hello and welcome. we begin in the middle east, where the israeli military says it has hit targets belonging to the palestinian militant group hamas in the gaza strip and lebanon. these are the latest images showing the aftermath. the airstrikes in gaza are the heaviest since last august and israel says they re in retaliation for a major rocket attack on israel launched from southern lebanon which the israelis blamed on hamas. our correspondent lucy williamson spoke to us from jerusalem. israel says it carried out a series of strikes over night against targets it says were linked to the palestinian militant group armas in both lebanon and in gaza. in gaza, it says it hit tunnels and also weapons manufacturing sites, and reports from southern lebanon describe explosions around the palestinian refugee camp there. in return, palestinian militants fired dozens of rockets from gaza into israel over night. most were intercepted or landed in open ground, but one hit a house in the s
police raid by israel which were videoed and caused anger, notjust amongst palestinians, but across the arab and muslim world. i think they were very much the reason why the rocket attacks took place from lebanon and from gaza. if we see that sort of scene again over the next few days, i think then escalation will happen. if not, it is both sides sending messages to each other, israel and the palestinian militants, essentially saying that there are lines that should not be crossed. but they don t want to go beyond that. if the driving force behind it is not so intense, but it builds up its own momentum. this is the biggest single barrage from lebanon in 17 years from armas, barrage from lebanon in 17 years from armas. from armas, based in southern lebanon- lebanon. hamas. we have heard from the idf saying they will not allow hamas to operate from lebanon, where they