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
Very few images have come out so far showing any damage. Our middle east correspondent Lucy Williamson has more. A message not of war but of warning. Explosion. That israel could also strike its enemy at home if it wanted. After threatening a harsh and massive response to the smallest incursion, iran has downplayed this mornings strike. Its president didnt mention it once in his speech today. And this is the situation in isfahan, as shown on iranian tv. The message nothing to see here. Other than that, nothing has happened, everything is back to normal. Israel was divided over how to respond to irans barrage last weekend. Thejudgement of one far right Cabinet Minister this morning lame. And injerusalems main market today, many others were disappointed. When a bully comes to you, were going to respond to the bully with restraint, so the bully s just going to come back harder and harder and harder. But if you want to take down a bully, youve got to take down with force. I expected more,
the security minister. meanwhile, benjamin netanyahu has criticised an israeli military plan that will pause fighting to allow more aid into gaza. he is facing pressure from the far right to reject any pauses until hamas is totally defeated. our middle east corresponded jon donnison has more from jerusalem on the situation. i don t think the disbanding of the war cabinet is going to have a significant impact, really, on israeli strategy in the war in gaza. but it is significant because the war cabinet was set up in the days following the october 7 attack really as a symbol of political unity. that political unity has evaporated. so you have prime minister netanyahu looking increasingly isolated, with the resignation last week of benny gantz, the centrist opposition leader, and his ally, gadi eisenkot, both of them relatively moderate figures, both men with vast military experience. and, in particular, someone who i think the americans were keen to hear their views. so now, mr
too. ., ,., too. lots of moving pieces. laura bloom too. lots of moving pieces. laura bloom and too. lots of moving pieces. laura bloom and held, - too. lots of moving pieces. i laura bloom and held, thank too. lots of moving pieces. - laura bloom and held, thank you very much. blumenfeld. also in the region, an explosion in just the last few hours has rocked a baghdad military base used by the iranian backed popular mobilisation force. the pmf said in a statement the explosion caused material losses and injuries . two security sources told reuters it is not known who was responsible. three fighters were wounded, according to a local government official. the us military said they have not conducted activity in iraq. we ll continue to bring you the latest updates as we get them. here in washington, all eyes are on capitol hill as a foreign aid package for ukraine is finally set to make it onto the house floor. lawmakers are expected to vote saturday on that bill, along with seve