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one of the things thatjake did talk to him about was progress in the war and where the israelis think it s going to go. he did talk about possible transitioning from what we would call high intensity operations, which is what we re seeing them do now, to lower intensity operations some time, you know, in the nearfuture. but i don t want to but a timestamp on it. i think you can understand that the last thing we d want to do is telegraphed to hamas what they re looking to face in coming weeks and months. also today, israel s ambassador to the uk says israel would not accept a two state solution when the war in gaza ends. on the ground, bombing and fighting continue. this is the aftermath of a strike in rafah in the south of the gaza strip. the hamas run health ministry says at least 2a people have been killed in air strikes on two houses in rafah today. we start tonight with a special report from our international editorjeremy bowen, and a warning, you may find it distressing. ....
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science. hello and welcome to the programme where we will bring you the top stories from right around the world. we are starting with developments in gaza. khan younis specifically. israel saying it is taking aggressive action there. also saying it is making maximum effort to protect civilians. we are getting pictures from inside the hospitals. take a look at these. there have been patients being brought in this is after air strikes overnight. reports of tanks being used seen on the outskirts of khan younis. we also have had requests and messages from the idea. israel defense forces releasing images such as this one asking people to stay away from certain areas and evacuate from others. our correspondent paul adams will be giving his analysis of that in just will be giving his analysis of that injust a moment. among those injured in the bombardment of khan younis is this two month old. pictures here coming in from reuters news agency this afternoon. his father since his ....
his mental well being but will still play for saracens. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. now, this is the youngest hostage taken on october 7th, and his four year old brother and mother. they re the bibas family and, today, hamas claimed that they had all been killed in an israeli airstrike. the israeli defense forces say they re investigating the claim from hamas, which is designated a terrorist organisation by the uk government. it s thought there are still 161 israeli hostages in gaza, and the six day temporary truce is due to end today, though there are hopes that it could be extended. our senior international correspondent orla guerin is in tel aviv. well, tonight, the people of israel are waiting for more news about this hamas claim, which is unconfirmed. we had a statement from the extended natalie metcalf family saying they are waiting for the information to be confirmed are hopefully refuted by military members and thanking people here for their ....
the his management. still in gaza, and therell be a delay of at least a day in the agreement between israel and hamas, which would have seen a four day pause in the fighting. under the agreement, hamas would exchange 50 israeli hostages, taken during the 7th of october attack, for 150 palestinian women and children held in israeli jails. israel says it still expects that to happen, but not before friday, and there will be a similar delay to the temporary halt in hostilities. hamas says there are still details to be finalised regarding the list of people to be exchanged. anna foster is in tel aviv for this was something that we started to hear reports of early this morning. and the israel defence forces have confirmed just in the last hour or so, the arrest of the director of gaza s largest hospital, this is the hospital we have talked about so much, and he has been transferred for questioning by the israeli security agency. this is a joint statement from the israel defe ....