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i m anna foster. we re live in southern israel, near the gaza border, where there s been a significant intensification of israeli airstrikes over gaza, with bright flashes and huge explosions overnight lighting up the night sky above the territory. it comes after the israeli army said that it was expanding its ground operations there. it comes after the israeli army said that it was expanding its ground operations there. a spokesman for the israeli government would not confirm that this heralded the start of a much anticipated ground offensive against hamas. the armed wing of hamas, which is a proscribed terror organisation by the uk and the usa, has said it is involved in violent confrontations with israeli forces in northern and central gaza. there has also been rocket fire from the territory into southern israel. this is the scene live in gaza. the united nations has warned of what it described as an unprecedented avalanche of human suffering there and the un gener ....
welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with breaking news. the israel defense forces announced this evening it is expanding its ground operations against hamas in gaza. this was the scene just moments ago. it has been nearly constant rocket fire and explosions. gaza residents tell cnn that these are the most intense air strikes that they have experienced since the war began 20 days ago. and there are reports of widespread power and cellular and internet outages across the gaza strip. it is unclear what these ramped up attacks will mean for hostage negotiations. today israel said it believes hamas is still holding 229 innocent people that they kidnapped october 7th. in the united states, the white house says it is in, quote, active conversations with israel about a humanitarian pause to work on the release of the hostages. diplomatic sources told cnn earlier today that significant progress had been made. u.s. officials are insistsing those talks are going to co ....
welcome to the programme, i m lewis vaughanjones. you join us as significant development have been taking place, in the last hour or so, we heard from the idf, a spokesperson, saying background forces are expanding their operations tonight. and we have seen an intensification of airstrikes on gaza. first thing we are going to do is show you the live pictures we have, these are the feeds coming in, this is gaza which over the last few has reported increasing bombardment and an intensification of airstrikes. the other thing to tell you about gaza tonight is that communications have been cut, the internet seems to be down, telecommunications down, potentially as a result there was airstrikes but we do not know for certain why. but we do not know for certain why. but we have now got numerous reports that the communications within gaza are down. we also have another live feed from gaza to show you as well. we are keeping across these two live feeds for you as the airstrikes ....
across eastern areas of scotland. a cold northerly wind. very blustery conditions for northern scotland. sunshine and showers again for much of england and wales throughout the day. temperatures here, 11 to 15 degrees celsius. they re not due to move very much. now, low pressure stays close by as we head into the start of next week, so more bands of showers spiralling around, certainly a lot more wet weather. here s the outlook for our capital cities as we head through the week possibly stormy conditions again on wednesday into thursday. hello, i m lewis vaughanjones. you re watching the context on bbc news. explosions light up the sky over gaza, as the israeli military announces it s ramping up its air and ground operations. ground forces are expanding their operations this evening, acting forcefully in all dimensions to achieve the goals of the war. straight to the live feeds here in the bbc. this is the darkness of the gaza and it is facing tonight and intensifica ....
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