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Com us know your thoughts this morning, gaddress. First, � s. Com the email address. First, though, here is your very latest news roberts. News with tamsin roberts. Beth, thanks very much. And good morning from the newsroom. Good morning from the newsroom. At 931, the Prime Minister will address the escalate crisis in the middle east, along with the uks response to the violence as mps return to westminster. Well, mps return to westminster. Well, these are live pictures from sderot in israel looking towards northern gaza, where the united nafionsis northern gaza, where the United Nations is warning the humanity situation is deteriorating quickly. Israel has ordered civilians to evacuate the area ahead of a major offensive targeting hamas. In response to an attack which claimed 1300 lives. Gazas Health Ministry says 2750 palestinians have been killed since the 7th of october and 9700 people wounded by israeli airstrikes. Well, these israeli airstrikes. Well, these are live pictures of the egyptian controlled rafah crossing on the border with gaza, where people are gathering outside closed gates. Earlier fuel tankers were seen in the area, escorted by vehicles carrying the United Nations flag. There are also conflicting reports about a ceasefire. Egyptian security sources suggested it had been agreed between the us, israel and egypt to allow the safe passage of humanitarian aid. But a humanitarian aid. But a statement from israels Prime Minister said there is currently no truce , while israels no truce, while israels military continues to amass outside gaza, preparing for a ground offensive, the countrys Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu, has vowed to demolish hamas. The us president , joe hamas. The us president , joe biden , says hes confident biden, says hes confident israel will act under the rules of war and that he believes hamas must be eliminated. But in an interview added, there must be a path to a palestinian state. Well its believed around ten british nationals are among those being held hostage by hamas Armed Forces MinisterJames Heappey says the government is working to help people out of the conflict zone. People out of the conflict zone. We are planning and executing the evacuation of british citizens from the region. Should they wish to leave. There are they wish to leave. There are opportunities to do that both from tel aviv where a number of flights have now departed, but also we hope later today through the rafah crossing on the border between gaza and egypt as well. Between gaza and egypt as well. To other news now, experts believe net migration to the uk is unlikely to drop below 250,000 a year by the end of the decade. Net migration stood at 606,000 last year, with the war in ukraine and arrivals from hong kong contributing to the numbers, the migration observatory at the university of oxford and the London School of economics say going fonnard, the figure will largely be driven by international students. Well, international students. Well, those are the top stories and you can, of course, get more on all of those by visiting our website at gbnews. Com. Now though, its back to bev and. Emily very good morning. Its 934. Its me and emily this morning. So both the israeli Prime Minister and hamas have denied reports of a potential ceasefire in Southern Gaza to coincide with the reopening of the rafah Border Crossing. Yes so us media reports say egypt will open its Border Crossing to gaza shortly. Thats to allow palestinians with dual nationality out and much needed aid in. Officials have not confirmed this, but us nationals in gaza have been told to move closer to the rafah crossing. Yes, now nearly 2700 people have been killed by israels bombing of gaza since the attacks, with an estimated 1000 missing under rubble. Missing under rubble. Our reporter tom sullivan reports on the crisis inside gaza. A warning that you may find some of this content disturbing. Northern gaza has disturbing. Northern gaza has fallen eerily silent after another night of deadly bombing. Now, the only thing falling from the sky are thousands of pamphlets containing a message from israel to evacuate to the south immediately. We and so south immediately. We and so they did. For many the threat of they did. For many the threat of more of israels bombs and impending invasion in response to the terror attack which killed more than 1400in israel outweighs orders from hamas to stay put. Outweighs orders from hamas to stay put. Hundreds of outweighs orders from hamas to stay put. Hundreds of thousands stay put. Hundreds of thousands fled south on whatever could carry them cars. If there was fuel horse and cart, if one could be found. But many turned to their own feet. To their own feet. The whole energy. The whole energy. The whole energy. But not everyone is leaving. But not everyone is leaving. This doctor and his staff at this Childrens Hospital say they simply cant evacuate. They simply cant evacuate. Can. Can. Can. If you want to kill us, kill us while we continue working here, we will not leave. We need here, we will not leave. We need days and weeks to secure another place and fortunately, there are no empty nurseries in these difficult conditions. The situation is really dangerous , i situation is really dangerous, i tell you that transfer seeing these children from this place means handing them