Good afternoon. Its 12 01. Good afternoon. Its12 01. Im sofia. Good afternoon. Its 12 01. Im sofia wenzel in the newsroom. Israels in the newsroom. Israels intensive tying its assault on Hamas Terrorists , striking Hamas Terrorists, striking roads, buildings and other sites in gaza as huge numbers of reinforcements move towards the enclave. More than 200 targets enclave. More than 200 targets were hit in a neighbourhood used by hamas to launch its attacks. By hamas to launch its attacks. Israeli troops killed at least 1000 palestinian gunmen who infiltrated from gaza. Sirens infiltrated from gaza. Sirens were heard in the north of israel this morning, warning of possible incoming aerial threats from lebanon or syria , raising from lebanon or syria, raising fears that the fighting could spark a broader International Conflict. Right now, these conflict. Right now, these pictures are coming to us live from gaza where you can see the scale of the damage following the latest round of airstrikes, medicines sans frontieres describes the situation as catastrophic with ovennhelmed hospitals struggling to cope amid intense bombardments and dwindling supplies. Gazas dwindling supplies. Gazas Health Ministry says at least 950 people have been killed. 950 people have been killed. Israel puts its death toll at 1200. The uks defence secretary, grant shapps, told gb news this morning that International Support for israel is crucial. Is crucial. The attack was clearly absolutely barbaric in nature , absolutely barbaric in nature, so they have an absolute right to defend themselves. We have asked them to ask us when they need anything specific. They and those those conversations are ongoing. But, you know, i think ongoing. But, you know, i think the main thing that they need is understanding and support from the rest the world. And right the rest of the world. And right now, because what happened was unprecedented and frankly, pure evil. Evil. Ukraines president is in brussels for a nato defence meeting. Israels defence minister is also expected to join via video link. President zelenskyy is urging World Leaders to support the people affected by israels war against hamas. Hamas. My recommendation to the leaders to go to israel and i think to support people , im think to support people, im just people. Im not speaking about any institutions just to support people who have been under terroristic attacks, people who are dying now. Its very important. Unity is more very important. Unity is more important that to be alone. Its more strong. More strong. A local councillor has lost a high court fight with the home secretary over the housing of Asylum Seekers on the bibby stockholm barge. Carolyn parks stockholm barge. Carolyn parks wanted to challenge the lawfulness of the use of the barge in portland, dorset, saying the Home Office Needs planning permission. The vessel planning permission. The vessel has been vacant since legionella bacteria were detected on board back in august, but the home office says the barge is now safe for Asylum Seekers to return all flights at London Luton Airport are suspended until 3 pm. After a large fire in a terminal car park. Flames and smoke tore through cars parked at the airport terminal last night. The fire service last night. The fire service says the place suffered significant structural collapse and that nearly 1500 vehicles are in the affected car park. Its believed it was caused by a diesel car. Five people were diesel car. Five people were admitted to a nearby hospital for smoke inhalation. And the for smoke inhalation. And the chief fire officer for bedfordshire fire services, Andrew Hopkinson , says Andrew Hopkinson, says travellers should check their plans with their airlines. We are very much focussed on getting a hand over in terms of ba. 2 and getting this airport open as quickly as we can and we hope to do that. In terms of advice for travellers , it remains if the travellers, it remains if the airport flights are not going to resume until 3 pm. At the earliest. If you are scheduled earliest. If you are scheduled to have a flight before then, then the advice is not to travel to the airport , but to check to the airport, but to check with your all travellers to check with their airline. Check with their airline. The Shadow Health secretary says the Labour Government would turn the nhs on its head during the last day of the conference in liverpool. Wes streeting in liverpool. Wes streeting argues that reform is more important than pouring money into a Health System that isnt working. He warned that the nhs faces bankruptcy unless its overhauled and set out plans to shift its focus from hospitals to providing more care in the community. Mr streeting says that labours changes to the nhs would secure better value for taxpayers money. A Labour Government will take immediate action to cut waiting lists. We will provide an extra £1. 1 billion to help the nhs beat the backlog with extra clinics , the backlog with extra clinics, the evenings and weekends providing 2 million more appointments each yean 2 million more appointments each year. Faster treatment for patients, extra pay for staff. The first steps to cut the waiting list and beat the tory backlog. This is gb news across the uk on tv, in your car, on your Digital Radio and on Smart Speaker by saying play gb news. Now back to mark and. Pip now back to mark and. Pip now back to mark and. Pip thank you. Welcome back to the live desk. Lets bring you the live desk. Lets bring you the latest live pictures from gaza. The latest live pictures from gaza. There is more smoke there gaza. There is more smoke there rising just to update you, the Israeli Defence force or the air force in particular saying its carried out. Some 250 airstrikes carried out. Some 250 airstrikes overnight. And thats just in overnight. And thats just in one hour on what they have now described as a nest of terror. Described as a nest of terror. In addition