Been killed by israeli airstrikes in gaza including 78 children. The israeli army also says more than 400 Palestinian Militants have been killed after infiltrating Southern Israel, with dozens more captured. Israel says its still trying to regain full control of eight of eight areas where hamas militants infiltrated. The number of israeli civilians and soldiers taken hostage has been put at 100 by the Israeli Embassy to the us, though some have been freed. In northern israel, hezbollah rockets targeted three military positions, with israel responding with barrages of artillery into southern lebanon. The United Nations Security Council is holding an Emergency Meeting to discuss the crisis. 0ur Correspondentjonathan Beale has the latest. I should warn you, his report has some distressing images. Israeli troops are still hunting down armed palestinians. More than 30 hours after their biggest and bloodiest break out from gaza into israel itself. One of the worlds most advanced militaries taken by surprise. By hamas, a militant group, kept behind barriers that were supposed to stop this happening. Their attack as brutal as it was brazen. Hundreds killed. For israel, that has included scores of unarmed civilians, as well as soldiers. Already, the largest loss of life in decades. Here, the bodies of life in decades. Here, the bodies of an israeli family shot dead, waiting to be identified and buried. Hamas has taken dozens of hostages, too. Like this 85 year old grandmother. Whisked away by militants in a golf cart. Families, too, among them, a wife and their five and two year old daughters. He is waiting for news and pleading for their safe return. I is waiting for news and pleading for their safe return. Their safe return. I want to ask of hamas, their safe return. I want to ask of hamas. Dont their safe return. I want to ask of hamas, dont hurt their safe return. I want to ask of hamas, dont hurt them. Their safe return. 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This horrific terror act demands a forceful, horrific terror act demands a forceful, determined and sustained response forceful, determined and sustained resonse. ,. H forceful, determined and sustained resonse. � , response. Israels response has been swift and harsh. Response. Israels response has been swift and harsh. Despite response. Israels response has been swift and harsh. Despite the response. Israels response has been swift and harsh. Despite the massive| swift and harsh. Despite the massive intelligence failure. Its missiles filmed by our bbc team in gaza. Jets have been hitting what they say are hamas positions, but many civilians have also been killed in this densely populated palestinian enclave. Located and nowhere else to flee. Tonight, this is as close as we can get to gaza, about five kilometres in that direction blockaded. There is a lot of military activity, jets overhead. Israel has told its citizens living nearby to leave. It is not clear whether that could signal a Land Incursion by israel into gaza itself, but inevitably, this will end up being more bloody still. There is also the risk of escalation. Hezbollah has been Firing Rockets into israel from neighbouring lebanon. They say a show of solidarity with palestinians. This region has long been a tinderbox and once again, the flames are being fanned. As we have been reporting, it is thought that 250 people were killed in israel by hamas. There were young people attending a Music Festival in the Southern Israeli desert. You may have seen the social media pictures of it, Nova Festival held near the small settlement of re im, a kibbutz near the border with gaza. Moments before, at a festival that brought together young people from across israel. A carefree crowd. They have no idea of the horror about to erupt. Images posted on social media show people running for their lives. Witnesses say that after rockets were fired, palestinian gunmen began attacking from several directions. Dont kill me, she pleads, as noa argamani and her boyfriend, avi natan, are both taken captive. Both are still missing, thought to have been taken into gaza. Today, noas father spoke through his anguish to israeli media. Translation i asked to see the video and then i saw that it was definitely her. She was so scared, so frightened. I always protected her and, at this very moment, i couldnt. Noa is 25, with a passion for travel. Shed been messaging a friend just before she was kidnapped, and then the live location ended. Itsjust us waiting and hoping, really hoping and praying that everything is good, that she will come back home safely, her and her boyfriend and everyone that is in captivity now. Also taken from the festival, shani louk, a tattoo artist from germany, pictured here on holiday in mexico. Her family recognised her in a video of palestinian gunmen celebrating her capture on a pick up truck. The images of shani herself are too upsetting to show. We were sent a video in which i could clearly see our daughter unconscious with the palestinians and them driving around the gaza strip. I ask you to send us any help or news. Jake marlowes family and friends are also desperate for news. Hes a 26 year old british man who was working at the festival. Hes reported to have told his mother he loved her and promised to keep her updated, before his phone began ringing out. 0n the road next to where the festival was taking place, the aftermath. We dont yet know whats happened to all those who came in these cars to party, to celebrate. Shellshocked reunions with those who survived. But the brutality of the attack, the terror of it, will now be seared into the psyche of a nation. Caroline hawley, bbc news. 0ur middle east bureau chief jo floto gave us the latest. Zaka