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. Our correspondent Frankie 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 hed heard her crying for help, and hed rushed out of his home and hed seen her surrounded by gunmen, being led away. The aftermath, following the reported abduction of ii 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, yahel, she is three years old. The age of my son. Ten of Herfamily Members are still missing, as well as her uncles carer. In order for our team to try and work out from those who are missing who may have been taken hostage, weve 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. Weve 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, its unclear. We also dont know what condition theyre 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 weve edited because its 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. Several countries including egypt, qatar, turkey and russia have indicated they would take part in mediation talks to release the hostages. But it is a complex operation. Lukwesa burak has more from the newsroom. Now, what took place on the 7th of october, saturday the 7th of october, was unprecedented, when hamas fighters entered southern israel. They took 120, perhaps more people as hostage and took them into gaza. So, as israel prepares the next stage of the war against hamas and also that Ground Incursion into gaza, there are many questions, and concerns, about the fate of those hostages. But there are some key factors at play here. The first of which is who exactly they are. 23, 2a countries have indicated, reportedly indicated that they do have citizens who are missing. At the bbc, we have only been able to verify these countries as having citizens who are either missing or indeed confirmed been taken as hostage. Where are they, though . We know they are in the gaza strip. Hamas themselves said that they are being held in safe places all within those tunnels. Those tunnels are notorious and they are spread right across the strip itself. They are often regarded as the underground city beneath gaza strip. These were the words of an idf spokesperson on friday trying to describe the scale of the problem they are facing. He said, think of the gaza strip as one layer of civilians and another layer for hamas. We are trying to get to that second layer. The problem is that it is also where we believe some of those hostages are being held. So they are undoubtedly very valuable to hamas, but what about their well being . Fairly early on, they were Family Members who were concerned about the elderly, who were in poor health and taken without their medication. The youngest, we understand, is only six months old. We have also heard talk of a prisoner swap. There is precedent. Back in 2011, this gentleman here, gilad shalit was released after being held since 2006. Initially, Benjamin Netanyahu said he wasnt going to give into hamas demands but following huge public pressure, he did, and he was part of the swap that involved the largest number of palestinians are released as part of that swap. So, as we wait for that Ground Incursion and families have been watching those israeli troops entered gaza, they will undoubtedly have their own Family Members at the forefront of their minds. And in the past few hours, weve 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 youll hear from adva. Her sister tamar was taken from the supernova Music Festival, that was attacked by hamas last weekend. She is 27 years old and is now missing. Tamar suffers from crohn� s disease. It is an inflammatory bowel disease. She uses humera. Its a biologic. Im 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 wont 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. Some of the impact there. We have correspondents across the region following developments in the story. Lets get more on the latest from southern israel. 0ur correspondentJonathan Beale there and gave us this update. You get the impression Something Big is about to happen soon, notjust the israeli Prime Minister visiting troops, he also spoke with the us president again tonight, joe biden, but the statement from the Israel Defence force tonight which says they are preparing for a wide range of offensive operations from air, land, and say, and this is the important bit, with a significant emphasis on ground operations, and they will have to be significant errors rallies to achieve its goal, its stated goal of destroying hamas. When will this happen . The answer is we simply dont know, whether it is hours or days away by the rhetoric certainly are stepping up, suggesting something is fairly imminent. What will it look like . We already know that urban warfare is the most brutal, bloody type of conduct. You can see that from the Images Inside City and the impact of those israeli air strikes on the gaza citizens. Israel has the advantage, in terms of numbers, and equipment, but hamas has that element of surprise, knowing the streets of gaza like theyre back of the hand and that network of underground tunnels that could cause problems for israel. Lats underground tunnels that could cause problems for israel. Problems for israel. Lots of questions problems for israel. Lots of questions about problems for israel. Lots of questions about what problems for israel. Lots of i questions about what happens problems for israel. Lots of questions about what happens next. Ive been speaking to the israeli historian and writer ilan pappe. He is also a professor and director of the European Centre for palestine studies at the university of exeter. I asked him what he thought israel is likely to do next. We are going to witness an israeli Land Invasion into the gaza strip which will end with disastrous of course consequences for the People Living in gaza. The israelis call upon the million or so people in gaza to move either to the north or to the south 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 imminent 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 to human life. The question is will the International Community continue to stand by and kind of license israel to these kinds of policy In The Name Of revenge . As an historian, i always found it difficult to find many cases in history where revenge, as a policy, was totally condoned by the International Community, but there are no signs, no indication as 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. Yes, and i want to come onto that International Response in just a few moments but lets talk first, you touched on the people that are unable or unwilling to leave the areas in the north of gaza as per that 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. 