in the last hour, a ceasefire between israel and palestinians in the gaza strip has begun. these are live pictures from gaza. the agreement brokered by egypt follows five days of violent exchanges which have killed at least 35 people all but one of them palestinians. there has been no comment from the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, or other officials since news of the truce emerged. a palestinian source told the bbc that the new agreement included a commitment by israel to stop so called targeted assassinations. israel has been demanding a complete halt to rocket fire by islamichhad at its civilians. our reporter in gaza, rushdi abualouf, has the latest on the ceasefire. ten minutes before the ceasefire went into effect, islamichhad fired a barrage of rockets towards the israeli southern city. and some of the rockets were quite close to the southern city of tel aviv. the ceasefire agreement has gone into effect ten minutes ago, brokered by egypt. according
that the new agreement included a commitment by israel to stop so called targeted assassinations. israel has been demanding a complete halt to rocket fire by islamichhad at its civilians. despite the truce, israeli air strikes battered gaza and militants fired rockets again. this is bbc news. much of the country had a very fine, sunny start to the weekend. part two of the weekends looks quite mixed. there will be some sunshine around, particularly england and wales. scotland and northern ireland will start to see this with a friend moving on from the atlantic, bringing a drop in temperature. but high pressure will bring us a fine evening and night, largely clear skies for many. western scotland and northern ireland will be turning better, brazier is that weather front pages in. quite a mix of temperatures. quite cool under clear
live from london this is bbc news. a tense truce in gaza israel and palestinian leaders agree a ceasefire that s now supposed to be in effect. a president, a prime minister and a pope volodymyr zelensky gets a warm welcome as he visits italy. and it s merry across the mersey the final of the eurovision song contest is under way in liverpool. hello, i m lukwesa burak. welcome to bbc news.
in the last hour, a ceasefire between israel and palestinians in the gaza strip has begun. these are live pictures from gaza. the agreement brokered by egypt follows five days of violent exchanges which have killed at least 35 people all but one of them palestinians. there has been no comment from the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, or other officials since news of the truce emerged. a palestinian source told the bbc that the new agreement included a commitment by israel to stop so called targeted assassinations. israel has been demanding a complete halt to rocket fire by islamichhad at its civilians. our reporter in gaza, rushdi abualouf, has the latest on the ceasefire. ten minutes before the ceasefire
is in effect in gaza. these are live pictures from gaza. egypt, who brokered the agreement, said the deal included an end to targeting civilians and house demolitions. the truce follows five days of violent exchanges which have killed at least 35 people all but one of them palestinians. a series of air strikes by the israeli airforce aimed at islamichhad fighters in gaza began on tuesday. palestinian militants have since launched more than 1,000 rockets from there aimed at israel. a in the last few moments, israel has thanked egypt for mediating the gaza truce, saying quiet will be met with quiet. a palestinian source told the bbc