organisation which is a group of volunteers that recovers Human Remains from this kind of attack or natural disasters theyve been scouring the area near the gaza strip all day and they have reported in the last hour that theyve recovered more than 250 bodies from the site of that Music Festival, and bodies still remain there. So that is a huge total of people who have been killed. But it wont come as a shock because we knowjust how bad that attack was. And we have been hearing, your viewers have been hearing, testimony from people who survived that attack that the shooting carried on for hours. There were gunmen approaching the revellers and festivalgoers on both sides, and they chased them through the countryside and into the forests and back to their cars and established roadblocks. And weve seen pictures today of the remains of those cars burnt out and shot up. And there were bodies lying in the streets in the surrounding area. So this is confirmation of what many had feared, that this had been a complete massacre of festivalgoers, carried out by these militants who had infiltrated israel from gaza. Yeah, incredibly distressing details, jo. What do we know about where we are this evening . Any sense of what happens now and next, through the night . Look, i think this kind of detailjust reinforces the shock that israel is in. You heard there from the Security Counciljust how determined israel is at the moment to exact retribution, revenge and to destroy hamas militarily. Whether thats possible or not is a different matter, but they are Gathering Forces as we speak. Thousands upon thousands of troops are being sent down close to the gaza strip. We dont know when they will be in operation, but weve been left in no doubt by Military Leaders here and politicians that they intend to do something out of the ordinary, in order to respond to this extraordinary attack on israel. And weve seen a ferocious bombardment continue throughout the day today. More than 350 dead in gaza. The total in israel, well, between 600 and 700, and that total may rise. But the big question now is, what happens to the hostages . Israel has admitted and acknowledged that there may be 100 hostages whove been taken from israel into the gaza strip. Some of them are soldiers, but we know that some of them are families. Weve seen pictures of elderly people being taken across, of entire families, including children, and then being paraded on social media throughout the day. This is a National Trauma in israel and it will mean that politicians and Military Leaders will have to find some kind of resolution to that issue, but its not going to be easy. And, jo, when you talk about revenge and searching for hostages, just remind us of the geography of gaza and all that that implies. Look, its a tiny strip of land, with 3 Million People living in it, and a militant group that has evidently been preparing for this for some time. This was a combined and coordinated and carefully communicated attack that crossed into israel at 22 different locations. They managed to overrun Military Installations that were supposed to be impregnable. This border was set up precisely to prevent this happening. This was not a surprise that militant groups in gaza wanted to come into israel and inflict this kind of pain, or to bring the war to israeli towns and villages in israel. Thats a stated aim of the militant groups, and the military in israel were supposed to prevent that from happening and they didnt, so they are trying to reverse this now. And what happens to these hostages . Well, israel has had to deal with Hostage Crises in the past, but its only been in ones and twos, in small numbers. And eventually, if israel does negotiate and release prisoners in exchange, but the numbers were dealing with now and what hamas and islamichhad are asking for in return, which will be the release of their prisoners from israel, well, that seems to be a position thats not compatible with events that have happened over the last 48 hours. So we await a massive and military response from israel, but we dont know exactly what form its going to take. I want to return out of this Music Festival that was taking place in Southern Israel and reports from zaka, a search and rescue recovery operation, saying they have recovered at least 250 bodies from the sight of that Music Festival. We believe that hostages were also taken. 0ne believe that hostages were also taken. One woman has been seen on social media driven away on a motorbike. My colleague Maryam Moshiri spoke with amit parpara, from tel aviv. Hes a friend of noa argamani the israeli woman you saw there being abducted by hamas fighters on the motorbike. My First Contact with noa was around 6 30, when the missiles started. There were missiles all over israel. Thats what woke us up, all of us. And then we started messaging all the people that are still now in the Music Festival, which happens to be all morning. What did she say in those messages . Were seeing them now, but theyre obviously in hebrew. Can you explain what shes saying to you . Yes, shes sending a live location and asking for someone to save her, save her boyfriend. She was hiding in a hole near the festival. They were searching for some place to hide because they didnt have any car, thats also what she wrote, she doesnt have any car. And they came in a group, i guess. So they hid when the terrorists came. At around 8 30 to 9 00, the terrorists broke through the gaza borders and they came in, thats when we started hearing about the horrors going on in the festival. And thats when we started to really get nervous about noa and her boyfriend. Of course, for other people as well that are still missing. And around 8 30 was the last message