have continued, as have those on the jabaliya refugee camp in the north. israel insists it s making maximum effort to avoid killing civilians. hospitals inside gaza are struggling to take in the casualties with un officials describing a degree of panic in medicalfacilities that hasn t been seen before. the un says palestinians who are being told to leave areas, which were previously seen as safe, are being pushed into a narrow corner of gaza. our international editor jeremy bowen reports on the situation in the west bank and gaza. there s distressing footage from the very beginning. lost boys, brothers looking for their father my dad s been killed. i swear my dad s been killed. they re lost in the mighty vengeance promised by israel. then they found their father and brother were dead. the strike, filmed by a freelance journalist, destroyed the home of this family injabalia, northern gaza. these are the latest israeli army pictures. they re pushing forward into souther
on khan younis and rafah in the south have continued as have those in the jabaliya refugee camp in the north. israel insists it s making maximum effort to avoid killing civilians. hospitals inside gaza are struggling to take in the casualties, with un officials describing a degree of panic in medicalfacilities that hasn t been seen before. the un says palestinians who are being told to leave areas which were previously seen as safe, are being pushed into a narrow corner of gaza. our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, reports. ominous warnings the israeli flares that hang in the night sky over gaza are followed by the thuds of explosions. rumbling explosion. and on the ground, israel s military says its offensive has now expanded to every part of the palestinian territory. it said its operations here will be of no less strength than those that have devastated the north. explosions, shouting. israel s already ordered more evacuations in the south of gaza, crowded
an adviser to prime minister benjamin netanyahu told the bbc that israel was making the maximum effort to avoid killing civilians. israel has been dropping leaflets with maps, showing gazans the areas it plans to strike. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams explains why that often isn t protecting civilians. this has been a problem throughout the past two months. israel believes and says it is giving as much notice as it possibly can to the civilian population to leave certain areas where the fighting is most concentrated. they believe these new maps, with this detailed grid, numbered grid, should help that process because they are saying to people in certain numbered areas, these are the areas you have to leave. the trouble is people don t know where they should leave to. israel is also hitting targets outside of those demarcated areas. anything that the israelis regard as a high value target where hamas might have some of its infrastructure or where acre hamas commande
frank, just explain who the houthis are and why they are targeting these ships? the are and why they are targeting these shi s? ., , ., ., ., ., ships? the houthis are an iranian backed militia ships? the houthis are an iranian backed militia who ships? the houthis are an iranian backed militia who took- ships? the houthis are an iranian backed militia who took over - ships? the houthis are an iranian i backed militia who took over control of most of yemen 9 years ago in a big clue which cloudy arabia and western countries have been trying unsuccessfully to reverse a big coup. they control the coast of yemen and they have already previously some weeks earlier fired missiles towards israel. these were also shut down by a us guided missile destroyer in the red sea. they have said that in support of their brothers in hamas, in their words, they would not allow israeli shipping to pass by their coast. and theyissued shipping to pass by their coast. and they issued a warnin