The Israeli Defence force say they have struck over 100 military targets overnight and killed a senior commander. Militants have continued to fire rockets into israel, towards tel aviv and other areas in the south. The World Health Organization has condemned israels Evacuation Order. It says forcing Hospital Patients to relocate would be a death sentence. President biden has spoken with the israeli Prime Minister, benjamin netanyahu, and urged him to provide safety for civilians amid the bombardment. Diplomatic efforts to prevent the violence from spreading have been stepped up, with mr biden� s secretary of state, antony blinken, visiting cairo. Hes expected to press egyptian officials to restart talks on getting aid into gaza through the Border Crossing. The us is sending a second Aircraft Carrier to the eastern mediterranean, near israel. The Uss Eisenhower will lead a group of ships aimed at deterring further attacks against israel, in particularfrom iran or the Lebanese Militant Group hezbollah. We start the hour with this report from our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. Sirens wail. Running from rocket fire, this was tel aviv overnight, with israel striking back at gaza and the us continuing its shuttle diplomacy. It blames hamas militants for this war and its fallout. The humanitarian crisis in gaza. Innocent palestinian families and the vast majority have nothing to do with hamas. Applause. Theyre being used as human shields. In gaza, Hundreds Of Thousands of palestinians have been fleeing the most intense bombing theyve ever seen, after israel ordered a Million People to head south. With desperate scenes, many are now seeking shelter in overcrowded un schools, with no aid coming in. At the border with egypt, palestinians with foreign citizenship are hoping the crossing will open, so they can leave. Among them, clutching her british passport, is mariam. Im, like, really infearand, like, every. Every time ijust have to have the thought of me dying in a bomb in gaza. Like, its. Its 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 ill end up like them. But its a really scary thing for me. Israels military says its getting ready for a comprehensive offensive against hamas by land, sea, and air. The Prime Minister, benjamin netanyahu, visited Ground Troops waiting just outside gaza. The next stage is coming, he told them. Are you ready . Its just over a week since hamas fighters crossed out of gaza and attacked israeli communities like bury. Communities like this. Gunmen were caught on a Security Camera bringing all they needed to kill and kidnap. For israelis, the pain of the deadliest day in their countrys 75 year history is raw and fears are growing for those held hostage, like anab� s aunt. There is children without mother, there is mother without children. There is a husband without wife. Cant. Icant think about it there. We have to do everything to bring them back. This is. We owe it to them. The scale of this new conflict between israel and hamas is unprecedented, and every day its human cost is growing. Yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. Our correspondent, nick beake, spoke to us from ashkelon, in southern israel. Yes, this is ashkelon, about seven miles from gaza, and there has been a distinctive buzz of israeli drones in the air. Also the Fighter Pilots are going overhead. They have been flying over us and a few seconds later we hear large booms. Bear in mind we are seven miles away. This echoes around southern israel. That is the situation on the ground. We just heard from the israeli officials that there will be a window, a three hour window, today in which people in gaza can move from the north to the south along one specific route. Yesterday, there were two routes that were opened up for a bigger window. These timings have very much slipped. That is what the israelis are saying today. All the while, of course, the United Nations saying this is completely unacceptable. The World Health Organization, for example, saying that trying to move people from the north to the south is just not feasible. They say specifically when you look at 2,000 people who are Intensive Care and in maternity units, moving from the north to the south, to the south, that is tantamount to a death sentence. Extremely Strong Language from them. All the while, israel saying it is carrying out a proportional response to the attacks by hamas just over a week ago and this is all part of an act of self defence on their part. Earlier, my colleague, victoria derbyshire, spoke to mark regev, formerly Senior Advisor for Foreign Affairs and International Communications to the israeli Prime Minister. He defended the israeli govenment against accusations of carrying out indiscriminate bombing in gaza. Israel does not target, does not target, i repeat, noncombatants and innocent civilians. Our enemy is the hamas. That cant be true because so many innocent civilians in gaza have already died. I disagree, i disagree. In every armed conflict. Over 2,000 is not a large number and, what, they are not innocent civilians . First of all, those numbers are put out by the hamas controlled ministry of health. Theres no distinction there between combatants and noncombatants. And i say to you openly, we want to kill hamas fighters. We want to kill the terrorists. That is our goal to destroy hamas� military capabilities. We want to come out of this in a different situation where hamas no longer has military and political