pedestrians in what israeli police are calling a terrorist attack. police say seven people were injured at a tel aviv shopping center. officials say the driver then proceeded to get out of the vehicle to stab civilians with a sharp object before he was killed by police. that s all unfolding as israeli forces continue to operate in jenin, a day after launching its largest military operation in the occupied west bank in more than two decades. the air strikes killing at least nine people and injuring about 100 others, according to palestinian officials. israeli officials say it was targeting a militant command center part of an extensive counterterrorism effort. joins us now is former state department middle east negotiator aaron david miller. i appreciate you joining us. in part because, you know, you made a point on social media a week or two ago, i can t remember when it was, about they re in a bloody cul-de-sac with no way out at this point in time. you could see this accelerating o
pro democracy activists fled hong kong. a very warm welcome, you are watching verified live on the bbc. a palestinian man has injured seven people after driving his car into them in tel aviv and attacking them with a knife. the man was later shot and killed, the palestinian militant group hamas has welcomed the attack, suggesting the man was responding to an army raid by the israeli side in jenin. really troops moved in on monday, people fleet. an extensive counterterrorism effort, palestinian leaders have condemned the assault
new york times story though, let s just be clear here and needs to assess, how is their intelligence so off and how did they convince themselves this was a target worth getting in the middle of in urban environment and that has to be answered immediately if we re going to continue this counterterrorism effort. it sounds like you also, you know, have a beef with the lapse of time. the explanation for that now this far out from it. we would have known that children were targeted within moments. i mean, were impacted or killed within moments. so. all right. julia. mark. nic, thank you. alex marquardt, thank you so much to all of you. we ll be right back.
multiple crises. so i think coming days will be very telling and we are just in the opening days of this. we are ust in the opening days of this. ~ ., ., ., ., this. we heard from the pentagon aaain and this. we heard from the pentagon again and of this. we heard from the pentagon again and of course this. we heard from the pentagon again and of course dreadful - this. we heard from the pentagon again and of course dreadful day, | this. we heard from the pentagon i again and of course dreadful day, on thursday 13th servicemen and women killed outside the airport. as you are hearing for our correspondence, lyse doucet, outside the airport, it looks like things are happening at the airport. what does this all mean forjoe biden s counterterrorism for joe biden s counterterrorism effort forjoe biden s counterterrorism effort going forward? because the threat has been real and it has been persistent for some days. i threat has been real and it has been persistent for some days. persist
any of the attacks as long as possible as we try to clear the airport. and then finally the long-term effort. i think people are mistaken about thinking of the deadline as, okay, there is a before and after. the united states presence will be very, very different, but its interests will continue, and that interest will be both in, i think, covert operations to get people still out. so americans who remain, who could not get to the airport will still there will still be attempts to get them out. then, of course, the longer-term counterterrorism effort, which is going to be sort of i think a drone strategy at this stage to try to disrupt them. so there is a lot going on. but we know that the state department says they are in direct contact with about 500 people. yes. americans who are still there. first of all, give me the accuracy of that number. secondly, give us a real picture, juliette, of what life is like for americans 48 hours from now who are in afghanistan.