good evening. we re live in southern israel, with news tonight from the defence minister, that his troops have now battled their way into gaza city, thought to be the stronghold of hamas. the fighting, which is street to street, is taking place just a few kilometres off in the darkness behind me. it s exactly a month since hamas killed 1,400 people, in coordinated attacks on southern israel, planned in gaza, and today, israelis attended vigils, lit candles and held a minute s silence in remembrance of those who died. like the scores of young people who lost their lives, slaughtered at a music festival near the border. and there have been special prayers for the 2112 israelis taken hostage, and still being held by hamas. israel hit back immediately after the attacks, with massive air strikes, that have reduced much of gaza to rubble. the hamas controlled health authorities there say more than 10,000 palestinians have died, while the un has called the territory, a graveyard fo
a not very polite way of telling russians to get lost. if vladimir putin expected his troops to be met here as liberators, then signs like this all along the roads here are sending a very different message. speaks ukrainian. there s protest poetry, too. 0leksandr writes it in ukrainian on principle now, though he grew up speaking russian, like most here. 0ur neighbour, who told that he was a brother, he came here with war because he don t want us to live by our rules. there s proof of that spirit of resistance all around here, from housewives and pensioners weaving camouflage nets for the troops to fashion designers sewing balaclavas and thermals for soldiers.