Stories coming up in a few moments but let� s pause and have a look at the sport. Each of the rugby word cup quarterfinals pits a Northern Hemisphere team against one from the south. And it� s so far argentina who have started things off well for those from the southern hemisphere. Now new zealand can join them in reaching the last four in france. The three time winners are playing world Number One Team ireland in paris. 1310 is 13 10 is the latest score in favour of the all blacks. They have played just under half an hour at the stad to france. So the winner of that match will face argentina, who beat wales, coming from behind twice to make the last four. Wales led 10 6 at half time and looked in control, but argentina fought back in the second half to lead 12 10 and then 19 17, before securing victory with a second try late on to win 26 17 and reach the semifinals for only the third time in their history. Argentina are tough, they stayed in the fight and i� ve got to give them credit, congratulations, they hang in there and they we weren� t at our best today but we were up against a good side that took their chances. More than 100,000 fans turned out to see one of the biggest rivalries in World Sport India against pakistan at the cricket world cup. There weren� t many pakistan fans in ahmedabad. And on the pitch it was also a one sided affair. Pakistan started well but a flurry of wickets meant they were bowled out for 191. India chased that total down with plenty to spare, their captain rohit sharma hitting 86 as his side won by seven wickets. India have won all three of their matches at the tournament so far and pakistan have still never beaten them at a 50 over world cup. Well, the atmosphere in ahmedabad didn� t delight everyone there. The pakistan coach Mickey Arthur claiming the absence of support for his team with fans effectively banned from travelling from pakistan after failing to secure visas despite them having tickets for the match meant the occasion looked like it was organised not by the global governing body the icc but a Home Match Put On by the indian cricket board. It seemed like a bilateral series. I didn� t hear pakistan coming through the microphone too often tonight so yes that does play a role. Bbc sport has been told qatari banker Sheikh Jassim is withdrawing his bid to buy manchester united. 0wners the glazer family have invited bids for more than a year now but no one has met their valuation, believed to be in excess of 6 billion. British Businessmanjim Ratcliffe remains as the only bidder, with his offer reportedly now for a Minority Stake in the premier league club. There was no fairy tale ending for the Catalans Dragons and their star man sam tomkins as they were beaten in super league� s grand final. They were beaten 10 2 at old trafford. Catalans only finished behind wigan on point difference in the regular season. But this defeat means their wait to lift the trophy for the first time goes on, while wigan Have Theirfirst title in five years. And that� s all the sport for now. We will talk to you a little later, hughes, thank you very much. The Rafah Crossing at the southern end of gaza is the sole Crossing Point that doesn� t border israel. It runs between egypt and the gaza strip. It� s currently closed but, as we� ve been reporting, the Us Government today advised its citizens in gaza to move towards the Rafah Crossing to be ready for its possible reopening. Among the foreign nationals who� ve made their way there is a Young British girl who� s waiting there with her mother. They� re hoping to leave gaza and she spoke about her fear of being killed in the bombing. Just a warning, some viewers may find her account distressing. Hi, i� m mariam and i came from britain and i came to visit gaza to just like have some fun and see my family. So, yeah, ijust went to gaza and i sat at home for a while, only for a couple of months now. And then i, i, like. Saturday morning i woke up at 5am to find that there are a lot of bombs and people are dead. I� m like really in fear and like every, every time ijust have to have the thought of me dying in a bomb in gaza, like, it� s not a good thing. Like, every place i go, i go run away and ijust find bombs and ifind dead people and, like, maybe one day i� ll end up like them. But it� s a really scary thing for me. This further evidence of the human cost of this conflict. The Israeli Military has confirmed there are 126 hostages in gaza but there are fears that number could be as high as 150. A Military Spokesperson also said the bodies of some hostages have been found on the edges of the gaza strip. 0ur CorrespondentFrankie Mccamley has been speaking to families of some of those missing. Posted online, this video of shiri and her baby, surrounded by militants. You can just about see nine month old kfir in her arms, believed to be one of the youngest taken hostage. And this is 84 year old ditza heiman, one of the eldest, still missing. Her niece debbie says her aunt was hiding in her safe room, on the phone to her family, just before she was taken. When her phone was answered, this time, it was answered by a man speaking arabic, and he said, hamas, hamas. They later heard from a neighbour of hers in the kibbutz that he� d this heard her crying for help, and he� d rushed out of his home and he� d seen her surrounded by gunmen, being led away. The aftermath, following the reported abduction of 11 people from this home, burnt to the ground, now just a shell. And one of the assumptions was that they put the House On Fire