to leave for their safety. images show craters and levelled buildings. the bbc can t verify most battlefield claims immediately but the idf say the target was ibrahim biari, a senior hamas battalion commander that the idf describes as pivotal to the planning of the october 7th attacks. jeremy bowen s report contains scenes you may find appalling. the israeli army says the strike killed a senior hamas commander. and some of his men. it said hamas was using these civilians as human shields in a cruel and brutal manner and that the air strikes caused the collapse of underground hamas bunkers. israel ordered civilians to leave this area. many did. many others did not. the un said some people even returned to their homes because conditions further south were so desperate. an unknown number of people are buried under the rubble. they were pulling out children. he says, oh, god, my three children are gone. three kids. i hope i can find one of them alive. i didn t bid them farewe
deeper behind the headlines and speak live to key players on today s big stories, plus a first look at tomorrow s front pages. good evening from jerusalem israel s military has confirmed that it carried out an airstrike onjabalia refugee camp in northern gaza, saying its target was a senior commander with hamas the group are designated as a terrorist organisation by the uk government. the death toll is not clear but tonight a doctor treating the victims are in the hundreds. the attack happened in a densely built up area that was home to more than 100,000 people. israel has called on civilians in the north of the territory to move south and tonight it reiterated its claim that hamas intentionally uses civilians as shields. 0ur international editor jeremy bowen has the latest. his report is distressing from the start. israel says the destruction came from airstrikes that killed a senior hamas commander and some of his men. it said hamas was using these civilians as huma
in england after a public consultation. coming up in sport later on bbc news: bangladesh are the first side out of semifinal contention at the cricket world cup. they lost by seven wickets to pakistan, who have kept their hopes alive. good evening from jerusalem. footage is emerging tonight after a huge explosion at a refugee camp in northern gaza. the images show people at the jabalia camp trying to resuce others trapped under the rubble. hamas designated as a terrorist organisation by the uk government says it was an israeli air strike and at least 50 people have been killed, with hundreds injured. the israeli military has yet to comment. the camp, made up of high rise buildings, was home to more than 100,000 people and is in an area that civilians had been told to leave. bbc verify have just located the exact position of the blast which you can see here you can see how built up it is. 0ur international editor jeremy bowen has the latest. his report is hard to watch a
and a section of hamas underground tunnel network. we will keep you across developments. also tonight, we will speak to a former israeli general about the war aims as tanks and troops make their way deeper into gaza. we will hear from the charity save the children who say by their estimates there have been more children killed in this than 3000 children killed in this conflict, that in all the worlds conflicts of the past five years. and we will hear from senator mike lee, one of the growing number of republicans who want israel funding split good evening. at least 50 people are reported to have been killed and many more injured in a blast at the jabalia refugee camp in northern gaza. those figures have come from the hamas run gaza health ministry. the french news agency afp say their reporter has been at the scene and the footage shows at least 47 bodies recovered from the rubble. those picture show people digging with their hands in an enormous crater searching for sur
republican stand up and say it isn t okay for the profit the united states to abuse his power. and that s quite jarring. well, i think they have been plotting impeachment since before he was ever sworn in. there was an article in vanity fair in 2016 where several democratic senators were laying traps was the phrase they used to set up an impeachment of the president. that was right after the beto o rourke cover. right. one of them was elizabeth warren and she was, you know, part of this group. now she s running for president. so republicans have never trusted democrats were actually acting in good faith because of what they saw even before the president was sworn in. i agree with you. we re living in an historic moment here and it s hard not to feel that today. but it s not often you live through one of those moments where you know where it s going to turn out. we know how the vote today is anything to turn out. and to your point, how the american people are going to absorb i