Trace gallagher, live in jerusalem, 7 a. M. , Gaza Border Smoke in the background. There would also be fire, apparently another airstrike from Israeli Defense forces no word of a Ground Invasion. But there is Breaking News because overnight the United States, would be f16s targeted ammunition and weapons storage areas in syria. It was a strike that United States says had been coming. I want to bring in the National Security correspondent with a statement from the Defense Secretary. What do we know . Well earlier tonight about two hours ago these two u. S. F16s carried out airstrikes on two different facilities near the iraq border in southEastern Syria near abu kamal. They were irgc run, one stored weapons one ammunition. U. S. Defense we spoke to said they didnt know if iranians were there but iranian fingerprints were all over the attacks that have been taking place on u. S. Bases since october 17th and they hope with this Quote Precision Airstrike on these facilities that iran will
Israel. This is very close to gaza city. Israel is continuing to ram up up its strikes this evening in gaza. Its 10 00 p. M. In southern israel. The country extends its Ground Operations this evening. What a possible Ground Invasion might looks like. At this point its unclear. It has felt imminent the last 48 to 72 hours, really. Israeli officials today telling us that the world should expect to hunker down for a long war. They have two missions. The first is to eliminate forever the threat that hamas can present to the country of israel. So that they can never be threatened or hurt again. They say that too many of their children live in fear, go to sleep in fear at night. They want to erase the threat of hamas and the threat of what they watched unfold on october 7th. Now, secondly, and not particularly in this order because these two things obviously are very interwoven in terms of what they face right now. 229 hostages. You can see some of their faces here. We will take a look at th
Its on again. More shelling in gaza. The Israeli Defense forces saying theyre expanding Ground Operations as we speak. Is this the start of a ground water . Welcome. Im neil cavuto on a very busy day and now night. Its about 11 00 p. M. In israel as we speak. Lets go to trey yingst in southern israel. Trey . Good afternoon, neil. As we speak, the real military is shelling and striking the gaza strip the past several hours. They have ramped up strikes on the northern part of gaza. This is the heaviest that we have seen the israeli response since this war erupted 21 days ago. Weve seen the israelis using tanks along the border. According to israels spokesman, this is being considered you can hear the artillery going out there in to gaza, this is being considered an expanded raid in to the strip. Theyre stopping short of calling this the Ground Operation that everyone is anticipating. But the amount of fighting along the border is significant. Weve heard Machine Gun Fire in the distance.
Killed in the strip. The un is warning that the last remaining services are collapsing due to a lack of supplies, as israel continues its siege and bombardment. Hundreds of Armed Police Officers continue to hunt for a gunman in the us state of maine, after 18 people were shot dead yesterday. The suspect, robert card, is an Army Reservist and is considered dangerous. Lets ta ke lets take lets update you on what is happening in gaza. A new figure from the hamas run Health Authorities in gaza saying that the death toll is now 7326. With hospitals in the gaza strip either shut or unable to provide medical help, pregnant women are being forced to give birth in dangerous conditions. One of them a journalist Called Jumana Has made a video diary of her experiences. Shes been speaking to bbc arabic s dalia haider. They speak arabic a precious moment captured between a pregnant mother and daughter. Translation im about to deliver any time soon. I hope my second baby arrives safely and peacefully
Hello, im lucy hockings. Welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. Israels military says it carried out a new ground raid in gaza overnight to target hamas fighters. Infantry and armoured units were accompanied by Helicopter Gunships as they entered eastern gaza city. These pictures, supplied by the idf, apparently show a Hamas Tunnel Being struck by a guided missile. Launch sites for anti tank missiles and command and control centres were also hit. The army said it killed a senior hamas commander and all israeli troops exited the area with no injuries. This is the second brief ground raid in as many days. The israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has insisted a full offensive is coming. The main un agency in the gaza strip is again warning its humanitarian work is becoming more difficult because of a lack of fuel in the territory. The head of unrwa says basic services are crumbling, with food and water running out and streets overflowing wi