� prepare the battlefield for future operations�. But the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had yet to be determined. Lets take a listen to what the Israeli Defence forces spokesman had to say. The tactical raid, which means that the forces went in and then went out during the night in order to prepare the battlefield and to prepare ourselves for coming operations. Our forces are now back in israel. The activity occurred during the night and was concluded successfully without any significant event. This Development Comes as israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted a Ground Invasion of gaza was coming following questions at home about why it had taken so long. He said the timing had yet to be determined. He is under pressure and abroad over the timing of a widely anticipated Ground Attack. He said it would take place eventually but the timing would be taken by consensus. Lets take a look now at all the latest developments with this report from our middle east correspondent tom bateman. Israels Prime Minister said in a televised speech that Israeli Forces are preparing for a Ground Invasion but did not give any clues as to the timing. Translation we are raining hellfire on hamas. We have already killed thousands of terrorists and this is only the beginning. Simultaneously we are preparing for a Ground Invasion. I will not elaborate on when, how, or how many. Overnight the Israeli Military said it carried out a targeted strike inside the Northern Gaza strip, it said in preparation for the next stage of combat. It said there was fighting and the soldiers exited the gaza strip afterwards. Israels bombardment of the gaza strip has continued, the un said the most intensive yet in the past 2a hours, with hundreds of people killed. The Qatari News Network Aljazeera said the family of its correspondent was killed in a strike on a refugee camp in the strip. Meanwhile, the un says its Fuel Reserves in gaza are nearly out and it has begun reducing its humanitarian operations. Hospitals are stopping all but emergency operations, with the un warning more hospitals and shelters could be forced to close. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization said that without fuel, babies in incubators who need life support will simply die, reiterating that safe and sustained access is needed, or, it says, there will be more suffering and death in gaza. To treat patients, you need electricity, for surgical theatres, for incubators, dialysis machines. So we need fuel. Fuel is also needed to desalinate the water so hospitals have clean water. Clean water is of vital importance in hospitals to keep patients safe and provide Health Services. Meanwhile the World Health Organization has also reiterated its call for hamas to release all of the hostages abducted from israel on humanitarian and health grounds. It warns many hostages had pre existing health conditions. There have been further calls now for a humanitarian pause in the fighting to allow more aid in. But for now, the war goes on. Tom bateman, bbc news, jerusalem. Growing alarm over the deepening humanitarian crisis in the gaza strip. Also deepening concern that this crisis now the israel and gaza war could very easily spill across borders. There has already been rising tensions on the streets of many arab capitals and that is causing concern for arab leaders right across this reason you are following events closely. Right across this reason you are following events closely. Our World Affairs Editorjohn Simpson is in beirut. Lebanon has seen significant tensions along its border with israel. John simpson, thank you very much forjoining us. You have been to lebanon many times during many crises, how would you describe the mood now at this time . The crises, how would you describe the mood now at this time . Crises, how would you describe the mood now at this time . The mood is ve , ve mood now at this time . The mood is very. Very grim mood now at this time . The mood is very. Very grim here. Mood now at this time . The mood is very, very grim here, very mood now at this time . The mood is very, very grim here, very nervous i very, very grim here, very nervous indeed. All the kind of things that we are hearing about gaza, people here kind of imagine might happen in lebanon. In southern lebanon, possibly even in beirut itself. The Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been so specific and fierce in his threats towards lebanon that people feel it must be at least one possibility that will unfold in the next few days and weeks. I was here, for instance, i have been here quite a lot over the years, and i was here in 2006 when the israeli incursion took place. A completely different, utterly different. At that time there was a kind of spirit of nationalist anger against israel invading southern lebanon. The comparison really is absolutely total now because people feel they dont have that same sort of sense of involvement over what is happening in gaza as they do, or they might, if there is trouble here. So everything depends really on what his brother will decide to do, whether it will decide to join in the attacks on israel, which is what many of their volunteers want, or whether they will try to sit this one out. figs or whether they will try to sit this one out. � , or whether they will try to sit this one out. ~ , i. ~. ,. , or whether they will try to sit this one out. � , i 4. ,. , or whether they will try to sit this one out. ~ , i. ~. ,. ,. , one out. As you know, that will be a decision not one out. As you know, that will be a Decision Notjust one out. As you know, that will be a Decision Notjust taken one out. As you know, that will be a Decision Notjust taken by one out. As you know, that will be a Decision Notjust taken by his Decision Notjust taken by his brother, but its close back, iran, which is watching the situation