some making the journey in carts pulled by donkeys. the israeli army spokesman said an estimated 50,000 gazans fled south on wednesday. heavy, close quarters fighting is continuing between israeli forces and hamas militants in the ruins of gaza city, with battles said to be nearing the al quds hospital. gunshots meanwhile in the west bank, the palestinian authority says ten palestinians have been killed — and at least 20 wounded — during an israeli army raid onjenin refugee camp. israel's military said it was conducting counter—terrorism raids injenin, but gave no further details. more than 170 palestinians are reported to have been killed by israeli forces in the occupied west bank, since the attack by hamas on israel on october the seventh. diplomatically, delegates at an international conference in paris — hosted by emmanuel macron — have made repeated calls for an immediate ceasefire in gaza. the norwegian refugee council described the israeli siege of gaza as �*collective punishment�*. the head of the aid agency, msf, called the israeli—designated safe zones in southern gaza fake zones. with the latest, our middle east correspondent yolande knell has this report from jerusalem. the exodus continues. 0n foot, with donkeys or using their last drops of fuel, gazans from the north are arriving in the south of the strip again today after israel's military opened up the road. israel's fire power is on display in the very north. while gun battles still rage, it says it is making progress in its mission to depose hamas but the islamist group has already lost control here. the bbc was among the media given a close—up view of the fighting behind israeli lines. it is not an operation, it's a war. it's going to last time, it will take us time. until hamas no longer exists. at the biggest hospital in gaza in its biggest city, they are feeling the israeli forces close in and rushing to deal with the wounded. growing hardships here are pushing more residents to flee. but this is where they have been told to move to and it's also seeing deadly air strikes. nowhere feels safe in gaza, life is upended. thousands are now living under canvas, including this family, who came south with their cats after their home was bombed. it is hard to contemplate the future. translation: all the luxury of life that we had is gone. _ there is no pleasure any more. we do our laundry by hand, we go and fetch water. we are having trouble everywhere we go and there's no cleanliness. meanwhile, more close quarters fighting and destruction. this wasjenin in the occupied west bank today after israel killed palestinians in what it called a counterterrorism raid. as the war in gaza reaches a critical point, the whole region remains on edge. let's speak to our diplomatic correspondent paul adams who's injerusalem. lets start by talking about the exodus, the scale of what you have seen today with just people moving from north to south. yes. seen today with just people moving from north to south.— from north to south. yes, it is re from north to south. yes, it is pretty remarkable _ from north to south. yes, it is pretty remarkable these - from north to south. yes, it is i pretty remarkable these scenes, from north to south. yes, it is - pretty remarkable these scenes, and they have been getting bigger and bigger over the past three days, and i think that once the israeli secured that road and basically had gaza city cut off, they have been able to create a situation where people can leave and can live safely. 0f people can leave and can live safely. of course, we did see a large number of people, hundreds of thousands of people living right at the beginning of this crisis in gaza. —— leave safely. a lot of them left by car, but now we are seeing a huge exodus of people mostly moving on foot, and i think what is interesting about what we are seeing now is that the israelis have been at war in gaza many times in the past, but there has never been such a huge accompanying exodus of civilians, and those people who are leaving now don't know what is going to be left for them when this is all over, because the scenes of destruction from some of the places they have been coming from our own a really unprecedented, epic scale. and so for them, this is a deeply traumatic process because many of them are descendants of refugees who fled or were driven from their homes when israel came into being in 1948, with the palestinians call the nakba, the catastrophe, so for them this is a painful echo of that originalflight, and they this is a painful echo of that original flight, and they have this is a painful echo of that originalflight, and they have no idea what the coming weeks, months and years will hold for them. we idea what the coming weeks, months and years will hold for them.- and years will hold for them. we are 'ust seeinu and years will hold for them. we are just seeing those _ and years will hold for them. we are just seeing those pictures _ and years will hold for them. we are just seeing those pictures of - and years will hold for them. we are just seeing those pictures of those l just seeing those pictures of those people leaving as you are talking to us, paul. let's turn in terms of what is happening on the west bank, because more deaths there. how much concern is growing about the situation notjust in gaza, but is now increasingly in the west bank? well, we have been seeing a lot of israeli military activity in the west bank over the past month. since the crisis began in gaza. and in fact, it predates the crisis in gaza in many ways. the israelis have been going after militant groups from hamas, from other palestinian factions, and the focus was on the city ofjenin today, which is where it is largely under control of the armed group called thejudaean brigade which is an under the control of any particular palestinian faction, and you will remember there was also a major israeli incursion there. we think as many as ten were in that operation there today. —— thejenin brigade. it is part of that series of raids that have claimed many palestinian lives and while the focus has been very much on gaza, the situation in the west bank is extremely volatile, although i think it is worth pointing out that we have not seen large—scale demonstrations of palestinian solidarity with gaza. i think many in the west bank are frankly horrified at what they are seeing in gaza and many are maybe worrying or fearful that if they put a foot wrong, something similar could happen to them. so i think there's a kind of watchable atmosphere in the west bank while