,000 hours of footage, and have compiled more than a thousand testimonies from witnesses and those who handled the bodies of victims after the attack. this report from our middle east correspondent, lucy williamson, contains graphic details and testimony you may find very disturbing. out of the chaos and mass
and also crypto prices higher. specifically, i think two factors actually drive these two classes. the first one is liquidity and the second one is the us dollar. now, let s talk about liquidity i think in the past few weeks we have seen actually easing from china, and also from the us, the fed has been injecting liquidity through running down its overnight repo facility. also, from a seasonality perspective, november, december tends to be actually quite favourable in terms of financial conditions. indeed, the rally in bonds or the fall of interest rates have helped also financial conditions to ease in the past few weeks. hence, we have seen a surge in liquidity in the system and that propels both gold and crypto currencies higher. the next reason is the us dollar. now, of course, both gold and crypto currencies are denominated in us dollars and when the us dollars become weaker, that is actually a tailwind for both asset classes. obviously, as we mentioned, given that the
in the country s faltering property sector. that means that china s credit rating is at risk of a downgrade. the government in beijing is rumoured to be considering providing more financial support for property developers including evergrande and country garden which are both billions of dollars in debt. earlier i spoke to janet mui, head of market analysis at rbc brewin dolphin. i asked her whether this suggests things are getting worse for the world s second largest economy? this is a reminder of what investors already know which is a slowing economy and a downturn in the property sector, and the government is going back to the old way, they want to reduce debt in this estimate but it is proving to be very difficult, so the stimulus measures are what is worrying moody s. they think it will raise the debt level in the economy. so, it isjust a reminder. it does not change too much what investors already think about china. a lot of people said beijing should have done more
israel says it s expanding its ground offensive in southern gaza, with witnesses there saying israeli tanks and troops are building up around the south. the world health organization says the amount of medical aid getting into gaza is was way too little and the situation there is was getting worse by the hour the israeli military are telling civilians to leave areas around khan younis that s a city israel told civilians to flee to for safety, earlier in the conflict. hospitals say they re overwhelmed with new arrivals. the world health organization says it s been told by israel to move medical supplies out of two warehouses in southern gaza, within 2a hours although israel has denied this. these pictures show explosions in gaza on monday evening. a spokesman for the un children s charity, unicef, says there s simply nowhere safe for people to go. the us state department says it s too early to say for sure, whether israel is heeding us advice to protect civilians in gaza