to that, israels defence minister says he has released , quote, all restraints released, quote, all restraints. And of course, that comes as both the un and the eu has questioned the legal status of what israel had called this siege of gaza. Growing siege of gaza. Growing International Concern at what is unveiling there in the gaza strip. Strip. Gaza, one of the most densely Populated Areas in the world, is seeing whole buildings flattened. They include thats according to the Palestinian Foreign ministry. More than 22,000 ministry. More than 22,000 residential buildings , ten residential buildings, ten Health Facilities and 48 schools that have been destroyed. Ed that have been destroyed. Ed gazas Health Ministry say at least 900 people have been killed. And 4600 people wounded. Killed. And 4600 people wounded. And israel rail says their death toll has now reached 1200, with more than 2700 people wounded. We hope to be speaking to a british palestinian doctor whos in gazas hospital operating on children today. We should be bringing that to you shortly. But first, lets speak to human rights lawyer and chief executive officer of the International Legal forum , arsen International Legal forum, arsen ostrovsky, who can join us from israel. Thank you very much indeed for your time. Im just going to pick up with you. What we heard from israels defence minister as, of course, we expect this ground offensive perhaps to come fairly shortly, saying he is released. All restraints. What do you think restraints. What do you think that means . That means . What do i think that means . I think that means that israel , think that means that israel, like the United Kingdom, will do whatever necessary to defend our citizens , to defend our people citizens, to defend our people from this kind of wanton savagery , barbarism and pure savagery, barbarism and pure evil that we have seen in the last few days. Just yesterday, we uncovered the bodies of 40 babies, a number of whom were decapitated. Women have been raped, pilfered, thrown in the back of pickup trucks , entire families burnt trucks, entire families burnt and massacred. If this was your family, if these were your children, what would you do . Children, what would you do . And of course, the situation in gaza is we are about to speak to a surgeon whos been operating on children in gaza, whove lost parts of their faces because of the aerial bombardment. And he is saying the majority of the cases being dealt with in that hospital are children in my heart. Absolutely bleeds for both the people of gaza and israel. But the fact of the matter is, it is hamas. It is hamas that is using their own people as pawns , as human shields in their in their islamist jihadist attack on israel. It is hamas that is committing a double war crime by using their people to target our people. And if anyone is to blame, unfortunately it is them. Thatis blame, unfortunately it is them. That is the reality. That is the reality. So is there a risk, though, that if the military goes in, we know there now massive massing at the border , if they go in and at the border, if they go in and thousands of children are killed, sympathy for israel will not be as great as it is now. We have just uncovered the bodies of 40 babies that were many of them were decapitated. Many of them were decapitated. What would you do . What do you think . What would you expect the think . What would you expect the uk government to do if these were your children in hamas is like isis. In were your children in hamas is like isis. In many ways they are even worse. Israel does not want to fight, but this is a war that was launched upon israel by hamas. When infiltrated our communities , our borders, when communities, our borders, when they went door to door, massive firing people, taking them hostage. Over 100 people have hostage. Over 100 people have been taken hostage , by the way, been taken hostage, by the way, including a number of british citizens have already been confirmed murdered the confirmed murdered as well. The primary duty of any nation is to defend and protect its citizens. And big difference here and a big difference here is whereas murders , targets, whereas hamas murders, targets, massacres, children, women and the elderly, israel aims only at the elderly, israel aims only at the hamas targets. That is that the hamas targets. That is that is the problem. Is the problem. As we see. Were just seeing the latest pictures of huge plumes of smoke rising into the air. It is civilians who are being affected by this within gaza , some 2 million of them. Gaza, some 2 million of them. And clearly, that may well be what hamas intended by launching this strike to draw israel into international condemnation. International condemnation. Let me ask you, do you have children . Thats beside the point, mr ostrovsky. Im asking you specifically. Im asking you specifically. No, im sorry. No, im sorry. Im sorry. No, im sorry. Im sorry. In gaza. No, im sorry. Im sorry. In gaza. No, im sorry. Im sorry. Im gaza. No, im sorry. Im sorry. Im imi. No, im sorry. Im sorry. Im im sorry. It is not besides the point when our children are being massacred or being decapitated , we will. Or being decapitated, we will. We will. We will act. I will give you an answer. If something happens to my children, i will go and children, i will not go and carry out a physical violation of child actually of another child to actually retaliate thats retaliate for that. If thats the want. The answer you want. No, not the answer. No, thats not the answer. I want. And the difference the big difference is what is the answer . Not aiming at answer . We are not aiming at children because israel the answer . We are not aiming at chilforcesecause israel the answer . We are not aiming at chilforces arere israel the answer . We are not aiming at chilforces are aimingel the answer . We are not aiming at chilforces are aiming purelythe answer . We are not aiming