Hostages held by hamas, who are expressing concern about the intensifying attacks on gaza. And right now we are striking from the air every single day when we do not know where my cousin is, where we do not know where over 200 hostages are and we dont know if any of our bombs have killed them. Here in london, pro palestinian demonstrators turn out in force. These are live pictures. Protests are also planned in other capital cities. Fresh aid enters gaza and the un tells the bbc theyve managed to re establish some contact with their teams on the ground. Hello and welcome to bbc news. Israels Defence Minister says the countrys military has Shifted Phases In The War and that its operation will continue until further notice. His comments followed the intensification of the Israeli Military operation against hamas. It said air attacks overnight hit 150 underground targets, and killed several senior hamas commanders. Hamas, which is a proscribed Terror Organisation by the uk, us and many oth
israel s prime minister is meeting the families of israeli hostages held, who are worried about the intensifying attacks on gaza. and right now we are striking from the air every single day when we do not know where my cousin is, where we do not know where over 200 hostages are and we don t know if any of our bombs have killed them. here in london, pro palestinian demonstrators turn out in force. we demonstrators turn out in force. will talk to our co| a we will talk to our correspondent in a moment. protests are also taking place in other capital cities, with calls for a ceasefire. fresh aid enters gaza, and the un tells the bbc they ve managed to reestablish some contact with their teams on the ground. communications have been down for such a long while. we have been talking to the un who have been using satellite phones to get some contact with their teens, but broadly the situation of communications blackout is still in place. that is the backdrop in gaza. our corresponde
will turn to mortuary. loud explosions. the loss of life is fuelling anger on both sides. this attack on the 7th of october is a proper before and after moment. it opens a new chapter in the palestinian israeli conflict. with israel on the verge of a ground invasion of gaza, could this crisis engulf the whole middle east? explosion. you could hear, tack tack tack tack. pack a packa, tack tack tack. thinking, ok, that s unusual. and i could hear it getting closer. just after sunrise on october 7th, hamas gunmen entered be eri kibbutz in southern israel. he whistles quietly. thomas hand had just woken up. so i thought, ok, i ll go in to my bomb shelter and actually close the door. on our telephone, we ve got loads of messages back and forward from the kibbutz, from members saying, they re in my house. send the army. where s the army? a few kilometres away, in another kibbutz, kfar aza, shaylee atary was at home with her husband yahav and baby daughter shayha. there was bombin