The idf says almost all of them were shot down and has described the attack as being foiled. The attack marks the first time iran had ever launched a direct Military Assault on israel. We will be live injerusalem shortly. But first, lets bring you up to date with the latest. Take a look at this video. Air raid sirens wail what you can hear is the Air Raid Sirens Injerusalem. What you can see is israels air defence system, the iron dome, in Operation Flashes in thejerusalem sky as drones and missiles are shot down. A coalition of israels allies, including the us and uk, has helped shoot down some iranian drones and missiles before they reached israeli territory. This is footage of that happening overjordan. Similarly, this video is from the Skies Over Damascus in syria. You can see objects being hit in the sky. And, again, in the skies over iraq. More drones and missiles being intercepted as they travelled towards israel. Also with the help of some of those Golf Neighbours of israel. Gu
of staff, an officer with the rank of colonel in reserve, and the brigade fire support commander with the rank of major, have been dismissed from their positions. let s hearfrom paul adams, our diplomatic correspondent, fulsome analysis. the israeli army has been given more details about what they say happened on monday night. they say that about half an hour after the convoy left the pier near gaza city, a gunman was seen boarding one of the atrix. after the aid arrived at its destination the convoy appeared to split. one vehicle with clearly physical gunman on board headed to a nearby hangar. mistakenly believing that hamas gunmen were in the other three vehicles, all three were hit, one after the other over the course of four terrifying minutes. this was the response of the us secretary of state, antony blinken. it s very important that israel is taking full responsibility for this incident. it s also important that it appears to be taking steps to hold those responsible a
with more on this here s our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams. the investigation s findings are stark this should never have happened. monday s devastating attack, a combination of mistaken identification and bad decision making. the israeli army has been giving more details about what they say happened on monday night. they say about half an hour after the convoy left the pier near gaza city, a gunman was seen boarding one of the aid trucks. after the aid arrived at its destination in deir al balah, point three on the map, the convoy appeared to split one vehicle, with clearly visible gunmen on board, headed to a nearby hangar, numberfour. mistakenly believing that hamas gunmen were inside the other three vehicles, all three were hit, one after the other, over the course of four terrifying minutes. the army s statement is clear the strike on the aid vehicles was a grave mistake, stemming from a serious failure due to mistaken identification, errors in decision ma
tell us about the debate that went on before the vote. it tell us about the debate that went on before the vote. on before the vote. it was a relatively on before the vote. it was a relatively short on before the vote. it was a relatively short but - on before the vote. it was a - relatively short but impassioned debate in which very many countries, including some traditional friends including some traditional friends in europe of israel, talked about the absolute imperative to respect international law when waging this war, describing the humanitarian situation is utterly catastrophic, that was france, who didn t go quite as far as backing a weapon span but did abstain. belgium, finland and luxembourg, which showed immense support for israel after the 7th of october, voted for a weapons ban, as did much of the global south, african states, muslim countries. israel left rather diplomatically isolated. its ambassador described it as a dark day for the united nations, this
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