tonight. and breaking america is now responding to the attacksed thr that killed three us soldiers in jordan. so far, the u.s. militareen y launching 85 retaliatory airstrikes against iranian and e in iraq and syria. and there could be many more rounds ahead. but iran is responding now with defiance, saying they knew the u.s. would not dare attackat insidetack iran. the senior correspondent mike tobin is live in tel aviv with breaking in reactiono the to the first round of airstrikes. miked of , what are you hearing? well, trish, we re hearing dhat an iran backe paramilitary group inside of iraq is now claimingaimi that they launched a barrage of rockets at a u.s.ng t airbash west of ramadi in iraq. this in response to us strikeeae earlier today. this is we rr y. e getting the first images out of western iraq verys near o the syrian border, out of iraq, as the u.s. has battled damage assessment is currently underway. we know that iraq is not happy with the strikes inside of
News from the bbc hundreds of people have been arrested at pro palestinian protests at University Campuses in the United States amid violent clashes. In los angeles, Demonstratrors At A Camp set up by people who oppose israels military action in gaza clashed with counter demonstrators. The Vice Chancellor of The University of california, los angeles has spoken of Horrific Acts Of Violence on campus. Our los angeles correspondent emma vardy has this report. This was the moment tensions between Rival Protesters boiled over. As pro palestinian activists and a counterdemonstration by pro israel supporters became violent. Fireworks were thrown over a screaming crowd, and wood used as weapons. We had people beating us with sticks, throwing whatever they could to us. Im kind of annoyed at myself for not seeing it coming, i didnt think it would escalate to this level. The Los Angeles Police were called by The University. The Vice Chancellor has condemned last nights events as a horrific act of
health ministry says that the death toll has passed 8000 people. it follows attacks which killed moo people in israel with hundreds taken as hostages. the latest nighttime attack struck around 150 targets according to israel and killed key figures within hamas which is designated as a terror group by the uk, us and many western nations. israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the ground operation has entered the second phase with israeli troops and the north and south. he has want of the war with hamas will be long and difficult. speaking at a joint press conference he described the conflict as the second war of independence for israel and declared they will win the wine make every effort to bring the israeli hostages back home. also on saturday, in his first common since the war began three weeks ago, hamas s leader in the gutters strip has offered to return hostages in return for the frank of palestinian prisoners in israeli jails. in a statement yahya sinwarsaid. a m