Hello, im ben thompson. Israels military says its forces are deployed across the country and are ready for the next stage of the war, which is expected to have significant ground operations. A spokesman said the coming phase could include, what he called, � combined and co ordinated strikes from the air, sea and land. The goal, he said, was to � completely destroy the governing and military capabilities of hamas�. Its a week since hamas, classed as a Terrorist Organisation by many western governments, including the uk, killed more than 1,300 people in israel and took dozens hostage. Israel has warned the 1. 1 million civilians in gazas north to move south beyond the wadi gaza here. The Military Spokesperson said they should not return until israel said they could do so. The authorities in gaza say more than 2,200 people have already died in retaliatory israeli bombing. On saturday, israels Prime Minister visited some of his troops and asked them if they are ready for the next stage. 0ur CorrespondentLucy Williamson has the latest. Every day, hamas sends rockets into israel, and waits for israels response. After last weekends attack, israel says these air strikes are just the beginning, and that People Living in the north of gaza should leave now. Gazas main road has become a lifeline for people flowing south, a humanitarian corridor labelled safe. Not always. A strike here yesterday killed at least 12 people the bbc has verified the location identified women and children under five are among the dead. Israel says it is investigating. Israels Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu visited the troops gathered at gazas border today. The next stage is coming, he told them. Are you ready . The israeli army has been pounding gaza from here across the border and also from the air. Israel says it doesnt deliberately target civilians, and that this is directed at the people who do. Today, israel said it had killed the organiser of last weekends attack. He was released from an israeli jail more than a decade ago in a Prisoner Exchange deal with hamas. Israel says it was he who planned the attacks on communities like this. Gunmen arrived there last saturday, caught on a security camera, relaxed, unhurried and well prepa red. They brought everything they needed to kill and kidnap large numbers of people. Grenades, gaffertape, plastic cable ties. Three members of one family are still missing among them, carmel and her sister in law. Their family home shattered. It looks like indiscriminate violence, but it wasnt. This was a targeted attack. Some of the people who lived here are now thought to be just a few miles away inside gaza, a different world. This community has lived for years with occasional rockets or infiltrations, but destruction like this signals a different kind of vulnerability, and the build up of Israeli Forces here a different kind of response. But what will that response mean for hostages inside gaza . I dont know the intelligence, they dont tell us anything. They dont tell us. Nobody calls me to tell me there is negotiation for them. Frankly, nobody knows if they are taken. You are angry . I am very angry. There is not even a place for being sad for me. Israels soldiers are now massing at gazas borders, their weapons pointing towards both hamas and their hostages. For the army that failed to protect its people at home, how much harder will it be to protect them there . Lucy williamson, bbc news, southern israel. 0ur Correspondent injerusalem, tom bateman, told me about israels plans for the next stage. Comprehensive, offensive. I dont think there was ever any doubt about that, given the scale of forces that weve seen being amassed over the previous days around the gaza perimeter. But this statement going to quite some detail about, as you say, that this would involve assets that theyve got in place over land, sea and air. They talk about in quite a lot of detail the logistics operation, basically getting kits, ammunition, weaponry to the soldiers at the front line. They say that that is basically done as far as theyre concerned, but theyre going to still need to get more to the troops. But i read this as them saying that they have most of their plans ready now. I think we were seeing the signs of that, but it doesnt fundamentally answer the question about timing, because at the same moment, we have also had the Israeli Military, when its been challenged about the 24 hour deadline that was given yesterday for 1. 1 Million People to head south from the north of the gaza strip into the southern part. And then another window that was given today, a six hour window between 10 am. And 4 00 pm local time, where they said two roads would be kept left in safety for those people fleeing from their homes. Now, when theyve been asked about effectively how impossible it is for that number of people to move in that period of time, theyve said, well, we understand the issues with that, suggesting a kind of expandability around the time frame. So some you know, the signals are not entirely clear, but i think, you know, its becoming increasingly obvious that it is a matter of either hours or days until a Ground Offensive begins. Yes. And quite clearly as well, weve had that video that was issued by the israeli Prime Minister on twitter or on x. Theyre talking about meeting with soldiers on the front line with gaza, saying, are you ready for the next stage . The next stage is coming. And also in that statement, we know the reservists who have been called up, it very much feels like the pieces are all moving into place. You have 360,000 reservists have been called up since last weekend and since the attacks took place. Its been a huge mobilisation. The statement also talks about the potential need to expand operations in a geographical sense. And