Weve seen flashes over the skies of gaza, as israel continues to carry out airstrikes, saying it is targeting hamas fighters, not civilians. But air strikes have killed and injured civilians. The Palestinian Health Ministry Says at least 50 people were killed overnight. Doctors without borders says hospitals in gaza have only have a few days fuel left in their generators. The World Food Programme has distributed some aid, but the un has warned that israel is in breach of International Law by denying civilians access to Essential Supplies of food, fuel and water. Ii of its own staff there have been killed since saturday. Bbc verify is continuing to monitor the impact of the strikes in gaza. One was on the Islamic University of gaza, targeted between tuesday and wednesday. Several videos released by the Israel Defense forces have shown their attacks. Meanwhile, hamas fighters continue to fire rockets into israel. Many have been intercepted by the countrys iron dome defence system, but a
Much of the territory now a mass of broken buildings and rubble. More than 1,000 people have died, many more are injured, after several days of israeli bombing. Well get the latest on the ground from Rushdi Abu Alouf in gaza city, and anna foster, on the northern border with lebanon, where tensions are rising with the militant group, hezbollah. Here, well be speaking to people in the uk desperately worried about family affected by the violence in both israel and gaza. Also on the programme. Labour leader sir keir starmer tells the bbc hes a yimby not a nimby saying yes to House Building in his own back yard. In the us, republicans choose a new speaker of the House Of Representatives after his predecessor was ousted by a revolt from within his own party. And the handful of dust grabbed from an asteroid and the clues it contains about the creation of the solar system. And the newsnight at 10 30, we will go deeper behind the headlines and speak live to key players on todays big stories. P
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Its seven in the morning in singapore, and two am in israel where we begin our programme as israel continues its mass mobilisation of troops, Hundreds Of Thousands, on the southern border with gaza. The widespread expectation, that a ground offensive, across the frontier, maybe coming. But the un is calling for Essential Supplies to be allowed into the territory where the humanitarian situation is deteriorating rapidly, as israel enforces a complete siege. It follows the unprecedented attack five days ago on the country, by militants from hamas, a group committed to the destruction of israel and designated a Terror Organisation by many western governments, including the uk. At least 1200 people in israel are now thought to have been killed in the multiple assaults last saturday. At least a thousand palestineans have been killed in retaliatory israeli airstrikes. Well be inside besieged gaza, with our correspondent, rushdi abu alouf. But we begin with a report from our International Edi