International aid agencies say they are struggling to contact their teams inside gaza after most Communication Networks were cut overnight. The Un General Assembly adopts a resolution, put forward by arab countries, calling for a humanitarian truce. Hello, im anna foster, this is bbc news. Were live in Southern Israel, near the gaza border, where theres been a significant intensification of israeli air strikes over gaza. There is so much smoke and fog on the line where you can normally see the line where you can normally see the Apartment Buildings in the distance, it has now been almost obliterated by fog and you can smell the smoke in the air and you can hear regularly the sound of mortars, Artillery Fire, as the bombardment by Israeli Forces of the gaza strip continues. It has been a real intensification in the last 2a hours Orso Intensification in the last 2a hours or so last night where there were bright flashes and they lit up the sky above gaza. In the israeli army have said this is an expansion of its ground operations. A spokesman for the Israeli Government would not confirm that this heralded the start of a much anticipated Ground Offensive against hamas. The armed wing of hamas, which is a recognised Terror Organisation by the uk and the usa, has said it is involved in violent confrontations with Israeli Forces in northern and central gaza. There has also been rocket fire from the territory into Southern Israel. This is the scene live in gaza. The United Nations has warned of what it described as an unprecedented avalanche of Human Suffering there, and the Un General Assembly called for an immediate humanitarian truce. These are some of the latest developments in the past few hours. The Israeli Military says it hit 150 � underground targets� in the north of gaza overnight. That may refer to tunnels, although that has not been specified. Israel hasnt said how it carried out the attacks, or if there were any casualties. The Israel Defence forces say they also carried out a targeted strike, which killed a senior hamas military leader. The idf claims Asem Abu Rakaba took part in planning the attacks in israel on the 7th of october. Hamas has not confirmed this. Hamas says its fighters have been clashing with israeli troops in two parts of gaza, beit hanoun in the north east, and al bureij in the central area. And the Palestinian Red Crescent says israeli bombardments have led to phone and Internet Services being cut off overnight. Rescue workers in gaza say hundreds of buildings were destroyed by overnight israeli air strikes. Our correspondent in gaza, Rushdi Abualouf, has described the scene as total chaos, saying theres panic everywhere. Well hear more from him in a moment. Our correspondent wyre davies begins our coverage. The night sky over gaza lit up by what israel says is an intensification of air strikes against hamas positions. A relentless barrage from the air and according to hamas it was fighting israeli troops on the ground as well. Israel says these are targeted attacks against specific hamas positions and its network of tunnels below gaza city. Bombing that is undoubtedly causing widespread damage on the ground. But which israel says is a necessary part of its ultimate goal to eradicate hamas as a fighting force. Translation over the last few hours l we have intensified our bombing over| gaza. The Ground Forces are also extending their operations this evening. From gaza, too, hamas continues to fire rockets towards israeli cities including tel aviv and ashkelon. Most are intercepted by the iron dome Missile Defence system, but some still get through. The intensifying Israeli Offensive is making a dire humanitarian situation on the ground in gaza even worse. Thousands of gazans are, in effect, trapped with nowhere to go. According to aid agencies on the ground who say that nowhere in gaza is safe. In conditions like this its hard to get even the most basic humanitarian aid to those who are in desperate need. There should be consideration made right now for humanitarian pauses. These are localised, temporary, specific pauses on the battlefield so that humanitarian assistance can get into people that need it or they, the people, can get out of that area in relative safety. Thats what a humanitarian pause is and we think its an idea worth exploring. In recent days, israel has publicly acknowledged several Ground Incursions into gaza by land and the sea, hitting specific hamas targets and preparing the ground for what may be to come next. There are more than 220 hostages still being held by hamas inside gaza, israelis and many foreign nationals. Some relatives are worried that a full scale israeli invasion may jeopardise their safety and want israel to negotiate their release. Others support their governments actions. We cant wait any more. If we want them back safe and sound, we have to get in and make sure that hamas will be demolished and make sure that they will go down on their knees and beg us to stop. Israel continues to enact its revenge and its avowed aim of Crushing Hamas three weeks of the deadly attacks of 7 october, when 1,400 people were killed by hamas gunmen streaming across the border fence. More than 7,000 palestinians are reported to have since been killed in gaza, many of them children. International calls for a ceasefire or a humanitarian pause are being drowned out by the intensity of the bombing. Wyre davies, bbc news, jerusalem. We saw