The United States for its part has called on israel not to attack rafah after that hamas response. Lets speak to our security correspondent, who is in jerusalem. The bottom line is if hamas says yes but israel says no. I the bottom line is if hamas says yes but israel says no. But israel says no. I can give you an idea what but israel says no. I can give you an idea what the but israel says no. I can give you an idea what the hamas but israel says no. I can give you | an idea what the hamas proposals but israel says no. I can give you an idea what the hamas proposals are terms are, it comes to us from a statement made which my colleagues have caught have translated and it says the deal that hamas have prepared to accept his three consecutive truces during which there will be an exchange of hostages and prisoners. 33 hostages, dead and alive, would be released from gaza, from hamas captivity in gaza, and a number of Palestinian Prisoners would come out of israeli jails. These 42 periods
Ties with israel. And in fact, israel has stayed largely neutral, in the war in ukraine or, in what is perceived to be partially because it is trying to maintain its relationship with moscow. And, so russia clearly has some allegiances, on various sides of this conflict, and it remains to be seen how, and whether it is going to try to insert itself, diplomatically, to play either a productive, or a counterproductive, role in bringing an end to this. Violence yet, not to mention it still has relationships with iran, and that also complicates everything even more. Iran, be accused of being the backer of hamas, and being a proxy to both hezbollah and hamas, and other militant groups in the region. And, obviously because of what is happening in ukraine, israel, sorry what has happened between russia, it has relied heavily on iran for some support, on that front with ukraine. Dan, do we have a sense of what intelligence capabilities the United States is prepared to share with israel, Going
Israelis have been killed. The Gaza Ministry of health says 400 and 13 palestinians have been killed by israeli air strikes in gaza, including 78 children. The israeli army also says more than 400 Palestinian Militants have been killed after infiltrating Southern Israel, with dozens more captured. Israel says it is still trying to regain full control of eight areas where hamas militants infiltrated following saturdays attack. The number of israeli civilians and soldiers taken hostage has been put at 100 by the Israeli Embassy to the us, though some have been freed. In northern israel, hezbollah rockets targeted three military positions, with israel responding with barrages of artillery into Southern Lebanon. The Un Security Council is meeting in new york to discuss the situation. 0ur middle east correspondent Yolande Knell has the latest on the conflict. And i should warn you, her report has some distressing images. A devastating bombardment. Israel promised overnight that hamas would
From the north sea and from gas that we were importing from around the world, but we need to move on and we need to move on to Green Electricity and green power, and our National Grid is not up to it. There are days when we lose £63 million because the National Grid simply cant step up and take the energy that is being produced. We are holding back, according to the bbc, £200 billion worth of potential investment either by people who want to supply to the grid or people who want to use the grid. And people wanting to use the grid are having to put in bids to have more power and theyre being told they wont be able to get a connection to the grid or an upgrade to the grid until the late 2030s. This simply isnt good enough, there is no long term thinking on this, and what were saying is that we will invest in the National Grid and we will make sure that it is fit for purpose. This is bbc news. An update on another big story now. Over a thousand people are reported to have been killed in
Then begin to carry out retaliatory air strikes in gaza. At around 11 30am, israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declares, we are at war, in a video posted on x. The enemy will at war, in a video posted on x. The enemy will pay at war, in a video posted on x. The enemy will pay a heavy price on a scale enemy will pay a heavy price on a scale it enemy will pay a heavy price on a scale it has enemy will pay a heavy price on a scale it has never known. I call on all citizens scale it has never known. I call on all citizens of israel to listen to the home all citizens of israel to listen to the Home Front Command instructions. We are the Home Front Command instructions. We are at the Home Front Command instructions. We are at war the Home Front Command instructions. We are at war and we will win. Shortly we are at war and we will win. Shortly after, at 12 30pm, we hear from the palestinian president mahmoud abbas. He says his people have a right to defend themselves against what he ca