to force my family out of the shelter and then, at gunpoint, took them to the vehicles and to the borders. My sister, shes 38. Her husband, he is also 38. Their child, naveh, he is eight years old. And another child, yaheli, she is three years old. The age of my son. Ten of Herfamily Members are still missing, as well as her uncle� s carer. In order for our team to try and work out from those who are missing who may have been taken hostage, we� ve been listening to the testimonies of dozens of families. Some say they were on the phone to their loved ones just before they were taken. Others have managed to track Mobile Phones before they were cut off. We� ve also been sent videos from families that appear to show their relatives being put into the back of vans and trucks, before being driven off. As for where people have been taken after videos like this emerge, it� s unclear. We also don� t know what condition they� re in. And the complexity of this ever changing situation has been highlighted again in the case of shani louk, a tattoo artist from germany. She was at the supernova Music Festival which was stormed by militants, who killed at least 260 people and kidnapped many others. News outlets were initially reporting that she had died after this footage emerged of her in the back of a pick up truck, which we� ve edited because it� s too upsetting to show. But after, her mother released a video to german media to say she believes shani is in hospital and alive, which is the desperate hope for so many other families. But this is a war with no end in sight. Frankie mccamley, bbc news. And in the past few hours, we� ve heard from some of the families of israelis abducted by hamas. In a news conference, they demanded the establishment of a humanitarian corridor for the transfer of medicines and humanitarian aid to those abducted. Next you� ll hear from adva. Her sister tamar was taken from the supernova festival. She is 27 years old and is now missing. Tamar sufferes from crohn� s disease. It is an inflammatory bowel disease. She uses humera. It� s a medication. I� m sorry. It is a biologic medication and she needs it. She has a lot of exacerbation, and she is hospitalised a lot during the years. If she won� t get her medical treatment, she can suffer from bowel obstruction, fistula, inflammation, abscess, she could die without her medication and without medical treatment. And this is just my sister. There are so many others that need medications. Sum of the families there speaking. Just a couple of lines, we are getting a lot of International Reaction from Around The World to events in israel and gaza. Just a line that the palestinian president mahmoud abbas, he has spoken to the american President Joe Biden. In that conversation, he said he stressed that all attacks should be stopped and that they should respect humanitarian law. Stopping all attacks, respecting humanitarian law, the key points of those conversations. He said he rejects the killing of killings on both sides. Slash the killings of civilians. He called for the release of those who had been detained, both the prisoners and the hostages. That is the latest line we have in terms of the conversations of some in the diplomacy that is going on to try to dial down some of the tensions in what appears to be a significant change in tone tonight. We know we have heard from the israeli Prime Minister within the last few hours issuing a statement on line talking about the stages of readiness. We are getting various statements from the Israeli Forces that they are preparing for a significant escalation in this offensive. They say the attacks will come by air and by land. But that, align coming from manage abbas, the palestinian president , saying he has spoken with the us president us spied on, rejecting the killing of civilians on both sides, and also referring to the displacement of people from the north of gaza, remember that was an israeli request, for people to leave the area and move further south within gaza. Mahmoud abbas telling President Biden that he completely rejects the displacement of palestinians. So those are the latest lines, as we are getting them, as this war enters a significant new stage tonight. So, thatis significant new stage tonight. So, that is where we are right now. Just looking at these as they come through to us. Confirmation there relating to events from the palestinian president mahmud abbas, there has been very little from him over recent days but that is a significant line, as he talks there to the us President Joe Biden. We know the Secretary Of State from the United States and of course has also been on a visit to the region, meeting with arab leaders and calling on them to influence a change in tone, to dial down some of the rhetoric on both sides, to maybe try another ten escalation in this crisis but that is as we have it right now, we will bring you any further updates as we get them. Where are we right now . It feels the town has changed somewhat. I have been speaking to ilan pappe, he is a professor and director of the European Centre for palestine studies at the university of exeter. I spoke to him a little earlier and asked him what he thought israel could do next. We asked him what he thought israel could do next. Could do next. We are going to witness an could do next. We are going to witness an israeli could do next. We are going to witness an israeli land could do next. We are going toj witness an Israeli Land Invasion into the gaza strip which will end with disaster of course, consequences