hello, welcome to the daily global, where we'll bring you the top stories from around the world. israel has confirmed it hit the jabalia refugee camp in northern gaza. it says it was targeting and killed one of the hamas leaders responsible for 7th october attacks. the hamas—run gazan health ministry says at least 50 people were killed and hundreds injured. images from the scene show people trying to resuce others trapped under the rubble. before the war, the camp, made up of high rise buildings, was home to more than 100,000, many of whom have been there for generations since the formation of the state of israel in 1948. bbc verify have located the exact position of the blast which you can see here you can see how built—up it is. more now from our international editor, jeremy bowen. and a warning, his report contains images some may find distressing. the attack onjabalia camp looks to be one of the biggest single palestinian losses of life so far in this war. jabalia is in the far north of gaza, where israel been pushing forward. israel ordered civilians to leave this area. many did. many others did not. the un said some people even returned to their homes because conditions further south were so desperate. an unknown number of people are buried under the rubble. they were pulling out children. he says, "oh god, my three children are gone, three kids. i hope i can find one of them alive. i didn't bid them farewell." jabalia covers just over half a square mile. 116,000 refugees were registered here with the un before the war. it he says, "it's a massacre, 30 to a0 homes blown to pieces. bodies everywhere, everyone is looking for their beloved ones." dozens of bodies were taken to the nearest hospital. israel says it targets hamas and if civilians are killed, it is because they are being used as human shields. hamas released these pictures of their man emerging from part of their extensive tunnel network. it is hard to work out with any precision what is happening in the ground war, both sides claiming to have killed their enemies, hamas will try to use hit and run guerilla tactics against the much more powerful army. israel released these pictures. it seems clear they are pressing forward. some reports say they are closer to gaza city without entering it yet. moving through relatively open villages is much less of a military challenge than advancing into the city. on their side of the gaza border, israel has plenty of force in reserve and it says a long fight ahead. we don't have much detail about what the israelis are doing inside gaza. they are working very hard to control the information battlefield which is a big part of modern war. they are releasing some video and some generalised communiques about success but they are minimising access. jabalia will fuel controversy about killing palestinian civilians. unintentional casualties, israel says, in a just war. america warned israel not to be blinded by rage. and palestinians believe israel is inflicting another catastrophe on them. jeremy bowen, bbc news, southern israel. earlier i spoke to the director—general of the palestinian red crescent society. he director-general of the palestinian red crescent society.— director-general of the palestinian red crescent society. he spoke to me from ramallah — red crescent society. he spoke to me from ramallah and _ red crescent society. he spoke to me from ramallah and started _ red crescent society. he spoke to me from ramallah and started by - red crescent society. he spoke to me from ramallah and started by talking | from ramallah and started by talking to me about the situation in jabalia. it to me about the situation in jabalia. , . , , ., jabalia. it is incredibly hard, incredibly — jabalia. it is incredibly hard, incredibly horrifying. - jabalia. it is incredibly hard, incredibly horrifying. all- incredibly horrifying. all colleagues were also injabalia refugee camps trying to rescue some of the people who have fallen victim as a result of the bombing of the jabalia refugee camps. our centre in jabalia refugee camps. our centre in jabalia was palms a few days ago and they move to another clinic. from there they are operating the ambulance service. this afternoon, this evening, then managed to rescue intensive injured and uncovered from under the rubble 25 killed civilians. so it is horrifying. they continue to work under the bombardment and horrible conditions. that is also part of our work, not only in the north casa and jabalia but also because the city and the south. this is our humanitarian mission. we are still operating under very, very harsh conditions, risking their lives.— under very, very harsh conditions, risking their lives. your team is on the ground — risking their lives. your team is on the ground say _ risking their lives. your team is on the ground say they _ risking their lives. your team is on the ground say they have - risking their lives. your team is on the ground say they have seen - the ground say they have seen civilian casualties injabalia? yes. civilian casualties in jabalia? yes. yes, the civilian casualties in jabalia? yes. yes. they cared — civilian casualties in jabalia? yes. yes, they cared for— civilian casualties in jabalia? yes. yes, they cared for 25 _ civilian casualties injabalia? yes yes, they cared for 25 killed people. there were 25 killed as a result of the bombing who were killed. they got them to the hospital and they put a number of injuries. ourambulances hospital and they put a number of injuries. our ambulances now are stationed, because there are very difficult lines of communication, they are stations around the hospitals. these hospitals are in the north around the jabalia area in order to be able to reach those people whenever there is a bombing, whenever there were casualties, so they can reach them as fast as possible. they can reach them as fast as ossible. . they can reach them as fast as ossible. , ., ., ,., possible. tell us more about the situation in _ possible. tell us more about the situation in terms _ possible. tell us more about the situation in terms of _ possible. tell us more about the situation in terms of getting - possible. tell us more about the l situation in terms of getting eight across the rafa crossing. what is the situation there? this across the rafa crossing. what is the situation there?