at chilforces are aiming purely and idf forces are aiming purely and solely at military targets of hamas. It is hamas that embeds themselves civilian areas. It themselves in civilian areas. It is hamas that puts their weapons in schools and mosques and hospitals. Its hamas that uses children as human shields. Scores of children arriving at the doors. Were about to speak to a surgeon who has had to operate on a child whos lost half face today because it half their face today because it is hamas that uses these children as pawns, as shields. Children as pawns, as shields. It is hamas that hides their weapons and uses their rocket launchers in hospitals and schools and mosques and civilian infrastructure and areas, which is each one of those actions is a crime. When israel a gross war crime. When israel targets hamas, it is targeting military targets. If it is hamas that puts themselves in mid beds themselves in civilian areas, it is hamas that is committing a double war crime of using their own civilians and people and children as shields while indiscriminately over indiscriminately firing over 5000 rockets at israel and massacring our children. Massacring our children. What about the calls for a humanitarian corridor to get thousands of people out of gaza . The women, the Young Children, the babies would you support calls for that . Calls for that . Well, right now there is a corridor with egypt. Corridor with egypt. They cant get out. So theyre stuck. Israel has bombed theyre stuck. Israel has bombed the border. They cant get into egypt right now. Egypt right now. What we are facing here is the single greatest massacre of israelis, of jews , quite frankly israelis, of jews, quite frankly and honestly, since the holocaust, over a thousand people, over 1200 now were massacred. There are over 100 massacred. There are over 100 israelis and foreign citizens, including british, that are being held captive, being held hostage by the hamas. Perhaps hostage by the hamas. Perhaps you also asked the hamas , will you also asked the hamas, will they immediately and unequivocally release every single one of the hostages, including the women and children that they are holding in gaza . That they are holding in gaza . So the problem is that in 2008, 2014, when there were the incursions going into gaza , it incursions going into gaza, it failed to remove hamas. What will be different this time . Clearly, as you say , they will clearly, as you say, they will use the bunkers , they will use use the bunkers, they will use the various facilities to hide and perhaps re emerge later. This has failed previously. And this has failed previously. And look what we have seen on this occasion is a game changer. Weve never seen anything on this kind of level of monstrosity of this kind of evil , of this kind of a gravity. I believe the rules of the game have changed and israel will do whatever necessary now not only to secure our borders, to eliminate and neutralise all those Hamas Terrorists that infiltrate it and do whatever necessary, not only to retrieve and return all the all the Israeli Citizens and those that were being taken captive and kidnapped by hamas , but ensure kidnapped by hamas, but ensure that we do not repeat this because we do not want to be having this every couple of years. That is unacceptable. No years. That is unacceptable. No sovereign nation can live with this kind of threat on its borders and israel, i repeat, like the uk will do whatever necessary to defend our citizens , our borders nation. , our borders and our nation. I ask you what should can i ask you what should once this has been resolved in whatever way it is , should there whatever way it is, should there be war crimes investigations . And if israel obviously has to answer for whatever has happened in gaza, would you be comfortable with that . Comfortable with that . As i said , i know that the as i said, i know that the difference between the two sides here is whereas hamas is committing a double war crime, i repeat again, it is a double war crime of not only using their own people as shields and pawns whilst indiscriminately firing rockets and massacring israeli civilians, including women, children and the elderly. Whereas the Israeli Defence forces targets purely and solely hamas targets , it is hamas that hamas targets, it is hamas that puts their own citizens in harms way. And if there is any war crime, again, i repeat it is on the hamas terror group. On the hamas terror group. Arsen ostrovsky, chief executive officer of the International Legal forum and a human rights lawyer. Thank you very much for that. And as i say, we are hoping to speak shortly to a british palestinian surgeon who is in the hospital in gaza, in the centre there, trying to deal with the injured. And in particular, we understand hes been operating on a young child today to get the very latest from inside gaza to balance the story. Well be pushing as well. Arsenes points to him and see what he says. Okay. Moving on. What he says. Okay. Moving on. The mayor of portland has lost a high court fight with the home secretary over the governments decision to house Asylum Seekers on the bibby stockholm barge. Well, carolyn parks was hoping to challenge the lawfulness of the use of the barge in Portland Harbour in dorset. Lets get more with our reporter ray addison, whos been following the the high following the case at the high court ray, was court and ray, this was a personal legal move rather than something on behalf of the council. Council. Absolutely, yes. Absolutely, yes. It was brought individual by carolyn parks. Shes a local councillor. Shes the mayor of portland. Of course, its very personal to her in that sense. Personal to her in that sense. Portland being the location of the bibby stockholm barge currently. Currently. And shes actually been ordered to pay £5,000 in costs to the government because of that. She has lost this case. She has lost this case. Of c