but the question remains. why did hamas strike now likely knowing the devastation that it would provoke in gaza? hamas spokesman name checked events at the mosque earlier this year as motivation for their attack. hamas has called this operation the storm of in reference of course to the mosque compound known as temple mount a place so holy to both jews and muslims here in jerusalem. earlier this year police raided the third holiest site in islam during the month of adan and pass over just as police step inside the mosque is considered incredibly provocative and aggressive . but many experts say the timing of hamas attack has to do with mecca, the holiest place of all of islam, saudi arabia. hamamas was c concerned aboue saudi moves to build ties with israel and the u.s. one concern was that saudi money would then bolster the palestininian authorority in th west banank. hamasas looks at this worord an ememerging alliliance betwee moderate arabs and israel and de
i m anderson cooper in tel aviv. only the whole story, i m as we ve seen this weekend, israel s war against hamas anderson cooper in tel aviv. hamas entered a new phase, what that means for the 200 people held hostage in gaza is unclear. most of those hostages were taken on october 7th from israeli communities or kibbutz seen close to the gaza border. in a kibbutz, were either killed or captured. around 6:30, they recorded this video showing in the distance rockets firing from gaza. a red alert was called immediately. the couple sent this video to a group chat at 6:42 am. they haven t been heard from since. hadas kalderon: i could hear the red colors, it means that we have to go to the safe room, to the shelter. i m all alone in my own house. my children with the father in the other house. anderson cooper: hadas kalderon s youngest kids, sahar and erez, were with their father offer in his house nearby. hadas 19-year-old son rotem was in his own house. and hadas mother
jails. israel says it still expects that to happen but not before friday and there will be a similar delay to the temporary halt in hostilities. hamas says there are still details to be finalised regarding the list of people to be exchanged. for now, the fighting continues there was a series of explosions in gaza through the night. israel defence forces say they targeted more than 300 parts of hamas s infrastructure. israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu says his country will continue to fight hamas until absolute victory is achieved. aid agencies are extremely concerned about the humanitarian situation in gaza. some trucks carrying supplies have been able to cross into the territory this week. but pictures like these with people struggling to secure bottles of water in gaza highlight how difficult conditions there are. we begin our coverage with this report from our middle east correspondent yolande knell injerusalem a warning, it does include some distressi
to be finalised regarding the list of people to be exchanged. for now, the fighting continues there was a series of explosions in gaza through the night. israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu says his country will continue to fight hamas until absolute victory is achieved. aid agencies are extremely concerned about the humanitarian situation in gaza. some trucks carrying supplies have been able to cross into the territory this week. but pictures like these with people struggling to secure bottles of water in gaza highlight how difficult conditions there are. also today, a doctorfrom gaza s largest hospital, al shifa hospital, have told the bbc that israel have arrested the hospital s director, detained while patients were being evacuated from the hospital. israel have not commented on the reported arrest. israel say that hamas were running a large command centre from beneath that hospital. the uk foreign secretary is in israel today. he said he wanted to see for hi
as well in the last six weeks of a degree in 2a hours or so as they wait for news on the first significant hostage release. this is something we were expecting to happen this morning but we heard late last night that the pause in the fighting and release of hostages from gaza and palestinian prisoners from gaza and palestinian prisoners from israeli jails has now been delayed we were told late yesterday evening and won t happen before friday. let s take a look at some of the details of that agreement that has been arranged. hamas would exchange 50 israeli hostages taken during the attack on the 7th of october for £150 any women and children held in israeli jails. israel says it still expects that to happen but not before friday and there will be a similar delay to the temporary halt in hostilities. hamas says there are still details to be finalised regarding the list of people to be exchanged. for now, the fighting continues there was a series of explosions in gaza thr