the israelis are very much going after all these militant groups. —— eight watchable atmosphere. after all these militant groups. -- eight watchable atmosphere. thank ou for eight watchable atmosphere. thank you for that _ eight watchable atmosphere. thank you for that. we _ eight watchable atmosphere. thank you for that. we have _ eight watchable atmosphere. thank you for that. we have heard - eight watchable atmosphere. thank you for that. we have heard of- eight watchable atmosphere. thank you for that. we have heard of this talk of israel agreeing to for our military pauses in gaza and humanitarian corridors to flee the hostilities. —— four hour. live now to washington and our state department correspondent barbara plett usher. what they have said is they have reached an agreement with the israelis do have a poor hour pause every day to allow palestinians in northern gaza which is where the main military operation is to flee safely to the south. —— four hour. we have been told that israel would give a three hour notice every day when that pause would be, and the palestinians if they wanted to leave would be taking safe passage corridors which reportedly had been operating for several days now, but now they would have a cessation of military operations for them to take those corridors are safely to the south. that is the announcement and the white house is hoping to be able to use such pauses to get more aid into gaza. they are hoping to get up to 153 tracks daily of aid, that hasn't happened yet. and ultimately, to perhaps use pauses to facilitate the release of hostages. it was reported previously that president biden had asked the israeli prime ministerfor a three—day biden had asked the israeli prime minister for a three—day pause in order to facilitate hostage release but also to get significant amounts of aid in, so but also to get significant amounts ofaid in, so he has but also to get significant amounts of aid in, so he hasjust been asked if that was indeed the case and he has said, yes, in fact he asked mr netanyahu bought longer than a three—day pause, but when he was asked whether he was frustrated with the israeli prime minister, he said, this has taken longer than i expected it to. so read into that what you like. but this is definitely something that the americans have been pushing relentlessly through the president through their personal envoy on the ground, through the secretary of state, to get not a ceasefire but breaks in the fighting in order to get aid in and you help palestinian civilians get to safe areas. —— special envoy. figs civilians get to safe areas. -- special envoy.— civilians get to safe areas. -- secialenvo . ~ , ., ~ special envoy. as you were talking, i know in the _ special envoy. as you were talking, i know in the past _ special envoy. as you were talking, i know in the past few _ special envoy. as you were talking, i know in the past few minutes, - special envoy. as you were talking, i know in the past few minutes, joe biden has talked to reporters there in the white house before heading off to the helicopter, and is exactly as you reported there was asked about that three—day pause for gaza. a pause much longer to try to get hostages out. we will actually play for viewers that clip here in just a moment or two. quite clearly, in terms of the pressure from washington on the israeli prime minister, it is upping.— minister, it is upping. yes, you have seen _ minister, it is upping. yes, you have seen the _ minister, it is upping. yes, you have seen the abolition - minister, it is upping. yes, you have seen the abolition of- minister, it is upping. yes, you have seen the abolition of the. have seen the abolition of the rhetoric and the pressure from washington over the last month, as the situation has changed, as the military operation has led to the killing of thousands of palestinians, as the crisis has grown completely dire, and there are no more life—sustaining functions in gaza, so while the americans support the israeli stance there can't be a ceasefire at this point because it would benefit hamas and an album to regroup, they have really pressed for a break in the fighting in order to address this dire situation and get a significant amount of ageing. —— the abolition of the rhetoric. there has been reports floating around lately about a deal in the making and we can't confirm that what those talks are very active, so pressure for some kind of break in the fighting more than an hour or two, which is what mr netanyahu referred to earlier this week, long enough to get something done has been coming from the white house and state department. —— the evolution of rhetoric. state department. -- the evolution of rhetoric— of rhetoric. thank you for that. we will have more _ of rhetoric. thank you for that. we will have more on _ of rhetoric. thank you for that. we will have more on the _ of rhetoric. thank you for that. we will have more on the middle - of rhetoric. thank you for that. we will have more on the middle east| of rhetoric. thank you for that. we i will have more on the middle east in just a moment or two, but i want to break away from that to give you breaking news concerning the liverpool footballer lewis dias, because as you know, as parents were kidnapped last week. his mother was released but his father was still being held. just news coming into us that of�*s's dad has been released. police sources are saying that, colombian media reports as well. —— luis diaz's dad. they are about to land in a helicopter in the town of valledupar. those details just coming into us and it is important line because so much concern after that news that his parents had been kidnapped by a colombian gang. very quickly, his mother was released and there had been so many protests and demonstrations and pleas for the release of luis diaz's father. he played in the last premier league game and scored, and there on his t—shirt, a plea for his father's release. newsjust coming in t—shirt, a plea for his father's release. news just coming in that has actually happened, as i was just laying there, he apparently has been given to un officials and they are about to land in a helicopter in the town of valledupar. we will keep across that story and details are just coming into us, and where there is more, we will obviously return to it. around the world and across the uk, you are watching bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. a 33—year—old man has been found guilty of murdering schoolteacher ashling murphy in ireland last year. the central criminal court in