And the other main stories on tonights programme. As the violence in the middle east triggers protests in the uk, a senior official warns of the language used at some pro palestinian rallies. Was It Carriejohnson in charge during covid . The inquiry into the pandemic hears the countrys top Civil Servant worried about her influence. 120. And following his accident on top gear, Freddie Flintoff reaches a multi Million Pound settlement with bbc studios. And the newsnight at 10 30, we will go deeper behind over millia decide whether to heed an israeli warning and move south while in london, will be asking how communities are feeling. Good evening. Were live injerusalem, where its just after midnight local time, with the end of the 24 hour period israel has set for People Living in Northern Gaza to evacuate the area fast approaching. More than a Million People have been warned to move south, after several days in which the Israeli Defense forces have been massing on the border, ahead of an expected Ground Offensive into gaza. This in response to last weekends attacks by members of hamas, a group designated as a Terror Organisation by many western governments, including the uk. More than 1,300 people died in those attacks, and over 100 hostages were taken. There have already been several days of air strikes on gaza, which Officials Say have left around 1,900 palestinians dead, including 600 children, and now the Evacuation OrderStates Residents in the territory should move to the area south of wadi gaza. Hamas, however, says the order should be ignored, claiming its propaganda. The Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations said tonight it amounts to ethnic cleansing. The un Secretary General has reminded both sides that even war has rules. Well get the very latest from across the region. Well look at the Situation Inside Gaza and hear from Anna Foster On the israel lebanon border. But first, heres jeremy bowen. To win a war, a country has to break the will of its enemy to fight. History suggests air strikes alone wont do that, even ones as heavy as israels in gaza. So israel will have to send troops into the rubble, if as it says it wants to destroy hamas. Telling civilians to get out is part of preparing the battlefield. Leaflets, a non lethal airdrop but full of menace, told more than a Million People to move south. It happened to our grandfathers, said this man, now its happening to us it raises the ghosts of the past. Many gazans trying to escape israels anger are descendants of almost one million palestinians who fled or were forced out of their homes at gunpoint in israels independence war in 19a8. Palestinians call it the catastrophe. Hamas sent their answer more rockets, and told people to stay put. At the un, the Secretary General told both sides to protect civilians. Even wars have rules. International humanitarian law and Human Rights Law must be respected and upheld. Civilians must be protected and also never used as shields. Refrigerated containers hold bodies awaiting identification, some of more than 1,300 israelis and foreigners killed by hamas. But israel says hamas will feel its revenge not civilians. Palestinians protested in the west bank. 1a had been shot dead by the israeli army by the evening. Almost all the violence between israelis and palestinians before last weeks hamas assault was in the west bank. It is very tense and could get much worse. Jerusalem was quiet, but not calm. Only older palestinians were allowed to pray at Al Aqsa Mosque by Israeli Security forces. Younger men were banned as potential security risks. The Mood Injerusalem was grim, full of foreboding. The holy city is at the epicentre of the conflict. Palestinians said they feared that israels anger at the hamas attack could be directed at them. It feels as if this crisis is going up a gear. Extreme pressure on civilians in gaza, tension here injerusalem. No one knows where this is going, but its certain this is a dangerous moment the worst middle east crisis in a generation. Until last weekend, israel believed the long conflict with the palestinians could be contained. That illusion has gone. Jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem. Tonight, the palestinian United Nations envoy appealed to the un, to do more to stop a crime against humanity, as israel prepares for a possible Ground Assault into gaza. Fuel, food and Water Supplies are running out in the territory, but israel says it wont lift its blockade until hamas frees all the hostages it seized last saturday. Jon donnison, ourformer correspondent in gaza, looks now at life there under siege. And a warning, his report does contain some distressing images. Israel has now been pounding gaza, targeting hamas, it says, for almost a week. Only when The Dust Settles does the devastation become clear. Our enemies are evil. Theyre cowards killing children, says this man amid the wreckage of his home. They have no