hours, and its forces have cut the gaza strip in two, with gaza city now encircled. but strikes were not confined to the north of the gaza strip. this is deir al balah, in central gaza. many casualties arrived at hospitals on carts pulled by donkeys, after a communications blackout meant people could not call for ambulances. the israel defence forces are trying to destroy hamas, which it says killed more than 1,400 people in southern israel on october 7th, and is classified a terrorist organisation by western governments, including the us and the uk. our first report is from our international editorjeremy bowen. israel promised mighty vengeance. it thundered across gaza city. israel s justification is defending the living, as well as avenging instead. palestinians call this genocide. this girl, from jabalya camp, is asked what happened to her. she says, a missile came down on us, bricks fell on us. i asked, where is my dad and where is my mum?” she is asked, where wer