Hamas, has urged residents to stay put. More than one Million People are believed to live in the north of gaza. There are warnings that the humanitarian crisis in the territory is deepening, with shortages of food, clean water and electricity strikes from israel are continuing in gaza tonight. These are pictures from the last hour or so. Hamas Officials Say that on friday 70 people, mostly women and children, were killed by israeli air strikes on convoys fleeing gaza city. The Palestinian HealthMinistry Says israeli strikes have killed at least 1,900 people in gaza, including 614 children in retaliation for the more than 1300 people who have died in israel since the hamas attack on saturday. So those were pictures from a few minutes ago. Lets show you the situation in gaza right now. Its a little after four in the morning. As weve been reporting, fuel and electricity are in short supply. Residents in the north continue to flee under israeli evacuation orders. Meanwhile, the Palestinian Authoritys representative at the un compared the Current Situation to the mass palestinian migration after the creation of the state of israel, which palestinians call the nakba or catastrophe. We should not allow, as humans, and others as defenders of International Humanitarian and as you and as a Security Council to allow, after 75 years of our ist Nakba Another Nabbout to be falling on our people by d populating the gaza strip of its 2. 3 million and throw them outside to egypt and make it, you know, an egyptian problem. The Israeli Defence forces have been massing along the boundary ahead of an expected Ground Offensive into gaza. And on friday, israel carried out local raids in the gaza strip to try to locate the up to 150 people being held hostage. As many as 1,300 people were killed in last weekends attacks by members of hamas, a group designated as a Terror Organisation by many western governments. The israeli ambassador to the un has called on the un to support israels order to evacuate gaza. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said israelis are fighting for the homeland. Translation we are striking our enemies translation we are striking our enemies with translation we are striking our enemies with an our enemies with an unprecedented power. They emphasise, it isjust unprecedented power. They emphasise, it is just the beginning. 0ur enemies have just begun to pay the price. I cant diebold what comes next, but they can tell you its just the beginning. Diebold. Meanwhile in lebanon, a journalist from the Reuters News Agency has been killed in what eye witnesses say was an Israeli Attack near alma al shaab, close to the israeli border. Reuters has confirmed the death of videographer issam abdallah, the first civilian death in lebanon. Mr abdallah was covering clashes between Israeli Forces and lebanons militant hezbollah group. Two otherjournalists were also injured in the incident. We have coverage from our correspondents across the region. In a moment well hear about the situation inside gaza, but first, heres jeremy bowen from jerusalem. 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 19118. 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. 0nly 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 in jerusalem. 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. You heard injeremy� s piece there some comments from the un Secretary General. This evening in new york, russias ambassador to the un described the situation on the ground as worrying and appalling. For more on that i spoke with our un correspondent, nada tawfik. Great to have you with us. Firstly, weve been hearing that russia has circulated a Draft Resolution to members of the Security Council, calling for a humanitarian ceasefire. What more can you tell us about that . Thats right, helena. This was the second time since saturday that the Security Council has met in closed consultations, and we had heard from the Secretary General, from the Palestinian Ambassador to the un, calls for the Security Council to take up not only a call for a ceasefire but also to set up a humanitarian corridor. Now, just as the meeting was getting under way, russia circulated to the 15 members of the Security Council a Draft Resolution which is pretty brief in nature. Its one page long. It calls for a humanitarian corridor. It also calls for the release of all hostages, and it calls for safe evacuation for civilians and the distribution of humanitarian assistance. The Russian Ambassador came out and spoke to the press afterwards and he said that moscow believes it is critical at this moment for the Security Council to act. He believes that this is an issue that the root causes of this conflict should have been addressed by the council a long time ago. But what we are hearing from several members when they left the council china, for example says they are open to any efforts to try to de escalate tensions. The uk ambassador to the un, dame barbara woodward, saying that the uk needs time to go over consultations, kind of the serious discussions before it can comment on russias draft but we have heard from one western diplomat who really doubted the seriousness of russias proposal because they say they did not consult with others and it does not mention hamas in the draft, which they say will make it unacceptable to certain vested members and others on the council. I just want to ask in this is there anything that the un can do in this particular situation . Well, the Security Council itself at the moment, you know, the United States is israels key ally and it has already shielded it