Ground. Jonathan peel is in ashkelon and said this response. Israels Military Operation to eliminate the threat inside its own territory still isnt over. This afternoon, near the border with gaza, more israeli troops being sent in to clear out pockets of hamas fighters. Their Surprise Attack that shattered any image of israels invincibility. Up to 1000 Palestinian Militants broke through the fences and barriers supposed to contain them. On this road, evidence that many have now been killed. But three days on, and some are still fighting. This road is littered with the bodies of hamas fighters and burnt out, smashed up vehicles like this that they were using when they infiltrated across the border. Gunfire. You can hear gunfire still going on here. They are still clearing the area, the israeli forces. Smoke rising in the distance, apaches overhead. This clear up operation is still not over. You cannot be here. Its dangerous for you. The Military Block access to no go areas. And still, r
Policy director forjeremy Corbyn Andrew fisher 7 and from washington, republican and former adviser to george w bush, ron christie. Good evening. The biggest number ofjews killed in a single day since the holocaust. Women, children, grandmothers, driven away possibly to their deaths. Driven away possibly some of them raped repeatedly and murdered. That is the context. And that is why these coming days we will see an unflinching response from the Israeli Government. This is the fourth such conflict in gaza since israel unilaterally withdrew from the strip in 2005. But this is unlike those otherwars, not least because the number of israelis killed in the weekends violence is itself unprecedented. The israeli public will demand that hamas pays a heavy price, and the calls for a Ground Incursion will be ringing in the ears of the politically imperilled benjamin netenyahu. The question is to what end . And at what cost . We will get into some of that tonight, but it is fair to assume it wil