That a third convoy of aid has now left for gaza. It explosions can be seen across the rafah border in Southern Gaza as the israel hamas war continues. It israel hamas war continues. It comes after a second convoy of 14 trucks carrying humanitarian suppues 14 trucks carrying humanitarian supplies went through the rafah crossing last night. Now, despite that latest delivery, the United Nations says the current volume of aid is just 4 of the usual daily average. Health authorities in gaza say the death toll there has climbed now to just over 5000. Israel military say its Ground Forces have now mounted limited raids into gaza and launched airstrikes targeting Palestinian Militants massing to repulse any wider israeli invasion. It comes wider israeli invasion. It comes after israel accused hamas of exploiting civilians in gaza. Exploiting civilians in gaza. The Israel Defence forces released aerial footage of several blasts at various compounds overnight confirming that theyve hit 320 targets in the last 24 hours. They say rocket launchers have been placed next to civilian sites, including schools and mosques and a un building. Meanwhile in lebanon, israeli aircraft hit at least two hezbollah cells as they were planning to launch anti tank missiles and rockets. Anti tank missiles and rockets. British charities are urging the government to ensure safe passage for refugees fleeing from israel and palestine. From israel and palestine. Organisations including the Refugee Council, say rishi sunak should provide emergency measures, including medical evacuations and a refugee protection visa. The groups also want the government to prioritise cases of israelis and palestinians already in the uk asylum system. Transport asylum system. Transport secretary mark harper told gb news the government is trying to help those in need. Help those in need. The foreign secretary and the Prime Minister in the region talking to leaders not just in israel but also in the surrounding countries. So in egypt, in saudi arabia and in qatar working very hard both with dealing with the hostages , with dealing with the hostages, the british citizens that have been taken hostage by these other citizens that have been taken hostage, but also talking to israel, supporting them in their right to defend their country from hamass attack, but also urging humanitarian support for the innocent Palestinian People who are just as much a victims of hamas as those living in israel. In israel. Sir keir starmer says the government may have to toughen laws on hate crime. The labour leader was speaking after the met Police Decision not to arrest protesters, calling for jihad against israel at demonstrations over the weekend. Demonstrations over the weekend. Earlier, the home secretary said she would challenge that decision at a meeting with met Police Commissioner sir mark rowley. Sir keir says preventing rowley. Sir keir says preventing hate is everyones responsibility. Responsibility. Obviously the police are independent operationally, so these are decisions for them, but i think they have already been identified. Some gaps in the law. In a previous review under this government, and i think the government needs to look at whether there are gaps in the law that need to be addressed as well. But the primary obligation all of primary obligation is on all of us down, to clamp down us to drive down, to clamp down on crime, because that has on hate crime, because that has a impact on all of the a huge impact on all of the time, particularly at the time, but particularly at the moment , time, but particularly at the moment, scotlands first minister has told a resident of brecon it will be a long road to recovery from severe flooding that hit the town. Humza yousaf is visiting the area after it was devastated by the storm babet floods and the river south esk burst its banks. Two people have died in scotland, including a woman who was swept away in glen esk. The first minister said hes going to do everything he can to help the residents whove been left with nothing here. Because i wanted to be very clear to the residents who have met, who have been into their homes, to the businesses that have meant that the government is standing alongside our partners and Angus Council to do everything to support everything we can to support them, the devastation and them, given the devastation and them, given the devastation and the scale of the devastation weve from some storm weve seen from some storm babet. So we will do everything we support them, but we can to support them, but i have been heart warmed my heart has warmed in the last few days when weve seen the scale of the community response, not just the emergency services, but those volunteers have also come volunteers that have also come together call together here to answer the call for whove been left with for those whove been left with virtually nothing. Virtually nothing. Man who shot dead his a man who shot dead his daughters former partner and her former partners father has been sentenced to life in prison. 67 year old Stephen Alderton killed 32 year old Joshua Dunmore and 57 year old gary dunmore with his shotgun in march. The murders happened two days after a family court heanng days after a Family Court Hearing involving his grandson, alderton , and has been told he alderton, and has been told he must serve a minimum term of 25 years. A man has been arrested in connection with a fire that pred in connection with a fire that ripped through luton airports terminal two car park earlier this month. Bedfordshire police this month. Bedfordshire police say a man in his 30s has been detained on suspicion of criminal damage. Several days after the blaze broke out on october 10th. Now he has since been released on bail pending further enquiries. Bedfordshire further enquiries. Bedfordshire Fire Rescue Service says fire and rescue service says around 1500 cars were inside that car park. Its unlikely any will be salvageable. And will be salvageable. And finally, a man who bought a pool table after winning £2. 