Nearly 1600 were wounded after the retaliatory action into the gaza strip. Dozens of Israeli Soldiers and civilians are being held hostage, as part of an unprecedented attack by Palestinian Militants on israeli territory. Israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country is at war. His government says the Palestinian Militant Group hamas launched more than 2,000 rockets into the country, killing at least 100 people, ani and wounding nearly a thousand. Officials in the gaza strip say at least 198 people have been killed there, in retaliatory israeli strikes. an12 in retaliatory israeli strikes. The barrage of rocket fire from gaza into israeli territory began just after dawn, with explosions heard on the streets of ashkelon. Sderot is one of the towns thought to have been infiltrated by militants. With the latest on this fast escalating conflict, heres our middle east correspondent Yolande Knell and a warning that you may find some of her report upsetting. Israeli partygoers f
couple of hours. it seems to days releases and exchanges, that appears to be progressing. we know now an extension of the cease fire for the next couple of days. extension of the cease-fire for the next couple of days. next couple of days. that s right, everything next couple of days. that s right, everything things next couple of days. that s right, everything things come next couple of days. that s right, everything things come together| next couple of days. that s right, i everything things come together in the last hour. two different threads we re talking about today. first of all, the release of further hostages today, which was always planned under the fourth day of this four day deal as it originally was. there was a delay once again today, the israeli prime ministers office early in their day there was still in negotiations going on about the list of hostages which was due to be released. that in turn delayed the list of prisoners to be released from actually
outages at el shifa hospital in north gaza means dozens of premature babies and 45 kidney patients needing analysis can t be treated. the idf now says it s working to transfer incubators. ongoing fighting in the area has continued as israel says hamas s command centres are on hospitals and insists it is not targeting medicalfacilities insists it is not targeting medical facilities themselves. expressing his concern monday, president biden said hospitals must be protected. the un says it ll run out of fuel in gaza as soon as tuesday, making it impossible to distribute aid to the more than 2 million people the more than 2 million people the strip. hamas run health ministry says more than 11,000 people have been killed in gaza since israel began strikes after the hamas attacks on 7 october where talking to people were killed by more than 200 taken hostage. see ta ken hostage. see international correspondent orla guerin has more at a warning that the report contains scenes you ma
of manslaughter over the death of ice hockey player adam johnson. whose neck was cut during a match. the nottingham panthers player was injured by a skate in a match against sheffield steelers last month. and was pronounced dead after being taken to hospital. fans and mourners paid tribute to the 29 year old at the nottingham arena a week on from his death which south yorkshire police said a postmortem confirmed happened as a result of a fatal neck injury. the force said the suspect remained in custody. in a statement this afternoon. police said. england will be without jude bellingham and levi colwill for their euro 2024 qualifiers against malta and north macedonia. both withdrawing from the squad because of shoulder injuries. there won t be any replacements named for the two players with gareth southgate already forced to call up three other players this week. chelsea s cole palmer has been training with the senior squad for the first time whilst aston villa s ezri konsa