shira, who turned 20 years old last saturday, is behind the wheel of a 30 tonne truck. there is a lull in her delivery of rockets to front line israel defence force units, targeting gaza. so, what are your family s thoughts now that you re here? gaza is just two kilometres that way. they re very proud. they know that we are fighting for our country and this is our place. we don t have another place to go. that sentiment is at the heart of israel s response to what hamas did. the sense that the country needs to be saved. amir is a sergeant in this artillery unit. i d never been to war. i m 20 years old. i didn t really believe that i would go to war. is there an element of revenge involved? no, not revenge. i wouldn t say revenge. sure. if i wouldn t be there to stop them, it willjust continue. they ll go to my house. i live in the centre of israel and if i wouldn t be there to stop them, they ll come to my family. and so gaza is pounded, day after day. we watch as the territo
an atrocity that shook israel and the world. israel says more than 1,400 people were killed in the raids by hamas, a group designated a terror organisation by western governments, including the us and the uk. many of those who lost their lives were young people, killed at a music festival near the border. another 2a2 israelis were taken hostage. israel hit back immediately, with massive air strikes that have reduced much of the gaza strip to rubble. the hamas controlled health authorities in gaza say more than 10,000 palestinians there have been killed, and today, israel s bombing raids have intensified. more than 20 people are reported to have been killed, in khan younis and rafah, in southern gaza. here s some of what mr netanyahu had to say this evening. translation: i spoke to the president of - the international red cross and i asked them to immediately work in such a direction that they will release all the hostages. it is a war crime. and i ve also asked them to immedi
students and staff there are getting the support and the counselling they need but also with the local school next door, we know there were school pupils and teachers who witnessed the incident and teachers who came to his aid when he was injured, and so my huge thanks to them. tudor; so my huge thanks to them. today friends have so my huge thanks to them. today friends have been so my huge thanks to them. today friends have been leaving - so my huge thanks to them. today friends have been leaving tribute at the scene. i hope you find a better life, one wrote, wherever you are. john donnison, bbc news, twickenham. the time is 1.17. our top story this lunchtime. the number of people waiting for routine hospital operations reaches a record high in england 5.7 million people need procedures like hip and knee replacements. and coming up the duke of cambridge tells the bbc there should be more focus on repairing the planet, as he discusses the upcoming earthshot prize. coming ea rth