the intensification and continued bombardment, and a real stepping up of the bombardment on gaza overnight. Communications networks were cut that many people, notjust networks were cut that many people, not just the civilian networks were cut that many people, Notjust The Civilian Population but also for ngos and humanitarian organisations who told us they have struggled to contact their staff both overnight and this morning, not just to check their safety but check what the level of need is on the ground in gaza at the moment. Our gaza correspondent Rushdi Abualouf says there is no communication with even local authorities and hospitals, so there is no new information on the number of casualties but he was able to send us this update from khan younis. tx sot update from khan younis weve no communication here for the last ten hours, as israel cut internet lines, fibre lines, also the two main Mobile Carriers were stopped, so people unable to communicate with each other. A state of panic here and chaos. Very chaotic scenes in the street. Ive been driving through the city of khan younis this morning. Less people, but more panic. And people, they dont know what to do in these circumstances. They cant establish communication with their friends, with theirfamilies. Even here in Nasser Hospital in khan younis, the Ambulance Services are facing a very difficult situation dealing with the continuous israeli air strikes around khan younis here. Most important, its gaza city and the north, where most of the Israeli Operations are taking place now. Very Little Information from some local registration thats still functioning is talking about huge explosions in the north west of gaza city and north west of the beit lahia, north east of beit hanoun and the north. So four different areas where israel has been hitting hard since last night. People have been telling the local registration is that this is something that they have never, ever heard of, the scale of explosions, the intensity of the air strikes in the area, people said they have never seen before. We lost all connection with the local authority here, also with the hospitals, so no updated figure about the number of People Killed, but it is close to 8,000 people, according to the director of this hospital, nasser, in khan younis. People are extremely worried about what is going to be happening next and if the israeli tanks will start to advance into some parts of gaza strip. Very difficult situation. People are really worried about the next stage. Humanitarian situation is getting worse and worse, with the very few trucks were allowed through egypt in the last couple of days. But as the local authority here describes it and the un, its a drop in the ocean that cant be enough to feed i million displaced persons in the southern part of gaza. His reporting has been there, and he is there with his Family Moving them from place to place as they try to find the safest situation that they possibly can, and continuing to report for us on bbc news throughout all of that going on at the same time. You would normally from this position in Southern Israel be able to see the skyline of gaza in the back row but the combination of fog and smoke, you can really strongly smell the smoke and see some of the dustin smell the smoke and see some of the dust in the air from that Continuing Bombardment, even as we are talking this morning, you will be able to hear the continuing sounds of mortar fire and Artillery Fire going on that having just been going on overnight, you can hear it there, but they are continuing through the day as well. Normally at this point, 12 minutes past one in israel, normally we get some sort of update from gaza on the latest death toll, on the numbers of people, the death toll compiled and released by the various people working together in gaza to update how many palestinians have been killed in the ongoing bombardment. Its worth saying today we havent received that yet, no updates on numbers and thats potentially because of the Communications Blackout we were talking about, making it enormously difficult for people to get any concrete information out of gaza about what is happening today. All we can really tell you is what our correspondence are saying and what we are seeing and hearing, the sound of gunfire, the sound of ongoing Artillery Fire towards gaza. What we have heard this morning is from the Israel Defence forces who given their regular update, focusing on their regular update, focusing on the intensification and the building of this operation overnight and their spokesman is whose spokesperson Daniel Hagari has been talking to the media. Translation in gaza, we are l continuing with the objectives of the war. Last night, the Ground Forces entered and continued expanding the ground force operations. Infantry, engineering and artillery are accompanied by heavy gunfire. Theyre all participating. This serves the objectives of the war. The idf is continuing with its evaluation in an ongoing way. Continuing massively with air strikes and also the sea. During the night, our general Security Services and the idf targeted killing various senior members of hamas, including one who was a serious, senior official who was responsible for the preparation of the massacre and we have continued killing various brigade officers and others. They are literally the spearhead of the hamas operatives. And we see this as Good Progress for