humanity, he goes on. Fewjobs are more challenging here than that of a first responder. Under all this, somebody is alive. For now. For three days, he says, i didnt go home, but it never stops. For some, its all too much, and these paramedics are working while under fire. He says hes just heard a colleague was killed while trying to save others. Its the fourth that day. But they cant stop working. And for gazas doctors, the stream of casualties is relentless. Inside the hospital in the town of rafah, i want my daddy, she cries. More than 85 persons with injuries are men, women and children. And when i say children, i mean children. We are dealing with so sophisticated kinds of trauma which we couldnt see ever before. And for many, the injuries are too severe. Its a massacre, says this father, leaving the hospital with his five year old daughter dead in his arms. John donnison, bbc news. Theres a constant fear a new front could open up in the war, if the Islamist Group hezbollah decides to attack israel in support of hamas. Hezbollah� s Deputy Leader told a rally in lebanon that it was fully prepared to join the fight, when the time comes. And tonight its been confirmed that a lebanese journalist has been killed, the first civilian death in that area. Anna foster has more, from the israel lebanon border. Loaded and ready, these Winding Roads are now home to thousands of soldiers. Theyve been sent north to reinforce the border. Further escalation in the north was huge, but we know what to do. Now, if we start a war with lebanon, ultimately we still think it was a fire. Each time shots are exchanged at the border, tensions rise. This reserve unit tell me they are on high alert. There are people from right across the country, people who work in the tech industry, there are tour guides, theres even a fitness instructor. They dropped everything to come here and face this huge threat on the northern border. In vulnerable communities like this, most families have left town. This is one of the few who staved. There is one of the few who staved. There is no one here. Is one of the few who staved. There is no one here, my is one of the few who staved. There is no one here, my grandpa is one of the few who staved. There is no one here, my grandpa lives i is no one here, my grandpa lives here in the place i take you. The houseis here in the place i take you. The house is empty. Its here in the place i take you. The house is empty here in the place i take you. The house is empty. Its soon clear why eo le house is empty. Its soon clear why people have house is empty. Its soon clear why people have fled. House is empty. Its soon clear why people have fled. 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There are l diplomatic efforts to try and hold off an escalation here, but in this Underground Shelter the hope of peace feels far away. Anna foster, bbc news. The deepening concerns this conflict could spread. Almost a week on since the hamas attacks, more details are still emerging of the atrocities committed last Saturday Injewish Communities in southern israel. Were going to hear two stories now that of one woman and her partner, saved by her father as gunmen attacked her home. But first, to the women in the beeri kibbutz, whose Whatsapp Group followed every terrifying moment when their Community Came under fire. Alice cuddy reports. Beeri kibbutz in southern israel. A week ago this was a community of around 1000 men, women and children. Living normal lives. Here a Whatsapp Group. Last saturday as the Hamas Gun Men came in, this, there Whatsapp Groups first message warning of the unfolding horror. Some of the women and their families ran to their safe rooms, fortified areas in their homes. Moments later we have a terrorist on the stairs, call someone. Theres an attack all across the kibbutz. One woman writes, they are shooting at her. Another says, writes, they are shooting at her. Anothersays, please, help me. Writes, they are shooting at her. Another says, please, help me. They are trying to break the safe room door, they are going to killers in a minute. This person watched the stream of messages in Silent Terror as she tried to comfort her young children. It as she tried to comfort her young children. ,. ,. , children. It was horrible. People are running. Children. It was horrible. People are running, they children. It was horrible. People are running, they need children. It was horrible. People are running, they need help, children. It was horrible. 