I have been here only once or twice before and today i decided to come, like most people here, because we have had enough. Everyone left their work, left children at home, and came here to protest, to say no more. No more to this corrupt government. We have a criminal government who lets the hostages be murdered only for the sake of the coalition. We are asking from our government to stop everything and to make a deal. The funerals for some of the six hostages have been held. These pictures are from raanana, just north of tel aviv, where a service was held for Almog Sarusi Who was 27. The hostages Families Forum said that the six captives were murdered in the last few days. But, hamas said Israeli Fire killed the hostages. Lets get some analysis now im joined by Mohamed Taha from bbc arabic. What expecting to happen today . We are what expecting to happen today . We are expected what expecting to happen today . We are expected to what expecting to happen today . We are expected to see
let s go straight to gavin at the bbc sport centre. the africa cup of nations kicks off in ivory coast on saturday. despite going through a civil war just over a decade ago, the country has produced some of africa s greatest players such as didier drogba and yaya toure. since the conflict ended, ivory coast has become a growing power in west africa. earlier, we looked ahead to the tournament with bbc sport africa s ian williams, who s in abidjan. the first in a0 years in the ivory coast, notjust excitement but pride as well that is coming back after so long. you see those distinctive orange, white and green everywhere you go, traders weaving through the traffic selling their flags, hats and horns. not so long ago, a country torn apart by civil war. they are spread over $1 billion on new infrastructure including forney stadiums. the idea turn the country into a west african sporting hub so the facilities do not go to waste. we are told there is great interest in as globally
the us and britain have begun strikes against targets linked to houthi rebels in yemen. we can cross to will vernon. what can cross to will vernon. what can you tell us? can you tell us? very few details at can you tell us? very few details at this can you tell us? very few details at this stage. - can you tell us? very fewl details at this stage. what can you tell us? very few- details at this stage. what we do know is that several us officials have been speaking to news agencies, to reporters, saying the united states and britain have started carrying out strikes against targets linked to the houthis in yemen. that s all we know so far. we haven t had any official word from the white house or from the pentagon. earlier today, when a pentagon spokesman was asked about that, they said they would not comment on any. they wouldn t speculate on any potential military action. from what we re hearing, it seems the strikes have started. one houthi official has written on socia
and hostages exchanges. shaimaa khalil has the latest, from jerusalem and her report contains some distressing images from the beginning. once again, a child tells their story of the war. this child s home in khan younis was bombed overnight. we were upstairs, she says, then we were hit, and i started running. she tries to comfort her sister, but she has no idea that her mother and brother were killed in the strike. herfather, abdullah, sits next to the body bags. he s still in shock. this is my son, he says. this morning, he asked me for biscuits. i went to buy them. when i came back, ifound him and my wife dead. the ground offensive continues to deepen in the southern city of khan younis, where hundreds of thousands have fled from the fighting in northern gaza. israel says it s trying to protect civilians during its operation against hamas fighters. but it said it regretted what it called extensive collateral damage in a strike last weekend. the hamas run health m