of progress on a deal, to free some of the 239 israelis, being held hostage in gaza by hamas. orla guerin has this report from jerusalem, and a warning it contains distressing images from the beginning. every day, more dead in gaza. some who barely started living. this footage was filmed for the bbc today in khan younis, in the south. israel told people to flee here, to be safer. the bereaved get one last look. and a father, one last embrace. the agony of samirjamil aga, cradling his five year old son, mohammed. then, his other son is brought to him. six year old samir. he can t bear to let him go. pa rted forever. palestinians say the boys were among 30 people killed when israel bombed several houses in khan younis. but finally, hope for about 30 premature babies. doctors in southern gaza, working to stabilise them, ahead of a transfer to egypt tomorrow. eight others have died. these are the survivors of war and of the horrors of al shifa hospital. even the water used for t
says shows its forces going into a tunnel shaft, and along what is says is a 55 metre and along what it says is a 55 metre long tunnel built by hamas, under al shifa hospital. hamas has denied having a command centre there. 31 premature babies who were trapped inside al shifa hospital inside al shifa hospital by the fighting have been moved to a hospital in southern gaza. doctors there say eight other premature babies did not survive. meanwhile, the prime minister of qatar has said only minor obstacles remain in the way of reaching a deal on releasing some of the hostages taken by hamas in its attack on israel on october 7th. and, the fighting continues hamas says more than a0 members of one family have been killed in an israeli air strike israel has not commented. we ll have more on all of those developments in the coming hour. but we begin with the news conference held by the israel defence forces where their spokesman, daniel hagari, outlined details of what he sai
the israeli military has shown video recovered from al shifa hospital, which it says shows hostages being held there after the october 7th attack by hamas. israel also released footage it says shows its forces going into a tunnel shaft, and along what is says is and along what it says is a 55 metre long tunnel built by hamas, under al shifa hospital. hamas has denied having a command centre there. 31 premature babies who were trapped inside al shifa hospital by the fighting have been moved to a hospital in southern gaza. doctors there say eight other premature babies did not survive. meanwhile, the prime minister of qatar has said only minor obstacles remain in the way of reaching a deal on releasing some of the hostages taken by hamas in its attack on israel on october seventh. and the fighting continues, hamas says more than a0 members of one family have been killed in an israeli air strike. israel has not commented. we ll have more on all of those developments, but we be
something hamas denies. for more on all this, i spoke with our diplomatic correspondent paul adams, who is injerusalem. thanks forjoining us. these reports coming out of gaza paint a grim picture of the humanitarian situation there. what more can you tell us about how hospitals in gaza are coping? well, with great difficulty. they are all pretty much surrounded in gaza city, because the israelis argue these are places where hamas fighters have based themselves, and consequently there have been intense battles going on around us hospitals. the israelis say they are not targeting hospitals per se, and they are trying to get the civilian populations that are clustered around them to try to leave, and also starting to think about evacuating the hospitals themselves, so that israel can concentrate on dealing with hamas. there is a small development on that front this evening. the israelis said tomorrow they are going to evacuate babies from the shifa hospital to a safer location.
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