4 million on the lottery is now queuing up to represent england at the european pool championships. Neil jones and his partner, juue neil jones and his partner, Julie Kirkham won the money just before christmas in 2010, after getting the table , mr jones took getting the table, mr jones took advantage of the new free time that he had available to sharpen his skills and rise through the ranks. Said, representing his ranks. He said, representing his country malta will be his country in malta will be his proudest moment. This is gb news across the uk on tv in your car, on Digital Radio and on your Smart Speaker by saying play gb news now lets get back to. Mark ray. Thanks very much and welcome back to the live desk. Now israels Defence Forces say that its troops and tanks have mounted raids into the gaza strip overnight with confirmation. Now they believe confirmation. Now they believe 222 people are being held hostage there. Well, the uns humanitarian agency in gaza says possibly thousands of people and are returning to the north after fleeing to the south because of the increased airstrikes. There have been more explosions near the rafah crossing in the past half hour and in the past few minutes, the gaza Health Ministry, which controlled by ministry, which is controlled by hamas has claimed 5087 people hamas, has claimed 5087 people have been killed in gaza so far. Our security editor mark white has the latest from tel aviv. Has the latest from tel aviv. And a warning that his report does contain some distressing images. Images. In gaza overnight, the most intense period of israeli airstrikes since the war with hamas began more than a fortnight ago. More than 300 fortnight ago. More than 300 separate air strikes on what the israeli Defence Forces said were hamas tunnels , command centres hamas tunnels, command centres and other terrorist infrastructure. But the idf say their aerial campaign is being made all the more complicated by hamass cynical use of sensitive civilian sites to place their rocket launchers as theyve released aerial photographs, which israel says proves that launchers have been placed next to schools. One picture is said to schools. One picture is said to schools. One picture is said to show a launcher highlighted in red next to a kindergarten in others apparently show launch sites to next a mosque and even a United Nations compound. That a United Nations compound. That makes israels attempt to avoid civilian casualties all the more difficult. Despite being warned difficult. Despite being warned to leave hundreds of thousands of civilians either cant or dont want to leave northern gaza. The hamas controlled Health Ministry says hundreds of people were killed in strikes over the weekend with close to 5000 killed since the war began two weeks ago. With troops still massing on the gaza border, many communities in southern israel have been evacuated. This is sderot, eerily quiet , but a sderot, eerily quiet, but a ghost town as residents here fled or were moved out after the october seventh attack. They wont be back anytime soon. Many of those who fled southern israel have ended up here in tel aviv being put up in hotels and other accommodation. Most fled without their personal belongings. So these donation belongings. So these donation banks are critical in being able to pick up clothing and other vital supplies in northern israel. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited troops on the lebanese border and warned the Hezbollah Group that if it starts another front in the war, it would be the biggest mistake of its life. Overnight, Israeli Forces attacked a number of hezbollah cells it says were planning to launch imminent attacks on israeli communities and military installations. Amid and military installations. Amid the growing tensions right across the region , there was one across the region, there was one optimistic note with the first aid supplies crossing over into gaza from egypt at. But only 34 trucks crossed at the weekend. Trucks crossed at the weekend. Just 4 of the number of aid trucks normally passing through the rafah crossing. Mark white the rafah crossing. Mark white gb news, tel aviv. We well, lets get the latest now live from tel aviv with mark. And just to reflect on what the idf was saying earlier, mark, one wonders if the ground offensive perhaps has actually begun, but not in the way that we expected, not this sort of shock and awe weve seen previously, but more limited targeting sorties across the border to. Yeah, a number of raids that have taken place in recent days. And the idf say that these raids are by groups of idf personnel, all aimed at taking out Hamas Terrorists and also trying to gather information, gain an understanding of where the hostages might be thats going to continue. There was one such raid that took place last night and an idf soldier was killed. Another three idf soldiers were injured. And all the while that injured. And all the while that is taking place on the ground in that limited form, what we have is a very significant aerial bombardment. These missile strikes that are coming from israel. The heaviest night so far last night with 327 separate strikes. Now, the idf say that strikes. Now, the idf say that they were striking tunnels , they were striking tunnels, systems, command and control systems, command and control systems , dams and other systems, dams and other terrorist facilities in gaza. Terrorist facilities in gaza. But as always, given the built up area in gaza, mark, and despite the fact that people have been warned to evacuate the