a death sentence. They will die. And sentence. They will die. And this equipment only operates of electricity and oxygen nearby. Al Shifa Hospital continues to receive a flow of bodies pulled from the rubble of bombed neighbourhoods. Doctors here say the hospital is ovennhelmed with civilians as the injured and the orphaned. Where do these orphaned. Where do these children go now . Foreign nationals have been told to head to gazas border with egypt, but as they arrive there, there was no escape here. Those with european and american passport can only wait for the gates to be opened among them, mariam and her mother, who travelled from their home in the uk to gaza to visit family. Visit family. Every every time. I just have to have the thought of me dying in a bomb in gaza like its not a good thing. And like every a good thing. And like every place i go, i go run away and i just find bombs and i find dead people and like , maybe one day people and like, maybe one day ill end up like them. But its ill end up like them. But its a really scary thing for me. Israel has ovennhelming support by the eu, the uk and the United States over its right to defend itself and eliminate hamas, a terror group that has inflicted unimaginable suffering and bloodshed on the country. And bloodshed on the country. But such messages of support have increasing come with a warning to retaliate within International Law and to protect innocent palestine civilians. Innocent palestine civilians. Were joined now by Charlie Peters live from tel aviv. Good peters live from tel aviv. Good morning, charlie. What do we know of the fate of people trying to leave gaza this morning . Morning . Well, theyre not being allowed to. Thats the bottom line up front. Allowed to. Thats the bottom line up front. There have been line up front. There have been reports of a potential opening at the rafah crossing for the last 48 hours, but both times thats been muted in the press via american diplomacy. It has not come to fruition. And that not come to fruition. And that is the same situation that is happening this morning. Foreign nationals , in particular, those nationals, in particular, those with british and american passports, have been urged to head down to that rafah crossing. There are some 60,000 britons in israel and the palestinian territories, many of them in gaza. But so far no one has been allowed to exit it. But at the same time, we have seen this morning some fuel trucks, fuel trucks crossing at the at the rafah crossing there between egypt and gaza. They appear to be un flagged highly likely carrying fuel that generators needin carrying fuel that generators need in Southern Gaza in to order power hospital gear and other medical equipment. And also just to sustain the general humanity barian situation there. It has been under heavy blockade by israel since this war started nine days ago, preventing electricity and Water Supplies. Electricity and Water Supplies. And that has been a consistent issue for those in gaza. There have been given stories of hope that some more opportunities and offers of aid may come, and then that hope is taken away. Yesterday, the Energy Minister in israel said that through american diplomacy and with the egyptians , they had agreed to egyptians, they had agreed to reopen the Water Supplies in Southern Gaza. But six hours Southern Gaza. But six hours later, the taps were still dry. And weve had no further update. But the israelis need people to go to Southern Gaza , and in go to Southern Gaza, and in order to do that, they need to give them an opportunity to stay alive. They need a humanitarian alive. They need a humanitarian situation in south, because situation in the south, because if dont, fewer people will if they dont, fewer people will make journey from the north make that journey from the north to south have been to the south as they have been ordered idf through un ordered by the idf through un Liaison Officers last night, the idf said that some 600,000 people had made that journey down. Thats 1. 1 Million People down. Thats1. 1 Million People estimated to be in north gaza. So still a significant population remaining. And while they are still there , the idf they are still there, the idf cannot continue with the severe bombardment that it has launched and it cannot also extend it into using more advanced munitions. It has definitely been a quieter night in terms of bombings on gaza by the idf and here in tel aviv. Weve certainly heard fewer fighter jets rippling down this coastline. As we have heard very consistently for the last week. Attention is being drawn elsewhere in the military perspective in the north, the Evacuation Order has been extended by another mile in that region with southern lebanon as skirmishes between Lebanese Hezbollah continue with the idf. And that is actually a more fearsome foe for the idf to be deaung fearsome foe for the idf to be dealing with the military budget stretches into the hundreds of millions of dollars. They are said to have anywhere between 50,000 to 100,000 fighters, and they do have more extreme, capable forces to launch onto the israelis. And there are and the israelis. And there are and there are further concerns for there are further concerns for the israelis, too, as unrest grows in the west bank overnight , the idf said that they had arrested dozens of people in the west bank, suspected and alleged to belong