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After the hamas attack on israel. This is the scene live in gaza well have the latest on the escalating conflict. Hello, im lucy hockings, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. Israeli troops are massing near the gaza border in preparation for what could be a Ground Invasion of the territory. Such action would be in reprisal for the attacks by hamas the brutal nature of which have cast the region into turmoil. These are the Key Developments were monitoring for you this hour. Israel says that more than 12000 israelis are now known to have been killed, since hamas launched attacks on saturday. 169 of those killed were soldiers. The bbc understands 17 british nationals are dead or missing. Palestinian sources say that more than 1,055 people have been killed by israels bombardment of gaza, where entire neighbourhoods have been flatt ....

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