what we are aiming for against a much more weakened enemy. Live now to our correspondent wyre davies, injerusalem. All the way through this we have been talking about a potential ground operation. Theres never been a specific when and where given and people are asking if this is the start of it, but its still hard to tell, isnt it . Tell, isnt it . Yes, theres no aolo tell, isnt it . Yes, theres no apology for tell, isnt it . Yes, theres no apology for the tell, isnt it . Yes, theres no apology for the israelis tell, isnt it . Yes, theres no apology for the israelis for l tell, isnt it . Yes, theres no i apology for the israelis for the intensity of their operation and they want the well to remember what happened exactly three weeks ago when hamas gunmen stormed over several places on the board and fence and killed moo people several places on the board and fence and killed m00 people in israel, sometimes in the most horrific circumstances, which is why israel says it is doing what it is doing. This is notjust a Military Operation against hamas, is a war against hamas where the endgame is to crush hamas completely, certainly militarily. No suggestion from israel they will take their foot off the pedal. Weve seen limited Land Incursions in the last week and also one from the sea but a small number of israeli troops and vehicles and tanks have gone in for a specific objective and then come out again. What we saw last night was very different, notjust from the air but also the ground and there is a video thats been released by the israeli army and i dont with weve seen it yet, but we will see it in the coming hours that shows large numbers of tanks on the ground and heavy armoured support vehicles all going in the coming hours that shows large numbers of tanks on the ground and heavy armoured support vehicles all going into achieve these objectives against a specific hamas targets. There are two interesting points from the briefing. One is that troops are still in the field and continue the war. Does that mean Israeli Soldiers are still on the ground inside gaza . Perhaps they are establishing advanced bases were more heavy armour comes in and perhaps they are clearing up after what happened last night. Hamas say they inflicted casualties on the israelis and we know from the israelis and we know from the israeli perspective that they killed, eliminated, i quote, several hamas commanders. This is part of the israeli narrative that they are targeting specific hamas command structures like the tunnels, the hundreds of tunnels they say, and specific hamas leaders. The impact of that in such a densely populated area like gaza, there is considerable collateral damage. Huge neighbourhoods completely flattened. Thousands of casualties, unofficially now, nearly 8000 deaths in gaza, nearly 8000 People Killed as a result of the israeli operation. But i think we will see even more until the eventual israeli aim of completely Crushing Hamas as aim of completely Crushing Hamas as a Military Force is achieved. A Military Force is achieved. Whats the latest on a Military Force is achieved. Whats the latest on the a Military Force is achieved. Whats the latest on the humanitarian the latest on the humanitarian situation . That statement we got from the idf suggested there would be more raids this morning, but as you touched on there, it is not as much as people in gaza need there would be more aid. That much as people in gaza need there would be more aid. Would be more aid. That was almost a footnote to the would be more aid. That was almost a footnote to the statement footnote to the statement from the Israeli Military and they said they were working towards allowing more humanitarian aid any suggestion there would be a ceasefire or lull in the fighting has been rejected by israel. The call was made by some countries at the Un General Assembly to allow much more aid in to open a humanitarian corridor and there is no indication from the israeli side that that is going to be agreed upon. Weve heard from the un this morning that 600,000 people are internally displaced in gaza, those have been told by the israelis to move from their homes in the north towards other parts of gaza yet they are also being bombed and in some cases killed in the israeli shelling, but equally in towns and cities like khan younis as we heard from our correspondence in gaza. And this was no surprise to anyone that this was no surprise to anyone that this was no surprise to anyone that this was the worst night of bombing and shelling so far so the un have been finding it very difficult to maintain lines of communication with their staff in gaza and the United Nations agency for Palestinian Refugees operating in Gaza Normally run schools and hospitals and other facilities and they have lost a lot of their own staff, many of whom have been killed in the operation and they are really struggling to keep the operations going. Thank you so much. Keep the operations going. Thank you so much as keep the operations going. Thank you so much as we keep the operations going. Thank you so much. As we were keep the operations going. Thank you so much. As we were talking keep the operations going. Thank you so much. As we were talking there, l so much. As we were talking there, we showing you new pictures that had been released this morning from the International Committee of the red cross. They say some aid has arrived, and this is some f