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 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, this has 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. Yeah, and i want to talk, as promised, about that 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 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. Paul brown from the bbc verify team has been investigating the authenticity of the gaza convoy pictures. Very graphic imagery, very disturbing but it is important to help us understand what is going on and to communicate it to our audience. Being able to verify this footage in active Conflict Areas helps us understand these major developments and weed out disinformation of which there is been an absolute flood over the last week. We tend to use Satellite Imagery and other online resources to try and get a sense of where and when an incident took place based on the footage that we are looking at. In this particular incidence, we thought there was likely to be this Salah Al Din Road which is a major Road Running North to south, through gaza and was one ofjust two Evacuation Routes for civilians leaving the north and heading down to the south, presumably to safety. Its a 45 kilometre road, so we scanned the route, starting from the north where they would have left from and tried to match details that we saw from this Satellite Imagery with those we saw in the video. In this case the layout of several buildings, some Road Markings and a sign helped us to pin down the location and we even used online tools to analyse the angle of the sun, the length of the shadows, to get an idea of when this incident took place or at least when the footage was shot and it looked around 5 30pm yesterday local time. Yeah and thats the key thing, isnt it . Its about a painstaking process to match so many different elements to getting a clearer picture and youre able to say with some confidence that is exactly what it shows. You touched on it paul at the beginning, this is a war being played out on social media too and theres a lot of disinformation out there. People can be overwhelmed with videos, with statements and pictures and its about breaking through some of the disinformation and working out exactly whats going on and thats what your team are doing. Exactly, thats what were here for. Increasingly theres footage that comes out that will be misattributed, it will be old footage thats being presented as new footage. It clouds the whole picture of whats going on and that doesnt help anyone when it comes to real world consequences, particularly dangerous in situations like this when people are fleeing their homes, trying to find safety. If theyre not well informed and the people they are speaking to arent well informed, this can be dangerous. Thats the point, isnt it . This isnt just about telling the rest of the world going on. Its also a valuable source for the people caught up in the conflict. Also interesting too the way that all players in this conflict are using social media to get their message out. Just tonight, we know the israeli Prime Minister putting his statement out, talking to the troops on the border and saying we are ready for the next stage and we can see that video here. Using social media as a direct way to address people. Yeah. The narratives, counterclaims, all of that is played out on social media on various channels. Its quite confusing at times, trying to figure out whats going on and thats why we dedicate ourselves to this work and have a whole team working on this around the clock. Weve been flat out on this particular conflict for the last seven days, trying to figure out whats been happening and where its happening. The chaos of last saturday, when the attacks began, we were quickly able to ascertain where the breaches in the border fence had taken place, where attacks on civilians were taking place and that really helps us to build a picture of whats going on in real time, almost. To really give an understanding of the scale of this kind of attack. Yeah and people will be fascinated by how you are able to do thatjob given that, you know, a lot of the footage may be grainy or rushed, especially when you reference the events of last saturday. You know, its not always very clear whats going on or indeed the footage itself isnt always very clear and you cant always hear the people talking for example in the videos. Whats the hardest bit to get right . Thats a good question. The hardest would be, exactly as you say, when we are dealing with grainy footage where the details are unclear and we are dealing with regions where there isnt clear satellite image, we often use street view, these online tools that allow you to take to street level. In gaza we dont have that. Thats not Available Online so we have to base it on what we are seeing from the Satellite Imagery which makes it a lot trickier and more time consuming but its really important we do this. It has been a day had significant developments, it now marks one week since the start of this war. I have been speaking to Mike Thompson, our regional editor for been speaking to Mike Thompson, our regional editorfor his been speaking to Mike Thompson, our regional editor for his thoughts on israels next most. The Prime Minister is really talking things up, talking about Hitting Hamas with unprecedented might, and this is only the beginning and saying to all the soldiers, are you ready for the next stage . Really trying to hype up things there. And