close quarter combat has seen fierce fighting with gunmen as they target outposts, headquarters and other hamas infrastructure. with the fighting intensifying there s been strongly worded criticism of the humanitarian situation emerging from the united nations. seven human rights experts have said that they believe that the palestinian people in gaza are at grave risk of genocide , and that time is running out to prevent this. israel accused them of repeating hamas propaganda. meanwhile the us secretary of state, antony blinken, is back in israel for his second visit to the region since the war began. he plans to talk to israeli officials about how to pursue their military and security goals in gaza while limiting civilian casualties. and people across the region are waiting to hear from the leader of the lebanese islamist group, hezbollah. his speech in the comming hours will be closely watched, and could have huge consiquences for the conflict. our gaza correspondent rushdi
ongoing coverage of the israel gaza war. waves of intensity extracts over gaza, much heavier than in previous notes. the army says it is increasing the number of abstracts in the territory and expanding its ground force operations. in gaza, sirens are warning of malt rocket fire to come and communications, including phone and internet have been cut off, making it nearly impossible for residents to reach anyone. amid the darkness, explosions are intensifying. gaza city residents have been want to move south for their safety. hamas says it is clashing with israeli forces in northern gaza and take it into israeli cities with intense missile pariahs. an overwhelming majority of the un general assembly voted in favour of any media trees in gaza, adopting a resolution that condemns all acts of violence against palestinian and israeli civilians. it calls for unhindered eight and the protection of civilians and we will bring a model later in the programme. it is happening at the huma