that i got from her, saying that she doesnt have any car. I tried to tell her to stay low. Try to maybe contact the police and the military, so that theyll know their location. Maybe theyll find them. About half an hour after, i found that video that was seen here before of her on a motorcycle, taken away from her boyfriend, avi natan. You can see clearly the terror going into the gaza strip. You must be really, really worried, amit. Yeah. Really. Really bad. You know, this is the largest event that we can remember in our lifetime. Weve been through a few operations, but a Surprise Attack of this scale and magnitude on israel, i cannot recall. The exact number of people who were kidnapped are yet to be exact. That means we dont know, but maybe near 100. They are most of them civilians. Young people, friends, children, women, elderly that were kidnapped from their homes and the Music Festival. So its notjust about what happened to noa and avi natan, its about everyone that is kidnapped right there to gaza at this time, which hasnt been Something Like this in the whole history. Amit, what have the government or officials been telling you about their ongoing search, or how theyre going to try and get these hostages back . There was no official contact from the government with us. That contacted noas family and avi natan� s family. There has been no official contact that something is ongoing. And thats most of our purpose here, is to make use of the network, to understand that a quick force might have a chance to get them out safely right now. Time is of the essence, and this is our main priority right now, getting the people back home safely as soon as possible, before its too late. All of the acting up that is now happening is from civilians. Private groups that are combined together to help the people get back together. And this is the most, theres no official contact and its all what we do. We right now have authorities in the government that we are in contact with to help find all of the people that are kidnapped. But it has to happen now. And someone can still save the situation. We must act fast and with the back up from other nations. This reality cannot be tolerated in any other country. Amit, what do you think has happened to noa . I hope to think that shes waiting. Waiting with other people, waiting for her to be saved. She was taken to the gaza strip. We hope that its not too late until they separate them, or hide them in other places. We really dont know. Theres no official update. Theres no videos, nothing that we can maybe get a leak or something. Its just us waiting and hoping, really hoping and praying that everything is good, that she will come back home safely, her and her boyfriend and everyone that is in captivity now. Amit parpara. Events in israel and in gaza raise any number of questions about what has happened and what may happen next. Our analysis editor ros atkins is here to look at some of them. Lets start with the Islamist Militant Group that carried out this attack. Who are hamas . Its name is an arabic acronym for Islamic Resistance movement, it is sworn to israels disruption destruction and its bases goes up where it has beenin and its bases goes up where it has been in control since 2007, though it has not held an election since so it has not held an election since so it is hard to gauge what support it has. President biden called Hamas A Terrorist Organisation and the eu, the uk and the us all categories it this way. In the region, iran is the primary backer of hamas and hamas has told the bbc iran gave direct backing for this weekends attack. Hamas also has close relations with the militant Group Hezbollah in lebanon which shares a border with israel. And israel knows all of this and more about hamas, which leads us to the next question. Why didnt Israeli Intelligence know about the attack . The analyst colin clark describes how israel has world class intelligence collection and analysis capabilities, that includes using informers in gaza and Surveillance Drones above it. In the words of one former us counterterrorism specialists, it is almost inconceivable how they missed this. But they did and working out why it is now a matter of urgency. 0ur but they did and working out why it is now a matter of urgency. Our next question is whether this weekend is different to previous escalations. Serious violent escalation is between israel and the palestinians are not uncommon, but the scale of this hamas attack makes it different. Israeli territory was infiltrated, over 700 israelis have died, as many as 100 hostages were taken. Saturday was one of the deadliest days in israels history and the uns middle east peace envoy says this is a dangerous precipice and i appeal to all to pull back from the brink. This is different. And the scale of the attack leads us to how is israel responding . Already, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talks of a long and difficult war, there are israeli air strikes on gaza, at least 400 people have been killed. Military vehicles are heading to the gaza border and Tens Of Thousands of israeli reservists are being called up. As well as that, the us defense secretary lloyd austin has announced that additional equipment and resources, including munitions, will be sent. Israels allies are offering solidarity and help. And well right now, the focus is on the immediate threat from hamas, israel and its allies will also know in the long term, this attack will reshape how they look to maintain israels security. Thank you for that. The un Security Council has been meeting in new york. We are hoping to hear some statements later and will be bringing them live to you. In the meantime, the permanent representative of israel