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of progress on a deal, to free some of the 239 israelis, being held hostage in gaza by hamas. orla guerin has this report from jerusalem, and a warning it contains distressing images from the beginning. every day, more dead in gaza. some who barely started living. this footage was filmed for the bbc today in khan younis, in the south. israel told people to flee here, to be safer. the bereaved get one last look. and a father, one last embrace. the agony of samirjamil aga, cradling his five year old son, mohammed. then, his other son is brought to him. six year old samir. he can t bear to let him go. pa rted forever. palestinians say the boys were among 30 people killed when israel bombed several houses in khan younis. but finally, hope for about 30 premature babies. doctors in southern gaza, working to stabilise them, ahead of a transfer to egypt tomorrow. eight others have died. these are the survivors of war and of the horrors of al shifa hospital. even the water used ....
says shows its forces going into a tunnel shaft, and along what is says is a 55 metre and along what it says is a 55 metre long tunnel built by hamas, under al shifa hospital. hamas has denied having a command centre there. 31 premature babies who were trapped inside al shifa hospital inside al shifa hospital by the fighting have been moved to a hospital in southern gaza. doctors there say eight other premature babies did not survive. meanwhile, the prime minister of qatar has said only minor obstacles remain in the way of reaching a deal on releasing some of the hostages taken by hamas in its attack on israel on october 7th. and, the fighting continues hamas says more than a0 members of one family have been killed in an israeli air strike israel has not commented. we ll have more on all of those developments in the coming hour. but we begin with the news conference held by the israel defence forces where their spokesman, daniel hagari, outlined details of what ....
described al shifa hospital in gaza as a death zone after a visit by a un team. international doctors spent an hour at the site and reported evidence of shelling and gunfire. they say there is a mass grave at the entrance. the palestinian red crescent has evacuated 31 premature babies by ambulance from the hospital, in coordination with un agencies. the head of the world health organization posted this picture of one of the babies on x. he said they were very sick . the israeli military remain inside the complex. last week, benjamin netanyahu said they had found a hamas command and control centre underneath the hospital. hamas, which is designated a terrorist organisation by many western governments, deny they have a base at al shifa. on saturday, hundreds of people including some patients left the hospital on foot. but 20 health workers and about 300 critically ill patients remain at al shifa. meanwhile, the prime minister of qatar has said only minor obstacl ....
the israeli military has shown video recovered from al shifa hospital, which it says shows hostages being held there after the october 7th attack by hamas. israel also released footage it says shows its forces going into a tunnel shaft, and along what is says is and along what it says is a 55 metre long tunnel built by hamas, under al shifa hospital. hamas has denied having a command centre there. 31 premature babies who were trapped inside al shifa hospital by the fighting have been moved to a hospital in southern gaza. doctors there say eight other premature babies did not survive. meanwhile, the prime minister of qatar has said only minor obstacles remain in the way of reaching a deal on releasing some of the hostages taken by hamas in its attack on israel on october seventh. and the fighting continues, hamas says more than a0 members of one family have been killed in an israeli air strike. israel has not commented. we ll have more on all of those developments, but ....
the israeli military has released footage which it says shows its forces going into a tunnel shaft, and along what is says is a 55 metre long tunnel, which it claims was built by hamas, under the al shifa hospital. hamas has denied having a command centre there. 31 premature babies who were trapped inside the al shifa hospital by the fighting have been moved to a hospital in southern gaza. doctors there say eight other premature babies did not survive. meanwhile, the prime minister of qatar has said only minor obstacles remain in the way of reaching a deal on releasing some of the hostages taken by hamas in its attack on israel on october 7th. and the fighting continues hamas says at more than a0 members of one family have been killed in an israeli air strike. israel has not commented. we ll have more on all of those developments in the coming hour. let s look first at the footage which the israeli military has made public. we should stress, we have not yet independ ....