more than 200 hostages. jeremy bowen has been embedded with the israel defense forces, inside the territory. while the bbc retained editorial control of the report, the sections featuring the israeli military have been cleared by the idf. like young soldiers in many wars, israeli troops looked excited, not apprehensive, as they made their final preparations tojoin israel s invasion of the gaza strip. they re moving in as the war approaches a critical point. their colleagues already inside the strip have surrounded gaza city. these men might be part of the next stage, locating hamas tunnels and fighting street by street. israel s prime minister promised his country a mighty vengeance against hamas. but with so much firepower, one question is israel following joe biden s advice not to be blinded by rage, to defend itself, but also protect the lives of palestinian civilians? we went into gaza with the israeli army on condition we didn t reveal their positions. video shot after
word from israeli officials that hamas has lost control of northern gaza. 50,000 palestinians have left gaza city after israeli forces opened the main road leading south. the route was kept open for about five hours and is affected to reopen again on thursday. the hamas one health ministries is almost half of those killed in gaza in the last day were killed in the south, an area meant to be safe. the health ministry also says more than 10,000 palestinians have now been killed. there is possible progress in the race of some hostages. a source of the bbc discussion are taking place for the release of 12 hostages. half of them are americans. in exchange for a three day humanitarian pause. 0ur international editorjeremy bowen has travelled with the israel defence forces into gaza. the bibs had editorial control of this next report, this action by the idf has been viewed by them. like young soldiers in many wars, israeli troops looked excited, not apprehensive, as they made their
heading south, away from israeli air strikes. israel says it s targeting hamas, a group designated as a terror organisation by the uk government, and responsible for killing 1,400 people on the 7th of october and seizing more than 200 hostages. jeremy bowen has been embedded with the israel defense forces, inside the territory. while the bbc retained editorial control of the report, the sections featuring the israeli military have been cleared by the idf. like young soldiers in many wars, israeli troops looked excited, not apprehensive, as they made their final preparations to join israel s invasion of the gaza strip. they re moving in as the war approaches a critical point. their colleagues already inside the strip have surrounded gaza city. these men might be part of the next stage, locating hamas tunnels and fighting street by street. israel s prime minister promised his country a mighty vengeance against hamas. but with so much firepower, one question is israel followin
finally some respite for england at the cricket world cup as a ben stokes century helps them beat netherlands for a much needed win in pune. good evening from ramallah, the seat of the palestinian authority here in the west bank. the pa, as it is known, is responsible for governing 3 million palestinians here, but has limited control over the territory, which under international law is illegally occupied by israel. the war further south in gaza is deeply worrying to people here, with the palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas being one of many arab leaders calling for a full ceasefire in israel s military campaign. today has seen thousands more palestinians in northern gaza head south away from israel s relentless bombing campaign targetting hamas. but the g7 group of leading industrialised nations, including the uk and america, have stopped short of calling for a ceasefire and instead want what they re calling humanitarian pause to allow more aid into gaza and civ
gerry moynihan was a uhb trust governor. he was appalled atjacqui smith s absence from her three days a week job at such a crucial time. to me, that was an indication that back in 2020 there is something strategically wrong with the board allowing the chair of the second largest trust in england, when doctors and nurses were under extreme pressures because of covid, they allowed the chair to go off to do strictly come dancing. i expressed my concerns over that. they weren t listened to. the only thing i can do then as a governor is resign. and i resigned. now, anton was eliminated from the competition in the first week with his partner, former home secretaryjacqui smith. jacqui smith was voted off strictly in the first round, so her absence was only for one month, not three. she has declined our request for an interview, but has defended her decision to go on strictly during a podcast. lots of people at the trust who talk to me about it were really chuffed, one that strictly