The operation involved israeli forces raiding the cities ofjenin, tulkarm, nablus and tubas, on a scale that hasn t happened for decades. Lucy williamson sent this report. It was a message of force, delivered quietly at first. Israeli soldiers seeking their targets, street by palestinian street. By morning, hundreds of troops backed by armoured bulldozers had arrived in the refugee camps of tulkarem, nablus, tubas, jenin. Home to armed palestinian groups and unarmed civilians. At least ten palestinians have been killed. Hamas says six of them were its fighters. Masoud najjar said he was injured when he opened the door of his house to young men asking for water. Translation: we felt like something came down on us from the sky and there was an explosion. I was unaware of what was going on. When i put my hand on my chest, it was all shrapnel and blood. Injenin, army vehicles surrounded the city s two main hospitals. Ambulances stopped and checked by militaryjeeps. Israel s foreign ministe
White and red fireworks. The patrouille de france also painted the skies above with the french flags, 4,500 athletes made up the parade from the champs elysees to the place de la concorde. The first of 11 days of sporting action takes place on thursday as france hosts a summer paralympic games for the first time. So the opening ceremony is complete, and after tokyo had no fans due to covid and rio was dogged by financial issues, the pressure is on the french capital to rival, or even better, london 2012. Beyond the sport however, those involved say they re mindful of a secondary purpose for the games. It is always important, we are here winning at least four medals but we are part of the incredible global movement, the paralympic movement which on and off the field want disabled people to be realised in society. Those performances on the field can only help us in that cause. Now to the us open tennis where the wimbledon champion barbora krejcikova is out. She was beaten in the second r
I think both sides have ruled out that this is talking about the uk rejoining the eu in any way, shape orform, or even the customs union, for that matter. But what this is about is some quite concrete bilateral talks. This is the fifth meeting, but this is the first official visit of the prime minister to berlin. And it s just two months after he was elected as prime minister. Now, for his predecessor, rishi sunak, it took 18 months. And i thinkjust that alone is a signal of what london wants to achieve. It s, on the one hand, it s a strong signal that the uk is now open for business with germany and, you know, is very serious about pushing forward some quite concrete bilateral agreements, particularly on defence, because i think that s something that the two countries are keen on working together on. What they can t really do much is when it comes to trade, because that s within the. . . That s within the responsibilities of the eu. But what. . . I think when it comes to closer cooper
Promising a games to remember. After covid saw no fans in tokyo and rio was dogged by financial issues, the pressure is on for paris to rival, or even better, london 2012. Beyond just the sport however, those involved say they re mindful of a secondary purpose for the games. It is always important, we are here hoping on winning at least medals but we are part of the incredible global movement, the paralympic movement which on and off the field want disabled people to be realised in society. Those performances on the field can only help us in that cause. England and sri lanka are making theirfinal preparations before the second test at lord s tomorrow. England beat the visitors by five wickets in the first test at old trafford last week, chasing down a fourth innings target of 205. England captian 0llie pope says he s expecting another challenging game from sri lanka who impressed with their tenacity in manchester. For the guys to put together some good scores, and set us a chase from 1
Tulkarm and teeoo bas. The israeli military has been using drones and armoured bulldozers and there are reports of israeli forces surrounding hospitals. Israel claims, it has killed what it says, are nine palestinian terrorists. Its foreign minister, israel katz, has described the situation as a war that must be won. A senior palestinian official, has accused israel of trying to escalate the war in gaza and warned of dire and dangerous results. The palestinian president, mahmoud abbas has cut short a visit to saudi arabia because of the attacks. Our middle east correspondent, lucy williamson, hasjust sent this update from jenin. There are israeli jeeps, there are israeli jeeps, israeli armoured vehicles israeli armoured vehicles moving around the entrance tojenin s government moving around the entrance tojenin s government hospital behind me. Hospital behind me. You can see an ambulance coming through now as well. The hospital entrance isjust the hospital entrance isjust behind this