gets under way. hello and welcome to bbc news. palestinian militants from the islamichhad faction have fired dozens of rockets into israel in response to israeli airstrikes on the gaza strip. the airstrikes killed a commander of the group, as well as nine others including an infant. islamichhad said 100 rockets had hit tel aviv and other cities. israeli media said there were 70 within half an hour. azadeh moshiri reports. gaza s sky lights up israel s military launches successive air strikes. this is the footage they released of the attack. it lasted hours and claimed several lives including that of a top military commander of palestinian islamichhad, a militant group also known as the pi]. israel carried out a precise counterterrorism response against an immediate threat. our fight is not with the people of gaza. islamichhad is an iran proxy that wants to destroy the state of israel and kill innocent israelis. in response, the militant group fired back more than 100 rocket
children killed in a deadly mass shootings. one of the parents spoke to reporters after her son was murdered and spoke about the need for lessons at this moment in time. care and concern is so important and we saw what happens when there is a lot of that. i hope that everyone who is reading these articles and choose love with your kids because you can, that means being present in the moment with them. looking into their eyes, giving them a hug and just moving from there. just every moment realize that you have a choice and your choice is love. that s good advice and they are brave words from a mother who lost who was most precious to her. the judge in this trial could reduce today s figure due to a texas law that will not, though, mark the end of alex jones legal troubles. two more lawsuits ahead brought by more parents of those killed at sandy hook and the fate of records of his private conversations now sought by the january 6th committee. let s begin tonight with drew
family, maybe a country, maybe a democracy. the toll, the human misery. but the question for a texas jury today is what it should cost conspiracy theorist alex jones. we now have our answer. nearly $50,. now, recall jones was already ordered to pay more than $4 million this what s called compensatory damages just yesterday. that to the parents of a beautiful 6-year-old child, a little boy killed in the 2012 attack. but today, they added $45.2 million on top of that, awarded him punitive or the punishment side of damages. why? for spewing lies that have caused unthinkable arm to one family of many families, destroyed by the sandy hook massacre. $50 million. and that s just one case. he has two more defamation trials awaiting him, so this is really far from over for the far-right conspiratorial host of infowars. this has really been a case that centered on lies, and throughout this trial, it felt like so many additional lies kept dpgetting exposed, like those texts that jones s
$4 million in compensatory damages already award at the civil trial just yesterday for those deeply harmful lies that the shooting was a hoax among many other completely false and outrageous claims. now, under texas law there are limits on punitive damages of $750,000 per plaintiff. so it seems he won t be forced to fork over quite that much yet. he s still facing two more defamation trials, and one of them is in connecticut. but it appears the jury did listen to this plea from the attorney for the sandy hook family. we ask that you send a very, very simple message. and that is stop alex jones. stop the monetization of misinformation and lies. estimated to the jury that jones may have a net worth as much $270 million but has been trying to hid his wealth with personal loans and shell companies. now, jones said at trial he faced financial ruin if there was an award of more than $2 million. more lies on top of lies, perhaps? the mother of 6-year-old jesse lewis who was kill
i m jim sciutto in again for anderson tonight. that s how much a texas jury awarded punitive damages to the parents of a child killed during one of america s deadliest mass shootings. it comes a day after the same jury awarded $4.1 million in compensatory damages. shortly after, one of the parents, spoke to reporters about her son and spoke about the need for those lessons at this moment in time. care and concern is so important and we saw what happens when there is a lot of that. i hope that everyone who is reading these articles and choose love with your kids because you can, that means being present in the moment with them. looking into their eyes, giving them a hug and just moving from there. just every moment realize that you have a choice and your choice is love. that s good advice and they are brave words from a mother who lost who was most precious to her. now we should point out that the judge in this trial could reduce today s figure due to a texas law that will