the effects of an el nino weather event. welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in the middle east where israeli forces have begun to withdraw from the city ofjenin, in the west bank, after carrying out one of the biggest military operations there in years. israel says the action was an attempt to root out terrorists but palestinians have described it as a war crime. the refugee camp was set up after the arab israeli war in 1948. thousands of people have left the camp since the operation began. in this latest violence, at least 12 palestinians have been killed and dozens of people injured. israel s defence forces say one soldier has died during the assault. and today seven people were also injured in an attack in tel aviv by a palestinian from the west bank. our international editor, jeremy bowen is in jenin with the latest. the israeli military released these pictures. their message? israel s enemies can expect no mercy. rapid
five rockets have been fired from gaza. this is the scene injenin right now. jeremy wasjust jeremy was just telling us that things are starting to get: there but of course we will bring you more updates as we get them, as we have set five rockets have been fired from gaza according to the afp news agency. the japanese government is reportedly looking to start releasing treated radioactive waterfrom the fukushima power plant as early as next month, after plans were approved by the un s nuclear watchdog. the facility is running out of space to store the contaminated water, which was used to cool the nuclear reactors. its plans have provoked sharp criticism from china and south korea.