dublin found jozef puska fatally assaulted ms murphy while she was exercising on a canal path in tullamore. puska was found guilty after three weeks of evidence. the nhs waiting list in england has hit a record high of 7.7 million at the end of september. new figures also show that more than a million patients are on more than one waiting list. it comes despite prime minister rishi sunak saying cutting waiting lists is one of his five key priorities. following the fatal stabbing of alfie lewis in leeds, a 14—year—old boy has appeared in court charged with murder. the is—year—old was stabbed near st margaret's primary school in horsforth on tuesday and later died in hospital. the charged boy was remanded in custody today. those are some of the story is making the headlines. you're live with bbc news. let's return to the fighting in gaza and the humanitarian situation. earlier i spoke tojuliette touma, the director of communications at unrwa, about the humanitarian situation. since we have last spoken, the situation has gotten far, far worse. we are now hosting 720,000 people across the gaza strip in 150 unrwa shelters. we continue to have colleagues killed. 99 of our colleagues have been killed in gaza in the past one month alone. we do not have the supplies, we have the same issue with fuel shortages, we are really at the bottom of the barrel. you said to our producer you have never seen gaza in such a desperate situation. it is interesting, israel's defence ministry on tuesday said there is no lack of food, water and humanitarian supplies in gaza. they say they are monitoring the situation every day. what we do know from our team on the ground and bear in mind we are the largest humanitarian organisation working in gaza, our commissioner general was just in gaza a few days ago and he told us all really sad and moving stories of little children coming to him and all they were asking for was a piece of bread or a drink of water and this is in a un shelter where we are supposed to help those who have come and sought shelter under our roof and under ourflag, but we are not able to provide and do the very minimum as much as we would want to because we don't have the supplies or the means or the fuel. so israel is simply wrong when they say there is no lack of food, water and supplies? that is simply not the case you are seeing on the ground every day? it is not the time to do tit—for—tat. i am here to give you the facts as the voice of the largest humanitarian agency. what we do know is that even before this war began, 1.2 million people relied on food assistance from unrwa alone. the level of poverty is one of the highest in this region, same with unemployment, and this war has made an already very, very bad situation far, far worse. just briefly, what can you actually do, what are you able to achieve at the moment? at the moment, we are working to provide assistance as much as possible, but to do that we need two things. we need more supplies and fuel to come in, because we have not had fuel for more than one month now and we need a humanitarian ceasefire. earlier i spoke to uzi dayan, the former head of israel's national security council and the former idf deputy chief of staff. he gave this assessment of the israeli military operation so far. the main goal now is to take over gaza. it hasjust the main goal now is to take over gaza. it has just started. we are at this stage surrounding everything in gaza, continuing to attack the terror organisations, hamas, the hamas building and headquarters. also the tunnels. we let people in gaza gets free from the position of the human shield and let them go to a place in the centre of the gaza strip. this is the most critical moment of this war because we have to take over and bring down hamas. just a minute, to take over and bring down hamas. justa minute, it to take over and bring down hamas. just a minute, it is a kind of a walk with a terror organisation. in order to win, they can only survive, because we have a lot of casualties from the first day. actually, two times more than in the six—day war, so right now, we have to take down hamas, to bring them down, and if you so, what do you mean by bring down, we have to make a kind of redeem. two british audience, i would say it like berlin in 1916. —— a kind of regime. in would say it like berlin in 1945. -- a kind of regime.— a kind of regime. in terms of the practicalities _ a kind of regime. in terms of the practicalities of _ a kind of regime. in terms of the practicalities of how _ a kind of regime. in terms of the practicalities of how you - a kind of regime. in terms of the practicalities of how you actually | practicalities of how you actually do it, yourforces are now in gaza city, how likely do you think they are to approach dealing with the vast tunnel network? can you blow those up or do you actually have to go in and fight? taste those up or do you actually have to go in and fight?— go in and fight? we have to go in because we _ go in and fight? we have to go in because we don't _ go in and fight? we have to go in because we don't know _ go in and fight? we have to go in because we don't know exactly i go in and fight? we have to go in - because we don't know exactly where all the bunkers and tunnels are, and as i said, hamas, in order to win the warfrom its point as i said, hamas, in order to win the war from its point of view, it doesn't care what the people in gaza etc as much as we do. but it's, ok, if i survive, it is a kind of victory for me, for hamas leaders. and in terms of that approach, do you think there is likely to be intelligence or where the hostages are? because potentially, they too could be within this tunnel network? it is only partly that we know. so far, we didn't get sign of life, hamas didn't allow us to arrive to those people, babies, teenagers, grandmothers, and the soldiers released more than 200. i guess they are not in the same place so if we close the distance and go more into gaza, we will also be able to free them. �* , ., ~' gaza, we will also be able to free them. �* ,, ~ ., ., them. but you think that at the moment. _ them. but you think that at the moment, those _ them. but you think that at the moment, those soldiers - them. but you think that at the moment, those soldiers are . them. but you think that at the i moment, those soldiers are going them. but you think that at the - moment, those soldiers are going in blind in terms of having any knowledge of where they potentially might be? we knowledge of where they potentially miaht be? ~ ., ~ ., might be? we have