closely, and also the who see rebels in yemen and its allies and proxies in yemen and its allies and proxies in syria. Iran has many levers that it can use if it chooses to. Absolutely. And hezbollah is one of the major levers it possesses. You can make arguments saying it might be usefulfor iran can make arguments saying it might be useful for iran to get involved and to get hezbollah involved from the lebanese side, certainly. But a lot of people are saying it would not really be in irans interest to have an all out war on two front in this part of the world. The situation within iran itself, and the stability of the government there, is not such that it might want to loosen all the rules and start fighting a proxy war in lebanon itself. These things are easy to argue and of course they are tremendously dependent on circumstances, but at the moment thatis circumstances, but at the moment that is what the general view here is, that iran doesnt really want to unleash hezbollah totally on israel. And of course most people here, perhaps everybody here, would be really grateful if that doesnt happen. figs really grateful if that doesnt ha en. A , really grateful if that doesnt ha. En m 4. , really grateful if that doesnt hauen. R ~. , happen. As you know so well, john, thins can happen. As you know so well, john, things can so happen. As you know so well, john, things can so easily happen. As you know so well, john, things can so easily spiral happen. As you know so well, john, things can so easily spiral out happen. As you know so well, john, things can so easily spiral out of things can so easily spiral out of control, accidents and atrocities happen, regions can tumble into far greater crises. The fact there are now reports in American Media that The Americans have asked israel to delay the Ground Attack is they want to get their air defences into place to get their air defences into place to try to protect their own soldiers who are on the ground in syria, on the ground in iraq, and that seems to be another hint of the risks in this crisis. To be another hint of the risks in this crisis this crisis. Yes, absolutely. I would not this crisis. Yes, absolutely. I would not say this crisis. Yes, absolutely. I would not say that this crisis. Yes, absolutely. I would not say that that this crisis. Yes, absolutely. I would not say that that was l would not say that that was uppermost in President Biden� s mind, but it is clearly very important. We have seen incidents over the last few days in iraq affecting american bases there, but i think essentially President Biden has got the sort of totality of the situation in mind and he is really, i think, just hoping that he can persuade Benjamin Netanyahu to put off any major action in gaza pretty much indefinitely. You have got hamas negotiating apparently we are told in moderate fate about the future of the 200 or so hostages there. And it would be really quite politically dangerous for mister netanyahu, not only politically dangerous, but dangerous in all sorts of other ways, for him to stage his major invasion when the lives of 200 plus Israeli Citizens are at stake and could possibly be saved by this Drip Feed Method of release that hamas has been using. Has been using. Yes, indeed. John simson, has been using. Yes, indeed. John simpson. Our has been using. Yes, indeed. John simpson, our world has been using. Yes, indeed. John simpson, our World Affairs has been using. Yes, indeed. John simpson, our World Affairs editor, | simpson, our World Affairs editor, thank you very much forjoining us from the lebanese capital beirut. So many factors playing into this war, including what has been, and continues to be, a chorus of voices from Around The World calling for a ceasefire, a pause, humanitarian pause, to allow desperately needed aid to enter the gaza strip. The World Health Organisation hasjust published a list of medical supplies it says are urgently needed and ready to go into gaza, but the Rafah Crossing on the south of gaza from egypt has trucks piled up and only a small number have been allowed to enter. The who listing Surgical Equipment and Health Services that are needed for the hundreds of thousands of displaced people who are now trying to shelter in Southern Gaza, but are finding that no place is safe. Someone who understands well what is at stake here is sir mark lowe clock, he was the uns Undersecretary General for humanitarian affairs and the Emergency Relief Coordinator between 2017 and 2021. His successor in the job, martin griffiths, we understand has been denied a visa to visit by israel, so angry is israel now by statements made by the un Secretary General, although the Secretary General said his comments had been taken out of context. I began by asking sir mark whether this was unprecedented, to deny senior un officials a visa. Not in gaza and the occuoied officials a visa. Not in gaza and the occupied territories, officials a visa. Not in gaza and l the occupied territories, although officials a visa. Not in gaza and. The occupied territories, although i must say the syrian authorities in 2019 basically said they would not give me a visa because they were cross with what i felt i had to report to the Security Council about the Bombing Campaign day with their iranian and russian allies were conducting in civilian areas in syria. So this is something that happens from time to time and generally speaking things get normalised. Martin griffiths has, for example, be able to subsequently visit syria. I wouldnt take this too seriously. The really big issue is, how and when can we get a large scale humanitarian Relief Operation up scale humanitarian Relief Operation up and running across the Rafah Crossing Into Gaza . I up and running across the Rafah Crossing Into Gaza . Up and running across the Rafah Crossing Into Gaza . I am sure you have been crossing into gaza . I am sure you have been following crossing into gaza . I am sure you have been following this crossing into gaza . I am sure you have been following this closely. | have been following this closely. There has been a proposalfor a humanitarian pause, a humanitarian ceasefire, and none of them are getting through. What is your worst fear that if it doesnt happen . Well, as you know, gaza is not a place which produces any of its own food or any of its basic essentials, so everything has to come across either from so everything has to come across eitherfrom israel or so everything has to come across either from israel or from so everything has to come across eitherfrom Israel Orfrom egypt and there has been a blockade essentially for two and a half weeks now and everything is running out. That is what the facts provided in the clips you have just one from the last report, food, fuel, medical supplies, everything is running out. So what is needed if we are not to get to the situation where the largest loss of life comes not from the bombing and shooting at the military activity, but from the consequences of people having no food to eat or no clean water or no medical facilities, just has to be access and it is going to need to be on a large scale. Hundreds of trucks a month would be needed, dozens of trucks a day, otherwise there will be massive loss of life. You would be massive loss of life. You would be able to be massive loss of life. You would be able to imagine be massive loss of life. You would be able to imagine the be massive loss of life. You would be able to imagine the intense be able to imagine the intense negotiations behind the scene involving israel, involving no doubt the united states, going right up to the united states, going right up to the top, to the un Secretary General. What levers does the United Nations have now when even the Secretary General himself is coming under such heated criticism . Weill. Under such heated criticism . Well, es, as under such heated criticism . Well, yes. As we under such heated criticism . Well, yes. As we always under such heated criticism . Well, yes, as we always say under such heated criticism . Well, yes, as we always say in under such heated criticism . Well, yes, as we always say in the under such heated criticism . Well, yes, as we always say in the un, l under such heated criticism . Ii yes, as we always say in the un, the un has no hard power and no money, all it has is its voice and what people will allow it to do. Aid agencys only need two then, one is money, which is not a problem in this case, and the other is safe access. So i think you can see through reports of negotiations on a resolution at the Security Council and the language coming from The Americans, is the need for humanitarian access. You can see some of the public manifestations of the private diplomacy that you described there. The question is how quickly that gets translated into a large scale Relief Operation. Because until that happens, the kinds of threats of a very large scale loss of life will simply mount. �. ,. ,. , mount. Around the world and across the united kingdom, mount. Around the world and across the united kingdom, you mount. Around the world and across the united kingdom, you are mount. Around the world and across l the united kingdom, you are watching bbc news. Lets take a look at some other stories making the headlines. Emergency workers are trying to reach mexicos guerrero state after it was hit by one of the strongest hurricane ever recorded on the pacific coast. It brought communications down in the popular resorts and details of the situation there are sketchy. Access roads have been blocked by the landslide. In the us House Of Representatives has elected a new republican speaker ending three weeks of paralysis, by party infighting. Mikejohnson, a conservative ally of the former President Donald Trump was the fourth candidate put forward for the role after Kevin Mccarthy was ousted ljy republican hardliners. The Us Auto Workers Union says its reached a tentative agreement with ford to end a six week strike over pay and conditions. The deal would be the first settlement of the industrial action thats seen around Forty Five Thousand staff walk out. Youre live with bbc news. We are injerusalem following all of the developments in this intensifying crisis, both military and humanitarian and updates on the hostage situation. Lets go to southern israel next our correspondent wyra davies is there. Tell us what has been happening there in the past hour or so. This is a pretty there in the past hour or so. This is a pretty familiar there in the past hour or 50. Try 3 is a pretty familiar scene. Israeli artillery and airstrikes against positions very close to the border between israel and gaza itself. Of course overnight we heard about these israeli incursions with tanks and with bulldozers along the strip here. Those were incursions the Israeli Government says that are preparing for that full scale invasion, whenever that comes. It is quite significant it had bulldozers because they were literally paving the way for others to come into gaza on a perhaps a more permanent basis when the israeli invasion happens. But for the time being an overnight we have had Airstrikes Notjust in the north, but further down in khan younis in Southern Gaza against again what israel says our hamas targets in the south. There have been casualties, many civilian. The difficulty for the Gaza Civilians is that if the area where they have been told to flee to buy the Israeli Government as it pursues its campaign against hamas targets in the north. Of course the United Nations has even said many people are coming back up to Northern Gaza it is so dire in the south. It are coming back up to Northern Gaza it is so dire in the south. It is so dire in the south. It has been interesting it is so dire in the