This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC, World Service.
I'm Jackie Leonard and at 13 hours GMT on Wednesday, the 2nd of April, these are our main stories.
An Israeli airstrike is reported to have killed at least 19 people at a UN clinic in northern Gaza,
after Israel announced an expansion of its offensive in the territory.
Myanmar's army admits to opening fire on a Red Cross convoy from China that was bringing aid to victims of Friday's huge earthquake.
The American actor Val Kilmer, who appeared in Top Gun, The Doors and Batman Forever, has died at the age of 65.
Also in this podcast,
the Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti goes on trial in Spain for alleged tax fraud and the exponential rise of the one-minute drama.
Defeating Hamas in Gaza is proving far tougher than many Israelis thought following the October 7 massacre.
18 months after that attack,
the Defence Minister Israel Katz has announced a major expansion of military operations in Gaza,
promising to seize large areas of the Palestinian territory,
which he said would be added to the security zones of the state of Israel.
As ever though, civilians seem to be paying a heavy price.
The Hamas-run health ministry said that 19 people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a UN clinic,
nine of them children.
Israel's military confirmed it did strike a United Nations facility, which it said had been used by Hamas.
Our Middle East correspondent Yolandele is in Jerusalem.
Overall, at least 41 people have been killed by Israeli fire in Gaza in the course of the day,
according to the Hamas-run health ministry that's just put out its latest figures.