Theres been International Condemnation of the taking of civilian hostages. Israel says some 100 civilians and soldiers have been kidnapped, but both israel and hamas have denied reports of a possible prisoner exchange. So far in this conflict, at least 900 people have been killed in israel, and almost 700 people have been killed in gaza following Israeli Military action. Right now were looking at a live pictures of gaza city, where weve seen many flashes of explosions in the past hour or so. Israels allies, including the us, germany, italy, france and the uk have released a joint statement criticising the weekends surprise strikes by hamas, saying lets get the latest from the ground now. 0ur international editor, jeremy bowen, is in the southern israeli city of ashkelon, just 13km or about eight miles north of the gaza strip, and has this report. Inside gaza, it looks every bit as if palestinians are feeling the full force of Israeli Military power. Israel says hamas is responsible for
Civilians are not warned about impending air strikes. Theres been International Condemnation of the taking of civilian hostages. Israel says some 100 civilians and soldiers have been kidnapped. But both israel and hamas have denied reports of a possible prisoner exchange. So far in this conflict, at least 900 people have been killed in israel, and almost 700 people have been killed in gaza following Israeli Military action. Right now lets look at some pictures of gaza city. You can see it is rather dark. That is where a barrage of rocket fire has been exchanged in the past hours. Meanwhile, israels army is calling up 300,000 reservists and moving tanks close to the gaza strip in preparation for a land incursion. In a televised address on monday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on israels Opposition Parties to form a National Unity government and said quote air strikes in gaza are only the beginning. Translation hamas have made a mistake of historic proportions. We will exact a
Troops into israel, but pledged support for it as it fights back against hamas, the us releasing a statement along with four other nations condemning the attacks and calling for peace in the middle east. In other developments, the armed wing of hamas has threatened to kill israeli hostages if Palestinian Civilians are not warned about impending air strikes. Theres been International Condemnation of the taking of civilian hostages. Israel says some 100 civilians and soldiers have been kidnapped. But both israel and hamas have denied reports of a possible prisoner exchange. So far in this conflict, at least 900 people have been killed in israel, and almost 700 people have been killed in gaza following Israeli Military action. Right now were looking at a live pictures of gaza city, where weve seen flashes of explosions in the past hour or so. Israels allies, including the us, germany, italy, france and the uk have released a joint statement criticising the weekends surprise strikes by ham
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And, israels allies have shown their support through displays like this. Heres berlins Brandenburg Gate lit up in white and blue to show support for israel. Lets show you live pictures from gaza now. And weve seen renewed israelis airstrikes overnight, as we head towards dawn in the region. Israel has responded to hamas attack with devastating air strikes including in the last few hours. Have a look at this new video coming in to the bbc. Explosions. The latest developments come as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his Security Cabinet has approved plans to destroy the military and governmental capabilities of hamas and islamichhad. Netanyahu has said israel is, quote, at war after the hamas raid early saturday morning. Israels government says hamas launched more than 2,000 rockets into the country, killing more than 250 people and wounding over 1100 others. Officials in the gaza strip say over 230 people have been killed and over 1700 were injured in retaliatory strikes. The Un