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said that it was expanding its ground operations there. a spokesman for the israeli government refused to confirm that this heralded the start of a much—anticipated ground offensive against hamas. the armed wing of hamas has said it is involved in violent confrontations with israeli forces in northern and central gaza. there has also been rocket fire from the territory into southern israel. aid agencies say they've lost contact with their workers after all phone and internet services were cut. meanwhile, the un chief has again called for a ceasefire, warning that "history would jud...

said that it was expanding its ground operations there. 0ur middle east correpondent tom bateman, who is in jerusalem, has more. well, there has been intensive aerial bombardment by the israelis over a prolonged period of time, the heaviest that we've seen at night—time during the course of this conflict. and we heard from daniel hagari, the israeli military spokesman, in a live televised address to israelis, that he said that they were widening their ground operations. he talked about this being what he called a very significant attack against underground networks of hamas, he sai...

after most communication networks were cut overnight. we are alive in southern israel. this is bbc news. let me show you some live pictures of what is happening and gaza right now. you could normally see the skyline behind me. the buildings of gaza. but the smoke that is really blotting out the skyline at the moment and the fog are making it very difficult to see what is going on there. but our cameras inside gaza can show you the scene after that night of intensifying air strikes that we have seen and heard. you can hear them going on around us all the time. in fact, we are seeing, ...

welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in the united states where the president's son, hunter biden, has been found guilty of lying about his drug use, to illegally buy a gun. the jury in the trial in delaware, convicted him on all three counts. he could face a maximum of 25 years in jail. sarah smith has been following the trial and sent us this report from wilmington. hand—in—hand with his step—mother, the first lady, as well as his wife, hunter biden left court a convicted felon. this trial peppered with lurid details from hi...

This is a government in chaos and confusion. Well be looking in more detail at the conservative approach to social care in england, and what it could mean for the Election Campaign. Also tonight. President trump starts his official trip to israel and expresses confidence about a peace deal with the palestinians. Ive heard its one of the toughest deals of all, but i have a feeling were going to get there, eventually. Facebook insists that it is serious about monitoring offensive material posted on its pages. And two centuries of Tradition Injapanese Art Stealing The Show at the british museum. ...