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jessica elgot and bryan lanza, who was the communications director for donald trump s transition team. we start tonight here in the uk, where immigration minister, robertjenrick, has announced plans to move away from using hotels to house asylum seekers. instead the government intends to use disused military bases in the southeast and east of england in essex and lincolnshire, and a separate site in east sussex. the government s plans are aimed at reducing spending on hotels and detering small boat channel crossings. according to research by bbc news, 395 hotels are currently being used to accomodate more than 51 thousand people. the uk says it is spending £6.2m a day on hotels for asylum seekers. mrjenrick told the house of commons that the government is also exploring the possibility of using vessels at sea. but the refugee council has described the proposals as entirely unsuitable . let s listen to some of what the immigration minister had to say today in the comm ....
that what they want to do is to destroy hamas infrastructure and to destroy hamas leadership. there s a whole network of tunnels. it has places where it can operate from underneath the ground. in the israelis won t know, so it s going to be quite an effort to destroy. one of the reasons they ve been carrying off these air strikes part of that network, part of the command and control was underneath hospitals or was embedded in hospitals. he specifically mentioned in the she for hospital, brought forward what he said was evidence. that hamas was basically operating out of those hospitals shifa. that is something that has triggered alarm amongst human rights groups. the human rights watch issued a statement saying it is against the laws of war if you hamas is using hospitals to conduct military operations. under the laws of war, hospitals have special protections unless they are committing acts against the enemy. even then, you need to get them to recording. human rights watc ....
across eastern areas of scotland. a cold northerly wind. very blustery conditions for northern scotland. sunshine and showers again for much of england and wales throughout the day. temperatures here, 11 to 15 degrees celsius. they re not due to move very much. now, low pressure stays close by as we head into the start of next week, so more bands of showers spiralling around, certainly a lot more wet weather. here s the outlook for our capital cities as we head through the week possibly stormy conditions again on wednesday into thursday. hello, i m lewis vaughanjones. you re watching the context on bbc news. explosions light up the sky over gaza, as the israeli military announces it s ramping up its air and ground operations. ground forces are expanding their operations this evening, acting forcefully in all dimensions to achieve the goals of the war. straight to the live feeds here in the bbc. this is the darkness of the gaza and it is facing tonight and intensifica ....
fast moving situation tonight. israel s military says it is stepping up its air and ground operations, huge explosions have already been seen over the gaza strip when israel appears to have ramped up its bombing. all internet and mobile phone services have been cut off in the strip, which has already been under total israeli siege for the last 18 days. the military has again called on residents of gaza city to move south. a spokesman said that israel is now prepared on all fronts to preserve israel s security and says it is committed to the task of returning the israeli and foreign hostages that are currently being held in gaza. hamas, which the uk and many other countries designate as a terror organisation, has called on the world to act immediately to stop the israeli bombardment. well, daniel hagari, the spokesperson for the israeli defense forces, talked about the defensive israel is launching on its targets in gaza. translation: launching on its targets in gaza. t ....
said they are encouraging to released to students to carry weapons. let s go to gaza now where fuel is running out. some hospitals are halting life saving operations. un aid agency that helps palestinians in gaza says it will have to stop working on some of its work. if fuel does not arrive. we can see pictures of the fuel shortages in gaza. israel says hamas is stockpiling hundreds of thousands of litres of fuel. hamas is designated a terror group by countries including the us and uk. meanwhile air strikes continue, you can see the aftermath here, this is khan younis in the south. hamas officials in gaza say a record number of palestinians 756 killed in the past 2a hours. the hamas run health ministry says more than 6,500 people have been killed in israeli strikes since the war started. let s ta ke let s take a look of where those pictures are, there is khan younis in the south, it has been heavily hit by air strikes. you will remember, israel is asking people to mov ....