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. Lets cross now to our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. Talk us through the latest you are hearing. We have heard about the intensified clashes on the israels northern border with lebanon and obviously we are hearing about israel extending at this time period it has given gazans to leave the north of gaza but took as they have coming in the last few hours. Earlier the Israeli Military said there were giving another three hour window for residents of the northern half of the gaza strip to make their way south along a route which it declared to be safe and we have seen in the past couple of days now hundreds of thousands of people making thatjourney. Some on foot with their belongings in carrier bags or rucksacks, some with carts with donkeys, others with cars, using up what little fuel they have left because of course gaza remains under tight siege by israel with no food, water, Electricity Orfuel allowed in. Now there is growing concern about the humanitarian situation, but italy in the south of the strip where you have all of these people really in makeshift shelters, in un schools, places like that. They are extremely crowded and with no aid getting in, there is a limited means for the limited number of Emergency Workers in the gaza strip to be able to help them. Another convocation here is the lack of internet, the lack of people with working phones another complication. Communication becomes more and more difficult. We know the World Health Organization has been raising awareness of these 20 hospitals in the northern half of the gaza strip where it said the Evacuation Order given by israel was tantamount to a death sentence. There are very sick and injured people there and at the moment, there are still babies in integrators, things like that, and that asking how these people are supposed to be moved. This is all company complicating the israeli plans for a Ground Offensive and it wants as many people to leave the north of the gaza strip, particularly gaza city, which we expect to be a real focus, particularly gaza city, which we expect to be a realfocus, it particularly gaza city, which we expect to be a real focus, it wants that area cleared as much as possible before it goes in, saying it will tackle both the hamas military and governing capabilities. What has israel been saying as well . There is clearly mounting pressure on it to provide safe passage for civilians with President Biden talking about an obligation to provide safety for siblings and as you said, the World Health Organization strongly condemning these calls for Hospital Patients to move so what are they saying in their defence . Safety for civilians. Israel is a it is hamas� s responsibly as the government in gaza to help people move. Hamas has told eole gaza to help people move. Hamas has told peeple not gaza to help people move. Hamas has told people not to gaza to help people move. Hamas has told people not to leave gaza to help people move. Hamas has told people not to leave their told people not to leave their homes. When i asked about this, a spokesman said that hamas had cars and vehicles that it could move people and that it should get involved. At the same time of course, there is big pressure on israel from surrounding countries. Jordan has called for humanitarian corridors and there is a lot of aid that has arrived in the sinai in egypt which is aid that could easily be taken into the gaza strip if egypt was to open the Rafah Crossing. Egypt has said it will not do that to allow hundreds of people who have foreign nationalities who are stuck in gaza, it will not allow them out till it gets some guarantees that aid can also safely be taken in to the gaza strip so that if the situation at the moment and we know the us secretary of state, Antony Blinken, on his trip which really defines a shuttle diplomacy, going country to country around the region, that is one of the big effort he is involved in, trying to get the Rafah Crossing open and you also mentioned about hezbollah in the north, there is real concern in the north of israel about what would happen with firing by both sides, and a lot of concern that this conflict could spread more widely in the region that is something Antony Blinken has been talking to different regional actors about, trying to get them to put some pressure on the different players where they have some influence. And in the last few hours, at least one israeli has been killed and a couple of civilians also injured, we understand, by anti tank missiles. At the moment, his brother is not using its longer range missiles but if it gets involved, that will really change it because it is a huge arsenal of weapons hezbollah is not using. Our correspondent nick beake spoke to us from ashkelon, in southern israel. Yes, this is ashkelon, about seven miles from gaza, where this morning we have heard quite a lot of activity in the air, actually. There has been a distinctive buzz of israeli drones but also the Fighter Pilots are going overhead. They have been flying over us and then a few seconds later we hear large booms. Bear in mind we are seven miles away. These have echoed around this part of southern israel. That is the situation on the ground here. Weve 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, them moving from the north to the south, that is tantamount to a death sentence. So extremely Strong Language from them. All the while, israel saying it is carrying out a proportionate 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. A missile fired into israel from lebanon has killed at least one person. It hit a settlement near the border between the two countries. The militant group, hezbollah, said it was behind the attack. Our correspondent hugo bachega has this update from tyre, near the border in southern lebanon. The Israeli Emergency Services have confirmed that one person was killed, a man in his 405. And three civilians were injured in this community, the community of shtula in Northern Israel near the lebanese border. And this is the first civilian death on israels northern border since the beginning of this war between israel and hamas. Now, hezbollah has said it targeted this community with guided missiles and they said this was in retaliation after the killings of three civilians here in lebanon. They said these civilians were killed as a result of israeli attacks. The israeli army has not confirmed that they were involved in these attacks and i think this shows how volatile the situation is along the lebanese israeli border, amid fears that lebanon could be dragged into this conflict. Hezbollah is obviously a very powerful group with Tens Of Thousands of rockets and missiles, Tens Of Thousands of fighters as well. And we have seen that in the last few days, hezbollah and israel have exchanged rockets and shelling so tensions are really high here in this region. And i spoke to a source close to hezbollah who said the group is on high alert but that hezbollah� s next steps would be determined by what happens in gaza and if israel goes ahead with this Ground Offensive in gaza against hamas. Again, very tense situation and with a number of incidents happening along this border here, amid fears again that this could become another front in this war. Well, thousands of gazans have been fleeing the north of the territory after israel warned the 1. 