just ahead, u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin is on his way to israel as washington faces calls to press for an end to the heavy bombardment of gaza. and we will speak to a man whose father is still being held hostage by hamas. why he says israel should be doing more to bring his father and the other hostages home. plus, donald trump is doubling down on his anti-immigrant rhetoric. we will look at what he s vowing to do if re-elected. thanks for joining us. u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin will be sitting down with israeli officials in the hours ahead on his second trip to the country since the october 7th attack by hamas. austin s visit comes after a stop in bahrain, and once in israel, a u.s. official says he will get updates on the war but he s also expected to press israeli officials to define specific operational milestones in the ongoing battle. meantime, the israel defense forces says it s uncovered the biggest hamas tunnel in gaza. that tunnel, which the idf
the reaction in israel that the country s military accidentally killed by her maths. seen here left to right was shot by military forces as they were identified as a threat. aljazeera is one of the few networks still broadcasting out of gaza. the network says one of its camera operators has been killed in the south of the strip. as a result of the israeli strike. by shrapnel or a drone strike in khan younis. we will begin our coverage with this report from lucy williamson. israel s army is in gaza to kill hamas fighters and bring hostages home. clear targets obliterated in the chaos of conflict. three of those shot dead in the northern district of sharjah. not hamas gunmen, but the captives. israel came to save. one of them was yotam haim, 28 years old, a drummer with a heavy metal band kidnapped from kibbutz kfar aza. his mother spoke to the bbc last month. they are talking about release, a few here, a few there. i know that they are playing with us, with our minds, with our
out of water and oxygen. in a statement, dr mohammed abu salmiya said israeli troops had blown up the main water supply line. he described the conditions as tragic, with patients screaming from thirst. and he said israeli tanks are surrounding the hospital, drones are flying overhead and soldiers are moving inside. rushdi abualouf reports from gaza. all communication is down tonight in gaza, and is going to be down for a long time because this time is not by israel. it s because of the lack of fuel. the telecommunication company announced this morning that they are running out of fuel. and since the egyptians are only allowing about 25,000 liters of fuel to to run the essential transport transporting of aid from gaza into from egypt into gaza only going to be used by the un. all of the communication is down, internet is down, and the two mobile carrier here is down. and getting the information is very difficult. last call i made to our contact in shifa hospital. he was talkin