Hundreds of people have been leaving al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City - the site that Israeli forces have been searching for days
Pictures show columns of Palestinians fleeing on foot, some waving white flags
A journalist among those leaving the hospital said there was gunfire and explosions overnight, and that bulldozers had dug huge holes in the hospital yard
The hospital director said the Israeli military had ordered an evacuation but the IDF denied this, saying it helped people leave after the director requested it
The Hamas-run health ministry says 120 patients remain at the hospital, along with premature babies
Israel accuses Hamas of running a command centre under the hospital - it has shown pictures of an alleged tunnel shaft and weapons as evidence so far
Reports from elsewhere in northern Gaza say a UN school used as a shelter has been hit - Israel says it's investigating the claims
The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says more than 12,000 people have been killed in the territory since Israel began its campaign against Hamas
It began heavily bombing the Gaza Strip after Hamas killed more than 1,200 people and took more than 200 hostage in the 7 October attacks on Israel
Hamas officials say more than 12,000 Palestinians - including 5,000 children - are now known to have been killed by Israeli military action in the Gaza Strip since 7 October.
The Palestinian Information Center, which carries official Hamas statements, also says more than 3,570 people – including 1,800 children – are missing.
We have an update to bring you on another of Gaza's medical facilities, too.
The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) says its medical teams at al-Ahli hospital are “besieged” - reporting heavy gunfire and Israeli tanks stationed nearby.
Last night, we reported on PRCS saying that its teams were trapped at the hospital amid explosions and "intense gunfire".
The BBC is unable to verify exactly what is happening on the ground, which is being made especially difficult by ongoing communications outages across the Gaza Strip.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe Hamas-run health ministry has said that 24 patients have died over the past two days at al-Shifa hospital due to power cuts caused by the lack of fuel.
"Vital medical equipment has stopped functioning because of the power outage," explained ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra.
Al-Shifa has found itself on the front line. The Israeli military launched a raid on the facility on Wednesday after insisting Hamas' headquarters were located in tunnels beneath the hospital - something Hamas denies.
Image source, ReutersA UN-flagged fuel truck moving towards border crossing - pictured yesterday
Israel's decision to allow two fuel lorries into Gaza each day - to help with the UN's aid work - has been described by the charity Oxfam as being only "crumbs" of what's needed.
More than two million people are in "desperate need", spokeswoman Bushra Khalidi told the BBC.
She said the proposed deliveries were not enough, and would "leave the 2.2 million people still at the risk of starvation and dehydration".
Khalidi also said food deliveries represented only "2-10% of the food that's needed. It's the same for water."
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees has told the BBC it's "unable to confirm at this stage" whether more fuel deliveries have reached Gaza - following today's Israeli announcement that it would allow two trucks carrying it into the territory each day.
A spokesperson for UNWRA pointed to a communications blackout in Gaza - "the fourth since the beginning of the war" - and said they would provide an update once they had clarity.
The UN earlier said it wouldn't be able to deliver aid to Gaza today due to the lack of fuel and the ongoing blackout.
Wyre Davies
Reporting from southern Lebanon
Some young men turned out in black balaclavas
There are almost 500,000 Palestinians or descendants of Palestinian refugees living in Lebanon, mainly in poorly-resourced and crowded refugee camps dotted around the country. Over the last month they’ve been watching with increasing levels of anger as the war between Israel and Hamas has laid waste to much of Gaza.
In Lebanon’s third-largest city, Sidon, hundreds of Hamas supporters gathered today in Nejmeh Square, waving their distinctive green flags. Some wore traditional Palestinian keffiyes - or scarves - while some younger men wore full-face black balaclavas.
Speaker after speaker denounced Israel’s military action in Gaza and vowed that Israel and its Western allies would be ultimately held responsible for the increasing number of civilian deaths there.
Young boys dressed in military-style fatigues and carrying plastic toy guns sat either on their fathers’ shoulders or perched precariously on the roofs of vehicles. They looked on as Hamas leaders based here in Lebanon accused Israel of deliberately exacerbating the humanitarian crisis in Gaza - and of not being interested in serious talks to release around 240 hostages held captive in Gaza by Hamas.