— across the rafa crossing. what is the situation there? as i'm sure you have been reporting, _ the situation there? as i'm sure you have been reporting, this _ the situation there? as i'm sure you have been reporting, this is - the situation there? as i'm sure you have been reporting, this is a - the situation there? as i'm sure you have been reporting, this is a very l have been reporting, this is a very difficult, very slow process. we are moving on average, average turnout the total number of tracks that entered a something like 168 trucks over the past 17 or 18 days, so an average of about 15—20 trucks a day. this is trickling in, drop in the ocean, but it is very slow, so the whole process of going from egypt to the israeli checkpoint to be checked, verified and then back to the rafah crossing. even when they come in to casa there are also processes and instructions to the international aid agencies by the israeli army that they cannot move. after five o'clock we.. we have at this moment something like 30 trucks that are unloaded on the grounds in the crossing because we cannot move in the night. from 56 o'clock in the evening we cannot move trucks. this is very slow, very cumbersome and a very complicated process that is not helping with the situation. in addition to that we are not allowed to carry the humanitarian aid into the north of gaza where you have hundreds of thousands of people who are still there and we can't reach them, especially the hospitals. we cannot transport this support material to the hospital, medical supplies, even food and water, we cannot take it up to the north. the latest air from _ cannot take it up to the north. the latest air from the palestinian red crescent spokesperson speaking to me from room allah. two bits of breaking news coming in on a main story. the first one that the general authority for crossings and borders and gaza says that egyptian authorities have said that 81 people from gas is severely wounded will be allowed to enter egypt on wednesday to complete treatment. this coming into us, that 81 people from cancer who are severely wounded will be allowed to go to egypt's along the rafa crossing along which people so far have not been allowed to leave gaza from. that will be to get treatment in hospitals there. the other development that is just coming is thatjordan's king abdullah has had a phone call with joe biden. in that phone call king abdullah urged an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. we will have more on both of those developments as and when we get them. israel defense forces spokesperson daniel hagari has given his view on the attacks on the jabalia camp in gaza. translation you are talking about is facing an enemy. a murderous terrorist organisation that is an enemy. they are using their own citizens as human shields. we neutralised and shot and tried in every possible way to let their people go on to move to the south. we have to find a solution with the world, as we have shown them, for example, with the hospital, because they have built their infrastructure underneath hospitals, which is completely in opposition to the international rules of law. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams is injerusalem with more on this. bring us up to date on what more we know about what happened at jabalia. the israelis are saying they launched an air strike which killed at hamas commander in the area and 50 of his men. they said that in the course at that strike, and then just quoting here, underground terror infrastructure embedded beneath the building is used by the terrorists also collapsed after the strike. they also published a map showing various alleged hamas facilities in that jabalia area. the various alleged hamas facilities in thatjabalia area. the israeli argument boils down to this, if they know that there is a hamas target in a particular area, and know that there is a hamas target in a particulararea, and if know that there is a hamas target in a particular area, and if they have given to citizens of that area time to leave, then they are perfectly entitled to bomb that targets, even if they know that a large number of civilians are still there. there is a big debate on international law about whether that meets the requirements of proportionality and a fair prosecution of war aims, but thatis a fair prosecution of war aims, but that is the israeli position. they must have known there were civilians there, but they thought that the target was sufficiently important to go ahead and hitjabalia with two very, very large bombs. go ahead and hit jabalia with two very, very large bombs.- very, very large bombs. another development — very, very large bombs. another development this _ very, very large bombs. another development this evening - very, very large bombs. another development this evening that i | development this evening that i wanted to ask you about, and that is that hamas has said it will release in the coming days some of the foreign hostages in its captivity. what more do you know about that? just a very brief statement from the hamas is spokesperson, saying that they were intending to release a number, he didn't say how many of the foreign nationals. a significant proportion of those being held hostage by hamas are foreign or geo— nationals. at some point there is centre willing to do this. we know that negotiations aimed at some kind of prisoner release have been going on, but we do not know when or how or where hamas intends to carry this out. ., �* ., , or where hamas intends to carry this out. ., ~ ., , ., ~ i., or where hamas intends to carry this out. ., ~ ., , ., ~ ., out. paul adams, thank you for the moment. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. xl bully dogs will be formally banned in the uk by the new year. ministers announced the dog will be added to the list of banned breeds under the dangerous dogs act. xl bully owners have untiljanuary to apply for an exemption to keep their pet. if it's granted they'll have to keep the dog muzzled and on a lead when it's in public. the english ice hockey association says from next year it will be mandatory for players to wear neck guards. the announcement was made following the death of american ice hockey player adam johnson. his neck was cut by a skate blade during a game in sheffield on saturday. police are investigating. assisted dying on the the isle of man could move a step closer as draft legislation is debated in parliament. the plans would see residents with a terminal illness and no more than six months to live given the right to end their lives with help. you're live with bbc news. the official inquiry into the covid pandemic has been told that the former prime minister boris johnson suggested he believed the pandemic was �*nature's way of dealing with old people' that's what the government's