not civilians. but air strikes have hit civilians , the palestinian health ministry says at least 51 people were killed on wednesday night. the world food programme has distributed some aid, but the un has warned that israel is in breach of international law by denying civilians access to essential supplies of food, fuel and water. ii of its own staff there have been killed since saturday. bbc verify is continuing to monitor the impact of the strikes in gaza. one was on the islamic university of gaza, targeted between tuesday and wednesday. several videos, released by the israel defense forces have shown their attacks. meanwhile, hamas fighters continue to fire rockets into israel. many have been intercepted by the country s iron dome defence system, but a few have broken through. the death toll in israel since hamas s attack on saturday has reached 1,200. more than 1,100 have died in gaza in israeli airstrikes. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has formed a unity gov
the death toll is rising the israeli military says they have now recovered at least 1,200 people killed in israel this past weekend. and in the five day bombardment of gaza, already more than 1,000 palestinians have died. today the un called on all sides to respect civilians, and requested that a humanitarian corridor be set up in gaza to get food in and to evacuate the most seriously injured. we ll hear from our correspondents across the region. from lucy williamson who has been to the town of 0fakim, where they have been burying their dead. from gaza, our correspondent rushdi abu alouf. and anna foster is on israel s northern border with lebanon, where israel has been exchanging fire today with hezbollah militants. good evening. there are 300,000 israeli troops now massed on israel s southern border. there s a new unity government in tel aviv and a war cabinet to direct israel s response. explosions. for the fifth day running, and from the direction of sderot, in the sout
in the uk and also in the united states hamas is a prescribed organisation which means governments officially view it as a terrorist organisation that is illegal to support. the defence secretary grant shapps at the policy number four and two terrorists or terrorist action is verging on disgraceful and bbc said it needed to locate its moral compass. so why doesn t the bbc describe the heinous cold letter of murder of women and children as terrorism know how can we describe what will happen on saturday not use the word terrorism. on saturday not use the word terrorism- on saturday not use the word terrorism. . ., ., ., ., terrorism. there are a lot of other wa s of terrorism. there are a lot of other ways of describing terrorism. there are a lot of other ways of describing a terrorism. there are a lot of other ways of describing a course - terrorism. there are a lot of other ways of describing a course of- terrorism. there are a lot of other ways of describing a course of
you may have just seen pictures of secretary of state heading to israel to show the us support of israel, talking about how we stand against terrorism, also confirming that 22 americans have been killed. he said that that number may increase. we have also had the british foreign secretary travelled to israel. he is there to show the uk support for israel. ~ . ., ., , israel. what we saw on saturday was an unprecedented israel. what we saw on saturday was an unprecedented event, israel. what we saw on saturday was an unprecedented event, even - israel. what we saw on saturday was an unprecedented event, even in - israel. what we saw on saturday was an unprecedented event, even in the turbulent history that israel has experienced. a mass terrorist atrocity that we know has taken the lives of over a thousand people, and many more injured. i was here predominantly to show solidarity to the israeli people, to provide support to the israeli government, and also to make sure tha
welcome to the daily global, where we ll bring you the top stories from around the world. first, we re going to look at the new political situation in israel. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and the opposition leader benny gantz have agreed to form an emergency government to manage the country s response to saturday s attacks by hamas. the death toll from the attacks has reached 1,200. as israel continues its bombardment of gaza for a fifth day, there are concerns about the deteriorating humanitarian situation. gaza s health ministry says 1,100 people have been killed in air strikes. gaza s only power station has run out of fuel after israel announced it was cutting off energy supplies as well as food and water. 0utside gaza, the israeli military says hundreds of thousands of troops are gathering in preparation for would could be a ground invasion against hamas, which is regarded as a terrorist organisation by many countries, including the us, uk and egypt. f