Image source, ReutersSince 7 October, a number of protests have taken place in the occupied West Bank
Although the bulk of Israel’s military action since 7 October has focused on Gaza, the occupied West Bank has also seen an uptick in violence.
This has come from increased tensions, and violence, between Israeli settlers and Palestinians, as well as Israeli military raids.
Almost 200 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank since the Hamas attacks, the UN says, mainly by Israeli forces.
The US has urged Israel to take “urgent” action to “de-escalate tensions” on the West Bank, but the hostilities show little sign of abating.
On Friday, Israel’s military said it killed two “terrorists” who had opened fire on them near Hebron, in the West Bank.
The West Bank, which is separate to Gaza and sits on the west bank of the River Jordan, has been occupied by Israel for decades.
More than 2 million Palestinian Arabs live there, alongside about 430,000 Jews living in Israeli-built settlements.
The vast majority of the international community consider the settlements to be illegal under international law.
Satellite imagery over Gaza has been very limited in recent days, but we’ve obtained the latest high-quality imagery from Planet Labs which BBC Verify is currently studying.
Earlier this week there were reports that the Palestinian Legislative Council – the Gaza parliament building - had been destroyed.
We now have imagery from Tuesday 14 and Wednesday 15 November. In the first image, the building appears intact, in the second, extensive damage can be seen.
The area in front of the building appears to have been flattened. Tracks in the soil suggest heavy vehicles such as bulldozers have cleared the area.
Image source, .Gaza beach was once a beach where Gazans used to go to swim and enjoy the sand and the sun, as you can see in the picture below taken in August last year.
In the lower of these two images, which was provided by the Israel Defense Forces after the start of this conflict, Gaza beach can be seen as a military stronghold of the Israeli army which is now operating in northern Gaza.
Israeli army vehicles, along with the damaged and evacuated buildings in the background give a much different picture than the one seen at the top of this image.
Jeremy Bowen
International editor
Image source, Israel Defense ForcesIt is now days since Israeli forces entered Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, and what appears to be happening on Friday is that they are continuing their search for evidence of this being a key Hamas command centre.
We have to remember that there is no independent scrutiny inside the hospital; journalists cannot move freely into Gaza, and any who are reporting from the site are working under the aegis of the Israeli military.
If there was a nerve centre there - and there has been speculation about that possibility since 2014 - then the Israelis have not yet revealed definitive evidence of its existence to the outside world.
It is also possible that the Israelis have found something, and for their own reasons - military or security perhaps - have decided not to reveal it yet.
Why that would be the case is unclear - Israel has a lot riding on Al-Shifa.
Read more here.
These pictures have reached us from Getty - showing the aftermath of a strike on buildings around Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip.
Wafa, the official Palestinian news agency, has today reported that a number of people were killed and others injured.
For weeks, the Israeli military has warned civilians to move to southern areas of the Gaza Strip for their safety - though that region has still come under bombardment.
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Image source, Getty ImagesIsrael’s military says it has killed two “terrorists” who had opened fire on them from a car near Hebron, in the occupied West Bank.
IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari said forces confiscated a weapon from the gunmen, and that there were no casualties to their forces.
Israeli-Palestinian tensions in the West Bank, which were already high, have been fuelled further by the war in Gaza.
Take a look at the map below for a reminder of the region's geography:
Image source, .Earlier we shared photos handed out by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) of their operations in northern Gaza.
Here are a selection of photos – taken by news agencies – of the situation elsewhere in the Gaza Strip, as Israel’s attacks on the territory continue.
Image source, ReutersA man walks near a vehicle destroyed by a strike in Khan Younis in the south
Image source, ReutersA destroyed building in the same city
Image source, EPASmoke rises over Beit Hanount in the north
Image source, ReutersWounded Palestinians are assisted at the Indonesian Hospital
More now from Juliette Touma from UNRWA - the UN agency for Palestinian refugees.
Speaking to the BBC before Israel said two fuel trucks would be allowed into Gaza per day, she stressed how much a lack of fuel and communications had challenged the UN's work.
Quote MessageImagine managing a humanitarian operation, one of the largest now happening globally, without telephone, without the mobile phone – it’s impossible."