area, there are still hundreds of thousands of people in there. And as a result of these strikes, there are continuing casualties. Casualties. And indeed weve seen more explosions , ins near the rafah explosions, ins near the rafah crossing in the past 45 minutes, pretty severe , significant pretty severe, significant explosions as well. And weve got the Un Humanitarian Agency now saying that more and more people are leaving the south and heading back north. Of course, they had been in the belief that perhaps the south would be a safe haven for them. Safe haven for them. Well, yes, there have been some airstrikes in and around the khan younis area in Southern Gaza where people have said that theyve been told to go by the Israeli Military and they felt that that was a safe area. Or we can say is that as far as the idf is concerned, they say they do not target civilians, but they are going after terrorist targets and infrastructure. But we just know now with the way that hamas has been operating, hamas will all put its infrastructure , its rocket infrastructure, its rocket launchers and the like in the midst of these civilian communities. And as you saw in that report, mark, the photographic evidence that the idf say they have now or they believe demonstrates exactly that happening , rocket launchers that happening, rocket launchers right next to schools, kindergartens, mosques and even un compound there, mark. And, of course, it brings into question how long this crossing with the humanitarian aid will be able to operate and get lorries through , i think get lorries through, i think another 30 or so in the past few hours despite this explosion fairly near that Border Crossing i yes. I mean, it is just a trickle so far , 34 over the trickle so far, 34 over the weekend. And as you say, some weekend. And as you say, some more aid trucks in today. Weekend. And as you say, some more aid trucks in today. But more aid trucks in today. But thatis more aid trucks in today. But that is only a few percent, i think Something Like 4 or 5 of the number of trucks that would normally cross into gaza. Clearly there are exceptional circumstances. The israelis have some real concerns about many of these supplies falling into the hands of hamas. After all, they control the gaza strip and thats why youre not seeing, for instance , fuel trucks as yet for instance, fuel trucks as yet going over that border, because of the real concerns the israelis have that those fuel suppues israelis have that those fuel supplies will be commandeered by hamas. But while, yes, those strikes are still taking place in that area, that is just an added complication for those trucks going across and no guarantee of safe passage, which means the egyptians will often stop those aid convoys going across. Across. Yeah, i think we can just bnng yeah, i think we can just bring the live picture back in from rafah just to stay across the events with more smoke having been seen in the past half hour and as you say, i mean, both the egyptian and the aid agencies will be keeping a careful eye on that. But i just wonder what the position then in israel itself to actually run parallel to that with these reports that many people having come down from the north of israel , away from the border israel, away from the border with lebanon , that they too are with lebanon, that they too are finding difficulty in finding shelter and accommodation in Central Israel. Central israel. Well, they are. There is no doubt. You know, this is a country on a war footing. And they have taken many thousands of people from those communities in the south, around the gaza strip. And even in some parts of Central Israel and now increasingly people from the north as well. We had another 14 Community Community in the north put under a mandatory evacuation action by the Israeli Government yesterday. These people there in hotels and other accommodation in tel aviv and elsewhere, weve been filming today seeing some of those refugees as theyve gone to collect clothes that are being donated by businesses and by local people. And they are by local people. And they are going to be here potentially for some considerable time because there is no doubt that if that Ground Invasion begins in earnest in the coming days, its not going to be a quick operation. It will be operation. It will be a protracted operation in and those communities , particularly those communities, particularly around the gaza strip and in Central Israel , will be at Central Israel, will be at increased risk of strikes from hamas rockets. Mark in tel aviv for the moment, thank you for that. Back to you, of course, throughout the afternoon to keep everyone updated. Thanks very much, indeed. Now bring you some indeed. Now lets bring you some breaking were getting from breaking news were getting from downing street, which has indicated it indicated there are no plans, it says, give police more powers says, to give police more powers to address chants deemed to be extreme right after jihad to address chants deemed to be extreme right afterjihad or extreme right after jihad or holy war, comments that were apparently picked up in a video at a propane opinion rally. Now, the Prime Ministers official spokesman has said in the past few minutes some of the scenes will have likely been incredibly distressing for people to witness, to the uks witness, not least to the uks Jewish Community, who deserve to feel safe at must be an feel safe at what must be an incredibly traumatic time. But incredibly traumatic time. But we the police have we do believe the police have extensive this space, extensive powers in this space, and we will continue to discuss with them. So there is clarity in agreement about can in agreement about how they can be deployed on the ground. Press thenif be deployed on the gr