control in the gaza strip. We are going to smash their Military Machine and were going to destroy their political structure. That is the goal of our operation. So, if Hamas Terrorists are being killed, especially considering what they did just a few days ago to our people, that is justified self defence. Now, we dont want to see civilians caught up in the crossfire between israel and hamas but to say that israel cant defend itself against these gruesome killers, that is a bridge too far. That has no basis in Serious International law. The British Foreign secretary, james cleverly, rejected allegations that israeli bombing has breached International Humans rights law. International Human Rights Law. The uk government is absolutely committed to the adherence of International Law and when we see breaches of that, we raise that, including with israel. Are you saying you have not seen breaches, thus far . The point is the clear difference is from statements coming from israel, saying they respect and will abide by International Humanitarian law and hamas, on the other hand, who are specifically targeting civilians. 0k. Specifically putting Palestinian Civilians in harms way, hiding their Terrorist Infrastructure in amongst civilian infrastructure and the distinction is clear. The un, us, egypt, jordan and others in the region are working together to ensure civilians have access to water, food, and medical care in gaza. Rishi sunak will hold talks later with the king ofjordan, who is visiting several European Countries to discuss the situation in gaza. King abdullah has said he is trying to rally International Support to stop what he called the war on gaza. Ive been speaking to the countrys ayman safadi. Obviously, arab feeling the enormity of the challenge that will engulf the region if we are not able to stop any violence and stop the war and stop the tremendous human toll it is taking. We are working with our friends and allies and particularly hear starting in britain, to try and see how we can stop the escalation. Starting here. Make sure siblings are protected from both sides, getting supplies in and also look for the day after civilians are protected. The immediate goal is to stop the violence, stop the war and to protect civilians and get humanitarian supplies in. You may have heard humanitarian supplies in. You may have heard my humanitarian supplies in. You may have heard my conversation humanitarian supplies in. You may have heard my conversation with l humanitarian supplies in. You may l have heard my conversation with our Political Correspondent talking about how rishi sunak released a Statement Last night talking about his unequivocal support for israel, talking about how we stand with Israel Notjust talking about how we stand with israel not just today, talking about how we stand with Israel Notjust today, notjust tomorrow, but always. He has been criticised for not mentioning the civilians caught up in this in gaza. Was that a disappointing statement for you to hear . film. Was that a disappointing statement for you to hear . For you to hear . Oh, i think, when it comes to for you to hear . Oh, i think, when it comes to civilians, for you to hear . Oh, i think, when it comes to civilians, we for you to hear . Oh, i think, when it comes to civilians, we came for you to hear . Oh, i think, when it comes to civilians, we came in l it comes to civilians, we came in very clearly injordan and the rest of the arab world condemning the killing of civilians from both sides. Palestinian and israeli lives matter. We expect that our shared human values would dictate that we take a firm stand on all of us, against the killing of civilians, no matter what their nationality, identity is. What we all need to do is support and all speak against war, against violence as a path to achieving anything because it will not. It willjust push us deeper into the abyss of violence and death and destruction. What we need to do is support peace that will ensure safety, security, for palestinians, israelis, and everybody in the region. Israelis, and everybody in the reuion. ~ ,. , region. We were ust hearing in the last few minutes region. We were just hearing in the last few minutes about region. We were just hearing in the last few minutes about missiles last few minutes about missiles going over into israel from Southern Lebanon. We have been hearing from hezbollah in recent days, talking about how they are fully ready to get involved when the time comes, they said. Do you get the feeling that the wider region being brought into this is inevitable . The that the wider region being brought into this is inevitable . Into this is inevitable . The danger is there. Into this is inevitable . The danger is there we into this is inevitable . The danger is there. We are into this is inevitable . The danger is there. We are dealing into this is inevitable . The danger is there. We are dealing with into this is inevitable . The danger is there. We are dealing with a is there. We are dealing with a very, very tense and difficult situation. There is talk of the Ground Invasion continuing and images coming out of gaza will be provocative to everybody. It will be painful to everybody, as were the images that came at the beginning of that. The possibilities are there, that. The possibilities are there, thatis that. The possibilities are there, that is why we are urging Self Restraint and urging this war to stop. For civilians to be protected. If that