The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has brushed off international appeals for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, saying that it would take time to restore calm. At least 10 Israelis are reported to have died, while more than 180 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli air strikes on Gaza, (including nearly fifty children). Also in the programme: In Myanmar, fighters in the state of Chin pulled back from the northwestern town of Mindat after days of assault the country’s junta; and is President’s Biden climate envoy John Kerry too optimistic about the prospects to cut carbon emissions? (Photo: Palestinian civil defence men search for people in the rubble of a destroyed house after an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City. Credit: EPA).

It is not clear if the Hamas leader in Gaza, Yahya al-Sinwar, was at home when the IDF attacked. Palestinian officials say 33 people were killed in overnight strikes on Gaza. Also in the programme: Myanmar's military government sends reinforcements to Mindat, where a group called the Chinland Defense Force has taken up arms; and a plague of mice in New South Wales. Photo: Diggers clear rubble in Gaza City following fresh Israeli airstrikes. Credit: Reuters.

Israel's military says the tower block housed assets belonging to the Hamas militant group, which has been denied by the building's landlord. In addition, at least 10 people, including eight children, are killed in an Israeli airstrike on a refugee camp in Gaza, officials say. We hear from a neighbour of the family killed in the strike. Hamas responds by firing dozens of rockets at cities in Israel, killing one man near Tel Aviv. We also hear from the international spokesman for the Israeli Defence Forces. Also on the programme: Myanmar's National Unity Government, made up of politicians opposed to the military coup, calls for outside intervention in the small town of Mindat in Chin State, where a local armed opposition group is fighting the army; and the British sociological study known as Mass Observation which asks people to record a diary entry for one day a year - May the twelfth - putting down their thoughts and feelings however they choose. (Picture: Mourners carry bodies of Palestinians including members of the Abu Hatab family killed during airstrikes, near the remains of a building destroyed at the Beach refugee camp Credit: Reuters/Mohammed Salem)

Palestinian officials say at least 14 people have been killed in an Israeli air strike on a densely-populated refugee camp in Gaza. A 5-month-old baby is said to be the only survivor from one family, found beside the body of her mother. Also on the programme: reaction to the ongoing conflict from Ireland’s representative to the UN; and how have we recorded our pandemic experiences in diaries? (Picture: A baby that survived an Israeli airstrike Credit: Getty Images)

Palestinians in northern Gaza are fleeing from Israel's heaviest bombardment to date. Meanwhile, Jewish and Israeli-Arab mobs have been fighting within Israel. Also in the programme: A company responsible for around a quarter of Lebanon's power supply has turned off its generators and we talk to one of the world's most prominent climate scientists about his devotion to curbing global warming. (Picture: Palestinians gather at the site of destroyed houses in Gaza. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem)

Violence in Gaza and Israel shows no sign of abating amid continued rocket fire and air strikes, and civil unrest between Jewish and Israeli Arab communities. Israel says it's hit a Hamas intelligence facility with dozens of operatives inside as it continues airstrikes on Gaza. This comes after Hamas launched a new barrage of rockets at central and southern Israel. Also in the programme: How Covid-19 is devastating Nepal and academics say they've uncovered evidence of a Chinese incursion by stealth into Bhutan (Photo: Palestinians assess the damage in Gaza after a night of air strikes by Israeli forces. Credit: Getty Images)