from any type of pressure through dozens and dozens of vetoes so the United States is working separately with egypt, with israel, to try to create some safe zones in gaza, it says, but it will see pressure in the Security Council from the United States. Separately, though, the Secretary General says he is having nonstop calls with people in the region, notjust diplomats in new york but those in the region, palestinians, israelis, to try to figure out a way to get humanitarian supplies in. As you know, the crossings remain closed. Bombings near egypts crossing makes it extremely difficult and impossible at the moment to get in any fuel, medicine or supplies and that is why the Secretary General is saying it is a dangerous new low in gaza at the moment. Also today speaking at the un, families of israeli hostages i understand. What did they have to say . Thats right. That was an event that was hosted by the Israeli Mission and they did that specifically before the Security Council meeting, saying that the Security Council needed to put its focus on getting hostages released, and so we heard from families. A woman, for example, had six Family Members including their gazans and Young Children who were kidnapped by hamas at a kibbutz. Cousins. She says that she has heard her family is alive but she really went with a strong plea again for the International Community to exert any pressure they can, and we heard from otherFamily Members a very similar message. 0ur un correspondent nada tawfik, thanks a lot. More than a Dozen Americans remain unaccounted for after hamas attack on israel. On friday, President Biden met virtually with the families of those who are missing. Meanwhile, us Secretary Of StateAntony Blinken says hes working with israel to secure safe areas in gaza as he continues his tour through the region. Hes just arrived in saudi arabia, after traveling tojordan, qatarand bahrain, all on friday. Our state Department CorrespondentBarbara Plett usher has the latest. Secretary blinken is basically trying to prevent the conflict from spreading. He is on his largest tour of the region since he took office, is it arab countries. He wants is for them to what condemn hamas clearly and to show patience for israels response, because of the exceptional brutality of the attack. But he is especially worried that iran may get involved through armed groups it supports in the region. Is not been to iran directly by the Saudi Crown Prince is. He had a call with a run� s breslin last week and i think they will be a big part of mr blinken� s discussion in gasserin of mr blinken� s discussion in gasser in we are going to be manly ferry edges them amy el keria, is that it was lo voi live does not of the line Natalia Egypts says it wants to help get aid into gaza but it will not accept a flood of refugees coming out, so americans are trying to negotiate safe passage for palestinians with us citizenship, yarravel 500 or 600 living end Gaza Adebowale 4 nationals. The americans also going to organise safe zones for palestinians in gaza, there talking to the un and International Humanitarian agencies about that. Finally, of course, mr blinken is worried about the hostages, americans think hamas is holding a handful of american citizens, qatar has taken the lead on that because it has relations with hamas. Although the qatari Prime Minister didnt have any Progress Report when mr blinken was there. It seems the Israeli Military is thinking more about a rescue than about negotiations. It has said Ground Troops had already gone into gaza on limited rays ahead of what is expected to be a big incursion and part of that was about trying to locate where the hostages are. Lets get more on the situation on the ground in gaza now. The bbc� Sjon Donnison has the latest, and a warning, his report contains some distressing images. Israel has now been pounding gaza for a week, targeting hummus. 0ur enemies are evil, says this man amid the wreckage of � s home. They have no humanity newjobs are more challenging than a first responder. After coming under all of this, some are still 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. Zarefeh baroud is a 24 year old us palestinian who lives in seattle. She lost six members of her extended family during bombardments in khan younis in Southern Gaza on monday afternoon. Five of them were under the age of 18. Shes been speaking with the bbc� s gary 0donoghue. Is very difficult, i know, to talk about it is my family that was targeted, just a few days ago were from gaza. Do you have any idea what happened . Any idea what happened . There were targeted in any idea what happened . There were targeted in the any idea what happened . There were targeted in the afternoon, j were targeted in the afternoon, as everyone normally does, they huddled together as families to stay together. Sometimes families are split up, so when one party is killed, the bloodline can live on, but at this moment, five of my cousins and their mother, my aunt, were all at home together, just days before, before the war had started, before we could have ever known that what has happened would occur. They were having a party, they had just gotten out of the celebration, my cousin was 18, he had just finished high school, doing his first semester at the university. My other cousin, who was 15, he had just finished memorising the entire koran, they were very intelligent and motivated, an incredible family. They were altogether when it happened and i think that gives me a little bit solace, that they were with their mum. 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