good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. a powerful storm, with wind gusts of more than 100 miles an hour in places, has swept through the channel islands and across southern england, leaving thousands of homes without power, hundreds of schools closed and widespread travel disruption. this was newhaven in sussex this afternoon. in a moment we ll find out the latest on the situation across england but first danjohnson reports from jersey one of the hardest hit places. just look at the state of it. trees down, roof tiles everywhere, cars smashed, gardens blown to pieces. but then there are the houses. people s homes. we thought these seafront flats had been abandoned, torn apart. but then we heard the voice of bob, sheltering beneath the ruins of his neighbour s home. my word! iz ruins of his neighbour s home. my word!’ ~ ruins of his neighbour s home. my word! ~ ., ruins of his neighbour s home. my word! ~ . , word! 12 o clock, we hear this miah word! 12 o
good evening from jerusalem. israel s prime minister says the country s ground forces are now at the height of the battle as they make advances in the northern half of the gaza strip. this evening the military announced that troops have now encircled gaza city. it comes as the jabalia refugee camp in northern gaza has been hit by a deadly israeli air strike for a third day running. hamas, designated as a terrorist organisation by the uk, say more than 9,000 people have been killed in the gaza strip since the present conflict began on 7th october when it launched a series of deadly attacks on israel. 0ur international editor jeremy bowen has this report. tank rumbles. tonight, israel says it has surrounded gaza city. an army statement said that soldiers were attacking hamas positions. explosion guns fire ..places where it launches rockets, and killing terrorists. israel has increased the tempo of its ground war in gaza. the army said its soldiers needed to be resilient is th