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One mother said her baby was dead. ,. ,. , was dead. She is crying for help, her Baby Daughter was dead. She is crying for help, her Baby Daughter is was dead. She is crying for help, her Baby Daughter is dead, was dead. She is crying for help, her Baby Daughter is dead, and l was dead. She is crying for help, | her Baby Daughter is dead, and no one came stop another one, she saw her mother getting killed. This person and her her mother getting killed. This person and her children survived the attack and are now safe but their homes and many of their neighbours are gone, some held hostage in gaza. Alice cuddy, bbc news, jerusalem. We go now to the village of kfar aza that was the scene of another massacre by hamas. Nick beake has been speaking to one of the survivors. And a warning, his report does contain details some of you may find distressing. They are the survivors. 22 year old neta and her boyfriend, santiago, escaped from hamass massacre in their village. She was shot six times in the legs. We start to hear gunshots for all the, they start. One apartment, one apartment, one apartment, start to break the windows, break the doors, and start to shoot. You hear sounds, people screaming. The killers filmed themselves on the loose, murdering dozens in Thejewish Community of kfar aza. With no israeli army to be seen, neta realised the only person who could save her was her dad, who she hadnt spoken to in six years. She managed to message him. They are close, she wrote. Lock the doors, her dad replies. Please, answer, please. But the gunmen found them. They started to shoot like. Like were nothing. I fell down on the ground and Santiago Scream at me, neta, please, stand up, start to run. If you dont stand up, were going to die. Hiding under a pile of rubbish, she texted her dad again. Dad, they shot me. Help. Im coming, he replies. My heart stops, and my brain start to work. You know, i was mad. When shimon, a plainclothes policeman, arrived at the village, he came under attack. I took my gun, and they start to shoot at me. I shot at them. And four people get from their houses over there and, with ak 47s, start to shoot me. Eventually, shimon found neta near their burnt out home and took them to safety. Neta says israel must now respond in the strongest possible way. I dont want the hamas any more in my life. They need destroy them, one by one. Have you been thinking about what may happen to civilians in gaza if there is a big Ground Operation by the Israeli Military there . My country didnt want to hurt the civilians. I want they be safe. I dont think they need to die, like i dont need to die. They are like me. But civilians are being killed in this war, in ever increasing numbers. Nick beake, bbc news, tel aviv. Time for a final word from jeremy. This time last week, the world, including, interestingly, the Israeli Security services, could never have conceived what was going to happenjust never have conceived what was going to happen just a few hours later. Yes. A week ago, those hamas gunmen were loading their weapons and getting ready for what they went in to do. Since then really, everything has changed. Notjust in this conflict, but really in the region. The potential knock on effects of this are really profound. There was a certain status quo in the region are not satisfactory to a lot of people, but people thought they knew more or less what was happening. It turns out they were completely wrong. Things have changed. And the big question now is where this goes. The israelis do their military operation, what happens the day after they leave . Aha, operation, what happens the day after they leave . After they leave . A new world. Indeed. Jeremy after they leave . A new world. Indeed. Jeremy bowen, after they leave . A new world. Indeed. Jeremy bowen, our indeed. Jeremy bowen, our international editor. Now the world watches and waits for israels next move, with the people of gaza the most anxious about what tomorrow may bring. Thats it from the team here injerusalem. Now its back to you, reeta, in the studio in london. Thank you, clive, and to everyone on the team. The attack on israel, and the response in gaza, has had a huge impact on britons in the region and on people in the uk with family there. David barr was born in leeds and lives in israel with his family. His Sister In Law was murdered and his home attacked. Ali alaqad is a chef in london, who has lost contact with his wife and son in gaza. Our correspondent lucy manning reports. David barr and his Sister In Law, naomi, flying the flag of the team where he grew up. Naomi, she was loved by herfamily and shell be missed by all of us. Thats just one story out of 1,300. Were all finding it hard to just mourn for our own because were mourning for everybody. Gunfire and rockets piercing the tranquillity of the agricultural kibbutz alumim, near gaza. They slaughtered the 16 foreign workers. It was just shooting, missiles, shooting. As we left the gates, just bodies, cars, riddled with bullets. Bodies everywhere. I said to my wife, dont look. Just dont look weve lost friends. Weve lost families. Do you fear for your kids future . Actually, i have one whos in london, and he phoned me, he said, abba, daddy, im coming home. I said to him, dont come, not now. Yet he feels for ordinary palestinians. We have friends, we had wo