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and more than 2,800 people have been killed by israeli air strikes. meanwhile, hamas which is designated as a terrorist organisation by governments, including the uk and us says it fired a barrage of rockets atjerusalem and tel aviv overnight with sirens sending lawmakers to bomb shelters. and we can bring you some live pictures of gaza where it is just after 7am. but first, more on the news that presidentjoe biden will visit israel on wednesday. us secretary of state antony blinken said president biden will focus on securing the release of hostages taken by hamas while underscoring the need to minimise civilian casualties in gaza. the united states and israel agreed to develop a plan that will show multilateral organisations to reach civilians in gaza, and then alone, including the possibility of creating areas to help keep civilians out of arm s way, it is critical that i d begin flowing into gaza as soon as possible. we share israel s and that hamas may seize o ....
through one of the car parks, causing it to collapse. holly willoughby quits itv s this morning after 1a years at the helm, saying she s stepping down for the sake of herself and her family. good morning. electric car insurance is soaring, with some premiums up i7%. i will look at how the cost of repairs and replacements means some firms are refusing to ensure altogether. from a horseshoe crab to a pod of orcas we ll take a look at the stunning images in the wildlife photos of the year. good morning. for many it felt like summer at the beginning of the week but by the end of the week it will feel more like autumn. today a band of rain moves southwards slowly across england and wales. behind it for scotland and northern ireland, sunshine and showers and very windy in the north. all the details later in the north. all the details later in the north. all the details later in the programme. it s wednesday 11th october. israel s defence minister says its military is now moving t ....
ceasefire talks in cairo. the good news is that they are happening and that five nations, orfive parties, are at least all there in cairo. so that s hamas, israel, the us, qatar and egypt. the not so good news is that israel has only sent a fairly low level team they re not there to negotiate, they re there to study what hope there is of trying to bridge the gap between what is acceptable to israel and what is acceptable to hamas, and that gap is still pretty wide. the main sticking point, as my colleague yolande referred to there, is over how this ends. so the fundamentals of the deal are largely intact, they re largely agreed. they can agree this that it will start with a 42 day period of calm, a truce essentially, during which hamas will give up 33 hostages. there s a bit of dispute about whether they would be alive or dead, but 33 hostages. in return, a much larger number of palestinians prisoners would be released from israeli jails and palestinians who had bee ....
stepped up its bombing of the south of the territory. negotiators from israel and hamas are at the discussions, along with egyptian and qatari mediators. on monday, israel rejected a three phase proposal that had been accepted by hamas. the israeli bombardment of southern gaza continued overnight following israel s seizure of the vital rafah crossing with egypt. palestinian medical staff say seven members of a family were killed in one air strike. israel says it s reopened one of the main crossing points for aid. kerem shalom was closed last week following a hamas rocket attack. humanitarian workers say there are also concerns about food shortages. from jerusalem, our middle east correspondent yolande knell reports. you may find some of her report distressing. the panic and confusion as rescuers pull the wounded from the rubble after an overnight israeli airstrike in rafah. and today, another all too familiar scene in gaza, a mother struggling with unbearable loss. after isra ....
there s been international condemnation of the taking of civilian hostages. israel says some 100 civilians and soldiers have been kidnapped, but both israel and hamas have denied reports of a possible prisoner exchange. so far in this conflict, at least 900 people have been killed in israel, and almost 700 people have been killed in gaza following israeli military action. right now we re looking at a live pictures of gaza city, where we ve seen many flashes of explosions in the past hour or so. israel s allies, including the us, germany, italy, france and the uk have released a joint statement criticising the weekend s surprise strikes by hamas, saying: let s get the latest from the ground now. 0ur international editor, jeremy bowen, is in the southern israeli city of ashkelon, just 13km or about eight miles north of the gaza strip, and has this report. inside gaza, it looks every bit as if palestinians are feeling the full force of israeli military power. israel sa ....