happens, we are looking at the prospects of a regional war and that would just bring more death, more destruction, more suffering, to everybody in the region. The sad thing is that for several years we have been warning against this, for several years we have been saying violence is not the path. The absence of hope is just not going to get us anywhere. For several years we have been working on trying to avoid this moment and to open a path that would restore faith in negotiations as a path to both palestinians and israelis. The palestinians and israelis. The palestinian right to freedom and statehood and the israeli right to live in security. These two go hand in hand, you cannot have one without the other. In the us, the pentagon has ordered a second Aircraft Carrier group to the eastern mediterranean. According to us officials, the Uss Eisenhower is part of american efforts to deter hostile actions against israel or any efforts toward widening the war. Earlier, we spoke to brendan kearney, a retired colonel with the us marine corps, who gave this assessment of the us military build up. I think theyre all prudent moves. The United States was fortunate enough to have the gerald ford Carrier Battle Group already in the med when all this, sadly, started here over a week ago. Its still going to take 8 to 10 days for this new Carrier Battle Group to get there. And its also going to take about the same amount of time for a Marine Amphibious ready group to come from the persian gulf, sail up through the suez to also get to the eastern med. And they willjoin us aircraft, us air force aircraft, that have already been Pre Positioned in the far east there. So, its. It� s a build up of forces, but its prudent. Its probably a wise move on the part of the american administration. I think, again, putting the forces over there and putting them in a position where if you have to use them, they are available. I dont think theres any preconceived decision on the part of the United States government to go ahead and get involved in this conflict. Weve managed to stay out of most of them over the years when it comes to israel and these periodic conflicts with the arab nations and certainly with hamas and hezbollah. But if it comes to that, by having these forces there, the United States is going to be able to launch a very, very powerful strike against whether its hamas, hezbollah, obviously sending a message to the group thats in charge of both of them, which is resident in iran right now. Live now to tarikjasarevic, from the World Health Organization. Joining us live from geneva. The who has been talking about this Evacuation Order that israel has given people in the north of gaza. Talk us through your concerns about that. ~. ,. , ,. That. Well, we are really concerned about order. That. Well, we are really concerned about order, because that. Well, we are really concerned about order, because it that. Well, we are really concerned about order, because it would that. Well, we are really concerned about order, because it would put l that. Well, we are really concerned. About order, because it would put at risk the lives of more than 2000 patients in Northern Gaza who have been treated in two major and many other smaller hospitals. There are lots of patients who are on life support, people on ventilators, people needing haemodialysis, newborns In Incubators, pregnant women with complications. All of these people Cannot Simplyjust be moved. That is why we have called on israel to reverse this decision. Health workers in the north of israel right now are still receiving patients in their facilities, israel right now are still receiving patients in theirfacilities, lots of patients are in corridors and even outside on the street. These Health Workers are facing very difficult choices, whether to leave and try to look for safety for themselves and their family or to stay and treat the patients and at the same time, risk being bombed. The third option, tried to treat patients very well knowing that it could do harm to those people in their care. Could do harm to those people in their care could do harm to those people in their care. ~. , ,. ,. , their care. What is the situation in terms of the their care. What is the situation in terms of the electricity their care. What is the situation in terms of the electricity for their care. What is the situation in terms of the electricity for the terms of the electricity for the hospitals . Terms of the electricity for the hositals . ~ ,. ,. , hospitals . Well, they are really runnina hospitals . Well, they are really running low hospitals . Well, they are really running low and hospitals . Well, they are really running low and on hospitals . Well, they are really running low and on fuel. Hospitals . Well, they are really running low and on fuel. At hospitals . Well, they are really i running low and on fuel. At some point, the fuel will run out. And then hospitals cannot work without fuel and electricity. That is our second call. On that, we really need humanitarian access. We have heard from other people on your programme exactly that. We need to be able to bring all necessary supplies, including medical supplies. We have brought 80 metric tonnes of medical material yesterday close to the rafah crossing at the border and we are already working together with the egyptians, to move these supplies in as soon as there is agreement on that. Supplies in as soon as there is agreement on that. How close is there an