This is the live scene in beirut, as bbc teams report hearing explosions in the capital s southern suburbs israel has ordered the evacuation of three areas. Meanwhile the uk government has chartered a flight to help british nationals leave lebanon, scheduled to leave beirut on wednesday. It s as israeli tanks were seen gathering at the border on monday. Israel s defense minister yoav gallant said the military is prepared to use forces from the air, land and sea to allow thousands of displaced israelis to return to their homes in the north. Meanwhile, the deputy chief of hezbollah, naim qaissem, said the groups fighters are ready to confront an invasion. He acknowledged the assassination of leader, hassan nasrallah, was a big blow but said all fallen commanders would soon be replaced. Let s get the latest now from our correspondent on the border between israel and lebanon, lucy williamson. We ve been hearing helicopters overhead for a while now and also the sound of artillery, som
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Ordered the Al Awda Hospital to evacuate by 6am local time. Hamas has urged residents to stay put. More thani Million People are believed to live in the north of gaza. There are warnings that the humanitarian crisis in the territory is deepening, with shortages of food, clean water and electricity. There have already been several days of air strikes on gaza. The Palestinian Health Ministry Says israeli strikes have killed at least 1900 people in gaza, including 614 children. The Palestinian Authoritys representative at the un compared the Current Situation to the mass palestinian migration after the creation of the state of israel, which palestinians call the nakbah , or catastrophe. We should not allow as humans and of defenders of International Humanitarian law and as the un and the Security Council to allow, after 75 years of nakbah, another nakbah on our people by d populating the gaza strip of its 2. 3 million and through them outside and make it an egyptian problem. The Israeli
Hamas, has urged residents to stay put. More thani Million People are believed to live in the north of gaza. There are warnings that the humanitarian crisis in the territory is deepening with shortages of food, clean water and electricity. Strikes from israel are continuing in gaza tonight. These are pictures from the last hour or so. Hamas Officials Say that on friday 70 people, mostly women and children, were killed by israeli air strikes on convoys fleeing gaza city. The Palestinian Health Ministry Says israeli strikes have killed at least 1,900 people in gaza in retaliation for the more than 1,300 people who have died in israel since the hamas attack on saturday. Those were pictures from a few minutes ago. And we can show you the situation in gaza right now. Its a little after 5 00 in the morning. As you can see, it is completely dark. As weve been reporting, fuel and electricity are in short supply. Residents in the north continue to flee under israeli evacuation orders. Hamas Off
Israel launched strikes on iran according to us officials, following unprecedented attacks on israel a week ago during which it wants more than 300 drones and missiles. So why did iran attack israel . I was in retaliation for israels targeting of the consulate in syria on the first of april in which iran says seven of its military officers were killed. As a long running shadow war between these bitter rivals which is out in the open. We analyse footage from the letters attack sent to our colleagues which shows the succession of flashes in the sky said to be above isfahan. We think it is to be consider flashes match up perfectly. Indicating they show the same event. Isfahan, the location of the attack is significant because several of the Nuclear Facilities are based there. Iran said nothing to see here, the official state news shows this footage in an attempt to confirm the scene after the explosions. He describes everything is safe and sound. International atomic agencies as there is