Climb. We know that a number of those americans are being held hostage right now by hamas. I think that we all need to steal ourselves for the possibility the numbers will keep increasing, and that we may, in fact, find out that more americans are part of the hostage pool. Hamas is believed to have taken around 150 hostages, and the group is threatening to execute those hostages won by one. In retaliation for israeli air that hit dozens in their homes. The scale and the brutality of this crisis is without modern precedent. Today, israeli troops cleared the sites of hamas attacks near gaza, and the scope of this weekends violence became clear. Soldiers were seen in scores of bodies. 260 people killed, dancing at a Music Festival, families killed and safe rooms, or at bus stops, just going about their daily lives. Today, the u. S. And its highest serving diplomat to israel, secretary of state, Anthony Blinken in a show of support. President biden addressed publicly the war for a third ti
Terrorist assault on israel this weekend has climbed to at least 22, and that number may rise on top of that, tragic news. The white house announced today another 17 americans remain unaccounted for. And the white house expects the number of known american hostages taken by hamas to we know that a number of those americans are being held hostage right now by hamas. I think we all need to steel ourselves for the very distinct possibility that these numbers will keep increasing and that we may, in fact, find out that more americans are part of the hostage ctpool. Hamas is believed to have taken around 150 hostages, and the group is threatening to execute those hostages one by one in retaliation for israeli air strikes that hit gazans in their homes. The scale and the brutality of this crisis is without modern precedent. Today m as israeli troops clear the sites of hamas attacks near gaza, the scope of this weekends violence became clear. Soliers were seen recovering scores s of bodies. 2
Killed by the hamas Terrorist Assault on israel this weekend has climbed to at least 22. And that number may rise. On top of that tragic news, the white house announced today that another 17 americans remain unaccounted for. And the white house expects the number of known american hostages taken by hamas to climb. We know that a number of those americans are being held hostage right now by hamas. I think that we all need to steal ourselves for the possibility the numbers will keep increasing, and that we may, in fact, find out that more americans are part of the hostage pool. Hamas is believed to have taken around 150 hostages, and the group is threatening to execute those hostages won by one. In retaliation for israeli air that hit dozens in their homes. The scale and the brutality of this crisis is without modern precedent. Today, israeli troops cleared the sites of hamas attacks near gaza, and the scope of this weekends violence became clear. Soldiers were seen in scores of bodies.
Through the first line of russian defences. Our security correspondent Frank Gardner has been working with the bbc verify team to determine whether ukraine is making any significant process. Ukraines big Counter Offensive in the south is making progress, but how far have their troops really got and can they break through russias defences to turn the tide of this war . Lets just remind ourselves. The Dark Red Area is the area occupied by Russian Forces. The purple area is ground that the ukrainians have recaptured. The russian defences consist of two major lines, each composed of several interlocking obstacles trenches, anti tank devices, minefields, all covered by artillery. The ukrainians have had to spend most of the last three months picking their way through minefields like this one. You can see the hidden mines circled in red here. And theyre doing this on foot, sometimes at night, often underfire, hence the slow progress to date. Theyre also having to find their way through obsta
hospitals are overwhelmed and the united nations says there s nowehere safe to go. we speak to friends of a un worker who was killed in gaza. indonesian rescue teams recover the bodies of 11 hikers, a day after a volcano erupted on the island of sumatra. 12 people are still missing. and we talk to the spanish kayaker who did this setting a new record for this astonishing drop over an arctic waterfall. sport, and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here s gavin. hello from the bbc sport centre. sheffield united are set to sack paul heckingbottom, and in doing so, become the first premier league side to dispense with their manager this season. the club postponed today s press conference, ahead of wednesday s league match against liverpool. it s after another heavy defeat for the blades on saturday, at the hands of struggling burnley, 5 0. united sit bottom of the table having won just once this season, conceding a league high 39 goals in m games. former manager chr