10119128, 9.22 PM Israel Gaza lve news: Israel hls hundreds more sts in Gaza as UK PM Sunak artives - BBC News Home | is | warin ukraine | Climate | video | world | Asa | UX | 8 World | atic | Australis | Europe | Latin America _ Middle Fast US & Canada LIVE Israel hits hundreds more sites in Gaza as UK PM Sunak arrives (© 35,655 viewing this page With updates from Rushdi Abuatoufin Gaza; Lyse Doucet, Luc Yolande Knell, Tom Bateman and Joel Gunter in Jeru larson in southern Is em; Anna Faster in northern srae htipstinww.bbe.cominewslivelworl-midele-east 67141589 anasortai2s, 9:22 Pat Israel Gaza lve news: Israel hls hundreds more sites in Gaza as UK PM Sunak atives - BBC News Summary Israel's itary says tit hundreds of sites in Gaza over the past 24 hours, targeting "Hamas infrastructure” {As ts air campaign shows no sign of ending, aye anti-tank missile launch ses, tunnels, and headquarters were destroyed (Gara remains under siege, wth rae! blocking coss-border supplies of water, elect, ané fuel But the US and Egypt say lorries providing ae shoul start crossing from Egypt into Gazaon Friday UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has artived in sel a day after Je Biden visitas Bidens rip was overshadowed by a blast ata Gaza hospital, which local official say klled 471 people Local authorities say an sae airstrike was to blame - bt ral insets the bast was cavsed bya misfired rocket from Gaza, igure contested by srael Live Reporting Related Stories ded by Owen Amos FA cet involved "Several dozen’, not hundreds, killed in hospital blast - Israel (On Wednesday afternoon, a day after the blast at the hospital, Palestinian health authorities saic 471 people had been killed, Like other details about the incident, that is contested. Israel's foreign ministry spokesperson Lior Halat said the death toll was "several dozen’ (With tack of access to the site for independent organisations, the number is dificult to verify. ‘Ourreporter Rushli Abualouf visited the scene the morning after the attack. hitps:wwwbbe-cominewslvefworld-middle-east-67141589 ana10119128, 9.22 PM Israel Gaza lve news: Israel hls hundreds more sts in Gaza as UK PM Sunak artives - BBC News a < share 1507 Cause of hospital blast not certain - UK MP UK MP Tom Tugendhat, a Home Office minister, tells BBC Breakfast the UK is still not certain about what caused Tuesday's blast at the Al Ali hospital in Gaza ‘Until the intelligence services in the UK have given me their professional opinion Im not going to be able to answer that question," he says He says ‘we're in touch constantly’ ane wants an answeras soon as possible" but "without premature rush to judgement” ‘The Palestinian authorities blame Israel strikes forthe blast atthe hospital. Israel says it was caused by a rocket fired from Gaza, intended for Israel. Read our BBC Verity piece here. Although our findings are inconclusive, three experts tld us the aftermath was “not consistent with what you would expect from a typical Israeli airstrike witha large munition’ a Sone 1452 Gazans pick through rubble after more Israeli strikes ‘As welve reported, Israel says it hit "hundreds" of sites in Gaza in the past 24 hours Here are the frst pictures we've received from Gaza and the border this morning, htipstinwwcbbe.cominewslivelworl-midele-east 67141589 ana10119123, 9.22 PM Israel Gaza lve news: Israel hls hundreds more sites in Gaza as UK PM Sunak arives - BBC News EY Ssne 49 China's Xi pushes for ceasefire in meeting with Egyptian leader Rishi Sunak’s visit to Israel isn't the only Middle East diplomacy taking place today. In Bejing, Chinese President xi Jinping has told Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly that 2 ceasefire is the most urgent task in the Israel-Gaza war. Before the outbreak of fighting between lsrael and Hamas, China had been working to expand its influence in the Middle East Earlior this year, it brokered high-level talks between bitter rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia, the first.n seven years CChina has refused to condemn Hamas for the attacks of 7 October though it says it opposes acts that harm civilians EY > K acktotop BBC News Services Explore the BBC htipstwww.bbe.cominewslivelworl-midele-east 67141589 sana