Mark Regev, senior adviser to Israel's PM, says "this is not just another round of fighting" between Hamas and Israel.

"What happened on 7 October - the single largest attack of antisemitic violence since the terrible years of the Holocaust - has changed the situation dramatically.

"This is war... And we are responding. We didn't want this conflict but we will win it. This will end on our terms," Regev says.

Asked about the Israeli hostages in Gaza, Regev says that Israel hopes to bring them home alive, but cannot guarantee it.

"Anyone who harms one of these hostages, we will find out, we will pursue them and we will bring them to justice... It might take a year, 10 years or 25 years, but you will be punished."

Regev also says that the coming ground invasion will be "very difficult" for residents of Gaza.

The World Health Organization said forcing hospital patients to move would be tantamount to a "death sentence". When this is put to him, Regev says that "when you're fighting a war innocent people will be killed," but that Israel will try and keep "casualties to a minimum".

"The most important thing for us is to destroy the Hamas military machine," Regev says.

Mark Regev, the Israeli government adviser and former ambassador to the UK is up first.

He's followed by head of the Palestinian Mission to the United Kingdom Husam Zomlot.

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On Friday Scotland's first minister said Israel was "going too far" and that innocent civilians in Gaza could not simply be "collateral damage".

Humza Yousaf shared a video of his mother-in-law, Elizabeth El-Nakla, describing the situation on the ground. She and her husband are stuck in Gaza after travelling from Dundee to visit a sick relative.

She issued an emotional plea for help after Israel told more than a million people to flee northern Gaza.

Yousaf said she was in a "real state of distress".

Read more here.

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly was in Israel in the past week – where cameras caught the moment he had to run for cover as warning sirens went off.

Cleverly was in Ofakim, southern Israel, which is near Gaza and also close to the site of Hamas’s murderous attack on people attending a music festival.

Constitutional change set to dominate SNP conferencepublished at 08:43 British Summer Time 15 October 2023

08:43 BST 15 October 2023

David Wallace Lockhart
Political correspondent

A lot has happened to the SNP in the last year - they've changed leader, there's a police investigation under way into their finances, and polls suggest a slide in the party's popularity.

That's the backdrop that party leader Humza Yousaf faces when he opens the conference's debate on independence strategy on Sunday afternoon.

He'll tell activists that there are no shortcuts to constitutional change.

But he does want to use the next general election to give him a mandate to start talks with UK ministers about independence.

At this point, it looks like whoever forms the next UK government will not want to engage with the constitutional question.

There are others in the SNP who feel that now is not the right moment to push too hard with regards to independence.

Image source, PA Media

While events in the Middle East have dominated the news agenda, the SNP's annual conference starts in Aberdeen later. It will include a key debate on Scottish independence.

First Minister Humza Yousaf and Westminster leader Stephen Flynn have proposed using the next general election as a de facto referendum.

It comes as the party faces criticism over the NHS, the attainment gap and the worst drug death rates in Europe.

And just days before the conference SNP MP Lisa Cameron defected to the Conservatives.

• Read more here
• The journey back to the indyref drawing board
• Chris Mason: SNP leader struggling in political headwind
• MP who defected to Tories 'forced into hiding'

Time for a look at this morning's papers - most of which focus on Israel's expected ground offensive in Gaza.

The Sunday Times has spoken to Israeli reservists waiting for orders, among whom, it says, there's no thirst for revenge - they simply answered the call of duty.

Meanwhile, the Observer warns people living in Gaza are already running out of food, water, fuel and medical supplies and now face a terrifying escalation of bloodshed and misery.

"Escape to hell" is the headline in the Sunday Mirror.

• You can read a full review of the papers here.

Image source, Reuters

Let's bring you the latest on the unfolding situation in Gaza as the humanitarian crisis in the territory deepens as Israel besieges the narrow territory:

• The UN estimates nearly one million Palestinians have now been displaced; while the Palestinian Health Authority says more than 2,000 people have been killed in Israeli airstrikes
• The World Health Organization says Israel's order to evacuate northern Gaza threatens the lives of patients at more than 20 hospitals there
• US President Joe Biden held calls with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the leader of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas
• He urged Israel to provide safety for civilians amid the ongoing bombardment of Gaza
• Diplomatic efforts to prevent the violence from spreading have been stepped up, with Biden's Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, meeting Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman
• Meanwhile, the political leader of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, has held talks in Qatar with the foreign minister of Iran

Head to our live page for all the latest developments, reaction, analysis and explainers.

The mother-in-law of Scotland's First Minister Humza Yousaf has issued an emotional plea for help after Israel warned more than a million people to flee north Gaza.

Elizabeth El-Nakla and her husband, Maged, travelled to the south of the Palestinian enclave last week to see a sick relative.

But, days into their trip, Hamas launched its attack on Israel, which left 1,300 people dead.

The couple, from Dundee, are now trapped in a war zone with no obvious way out.

Below you can watch as she pleads for humanity from the south of Gaza.

Image source, Downing Street

James Cleverly visited Israel earlier this week – in a visit aimed at showing the UK's “unwavering solidarity” with Israel.

While there, Cleverly said Israel had a right to defend itself and also to try and get back people who had been kidnapped by Hamas militants.

He said he wanted to see “as few civilian casualties as possible” – but stressed that "Hamas habitually embeds its military capability, its terrorist capability, within civilian populations”.

There were calls – including from the head of Amnesty International UK – that Cleverly should also urge the Israeli authorities to respect international humanitarian law.

The UK announced this week it will send two Royal Navy ships as well as surveillance aircraft to the eastern Mediterranean to boost security in the region.

The aircraft began patrols to “track threats” such as weapons being transferred to terrorist groups, the UK government said.

Like lots of countries, the UK is also arranging flights for British nationals stuck in Israel.

Welcome to our live coverage of this week’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg - this week presented by Victoria Derbyshire.

It’s been an intense week for news – with events in Israel and Gaza horrifying millions around the world.

The number of people killed in this war is now more than 3,000 – and you can read the latest here.

The UK’s response to the crisis is likely to come under scrutiny in today’s programme.

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly is on the show, as well as Labour’s shadow foreign secretary David Lammy. Also on is SNP leader Humza Yousaf, whose in-laws are trapped in Gaza.

He's likely to be asked about the latest with them – as well as the SNP party conference which begins today in Aberdeen.