south. It has been interesting to it is so dire in the south. It has been interesting to try it is so dire in the south. It has been interesting to try to it is so dire in the south. It has| been interesting to try to glean some insight into the military thinking by the statements and now for the first time these photographs that they have issued about this incursion into the gaza strip. You remember we were in the first few days with just a brief statement. But it is coming under a lot of pressure. With Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus statement, so many are asking when will the invasion take place . Given that these limited Ground Attacks also help them to prepare for what is likely to lie ahead . Help them to prepare for what is likely to lie ahead . Indeed and of course the likely to lie ahead . Indeed and of course the prime likely to lie ahead . Indeed and of course the Prime Minister likely to lie ahead . Indeed and of course the Prime Minister has likely to lie ahead . Indeed and of| course the Prime Minister has got likely to lie ahead . Indeed and of l course the Prime Minister has got a dilemma here. There is an israeli public which is overwhelmingly supportive of his stated aim of Crashing Hamas and a lot of israelis are asking the question quite publicly why havent they gone in yet . This limited incursion will perhaps placate that israeli Public Opinion which to happen sooner rather than later. But then there is a consideration of the hostages, there are more than 200 hostages, mostly israelis, but also international hostages, being held by in gaza. And it is coming under pressure from international allies, israel, to go easy on the intended Incursion Forfear of israel, to go easy on the intended incursion for fear of harming the hostages. Four hostages have been released so far. There is International Pressure particularly from joe biden for more work to be done on releasing hostages. 0f done on releasing hostages. Of course there is a humanitarian element that we have already been talking about on the programme and what a full scale israeli invasion will have on that. Deciding when and how to invade is not easy at all for Benjamin Netanyahu, although on the television address last night he made it pretty clear that was to his ultimate intention. Ultimate intention. Yes, pressure from so many ultimate intention. Yes, pressure from so many countries on ultimate intention. Yes, pressure from so many countries on the i ultimate intention. Yes, pressure from so many countries on the Prime Minister when it comes to hostages. We understand that dozens of nationalities are involved in this hostagetaking, the number has risen to 224, but it is also the families and the agony of the family. You have been visiting one family and the children are now spending their birthdays in captivity. Yes. The children are now spending their birthdays in captivity. Birthdays in captivity. Yes, We S Oke Birthdays in captivity. Yes, We Soke To Birthdays in captivity. Yes, we spoke to the birthdays in captivity. Yes, we spoke to the family birthdays in captivity. Yes, we spoke to the family of birthdays in captivity. Yes, we i spoke to the family of someone birthdays in captivity. Yes, we spoke to the family of someone in a kibbutz and 80 members of the 200 Member Kibbutz had either been killed or have ended up in gaza. The two women who were released last week into the arms of the red cross and then into their israeli families, they were from that kibbutz. They have been able to give some details of the people they have been abducted with. But the reality for a lot of people, particularly on the israeli side, they dont know the israeli side, they dont know the situation, they dont know if those people who were abducted are alive or dead. One family i have been speaking to, their eight year old cousin had been abducted by hamas, along with his mother, and they had to mark, if not celebrate, his ninth birthday without him. We celebrate, his ninth birthday without him. Celebrate, his ninth birthday without him. ~. ,. , without him. We heard yesterday from the qatari prime without him. We heard yesterday from the qatari Prime Minister without him. We heard yesterday from the qatari Prime Minister that without him. We heard yesterday from the qatari Prime Minister that he the qatari Prime Minister that he had hoped there would be good news soon on a much broader release of hostages, Qatar Play A Key role since some of hamas was by political leaders are based there. This puts israel in a tricky position because of course it wants to free the hostages, but Benjamin Netanyahu Accused Hamas of buying time to delay the Ground Attack. Accused hamas of buying time to delay the Ground Attack. Israel has Com Ared Delay the Ground Attack. Israel has compared this delay the Ground Attack. Israel has compared this to delay the Ground Attack. Israel has compared this to a delay the Ground Attack. Israel has compared this to a hamas delay the Ground Attack. Israel has compared this to a hamas Propaganda Stunt and has compared this to what the nazis did in world war ii when there were visits to camps where jewish people and others were held, that the nazis would put on orchestras to persuade red cross officials that everything was fine inside the extermination and prisoner camps in world war ii. Israel has said that hamas is employing a similar tactic now. The other consideration is, how does hamas cope with that many hostages . Does it want that many hostages . 