Yolande Nell

Overall, the Israeli prime minister says the military is now dissecting the strip, that the aim of this offensive is to put pressure on Hamas to give up the remaining hostages it's holding, with 24 believed to have been alive at the start of this latest military operation.

Overall, the Israeli prime minister says the military is now dissecting the strip, that the aim of this offensive is to put pressure on Hamas to give up the remaining hostages it's holding, with 24 believed to have been alive at the start of this latest military operation.

So we've seen in recent days the Israeli military retaking the ruins of Rafah in the south, cutting it off from the rest of Gaza. Now, in the past few hours... It's moving into Shajahiyah, which is just to the east of Gaza City. It has also seen a lot of fighting in the past. Israel has not fully explained its long-term aim for these areas.

So we've seen in recent days the Israeli military retaking the ruins of Rafah in the south, cutting it off from the rest of Gaza. Now, in the past few hours... It's moving into Shajahiyah, which is just to the east of Gaza City. It has also seen a lot of fighting in the past. Israel has not fully explained its long-term aim for these areas.

It's now taking to expand what it's calling a security zone. And Gazans, of course, really fear that the aim is to depopulate big areas, including some of Gaza's last farmland, which was on the edge of the Strip.

It's now taking to expand what it's calling a security zone. And Gazans, of course, really fear that the aim is to depopulate big areas, including some of Gaza's last farmland, which was on the edge of the Strip.

In Shazia, for example, the Israeli military says soldiers are letting civilians out via organised routes. It issued evacuation warnings in this area yesterday, on Thursday, and we've seen these scenes of hundreds of residents in footage. They're streaming out these all-too-familiar scenes of people fleeing, and those people are mostly heading westward to Gaza City. In the last few days...

In Shazia, for example, the Israeli military says soldiers are letting civilians out via organised routes. It issued evacuation warnings in this area yesterday, on Thursday, and we've seen these scenes of hundreds of residents in footage. They're streaming out these all-too-familiar scenes of people fleeing, and those people are mostly heading westward to Gaza City. In the last few days...

Because we've had this series of evacuation orders, there have been hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fleeing their homes overall. And that's made it really into one of the biggest mass exoduses of the war as the Israeli forces are taking more territory.

Because we've had this series of evacuation orders, there have been hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fleeing their homes overall. And that's made it really into one of the biggest mass exoduses of the war as the Israeli forces are taking more territory.

Efforts by the regional mediators and the US look really stuck at the moment. We've had Hamas saying that it won't engage with Israel's latest proposal for a deal that would bring its hostages back.

Efforts by the regional mediators and the US look really stuck at the moment. We've had Hamas saying that it won't engage with Israel's latest proposal for a deal that would bring its hostages back.

Hamas said it had accepted the plan that was put forward by Egypt and Qatar on Saturday that we understand was for a 50-day truce for five hostages being released in exchange for Palestinian prisoners for aid. being returned to Gaza because it's now been cut off for a whole month. That's having a huge devastating effect with lots of food shortages now.

Hamas said it had accepted the plan that was put forward by Egypt and Qatar on Saturday that we understand was for a 50-day truce for five hostages being released in exchange for Palestinian prisoners for aid. being returned to Gaza because it's now been cut off for a whole month. That's having a huge devastating effect with lots of food shortages now.

And you also are supposed to have, under the regional plan, we understand talks happening very quickly on moving to the next stage of the ceasefire, ending the war. when Israel put forward its counter-proposal, which it said was backed by the US, that involved a bigger number of living hostages being released at the outset of a new truce.

And you also are supposed to have, under the regional plan, we understand talks happening very quickly on moving to the next stage of the ceasefire, ending the war. when Israel put forward its counter-proposal, which it said was backed by the US, that involved a bigger number of living hostages being released at the outset of a new truce.

And Israel's made clear now it rejects the original ceasefire agreement that was brokered in January that would have seen this second phase to return hostages and bring a full end to the fighting.

And Israel's made clear now it rejects the original ceasefire agreement that was brokered in January that would have seen this second phase to return hostages and bring a full end to the fighting.

We've actually been hearing within the past hour from the UN, which believes that two of its staff have been killed and others have been injured after a UN compound was apparently hit. The Israeli military have been very quick coming out with a statement saying that they did not attack a UN building in Deir el-Balak in central Gaza.

We've actually been hearing within the past hour from the UN, which believes that two of its staff have been killed and others have been injured after a UN compound was apparently hit. The Israeli military have been very quick coming out with a statement saying that they did not attack a UN building in Deir el-Balak in central Gaza.