Still be using. The death toll since hamas launched its attacks on saturday has now reached 1200. 700 have been killed in israel, including 260 at a music festival. Reuters reports this figure includes 73 soldiers thats according to the Israeli Military. And more nearly 500 have been killed in gaza, after israel launched retaliatory air strikes. 33 of those are thought to be children. Lets take the scene live now in gaza. In the last few minutes and hours we have seen a number of strikes by Israeli Military, also as we have been hearing the Israeli Defence minister has announced he has called for a total blockade of the city. This is a densely populated area of land, home to 2. 2 Million People and what he is saying is that there will be no food, water or fuel allowed is that there will be no food, water orfuel allowed into is that there will be no food, water or fuel allowed into the gaza city. Now they completely rely on these things from the outside world. Militants from the Palesti
it s one of a number of rallies across france. hello there, i m rich preston, welcome to the programme. israeli air strikes have continued across southern gaza today. our correspondent on the ground says there ve been eight air strikes in and around khan younis today, with 23 people killed and around 200 injured. rushdi abualouf witnessed one of the air strikes while he was buying supplies for his children in the village of bani suhaila. four bombs fell around him in quick succession. he took these pictures, and says a block of about ten houses had been destroyed. rushdie told us he saw four dead bodies, and more than 100 injured people in that particular incident. it comes as the us national security adviserjake sullivan said washington does not want to see firefights in hospitals in gaza. conditions in the two biggest are said to be desperate with patients, staff and the displaced all trapped. the world health organisation says it has lost contact with gaza s main hospital,
on remembrance sunday. health officials in gaza say 13 palestinians have been killed in the south of the territory, it comes as the world health organization says it lost contact with al shifa hospital. israel s military says it has agreed to evacuate babies who need oxygen, to a safer place, on sunday. officials at al shifa say to newborns died as a result of the hospital running out of power. this photo was sent to the bbc last night. showing more than 20 babies being kept in a surgical theatre instead of incubators, despite being reportedly in need of oxygen treatment. a correspondence took these pictures and says a block of around ten houses have been destroyed. he saw a man carrying an injured girl and screaming for someone to call for an ambulance. he said he saw four bodies and more than 100 injured people. that is coming to us from a bbc correspondent in southern gaza. let us go live now tojordan, and speak to a director of communications for the un. what is the lates
hello, i m vishala sri pathma. we start with the latest diplomatic efforts from the israel gaza conflict. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has met the palestinian authority president, mahmoud abbas, in the occupied west bank city of ramallah for talks on the gaza conflict. mr abbas told mr blinken there must be an immediate ceasefire and an allowing of humanitarian aid to the gaza strip in gaza, hamas say at least 45 people have been killed in an israeli air strike on a refugee camp. the israeli military says it s investigating. the air strikes began after gunmen from hamas the group designated as a terrorist organisation by the uk government killed at least moo israelis and kidnapped more than 200 others on october 7th. the hamas run health ministry says, since then, more than 9,700 palestinians have been killed. in the past hour there have been reports that communication and internet services have been cut off. further north three children and their grandmothe