1 million inhabitants to leave ahead of an expected Ground Invasion. The World Health Organization has condemned the Evacuation Order, and says forcing Hospital Patients to relocate would be a death sentence. Earlier, the bbc spoke to tarikjasarevic of the World Health Organization. Well, we are really concerned about this order because it would put at risk the lives of more than 2000 patients in gaza who are being treated in two major and many other smaller hospitals. There are a lot of patients on life support, people on ventilators, people needing haemodialysis, newborn in incubators, pregnant women with complications. So all these people Cannot Simplyjust to be moved, that is why we have called on israel to reverse this decision. Because Health Workers in the north of israel right now are still receiving patients in their facilities, lots of patients in corridors, even outside in the street. And these Health Workers are facing very difficult choice, whether to leave and try to look for safety for themselves or their family or to stay and treat the patients but at the same time, risk being bombed. And the third option, trying to evacuate patients knowing very well that it would do harm to those people who are in theircare. Earlier on today, dr Mustafa Barghouti of the Palestinian National initiative held a Press Conference to talk about the situation in palestinian hospitals. Now gaza strip is deprived of water, deprived of electricity, deprived of food, deprived of medications and medicine, and deprived of internet and abilities to communicate. The situation in palestinian hospitals is disastrous. Children are dying around the clock because of lack of electricity. Children who are in incubators will die or have died because there is no electricity. Israel is fighting not hamas, israel is fighting all the palestinian people. Israel is attacking all the civilians in gaza and the vast majority of People Killed there are Palestinian Civilians including children and women. 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 foreign minister, ayman safadi, about the meeting, what can be achieved, and how civilians can be helped. Obviously, arabs, fearing the enormity of the challenge the destruction that will engulf the whole 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 here, starting the tour in britain, to try and see how we can stop the escalation, make sure that civilians are protected from both sides, get humanitarian supplies in and also look for the day after. But the immediate goal is to stop the violence, stop the war, protect civilians and get humanitarian supplies in. You may have heard my conversation earlier with our political correspondent, talking about how rishi sunak released this Statement Last night, talking about his unequivocal support for israel, talking about how we stand with Israel Notjust today, not just 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 . Oh, i think, when 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 live matter, israeli lives matter. We expect that our shared human values would dictate that we take a firm stand all of us against the killing of civilians, no matter what their nationality, what their identity is. What we all need to do is to 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 to support a new path a new path that will get us to a peace that will ensure safety, security, for palestinians, for israelis, and for everybody in the region. We were just hearing in the last few minutes actually 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 danger is there. We are dealing with a very, very tense and difficult situation. As talk of a Ground Invasion continues, the 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. So the possibilities are there, thats why were urging Self Restraint and thats why were urging this war to stop for civilians to be protected because, if that happens, were looking at the prospects of a regional war and that would just bring more death, more destruction, more suffering, to everybody in the region. And the sad thing is that, for years, we have been warning against this, for years, we have been saying, violence is not the path. The absence of hope is just not going to get us anywhere. For years, weve been working on trying to avoid this moment and to open a path that would restore faith in negotiations as a path to again addressing the legitimate rights of both 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. That was the jordanian that was thejordanian foreign minister talking to me earlier. Live now to crispin blunt, an mp for the uks conservative party, who suggests the uk could be complicit in war crimes if israel are deemed to have broken International Law. Hello, talk us through what you make of the uk reaction to what has been going on. Of the uk reaction to what has been oiiin on, of the uk reaction to what has been iioin on. ,. , of the uk reaction to what has been ioiin on. ,. , going on. Good morning. The United Kinidom going on. Good morning. The United Kingdom government going on. Good morning. The United Kingdom government has going on. Good morning. The United Kingdom government has given kingdom government has given unequivocal support to the state of israel, a statement repeated by the Prime Minister yesterday. And i am uncertain they fully understand the implications of the development of International Law whereby if you are encouraging a party to undertake a war crime, you become complicit in that crime itself. And it is absolutely clear now that what is happening in gaza does amount to a war crime because it is disproportionate and it does not distinguish the targets it is taking out, hence the terrible number of children that have been killed and what we have just heard from the World Health Organization and the concerns about the effect of the transfer on hospitals. A forced transfer on hospitals. A forced transfer of 1. 2 Million People is an absolute crime under the laws of war, you are simply not allowed to do it. As indeed is the collective punishment of the people of gaza with a seat a