to hamas, and they have captured weapons and bombs and munitions there as and other munitions there as well. So israel very much fights on several fronts, trying to maintain an extremely delicate situation an at the same time as the humanity crisis in gaza deepens. Charlie, do we have any updates when it comes to the hostage situation . That will be hostage situation . That will be something that is keeping many people in israel up at night. Yes. Well, 20 minutes ago, the israelis claimed that there are at least 199 hostages within the gaza strip. And yesterday, Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu actually met with the families. He was theres been some criticism in israel that he had not yet met with any of those families. In fact, more reporters had met with family members, representatives of members, then representatives of this unity government. But its this unity government. But its unclear how the idf intends to rescue those hostages. And, of rescue those hostages. And, of course, they are keeping operational details close to their chests. But at the same time, that is a growing concern as hostages could be kept in the north as human shields , as the north as human shields, as the civilians move south and the opportunity to rescue them dwindles. So that is a growing concern here in israel, especially as the numbers of known hostages are rising. Okay thank you, charlie. Well be coming to charlie throughout the throughout the morning to hear the latest there. Political commentator piers pottinger joins us in the studio now. When you see such a studio now. When you see such a failure of humanity like this, pierce, its hard to know to where start to even question where start to even question where this goes and what the military strategy must be. When you see children in intensive care, hospital beds, baby boys, and if they move, that is a death sentence. It is the worst of humanity. And its also the best of humanity in those doctors saying we will not leave their sides. Yes i mean, was very moving, i mean, it was very moving, that it. But hamas, im that report it. But hamas, im afraid, the masters of terror have got israel. Exactly where they want them and not only does hamas torture and murder innocent civilians, israeli civil liens, they obviously dont give a about their own people because they knew full well israel would have to retaliate. And theyre also retaliate. And theyre also doing their best to stop people getting out of the country. It seems that they are being very , seems that they are being very, very instrumental in not getting the rafah border open by dealing with the Muslim Brotherhood in egypt, particularly. And you egypt, particularly. And you also have this added problem for israel, which although theyve got hundreds of thousands of troops massed on the border , troops massed on the border, when they get into israel, the Hamas Terrorists themselves are in this huge network of underground tunnels that hamas said in in 2021. They had built 311 miles of underground tunnels funded by iran, of course, and the problem there is these tunnels , unlike in vietnam, tunnels, unlike in vietnam, where they were very effective, the vietnamese s tunnels were in the vietnamese s tunnels were in the countryside. These are in an urban setting in a very densely populated area with thousands of civilians living above these tunnels , which means its a very tunnels, which means its a very difficult for israelis to attack them without killing lots of innocent people. And israel, israel is acutely aware of the International Concern in about trying to re retaliate without loss of life , unnecessary loss loss of life, unnecessary loss of civilian life. Unfortunately that seems impossible. And so that seems impossible. And so hamas are revelling in the fact theyve got israel boxed in at theyve got israel boxed in at the same time as hezbollah now becoming more and more active, which is incredibly worrying. You have have iran making threats. The Iranian Foreign threats. The Iranian Foreign minister on saturday went to qatar , where he met the head of qatar, where he met the head of hamas. The qataris themselves hamas. The qataris themselves are coming under pressure for harbouring the head of hamas in this way and allowing the israeli Iranian Foreign minister to go and have these meetings on their territory. See, now qatar their territory. See, now qatar is the biggest commercial landlord in london, for example. It owns huge amounts of property in britain and many other assets , including the Famous Department store , harrods. Now, Department Store, harrods. Now, i mean, again, it seems absurd to be talking about a british Department Store with whats going on. But the repercussions of whats going on are vast. Going on. But the repercussions of whats going on are vast. And of whats going on are vast. And hamas have realised theyve timed this brilliantly from their point of view. They knew that israel was weak because they were about to sign a pact. We believe, with saudi arabia , we believe, with saudi arabia, which has made them do this now. And of course splitting up the middle east and saudi arabias stated enemy of iran support getting hamas, the Energy Prices going up. I mean, this is not going up. I mean, this is not going up. I mean, this is not going to stop in a short space of time. And despite blinkens admirable attempt at diplomacy, flyi