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More than 1,400 people have now been killed in Gaza, in Israel’s retaliatory airstrikes on the territory. Many of the dead are women and children. Gaza’s only power station has run out of fuel and supplies of food, water and medicine are dwindling. The Red Cross says if backup generators fail hospitals may become morgues. Israel is carrying out a bombardment of Gaza following the surprise attack by Hamas gunmen that claimed the lives of around 1,200 Israelis. Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Jon Donnison in Jerusalem and Rushdi Abualouf in Gaza.

The attacks on Israel by Hamas militants came at a time when the US was brokering complex negotiations between Israel and Saudi Arabia. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has highlighted how these diplomatic efforts may have been one of the factors behind the timing of the assault. BBC News’s Ros Atkins analyses why Hamas may have carried out its latest attacks on Israel. #Israel #Gaza #BBCNews

Dozens of gunmen from the Islamist militant group Hamas appear to have infiltrated southern Israel in a surprise rocket attack from the Gaza Strip. Hundreds of people are being treated in Israeli hospitals, with at least one Israeli woman confirmed to have been killed in the attack. Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu said “we are at war”, adding that the enemy will “pay a price he has never known”.