and more than 2,800 people have been killed by israeli air strikes. meanwhile, hamas which is designated as a terrorist organisation by governments, including the uk and us says it fired a barrage of rockets atjerusalem and tel aviv overnight with sirens sending lawmakers to bomb shelters. and we can bring you some live pictures of gaza where it is just after 7am. but first, more on the news that presidentjoe biden will visit israel on wednesday. us secretary of state antony blinken said president biden will focus on securing the release of hostages taken by hamas while underscoring the need to minimise civilian casualties in gaza. the united states and israel agreed to develop a plan that will show multilateral organisations to reach civilians in gaza, and then alone, including the possibility of creating areas to help keep civilians out of arm s way, it is critical that i d begin flowing into gaza as soon as possible. we share israel s and that hamas may seize or dest
how muchjeopardy do you think there is right now, for benjamin netanyahu? you mean personally? his position, as the leader of the country, and the fact that it was on his watch that the intelligence services completely failed to protect the people in southern israel. the failure is much, much bigger than the immediate intelligence failure. you know, israel is paying a price for being led by a populist strong man, for the last 14 years. his entire career was built on dividing the nation against itself, on attacking the state institutions, on describing the serving elite of the state as deep state traitors and globalist infiltrators and things like that, and we are now paying the price for that. and he. but how are those things directly linked with hamas s massacre of israelis? because on the day of the massacre it wasn tjust, you know, the intelligence that failed, we are seeing our problems in so many of the state institution, and we are seeing a very inspiring upsurge of civ
the north of the territory has again been heavily bombarded by israeli air strikes. and meanwhile, a video analysed by bbc verify appears to show an air strike at the crossing itself earlier the extent of the damage is unclear. the video was recorded by cctv footage on the egyptian side of the border and published by egyptian news channel al qahera news. we ll hear more about the conditions inside of gaza, but first a report from our international editor, jeremy bowen, who is in southern israel. another war, of words, has started over who is responsible for the suffering of palestinian civilians in gaza. israel is dropping the bombs. it says blame hamas for killing and kidnapping and, says israel, hiding behind civilians. gazans crowded into un schools after israel told them to move south towards the egyptian border. they are supposed to be protected by the laws of war. america has felt it necessary to deliver repeated reminders of that to israel, along with military aid. th
climate change, trade, and the war in ukraine. india s prime minister narendra modi would like the summit to promote his country as a major global power. but russia s war in ukraine may be standing in his way. india is looking to put aside those disagreements over ukraine, hoping it won t detrail concerns of the global south and developing countries. india s capital has also been gearing up for it s moment in the spotlight as the summit kicks off. here s the bbc s christian fraser speaking with our south asia correspondent yogita limaye they have the view from delhi. so, yogita, new delhi is a city transformed. i drove in from the airport today. there were people sleeping, potlucks were being put out. they ve really gone to town on it. why is it so important? well, a couple of things, but it is a part of indian culture when you have guests visiting your home, even in your home, you clean it up, spruce it up, do something. you might draw a pattern outside. so it is very much