0f does it want that many hostages . Of course there are many soldiers and many members of the Israeli Military are being held hostage as well, but hamas, does it want elderly hostages on its hands . People who perhaps have elements and perhaps you need medication. It might be the best thing for hamas to release them into the custody of the un or the red cross. And also gain some credibility Around The World for doing so. Credibility Around The World for doinu so. � , , doing so. And very briefly, the trauic doing so. And very briefly, the tragic news doing so. And very briefly, the tragic news last doing so. And very briefly, the tragic news last night doing so. And very briefly, the tragic news last night of doing so. And very briefly, the tragic news last night of the i doing so. And very briefly, the tragic news last night of the rising death toll across the border in gaza and anotherjournalist has seen his Family Members killed in an israeli airstrike, this time the al jazeera arabicjournalist. Airstrike, this time the aljazeera arabicjournalist. Arabic journalist. That is utterly tra. Ic. Arabic journalist. That is utterly tragic this arabic journalist. That is utterly tragic. This was arabic journalist. That is utterly tragic. This was a arabic journalist. That is utterly tragic. This was a family arabic journalist. That is utterly tragic. This was a family that i arabic journalist. That is utterly. Tragic. This was a family that again had moved south from gaza city behind me towards the south of the palestinian territory to be safe, or somewhere where they thought they would be safe. Two of the kids had made a video last week appealing for safety, appealing for the bombing to stop, and they have now been killed. Thank you very much forjoining us from southern israel, not far from the gaza border. As work continues with israel intensifying both its airstrikes, as well as what it said was a significant incursion on the ground using tanks into the gaza strip. We continue to follow all of the developments. Thank you for watching bbc news. Hello. Our very unsettled, Changeable Spell of Autumn Weather continues through today and really for the remainder of october as well. We have got a bit of sunshine developing through the day, this is the picture a little earlier in Newcastle County down. But some big shower clouds around too, so through today and the next couple of days, unsettled showers or longer spells of rain, some of them are going to be quite heavy and particularly wet weather for Eastern Scotland. So this is where were expecting the rainfall to accumulate for the next three days. And you can see the green colours developing here across parts of aberdeenshire and Eastern Scotland where we could see up to 100 millimetres of rain falling on that very saturated ground. So more flooding is possible through the weekend. Now weve got low pressure, this swirl of clouds sitting out to the west of the uk and weather fronts are going to be driving their way gradually northeastward. So today the most persistent rain will be for parts of east anglia, lincolnshire, up the east coast of england, towards Eastern Scotland too. Some showers that are going to be quite persistent across the far north of scotland, where its going to be windy. Sunny spells and scattered showers returning for northern ireland, wales and the South West Of England as well. I think fewer showers towards the midlands. Driving in further showers here. A few clear spells could be some mist and murky patches for central a few clear spells, could be some mist and murky patches for central parts of england and wales, and certainly its going to be frost free as we look towards tomorrow morning. So friday, still low pressure sitting here to the west, really not moving in a hurry. The winds driving around that area of low pressure, bringing in more showers to parts of Southern England, wales, through some of these irish sea coasts as well. And this easterly wind will drive in further persistent rain for parts of North East England and Eastern Scotland. Not too heavy at this stage, but Rainfall Totals will be gradually mounting up across the south and east of scotland. Temperatures around about ten to 15 degrees for most of us on friday. And that low pressure not budging into the weekend. So weve got further frontal systems driving around that low pressure sweeping in from the south west for saturday. I think the heaviest of the showers will be for parts of Southern England and through some of these irish sea coasts once again. But the easterly breeze still bringing more rain across the east of scotland, so flooding is a possibility. Temperature wise, around about 10 to 16 degrees, fairly typical for the time of year, and the outlook through the weekend into next week some sunshine but plenty of fairly blustery and at times heavy downpours by. Live from jerusalem this is bbc news. The headlines the Israeli Military says its carried out a � targeted raid, sending tanks into gaza, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country is preparing for a ground offensive. The un says its begun to significantly scale down its operations in gaza, where theyve been sheltering hundreds of thousands of civilians. A major manhunt is under way in the Us State Of Maine as Police Search for a gunman who killed at least 16 people in a mass shooting. And uk Prime Minister rishi sunak warns that Artificial Intelligence could increase the risk of Cyber Attacks as he announces the worlds first ai safety institute. Youre watching bbc news, im lyse doucet. The Israeli Military says it has carried out a significant incursion into the gaza strip overnight to attack hamas positions. You can see in these pictures show tanks and armoured bulldozers going in. Its not the first time the idf has confirmed an incursion into the strip since october seven, but this is thought to be the biggest yet. On october 13, the idf announced raids into gaza for the First Time Since the hamas attacks, sending troops and tanks to attack hamas rocket crews. It came hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted a Ground Invasion of gaza is coming, following questions at home about why its taking so long
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