thank you for being with us. we begin in the occupied west bank where the israeli military has launched a major operation against what it claims are militants, based in the sprawling and long established refugee camp injenin. the palestinian authorities say it s simply an invasion and that it should be seen as a war crime. at least nine people have been killed, and dozens injured. our middle east correspondent yolande knell reports. the day ended as it had begun injenin with battles raging. the israeli military had used a surprise drone strike in the early hours to target what it said was the headquarters of local militants. armed palestinians began fighting back from inside the city s crowded, decades old refugee camp. hundreds of israeli soldiers are on the ground. the israeli military says they re seizing weapons and explosives. the israeli prime minister said action was overdue. translation: the israeli defence force began an extensive operation last night against terro
crime against his people. all this comes shortly after the head of the israeli army warned that dismantling hamas could take many more months. graham satchell reports. night after night, for weeks now, the families of those taken hostage take to the streets of tel aviv. they re putting pressure on the israeli government to bring the hostages back alive and stop the fighting. they need to look at other options. the military pressure will continue. but we see they don t have any results. the head of the israeli army herzi halevi said the war could take many more months. there are no magic solutions, he said. there are no shortcuts in dismantling a terrorist organisation, only determined and persistent fighting. in gaza itself, hospitals are overrun with the injured and the dead. the world health organization says almost all the hospitals in the gaza strip have now stopped functioning. there s blood everywhere in these hospitals at the moment. we re seeing almost only traum
on the drone strike claim. in his first interview since the war began, the palestinian authority president, mahmoud abbas, who is based in the west bank, described the conflict as a grave crime against his people. translation: what is happening in the palestinian translation: what is happening in the palestinian territories translation: what is happening in the palestinian territories is - translation: what is happening in the palestinian territories is far beyond a disaster and far more than a genocide. the palestinians have never seen anything like this. even during the catastrophe of 1948, what is happening today is far worse. a huge crime is being committed against palestinians over the past 79 days, notjust in gaza, but also in the west bank and jerusalem. unfortunately, whenever the international community, the un, security council and the general assembly tried to stop the war, the us disrupts these attempts by using its veto and refusing to bring fighting to a h
laughing and crying. hola. they giggle. bien, como siempre? phone line rings. como estas? bien. si? hello there. boxing day was a pretty decent day up and down the country with regards to the weather. a lot more sunshine around. lighter winds, too, albeit on the chilly side. behind me, a weather watcher photograph shows the blue skies overhead in kinross. things could look very different, though, on wednesday across perth and kinross as storm gerrit moves in. that s going to bring widespread wind and gales, heavy rain and significant snow over the hills of scotland. you can see storm gerrit moving in on wednesday. lots of isobars on the charts, hence the gales and active weather fronts bringing widespread heavy rain. but we do have some concerns that the snowfall amounts across the hills of scotland, only 200 metres and above, so modest hills could see around ten to 15 centimetres, more than that in a few other places when you factor in the wind because of dr
alive and stop the fighting. they need to look at other options. they re putting pressure on the israeli government the military pressure will continue. but we see they don t have any results. the head of the israeli army, herzi halevi, said the war could take many more months. there are no magic solutions, he said. there are no short cuts in dismantling a terrorist organisation, only determined and persistent fighting. in gaza itself, hospitals are overrun with the injured and the dead. the world health organization says almost all the hospitals in the gaza strip have now stopped functioning. there s blood everywhere in these hospitals at the moment. we re seeing almost only trauma cases come through the door and at a scale that s quite difficult to believe. it s a bloodbath, as we said before, it s carnage. in his first tv interview since the war began in october, the palestinian president, mahmoud abbas, described the situation as a catastrophe and warned the west bank