for the People Living in gaza. The israeli call upon the million or so people in gaza to move either to the north or to the south, thatis either to the north or to the south, that is impractical, and it seems that is impractical, and it seems that quite a large number of civilians would be caught within the zone into which the Israeli Military would enter. So, this is one thing to look at, an eminent israeli invasion. The next kind of possible development is that such an invasion might persuade hezbollah in the north to be more deeply involved in this conflict, and also would raise the tensions in the west bank, might even lead to a third uprising in the west, if indeed this invasion will take place. And with the dreaded consequences of human life. The question is will the International Community continue to stand by and kind of license israel to this kind of policy In The Name Of revenge . As an historian, ifind it difficult to find many cases in history where revenge is a policy with which is totally condoned by the International Community, but there are no signs, no indication yet that the International Community, especially the United States, are going to intervene and therefore we are unfortunately before another bloody and terrible chapter in the history of this confrontation. find i history of this confrontation. And i want to come history of this confrontation. And i want to come onto history of this confrontation. And i want to come onto that history of this confrontation. And i want to come onto that International Response in just a few moments but let� s talk first, you touched on the people that are unable or unwilling to leave the areas in the north of gaza as per that the request, that demand from the Israeli Military. Talk to me about some of the concerns that people have about leaving their homes. And The Big Question about whether they will ever return. That in history has precedent. Ever return. That in history has precedent ever return. That in history has recedent. ~. , precedent. Indeed. Ithink we have to remember precedent. Indeed. Ithink we have to remember that precedent. Indeed. Ithink we have to remember that a precedent. Indeed. Ithink we have to remember that a very precedent. Indeed. Ithink we have to remember that a very large precedent. Indeed. I think we have to remember that a very large number of these people are a second or Third Generation of the Palestinian Refugees from 19118 who were expelled in 1948 refugees from 19118 who were expelled in 19118 and could never return to their homes. So, as refugees, they understand very well that once they are being expelled or even if they leave voluntarily, the chances of coming back are very slim. The second concern is that egypt is not likely to open the Rafah Crossing, apart from maybe some humanitarian cases, so what we will have here is people locked within this enclave without any route of escape. And as we have already seen in the last few hours, contrary to what the israelis promised, the kind of Carpet Bombing that they are now beginning to launch, they have not turned the escape routes into safe routes, they are also part of the area, or if you want, The Killing Fields of israel. So, the concern is that this kind of uprooting would be even worse than the one in 19118 because it includes bombing from the air and we just heard on the news the other problems of water, energy and so on. Yes. Heard on the news the other problems of water, energy and so on. Of water, energy and so on. Yes, and i wanted to of water, energy and so on. Yes, and i wanted to talk, of water, energy and so on. Yes, and i wanted to talk, as of water, energy and so on. Yes, and i wanted to talk, as promised, of water, energy and so on. Yes, and i wanted to talk, as promised, about| i wanted to talk, as promised, about that International Response, and you touched upon it there, about what signal at returns sends to israel when you hear words like unconditional support. And there are a lot of questions about what that means and how that is being interpreted by israel. Means and how that is being interpreted by israel. Yes, one can understand interpreted by israel. Yes, one can understand an interpreted by israel. Yes, one can understand an act interpreted by israel. Yes, one can understand an act of interpreted by israel. Yes, one can understand an act of solidarity understand an act of solidarity after what happened on saturday, although palestinians would ask where was the solidarity when we were the victims of atrocities . But let� s put that one aside. I think there is a kind of a gap between the way israelis and israeli policymakers understand the idea of unconditional support and maybe some Chief Policymakers in the west understand it. The israeli understand it. The israeli understand that as a Carte Blanche for their genocidal policies in gaza, there is no doubt about it, they seem to think that what the world is doing now is stopping any criticism, any attempt to inhibit israel from launching this genocidal attack that has started already and will get worse in the coming days. There is of course an alternative. Even an exchange of prisoners is not uncommon in such conflicts. Israel holds thousands of political palestinian thousands of palestinian thousands of palestinian Political Prisoners and nothing immoral about exchanging them for the children and women in them for the children and women in the other, you know, people that hamas has taken. If you just look at it from a humane point of view, and not from a cynical