In the biggest israeli military it was a message of force, delivered quietly at first. Israeli soldiers seeking their targets, street by palestinian street. By morning, hundreds of troops backed by armoured bulldozers had arrived in the refugee camps of tulkarem, nablus, tubas, jenin. Home to armed palestinian groups and unarmed civilians. At least ten palestinians have been killed. Hamas says six of them were its fighters. Masoud najjar said he was injured when he opened the door of his house to young men asking for water. Translation: we felt like something came down on us from the sky and there was an explosion. I was unaware of what was going on. When i put my hand on my chest, it was all shrapnel and blood. Injenin, army vehicles surrounded the city s two main hospitals. Ambulances stopped and checked by militaryjeeps. Israel s foreign minister has urged his government to use gaza as a model for dealing with armed groups, here saying that iran was backing them and that this was a
Thank you for being with us. What is your latest information on what is happening with this israeli operation? it happening with this israeli operation? happening with this israeli operation? it is the largest operation operation? it is the largest operation in operation? it is the largest operation in the operation? it is the largest operation in the west operation? it is the largesti operation in the west bank operation? it is the largest operation in the west bank since 2002, and it is clear the israeli army is trying to bring the war of genocide and ethnic cleansing from gaza to the west bank. Although the west bank is under israeli military occupation since 1967, so what you see is a unilateral war by a huge israeli army with air force attacking basically civilian population in the west bank and they are using military arsenal to attack people under occupation, which is a grave violation of international law. Add to that, just now the israeli army declared they had made ord
Its foreign minister, israel katz, has described the situation as a war that must be won. A senior palestinian official has accused israel of trying to escalate the war in gaza and warned of dire and dangerous results. Palestinian president mahmoud abbas has cut short a visit to saudi arabia because of the attacks. Let s take a closer look at the west bank and what it actually is. It s land on the west bank of the riverjordan and bounded by israel and jordan. It s been occupied by israel since the 1967 middle east war, but decades of talks between israel and the palestinians have left its final status unresolved. 0ur middle east correspondent, lucy williamson, has just sent this update from jenin. There are israeli jeeps, israeli armoured vehicles moving around the entrance tojenin s government hospital behind me. You can see an ambulance coming through now as well. The hospital entrance isjust behind this army vehicle here. Staff inside the hospital say that since last night, the army
And charities are meeting with ministers to discuss the difficult winter ahead. Energy bills will rise again in october, when the price cap increases by 10%. Rachel reeves said she had to take difficult decisions in very challenging circumstances. The conservatives are calling for her to scrap the changes. Our political correspondent iain watson reports. Energy prices are increasing and so is the pressure on the government to help those who are struggling to pay their bills. We are bracing ourselves for a really difficult winter. We are already seeing record numbers of people coming to us with energy debt in the height of summer. That is only going to get worse when the energy price cap rises. From october, the energy regulator ofgem is allowing prices to rise by 10%, and that represents bills of more than £1700 a year for a typical household. This morning, the government brought together big energy companies, the regulator, and citizens advice bureau to discuss what more could be don