he is under strong pressure from far right members of his coalition government to reject any pauses in the conflict until hamas is totally defeated. in a sign of further tension between the israeli army and those far right parties, the army s chief of staff said sunday there is a clear need to conscript ultra orthodox jewish israelis, who are currently exempt from military service. that s a change mr netanyahu s coalition partners firmly oppose. sunday marks the festival of eid al adha, one of islam s holiest days. there was a notable lull in fighting with gaza s hamas run civil defence agency telling the afp news agency that quote calm has prevailed across all of gaza . lucy williamson reports from jerusalem. allahu akbar. in gaza, they stood to pray in places with little else left standing. allahu akbar. the festival after eid al adha marking another milestone in this war, those for whom conflict and celebration are new, those who have lived through them many times befor
it s not clear if the incident is connected to the euros tournament. earlier my colleague spoke to gary rose on the telephone who is currently in hamburg. i m at the stadium now, which is around about five miles away from the centre of hamburg. i was in the fan zone area this morning where it seems reported that this incident took place. and there was thousands of dutch fans at that point because they always do a traditional walk to the stadium. and throughout the morning, obviously, there was no indication of any trouble. since i ve got to the stadium, that s when the news developed. and at the moment, everything seems to be going ahead here as planned, basically. how many supporters are in the city? so, this fan walk particularly was expected to be around 30,000 dutch fans. i would imagine there s sort of similar ish figures for the polish fans as well. majority, this is about a 40,000, 45,000 seat stadium. so with 15,000 tickets sold, i believe, for each sets of supporters
germany, outside the stadium i am being told, where england are one of the favourites to win the tournament. of course, having reached the final in the last euros. a lot of excitement and anticipation. the live shot in gelsenkirchen as england have kicked off their first game in the euro 2024 campaign. let s have a little look at the live scene in london where the fans are watching and fan zones as well. this is south london, in brixton, where we will be dipping in brixton, where we will be dipping in to watch the action and anticipation when and if we see any goals during the game. we are keeping an eye on that. there was violence in gelsenkirchen during the match build up a little bit earlier. police made several arrests after a fight broke out at a cafe which was packed with fans. british police say that no england supporters appear to have been detained. the police have said that the england serbia match is a high risk game in terms of potential violence between fans. i
we were belied with football fans here in the uk and we will have much more coverage of the term and that is taking place in germany. firstly,. german police say they shot at a man who threatened officers with a pickaxe and an molotov cocktail, close to a fanzone at the euro 2024 football tournament, in central hamburg. the attacker was injured in the leg and has been receiving medical care but his condition is not life threatening. these pictures show a man wielding an axe, being confronted by police. they use pepper spray, and then fire several shots. this video doesn t capture all of those shots fired, there were more. we ve paused them at the moment when some of those gun shots were fired. it is not thought to be related to the game between the netherlands and poland, which took place today. a spokesperson for the hamburg police, spoke shortly after the incident. translation: according to what we know now, i a man came out of a restaurant. he obviously had a molotov cockt
the attacker was injured in the leg and has been receiving medical care putters intend to discuss my condition is not considered life threatening. the police use peppe life threatening. the police use pepper spray and then fired several shots. this video doesn t capture all of those shots fired, there were more. we ve paused them at the moment when some of those gun shots were fired. german authorities have put police on high alert during the euros tournament. here s a spokesperson for the hamburg police, speaking shortly after the incident. translation: according to what we know now, i a man came out of a restaurant. he obviously had a molotov cocktail in his hand and also pickaxe. he also apparently tried to set fire to this molotov cocktail and then walked towards several people with it, including police officers who were on duty here at the time. and the police officers then made use of their firearms. we re assuming that this is an isolated case, which means that it s n