former chief scientist, sir patrick vallance, wrote in his diary. here's our political editor chris mason. casually dressed, controversial and not exactly shy when it comes to slagging off other people and institutions. how is your eyesight, mr cummings? you probably remember dominic cummings for driving 260 miles during lockdown and visiting barnard castle in county durham to test his eyesight. i swear by almighty god the evidence i shall give shall be the truth... he comes across in public as mild—mannered. he was rather less than that in his private written and observations about people who worked alongside. you called ministers useless... morons... bleep. .. in emails and whatsapps to your professional colleagues. my appalling languages oversee my own. myjudgment of a lot of senior people was widespread. and listen to how dominic cummings described a very senior female colleague. we cannot keep dealing with this horrific meltdown in the british state while dodging stilettos from that bleep. was this the correct way to manage fellow professionals? a thousand times worse than my bad language is the underlying issue at stake, that we had a cabinet office system that had completely melted. boris johnson's judgment caused anger today, he was obsessed with older people accepting their fate and letting the young get on with life and the economy going, wrote sir patrick vallance. it showed mrjohnson was sociopathic, some of those representing the bereaved said. the overriding impression of what we are seeing here is one of dysfunction. claims of a shambles at the heart of government atjust the moment government was more important to more people than it had been for decades and decades. the other man taking questions today was lee cain, borisjohnson's man in charge of communications. he reckons his former boss dithered and wasn't suited to leadership in a pandemic. it was the wrong crisis for this prime minister's skill set. which is different, i think, from not potentially being up to the job of being prime minister. and what about why it took ten days from agreeing to a first lockdown to actually announcing it? i think it is longer than you would like but it's importantjust to emphasise the amount of things that had to be done and the amount of people had to take with us to deliver a nationwide lockdown. borisjohnson has offered no comments what's been said today. he and rishi sunak are expected to give evidence here before christmas. chris mason, bbc news. let's get some reaction to this now from hannah brady, who is a member of covid 19 bereaved families forjustice uk. she lost her father to covid 19 in may 2020 and later her grandma in july 2020. thank you forjoining us here on the bbc and i'm very sorry for both of your losses. when you watched what was being said at the inquiry today, what were your thoughts? i couldn't brina what were your thoughts? i couldn't bring myself — what were your thoughts? i couldn't bring myself to _ what were your thoughts? i couldn't bring myself to watch _ what were your thoughts? i couldn't bring myself to watch it _ what were your thoughts? i couldn't bring myself to watch it live - bring myself to watch it live because i have a job to do, i am a teacher. i've been trying to move on with my life, but days like this really bring it back. it has just been over three years since i lost my dad, 55, fit and healthy, one of the young people trying to get some of the economy while boris johnson seem to be of the economy while borisjohnson seem to be happy to of the economy while boris johnson seem to be happy to sacrifice my nan, his mother, who was put into a care home. it is so difficult to hear because the bereaved in our organisation and beyond have been afraid that these are the sort of message is that we will frequently see our covid finally start. that is why we were so keen for it to be set up. even during the first year of covid, when organisation started, it is very distressing that these messages did not come to light sooner, so that in the second wave, when so many more people died, could potentially have been avoided. what potentially have been avoided. what do ou potentially have been avoided. what do you think — potentially have been avoided. what do you think can _ potentially have been avoided. what do you think can be _ potentially have been avoided. what do you think can be learned from what we have heard throughout the inquiry, not least what we heard today? if inquiry, not least what we heard toda ? , ., ., inquiry, not least what we heard toda ? ., ., ., ., today? if you have a form of government _ today? if you have a form of government and _ today? if you have a form of government and people - today? if you have a form of government and people in i today? if you have a form of _ government and people in government and empower you know that there is this orgy of narcissism at the very top, then go for another catastrophe, another pandemic starts people need to act on it and not enabled those people who speak about each other so disgustingly, those people who are misogynistic, those people who are misogynistic, those people who are misogynistic, those people who have the view of one rule for them and one for another, for our government to enable a prime minister who would happily break looked on, attending parties in a garden, to then host bereaved people like myself in the same garden 12 months later, i think the government and any system of government needs to look inwards. we have been pushing for the covid inquiry told people to account, but also make sure that the next time something like this happens more lives are saved, there is not that ten day delay in a lockdown when it is recommended. that we are not prioritising the young over the most vulnerable in our society who there wasn't even a plan for.— wasn't even a plan for. today we heard from _ wasn't even a plan for. today we heard from two _ wasn't even a plan for. today we heard from two former _ wasn't even a plan for. today we heard from two former advisers l wasn't even a plan for. today we | heard from two former advisers to borisjohnson. as we saw in that report, they didn't mince their words about what they thought was dysfunction in the government during that time. we are going be hearing from borisjohnson himself through the course of that inquiry. what would you like to say to families like yours? i would you like to say to families like yours?— would you like to say to families like yours? i would like the plain truth. if like yours? i would like the plain truth- if they _ like yours? i would li