remember that the Northern Boundary between israel and lebanon is another area where weve seen a week of really very dangerous skirmishing, fatalities on both sides, and the continuing fear that a flare up there would lead to a much, much wider conflagration. That line there is one of the most volatile and potentially explosive boundaries in the middle east. And so if there were. If the Military Activity also stepped up there, we would see a very quick spread of this conflict, i think. And the statement, i think, trying to allude to that in terms of talking about the potential the potential need to expand the theatre of operations. But dont forget also, you know, the west bank has been on fire this week with continuing clashes between Israeli Forces and palestinians, at least many palestinian deaths last week, far higher numbers than wed see. See, in normaltimes, theres always a fear about what can happen injerusalem lies at the heart of this conflict. And i think, as the idf, the Israeli Defence forces, ready themselves for this potential ground invasion, those fears will only be increased about this thing spreading. The United Nations says nearly a million palestinians thats nearly half the population have left their homes in the gaza strip in the week since israel launched its Military Response to the wave of killings by hamas. The entire enclave is being hit by israeli missiles from gaza city in the north to rafah in the south, at the border with egypt. You may find some of the images in jon donnison� s report now upsetting. Outside the main hospital in rafah, ice cream trucks. The morgue is full. Some of the dead have been here for two days, says this man. These freezers are meant for food, not bodies, he goes on. And this is right in the south of gaza, where people are now being told to go. Hundreds of thousands are now heading in this direction. The question is, where do they go . The nearby United Nations school is packed with those seeking shelter. But it was already at full capacity before this latest evacuation order. As palestinians, what did we do for this to happen to us . , she asks. She tells us she ran out of the house barefoot with nothing when israel bombed her neighbourhood and came straight to the school. At noon today, many were praying, one would think for better times. I dont want to live here, says mahmmood, a father of four. He says there is not enough food or clothing, he just wants to go home. Many of those here are children, still smiling despite it all. Around half gazas population is under 18, and some are old beyond their years. Ramez is just 15. This is his fifth war. I can barely stand it, he says. And look around you, all these kids, ask them, do you want to live or not . We just want to be secure, he goes on. 0ur dream is to live, thats all we want. Jon donnison, bbc news. 0ur Correspondent, rushdi abualouf, has moved from the north of gaza to khan younis in the south. He spoke to us a short while ago. I had to take the journey from gaza into Southern City of khan yunis after the israeli army ask all the people live in gaza city where i used to live, and in the north to go south. I am in khan yunis since yesterday. And the scene, the scene that i witnessed is really tragic. People are sleeping in the public spaces. Hundreds of thousands of people are deployed to the schools. Im in the hospital, the main hospital in khan yunis. Also, hundreds of people are taking the hospital as a refugee. Suddenly, this city has to accommodate, treat, and feed half a Million People displaced from their a northern and middle area, gaza city. And as the hamas officially said, about 400,000 people took this Journey Yesterday And Today from khan yunis along salahadin road, then to khan yunis. More than a Million People in this city and people, the local authority here is struggling to find accommodation for the people, to find a essential needs. Water is running out in the hospital here. Medicine is running out. They are trying to manage very little fuel, doctors told me, they are left to run the generators and very small amount of Life Saving Kits that they have since israel is closing all the border. And egypt until now said we cant guarantee that if we send the aid in, israel will not allow it. A two things, because you touched on one of them, which isjust it isa it is a small city, they had to accommodate another 600,000 people. They were struggling even before this move. The city was struggling because it is part of the israeli blockade that was imposed last saturday. After one week without water, without electricity, and without internet, this city was already exhausted by helping their own people. And now, they have to take care of around 6000 people. 0ver1 Million People. Some of them seepin 0ver1 Million People. Some of them seep in the courtyard of the hospital. I asked someone who told me that back in 2014, his house was destroyed. And he somehow managed to rebuild it. He said that this time, his house was destroyed again, he had to take the hospital as a shelter. The bbc has confirmed that Young Children were among those killed in an air strike on a convoy of vehicles leaving Northern Gaza on friday along a route designated by israel. The Palestinian HealthMinistry Says 70 people died the Israeli Military says its investigating what happened. Our team at bbc verify analysed two videos of the strike on the vehicles heading towards southern gaza. Both videos have been verified these first images show a Lorry Carrying at least 30 civilians, moving south. And these are still images taken from a subsequent video from the aftermath of the strike too graphic to show in detail. The video shows men running to a lorry part of the same convoy trying to help those whove been hit. There are at least 12 visible dead bodies in the video. Live