This is a special edition of the Global News Podcast

from the BBC World Service on the conflict

between Israel and Hamas.

I'm Nick Miles, and at 13 hours GMT on Saturday,

the 28th of October, these are our main stories.

Israel's military operations and guards that have expanded.

Dozens of rocket attacks hit across the strip overnight,

and Israel says it's engaged Hamas fighters on the ground.

Israel's war now is against Hamas, not against Palestinian people,

and not against the people of Gaza.

That's why Israel is making efforts to minimise civilian casualties.

Aid organisations say internet and phone communications were cut to Gaza.

So we have 1 million children in Gaza to whom we need urgently to get a supplies,

water supplies, medicine, without contact with our office and staff on the ground.

It becomes that much more difficult.

There has been a significant escalation in Israel's military actions in Gaza.

It came just hours after the UN General Assembly

overwhelmingly passed a resolution calling for a humanitarian truce there.

Overnight from Friday into Saturday,

there were perhaps the most sustained Israeli bombardments on Gaza

since the Hamas attacks on October 7.

The Israeli army says it's also expanded its ground operations

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