hello and welcome. we begin in the middle east, where the israeli military says it has hit targets belonging to the palestinian militant group hamas in the gaza strip and lebanon. these are the latest images showing the aftermath. the airstrikes in gaza are the heaviest since last august and israel says they re in retaliation for a major rocket attack on israel launched from southern lebanon which the israelis blamed on hamas. our correspondent lucy williamson spoke to us from jerusalem. israel says it carried out a series of strikes over night against targets it says were linked to the palestinian militant group armas in both lebanon and in gaza. in gaza, it says it hit tunnels and also weapons manufacturing sites, and reports from southern lebanon describe explosions around the palestinian refugee camp there. in return, palestinian militants fired dozens of rockets from gaza into israel over night. most were intercepted or landed in open ground, but one hit a house in the s
And scotlands wait for euros qualification goes on, as they lose in spain, but theres more var controversy. And the newsnight at 10 30, we will go deeper behind the headlines and speak live to key players on todays big stories. Plus, a first look at tomorrows front pages. Good evening. Were live injerusalem, five days after the Surprise Attack by the militant Palestinian Group hamas in southern israel, that left over 1,000 dead, and more than 100 taken hostage. Hamas wants the destruction of israel, and is designated as a Terror Organisation by many western governments, including the uk. Israels retaliation for last saturdays assault has been heavy aerial bombing of targets in gaza, Killing Hundreds of people. Now the United Nations has described the situation there as dire, with israel cutting off fuel, water and electricity supplies to more than two million people, to force hamas to release the israeli hostages. Americas top diplomat, the Secretary Of State antony blinken, has been i
still being held by greek in gaza. israeli officials said that at least 13 more israelis being held captive in the territory are due to be released shortly. they will be released shortly. they will be released in exchange for 39 palestinian prisoners. the temporary truce continues to hold for a second day. each it said this afternoon there are signals that the truce could be extended for another one or two days. a delegation from qatar, which has been crucial in mediating between israel and hamas, has visited israel as well to discuss a possible extension to this deal. these are live pictures, looking across at gaza, from southern israel. you can see those pinpoints of light in the dark. this is an area that we look at a lot at the moment, because the ceasefire, the brief cessation in fighting, the first we have seen since this war began, is a crucial part of this deal. it is worth taking a moment as well to reflect on the numbers of hostages who are being released each day.
hello and welcome. we begin in the middle east, where the israeli military says it has hit targets belonging to the palestinian militant group hamas in the gaza strip and lebanon. these are the latest images showing the aftermath. the airstrikes in gaza are the heaviest since last august and israel says they re in retaliation for a major rocket attack on israel launched from southern lebanon which the israelis blamed on hamas. our correspondent lucy williamson spoke to us from jerusalem. israel says it carried out a series of strikes over night against targets it says were linked to the palestinian militant group armas in both lebanon and in gaza. in gaza, it says it hit tunnels and also weapons manufacturing sites, and reports from southern lebanon describe explosions around the palestinian refugee camp there. in return, palestinian militants fired
police raid by israel which were videoed and caused anger, notjust amongst palestinians, but across the arab and muslim world. i think they were very much the reason why the rocket attacks took place from lebanon and from gaza. if we see that sort of scene again over the next few days, i think then escalation will happen. if not, it is both sides sending messages to each other, israel and the palestinian militants, essentially saying that there are lines that should not be crossed. but they don t want to go beyond that. if the driving force behind it is not so intense, but it builds up its own momentum. this is the biggest single barrage from lebanon in 17 years from armas, barrage from lebanon in 17 years from armas. from armas, based in southern lebanon- lebanon. hamas. we have heard from the idf saying they will not allow hamas to operate from lebanon, where they