to the United Nations has spoken. The past days have been devastating for each and every israeli. Israels suffered an unprecedented attack and the number of casualties is catastrophic. Truly unfathomable. Over the past two days, following hamass Surprise Attack on israel, my country has suffered hundreds of fatalities. Yesterday, in the Early Morning of the Jewish Sabbath and on a jewish holiday savage Hamas Terrorists fired thousands of rockets into israel. But this was only the beginning. As rockets rained down indiscriminately upon israeli towns and cities, hundreds of Hamas Terrorists infiltrated israel and began a barbaric pogrom. A barbaric pogrom of unparalleled magnitude. Ruthless terrorists gunned down innocent israeli civilians in the streets, murdering anything that moved. As the Security Council prepares to meet today, israel has one sole demand hamass war crimes must be unequivocally condemned. This unimaginable atrocity must be condemned. Israel must be given steadfast support to defend ourselves, to defend the free world. Israel will not accept any false, false, immoral comparisons between a savage terror group that targets innocents and the Democratic State of israel, this is not the comparison that the un or the Security Council can do. There is no reconciling with genocidal terrorists. Israel will exact a heavy price on hamas, so that what we witnessed will never repeat itself. Also, the permanent observer of palestine to the United Nations gave his speech earlier. We know only too well that the messages about israels right to defend itself will be interpreted by israel as licence to kill. To pursue on the very path that led us here. 370, and the number is rising by the moment, of palestinians that have been killed already in one day, including children, some barely a few months old. Entire families were killed in their sleep. Will this bring security . Will this advance peace . Where is the International Protection the Palestinian People is entitled to when the occupying power violates International Law and harms those it is obliged to protect . Arent palestinians lives worth saving . The Palestinian Civilians killed, the palestinian children killed in occupied palestine could have been spared. Isnt that a moral and legal obligation and a contribution to peace . Why nothing is done when those killed are palestinians . We need to think hard of what logic we want to see prevail here. If this is about vengeance, then many palestinians will feel they have much to avenge. If this is about peace, then the way to it is not through further entrenching oppression and occupation, but by ending it. You cannot say nothing justifies Killing Israelis and then provide justification for killing palestinians. We are not sub humans. This is bbc news. The Labour Party Conference has been taking place in liverpool, and we heard from Emily Thornberry The Shadow Attorney General and former Shadow Foreign Secretary about her response to the situation. These are acts of terrorism, they are unjustified, and its right for the whole world to condemn it. Where is the humanity of these people . It is appalling. Its like our 7 7. This is terrorism. And there have been criticism of the labour party in the past with its handling of various issues around anti semitism and how it deals with it. Will this provide another test . We are quite clear about what view we take on this. And it is absolutely, there is no argument, this is terrorism. This is attacks on innocent people, and it is unjustified in any terms. Would you be echoing, if the labour party were in power, echoing the comments of the Prime Minister . Im afraid i havent had a chance to hear what the Prime Minister has said, but i assume he has taken the same line as the rest of the world, which is there is nojustification for these attacks on innocent people and it is terrorism and it must be condemned. In the longer term, what is the answer here . I think that is for another day. I dont think that it is for today. Today is for us to condemn these acts of terrorism and this appalling violence. That is what we should be talking about today. There will be other times to talk about what a solution might be and what it might look like, but not today. Today, we need to be clear that we stand with israel and it is appalling what they have been subjected to. And in terms of any measures you would like to see, we have the un Security Council meeting now, weve heard various statements from people going in. What weve heard committed, Extra Military Support from the us already committed. Extra military supplies, including munitions. What would you like the uk to do . I think we just need to be clear. That israel has an absolute right to defend itself and that it should be facilitated in being able to do that. It must be able to defend itself against terrorism and that is that. Its clearly labour conference, and this wasnt a topic you were planning on talking about, what has been the mood and the sense here, when people have followed the headlines and watching and seeing what is happening . Whoever i have spoken to about it, we are all appalled at what has happened. As i say, we see it too often. We saw terrorism with the manchester bombings in my constituency, we lost 13 people as a result of 7 7, we have to utterly condemn terrorism, and that is what this is. And moving on to the days ahead at conference, onto domestic affairs. What will be top of the agenda . We have been talking today about the importance of Rewiring Britain because we have a National Grid which simply isnt up to it. It was fine during the days when we relied on oil from the north sea and from gas that we were importing
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