Juliette Touma, UNRWA
Touma said the restoration of communications in Gaza must therefore go “hand in hand” with fuel deliveries. Telecoms companies say mobile phone and internet services are down.
In her interview with Yolande Knell, she issued another warning about the situation in the Palestinian territory. “People will start to simply die because of lack of assistance and lack of medical care and lack of fuel and lack of water – they will simply just die,” she said.
Image source, Getty ImageTelecoms companies say mobile phone and internet services are still down in Gaza
It remains to be seen what this news of limited fuel deliveries will mean for aid work in Gaza. Before Israel said it had agreed to allow two trucks to enter the territory daily, the UN said a lack of fuel and communication with staff meant it could not take aid into Gaza today.
Speaking to the BBC before the Israeli announcement, a UN official said: "If we get fuel we'll be up and running in a glimpse."
Interviewed by Radio 4's World at One programme, Juliette Touma said more than 830,000 people had come to shelters run by UNRWA - the UN's relief agency for Palestinians. "They all depend on assistance", she said.
The UN has also been warning that Gazans are now facing the "immediate possibility of starvation". Touma recalled the recent experience of another UNRWA official in Gaza.
"He went to one of our shelters, where there were little children asking him: 'Did you bring a piece of bread for me with you? Did you bring a sip of water for me with you?'"
Image source, EPAA fuel truck waiting at the Rafah border crossing earlier this week
The BBC has confirmed those reports we mentioned below - that Israel's war cabinet is to allow two fuel trucks into Gaza each day.
An Israeli official says these will pass through the Rafah crossing, going via the United Nations to civilians in southern Gaza.
They say the condition is that the fuel must not reach Israel's enemy, Hamas.
We're hearing from both the Reuters news agency and local media that Israel is going to allow two fuel trucks a day to enter Gaza for the UN's aid work.
The development reportedly comes after a request from the US, and was approved by Israel's war cabinet unanimously. An unnamed official is quoted as saying that the move gives Israel "diplomatic manoeuvring space" while battling Hamas.
They also reportedly said Israel would track the delivery of fuel to ensure it doesn't reach its enemy - a concern that has previously led to an impasse over fuel deliveries.
The Israeli official also said the fuel would provide "minimal" support for water and sewage systems to prevent outbreaks of disease. As we reported earlier, UN agencies have warned of sewage leaks on the streets - as pumps are not working due to a lack of power.
The UN also said earlier this week that it needed 160,000 litres of fuel every day for basic humanitarian operations.
Although Israeli soldiers recently entered Al-Shifa hospital, this is certainly not the only Gaza medical facility on the front line right now. A doctor evacuated from Al-Ahli hospital has described the situation there as a “living nightmare”.
Dr Ghassan Abu Sitta - who previously worked at Al-Shifa - said Al-Ahli was surrounded by Israeli tanks, and that it had run out of medical supplies, forcing it to stop operating.
“Leaving 500 wounded knowing that there’s nothing left for you to be able to do for them, it’s just the most heart-breaking thing I never had to do,” the British-Palestinian medic told Reuters.
Yesterday, the Palestine Red Crescent Society said its medical service teams were“trapped” inside Al-Ahli, and reported explosions and “intense gunfire” nearby.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe World Health Organization (WHO) says cases of disease in Gaza are significantly higher than expected as a result of people crowded together in shelters. It’s also warned of worsening epidemics as winter approaches.
More than 70,000 cases of acute respiratory infections and over 44,000 cases of diarrhoea have been recorded in the densely populated enclave, according to Richard Peeperkorn, WHO Representative for the West Bank and Gaza.
"We are extremely concerned about the spread of the disease when the winter season arrives," he says.
A lack of fuel in Gaza has shut down desalination plants, which means people are drinking contaminated water, significantly increasing the risk of bacterial infections like diarrhoea.
Rubbish collections have also stopped in Gaza, creating environments for insects and rodents that can carry diseases to thrive, the WHO says.
In the central Israeli city of Modi'in, the funeral has been held for IDF Corporal Noa Marciano, who was taken hostage by Hamas on 7 October.
As we reported earlier, Cpl Marciano's body was recovered from a building near Al-Shifa hospital this week. The IDF said intelligence led them to her exact location.
Image source, ReutersCpl Marciano's mother mourns her daughter
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