In the biggest israeli military 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 citys two main hospitals. Ambulances stopped and checked by militaryjeeps. Israels Foreign Minister has urged his government to use gaza as a model for dealing with armed groups, here saying that iran was backing them and that this was a war
Our Middle East correspondent, lucy williamson, has just sent this update from jenin. There are israeli jeeps, israeli armoured vehicles moving around the entrance tojenin s Government Hospital behind me. You can see an ambulance coming through now as well. The Hospital Entrance Isjust behind this Army Vehicle here. Staff inside the hospital say that since last night, the army has surrounded the building. And is searching anyone who wants to leave. This street, deserted now, one of the main roads through the town, has seen this kind of activity so many times since the hamas attacks last october. But this operation, looks a bit different, it is a part of a wider, coordinated operation across the northern West Bank. These kinds of operations going on in several cities. What is not entirely clear at the moment is why this operation is taking place now. The kind of extensive operation that People here havent seen in decades. Israels Foreign Minister says it is a Counterterrorism Operation
Hello, welcome to the Bbc News at ten. Tens of thousands of people have gathered on the streets of Paris Tonight to watch the Opening Ceremony of the 2024 paralympics. 4,400 athletes from 184 delegations will compete over the next 11 days of competition with these games featuring a Record Number of delegations and of female athletes. Our Sports Correspondent Andy Swiss is watching in paris. A perfect parisian evening and a paralympic Curtain Raiser like no other. Welcome to paris at Place De La Concorde an Opening Ceremony exploring attitudes towards disability. French Star Christine and the queens with a modern take on an Edith Piaf classic. And soon it was time for the athletes. Parading down the champs elysees, more than 180 countries united by a commonjoy. And here comes great britain. The british team, led by Terry Bywater and lucy shuker, were welcomed by the Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer. Paralympics gb have 215 athletes competing here and after finishing second in the Medals