in singapore. ..this is bbc news. it s newsday. hi there, thank you for being with us. israel has confirmed that it hit the jabalia refugee camp in northern gaza. the hamas run gazan health ministry says at least 50 people were killed and hundreds injured. the palestinian red crescent told the bbc at least 25 civilians were killed. the israeli army says the strike killed a senior hamas commander. a hamas spokesman has denied the presence of one of its leaders in the camp. before the war, the camp was home to more than 100,000 people. many of them have been there for generations since the formation of the state of israel in 1948. bbc verify have located the exact position of the blast, which you can see here and you can see how built up it is. more now from our international editorjeremy bowen and a warning, his report contains images some may find distressing. israel says the destruction came from air strikes that killed a senior hamas commander and some of his men. it sa
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
failure in preparing for the pandemic. the cast of friends pay tribute to matthew perry, saying they are utterly devastated by his death. hi there, thank you for being with us. we start our programme with the war between israel and hamas. the israeli military has announced the first rescue of a hostage, a soldier who was kidnapped by hamas on the 7th of october. she is private ori megidish. she is said to be doing well and has been reunited with her family. no details have been given of the circumstances of her rescue. but as one hostage is rescued, more than 230 are still believed to be trapped in gaza. today, we heard from three of them. this is a still from a video released by hamas. from left to right, you see rimon kirsht, danielle aloni and lena trupanov. we don t know anything about the conditions under which it was filmed, but the three women appear to be in reasonable health with no obvious signs of injury. prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the video was cru
also on the programme tonight. the covid inquiry hears how borisjohnson was sent no updates on the crisis during a period coinciding with the school half term in 2020. a bbc panorama investgation reveals the portugese police have apologised to the parents of madelaine mccann for how they handled the case. britons won t have to work any more. and it is me or is it a deepfake? ahead of the government s summit on al, we look at the spread of scams and misinformation online. and in london. a met firearms officer charged with the murder of chris kaba in south london is to be named, after a judge rules to lift an anonymity order. good evening from jerusalem, where the israeli military have this afternoon announced the first rescue of a hostage, a soldier who was kidnapped by hamas on october 7th. she is private ori megidish. she is said to be doing well and has been reunited with herfamily. no details have been given of the circumstances of her rescue. meanwhile the families of th
france. chandler in france. iam helena humphries, we began in gaza with international aid agencies are expressing concern about what of an israeli evacuation order wakey hospital, they are warning evacuating the site is impossible as it is treating hundreds of people some of whom are chronically ill. ia,000 gazans are reported to be sheltering at a hospital in the north of gaza in both the world health organization and the international federation of the red cross and red crescent societies are sounding the alarm over the evacuation order, saying hospitals must be protected and there were unconfirmed reports of airstrikes 20 metres from the al quds hospital facility on sunday. these images show smoke billowing from what appears to be a strike nearby, this footage shows a staff and patients struggling to be because of smoke inside the hospitals. joe s damage to windows after what the palestine red crescent describes as a very intense bombardment around hospital with one roc