now to paul brown from the bbc verify team whos been investigating the authenticity of the gaza convoy pictures. Thank you for being with others, paul. They are difficult to look at, but it is important we clarify and verify exactly what a show. Talk to me about the process that you go through, you and the team, to make sure that video is what it purports to be. ,. , sure that video is what it purports tobe. , to be. Yes, absolutely, as you say, very graphic to be. Yes, absolutely, as you say, very graphic imagery. To be. Yes, absolutely, as you say, very graphic imagery, very very graphic imagery, very disturbing, but it is important to help us understand what is happening, and to communicate it to our audience. Happening, and to communicate it to ouraudience. So, being able happening, and to communicate it to our audience. So, being able to verify this in an ack fear of conflict area, it helps us to understand these major developments and we doubt this information, of which there has been an absolute flood over the past week. We tend to use Satellite Imagery and other online resources to try to get a sense of where and when an incident took place based on the footage we are looking at. In this particular instance, we thought it was likely to be this Salah Al Din Road which runs north south through gaza, one of two evacuation routes leaving the north and heading down to the south presumably to safety. It is a 45 kilometre road. We scanned the route and started from the north, where we figured that they would have left from, try to match details that we bought, from the Satellite Imagery, with those we saw in the video. In this case, there were some Road Markings buildings, it helped us to pin down the location. We used online tools analyse angle of the sun and the shadows to try to work out when the situation took place, when the footage was shot it looked to be around 530 local time. That when the footage was shot it looked to be around 530 local time. To be around 530 local time. That is the key thing. To be around 530 local time. That is the key thing. It to be around 530 local time. That is the key thing, it is to be around 530 local time. That is the key thing, it is a to be around 530 local time. That is the key thing, it is a painstaking the key thing, it is a painstaking process to match so many different elements until you get a clearer picture, and you are able to say with some confidence that is exactly what it shows. You touched on it at the beginning, paul. This is a war being played out on social media as well. There is a lot of misinformation out there. People can be overwhelmed with videos, statements, and pictures. It is about breaking through that this information to find out what is going on. That is what you and the team are doing. Team are doing. Exactly, that is what we are team are doing. Exactly, that is what we are here team are doing. Exactly, that is what we are here for. Team are doing. Exactly, that is. What we are here for. Increasingly, there is footage that comes out of that will be misattributed, it will be old footage that has been presented as new footage. It clouds the whole picture about what is going on, and that does not help anyone. And it can lead to real world consequences, it is particularly dangerous in situations like this when people are fleeing their homes, trying to find safety. If they are not well informed, if the people who they are speaking to are not well informed, it can be really, really dangerous. Gfiifi are not well informed, it can be really, really dangerous. Attis a oint, really, really dangerous. Attis a point. Isnt really, really dangerous. Attis a point, isnt it . Really, really dangerous. Attis a point, isnt it . It really, really dangerous. Attis a point, isnt it . It is really, really dangerous. Attis a point, isnt it . It is not really, really dangerous. Attis a point, isnt it . It is notjust point, isnt it . It is notjust about telling the rest of the world what is going on, it is also about the people caught up in the conflict. Interesting, also that all of the players in this conflict are using social media to get their message out. Tonight, the Israeli Foreign minister put in this conflict are using social media to get their message out. Tonight, the Israeli Foreign minister put his statements up speaking to troops on the border, saying we are ready for the border, saying we are ready for the next stage. We can see that video here. Using social media as a direct way to address people. Yes. Direct way to address people. Yes, that is right direct way to address people. Yes, that is right. The direct way to address people. Ya that is right. The narratives and counterclaims, all of that all plays out on social media on various channels. It can be quite confusing at times, trying to figure out exactly what is going on. That is why we dedicate ourselves to this work, why we have a whole team of people working on this round the clock. We have been flat out on this particular conflict for the last seven days trying to figure out what has been happening and where it is happening. In the chaos of last saturday, when the attacks began, we were quickly able to ascertain where breaches in the borderfence had taken place, where attacks on civilians were taking place. And that really helps us to build a picture of what is going on in real time, almost. To really get an understanding of the scale of this kind of attack. Kind of attack. People will be fascinated, kind of attack. People will be fascinated, paul, kind of attack. People will be fascinated, paul, by kind of attack. People will be fascinated, paul, by how kind of attack. People will be fascinated, paul, by how you| kind of attack. People will be fascinated, paul, by how you are able to do thatjob, given that a lot of the footage might