Hello and welcome to News Hour from the BBC World Service.
We're coming to you live from London.
I'm James Menendez.
And we're going to begin today in Gaza,
where at least 50 people have been killed as Israel continues its bombardment of the territory,
even as its negotiators work on a possible ceasefire and hostage release deal with Hamas.
Among the casualties, 15 Palestinians, mostly children and women,
killed by an Israeli airstrike while they were queuing for a clinic in Deir el-Ballah,
in the centre of the territory.
There is video circulating on social media of the immediate aftermath of the strike.
And it makes, as you can imagine, for distressing view.
Israeli military said later it was targeting a Hamas fighter who took part in the October the 7th attacks.
In a statement, it added,
the IDF regrets any harm to uninvolved individuals and operates to minimise harm as much as possible.
That's not the view of the UN Children's Agency.
It said in a statement of its own that it was appalled by what had happened,
adding that the killing of families trying to access life-saving aid was unconscionable.
The clinic is run by a UNICEF partner agency, a private NGO based in the US called Project Hope.
I've been speaking to its CEO, Rabbi Torbey.
It was quite shocking at 7.15 this morning.